Chapter 404: Jade Linglong Taking Kickbacks
“Quite an interesting situation…”
Zhou Tong couldn’t help but laugh.
“So you’re saying that the former palace master was killed by the current palace master?”
“That’s right!”
“Was it intentional or accidental?”
“It was intentionally accidental!” Mo Youqing said decisively.
“Bullshit! You’re spouting nonsense, daring to slander the palace master; you will surely face a hundred arrows piercing your heart!”
The Netherworld Master’s avatar, pinned to the side, suddenly became incredibly agitated and couldn’t help but roar!
“It’s not your turn to speak yet! You have no say in this!”
Zhou Tong flicked his finger and sent a ray of light into the other’s mouth, folding his tongue.
“Ugh…”
The Netherworld Master immediately fell silent, only able to make incomprehensible sounds.
Even so, he was not deterred; he concentrated light on his forehead, attempting to argue with spiritual power, only to be pinned in place by Zhou Tong’s light needle.
“Continue…”
Mo Youqing quickly nodded, saying, “This is what I saw with my own eyes, absolutely no falsehood. Our former palace master died quite gruesomely!”
“The palace master’s wife, in order to extract the poison needle, directly shoved her arm into his wound, reaching up to his throat and down to his groin, and after a chaotic search, failed to find anything.”
“And thus, the former palace master was tortured for a full two months, ultimately hanging by a thread before passing away!”
Upon hearing this, both Zhou Tong and the onlookers couldn’t help but widen their eyes.
This method of death was indeed uniquely unfortunate, akin to dying in the midst of great misfortune!
“Two whole months with no progress. Didn’t the palace master’s wife seek other methods?”
After recovering from the shock, Zhou Tong frowned and asked.
“There were! At that time, the palace master’s wife, in despair, wasted a chance to call for external help and contacted her best friend, a blacksmith, to specially create a treasure that could detect Sacred Artifacts.”
“As long as that thing was swept over the body, wherever there was a Sacred Forbidden Weapon, it would sound an alarm. Guess what happened? When it was waved over the palace master, it alarmed from head to toe!”
“At that point, everyone was stunned. It dragged on until the former palace master had already perished before they discovered the cause.”
“It turned out that the palace master’s wife had placed the palace master on the sacred bed, so of course it would sound alarms all over!”
After hearing this, Zhou Tong couldn’t help but bite his lip, holding back laughter.
“What a truly tragic story…”
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly became alert and asked, “Why didn’t your palace master’s wife face punishment for causing such a huge mess, and why did she become the new palace master?”
“Isn’t it because the Grand Deacon pushed for it? It’s said that the palace master’s family once owed a debt to the wife, so they wanted to use this to repay her, not to mention that the wife was pregnant with the palace master’s child at the time…”
“I see.”
Zhou Tong waved his hand, “Your Xuan Tian Palace is truly a camp of lunatics!”
“Sir, you’re mistaken. I’m no longer one of Xuan Tian Palace!”
Mo Youqing hurriedly added, eagerly distancing himself.
“Before the wife ascended, although Xuan Tian Palace was extremely tyrannical, it still had at least a baseline. However, after her ascendance, they didn’t care about face anymore and started wantonly harvesting the fortunes of talented individuals!”
Hearing this, Zhou Tong narrowed his eyes and spoke in a deep voice, “Is it really just to open the Golden Great Era, be the first to break through to Holy King, and then dominate the world?”
“No, at least not entirely. A significant part of the reason is for herself!”
Mo Youqing quickly shook his head, revealing the deeper reason.
“When the wife was preparing to ascend, the Grand Deacon clarified the curse of the Xuan Tian Palace Master to her, urging her to think carefully.”
“But the wife scoffed at this advice, treating it as mere hearsay, never believing in the so-called curse from the very beginning.”
“It wasn’t until later when she faced two assassination attempts and encountered a catastrophe from external heavens, almost losing her life, that she began to believe the Grand Deacon’s words!”
“In order to break the curse, she sought ways to resolve it by any means possible, ultimately discovering two paths.”
“The first method was to gain the recognition of a representative of the human path, such as a Law Master, but this path was blocked from the start.”
“Because Enforcers wouldn’t help an attempt by Xuan Tian Palace to dominate the world, but would even actively weaken them, so the current palace master could only pursue the second method…”
“That is to harvest the fortunes of many geniuses, using their fortuitous power to protect herself!”
“Indeed, since then, she hasn’t faced assassination attempts, but most of the fortuitous power she has collected over the years has gone to herself. Otherwise, she could have opened the Golden Great Era long ago!”
“It turns out this vile woman has been pocketing kickbacks!”
Zhou Tong sneered, “You need to explain how you collected the fortuitous power. I want a clear answer!”
At this statement, Mo Youqing visibly tensed, knowing this was the crux of the matter. Even the observing Enforcers widened their eyes, determined not to miss a single word.
Under Zhou Tong’s spiritual pressure, Mo Youqing dared not hide anything and revealed all the sins he knew.
Each incident, bloody and chilling, described plainly sent shivers down spines.
It turned out that for nearly twenty years, Xuan Tian Palace had harvested no fewer than two thousand talented lives, and they excelled at exterminating the entire family of their targets to cut off future troubles!
“Hiss…”
Gasping sounds echoed in the dungeon. Anyone with a shred of humanity would clench their fists in anger, wishing to turn Xuan Tian Palace into dust!
“Now it makes sense. After twenty years of so many unsolved cases, we finally found the original perpetrator!”
One Enforcer surged with killing intent, while another quickly took notes, emanating an aura that screamed ‘stay away.’
An hour later, Mo Youqing finally finished recounting everything he knew, drenched in sweat, as if he had just gone through a severe illness.
After all, many of the crimes involved him, and merely relaying them to the Enforcers was a tremendous ordeal.
“Sir, I’m done. What do you think…?”
He hoarsely looked at Zhou Tong, his eyes filled with a yearning for life.
“Don’t worry, you did excellently. I won’t kill you, and I will even reward you—a substantial reward!”
“Thank you, sir!”
Mo Youqing exclaimed excitedly; as long as he could stay alive, he could accept anything.
“Now it’s your turn!”
Zhou Tong turned his gaze to the Netherworld Master’s avatar and lightly snapped his fingers, releasing the restraints on his mouth.
“It’s your turn to fill in the details and provide testimony…”
“Bah!”
The Netherworld Master displayed a disdainful expression, eyes filled with mockery, as if looking at a clown.
“I’ve seen all your Enforcers’ tricks; thinking you can get me to speak is a dream.”
“I quite like your attitude.”
Zhou Tong smiled, “I have plenty of strength and means to make you truly enjoy this!”
