Even now, Ji Chenhai still remembers the extremely strange look in the woman's eyes when she was dying.

She said, “In the future, you must never be a good person; you must be a bad person, as bad as you can be. And you must not raise your children and grandchildren to be good people either; you must teach them to be as cunning and treacherous as you can be. Only in this way can you live to be a hundred years old, and your children and grandchildren will be healthy and prosperous.”

Finally, she warned him: "I am warning you as a victim: never try to get close to or understand the Black Hell unless you can become a god."

Ji Chenhai did not consider himself a cowardly or timid person.

On the contrary, he was extremely rebellious and daring throughout his life.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have broken with his family and become a bandit leader in Bald Vulture Village to marry Su Rujing, who was known as a demoness.

Even after his family finally decided to hand over Donglongmen to him, he did not move back to Donglongmen to live, but instead managed it lazily, working only sporadically.

But it was precisely because of Su Rujing that...

With Ji Fengming, Ji Fengyao, Ji Fengxiao, and Ji Fenghua among his siblings, he remembered that woman's inexplicable words very clearly.

Over the years, his education of Ji Fengming and his siblings has subtly followed his teaching methods, which is why Ji Fengming and his siblings have such unconventional personalities.

Even if he didn't know why the woman said those words to him, even if the woman's choice to die had an element of despair beyond words;

Ji Chenhai could see that the woman, standing at the end of her life, felt a sincere sympathy and pity for him.

At this moment, Black Owl mentioned "Black Purgatory".

Ji Chenhai's long-standing ingrained way of thinking made him want to reject and distance himself from it.

When Ji Fengming heard about Black Purgatory, he so decisively told Wei Shu that he would go there personally, which made Ji Chenhai even more acutely aware that something was wrong.

But in front of Wei Shu and Hei Xiao, Ji Chenhai could not decisively stop Ji Fengming.

The group chatted for a while longer.

Ji Chenhai told Wei Shu to take Hei Xiao to rest, leaving Ji Fengming behind alone.

Ji Fengming thought that he wanted to keep him here to have a heart-to-heart talk because it was the first time that father and son had been separated for so long.

Ji Chenhai, however, had an unusually serious expression: "Did you have some contact with Black Purgatory at some point? Why are you reacting so strongly and so eagerly to go there yourself as soon as you hear about Black Purgatory?"

"Um...yes, I have a bit of a grudge against them," Ji Fengming replied perfunctorily.

Even his own father, he had no intention of revealing the Black Owl's secrets.

Ji Chenhai pondered for a moment and said, "If it really is the Black Purgatory, then you don't need to worry about this matter. I will let the people from the East Dragon Gate handle it."

"Why?" Ji Fengming asked in surprise.

This was the first time in his life that his father had been so clear and forceful in telling him not to do something.

Ji Chenhai couldn't find a plausible reason and felt a little irritated: "In short, listen to your father and don't worry about this matter. I heard that after the New Year, that old hag Empress Dowager is going to force Princess Zhaoping into the Ninth Prince's mansion as a concubine. I'm afraid your sister will be wronged. You should prepare yourself, pack your things, and go back to the capital in a few days."

"Hey, Father, don't worry about Yao'er. With Yao'er's temper, it's good enough that she doesn't suffer any grievances. Who else can make her suffer?" Ji Fengming said confidently, not taking it seriously at all.