Hearing this, Xian Liu raised her head and looked at Fang Yu.
In the pitch-black cell, he could not make out Fang Yu’s features.
But he knew very well… that Fang Yu’s just-said sentence was transmitted to him through divine sense.
Life? Be a prince again?
Xian Liu’s heart trembled.
Of course, if given the chance, he would want to live and continue as a prince!
He deeply regretted his actions today. He wished time could go back to yesterday so he wouldn’t have made such a foolish mistake!
He ended up in this desperate situation all thanks to Fang Yu!
The culprit, now saying he wants another chance?
He doesn’t believe it!
“Don’t stare at me like that. Honestly, I mean you no harm,” Fang Yu smiled faintly. “You ended up like this because of your own choices.”
And now, I’m willing to give you a chance.
“Of course, but with conditions.”
Xianliu panted, but didn’t speak. She still stared intently at Fang Yu.
“I will clear your name and restore your identity as the ancient demon emperor,” Fang Yu said. “But after you return to your prince status, you must obey my orders. You will do whatever I tell you. From now on, you will only submit to me.”
Hearing this, Xian Liu’s breath quickened, and he roared: “Submit to you!? I am Xian Liu’s prince, I am…”
“Stop yelling, you’re nothing now.” Fang Yu coldly interrupted, “What I said is your only way out. If you refuse, we are done. I will consider you an accomplice of the Holy Court, following Empress Xiaoyue in rebellion. In the end…I’ll have the ancient demon emperor execute you.”
“…You…” Xianliu gasped, struggling to speak.
“I’ve given you time to think about it.”
But Fang Yu didn’t have any thoughts of continuing to communicate with Xian Liu, so he turned around and left the cell.
The reason Fang Yu wanted to spare Xian Liu’s life was… he believed that he needed to plant his own spy within the ancient demon royal clan, to understand the movements of the Ancient Demon Emperor.
This is necessary.
After what had happened before, Fang Yu knew that the Ancient Demon Emperor was untrustworthy, even if he spoke eloquently.
Even so, it’s impossible to completely rule out the possibility of a connection between the Ancient Demon Emperor and the Holy Court.
Therefore, planting a spy within the Ancient Demon Emperor Clan to understand the clan’s movements, including those of the Ancient Demon Emperor himself… became extremely important.
Fang Yu can no longer be led around by the nose.
Even if this immortal flow could restore the prince’s identity, it would be difficult to regain the trust of the ancient demon emperor… But regardless, he is still a prince.
With this layer of identity, at least understanding some obvious movements within the Ancient Demon Emperor Clan is no problem.
After leaving the prison cell, Fang Yu had the jailer take him to the cells where members of the subordinate bloodlines were held.
And the first people he needed to see… were Nan Yuan and Lu Chen, those two who had been targeted by him early on but quickly hid themselves away!
……
At Fang Yu’s request, Nan Yuan and Lu Chen were both imprisoned in the same cell.
Fang Yu walked into the prison cell. The two former county princesses were nailed to the walls, blood flowing profusely from their wounds, their injuries extremely severe.
Their current situation is dire.
When Fang Yu walked up to them, it seemed that only Nan Yuan was awake, while Lu Chen beside her appeared to have lost his mind, mumbling indistinct words, inaudible… And he showed no reaction to Fang Yu’s approach.
Fang Yu looked at Nan Yuan, just about to speak.
“Fang Yu, you will die a terrible death! You will die even worse than us!” Nan Yuan’s eyes were bloodshot, and she growled through gritted teeth.
Her tone was dripping with resentment.
“Empress Xiaoyue was killed by me. As for the other members of the collateral bloodline, they were all captured. Who do you expect to avenge you?” Fang Yu raised an eyebrow and said.
“Sacred Court! Imperial Guard! You’ve been targeted, you have no way out!” Nan Yuan continued to roar.
Fang Yu’s eyes flickered slightly, a playful smile on his face as he said, “So you were hoping the Holy Academy would take revenge for you? But have you ever considered that if the Holy Academy was truly capable, why would they be hiding in the shadows and afraid to show themselves? If they really wanted to avenge you, they should have made their move long ago.”
Upon hearing this, Nan Yuan’s expression froze.
Of course, she had thought of that.
But, her resentment towards Fang Yu in her heart made her lose her rationality!
She wants Fang Yu to die!
Let this damned human beast pay a terrible price, or else… she will die with regret. Her hatred and rage cannot be dispelled!
…and the only one who could avenge her was… she could only think of the Holy Academy.
Because… even her most trusted mother had fallen to Fang Yu’s hands…
“Have you ever thought that the whole situation of your branch being in such a sorry state…was actually orchestrated by the Holy Court?” Fang Yu narrowed his eyes, saying, “If it weren’t for the Holy Court appearing, none of this would have happened to you. You could have all lived.”