"Tell me! Who ordered you to play tricks and deceive the people?"

Zhang Yuan asked sternly, his eyes as sharp as a knife.

Su Yuan was so frightened that his whole body trembled, and he answered tremblingly: "Yes... yes..."

“It’s me!”

Chen Ling suddenly interrupted Su Yuan and said with his neck stiff, "Why, if you want to kill me, just kill me. Stop pretending!"

Zhang Yuan sneered, "You're being stubborn? Come on, torture me!"

Several soldiers immediately stepped forward, pinned Chen Ling to the ground, and whipped him like raindrops.

Chen Ling's screams resounded through the night sky, but he still clenched his teeth and refused to utter a word.

Seeing this, Chen Tingshu on the side shook his head, walked to Zhang Yuan and whispered, "Master Zhang, let me try."

Chen Tingshu walked up to Chen Ling, squatted down, and said calmly: "Chen Ling, I know you are a smart person, why would you sacrifice your life for others in vain?"

"You don't understand this principle, do you?"

Chen Ling raised his head and glared at Chen Tingshu fiercely, "Stop pretending! I'll kill you or chop you up, it's all up to you!"

Chen Tingshu sighed and continued, "Who do you think you are working for?"

"Cheng Qitian? Qi Daokun?"

"They're just using you as a pawn to be discarded after they're done using you."

"Look at your current situation. Is it worth it?"

Chen Ling was silent. Chen Tingshu's words were like a sharp knife piercing his heart.

He began to doubt whether everything he had done was really worth it.

"I'll give you one last chance."

Chen Tingshu's voice was deep and powerful. "Tell me who is behind this, and I can plead with His Majesty to spare your life."

Chen Ling's heart began to waver. He looked at Zhang Yuan, then at Chen Tingshu. Finally, he lowered his head helplessly like a deflated ball, "I say... I say..."

At the same time, the team exploring the tunnels of the ruined temple discovered a huge secret.

Deep in the tunnel, there are piles of gold, silver and treasures, shining with dazzling light.

A rough estimate is that there are at least four million taels of silver!

This huge sum of money is enough to prove the scale of Changsheng Sect's wealth accumulation, and it is also enough to become the key evidence to bring down Qi Daokun and Cheng Qitian.