The Third Prince suddenly chuckled.
"So, after all that, the one colluding with the Immortal Gods Sect was actually the Director of the First Office of your Iron Garment Division's Strategy Division?"
"Isn't this just a thief crying 'Stop thief'? Ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous!"
Cao Yunlong gave a sinister chuckle as well.
"This incident has disturbed the Third Prince. Once your Iron Garment Division has dealt with it, you will still owe him an explanation!"
The officials from the various departments exchanged looks, their expressions complicated.
They could tell at a glance that there were numerous holes in this affair.
But Huang Zhaolong had confessed himself. Unless he retracted his confession...
"Steward Huang! That isn't what you said before! You clearly said you were helping the Third Prince transport explosives to the Rong Tribe!"
Xu Wenjun was both shocked and furious.
Ji Kongliu and the others looked grim as well. If this accusation stuck, the Iron Garment Division's reputation would be utterly ruined!
"That man is the patriarch of the Crimson-Refined Fire Jiao Sect. Back then, he sent the Great Dream Dynasty's Second-Grade Human Immortal fleeing with a single punch.
"He came to arrest me personally. If I hadn't said what they wanted to hear, would I have made it back alive?
"The truth is exactly what I just said. I was the one colluding with the Immortal Gods Sect."
Huang Zhaolong jerked his chin toward Ji Tianming.
"..."
"The Fire Jiao Sect's patriarch?"
Everyone who had been to Fire Jiao Island back then was stunned, staring blankly at Ji Tianming.
Xu Wenjun sucked in a sharp breath, scarcely able to believe it.
Ning Xiu's expression shifted as he regarded Ji Tianming with a grave look.
Even he was beginning to find this affair unfathomable.
The smile on the Third Prince's