At this moment, a palace maid came in quickly with her head lowered.

After arriving in front of Liang Ji, she first had the other palace maids and eunuchs in the hall leave, then she said, "Empress Dowager, there’s bad news, the Patriarch has been escorted into the capital."

Liang Ji, who was lost in her thoughts, immediately pulled her mind back, and an expression of seriousness appeared on her face as she looked into the palace maid’s eyes: "Who did you hear this from?"

"Someone from the clan saw it at the west gate," the palace maid said.

The saying goes that even a centipede dies without freezing, and the Liang Family has deep roots, with people in both the Imperial Guard and Chen Army.

As for why there are people in the Chen Army, it’s because when Chen Mo recruited new soldiers in the Four States, the Liang Family sent some collateral kin and people reliant on them, faking identities to participate in the recruitment.

After all, in times of chaos, the review for new recruits was certainly not strict.

Liang Ji’s face darkened.

She didn’t know the real intention behind her father being escorted into the capital.

She only thought it was Chen Mo bringing her father to the capital to be judged and accused.

Liang Ji immediately panicked, abruptly stood up, and said, "Convey my message, call for King Wei..."

Halfway through, she remembered the last two times and immediately stomped her foot lightly in anger, then said, "Prepare a bath and clothes for me, I’m leaving the palace."

"Yes."

...

The Celestial Prison.

"King Wei..."

"You all go first."

"Yes."

Chen Mo, taking Nalan Yiren and Diwu Fusheng, walked toward the depths of the Celestial Prison.

In the past.

Prisoners in the Celestial Prison were all prominent figures, some being ministers who had angered the Emperor through remonstration, leading to their imprisonment, but once the Emperor’s anger subsided, these ministers would be released.

Precisely for this reason, someone could be a prisoner today and reinstated tomorrow, so the prison guards dared not offend the inmates inside.

Unlike other prisons which were foul and dark, the Celestial Prison was arranged to be quite serene.

In the corner of a cell, Liang Mu sat cross-legged on the straw mat, a strand of white hair hanging before his forehead.

Although he seemed very haggard at the moment, having held a high position for a long time, even as a prisoner, the aura and temperament of a superior were still present, making him feel out of place with the cell.

Suddenly, the cell door opened, and Liang Mu inadvertently glanced up, and was startled, then sneered, "Oh, it’s King Wei himself coming here, my presence must be quite significant."

On the ground in Luonan, he also learned of the palace’s upheavals.

After speaking, Liang Mu moved his gaze to Diwu Fusheng: "Prince Huai truly has an eye for people, his subordinates are all petty individuals afraid of death."

"People move to higher places as water flows downward, Prince is destined by heaven, there is no wrong in seeking refuge with Master Wei." Having already ’betrayed’ Prince Huai, Diwu Fusheng saw no need for pretense.

"Destined by heaven, indeed." Liang Mu looked at Chen Mo, and said, "Have you come to send me off?"

"Liang Mu, colluding with traitorous parties, conspiring rebellion, you ought to be executed, along with your nine clans, but considering your contributions to the state, I might plead for leniency from His Majesty..." Chen Mo said.

"Seems like you’ve got a request for me." Hearing this, Liang Mu, who had lived for most of his life, immediately guessed what Chen Mo was plotting.

Seeing Liang Mu had seen through him, Chen Mo spoke directly, "Elder Liang, as long as you help me with one task, considering Xue’Er and your family’s contributions, I will pardon your sins as well as those of the Liang Family."

Upon hearing this, Liang Mu let out a couple of cold laughs, lowered his head, and just as Chen Mo was about to say "The lives of thousands in the Liang Family are in your hands, don’t act rashly," Liang Mu abruptly lifted his head and stared into Chen Mo’s eyes: "Do you mean what you say?"

"Elder Liang can inquire about my reputation, I always keep my word." Chen Mo said.

"Tell me, what do you need?" Liang Mu sighed.

Honestly, when his cultivation was abolished, he was already indifferent to life and death, so Chen Mo couldn’t threaten him with his life, but he couldn’t disregard the Liang Family.

Before Chen Mo could speak, the almost impatient Nalan Yiren blurted, "Where is Tang Yichen?"

Whether it was Nalan Yiren’s attire or her unique voice, Liang Mu was seeing her for the first time, causing him to hesitate momentarily before speaking: "Who is she?"

"You don’t need to know who I am, where is Tang Yichen?" Nalan Yiren replied.

Liang Mu did not answer her but looked at Chen Mo.

"The favor I ask is what she questions." Chen Mo said.

Liang Mu refocused his gaze on Nalan Yiren: "Who is Tang Yichen?"

"You don’t know Tang Yichen?" Nalan Yiren frowned and asked, "Then whom did you buy the Immortal Powder from?"

"Immortal Powder..." Liang Mu seemed confused.

"Let me..."

Seeing the trouble Nalan Yiren had in questioning, Chen Mo pulled her aside and briefly explained Tang Yichen and the Immortal Powder to Liang Mu.

"So the Tang Yichen you speak of is the High Priest of the Western Regions, I wondered who you meant, the High Priest never shows his true face, and no one knows his real name, only that he is from Baiyue, and I heard a rumor saying he is a traitor from Poison King Valley."

Upon finishing, Liang Mu looked at Nalan Yiren: "Miss, you wouldn’t happen to be from Poison King Valley, would you?"

"So what if I am; just answer me. Can you find him?" Sensing she might finally get a lead, Nalan Yiren became somewhat excited, her tone turning a bit abrupt.

"Then you’ve found the right person, the High Priest is elusive in the Western Regions and never interacts with outsiders, I’m probably the only one in the Great Song who can find him." Liang Mu said.

"Since he doesn’t interact with outsiders, how did you meet him?" Chen Mo interjected.

"Naturally, I’ve known him before." Liang Mu replied.

Baiyue, wanting to enter Xiliang, had to pass through the Great Song.

According to Liang Mu, he first saw the ’High Priest’ when a Liang Family caravan brought him back, masked, seemingly severely wounded and poisoned, he sought Liang Mu’s help.

Though not a philanthropist, Liang Mu wasn’t willing to help, but the ’High Priest’ claimed to have a pill that could prolong life and delay aging, tempting Liang Mu to agree, using his cultivation to expel the poison and assist his escape to the Western Regions.

As for the origin of the title ’High Priest,’ it wasn’t a religious post or a State Preceptor title but a nickname casually coined by Tang Yichen as his identity.

It’s no wonder the Poison King Valley couldn’t find Tang Yichen in the Western Regions; they were looking in the wrong direction.

Nalan Yiren, having listened, was furious enough to kill Liang Mu.

No wonder Tang Yichen survived the Elder’s Poison Palm, Liang Mu had used cultivation to purge the venom.

With his poison skills honed and the help of a Divine Power Realm Martial Artist, Tang Yichen survived.

"You..." Nalan Yiren pointed at Liang Mu, gritting her teeth in anger.

"Looks like you’ve got quite a grudge against the High Priest," Liang Mu cleared his throat, "But I had no ill intentions, Miss should understand the temptation a life-extending elixir holds for the elderly."

Nalan Yiren glared at him, then asked, "Where is he now?"

"I don’t know either now?"

"Are you playing with me?"

"Calm down, listen to me, the Western Regions are vast, and the High Priest’s whereabouts are unstable, moving after short stays. This month he might be in the Yelang Kingdom, next month in the Yale Kingdom. To meet him, you must leave a code at a tavern in the Yelang Kingdom, then..." Liang Mu began to explain.

Chen Mo understood that Tang Yichen had many intermediaries in the Western Regions. If strangers arrived, even with the code, Tang Yichen wouldn’t appear.

Previously, Diwu Fusheng’s saying "Liang Mu had connections in the Western Regions, knew someone" was merely referring to one of Tang Yichen’s many intermediaries.

Chen Mo narrowed his eyes slightly, suspecting Liang Mu might be saying this deliberately to save his life.