Chapter 515: 515 Indoors
It was not impossible to kill within the Bei Qiu Abyss.
However, there were restrictions on how one could kill.
For normal duels and skirmishes, Imperial law did not intervene. As long as the killer was willing to bear the wrath of the victim’s powerful backing, then the killing was accepted.
But for abnormal methods of killing, such as destroying teleportation points, that would be a blatant provocation against Imperial law.
After all, teleportation points were the foundation for the future opening of the Bei Qiu Abyss. If they were allowed to be destroyed, leading to the permanent inability to open the Bei Qiu Abyss, it would be an immeasurable loss to the Empire.
Therefore, all factions within the Empire had zero tolerance for the act of destroying teleportation points.
Xia Feng never expected to encounter such a troublesome situation.
The current situation was clear: someone had impersonated Teresa to harm Ye Li Kong, and just happened to be caught in the act of secretly destroying the teleportation point. The blame was directly pinned on Teresa.
Logically, if she underwent a normal inspection, the three Holy Sees would have means to restore the truth, and clearing her name would not be difficult.
But unfortunately, Miss Mu could not possibly accept the investigation obediently, because she wasn’t actually Teresa.
Simply put, the two Teresas who appeared in the Bei Qiu Abyss were both fake, each with their own agenda.
The first Teresa was Miss Mu.
So who was the second Teresa? Xia Feng narrowed his black eyes, his gaze glancing towards the distance. The woman in the red cloak stood at the back of the crowd, calmly observing the surrounding Element Holy See nuns.
Tang Ruyan.
No wonder this woman had been acting suspiciously earlier; she was selecting a target for her disguise and frame-up.
Tang Ruyan’s reason for continuing to pursue Jiang Qiue was likely to confirm that Jiang Qiue and Teresa were away from the crowd. Only then did she feel at ease and immediately return to impersonate Teresa and commit the crime.
This was truly a nightmare. Xia Feng initially thought this woman was Miss Mu, but he hadn’t expected her to be the one trying to harm Miss Mu.
Unfortunately, even though Xia Feng had guessed the real culprit, there was nothing he could do.
Directly pointing out Tang Ruyan’s issues would undoubtedly help the Holy See catch the real culprit, but Miss Mu would still have to undergo an investigation as the suspect.
It was a dead end.
As Xia Feng’s mind raced, the entire Holy See plaza was completely surrounded.
Mu Qingtong, clad in a nun’s habit, stood at the center. She slightly lifted her chin, her fair hood falling to her jaw, her gaze calmly sweeping across the scene.
Three Cardinals, the Justice Holy Son, Yan Si, Jin Jili, and several orderly knight formations.
There were six Venerable realm powerhouses alone, making escape impossible.
Seeing this, Xia Feng’s expression grew solemn, his thoughts churning wildly. What could be done? How could this situation be resolved?
“Teresa, are you still going to resist?” Oberon asked from his high vantage point, his aged voice indifferent.
However, as soon as he spoke.
In the center of the plaza, a dark formation suddenly spread out beneath the feet of the nun in the sacred white hood.
Ancient and profound ink-black lines outlined a giant Black Moon symbol on the ground. Sacred and mysterious starlight black light suddenly lit up, and the nun dissolved into specks of spiritual light within these starlight rays, vanishing from her spot.
Oberon’s aged eyes narrowed.
“Moon Saint Technique Domain,” the Element Cardinal beside him chuckled. “Oberon, it seems there’s trouble within your Black Moon Holy See.”
Initially, the Element Cardinal had been somewhat troubled upon seeing the issue with Teresa’s appearance, but now it seemed this wasn’t solely the responsibility of their Element Holy See.
There were internal problems within the Black Moon Holy See as well.
Oberon frowned deeply.
The Moon Saint Technique Domain was a super-large Divine Grace Spirit Robe, a Legendary A-class Spirit Robe that required a Sage-level expert to construct. Within this domain, those granted authority possessed the ability to instantly teleport to designated locations within the domain.
In the Black Moon Holy See, almost every believer who had been a member for over ten years was granted this ability. The difference was that common believers had usage limits, such as once or twice. High-ranking figures like Cardinals and even Archbishops had permissions for hundreds or thousands of uses.
Essentially, they could instantly reach any public living area within the Holy See’s territory.
As for the three Saintesses, they could use it an infinite number of times.
The reason why this domain was established in the 20th district’s Black Moon Holy See branch was because during past wars when they were invaded by the Element Holy See, it was the high mobility of the Moon Saint Technique Domain that forced the Element Holy See to retreat in disarray.
Because of this, to commemorate the victory of that year, the 20th district’s Black Moon Holy See branch spared no expense, investing considerable resources annually to maintain the operation of this domain.
Of course, another reason was that this branch of the Holy See was very large, essentially a small town. With this domain, life was also very convenient and practical.
But regardless, Oberon, as a Cardinal, was the only one who could grant permission to believers to access the domain.
Could Teresa be a Black Moon believer? Oberon couldn’t figure out what was going on with this woman.
But now was not the time to ponder these things.
“Give the order: seal off the Holy See immediately and enforce a full lockdown!”
His expression darkened slightly. After giving instructions to the knight beside him, he turned to the guests. “My apologies, this might cause you some delay.”
“Although I don’t favor the Ye Li Clan, for the sake of a fair truth, I can wait here for three days,” the Justice Holy Son stated expressionlessly and in a low voice. “I hope your Excellency can give us a satisfactory answer.”
With that, he slowly departed.
Not far away, Jin Jili scoffed with dissatisfaction. “Old man, our Golden Sparrow Flower is about to hold the ‘Sparrow God Mountain Grand Ceremony.’ You’d better hurry.”
Oberon’s aged eyes narrowed as he quietly watched the retreating figures.
After everyone had left, he slowly turned around. Jiang Qiue, Cha Nai Xue, and Olivia, the three Saintesses, stood in the distance.
“Teresa might have disguised herself as a Black Moon believer, so I’ll have to trouble the three Saintesses to help investigate the Holy See from within during these times.”
“Naturally,” Cha Nai Xue replied with a light smile and turned to leave.
Olivia and Jiang Qiue maintained cold expressions, nodding slightly without saying a word before following.
Along the double row of tree-lined paths, Xia Feng followed behind Jiang Qiue, his black eyes fixed on the elegant figure of the snow-skirt woman walking ahead, lost in thought.
Cha Nai Xue naturally perceived the subtle gaze behind her. The corner of her lips curled imperceptibly, and she ignored it.
She first went to the Holy See’s main hall to handle some matters. Half an hour later, she used the Moon Saint Technique Domain to teleport to the entrance of her own castle.
Walking through the flower garden, the hall, and the spiral grand staircase, she arrived at the living room on the second floor.
In the luxurious and elegant interior, a silver-haired woman in a sacred nun’s habit was already standing by the floor-to-ceiling window, her golden beautiful eyes lost in thought as she quietly gazed outside.
Cha Nai Xue walked over to her and stood beside her, quietly watching the moonlight for a while.
The half-moon hung in the sky. The pitch-black sky tonight was rare, dotted with shining stars; the moonlight was beautiful.
After a long while, the silver-haired woman finally turned her head, her beautiful eyes calm.
Cha Nai Xue smiled lightly. “Miss Mu, I thought you wouldn’t care at all.”
Mu Qingtong frowned. “Speak.”
Her commanding tone still displeased Cha Nai Xue, but she suppressed her unhappiness and smiled. “Don’t worry, he’ll come to find you later.”
