Chapter 2716: Though You Ask

"How is that possible, Boss? I’ve been thinking day and night about returning to work for you." Qióng Zhī glanced at the hand on her shoulder. Unlike when she had been possessed by evil, there were no curse patterns now; it was just a clean, ordinary hand, yet it directly held the strings of her life.

She didn't want to test if Qin Guang Wang could truly kill her, because after changing her appearance and name, and hiding her tracks and form for so long, this enemy still easily found her. That itself was proof enough.

Heaven knows how many curse seals this thousand-knives bastard had embedded on her body when they worked together! She had been washing and peeling them off constantly, stubbornly clinging on until today, yet still hadn’t completely cleaned them away!

My own brother, is this how you protect people? Where's the chivalry? You've already quit, can't you just let it go?

She completely ignored the pain in her body and soul, imitating the most devout believer, shouting fanatically:

"Once a boss, always a master!"

Qin Guang Wang looked at the completely different loyal subordinate in the mirror and ‘tsk’ed.

"Speaking of which, I have something interesting to share with you."

"Hahaha!" Qióng Zhī was already flattering him.

"That must be very interesting!"

Qin Guang Wang lifted his chin slightly.

"Continue, I haven't seen a woman draw her eyebrows yet."

You and Chu Jiang Wang have no interest in this? Well, you're both ice cold.

Qióng Zhī slandered him endlessly in her mind, but of course, she obediently picked up the eyebrow pencil.

After cultivating deeply at the San Fen Xiang Lou, she was now full of feminine charm. Every movement, every frown, every smile, all specially practiced, directly digging into people's hearts.

Qin Guang Wang watched her elegant movements with a faint smile, then suddenly said: "Chen Suan is dead, you know?"

Qióng Zhī's hand trembled, drawing a wave on her forehead with the eyebrow pencil.

She used a handkerchief dipped in a little water to slowly wipe it off, forcing a smile. "Chen… Suan?"

"Chen Suan is dead, who should we suspect?" Qin Guang Wang said. "You need to think seriously. Coroner, I trust your wisdom very much."

"First, I would suspect the remnants of Yi Zhen Dao." Qióng Zhī was quite serious; in the face of death, she was always this diligent.

"Chen Suan was recently granted the title 'Taiyi Zhenren', killing him is a heavy blow to Daoism. It's also a firm revenge."

Qin Guang Wang didn't comment.

Qióng Zhī continued:

"Then I would suspect the 'Equality Country'. During the Jing Country's crackdown on the Yi Zhen incident, the people of Jing Country used the Equality Country like a chamber pot. If I were the leader of the Equality Country, I would definitely find a way to retaliate. Chen Suan already had soaring momentum, but he hadn't yet grasped much real power. Killing him now is relatively easy and very satisfying for revenge."

Qin Guang Wang seemed to smile but not smile.

Qióng Zhī hesitated for a moment, but still said:

"Another one is the San Fen Xiang Lou. Chen Suan just drove Ye Lan Er out of the central domain and conducted an indiscriminate sweep of the San Fen Xiang Lou within the territory. I heard that many people in the building pleaded with him, but none were successful... Since it didn't work, the only option was to kill him."

"Oh! San Fen Xiang Lou!" Qin Guang Wang suddenly realized.

He looked into Qióng Zhī's eyes in the mirror again.

"Aren't you a member of the San Fen Xiang Lou? And a powerful and important Xiang Mei with a high position?"

"Boss! You can't say that!" Qióng Zhī was very indignant. "My body is in the Xiang Lou, but my heart is in Yan Luo Hall! It's fine if others misunderstand me, but how can you also hurt my heart?"

Qin Guang Wang chuckled.

"You know what's funny? We had a ferryman in our organization named Su Xiu Xing Ming, who died. Before he died, he tried to trigger a curse, so I went to see him... You know the organization's care system... The result was that by the time I arrived, there wasn't even a corpse left! Everywhere was just the smoke of his corpse."

Then he stopped laughing.

"Next, Chen Suan's corpse was just thrown in front of me, and then people from the Jing Shi Tai came to see me."

"This is a setup!" Qióng Zhī slammed the dressing table. Her beautiful eyes held killing intent, and she was unbearably angry.

"Utterly shameless! Who would do such a thing and actually dare to frame you?"

Qin Guang Wang quietly watched her performance. After a long while, he finally said:

"Didn't we just analyze it to the San Fen Xiang Lou? I still think you instructed it."

Qióng Zhī knelt down with a thud, her voice choking with tears.

"I swear to heaven! Boss! It's really not me! I didn't know anything about this!"

"Don't swear to heaven, just swear to me." Qin Guang Wang had a smile on his face.

"Just swear... if you have the heart to harm me, then may your intestines be pierced and your belly rot, may ten thousand ants bite your heart, may your liver and gallbladder split, and may your soul be scattered!"

Qióng Zhī raised both hands high, fully displaying her peaks, and cried tremblingly:

"I swear by the ancestor of curses, I absolutely did not instruct anyone to frame my lifelong boss Yin Guan! If there are false words, may my whole family die out, my ten clans be executed, and may the son I give birth to have no anus..."

Qin Guang Wang ‘heh’ed.

"Why are you cursing others?"

Qióng Zhī quickly added:

"May my soul be scattered!"

"Alright, my own brother, what are you doing with this act?" Qin Guang Wang helped her up.

"Of course I believe you!"

"Boss, my loyalty to you is from the heart. I endured humiliation to join the San Fen Xiang Lou, just to rebuild the organization." As she spoke, tears streamed down her face. "You don't know, those smelly men..."

"I have a task for you," Qin Guang Wang said.

Qióng Zhī immediately wiped away her tears.

"Just instruct me, Boss!"

"You first go recruit some people and gather good intelligence. I want to know the information on all the core members of the San Fen Xiang Lou. Do you understand 'all'?" Qin Guang Wang looked around the room.

"I'm in the underworld now, some things are not convenient for me to do myself. Still the old rule, if you do things for me, I will give you a satisfactory reward. Even if the final harvest is not enough, I will cut off my own flesh to compensate you."

"Understood, understood!" Qióng Zhī immediately expressed her determination.

"This broken building has been open for so long, I've long wanted to take it down!"

She then pointed her finger upwards, probing:

"Aren't we going after that Luo Sha..."

Under Qin Guang Wang's suddenly pressured gaze, she knew to close her mouth.

"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, I understand. It's just that I haven't seen you for so long, I'm excited." Qióng Zhī explained, then offered a treasure:

"Actually, I'm not the only one in the San Fen Xiang Lou. Our organization's Guang Ming Xian Di is also in the building now. As long as you give the order, Boss, I'll immediately pull him over too."

Qin Guang Wang's face was expressionless.

"Oh, I just found you through him."

Qióng Zhī opened her mouth, wanting to curse something but ultimately didn't. "...Guang Ming Xian Di is also a red-hearted person, knowing my loyalty to you!"

Qin Guang Wang looked at her.

"Have you started contacting the Jile Xian Fa?"

Qióng Zhī knew she couldn't hide her involvement with the immortal technique, so she honestly said: "I just replaced the position of Xiang Mei, I haven't gained complete trust yet... but after all, it's also considered a true transmission, I have indeed learned a little about the Yin Yang Lu technique. I've improved it myself..."

Qin Guang Wang chuckled.

"Receive a guest, kill a person?"

"No, no." Qióng Zhī quickly shook her head.

"I always remember the organization's teachings, cherishing labor value, and not killing people without pay... I only take three to seven days of lifespan from each person, absolutely not more."

"Come, I'll give you a gift." Qin Guang Wang untied the green paper mantis from his waist and placed it in Qióng Zhī's embrace, helping her pull up her clothes a little.

"Keep it safe, don't lose it, okay?"

Qióng Zhī smiled sweetly.

"I will definitely take good care of it!"

Smiling and smiling, she then sat down.

In the mirror, only her beautiful self remained.

She took out a leaf of rouge, gently sipped it, and her lips in the mirror were as red as blood.

Sun Xiao Man's opponent was Wu Yu.

This person was born in Tian Jing Country, a true disciple of the Legalist Xu Wu Ming, and grew up fighting the sea race. After Gao Jie died and the Mijie was sealed, he returned to Shen Lu and cultivated in Xing Ren Palace.

Speaking of Shen Lu,

Tian Jing Country is actually quite mysterious. As the forefront of the human-sea race war, even the very center of the battlefield, it's naturally not a place everyone can approach.

Because of the special nature of the Mijie, there has always been a saying, "Do not leave the sea without becoming an outer building."

The people in Tian Jing Country are mostly descendants of people who migrated to Shen Lu during the early construction period, multiplying generation after generation. Therefore, there are many ancient bloodlines in circulation, but there is no concept of precious bloodlines within Tian Jing Country.

In addition, many Mijie warriors from successive generations settled down in Tian Jing Country and became an important part of the population.

People within Tian Jing Country who want to come to Shen Lu, except for those who force their way through or migrate on a large scale escorted by the army, only cultivators above the Outer Building realm can come and go freely. The former has never happened.

Since the beginning of the new Dao Calendar, among those from Tian Jing Country who came to Shen Lu and became famous, it seems there is only this one Wu Yu.

After Wu Yu returned to Shen Lu, he did not cultivate in seclusion at Tian Xing Cliff, but chose to travel through Shen Lu. However, he was not like the traditional Legalist disciples who carried thorns and rulers, and walked the world with law canons.

Instead, he imitated Gongsun Bu Hai's story from that year, using a false name to roam the jianghu as a chivalrous person, wielding his sword against injustice and tying up thieves with the law. By the time "Ye Xiao Yun" and "Chu Hao Xue" were traversing the jianghu, he had already been drifting in the jianghu for some years.

He once saw Gu Shi Yi, once met Ye Ling Xiao, and also went to Lin Zi City to be a spectator of the battle against Wang Yi Wu. Of course, like many spectators, he only gathered outside the Zhen Guo General's Mansion and watched from afar.

When he returned to his true name at the palace, he was first pushed to the forefront by San Xing Palace as a model for the new generation of Legalist disciples.

The world then knew Wu Yu.

He was young and spirited, yet with a law sword, he fought his way up Guan He Tai without a single defeat.

By the day of the Huang He Meeting, he was the only sect disciple in the world who was still standing on the stage and could continue to move forward.

Everyone said the sects were behind the times, yet he seemed to be writing a new chapter!

The Law Ancestor Han Gui, that year, forged seven law swords and called them "no crime shall not be cut." Over a long period of time, four of them were destroyed.

Now only three remain. One is the town palace law sword of Ju Di Palace, lost in the disaster water with Xu Xi Ming; one is hidden deep in Gui Tian Palace, only coming out when the wind and clouds move; and another, Jun Sui Wen, is actually in Wu Yu's hands, brought out of Xing Ren Palace by him.

In the past, "Han Gui killed Huai Chi, Jun Sui Wen also cut."

Huai Chi was the Prison Ancestor, who was questioned by Han Gui for privately releasing prisoners and sentenced to the "great execution."

Even the ancient Human Emperor personally spoke, but could not stop this from happening, hence the sword Jun Sui Wen. It was to show the resoluteness of enforcing the law.

This is an upright and majestic broadsword. The sword path is also open and close, without bending, with an absolute momentum of never turning back.

Sun Xiao Man stepped barefoot on the sword edge, gazing at Wu Yu, very curious:

"What kind of place is Tian Jing Country?"

The martial artist who had exploded through twenty-three layers of heaven had his qi and blood condensed into one. He moved freely within Wu Yu's spirit domain, not affected at all.

The broadsword named Jun Sui Wen was like an endless sky road. As this sword pointed horizontally, it seemed to separate the eternal world.

Sun Xiao Man stepped onto this ascending path, her footsteps becoming faster and faster, heavier and heavier, rapidly approaching Wu Yu!

Her voice, surprisingly, was calm and casual, as if just chatting idly:

"When I was traveling at sea, I once thought about going to see. But my master said,

Tian Jing Country is not too welcoming to outsiders, so I didn't look for trouble either."

The most relaxed person in the entire Huang He Meeting appeared.

Without any burden or pressure, she just came here to verify her own martial dao cultivation. Although there were some stories, some sad past, and a difficult childhood, there was no deep-seated hatred.

The place where she was more relaxed than Jiang An An was... she was stronger.

Wu Yu stood like a cliff wall, raising his sword to wait for his opponent to climb. He seemed to view her as an insect in his palm, and his voice was also thick and heavy:

"Tian Jing Country does not welcome outsiders, only passers-by."

The silver hammers tied to his wrist jingled.

Sun Xiao Man walked on the broadsword like a weight on a scale, small but capable of weighing the light and heavy. The heavier her footsteps, the lower Jun Sui Wen was pressed by several inches. But as she lifted her foot, she appeared lighter, and her tone became more cheerful:

"Tourists?"

Wu Yu finally lifted his other hand, gripping the sword hilt with both hands:

"You are from Three Mountains City in Zhuang Country. That place was a beast's nest before, and now it is protected by the Martial Saint. People went before, and people are going now. They just go for novelty, they don't truly care about your lives."

Sun Xiao Man's eyes flashed, and she was silent for a moment.

And above this broadsword, countless legal texts intertwined into chains flew up, wanting to use the sword body as a base to lock Sun Xiao Man as a prisoner.

Sun Xiao Man approached him, and also approached the law!

"I have been there," Wu Yu said unhurriedly.

"I was thinking, if there were no Martial Saint, how would I change the lives there."

Sun Xiao Man stomped her foot!

In this battle, she was constantly closing the distance between herself and Wu Yu, aggressively trying to break through the entire spirit domain.

But on this last sword strike, she had walked a very long way.

"How would you change it?" she asked.

Wu Yu didn't speak, just exerted force with both hands, slowly lifting this mountain-carrying sword.

It seemed this was his answer. This sword's name is Jun Sui Wen, respecting the legal system and disdaining kingly power!

No matter how bold and straightforward Sun Xiao Man was, she also knew that the topic had reached a very sensitive point. So she reached out and grabbed several legal text chains, like catching a snake.

"Tian Jing Country!" she said with a sigh.

The vast majority of people had never been to Tian Jing Country in their lives, nor had they seen people from Tian Jing Country.

Instead, legends about Tian Jing Country always circulated in the world.

Because it also has another name, the ideal country of the Lie Shan Human Emperor.

Lie Shan Shi drove Yi Hun Shi to the vast sea, completely establishing the status of the human race as the sole occupant of the center of the myriad worlds. Many years passed, and they left Tian Jing Country and the East Sea Dragon Palace still in confrontation.

"As a world of absolute rule of law, some people say that beings in Tian Jing Country are equal, some say that Tian Jing Country is the most fair place in the world, and some say that there is no class difference and no oppression in Tian Jing Country..."

"In short, everyone who has been there describes its beauty."

"It seems it is a place without any shortcomings."

Sun Xiao Man threw away the dead snake in her hand and soared up, thereby giving up her suppression of the sword under her feet.

"I'm really curious, what exactly is it like?"

She had spent a lot of effort, seizing every opportunity, just to temporarily suppress this sword. Now, as she was about to break through the sword's encirclement, she sensed something was wrong. At this moment, Wu Yu's sword was like an opened prison door!

Wu Yu just said:

"Perhaps everyone has a pure land in their hearts that humans have not met, and they call it Tian Jing Country."

He twisted the sword he held in both hands!

Hua la la

Vaguely, many legal text chains flew up, finally reaching a point where Sun Xiao Man could not completely capture them, and they intertwined into a ball-shaped prison cage, trapping and locking Sun Xiao Man within.

Sun Xiao Man's qi and blood rose like wolf smoke, but it just hit the black cloud woven by the chains.

Her flying figure fell back as a result.

Kang lang lang!

The sword stopped the round cage.

"Heaven is round, earth is round, please, gentleman... enter the jar!"

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