Mountain and sea lantern

Chapter 599: Not moral
If you don't believe me, fine, but shouldn't you, as the interrogator, ask a few more questions?
If you don't want to ask, fine, but instead you make me, the one being interrogated, ask you? What's the point of that?

Jiang You'er had thought that one day he would be exposed and fall into the hands of the righteous path... No, this Shi Chun was nothing but a piece of bullshit righteousness. He would accept that Situ Gu was righteous, but in his eyes, Shi Chun was just a small fry from a crooked sect.

Being interrogated by someone of such low character is a disgrace.

As a member of the demonic path, he had considered the interrogation he would face after being captured, and how to deal with the brutal interrogation, but he never expected the interrogation to be like this in reality.

His anticipated methods of resistance and mental preparations proved utterly useless, immediately throwing his psychological defenses into disarray.

Now he suddenly understood. He no longer cared about the demonic path's methods of punishing traitors, which were more terrifying than death. He wanted to change his stance, to join the righteous path, and to confess hastily. But the other party didn't believe him.

It's understandable that you don't easily believe what he says, but you should at least explain why you don't believe him. The two of you can eliminate the misunderstanding through communication.

However, this bastard took the chicken feather given to him by Situ Gu as an imperial edict, which was simply outrageous.

He had already decided to pledge allegiance, but his cultivation was rapidly declining, so you can imagine how anxious he was.

Left with no other choice, and in order to minimize the loss of his cultivation, he dared not hesitate for a moment and hastily changed his words again, saying, "I admit it, I am from the 'Tianyi' lineage of the demonic path."

Shi Chun still murmured as if in a dream, "I don't believe it."

The giant snake's eyes widened instantly, and it was almost ready to curse. "There are only three main branches of the orthodox demonic path. I've explained all three branches to you, and you don't believe a single one of them. What kind of ghost am I supposed to summon?"

But he was at the mercy of others and dared not offend them, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and forcefully change his words again, "Senior brother, no, Brother Chun, you are wise. I knew I couldn't hide it from you. That's right, I am actually a three-way spy. I have joined all three branches of the demonic path. Whatever you want to know, I can tell you."

In short, we hope the other party will stop first.

Shi Chun muttered slowly, "I don't believe it..."

The big snake's eyes darted around like madmen, and it finally started cursing, "Shi Chun, what the hell do you want me to confess?"

He cursed with great indignation, but his tone was weak. He had been drained of his energy, so it would be strange if he wasn't weak.

Without even opening his eyes, Shi Chun slowly mumbled, "The truth."

"..." The big snake was so angry that it couldn't think straight. In the end, it changed its tune and pleaded, "Stop, stop for a moment, don't torture me anymore. I promise to confess to whatever you ask."

Shi Chun muttered the same sentence calmly, "I don't believe it."

The giant snake tried to struggle, but could not move much. Suddenly, a thought flashed through its mind and it said, "I know where that demonic master who chased you to Dazhi City is. Stop for a moment, I know where he is recuperating."

This time, Shi Chun opened his eyes and actually stopped absorbing information. He finally asked a question that was in line with normal interrogation: "Where?"

The giant snake breathed a heavy sigh of relief. It estimated that its cultivation level had dropped from the Earth Immortal realm to the Human Immortal realm. If it continued to waste its energy, it was afraid that its cultivation would be completely depleted. At that time, it might not even be qualified to transform into human form, and it might even die from exhaustion.

He caught his breath and then revealed, "It was in a secluded little house in a remote corner of the south of Dulai City that he was seriously injured by the Sword Saint and was recuperating there."

Dulai City, Shi Chun knew, was one of the three cities in the territory of Shenshan. He pressed for more details, asking, "Please specify the address."

Big Flower Snake: "Come to the south of the city, at the end of Liangche Street, turn right and you'll see that house. There's a bell hanging at the door, it's easy to spot."

Shi Chun immediately took out the mother-child talisman and contacted the woman in red. He then informed her of the situation, saying that the person who assassinated him at the bookstore might be hiding there, and that she should find someone to deal with him as soon as possible, otherwise he might escape.

This time, he didn't ask anyone to keep an eye on him or anything like that. Everyone knows that the person last time was from the demonic path, so it would be abnormal to ask someone to keep an eye on him. Xiniu Hezhou has its own rules for how to handle things.

It would be good to kill him directly. That person has a demonic eye that can track him and is targeting him, which is too dangerous.

The woman in red on the other side was still in Dazhi City, but not in the library; she was in an antique courtyard pavilion.

After turning his head and urgently giving instructions via telepathy, he slowly put away the mother-child talisman in his hand, paced to the window and muttered, "The three branches of the demonic path have an alliance that prohibits them from attacking each other. This guy is messing around with Demon Sixteen, which doesn't seem like the demonic path. Could his method of concealing his aura be a demonic technique? The Phoenix Clan's capture of people at the Divine Mountain and the upheaval at the Refining Heaven Sect, could they be the work of the demonic path?"

She had already planted spies on Mount Shenshan, and had received news that Situ Gu had kidnapped Jiang You'er there. She also knew about Situ Gu's release of Jiang You'er. Based on the information provided by Shi Chun, she now suspected that the kidnapped Jiang You'er was a member of the demonic path and that Jiang You'er had revealed the whereabouts of Demon Sixteen.

At the same time, I am also curious: if the demonic path really did kidnap Situ Gu's disciple, why would the demonic path take such a risk?
After pacing back and forth for a while, a cold smile suddenly appeared on her lips as she muttered to herself, "Extreme Fire Sect... Su Qiao, Su Qiao, it seems he might not have told me the truth..."

Inside the cave on the other side, Shi Chun put away the mother-child talisman and placed his hand on the giant flower snake, continuing to cast spells to absorb demonic energy.

"Again?" The giant snake was stunned. It raised its head and said indignantly, "Everything I said is true. You can prove it when you find the person."

Shi Chun slowly closed his eyes again and said, "We are verifying it."

Today, Big Flower Snake has truly learned what utterly unreasonable means. Continuing to torture someone without verifying their authenticity—is this how interrogations are conducted?
He then added in a trembling voice, "And Lou Xiu, the Inner Court Commander of Yaoshan City, is also one of our people."

Shi Chun muttered, "I don't believe it."

"..." The giant snake looked on in disbelief, then went mad. It was desperate; it strained to lift its head and reach for Shi Chun, baring its venomous fangs.

Just as he was about to take a bite, Shi Chun, who had his eyes closed, pressed his head down to the ground, then used his leg to firmly pin his head down, before focusing his mind and continuing to absorb the energy...

With a whoosh, Situ Gu, standing atop the mountain, looked down and saw soil and rocks rolling out of a cave halfway up the mountain. Shi Chun crawled out of the cave and dragged up by the tail of a large flower snake.

Upon reaching the mountaintop, Shi Chun threw the large flower snake at his feet and sighed, "This snake demon couldn't withstand severe torture and died."

Situ Gu glanced at the large, patterned snake, which was covered in wounds and had scales falling off everywhere. He didn't know what Shi Chun had done to the snake, but he didn't care. Sensing from afar, he found that it was indeed dead, so he asked, "Did it confess?"

Shi Chun nodded, "He confessed. That's right. Huang Ye, the leader of the Northern Mountain of the Phoenix Clan's Divine Mountain, is his superior. They belong to the 'Guicang' lineage of the Demonic Path."

In fact, when Jiang You'er first confessed, she said she was from the 'Guicang' lineage, and he believed her because she also mentioned Huang Ye, which was proof.

“Guicang…” Situ Gu muttered, his gaze turning cold as he looked into the distance. Anyone who dared to touch his disciple, especially someone like Zhen’er, had clearly offended him.

Looking back, he saw Shi Chun constantly clutching and rubbing his stomach, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Shi Chun patted his stomach and said, "It's nothing. I ate something while I was interrogating him, so I'm a little full. I'm just rubbing my stomach."

He now understood his own limitations. With his current cultivation level, it was indeed too much effort to forcefully swallow and suppress the demonic energy of a high-level Earth Immortal. However, he didn't want to waste a single bit and stubbornly endured it all.

I'm feeling really full and uncomfortable right now, but I don't want to vomit anything, so when it's hard to suppress my cultivation, I've added a little manual assistance.

Situ Gu raised an eyebrow and glanced at the large, bruised snake. He realized that this kid was really abnormal. He could torture the monster like this while still being able to eat. No wonder he said it was inconvenient to look at.

He was a little worried that Zhen'er, who was naive and inexperienced, might go astray if she followed this guy, and his idea of ​​entrusting Zhen'er to him wavered slightly.

He turned his head and said, "Let's go."

After saying that, it swept the person away into the air, leaving the giant snake's corpse lying lifeless on the spot.

Shi Chun, who wanted to say "please wait a moment," didn't even have time to speak before he was already in the air. He had no choice but to give up and let himself be carried away, while taking out the Mother-Child Talisman to check the message.

It was Wu Jinliang who sent the message, saying that he had received a message from Young Master Nan asking where he was. Wu Jinliang didn't know whether to reply to the message or pretend he hadn't received it and ask for their opinion.

Shi Chun frowned slightly. Wu Jin was in Jukuzhou, yet he was able to receive news from Young Master Nan, which meant that Young Master Nan had also come to Jukuzhou.

After thinking it over, he replied: Send a message to prove that we are still in Jukuzhou.

Wu Jinliang replied: The items we sent to him have appeared at the Eastern Victory Royal Court. This guy might have sold us out; he probably doesn't have good intentions.

Shi Chun replied: It's normal to be betrayed. If you're friends, don't take it to heart. If there's a real problem, it's more important that we're still in Jukuzhou.

Wu Jinliang replied: What if he asks to meet?
Shi Chun replied: We must meet. Only by agreeing to meet can we prove that we have nothing to hide. However, we will not meet for the time being. Let's deal with our own affairs first. Tell him that we are forced to meet by the situation and that we will meet again later.

Wu Jinliang replied: Okay, I understand.

The two ended their contact there. Shi Chun glanced at Situ Gu again and found that the other man had not shown any intention of peeking at her from beginning to end. He seemed to be disdainful. On the contrary, Shi Chun realized that he had been judging Situ Gu by his own petty standards.

The two continued flying towards Dazhi City to complete the formality of Dong Liangyi's apprenticeship...

In this desolate land, on the banks of a raging, roaring canyon, Wei Mo, standing with his hands behind his back, watched the conversation between Young Master Nan and Wu Jinliang and chuckled softly, "It seems they trust you quite a bit. Others can't contact them, but they replied as soon as you did."

That's not how you should put it. The more he said that, the more guilty Young Master Nan felt. People treated you like a brother and an elder brother, and you betrayed them like this? That's completely unethical. Not to mention anything else, once word gets out, it will be difficult for him to do business in the future.

Besides, this wasn't the first time he had betrayed Shi Chun and the others.

He had already made up his mind that if they could continue to associate with each other in the future, he would not only let Wu Jinliang try out the new courtesan in Dongsheng Capital, but he would also want the courtesans from the four major capitals.

So they spoke up for them, saying, "The fact that they replied to my message proves that the person is indeed trapped in Jukuzhou, which completely proves that the royal court's affairs have nothing to do with them."

"Sigh." Wei Mo raised his hand and patted his shoulder. "Brother Nan, how could I not know? But this is not something we can decide. The task we were given is only one: arrest people! Neither you nor I have a choice."

As he spoke, he turned around and looked at the several attendants standing with their hands clasped not far behind him. These were just the figures on the surface; in order to carry out the Queen's decree, the forces he could mobilize this time were extraordinary.

Young Master Nan lowered his head and smiled wryly, "My friends in the cultivation world all say I'm loyal..."

Wei Mo patted him on the back again, "Alright, we're just idling around anyway, let's go, let's go to the library in Dazhi City to check out the situation first, maybe we can get more information about the actual situation. It's really strange that he can live in seclusion there doing odd jobs all this time."

(End of this chapter)