From the Iron Shirt Technique to physical sanctification

Shi Cangyue was initially full of confidence, but after three days and three nights of interrogating Su Lingxi, his confidence was gradually crumbling.

Physical torture and mental torment had no effect on Su Lingxi. It was as if she had lost her soul and was just a piece of breathing flesh. No method could work on her.

The interrogation ultimately became a battle of wits.

Shi Cangyue was defeated.

After listening to his master Shi Cangyue's explanation, Zhang Yu thought for a moment and said, "Master, can I go and talk to Su Lingxi?"

Shi Cangyue looked up at him, thought for a moment, and then nodded.

He was truly at his wit's end; he had completely lost faith on a spiritual level. As for whether talking to Zhang Yu would be of any use, Shi Cangyue had no hope at all.

Su Lingxi was moved out of Fengque City by Shi Cangyue and settled in a farm owned by the Shi family thirty miles away.

That evening, Shi Cangyue took Zhang Yu to the farm's vegetable cellar.

In the cellar, Su Lingxi was covered in blood and on the verge of death.

Shi Cangyue did not come down; only Zhang Yu did.

Zhang Yu looked at Su Lingxi, who was tied to a wooden stake with a chain as thick as a finger, but he didn't rush to speak.

He had been thinking about a question.

Why did Su Lingxi come to Fengque City to undergo worldly trials?

Why not the islands in the East China Sea?

The martial arts cultivation in the islands of the East China Sea is a level higher than that in the Western Wilderness Continent, with at least three martial artists at the Upper Realm.

Why did she come to the Western Wilderness Continent?

After much thought, Zhang Yu could only come up with one reasonable explanation: the Heavenly Heart Sect had been destroyed in the East China Sea Islands, and the Holy Heart of the Heavenly Heart Sect had fled to the Western Wilderness Continent.

Having figured this out, Zhang Yu called out, "Miss Su!"

Su Lingxi had long silver needles inserted into all ten of her fingers, and was in excruciating pain at all times.

Upon hearing Zhang Yu's voice, she raised her eyelids and glanced at him, then closed her eyes again, furrowing her brows and enduring the pain in her body.

"Miss Su, if I'm not mistaken, your Heavenly Heart Sect should be a major sect from Central Continent or East Sea Island," Zhang Yu said tentatively.

Su Lingxi lowered her head, closed her eyes, and showed no reaction.

"The Heavenly Heart Sect should have been wiped out; only that old woman protected you and helped you escape," Zhang Yu continued.

"Your comprehension is extraordinary, and your physique is special. You are an unparalleled genius in cultivating the Heavenly Heart Illusion Star Melody."

"But your destiny limits your talents; your destiny can both make and break you."

"Heaven's will is desolate. Once you see through the illusions of the mortal world, your aptitude will undergo a tremendous change, and your cultivation speed will increase a hundredfold."

"Only in this way will you have the strength to take revenge and revive the Heavenly Heart Sect."

Am I right?

Zhang Yu stared at Su Lingxi's face and noticed a slight change in her expression. Although she quickly returned to normal, he still caught it.

"I bet you were able to escape because many members of the Heavenly Heart Sect sacrificed their lives for you."

"Your life is not just your own, but the life of the entire Heavenly Heart Sect."

"I guess you..."

"Shut up!"

Zhang Yu continued his endless speculations, when suddenly a stern voice rang in his ears: "Shut up!"

Upon hearing those two words, Zhang Yu was not angry at all; on the contrary, he was very happy.

Despite his eloquent and confident demeanor, he actually lacked any confidence whatsoever.

It's all speculation.

"Miss Su, your life is not your own. I think you should live on, you should live on the name of the Heavenly Heart Sect, and avenge it." Zhang Yu did not shut up, but continued to speak.

Su Lingxi, her hair disheveled, suddenly raised her head and stared at Zhang Yu with a chilling gaze: "Shut up."

Zhang Yu, of course, wouldn't shut up. His gaze didn't waver as he met Su Lingxi's eyes.

A few breaths later.

"I see hatred in your eyes," Zhang Yu said.

"If you die, the Heavenly Heart Sect will be completely wiped out. Only if you live can you hope to take revenge and rebuild the Heavenly Heart Sect." Zhang Yu continued to attack his mind.

He talked on and on for another fifteen minutes before being interrupted by Su Lingxi once again.

"I can teach you the Celestial Star Song."

"Huh?" Zhang Yu was stunned. "What?"

"I can teach you the Heavenly Heart Illusionary Star Song," Su Lingxi repeated.

Zhang Yu's brainwashing-style talk was not without effect; a crack appeared in Su Lingxi's resolve to die.

She thought of her master, senior brothers, junior sisters, and others; one by one, they fell behind her to protect her escape.

Zhang Yu talked on and on for an hour, but Su Lingxi only heard one sentence: Her life is not just her own.

She had to live on the shoulders of her master, senior brothers, and junior sisters.

Even if you can't bear the name "Tianxin Sect," you have to bear it.

She has no right to die.

They don't even have the right to cry or feel wronged.

"Really? You've finally come to your senses." Zhang Yu licked his lips, his mouth dry as he spoke. "Feel free to make any requests you have."

Su Lingxi stared at Zhang Yu, as if she had made a decision. Suddenly, the blood in her body began to congeal, and her skin and flesh became withered.

Then Su Lingxi opened her mouth and spat out a beam of blood light, which transformed into a blood heart in the air, emitting a mysterious rhythm.

"This is the inheritance of the Heavenly Heart Illusionary Star Song. If you want it, swallow it; otherwise, it will disappear in ten breaths," Su Lingxi said, staring at Zhang Yu with a pale face.

After saying that, Su Lingxi fainted, and her life force was slowly disappearing.

"this……"

"What do you mean?"

Zhang Yu was completely dumbfounded.

吞？

Or not swallow?

The crimson sky is slowly fading.

"Hold!"

Zhang Yu felt an urge to curse. The people of the Heavenly Heart Sect were a bunch of lunatics. If you want to spread the word, then spread it properly. If you don't want to spread it, then forget it. What kind of nonsense is this?

The crimson heart in front of me looks like a trap no matter how you look at it.

but……

The Celestial Star Song was too important to Zhang Yu; he didn't want to lose it.

Zhang Yu looked at the blood-red Heavenly Heart that was about to disappear, his heart was breaking, and he wished he could bang his head against the wall.

It's all for naught; when a person dies, their eggs face the sky.

May he live forever.

Zhang Yu glanced at Su Lingxi, whose life force was fading, then at the fading crimson Tianxin, bit down, and swallowed it.

As the crimson Heavenly Heart entered his stomach, Zhang Yu felt his blood boil.

It's so hot!

The illusory Heavenly Heart drilled into Zhang Yu's heart. Zhang Yu tried to control it, but he couldn't at all. In the end, the Heavenly Heart merged into his heart, and at the same time, a cultivation technique appeared in his mind.

[Earth-grade cultivation technique: Heavenly Heart Illusionary Star Melody.]

"what?"

"Su Lingxi wasn't lying to me? How is that possible?"

Zhang Yu felt something was very strange.

Just as he was wondering what was going on, a heart-wrenching pain suddenly shot through the depths of his soul.

Ahh...

Zhang Yu clutched his head and screamed in agony.

A wisp of his soul was severed by an invisible force, and then that wisp of soul was devoured by the Crimson Heavenly Heart.

His soul was pulled into the river of memories, where he saw everything about the Heavenly Heart Sect, from its dominance over the entire East China Sea islands to its eventual destruction.