Fairy, don't be afraid, I'm about to begin my strategy.

Without water, food, or even sunlight, the poor blue-faced fox was locked up for several more days.

When Shen Mo and Bai Xiaofeng arrived again, the Green-Faced Fox was on its last breath and showed no reaction to external stimuli.

Another bucket of cold water was poured over his head, and the blue-faced fox slowly opened his eyes, looking at the two of them in horror.

At Shen Mo's prompting, Bai Xiaofeng fed him a few sips of water, which helped him regain some consciousness.

Without further ado, Shen Mo repeated the same question from before.

There are a few things he said that are different from his previous answers; this kid is definitely not honest.

After feeding it a small amount of food, Bai Xiaofeng continued to unleash his full power, subjecting the green-faced fox to all sorts of torment.

Lying comes at a price, and Shen Mo believed that the Green-Faced Fox would never dare to lie again for the rest of his life.

When Shen Mo found the Green-Faced Fox again, the fox was clearly somewhat delirious. Upon seeing Bai Xiaofeng's ghost mask, it shrank back.

This time, the questioning yielded the exact same answer as before, which greatly pleased Shen Mo.

Bai Xiaofeng asked cheekily, "Junior sister, is everything done?"

"It's settled, no need to interrogate anymore."

"Then what about him?"

"Use him as a bargaining chip in negotiations with Wang Rui."

Bai Xiaofeng suddenly rubbed his hands together, and asked somewhat shyly, "Junior sister, may I torment him a little more?"

Shen Mo was taken aback. He looked Bai Xiaofeng up and down and thought to himself, "Oh no, I've developed some really strange fetishes on this kid."

"Do whatever you want, just don't kill yourself!"

Upon hearing this, Bai Xiaofeng turned and left the cave, his purpose unclear.

Although Shen Mo couldn't see Bai Xiaofeng's face, he could still sense his excitement.

Before long, Bai Xiaofeng returned, carrying a thick, long bamboo tube that had been polished to a very smooth finish.

He excitedly entered the cave, and soon a high-pitched scream rang out.

The more Shen Mo listened, the more he felt that the scream was exactly the same as the scream of a pig when it is beaten in the countryside.

A chill ran down Shen Mo's spine, and he decided to stay away from Bai Xiaofeng from now on.

Does this sect even have any normal people?!

Based on the information provided by Qingmianhu, Shen Mo roughly figured out the inside story of Wang Rui's transaction.

Wang Rui was in charge of selecting new disciples for the outer sect. Taking advantage of his position, he recorded talented disciples without any background. Once a disciple was selected by an inner sect elder, Wang Rui would use unscrupulous means to control him.

Then, taking advantage of the monthly delivery of spiritual materials to the inner sect, they would transport people to the inner sect to complete the transaction.

The middleman between Wang Rui and the inner sect immortal was He Daoren.

Due to the frequent disappearances of outer disciples, the inner sect also sent people to thoroughly investigate the matter, but in the end, no evidence was found and the matter was dropped.

Later, Wang Rui dared not kidnap outer sect disciples too frequently and instead made deals with the Demonic Sect.

As for the specific details of the deal with the Demonic Sect, the Green-Faced Fox was unaware of them. The entire process was handled by Wang Rui himself, without allowing anyone else to interfere.

He Daoren colluded with Wang Rui to buy and sell disciples, and also colluded with Zhao Moyuan to cultivate the Nine-Turn Soul-Eating Grass.

This old guy is pretty well-rounded.

Based on Wang Rui's private information, it has been confirmed that he is the spy planted by the Elder Wuxiang in the Lingyun Sect.

So it seems that He Daoren may not have willingly fallen into depravity; could he also be a spy for the Demonic Sect?

The Lingyun Sect, which claims to be the leader of the righteous path, has been so severely corrupted by the demonic sects without even realizing it. Don't those high and mighty inner sect immortals notice anything at all?

Forget it, it's too complicated, the more I try to sort it out, the more confused I get.

Shen Mo now only wants to use the Green-Faced Fox as a bargaining chip to talk to Wang Rui. As long as his goal is achieved, everything else is irrelevant.

……

Wang Rui felt that everything had been going wrong lately.

The deal with the Demonic Sect was exposed, not only was the goods lost, but all the deals agreed upon with the employer fell through, forcing them to lose a large sum of spirit stones.

The severe deficit in the accounts has already affected his cultivation plan to seize the Gengjin Spirit Crystal in the Yushan Secret Realm.

Ringo was determined to get that thing, and she couldn't afford to lose to him this time.

One misfortune after another struck, and I don't know when it started. Now, even my right-hand man, Green-Faced Fox, has disappeared.

It's Chen Qingqing!

That's right, ever since Chen Qingqing came back to life, everything has gone wrong for me.

The thought of that vile woman filled Wang Rui with rage. He repeatedly sought out He Daoren, begging him to kill her, but was refused each time.

What exactly is going on here?

"Big brother!"

"Tiger, any news about the second brother?"

Tiger shook his head helplessly. "We've checked everywhere we can, but there's not a single clue. We didn't find any trace of anything at Qiushui Tower either."

"oops……"

Wang Rui was unusually irritable, feeling as if he had a tightness in his chest that he couldn't swallow or exhale.

Just then, his henchman came to report, "Big brother, someone outside wants to see you!"

"Who is it? I don't want to see them!" Wang Rui had no patience left.

"It's Chen Qingqing. She said she's here to discuss a business deal with you."

"Chen Qingqing?"

Wang Rui frowned, forcibly calming his inner turmoil, and his mind raced.

"Let her in."

When Shen Mo entered Wang Rui's cave again, he immediately felt a sense of familiarity. Last time, he had extorted quite a few spirit stones here.

"Oh, Senior Brother, it's been so long! I've missed you terribly!"

"Enough with the nonsense, what brings you here today?"

The moment Wang Rui saw that smug face, his anger flared up instantly.

"Oh, Senior Brother, you still have such a temper. Your ability to calm your mind and cultivate inner peace is lacking. How about trying some loofah soup?"

"Loofah soup? Get your mouth shut!" Wang Rui felt like he was about to explode at any moment!

"The Blue-Faced Fox is in my hands; it's just here to make a deal with my senior brother."

Wang Rui narrowed his eyes, revealing a dangerous signal; he wished he could skin the other person alive right now.

It took Wang Rui a while to calm down and suppress his rising anger.

"How does the trading work?"

"Give me the complete method of the True Essence Gathering Technique."

Wang Rui was taken aback when he heard Shen Mo's conditions, as he thought the other party would ask for spirit stones or something similar.

"What do you need the True Essence Refining Technique for? Besides, isn't the complete True Essence Refining Technique in that treasure bag? Didn't you open it?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Mo knew that the other party was testing him.

"you guess?"

Wang Rui felt another surge of anger and crushed the newly replaced armrest of the chair again, which made him feel a little better.

"What if I don't switch? What can you do then, kill him?"

"Senior brother, you jest! How could a frail woman like me kill someone? At most, I'll hand him and the confessions detailing the transactions over to the inner sect elders!"

Shen Mo blinked his big, bright eyes and said with an innocent expression.

"Ha, ha, ha, junior sister, you're really naive!" Wang Rui continued smugly, "Who do you want to hand it over to? The Inner Sect's Enforcement Hall? Or the Council Hall? They're all my people. What can you do against me!"

After Wang Rui finished speaking, looking at Shen Mo's somewhat surprised gaze, he suddenly felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction. "I've finally turned the tables!"

"Is that so? What if I hand it over to Elder Lin Jingshu of the Council?"

"Lin Jingshu?"

Upon hearing this name, Wang Rui was taken aback, staring intently at Shen Mo. "I don't believe you know an elder of the Council!"

"There might be a secret you don't know, Senior Brother: Lin Jingshu is actually Lin Zhixia's mother. Didn't Immortal Master He tell you?"

Shen Mo deliberately feigned surprise, "Oh, I forgot, not many people in the inner circle know about this secret either."

Silence, still silence. Wang Rui sat down without saying a word, seemingly lost in thought.

Seeing the other party's attitude, Shen Mo was secretly pleased, but also intimidated.