Chapter 39

The three people did not know why Lin Haoming was giving them merit. Seeing Lin Haoming looking at them, they all felt a bit fearful and said, "Senior Brother, we were just ordered to guard the Emperor of Southern Liang. Since the Emperor was killed due to his own family affairs, we know what to do!"

At this moment, they were worried about their own lives and immediately said some submissive words.

Li Shun Tian himself was only an outer gate disciple and did not have the courage to cause them trouble. He shifted his gaze to the full court of officials.

"Liuyang, point out who is close to my second brother here!" Li Shun Tian ordered.

"Ah! Yes!" Liuyang was first startled, then delighted. His gaze swept over the full court of officials, and every person who met Liuyang's eyes was filled with fear.

"Your Highness, this..."

Liuyang's gaze swept over the side, just about to speak, but Lin Haoming spoke first, "Junior Brother Li, I said before, don't involve too many people. They are just ministers and have no impact on your mother!"

Lin Haoming was the person Li Shun Tian had sworn to serve with his blood. Now that he had spoken, although Li Shun Tian did not understand why Lin Haoming was doing this, he could only nod and say, "Senior Brother Lin is right!"

Seeing that Li Shun Tian actually listened and did not kill anyone, the full court of officials felt a great relief. Some were so scared that they even sat down and wiped their cold sweat.

Lin Haoming looked at these people, and a very strange expression appeared on his face because he found that even though he had kindly spoken to save them, he did not receive any merit!

Lin Haoming carefully observed the people here and saw gratitude in the eyes of some ministers.

Since they were grateful to him and it was clearly his words that saved them, why did he not receive any merit? Not even a trace of merit! This was really unreasonable! Could it be because they were mere mortals and thus unable to give him merit?

Lin Haoming fell into a depression because if this was the case, this trip might have been in vain.

Originally, Lin Haoming planned to have Li Shun Tian cooperate with him, using his position here to do bad things, while he would save people and gain their gratitude, thus obtaining merit. But now it was clear that this idea would not work.

"Liuyang, immediately arrest all the people of the three clans of Li Yitian!" Since he could not kill the ministers, Li Shun Tian still wanted to vent his anger on people related to Li Yitian.

Liuyang was delighted to hear this and immediately ran out to do it.

The full court of officials could do nothing when they heard Li Shun Tian's orders. After all, this Ninth Prince, who had become a celestial master, had directly killed the Emperor, and the celestial masters who were supposed to protect the Emperor did nothing.

However, not long after Liuyang ran out, he ran back, knelt in front of Li Shun Tian, and said with a bitter face, "Your Highness, Princess Yongfu has been taken as a disciple by the Celestial Master. Should she be arrested too?"

Li Shun Tian was a bit hesitant when he heard this. He glanced at Lin Haoming, who nodded slightly at him, and immediately said, "Arrest her!"

"Arrest her? But... Princess Yongfu has already cultivated some celestial techniques. I'm afraid... I can't arrest her!" Liuyang was at a loss.

"Oh! I want to see what my niece can do!" Li Shun Tian had just used the Black Iron Ball once. Although he had killed a mortal, it felt good, and he wanted to try it again. So he directly followed Liuyang out, leaving the full court of officials at a loss.

The palace, which should have been a peaceful place, was suddenly in chaos due to Li Shun Tian's arrival. Shouts of killing, begging for mercy, and crying mixed together.

Li Shun Tian directly came to the entrance of Princess Yongfu's palace, which was tightly closed.

Liuyang ordered someone to open the door, but it could not be opened immediately. Li Shun Tian directly threw a fireball, and the door was blown open.

Seeing the Ninth Prince's might, Liuyang's people had no hesitation and rushed in.

After rushing in, they found several people, but Princess Yongfu was not among them.

After forcing the palace maids to speak, they learned that Princess Yongfu had placed a talisman on Li Yitian. Once her father had an accident, she would know immediately. So, upon learning that Li Yitian was killed, she ran to find her master.

Knowing that Princess Yongfu had fled, Li Shun Tian was very unhappy. At this moment, many people were brought from other places, including many of Li Yitian's concubines.

Li Yitian was only ten years older than Li Shun Tian, and the older beauties were in their early thirties. The ones brought over were all rare beauties, but looking at these palace maids and concubines, Li Shun Tian did not hesitate and said, "Kill them all!"

When Lin Haoming heard this, a group of women started to cry and shout, and he immediately called out again, "Wait, Junior Brother Li, you resent your second brother, and killing those close to him is enough. Most of these palace maids are innocent, and there's no need to do this!"

Hearing Lin Haoming speak again, Li Shun Tian could not oppose him and had to agree again, but he was a bit depressed: "What's going on with Lin Haoming? Why is he so kind to mere mortals? Could he be interested in these women? I've never heard that Senior Brother Lin has such a hobby, and too much yang essence leakage can affect cultivation!"

Li Shun Tian was depressed, and Lin Haoming was even more depressed. He had spared the ministers and received no merit, and now sparing the palace maids yielded the same result.

Lin Haoming saw that many palace maids, upon hearing his words and knowing they were saved, were already sobbing uncontrollably. Some even prostrated themselves before him. But even so, his merit bead still did not sense any merit.

Could it be that the merit bead is only effective for cultivators?

Faced with this result, Lin Haoming felt very helpless and gradually accepted this fact. But this meant that his plan really needed to be reconsidered.

Of course, Lin Haoming felt that saving these palace maids was the right thing to do. Although he had learned to be ruthless, he still had a bit of compassion when facing innocent people, especially a group of women.

Just as he had pardoned the palace maids, the next trouble immediately came.

The person in charge of Southern Liang was an inner gate disciple of the sect, with cultivation at the peak of the Qi Condensation stage. At this moment, everyone saw a young man in his thirties, dressed in a white scholar's robe, standing on a green flying sword, holding a beautiful woman who looked to be in her late teens, flying over directly.

Lin Haoming, realizing that the other party had the cultivation of the peak Qi Condensation stage, understood that this was the so-called Senior Brother Qian. Now that he had brought Princess Yongfu, it was clear that nothing good would come of it.