Is it necessary to be so hasty? Du Huoguan couldn't help but remind, "Prison master, although the Qi family's own strength is limited, their backing in the Heavenly Court is not to be taken lightly. To kill their daughter without a reason is indeed indefensible, and it cannot be explained to the Heavenly Court either."

Nie turned around and sat down on the brocaded couch, asking, "What reason was Shi Chun arrested for?"

Du Huoguan: "Theft."

Nie: "Then let it be theft."

"..." Du Huoguan choked back and was left speechless. Qi Yueru came to visit the prison and casually stole things, then the whole city guard is just for show, plus it took your personal killing, is this reason valid? Even if it's told, it needs to be believed.

However, he quickly understood the intent; an indefensible reason was exactly right, as it was indefensible that could keep the person safe.

After all, fabricating a crime was something he would have to manage himself later.

Understanding this, he again reminded, "Qi Yueru should know who the traitor is."

"Finding the traitor is your job," Nie dismissed with a sentence, clearly finding the conversation too verbose. He lifted his feet and then laid down on his side on the couch, with additional instructions, "Shi Chun can be released. Don't close the theft case. Tell them, if a new clue is found, they can be summoned for questioning at any time."

"Ah?" Even Du Huoguan, with all his imposing manner, was somewhat flabbergasted. Releasing someone and letting them leave the Land of Exile, only to possibly bring them back at any time, such a precedent hadn't been set before. Worried that he might have misunderstood, he sought confirmation, "Is it to release from the city or from the Life Prison?"

After asking this question, he immediately felt it might be redundant.

Sure enough, the prison master already showed an attitude uninterested in answering.

But still, he bravely voiced the doubt in his heart, "Prison master, why do you want to protect such an insignificant person as Shi Chun?"

"If you can ask, it's not necessary to explain," Nie responded indifferently, slowly closing his eyes.

The intent to not discuss further was clear, leaving Du Huoguan with no choice but to leave with his confusion.

Inside the dueling grounds, Shi Chun was constantly looking around, bored and lonely, not knowing what the current situation meant, as if no one cared about him anymore. He looked at the city guard beating the drum, who stood next to the drum stand without moving, occasionally glancing back at him.

In fact, Shi Chun had already noticed there were two people on top of the tower; before the strange scene from his right eye disappeared, he had seen them, but he acted as if he hadn't noticed anything.

For him, the greatest discovery was not what his right eye saw, but confirming how to activate the right eye's ability.

Tension! Yes, it was tension; whenever he became tense, his right eye's superpower would be activated.

This was something he had been pondering for a while, and he had vaguely realized it when he was undergoing torture in the prison.

When he first entered the Zhixu City's dungeon and faced interrogation, he truly couldn't avoid feeling tense, and as a result, his right eye's ability would emerge. This allowed him to vaguely grasp the commonalities during the activation of his superpower, though he wasn't sure.

He also did not expect that the opportunity for confirmation would come so swiftly; the sudden appearance of the Green Fox Demon made him tense immediately.

In the end, his conjecture was confirmed; tension could activate the superpower of his right eye.

At the entrance below, Du Huoguan walked out. Shi Chun didn't know who he was, but he had seen him in the prison before.

Du Huoguan gestured to the city guard who was beating the drum to come over and instructed him to take Shi Chun away for record-keeping.

There was no help for it; the prison master said the case would not be closed, so some evidence to summon people at any time had to be left. Otherwise, how could someone be brought back from the outside world in the future? Life Prison has no jurisdiction over the outside world, and it would be impossible for others to allow Life Prison to intervene at will within their domains. Would you let the outside world intervene freely in Life Prison's affairs?

In the guesthouse's room, several city guards arrived, knocking on the door.

Qi Yueru, who was feeling uneasy, opened the door. Seeing the group outside, she was slightly guarded and asked, "What's the matter?"

The leader said, "You've stayed here too long. The Prison Inspection Envoy has ordered that you be expelled, take your belongings and leave."

Qi Yueru was eager to leave and immediately obeyed the order, picking up her possessions and heading out the door.

Upon being brought to the checkpoint of Weng City, she faced the last measure: a body search. Since she was a woman, a female guard conducted the search.

Qi Yueru cooperated docilely but, as she turned around, her body suffered a violent, heavy blow that made her spurt blood. Before she could comprehend what was happening, someone had pinned her down to the ground.

Someone immediately covered her mouth, while others grabbed her arms and legs, snapping them one by one, eliciting agonized groans from her.

They were truly ruthless, this was no child's play, especially the act of covering her mouth, which made her immediately realize she had been exposed. Ba Yingshan wanted to silence her!

She couldn't accept it and wanted to shout out to expose them, but she forcibly held back the words at the tip of her tongue.

If she exposed Ba Yingshan, she wouldn't live, and Ba Yingshan would betray the Qi family, where her close relatives were.

Before leaving, the family had covertly instructed her that if her mission were exposed, she must take full responsibility for it, pinning it all on her personal actions.

Had she not firmly remembered this point, she might have really cried out Ba Yingshan's name.

"What are you doing, what are you doing..." Qi Yueru whimpered and struggled in a muffled voice.

Seeing that even facing death, she did not reveal the other party, the person who gestured for the attack looked up towards the top of Weng City's wall.

Du Huoguan showed his face from behind the wall, feeling a bit of pity for the person being pinned down below; knowing she wouldn't speak, he was certain she wouldn't open her mouth again.

The prison master was only responsible for making decisions, while he had to attend to other matters as well. Indeed, as the prison master said, catching the traitor was his job.

Seeing that their attempt had failed, he tilted his head in a signal. The person who understood the cue immediately went to where Qi Yueru was pinned, leaned down, and delivered a punch directly to the pit of her back, caving it in.

Blood spurted from between the fingers that covered Qi Yueru's mouth, and with a face contorted in pain and despair, she barely had time for regret or remorse before her body twitched a few times and then went still.

To ensure her death, someone twisted her neck with a snap.

Her body was then dragged away without any concealment to the outer gate of the inner city, where it was hung by a rope.

The entire execution process was quick and decisive, with no mercy shown.

Soon, a crowd gathered, alerted by the guards who deliberately spread the news that she was killed by the prison master for theft.

What? The prison master personally took action? As if throwing a stone into a pond, the crowd buzzed with discussion, and the news spread rapidly.

At Bowan Building, Lan Qiaoyan, upon hearing the news, couldn't believe it. She herself made a trip to the inner city gate to confirm that the dead was indeed Qi Yueru.

Not just outsiders, even the city guards within the city were shocked to hear the rumors. They doubted the prison master would act over such a trivial matter. But learning that the news came from their colleagues, they had to believe it, as colleagues dared not speak ill of the prison master without cause.

The news naturally also reached the ears of Ba Yingshan, who was so scared he was beside himself and continued to hide in his house to avoid suspicion.

He didn't believe the prison master would kill Qi Yueru over such a small matter. It could only mean he hoped Qi Yueru had not named him before her death...

Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang, with ragged clothes and injured bodies, also walked out of the inner city gate, having been released, with their weapons and travel bags returned to them.

Seeing the crowd blocking the gate, Wu Jinliang snorted, "Are they here to welcome us, or to enjoy the show?"

They soon realized they were mistaken when they saw everyone pointing and looking in the direction above the city gate. The two emerging from the gate looked up and saw the hanging female corpse, not recognizing her.

Wu Jinliang made a curious sound and asked someone in the crowd, "What's going on here?"

There was much he did not know, including that Shi Chun beside him had already fought a duel over their lives.

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