Chapter 106: The Truth

Ruyi Sword Sect

He Xijin, Wu Zichou, and Zhang Shuju gathered together, diligently searching through ancient texts.

Wu Zichou said, “What kind of evil cultivation is that guy practicing? The three of us have been searching through these records, but there’s no clue at all.”

Zhang Shuju added, “He’s capable of assassinating Ah Rang, and his position is in opposition to the court. Moreover, he managed to escape from us, so he must be a remarkable figure. When did such a skilled person emerge in the cultivation world?”

He Xijin said, “Let’s…. let’s…Let’s take our time and examine the information again; maybe we can find something by pushing further back in time.”

“Push further back?” Zhang Shuju continued to search through the texts, muttering to himself, “If we keep going, we’ll have to go back to the founding of the Yuhu Immortal Sect.”

While the three sages were busy, the chief, accompanied by Li Lu and Bao Wu, arrived in a small village.

In this village, the daughter of a school teacher had also gone missing. Since then, the man drowned his sorrows in alcohol every day, while the woman wept, eventually crying her eyes blind.

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After a moment of contemplation, Di Yiqiu said, “Perhaps our direction is wrong.”

Li Lu asked, “What do you mean?”

The chief pondered for a moment and said, “Tonight, we’ll stay here.”

“But the children are already missing. Staying here again might not…” Li Lu didn’t see the point, but Di Yiqiu was the chief. He added, “Well, it’s worth a try.”

That night, the three of them gathered in one place, refraining from bringing too many guards to avoid alerting the culprit.

The chief, with nothing else to do, took out an item from his storage artifact. When Li Lu, the deputy chief, looked down, he found it to be an embroidered item. The embroidery was done with gold threads that were finer than hair and delicate to the point of almost being translucent. At this moment, the chief was meticulously embroidering with golden thread, creating intricate patterns.

“Chief, what is this?” Deputy Chief Li Lu asked skeptically.

The chief casually replied, “My wife works hard in the fields all year round, so I’m weaving her a pair of gloves.”

—Gloves made with fieldwork in mind?

Both deputy chiefs were taken aback.

As night fell, the teacher’s house, who lost their child, had already extinguished the lights.

The night was quiet, with occasional barks of dogs and the sounds of insects.

Everything seemed normal.

The two deputy chiefs also began to doze off. Honestly, in all the years of investigating cases, they had never experienced monitoring the victim so closely.

The chief kept his head down, still focusing on embroidering the gloves.

Li Lu said, “Chief, take a short nap.”

The human body couldn’t endure much, and these days, he was truly exhausted.

Di Yiqiu replied, “I’m fine.”

As the two were quietly talking, suddenly Bao Wu said, “Shh!”

Li Lu and Di Yiqiu simultaneously held their breath. In the darkness, Di Yiqiu couldn’t see very well, but Li Lu immediately protected him, and Bao Wu seemed to be following something, moving stealthily.

Bao Wu was a martial artist, and his combat strength was well-known even in the entire cultivation world.

His gaze was sharp as he pursued a wisp of black mist in the darkness.

On this silent night in the mountain village, the black mist was almost invisible.

If not for his cultivation level, ordinary people wouldn’t be able to detect it.

And this strange black mist, like an experienced traveler, quickly floated into the window of the victim’s house!

Bao Wu stealthily followed, observing that the couple inside had already fallen asleep. The black mist lay on them, extracting more of the dark mist from within them like sucking blood.

At this moment, it resembled a mosquito, having transformed from a mere strand to a whole piece.

Vaguely, it looked like a skeleton!!

When no more dark energy emerged from the couple, the skeleton-like black mist left them.

Bao Wu, who was guarding outside the window, observed for a while and had been waiting for this moment!

He seized the opportunity when the black mist floated out and swung his sword!

The black mist seemed to sense danger and scattered in all directions!

But wanting to escape meant being chased by the three!

Through the flash of Bao Wu’s blade, the chief also saw clearly what it was!

He quickly took out a small bottle from his storage artifact and sprinkled it on the black mist. Immediately, the black mist emitted a sparkling glow, resembling a massive firefly in the darkness!

Tracking it now would be too easy.

Deputy Chief Bao chuckled. “Our chief is truly…”

Deputy Chief Li Lu saved him with a single sentence: “Go and chase it!”

However, the black mist fled all the way back under the foot of the Yuhu Immortal Sect mountain and soon disappeared.

The towering mountain of the Yuhu Immortal Sect made the faces of those below gradually turn serious.

Ruyi Sword Sect.

He Xijin, Wu Zichou, and Zhang Shuju flipped through various forbidden cultivation texts in the history of cultivation, pushing back the timeline.

Finally, He Xijin exclaimed, “Found it!”

They all gathered around, and as they looked, they saw a cultivation method recorded in the forbidden text—Evil Scripture: the Spirit and Devil Book!

“This…” The three of them turned pale.

Zhang Shuju said, “The Spirit and Devil Book…” He flipped through the forbidden text and read, “Created by that devil, Lei Yindaji, a cultivation method that harnesses the resentment and suffering of living beings. Once cultivated successfully, it transforms resentment into substance, taking the form of a skeleton… unstoppable by any human.”

The three felt a chill down their spines. Wu Zichou asked, “Lei Yindaji, how many years ago was that?”

Zhang Shuju replied, “Three thousand years. Nowadays, among the younger generation of cultivators, who has heard of this name?”

He Xijin added, “None…none… of us…”

The remaining two understood his implication. Zhang Shuju continued reading, “Lei Yindaji, because of practicing forbidden cultivation, was captured by Yi Nian Shenbu but could not be killed. Yi Nian Shenbu then forged the Soul-Binding Bone-Fixing Needles to trap him. Since then, the forbidden cultivation has scattered and disappeared.”

“Soul-Binding Bone-Fixing Needles..” Wu Zichou glanced at He Xijin.

As soon as the name of this torture device was mentioned, everyone would think of one place—Yuhu Immortal Sect.

Zhang Shuju continued, “Yi Nian Shenbu’s achievement in demon extermination was recognized by the immortals, so he established the Yuhu Immortal Sect. In a short time, many pledged allegiance. Yuhu Immortal Sect became the leader among the immortals.”

“In that case, we might have to pay a visit to the Yuhu Immortal Sect!” Wu Zichou suggested.

However, He Xijin shook his head and said, “Slow down, go… go to the Celes…Celestial…”

Zhang Shuju added, “The Chief place.”

After saying this, the three looked at each other and sighed.

Wu Zichou said, “He Xijin has a point. If this cultivation method truly reappears in the world, I’m afraid the Yuhu Immortal Sect may no longer be trustworthy. But with the current strength of the court, they may be willing but incapable.”

He Xijin added, “The court… the court has money!”

“You’re right!” The three immediately set off towards the Chief Office!

Yuhu Immortal Sect.

Xie Hongchen and Xie Shaochong exchanged silent glances.

An almost discarded, inconspicuous scroll stirred up the mystery of his origin.

If he wasn’t a child abandoned by refugees, then who was he?

Who possessed such unparalleled talent and extraordinary aptitude?

“I should pay another visit to the Chief Office,” Xie Hongchen said.

Xie Shaochong furrowed his brow. “The Chief Office?”

Xie Hongchen explained, “She must have something else to say. I need to go again.”

So, this time, the Chief Office received two waves of distinguished guests.

In the study, just as He Xijin and the others had taken their seats, Huang Rang was pouring wine when someone outside said, “Chief, Madam… Sect Master Xie is visiting.”

“Sect Master Xie… Xie Hongchen?” He Xijin asked. Wu Zichou and Zhang Shuju also frowned.

Huang Rang said, “Please come in.”

Soon, Sect Master Xie arrived.

After everyone took their seats, he observed He Xijin, Zhang Shuju, and Wu Zichou, clearly surprised.

Di Yiqiu glanced at the guests, and then everyone glanced back at him; everyone hesitated to speak first.

Huang Rang said, “If Sect Master Xie doesn’t speak first, others might find it hard to believe in Yuhu Immortal Sect.”

Zhang Shuju asked, “What does Sect Master Xie want to say?”

As Huang Rang was He Xijin’s niece, they had become accustomed to considering her as one of their own. The chief was no exception.

Xie Hongchen said, “As Miss Ah Rang mentioned, we investigated the scroll and found that my background is indeed dubious.”

He then presented the doubts about his background, seeking to gain trust.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Shuju, Wu Zichou, and He Xijin all felt a chill down their spines.

Zhang Shuju suddenly found the wine in his cup less appealing. He said, “To make things worse, we discovered that the assassin who wanted to kill Ah Rang used a cultivation method called the Spirit and Devil Book.”

“The Spirit and Devil Book?” This term might not be familiar to others, but for Xie Hongchen, it couldn’t be more familiar.

Three thousand years ago, the ancestor of the Yuhu Immortal Sect,Yi Nian Shenbu, received immortal support after killing Lei Yindaji, leading to the establishment of the Yuhu Immortal Sect.

“It’s the cultivation method practiced by Lei Yindaji,” Xie Hongchen murmured.

Even for him, this was something he had only heard of.

Three thousand years was a long time, even for immortals.

“Exactly!” Zhang Shuju affirmed.

Upon hearing this, the chief suddenly interjected, “Does the Spirit and Devil Book require the absorption of resentment and suffering for cultivation?”

This time, Xie Hongchen answered, “Exactly. However, this forbidden cultivation has long been lost. Even the Forbidden Pavilion of the Yuhu Immortal Sect doesn’t have records of it.”

Zhang Shuju said, “There might still be someone who accidentally discovered it.”

Di Yiqiu added, “To be honest, yesterday, during the investigation of a case of a missing child, we found someone secretly collecting the resentment of the victim. We tracked it all the way to the Yuhu Immortal Sect mountain.”

His words undoubtedly added fuel to the matter.

The gaze of the group focused on Xie Hongchen.

He Xijin said, “Thank you…. thank you… thank…”

Zhang Shuju asked, “Sect Master Xie, do you have any clues about this?”

Xie Hongchen looked at Huang Rang, and after a long gaze exchange, Huang Rang spoke, “Gentlemen, when I faced the assassin, I discovered that the cultivation method used was somewhat similar to… Elder Ancestor Xie Lingbi.”

She couldn’t definitively assert Xie Lingbi’s involvement because the others didn’t have memories beyond the dream realm. Without letting them verify it themselves, she had no evidence. 

“Xie Lingbi?” The group exclaimed simultaneously.

Xie Hongchen pondered for a long time and said, “I will investigate the Dark Thunder Peak.”

Zhang Shuju added, “Speaking of which, if Lei Yindaji is truly trapped by the Soul-Binding Bone-Fixing Needles, then is he currently in the Yuhu Immortal Sect?”

The eager eyes of everyone immediately lit up. Such a legendary figure—even if he were considered a devil—meeting him would undoubtedly be enough to excite everyone for several nights.

Xie Hongchen said, “All the victims of the Soul-Binding Bone-Fixing Needles are in the Luofu Hall.”

He looked at Huang Rang, recalling what she had mentioned not long ago—she claimed to have endured the punishment of the Soul-Binding Bone-Fixing Needles imposed by Xie Lingbi, imprisoned for a decade.

He slowly said, “I will go inside to search, seeking the truth for all of you.”