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"Then let's cut this short." Duke Ming's eyes were filled with anger, but his tone was very calm, almost like he was talking to his heart. His words were not his best technique. After so many years, he had relied on his strong mental fortitude to stand firmly.

However, Duke Ming clearly knew that the person who had obtained the 'key' of the Golden Gate meant that he was definitely a member of the cabinet, and the members of the cabinet were all trusted aides of the Xuan Emperor. If the shadow was a spy that the Xuan Emperor had purposely set up, then the consequences would be unimaginable.

Killing intent rose up from the depths of Duke Ming's heart. Even if you were to fight against ten thousand Divine Kings and lose your loyalty, what use would it have? He would never allow anyone to betray him. Not now, not in the future.

Seeing the delicate situation in front of his eyes, the copy did not want to cause any more trouble, so it could only explain, "Your Majesty, please calm your anger, this key was not obtained from my original intention, this matter dates back to eight years ago, when the Sword Sovereign was still here, the Black Emperor ordered him to enter the meeting hall. Perhaps he realized that the Black Emperor wanted to control him, so he agreed to join but did not participate in the exchange. In the face of Duke Ming's anger, Ying's words were very calm. His words did not contain much emotion, and this was definitely the result of a long period of training.

"A lie cannot be deceived by this king. No, it cannot be deceived by me. Then why have you kept this matter hidden until now? How do you explain this matter?" Duke Ming wanted to know everything from the bottom of his heart. What he needed to do now was to have absolute loyalty when the new emperor was about to take office.

"This is because of the rune, His Majesty also said before that the members of our Assembly Hall cannot divulge even the slightest bit of information, and now that the Black Emperor is dead, the runes will naturally disappear, so I can naturally say a few things," Shadow explained to Duke Ming in detail, his expression was as calm as ever, and there were no signs of him lying.

"I believe in you," Duke Ming spoke with a look of relief on his face. His words might have sounded like this, but it was just as the movie had imagined. Because of this matter, Duke Ming's trust in Ying would drop by several folds in the future. If it were not for the fact that it was the time to hire someone, Duke Ming would have killed him already. He would rather kill a thousand people and not let go of one of the Black Emperor's lackeys.

"Thank you, Your Majesty," Shadow bowed as he chanted a complicated incantation. At that moment, the dark golden runes on his arm intertwined with each other, and the black imprints on it started to circulate, the eight corners of the sun also slowly wiggled, melting into black strips, gradually forming a strange array formation. At the center of the array formation, the runes of the Sun Shadow had been replaced by the five horned stars, and with a cry from Shadow, the dark golden runes of the stars moved to the center of his palm.

As expected, the golden gate had a reaction to the dark golden runes, the golden light that had long been mixed into its pores gushed out of the gap, rumbling sounds rang out, due to the huge force of the golden gate's vibrations, it actually caused the entire Xuan Yuan Palace Hall to tremble, and tiny stones continuously jumped about on the ground. Just as the Emperor was about to open the gate, Duke Ming's fiery heart burned with a fiery heat, unable to calm down.

The pavilion was not big, but it was neatly cleaned up. The pure white wall was inlaid with Jun Zilan and Snow Lotus, which were both very elegant and suitable. All kinds of papers were neatly arranged on the long sandalwood table, and Duke Ming walked up, picked up the conspicuous red paper list, and let out a chuckle.

It turned out to be the resignation letters of the twelve members of the Conference Room, including the deceased Thunder King and the missing Vice Principal of the Royal Academy Liu Cheng. "Tsk tsk, you escaped so quickly, but you saved me a lot of trouble when you ascended the throne," Duke Ming muttered to himself.

Immediately afterwards, Duke Ming acted like he was jesting, he turned towards the red paper with a crying face, fiercely gripped it in his palm, and angrily ordered, "Feng, Ying, quickly send this message over. If you meet the twelve people on the list, kill them all, they are the ones who planned the death of the Emperor, I want to avenge my Imperial Brother."

"Yes," the two replied in unison before exiting the golden door.

Waiting for the wind and shadow to completely exit the Xuan Yuan Palace Hall, Duke Ming raised the Imperial Jade Seal at the top of the document, and said without restraint, "I am no longer your vassal, I am the true emperor, hahaha." At this moment, there was nothing that could suppress Duke Ming's fiery heart, so his arrogant laughter reverberated in the hall for a long time.

With the departure of the Profound Emperor, the era of Duke Ming had arrived. No matter how he thought it was impossible, it had already become a reality, no matter how hard he tried, the situation had already undergone an earth-shattering change. Liu Cheng was speechless as he rapidly traveled through the forest at the periphery of the Misty Cloud Empire, his memories still stuck on Wang Xiangyu's Meteor technique. After the death of the Black Emperor, Liu Cheng seemed to have realized that all of this was a planned coincidence. If he were to return to the Imperial City, he would definitely meet with a fatal disaster.

During the three days of travel, he did not eat any food, and was afraid that he would miss the best opportunity, which proved that his judgement was correct. As soon as the meeting hall was dissolved, Duke Ming issued a wanted order for the twelve people, and the angrier Duke Ming actually lied to himself, saying that the Profound Emperor was caused by them, and that some ordinary citizens who did not know the truth believed him to be the real culprit. The Liu Cheng, who had nowhere to escape, could only choose the safest place he could think of.

"It's been so many years. I wonder what you've become. I'm really looking forward to it." Liu Cheng crossed the last tree and stood on the treetop. Looking around, that was where Ming Chen Academy was ?