"Holy crap!"
"Thank goodness, thank goodness, thank goodness!"
At this moment, Chen Xuan looked at the feedback on the screen and couldn't help but repeatedly pat his chest.
It was a good thing he had made preparations and raised his Comprehension to 25 points when he arrived. Otherwise, if his Comprehension value was insufficient, he might really have easily fallen prey to this 'Profound Yin Soul-Snatching Art' dirty trick.
He really hadn't expected that this soul-snatching art mastered by Chen Wujiu would actually reduce Comprehension!
This Jianghu was still too sinister.
It was impossible to defend against effectively.
Fortunately, speaking of what was sinister or not, it seemed the inheritance of the 'World-Honored One' was even more sinister.
Damn it, it can even pretend to be affected?
That's why they say, in this regard, the Buddhist sect was the true expert.
Professional!
Chen Xuan nodded inwardly.
[Your face suddenly became blank at this moment, becoming dull and dazed.]
[Not only that, an indescribable purple light reflected in your eyes. All your gaze, at this moment, was controlled and attracted by Chen Wujiu, who was also radiating a purple gaze.]
[However, your sleeves hung down on both sides of the large chair. Your fists within your cuffs were still firmly clenched.]
[Heart like Vajra, will like glazed glass!]
[At this moment, although you had never opened the 'Heart Aperture,' you could still feel that within your mind, within your Spiritual Platform, a phantom of Vajra glazed glass seemed to rise up.]
[Everything was unable to affect you within the 'phantom.']
[But very clearly, only you yourself could know this.]
[Chen Wujiu's eyes stared firmly at you, the deep purple in his pupils resembling a profound, serene doorway.]
["Young Master Chen, are you ready?"]
[His words at this moment were filled with an indescribable demonic nature and eeriness. You decided...]
[Your expression was dazed, the deep purple in your eyes almost corresponding to Chen Wujiu's underlying intent. You paused, only then saying blankly:] (Option 1)
["I am... ready..."]
[As soon as these words were spoken, Chen Wujiu—the only person you could see in your vision—revealed a satisfied smile. However, you saw that Chen Wujiu's pupils seemed to catch sight of the several people behind you. The satisfied smile in his eyes instantly withdrew, becoming stern once more:]
["Young Master Chen, have you had any contact with the people of Changle Palace?"]
[As these words fell, you could even feel the several figures behind you hold their breath because of this. Very clearly, at this moment, they were perhaps even more nervous than you.]
[You decided...]
[Your expression remained like that. After being slightly dazed for a moment, you then continued to answer:] (Option 2)
["I have... I have had contact..."]
[As your words fell, you could feel the breathing of the figures behind you suddenly become rapid.]
[However, Cui Jianxing and Chen Wujiu in the hall did not have any fluctuations or changes. But Chen Wujiu closely followed up, hastily asking:]
["What kind of contact did you have? When was the first time?"]
[Your expression remained blank, and you continued to speak intermittently, with almost no hesitation:] (Option 2)
["More than a month ago... outside Jinling City, in front of the ruined temple on Mount Zhong... Changle Palace, Sister Jinghong... I saved, saved Sister Jinghong. My strength wasn't enough, but... there was a... monkey, Return to Ruins... Loose Cultivator... I saw the Changle Palace secret envoy..."]
[As soon as these words were spoken, Cui Jianxing and Chen Wujiu exchanged a glance and both nodded in unison.]
[Chen Wujiu thought for a moment and continued:]
["Hmm? What Return to Ruins? What Loose Cultivator?"]
[Facing his response, you decided...]
[You clearly had no intention of concealing anything. It was still the same saying: lying was never about fabricating a monumental lie, but about guiding or hiding key information within the truth.] (Option 1)
[Thus, you shook your head:]
["I don't... I don't know. He just said he was the Return to Ruins... Loose Cultivator, and had an old connection with... the Yan family. He also said he didn't want to... make an enemy of Changle Palace, and just left. However, that monkey he brought... was very formidable..."]
["Return to Ruins..."]
[Chen Wujiu's eyes narrowed slightly, as if he had suddenly thought of something.]
[His brows slowly relaxed, and he nodded. "So that's how it is."]
[However, aside from him, most of the people present revealed looks of doubt and incomprehension. Very clearly, this so-called Return to Ruins was completely unheard of to them.]
[Chen Wujiu paid no attention. He paused, glancing at the case file in his hands. "Besides this, especially after arriving in Lin'an, have you had any contact with Changle Palace?"]
["I have..."]
[You paused again and spoke:]
["After coming to Lin'an... black market, trading ginseng. The other party, tried to rob me. I counter-killed... One of them... Changle Palace, secret letter..."]
[This time, facing your answer, Chen Wujiu did not continue asking anything else. Instead, after a pause, Cui Jianxing suddenly spoke up:]
["That Li Kuangge, what is his relationship with you? Who exactly is he?"]
[Facing his inquiry, you decided...]
[You seemed somewhat unaccustomed to the change in the person interrogating you. You paused slightly, then finally said:] (Option 1)
["We met... on the road. We exterminated water bandits... together. He's a bit foolish... and his martial arts aren't high either. But... he's an okay... person... I didn't want to get involved... with the matters of Changle Palace and the imperial court, so I... gave the secret letter to... to him."]
Hmm?
Looking at the answer before him, Chen Xuan's brows suddenly furrowed slightly.
Logically speaking, at this critical juncture, these two people shouldn't be asking about irrelevant matters. So why bring up Li Kuangge at this time?
Were they suspecting Li Kuangge's identity, that perhaps he was also someone from Changle Palace?
But that made no sense. Li Kuangge had a clean background, and Chen Xuan was one hundred percent certain that Li Kuangge had probably already enjoyed this kind of treatment long ago!
It was probably just as Li Taohong had said: Li Kuangge had likely spilled everything completely clean, even down to what age he stopped wetting the bed. So why bother asking him about Li Kuangge at this time?
Ultimately, without Changle Palace, this was just a character who couldn't be any more minor! Why was he worth having Cui Jianxing ask an extra question about under these circumstances?
No! Something fishy was going on!
However, before Chen Xuan could react, brand-new content feedback appeared on the screen once again, leaving him almost no time to think more deeply at this moment. Because Chen Xuan also knew and understood that the upcoming interrogation was the absolute most crucial part.
Sure enough:
[Chen Wujiu's eyes narrowed slightly, and a brilliant purple light once again firmly locked onto you:]
["Young Master Chen, after this, have you had any further contact with the demonic cultists of this Changle Palace?"]