Eliminating Enmity

The Flat Stone was a disguise. Inside it was the most advanced Timing System in this world, along with several chemical substances, including white phosphorus.

The Timing System was Spring Drive, a system made up of multiple sets of gears. Once a set amount of time passed, the Timing System would trigger the fusion of Potassium Chlorate and phosphorus, causing a small-dose explosion.

The explosive force of Potassium Chlorate and phosphorus was not great, but it was enough to ignite a large amount of white phosphorus mixture blended with various chemical substances.

The white phosphorus mixture inside the Flat Stone had been made according to the proportions of a military White Phosphorus Bomb. If he had not been worried that its power would be too great, Li Shiming would have used the White Phosphorus Bomb he had made directly.

The White Phosphorus Bomb was too powerful. He had used the IBMz15 Mainframe to run calculations and obtained the dose of white phosphorus mixture needed to destroy a carriage.

After seeing Prince Shun's carriage, he calculated the time at which Prince Shun's carriage would arrive. As long as Prince Shun's procession did not change speed, that time could be accurate to within about one second.

Inside Prince Shun's carriage, Prince Shun and several close subordinate officials were chatting when they suddenly heard cries of alarm from outside.

Then Prince Shun discovered that the entire carriage compartment had been enveloped by a strange White Flame. In just an instant, the White Flame pierced through the heavy wooden and cowhide body from the bottom of the carriage and from all four sides, front, back, left, and right.

This carriage had been specially made, with thick, extremely dense wood and treated cowhide. It could even block armor-piercing arrows shot from powerful bows.

But before the white phosphorus mixture, it could not last even a breath before it was burned through.

The White Flame pounced onto everyone in the carriage. Before the White Flame, status meant nothing. There was only death.

Li Wenfeng thought of Li Shiming's eyes. It seemed those eyes had let him know who had burned them to death.

The four experts closest to it did not even have time to display their formidable skills before their bodies were contaminated with White Flame.

They instinctively tried to put out the White Flame on their bodies, but these White Flames could not be extinguished by hand.

The White Flame was like a maggot in the bone. Once it stuck, it pierced through clothing, burned on the skin, and kept scorching inward.

The four experts could no longer care about Prince Shun. They were thrown to the ground by the warhorses that had also been contaminated with White Flame.

The four warhorses instinctively tried to use friction against the ground to put out the flames on their bodies. Seeing the warhorses' behavior, the four experts also began rolling on the ground.

But all of this was wasted effort. If the flames of a military white phosphorus mixture were so easy to extinguish, it would not have been the terrifying weapon that made people turn pale in his Previous Life.

"Save the prince, now!" the cavalrymen a little farther away shouted.

They paid no attention to the four experts screaming on the ground. These cavalrymen were guards protecting Prince Shun. If something happened to Prince Shun, they would not survive either.

So they frantically tried to pull Prince Shun out of the carriage that had turned into a ball of White Flame, but anyone who touched the ball of White Flame caught fire all over and fell to the ground, struggling for their life.

After more than ten cavalrymen lost their lives, the White Flame quickly weakened and soon went out.

After the White Flame had swept through the carriage, only a lump of ash gathered together remained. The carriage and the several people inside it had all been turned into charcoal by flames that should not have belonged to this world.

Only then did the cavalrymen calm down. Looking at the carriage that could no longer be saved, they understood that Prince Shun could not possibly be alive.

"Young Master, there seems to be a fire behind us!" a guard reported to Li Shiming.

"Pay it no mind. We go our way!" Li Shiming ordered in a low voice.

The guard also knew this was Central Capital. It was best to avoid meddling if possible. The waters here ran too deep.

Through the rear window, Li Shiming saw a Red Firework explode in the air, forming a special Rune Pattern.

Then, just as his carriage was about to enter the city gate, the thunderous sound of hooves came from within the city.

The soldiers guarding the gate hurriedly had Li Shiming's carriage move to the side. Not long after the carriage pulled aside, a troop of cavalry passed through the gate.

"Master Gu, I have a matter to request of you!" In front of the gate to a courtyard in the Imperial Palace, Great Xia Emperor Jin Geng, wearing a Bright Yellow imperial robe, bowed toward the courtyard gate and spoke.

Aside from the chief eunuch who served him personally, no one else was beside Jin Geng. Otherwise, they would certainly have been horrified to see that he, the emperor, was actually so respectful and courteous toward someone.

"His Majesty has arrived. Please come in!" Gu Jia's voice came from inside the courtyard, and the courtyard gate opened by itself.

"Wait here!" Jin Geng instructed the chief eunuch beside him, then walked alone through the courtyard gate.

Gu Jia sat on a Stone Stool in the courtyard, reading the book in his hand. When he saw Emperor Jin Geng come in, he merely put down the book in his hand, without the slightest intention of rising.

"Master Gu, my Third Prince was attacked and passed away five li outside East City. The method of the attack was extremely strange and seemed like the work of a master. I ask Master Gu to help!" Jin Geng said with a bow, without the slightest air of an emperor.

He was very clear about his own position. In the mortal world, he was the emperor, the Son of Heaven above all.

But that did not include masters, Not to Mention the master before him was a master of Sky Ocean Sect. If not for the masters of Sky Ocean Sect suppressing the Imperial Palace, how could Great Xia have enjoyed its long years?

Every emperor who took the throne would learn one important piece of information: he had to respect the master stationed at the Imperial Palace.

Gu Jia was not surprised to hear this news. He had been the one who informed Li Shiming about the Third Prince's trip.

With Li Shiming's strength at Qi Refining Second Level, if he could not even deal with the Third Prince, then there would be no need to call him a cultivator.

"Your Majesty, wait here a moment. I'll go and return shortly!" Although Gu Jia knew the course of events, he still had to show the proper attitude.

He slapped his Storage Bag, and a Blue Radiance appeared, carrying his body away in a rainbow streak.

The distance from the Imperial Palace to Central Capital's east city gate would take half a double-hour even on a fast horse if traveled normally, but he was flying, so he arrived near the scene in only a short while.

By now, the scene had already been sealed off by the Imperial Guard in bright armor. Gu Jia stopped some distance away from the scene, took out a token and showed it, then walked closer.

When he saw the lump of ash that had been burned together, Gu Jia at first thought this was the work of a cultivator.

That was because ordinary fire would have a hard time burning a carriage and people into such a state. It required extremely high temperatures to achieve.

But when he approached the ash, he discovered he had been wrong. There was not the slightest trace of Spiritual Power here. It definitely was not the work of a cultivator.

He came to admire Li Shiming somewhat. No matter what method Li Shiming had used, achieving this effect was worthy of praise.

It seemed he would not be receiving this favor from Li Shiming. Gu Jia Shook His Head, turned, and left. Since this was not the work of a cultivator, what did it have to do with him?