When a Prince Breaks the Law, He Is Guilty as Any Commoner!

The few of them were still smug. They had just absorbed a great deal of blood qi, and after drawing it in, they immediately circulated their other cultivation arts to refine it.

Yet quite a bit of blood qi had gone to waste, which was truly regrettable.

"It seems the Ninth Prince won't be able to absorb even a trace of blood qi."

The few exchanged glances, each seeing the amusement in the others' eyes. They seemed to be conversing through their gazes.

"The Ninth Prince may be rather bored over these ten days."

"The Ninth Prince can cultivate some other arts over these ten days. That should keep him from getting too bored, shouldn't it?"

The corners of their mouths were harder to suppress than an AK.

Blood qi appeared again, and they immediately circulated the Heaven-Devouring Art. They could already feel the blood qi being drawn toward them.

But in the next instant, an even more overbearing force swept all that blood qi away.

Boom! Before their stunned eyes, all the blood qi surged into Qin Luo's body.

A God Level cultivation art—was that supposed to be a joke?

Qin Luo looked at them with a cold smile. Once the Heaven-Devouring Demon Art devoured the blood qi, it immediately began refining it.

His cultivation art was nothing like their trashy techniques.

Tempering his bloodline? In Qin Luo's view, there was no need. His ancestral bloodline was already absurdly powerful!

There was no bloodline in this world more powerful than his, because its compatibility was exceptionally strong!

This bloodline was the source. It could develop into any bloodline or physique, and it could likewise contain the Origin Power of any bloodline or physique.

If he changed it into another bloodline or physique, then it would no longer be able to contain everything.

Therefore, all this blood qi became energy. He wanted to cultivate the Nine-Turn Golden Body Scripture!

The Nine-Turn Golden Body Scripture had nine turns in total, and every turn brought earth-shaking changes.

At profound levels of mastery, he could even punch an Emperor Realm expert to death.

This was power of the flesh taken to its absolute limit.

Boom!

The Nine-Turn Golden Body Scripture began to circulate.

The other nine all widened their eyes. They watched the blood qi stream toward Qin Luo, yet there was not a single thing they could do about it.

They looked at one another.

"What do we do?"

"An accident, this is purely an accident!"

"We'll go all out in the next wave. How can one person be stronger than the nine of us?"

When the next wave of blood qi appeared, the nine of them exerted even the strength they used to suck milk, frantically circulating the Heaven-Devouring Art. Yet they failed to absorb even the slightest bit of blood qi.

They could only watch helplessly as all the blood qi surged toward Qin Luo.

"What do we do?"

"What do we do?"

That was what all their eyes were saying.

"Push harder!"

"Come on!"

"Keep trying!"

On the first day, they exhausted every last ounce of strength. Not only did they fail to replenish themselves, they suffered tremendous depletion.

Other than tasting a tiny appetizer, they did not get even a bite of the grand feast that remained.

The blood qi accumulated over ten years was all absorbed by Qin Luo alone.

If looks could kill, they would have already cut Qin Luo into a thousand pieces.

On the second day, only half of them still tried to snatch food from Qin Luo's mouth. The other half gave up.

On the third day, only one person still wanted to make a final attempt, but he failed all the same.

On the fourth day, everyone thought Qin Luo could not possibly endure for so long, so they joined forces once more.

But they got nothing—not even a hair. The power they had cultivated over several days was squandered away again.

The fifth day... the sixth day... the seventh day.

They were utterly despairing. They had fought their way out from among thousands upon thousands of competitors, only to end up like this?

What had all their years of effort been for? Some of them should have broken through to the Spirit Transformation Realm long ago, but now...

They had lost the lady and thrown away the army as well.

Not only had their normal cultivation progress been delayed, they had not gained the slightest benefit.

On the ninth day, Qin Luo finally completed the first turn of the Nine-Turn Golden Body Scripture!

Crackling sounds came from within his body. His flesh was transforming, and his body became extraordinarily robust.

"This blood qi truly is good stuff. If I could absorb even the source of that blood qi, perhaps it could help me cultivate the second turn!"

The blood qi of ten people over nine days, blood qi accumulated over ten years—the greatest opportunity available to the younger generation of the Great Qin Dynasty—had all been devoured by Qin Luo alone.

It was also on the seventh day that the Heroic Martial Marquis arrived at the Imperial Capital.

Boom! The Heroic Martial Marquis flew directly in from outside. He did not even obey the Imperial Capital's laws anymore.

People from the Demon Suppression Bureau immediately stepped forward. "Heroic Martial Marquis, please abide by the Imperial Capital's rules!"

Heroic Martial Marquis Chen Zhanshan roared, "My grandson is dead! And you're here to lecture me about rules?"

"Where is the murderer? Has your Demon Suppression Bureau caught the murderer? Have you given my grandson justice?"

"To this day, not even my grandson's bones remain!"

"What has your Demon Suppression Bureau been doing?!"

Boom! The cultivation of a Saint King Realm expert descended like a vast canopy of heaven, pressing down upon the Demon Suppression Bureau commander before him.

"Saint King Realm! The Heroic Martial Marquis actually broke through!" The Demon Suppression Bureau commander's expression abruptly changed.

The Heroic Martial Marquis's status as a Saint King Realm expert was now utterly different from before!

Saint King Realm experts were already among the Great Qin Dynasty's top-tier forces. Those at the highest level were all Saint King Realm powerhouses.

It could be said that they were the small handful of people standing at the pinnacle of power in the Great Qin Dynasty.

"Heroic Martial Marquis, please calm your anger. This matter is very complicated!" The Demon Suppression Bureau commander's tone immediately changed as he attempted to soothe the Heroic Martial Marquis.

"Get lost! I want to see His Majesty!"

"The only bloodline of my Chen Household is gone. No matter who killed my grandson, I will make them pay with their life!"

Boom! He raced toward the Qin Emperor Palace like a lone rider leaving all others in the dust.

The Demon Suppression Bureau commander hesitated for a moment, then could only follow. As for stopping him, he simply could not.

Everyone in the Imperial Capital saw the Heroic Martial Marquis appear. Ignoring the Imperial Capital's prohibition against flight, he flew over the heads of countless people.

"Does the Heroic Martial Marquis have no regard for rules anymore?"

"If your only bloodline heir had been killed, would you still care about rules? You would have to make them pay a debt of blood with blood—one life for one life, wouldn't you?"

"But the one who killed Chen Mo was that person. Does the Heroic Martial Marquis dare?"

"Heh, at worst, kill someone and flee. He has no heir left anyway, so why care if the heavens collapse and floods rise?"

The Heroic Martial Marquis still had some sense of propriety. When he reached the palace gates, he descended.

The old eunuch was already waiting for Chen Zhanshan. Upon seeing the Heroic Martial Marquis, he said, "His Majesty already knows why the Heroic Martial Marquis has come."

"His Majesty has issued a decree!"

Chen Zhanshan immediately knelt. "This subject awaits His Majesty's command!"

"The Demon Suppression Bureau is to handle this matter with full authority. No matter who is involved, all shall be dealt with according to the law!"

"His Majesty has one more sentence: when a prince breaks the law, he is guilty as any commoner!"

Those words rang in the ears of countless people, and their breathing quickened.

This was practically stating outright that Qin Luo had killed Chen Mo, that Qin Luo was guilty, and that he should be dealt with as the law required!

Chen Zhanshan's entire body trembled as he spoke in a shaking voice. "This subject thanks His Majesty!"

"I beg His Majesty to permit this subject to participate in the entire investigation!"

A majestic voice drifted out from the depths of the palace.

"Granted!"