You don't want your secret to be revealed by others, right?

Chapter 59: 24. Coveting Heavenly Merit as one's own, leveraging natural talents for personal capabilities.



Earlier, Lin Yue was just an ordinary mortal with a very common aura. It was only because she had sensed Xia Lie's prince aura many times that she could distinguish it so clearly. "Indeed, it is innate divine power." Xie Huaixian scrutinized Lin Yue, nodded slightly, and said, "Then I will take out another blood testing needle and test you once more." With a flip of his hand, a pale golden thin needle appeared again in his palm. At this moment, Lin Yue suddenly spoke, "Hold on." "Hmm?" Xie Huaixian looked at him, "What is it?" "Patrol Envoy, could Baili Fengzhi be allowed to drive the blood testing needle for the test?" Lin Yue asked. "No." Xie Huaixian calmly refused and said indifferently, "Perhaps you do not yet understand your predicament, but you are suspected impostors of the prince. How could you be allowed to test yourselves?" Before Lin Yue could speak, the golden needle disappeared without a trace. Lin Yue merely felt a pain in his palm, and the pale golden thin needle once again appeared at Xie Huaixian's fingertips. But he said nothing else, his eyes shading with a hint of mockery at the corner. So that was it. At this moment, Lin Yue understood. Though the needle displayed a faint red color once more, he no longer cared. "The result is still the same." Xie Huaixian shook his head slightly. Lin Yue gave Baili Fengzhi a glance, then looked at Xie Huaixian and asked, "Then how does the Patrol Envoy plan to deal with me, this impostor prince?" Xie Huaixian was slightly surprised at Lin Yue's calm demeanor and slowly asked, "Where is the real prince?" "It's me," Lin Yue said indifferently. Baili Fengzhi also realized something was wrong and immediately stepped in front of Lin Yue, saying, "Patrol Envoy, if you don't believe and are worried I will cheat, take another blood testing needle and let His Highness test himself. How could a mere mortal cheat under your watch?" "There are only three blood testing needles in total. They have all been used." Xie Huaixian's gaze swept over the two of them, coldly saying, "Do you suspect I, the Patrol Envoy, am deceiving you?" "Is that so?" Lin Yue sneered, then said, "Baili Fengzhi, kill him!" His tone suddenly turned icy and shouted violently on the last two words. Kill the Patrol Envoy? Baili Fengzhi was slightly stunned at first, but the thought flashed instantly through her mind. Her eyes underwent a momentary struggle before turning determined and ruthless. Just then— "Whoosh!" 'Xie Huaixian' suddenly transformed into a jet-black light, soaring skyward with astonishing speed, while laughing loudly: "It seems His Highness is not very welcoming, so I shall take my leave!" His soaring escape light shattered the soundproof barrier, and his laughter echoed throughout Qingdu. "Indeed fake!" Baili Fengzhi heard the words and immediately shouted coldly, "Do not let him escape!" In the furious shout that resounded in Qingdu, a short spear with a fiery red tassel suddenly appeared in her hand. At the same time, her entire body erupted with dark red, surging energy, the ground beneath her feet shattering into pieces as numerous rocks floated in the invisible energy. In an instant, her long black hair danced without wind, and her crimson war robe flapped loudly! A terrifying battle intent surged skyward at this moment! Then, she unleashed her energy and threw it towards the rapidly retreating escape light from afar! "Whoosh!" With a sharp, piercing sound as it broke through the air, the short spear Baili Fengzhi threw transformed into a dark red lightning the moment it left her hand! The dark red lightning instantly caught up with the black light that was escaping and pierced through it! "Ugh!" A muffled grunt, blood sprinkled through the air! The jet-black escape light staggered slightly before flying towards the horizon once more. Leaving only a weak yet exceedingly satisfied laughter echoing: "Well done, well done, Baili Fengzhi!" Baili Fengzhi gazed in the direction the dark light disappeared, furrowing her brow slightly as she glanced at Lin Yue. She then slowly retracted her energy and battle intent, silently watching the horizon without a word. Lin Yue stood silently behind her, his mind still vividly recalling the terrifying scene of Baili Fengzhi's outburst. Was this Baili Fengzhi's true power? That flying spear just now easily created a sonic boom, without him seeing any trace of it, its speed undoubtedly far exceeded the speed of sound, and its magnitude greatly surpassed the most powerful sniper rifle from his previous life in terms of destructive power! The onlookers seemed to be dumbfounded too, remaining silent for a long time. "Your Highness." Baili Fengzhi suddenly turned around, knelt on one knee, lowered her head, and said, "I failed to detain that thief, please punish me." Lin Yue glanced at her and asked, "Did you not notice his cultivation just now?" "That thief should be of the Demon Path, a cultivator who broke through the Four Symbols Heaven Barrier. Although his Daoist skills are mediocre, he is highly skilled at deception and disguise, hence I could not see through him." After explaining, Baili Fengzhi continued solemnly, "Had I been in my peak state, there might have been hope of killing him with that spear." Lin Yue knew she had lost half of her essence blood, which must have greatly weakened her strength. Moreover, she had to split her focus to protect him, making pursuit impossible. He paused for a moment before asking, "What percentage of your peak strength do you have now?" "Around forty percent," Baili Fengzhi replied. "No wonder. Stand up." Lin Yue shook his head slightly and began walking in the direction where Xie Huaixian had been hit, saying, "Let's check the place where he was injured. Maybe there's blood remaining." "Yes." Baili Fengzhi nodded immediately. After walking a dozen yards, they saw a small patch of blood on the ground, quite conspicuous. Lin Yue walked up, took out a clean handkerchief, wiped the blood on the ground, soaked the handkerchief with blood, and put it away. "Your Highness, how did you discern that the Patrol Envoy was a fake?" Baili Fengzhi couldn't help but ask, "How could the Patrol Envoy token and the imperial aura on the decree possibly be faked?" Lin Yue glanced at her and calmly said, "Didn't you also have a suspicion in your heart just now? Otherwise, if you didn't believe me, would you still dare lay a hand on the Patrol Envoy?" Baili Fengzhi was silent for a moment before slowly saying, "Yes, after Your Highness' aura changed just now, this man still insisted on testing, seemingly unable to distinguish the essential difference between a prince and a mortal, hence I became suspicious." She paused, "But... why was Your Highness so certain?" Lin Yue raised an eyebrow slightly but said nothing. Of course, he was much more confident. The "All Creations' Reflection" could transform his appearance into anyone he had analyzed and recorded, including himself naturally. Transforming into oneself might sound peculiar. But the current self was naturally different from the past self. And "All Creations' Reflection" could record different phases of the self, camouflaging the physical appearance and life force back to past versions! At this moment, Lin Yue had transformed into his past self before assimilating the prince's bloodline. The missing element was the aura inherent to the prince's nature. Baili Fengzhi was able to sense it because she had spent time with Prince Xia Lie and naturally came to know that unique prince aura. However, the Patrol Envoy before them, supposedly part of the Imperial Family as a Patrol Envoy, failed to notice the absence of the prince's aura in him and insisted on further testing, which was obviously a fake! Lin Yue hadn't expected— Such a simple test revealed the truth of the other party, without needing further preparation. Moreover, he had confidence in the All-Spirit Blood Jade. Having seized Xia Lie's innate divine powers already made cultivation straightforward. How could it possibly be the shallow bloodline of Xiahong's ancestry? The most crucial point was— Even without full confidence, he had no choice but to gamble like this. Isn't this the way it's always been along the journey? Lin Yue did not answer Baili Fengzhi and instead turned and walked back, asking, "Wasn't the Demon Path being hunted by the Xiahong clan? Yet they dared to impersonate a Patrol Envoy?" "The ways of the Demon Path are naturally elusive and hard to tell apart." Baili Fengzhi furrowed her brow slightly and said, "However, these kinds of deceptions and fraudulent tactics remind me of a once-renowned Demon Path sect…" Just then— The two suddenly saw, not far ahead in the deserted area of Qingque Road, dozens of fire cloud steeds and the tall, luxurious palace carriage suddenly began emitting faint black smoke. A breeze swept by, and the black smoke dissipated. Upon looking again at the steeds and the palace on the open ground, there were nothing more than dozens of broken wooden horses and a shabby straw hut! What they just saw vanished into thin air. "It was indeed the Tantian Sect." Baili Fengzhi said slowly, "The Tantian Sect, known for claiming heavenly merits for itself, exploiting heavenly gifts for private gain, loves to deceive others to obtain benefits. Today, that thief from the Tantian Sect was likely pretending to be a Patrol Envoy to gain benefits from His Highness." "Tantian Sect?" Lin Yue pondered.

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