"Interesting. Pity the Heaven's Mandate Sect is too powerful; even I cannot deduce it."
Shen Zhizhai sent a secret transmission. "We cannot derive it either. But after turning it over and over, there are only a few things that could make the Heaven's Mandate Sect act this way. Either to aid Emperor Taining, to hold the Dragon Fortune Grand Sacrifice, to seek a new Child of Heaven's Mandate, or... to find a way to resolve the loss of their inheritance."
Li Qingxian shook his head. "There are no walls that do not let the wind through. The Heaven's Mandate Sect is, after all, a great and powerful household; they will eventually find out. But is there any relevant news?"
"No. Our people within the Heaven's Mandate Sect cannot send out information. The sect's restrictions are exceedingly strict now."
"Let's go. Everything is ready?"
"Ready. We invited a great Fate Arts Master from the Fate-Seeking Sect to use the 'Old Anecdotes Art,' aggravating Qi Taizu's evil deeds. Now, nearly everyone across the island knows what Qi Taizu did back then. Almost everyone with even a trace of bloodline connection to Qi Taizu is severing their meridians. Look, the Meridian Severing ceremony is being held ahead."
Li Qingxian swept his gaze over the distance and saw that, dozens of miles away, a group of people seemed to be doing something.
Li Qingxian narrowed his eyes slightly. In an instant, everything seemed to lie before him—the wrinkles at an old man's eyes were plainly visible, and the breathing of sleeping children could be clearly heard.
It was a wide open space, with a three-tiered round platform at its center.
At that moment, a young man stepped forward, gripping a knife in his right hand, its tip aimed at his left forearm.
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