Master of Strange Dao

This abnormal sign also clearly explains the problem.

Yu Ziqing mingled in the crowd, found a few people carrying blood-soaked Evil Qi, and followed beside them.

The few only glanced at him, saw the face that seemed to be burnt, or severely injured by a Secret Technique, and said nothing, asked nothing, letting him follow.

The infiltration was extremely smooth, the gatekeepers merely glanced without any interrogation.

After entering the city, Yu Ziqing found a small vacant house to stay in. After a few days, he heard the deafening sounds of killing outside.

The soldiers left behind by Dali only put up slight resistance before retreating from the northern gate, directly giving up the city.

The next day, Daqian continued to take over the city, and by the third day, people came to search house by house.

The newcomers saw Yu Ziqing's severely disfigured face, limping while walking, and during questioning, his eyes were numb and resigned to death.

The newcomers searched the house, finding only a cold stove, a pot of moldy leftover porridge, and a rice jar unable to cover the bottom.

Penniless, with nothing of value left, they didn't ask much more.

People like this, they had seen too many of lately, they too had become numb.

Amidst the war, only blood seemed especially vivid.

Yu Ziqing sighed quietly; hearing from afar, no matter how much, couldn't compare to personally experiencing the reality.

After waiting a few more days, once this city stabilized initially, he finally heard news.

Outside, someone was shouting, that at noon the next day, the Middle Lang General, who fled without battle and abandoned the city, would be publicly executed. Everyone was coming to watch the beheading.

Watching a beheading was considered a rare entertainment for these border people.

The next day, Yu Ziqing dared not come too early. When he arrived, the place was already crowded as if a market festival.

In sight, most people seemed uninterested in the beheading, busying themselves with the market.

Yu Ziqing was quite puzzled by this sight.

While bustling at the market, preparations for the execution platform were being made. Near noon, the Second Prince appeared surrounded by people, and Song appeared too, causing the crowd to slightly quiet down.

Yu Ziqing felt that these people probably merely took a halftime break, and once done, would resume their market activities.

On the execution platform, knelt a person tightly bound, but on the surface didn't seem hurt, nor tortured, as if even the hair was tidied.

He just knelt there numbly, expressionless, with an air of resigned death.

The sentence was long and tedious, listing crimes for a full one incense stick's worth of time, as the time here approached.

Military personnel approached for identity verification; for ordinary military justice, this would suffice.

The Second Prince looked at Song Chengyue watching theatrically, and said.

"Lord Song, identity verification is always performed by the Jinyi Wei. This traitor is not subject to simple military justice, your assistance is needed."

Song Chengyue's brow slightly furrowed, then immediately looked at the Jinyi Wei beside him, took out a Magical Treasure, and handed it over.

"You go."

Song Chengyue seemed slightly displeased, yet understood very well.

As long as he was present, if the Second Prince wanted to execute the Crown Prince's men without scrutiny, he must get him involved.

If he didn't want to intervene, the Second Prince would personally ask him to.

The Jinyi Wei here originally had three who might be sent to verify Divine Soul tasks.

But Song Chengyue today didn't bring them, only bringing a close confidant.

Just to show that this matter was no concern of his, that he was merely a spectator, and if not to protect the Second Prince, he wouldn't have come at all.

The Divine Soul verification Magical Treasure he carried was a top-tier, highest-grade piece, unique to the Jinyi Wei's government office, a legitimate top-tier Divine Dynasty Magical Treasure.

Verify identity, face, and body, all showed no issues, the Jinyi Wei held the Magical Treasure to verify Divine Soul, the steps were the same, yet the effect was starkly different.

The Magical Treasure's power was so strong, it projected his Divine Soul's shadow.

At first glance, it was identical to his own self.

Song Chengyue's heart skipped a beat, secretly puzzled, could it be wrong?

Among the crowd watching, Yu Ziqing was equally bewildered when that Divine Soul projection appeared.

Could those White Water Eggs really abandon such a top-tier resource?

Absolutely impossible.

That numb gazed fellow was definitely a scapegoat.

Moreover, eighty percent chance it was a White Water Egg unqualified to take on exterior missions and handle independently.

He secretly sealed his signs, raised his head, and looked towards the execution platform.

Instantly, the person kneeling on the platform, had a faint wave in his numbly gazed eyes.

As he opened his mouth, three talisman illusions suddenly appeared, sealing his mouth, six phantom chains emerged from the Void, connecting on both ends of the talisman.

When this wave appeared, the person's numbly gazed eyes suddenly turned hollow.

The manifested Divine Soul's shadow also slowly changed, blurring its facial features and vanishing.

The sudden change took everyone by surprise.

The Divine Soul projection was inconsistent, and the Silence Divine Spell appeared.

Anyone with a mind instantly thought of a major issue, someone had swapped the death-row convict.