Fantasy: The Clan Chief Lies Down, His House Is Full of Emperors

With the addition of several Heavenly Palace Realm experts from Wanbaoge, the demonic cultivators began to suffer a series of defeats.

They made the same choice: seeing that things were not going well, they turned around and retreated immediately.

Xu Qingzhou continued the chase with his men, enjoying the kind of thing that involves beating a drowning dog to a pulp.

Only after finally eliminating all the demonic cultivators they could catch did Xu Qingzhou lead his men back in triumph.

After returning to Lingyue City, Xu Qingzhou arranged for people to spread the word about something.

Song Bufan, the son of the True Martial King, is a demonic cultivator.

As for why he is a demonic cultivator, and what kind of connection exists between the True Martial King, the royal family, and demonic cultivators, it's up to the people of Daqi to decide.

At this moment.

While the major powers and cities in the central and western parts of the Great Qi Dynasty were still being attacked by demonic cultivators, the eastern part had already completed the counter-encirclement and suppression under the leadership of the Xu family.

Thanks to the Xu family's propaganda, the fact that the son of the True Martial King was a demonic cultivator quickly spread throughout the Great Qi Dynasty.

There was an uproar immediately.

"Impossible! How could the son of the True Martial King be a demonic cultivator!"

"Many powerful figures from Lingyue City were present at the time and witnessed it. How could this be false?"

"Perhaps this attack by the demonic cultivators was orchestrated by the royal family."

"No wonder the royal support hasn't arrived yet; they're in cahoots!"

"Shh! You can't say such things carelessly. Talking about the imperial court is tantamount to suicide!"

Various claims have emerged, some of which are outrageous and absurd. The saying "three men can make a tiger" has become a tangible reality at this moment.

The Qi Emperor was furious in the palace. His younger brother, King Zhenwu, a powerful figure in the three dynasties, stood before him like a child who had done something wrong, head bowed and silent.

He was indeed wrong about this. He never expected that his son, Song Bufan, would be so useless that his true identity would be discovered.

The key point is that after being discovered, he neither ran away immediately nor self-destructed immediately; he only chose to self-destruct after being seen by others.

Although there is no direct evidence, so many people saw it, and rumors have already spread. At this point, the royal family is speechless and there is no point in saying anything.

King Zhenwu's face was gloomy, and he said helplessly, "The fact that this matter spread so quickly must be because someone is stirring things up. The only family that hasn't been greatly affected is the Xu family, who still have the mind to spread rumors."

What he said is not quite right; the Xu family has been affected as well.

At the critical moment of Lingyue City, the Xu family turned the tide and saved the collapsing empire. They not only saved the entire Lingyue City but also the Lingyue Sect, and dealt with most of the demonic cultivators in the eastern part of the Great Qi Dynasty, thus protecting other forces in the eastern part of the Great Qi Dynasty from the disaster of demonic cultivator invasion.

It can be said that the Xu family's prestige in the eastern part of the Great Qi Dynasty has surpassed that of the Great Qi royal family.

However, before it was certain whether the powerful figure who killed the royal patriarch had any connection with the Xu family, the royal family dared not provoke the Xu family.

Emperor Qi sat listlessly on the dragon throne, waving his hand, "This plan has completely failed. That's it, let them get out of here."

At this moment, the exhausted Emperor Qi seemed to have aged decades.

He had considered the possibility of failure, but he never imagined it would be such a complete failure, and that the royal family would pay such a heavy price.

Those were three powerful cultivators at the Dharma Aspect Realm. Without them, the very foundation of the Great Qi Dynasty would be shaken.

If the Great Chu Dynasty and the Black Feather Dynasty were to learn of this, they would most likely seize the opportunity to attack and annex the Great Qi.

King Zhenwu nodded and turned to leave.

Soon, the royal family announced that they had dealt with the demonic cultivators on the frontier and had sent powerful figures to support various forces and cities.

As planned from the outset, the rescue operation was successfully completed with the cooperation of the royal family and the demonic cultivators.

This disaster, which affected the entire Qi Dynasty, has finally come to an end.

However, the damage caused by this disaster is unacceptable to many forces and cannot be recovered in a short period of time.

Nearly half of the experts from the Taixu Sect were lost, and even second-rate forces like Zifeng Valley suffered heavy losses.

Many forces have even become defunct as a result.

Lingyue Sect and Wanbao Pavilion, both top-tier forces, were completely unaffected, as if they were entirely uninvolved.

The Xu family made a fortune because of this disaster.

After all, the Xu family members killed many demonic cultivators, and the property of these demonic cultivators, along with most of the wealth they plundered, all belonged to the Xu family.

For Xu Qingzhou, this also accumulated a lot of practical experience, which made him and the Xu family more prestigious in the eastern part of the Great Qi Dynasty.

It's probably no one who would have guessed that the most severely affected by this disaster would be the royal family, who planned and executed the scheme.

Of the five Dharma Aspect Realm experts in the royal family, three died. It will take them several hundred years to recover from these injuries.

Moreover, the fact that Song Bufan was a demonic cultivator, coupled with the lack of timely support, greatly diminished the royal family's prestige.

At least many forces in the central and western regions are very dissatisfied with the royal family.

In an effort to salvage some of his reputation and appease public anger.

Emperor Qi issued a proclamation to the world.

He said that when the demonic cultivators invaded, he was in seclusion, and everything was decided by the crown prince who was in charge of overseeing the country.

Therefore, the real culprit behind the delayed support, which resulted in heavy losses for many forces, is the Crown Prince.

Therefore, Emperor Qi decided to abolish the position of Crown Prince.

And so, the most speechless and unlucky person in this disaster appeared.

Whether the public accepted the news or calmed down after it was announced is unknown, but the Third Prince and the Ninth Prince almost laughed themselves silly.

"Hahahahaha!!"

"I can't believe something like this happened! Great! Great!!!"

The Ninth Prince hadn't been this happy in years. He and the Third Prince had racked their brains and come up with many ways to bring down the Crown Prince and take his place.

They all gave up because of the low success rate.

Unexpectedly, because of this disaster, the crown prince was deposed for no reason.

Happiness comes too suddenly.

The entire royal family lost money, but the Third Prince and the Ninth Prince felt they had made a huge profit!

The third prince held a grand banquet at his residence, with singing and dancing.

The Ninth Prince took out a jar of fine wine and chug down half of it.

"As long as I can beat the third prince, I will be the crown prince and the future Emperor of Qi!"

The Ninth Prince felt that he was very close to becoming the Crown Prince and the throne, which he had always dreamed of.

Gu Yuanbai, standing to the side, was not so happy.

Because he saw many clues in this matter.

For example, why did the Taixu Sect suffer heavy losses while the Lingyue Sect and Wanbao Pavilion were completely unscathed, even though they are both top-tier forces?

Neither the royal family nor King Zhenwu offered an explanation as to why Song Bufan became a demonic cultivator.

Why did the demonic cultivators, who were invincible in the central and western parts of the Great Qi Dynasty, fail in the east?

What exactly is the connection between demonic cultivators and the royal family?

There were far too many doubts, and even the resourceful Gu Yuanbai couldn't figure them out.

Watching the Ninth Prince drinking fine wine with gusto, he sighed inwardly.