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Meng Qi gave him a deep look, withdrew his gaze, and continued flipping through the files as he said nonchalantly, "The Suxian Dao inherited its teachings directly from Nine Heavens Xuan Nü. With fragments of the Immortal Realm and such profound foundations, it naturally far exceeds what outsiders like us can imagine—and even what non-core Exterior experts like you can imagine."

"Your Excellency, the Chief Constable, is absolutely right." Liu Shengming hurriedly smiled.

"Before news of the Emperor's sudden death arrived and the Divine Capital formation was fully activated, did anything happen along the straight route from here to the imperial palace? Did any strangers appear?" Meng Qi questioned Liu Shengming while carefully reading this section of the records.

Liu Shengming shook his head. "Everything was normal at the time. The Divine Capital formation was operating only at its lowest level and sensed no abnormalities. Besides, there had happened to be spring thunder that night. The rain was fine and dense, there were few pedestrians on the road, and the sky overhead was covered by dark clouds. None of the surrounding commoners noticed any clues, and no one saw anything strange appear in midair. The constables are currently hurrying to investigate the surrounding area."

In an emergency, Sima Shi would certainly have flown to the imperial palace. If there had been an ambush, it would inevitably have been in midair, which was why Liu Shengming had mentioned an abnormality in the sky.

"What a pity..." Meng Qi sighed softly. If there had been orbital satellites and various surveillance cameras here, allowing surveillance footage to be preserved for quite some time without needing the Divine Capital formation to be fully activated, things would have been much simpler. They could simply retrieve the footage from the relevant area and time period.

But