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I can’t move.....

My body is completely controlled!

At this moment, amid the bustling crowd, no one noticed that a few top-tier Grand Sorcerers were clashing. The three of them were gathered together, appearing like an old man chatting leisurely with his two young disciples.

Old Liu pushed Third Elder Shen’s wheelchair, with Wang Ye involuntarily following behind, unable to muster any spiritual power to control his own body no matter how he resisted.

In just one day, without any reaction, he had been controlled to this extent?

Wang Ye’s heart sank to the bottom, he... had underestimated the Shen Family!

"Consider it a lesson," Third Elder Shen said with a smile from his wheelchair, "When I was paralyzed, I was about the same age as you, Minister Shaoting. I was just as unguarded against the chair Old Liu sent over. At that time... I was played fool quite miserably. Remember, Minister Shaoting, with your current body, it’s best to keep your distance from those magicians skilled in the Ingenious Art of Heaven. "

Wang Ye’s mouth twitched as he forced out a response, "Thank you for the advice, Old Liu!"

Shen Yixin gave a slight smile, but he did not look at Wang Ye. From the first day of contact, he knew that this boy, indeed, was still too naive...

"What are you trying to do, Third Brother?"

"It’s not a solution to keep him confined forever.

In desperate times, one must seek changes.

It’s unrealistic to think you can control his thoughts in such a short time.

The Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Works won’t be far behind you.

Any restrictions you set up, as long as they don’t directly alter Minister Wang’s mind, he will be able to lift them, and this will only make the Imperial Court see our Shen Family as even more dangerous! "

"What if we replace the brain?" Shen Yixin suggested with a slight smile.

His voice remained as gentle as a spring breeze, like that of a benevolent elder, but the content sent a chill through Wang Ye’s heart.

He knew that Old Liu, who had control over the Shen Family, was definitely not a benevolent person. He had just been befuddled by the seemingly upright and kind appearance after one day of interaction.

"If we replace the brain, he will no longer be Minister Wang. Moreover, this technique can only be performed by Mister Hua Pi. If you could do it, then you would be Mister Hua Pi," Third Elder Shen retorted.

Shen Yixin sighed slightly, expressing his regret.

"If I had known Mister Hua Pi was in Jiangnan earlier, I would have paid a visit already. There are many technical challenges I’ve always wanted to ask that legendary figure."

"As if he would see you?" Third Elder Shen said with a laugh, "If I had known, I would have gone long ago, asked Mister Hua Pi to give me a new body so that at least I could stand up and walk on my own."

The two chatted casually like this and, before they knew it, had reached a corner in the north of the city. It appeared to be very ordinary, but Wang Ye could see that there was a powerful sorcerer’s barrier surrounding the area!

As the technique was activated and the barrier erected, Third Elder Shen’s smile faded. "You coming to find me so directly, aren’t you afraid Old Qi would see?"

"Old Qi is in my room, under my personal watch. He doesn’t have the energy to pay attention over here."

"Personal watch?" Third Elder Shen chuckled, "So, which one is your real body? With Old Qi or here with me?"

"Real body?" Wang Ye looked at Third Elder Shen, then at Shen Yixin, a bit puzzled.

What did that mean? Was this a fake?

"Ever since Old Wu went to the Capital City, Old Liu, you’ve been increasingly cowardly," Third Elder Shen said with a grin. "You never dare show your real face. Whenever you’re out, it’s with your puppet.

The Heavenly Artisan’s Ingenious Art from the Beigong family is being used like this by you; I wonder what your ancestors of your mother’s family would think if they knew. "

Old Liu’s smile gradually disappeared from his face, turning cold.

It was only then that Wang Ye could clearly see that Old Liu’s face did indeed look odd.

As a puppet who practiced facial expressions in front of a mirror every day, Wang Ye was quite sensitive in this regard.

The person before him... was one of his own kind!

"It’s because you all are too frightening," Shen Yixin spoke with a now grim face, his voice growing heavier. "Someone as powerful as our eldest brother died without a sound, even our ancestor disappeared. I don’t know whether you’re human or ghosts, what can I do?"

"So you’ve just been indulgent all along?

" Shen Yimiao’s expression turned ugly. "How did our eldest brother treat you since childhood? How did the mothers treat you? When you wanted to send the family members to Capital City, Elder Brother and I stood up against everyone’s opposition and agreed to your decision.

Do you know why? We hoped that without having to worry about aftermath, you could take action.

But you still dare not; are you that afraid of death? "

"If I were afraid of death, I would have left long ago!" shouted Shen Yixin. "If it weren’t for elder brother’s dying request to take care of Old Jiu, do you think I would want to stay in this damned place, to be this dogshit clan leader?"

"To protect Old Jiu?" Shen Yimiao sneered as he glanced at the other. "So, that’s why you sent Old Jiu and Second Elder Brother away. I understand now, did Second Elder Brother look for you?"

Shen Yixin closed his eyes in silence for a few seconds before finally nodding.

"Yes, several years ago Second Elder Brother realized something was wrong with a few of our siblings. I didn’t believe it at first either, but he showed me the blood jade that elder brother left before he died, containing his last words. "

"The original plan was to take the opportunity of the Magistrate of Lyuzhou’s provocation, to let Second Elder Brother take Old Jiu out, add in Elder Sister-in-law, and look for a chance to go to Capital City to find Fifth Elder Brother, while I would keep an eye on you. Only, I didn’t expect..."

"Second Elder Brother died..." Shen Yimiao said grimly. "There’s a problem with Old Jiu!"

"He shouldn’t have a problem..." Shen Yixin shook his head. "He was raised by Fifth Elder Brother and me since he was a child; we barely slept, protecting him. No monster could have touched Old Jiu under our watch."

"So there’s only one possibility," Shen Yimiao said darkly. "Someone followed them, went with Second Elder Brother and Old Jiu, and secretly killed Second Elder Brother!"

"But you’ve seen these past days that our siblings are all here!"

"You are not here, are you..." said Shen Yimiao with a smile. "Old Liu, where is your real body?"

Shen Yixin remained silent.

"If you don’t speak, then I’m leaving!" Shen Lao San turned to look at the other person, his eyes serious as he said, "I have to go out, I have to find the person who killed my second brother, and if it’s you, Old Liu, I swear, I will dismantle your bones one by one. I’ll also go to the Capital City, and twist each and every one of your cherished juniors into pretzels right in front of you! "

"You can’t leave..." Shen Yixin shook his head, "All of you should know, Third Brother, without my permission, none of you... can leave Nanyang City!"

As soon as these words fell, the array on the outskirts of Nanyang burst into colorful lights, stirring the restless zombies outside, and alarming the citizens of Nanyang City, who scrambled back to their homes in a panic.

"Do you know? Minister Wang..." Shen Yimiao smiled and said, "Everyone says our Shen family has a prodigy, which is Old Wu, so he went to your Imperial Court and became the Minister of War, but that’s not true. If we talk about talent, Old Liu’s is higher than Old Wu’s.

Do you know why it was he who stayed behind? "

Wang Ye, looking at the scene outside, began to understand and nodded, "Is the Shen family’s array, said to rival a million soldiers, controlled by Sixth Master Shen?"

"This array comes from the Dragon Palace!"

"Dragon Palace?" Wang Ye was startled, his heart starting to race.

Because... it was exactly what Chen Qing had said!

The Shen family’s array on the outskirts might indeed come from the Dragon Palace!

"What is that place?" Wang Ye quickly asked.

"We still don’t know to this day," Shen Yimiao shook his head, "All we know is that the dragon-transformation technique our ancestor had back in the day came from there. He brought back many secrets, and it’s those secrets that have built the Shen family’s thousand-year reputation.

The array around Nanyang City, outsiders think it’s made by the Shen family’s millennia of accumulation, but it’s not.

This array, compared to those in the Capital City or even Yundu, is fundamentally different.

If it were to be fully activated, even if all the magicians in the world were to gather, they wouldn’t be able to break it! "

Wang Ye was shocked; such a claim was quite arrogant, yet coming from Third Master Shen, it didn’t seem false.

"Old Liu inherited these arrays, so as long as he’s here, no one from the Shen family can leave. Over the years, everyone tacitly understood but never spoke of it. They all knew in their hearts that Sixth Master Shen could imprison all the Shen family members."

"Third Brother, those words are too harsh," Shen Yixin said somberly. "Over these years, everyone has agreed to stay in Nanyang; how can you speak of imprisonment?"

"But that’s the truth," Shen Yimiao said with a smile. "I don’t oppose it either because initially my second brother and I both guessed that the ancestor was hiding among us brothers, so letting any one of us out might allow the ancestor to execute his plans. That’s why everyone accepts your approach.

Otherwise, do you think, without the support from a few of us, you could suppress everyone in Nanyang? "

"So, Third Brother, whom do you represent?" Shen Yixin coldly asked.

As soon as he finished speaking, a portly figure walked in, surprising Wang Ye; it was the most amiable-looking Shen Eighth Master, whose techniques were also the most upright.

"I really didn’t expect Old Ba to be so close to you and Third Brother."

"Let the two of us go, and once we find out the cause of Second Brother’s death, we will return!" Shen Yimiao finally stated their demand.

"What if I don’t?" Shen Yixin asked coldly.

"Then we’ll have to use unconventional methods," Shen Yimiao said to Wang Ye.

"You think this young man will use the Flying Star technique to take you out?" Shen Yixin laughed as well, "Third Brother, do you know the risks? Besides, I won’t allow it."

As soon as these words fell, Wang Ye’s body visibly started to crack.

Wang Ye’s pupils dilated, a feeling of being unable to control his own life and death surged over him once again, bringing a look of unwillingness to his eyes.

He thought, that last time on Daqing Mountain, being controlled like a puppet by someone else’s hand would be the last...

"You want to kill an Imperial Official?" Shen Yimiao said with a smile. "Do you know the consequences?"

"Nothing is more serious than the consequences of you two leaving..." Shen Yixin said coldly, "Moreover, if the Emperor could kill Liu Yu, it indicates he won’t care much for this Minister Shaoting. I will naturally explain it to the Imperial Court afterwards!"

"Do you see, Minister Wang?" Shen Yimiao winked at Wang Ye with a smile, "Was I wrong? Was it a mistake to trust Old Liu?"

Wang Ye angrily said, "If Third Master Shen foresaw this, why not act?"

Shen Yixin, however, was wary of the other party. With Wang Ye under his control, he could cause Wang Ye’s body to collapse with a single thought. Even if Third Brother anticipated this, how could he save Wang Ye?

"Can destroying you save Minister Wang?" Shen Yimiao asked Shen Yixin with a smile.

"It could..." Shen Yixin laughed as well, "But destroying just one won’t do. The device on Minister Wang’s body was set up by three puppets.

Each puppet has a different activation mechanism.

Third Brother, you need to destroy the three puppets simultaneously.

Otherwise, if even one is left, I can remotely activate different mechanisms and kill Minister Wang! "

Upon hearing this, Wang Ye’s heart sank completely.

So it meant that the other party had met with him throughout the day using three puppet avatars?

Not only had he failed to detect their presence, but he had also been tampered with by the three puppet avatars without noticing a thing?

His master was right; although he had surpassed First Rank, he was still far from the world’s top magicians!