C133 Truth

The moment the woolen parchment was in his hands, Qin Shaojie's pupils also continuously turned, all of his attention being placed on it.

Logically speaking, this piece of parchment must have been seen by Qin Mai many times. He probably wouldn't have been able to find any clues. But Qin Shaojie did not think so, the parchment was something unique to the upper echelons of Japanese Empire, although it was not considered to be extremely precious, ordinary people could not afford to use it. It was already unusual for a piece of parchment to suddenly appear in Qin Zhu's manor, furthermore it was completely empty.

"Whether it's water, fire, or the sun, I've tried them all. It's just an ordinary piece of parchment, nothing more."

Seeing Qin Shaojie's expression, Qin Mai was sure what he was thinking, but he waved his hand. If he could find any clues from the higher-ups, he wouldn't be so anxious and passive.

"There must be something inside this parchment paper."

However, after rubbing it for a while, Qin Shaojie revealed a cold sneer on his face. This seemingly ordinary parchment paper was just as he had imagined it to be. There was indeed a hidden mystery within it.

Qin Shaojie's words also caused Qin Mai to be stunned, and his expression immediately changed. It was clear that he couldn't believe that Qin Shaojie was able to detect the secret within with just a few touch.

Qin Shaojie did not say much about this. He was not a person of his generation, in his eyes, if he wanted to use some tricks ….. Although the Japanese Empire seemed to have some hidden methods, it was not enough for Qin Shaojie to see through it.

The problem was that the goatskin was too soft for the naked eye. It was softer than normal goatskin, and it was also heavier. It was much more severely injured than the usual goatskin of this size. The most likely reason for this situation was that someone had set up a small-scaled formation inside.

The formation was hidden within the parchment. Unless the formation was activated, no one would be able to detect anything abnormal about it.

As for the reason why he was certain that this was an array, it was only because Qin Shaojie had an extraordinary intuition. He quietly released some of his own consciousness, but discovered that it could not actually penetrate the parchment.

In this situation, the only explanation left was the formation.

"I would actually like to see what exactly is hidden in there."

With that, Qin Shaojie's hand seals changed, and after closing his eyes, his consciousness had also spread out and completely wrapped around the parchment. Based on the principles of Genuine Force, it was impossible for one to possess consciousness, even if one's consciousness was at the peak of the Three Spiritual Realms, it would still not be considered strong.

Therefore, this was the reason why he was able to discover the secret of the parchment while Qin Mai was unable to.

Found it!

This piece of parchment was a problem with formations. To know the secrets within, one needed to find the core of the formations. The core of formations was where one's own soul consciousness found the most difficult to penetrate.

When he opened his eyes, his gaze fell onto a spot at the very center of the parchment, an inch to the right. That place might seem to be a patch of furry hair, but if one was especially attentive, one would discover that the slight troubles on this furry piece of parchment were of different lengths and sizes.

"Here's your first drop of blood."

Pointing at that spot, Qin Shaojie said with a deep voice. There was no room for doubt in his tone. Although Qin Mai did not understand why, he did not hesitate when he saw this. He pressed down on his fingertips and allowed the fresh blood to drip down.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

After Qin Mai's blood dripped onto the place that Qin Shaojie had pointed out, a string of extremely faint buzzing sounds could be heard. Qin Mai was stunned when he heard the sounds, and his eyes were filled with shock and fear.

However, Qin Mai was no fool. When he sensed this voice, although it was extremely soft, he still flicked his finger and shot out a red pill. It immediately exploded, forming a glaring light that disappeared in front of their eyes.

This was Qin Mai's unique method of informing his subordinates. Once they saw these lights, the entire manor would enter a state of alert and the experts would secretly protect them.

Qin Shaojie nodded at Qin Mai's actions. No matter what, caution was not a bad thing.

After which, Qin Mai once again set his gaze on the parchment. After a buzzing sound, a few spots of light appeared on the parchment.

In the instant that he appeared, a few words suddenly appeared on the parchment paper.

"Remnant, the title of Emperor of the Great Yan!"

A mere eight words, flashing in front of Qin Shaojie and Qin Mai, then slowly disappeared!

However, these eight words caused the expressions of Qin Shaojie and Qin Mai to become completely serious. None of them were fools, so they naturally understood the meaning of these words. The so called namelist, could only refer to the placings that were about to appear in the ancient ruins of the Holy Flame Academy. And the Great Yan Emperor's position was even more obvious, this was clearly the position of the Great Yan Dynasty!

The meaning of these words was too profound.

They wanted to use the slots in the ancient ruins to exchange for the Great Yan Dynasty's throne!

When he thought about everything that had happened before, everything made sense.

Why did the Holy Flame Academy have to release all of the spots? Even if they had the Assembly Token, they would be able to participate in the struggle for the treasures in the ancient ruins. This was the reason why Qin Zhu was so confident, and even dared to threaten the Holy Flame Academy at all.

He knew about the existence of the profound veins, so he used this to threaten the Holy Flame Academy. Behind him, he had long contacted the Japanese Empire, which was why he acted so fearlessly and even made such decisions.

This crucial point was because he really dared to gamble, and bet that the Holy Flame Academy would agree to his decision. Unfortunately, Holy Flame Academy lost this bet, and in the end, he did not have the guts to reject it. After all, no matter what, Zhou Tian would not truly kill Qin Zhu, and in Zhou Tian's view, without the ancient ruins, the Holy Flame Academy could still be developed, furthermore, even if he were to release the spots, it would only increase by a few spots for the other clans in the Great Yan Dynasty, but the majority would still be taken by his own students. Therefore, it was only giving up a small portion of the benefits in exchange for the entire Holy Flame Academy's secret.

Once Qin Shaojie found the Nightmare Aroma, then the Holy Flame Academy's profound veins would still be able to hide and no one would know. So what if Qin Zhu spread the news then? The place where the profound veins was hidden was far more than a thousand meters. As long as the opening of the Sunburn Tree was stabilized, the profound veins would not be exposed to the eyes of the world.

Unfortunately, Zhou Tian had miscalculated.

With the Japanese Empire behind Qin Zhu, it was the biggest step in her calculations. This time, the ones fighting for the placings were mostly the Japanese Empire s. The Japanese Empire was really going to destroy the younger generation of the Great Yan Dynasty and break their foundation. This was no longer just a matter of seizing the treasures of the ancient ruins.

And perhaps he even more so did not expect that for the sake of this so-called throne, Qin Zhu would actually be willing to pay such a huge price!

"This Qin Zhu deserves to die, she should be sliced into a thousand pieces!"

At this time, it was already difficult for Qin Mai to hide the anger in his heart. Although it was a normal thing for bloodlines to become entangled with each other, but no matter what, the many years of internal strife in Great Yan Dynasty had a principle, and that was to not be detrimental to the development of the empire. Qin Zhu was not only detrimental to the development of the empire, she was also bringing destruction to the entire empire.

Could it be that he couldn't wait any longer?

no one could find the Japanese Empire. Who wouldn't know about the growth of the Japanese Empire in the past few years? He had annexed many small empires and everyone on the streets knew about it!

"Right now, I'm going to expose his scheme and beat him to a pulp!"

Forcefully suppressing the anger in his heart, Qin Mei also bellowed and was about to head towards the imperial court, but he was pulled back by Qin Shaojie.

Things are not that simple.

Right now, the Emperor's injuries were not healed, and almost everything in the imperial court was in Qin Zhu's hands. Even if he told everyone that he was going to rush over, so what? Maybe Qin Zhu was already prepared, once he reached that step, he would immediately make his move.

Furthermore, if one were to take ten thousand steps back, the current Qin Mai had said that the one who would be at a disadvantage would be Qin Mai.

The reason why he wanted Qin Mai to drip his blood to activate the formation was because of one of Qin Shaojie's guesses. This formation was a blood formation, and only bloodlines could activate it. However, there was a limit to how long one could activate it. It wasn't because anyone's bloodline could activate it. That was why it was better to have it as a secret. Only bloodline related blood could activate it.

Therefore, if it was Qin Zhu, then only Qin Mai could activate it.

It seemed that it was the truth.

If it were to get out, as long as Qin Zhu insisted that this was what Qin Mai called it, in the current situation, other than Qin Shaojie, who could testify for Qin Mai?

Moreover, for such an important thing to be lost, Qin Zhu must be secretly anxious.

If he knew that this thing was in Qin Mai's hands, regardless of whether he had the authority to kill Qin Mai, his first thought would be to kill him. Only by doing this would he be able to eliminate any future troubles.

Thus, the more low-profile Qin Mai was now, the safer he would be.

His strength was far inferior to Qin Zhu's.

"Then what should we do? Now that the Great Yan Dynasty was in danger, was she supposed to just sit there and wait for death? allows him to destroy the entire Great Yan Dynasty? "

He forcefully suppressed the impulse in his heart. However, Qin Mai's eyes were red. This feeling of helplessness was too unbearable.

"Heal the injuries on your body first, otherwise, some of them will go to waste."

"Also, if Japanese Empire truly thinks that everything is within her control, then I will make them regret everything!"