"An arm can grow back, let alone your severed roots and cut-off testicles?"
"Give me the medicine first. If I get better, I promise I'll tell you everything I know." Li Zhenye composed himself and began to negotiate with Ye Xingchen.
He believed that the secret he held was one that Ye Xingchen desperately wanted to know, so he had enough leverage to talk to Ye Xingchen.
"Do you think you can control me just because you know this secret?" Ye Xingchen sneered, his eyes filled with murderous intent.
"In this world, only I know this secret," Li Zhenye said coldly. "Besides me, no one can unravel the mystery in your heart."
"So you think you can control me just because you know this secret?" Ye Xingchen stared at him, then took out a Great Rejuvenation Pill.
"The spiritual herbs I found are only enough for me to refine two pills. I already gave one to someone else, and I have one left. This medicine is naturally delicate and cannot be contaminated with dust. If I loosen my grip, this medicine will lose its original effect."
Ye Xingchen held the pill in his hand: "How about we give it a try?"
“You…” Li Zhenye began to panic. He was indeed no match for Ye Xingchen in psychological warfare, and besides, he desperately longed to be a normal person.
Honestly, having worked in the city lord's mansion for so many years, he had both money and power, and Jin Zhihuan trusted him completely.
It could be said that he wielded immense power in Jinluo City.
But beneath his elation and confidence lay immense inner turmoil.
Firstly, he wanted to cut off the Li family line; secondly, as a man, he had seen countless beautiful women in Jinluo City, but he was powerless to resist them.
It's important to understand that the method eunuchs used to sever their genitals was extremely unique; the fact that they severed their genitals didn't mean they were impotent.
So it's not that they can't do it, but that they lack the necessary skills. This kind of pain is a double torment for a man, both psychologically and physically.
This is why the eunuchs we see in TV dramas are often portrayed as effeminate and ruthless, because their hearts are already twisted.
"You've thought it through. This is your bargaining chip, but you know how many lives I've taken after slaughtering Jinluo City." Ye Xingchen said calmly, "If you insist, I don't mind going to your hometown and making your Li family suffer."
“Ye Xingchen, you’re not that kind of person.” Li Zhenye composed himself. “You’re a doctor, and you’re also a skilled doctor. You have your pride, and you would never threaten me with my family.”
"Heh, so you want to gamble on my kindness?" Ye Xingchen sneered, "I've wiped out all 30,000 people in Jinluo City. Do you think I'd mind having one or two more lives on my hands?"
Li Zhenye remained silent, staring at Ye Xingchen, a fierce internal struggle raging within him.
"Jinluo City has been destroyed, and Jin Zhihuan is dead." Ye Xingchen said calmly, "There is no one in this world worth your loyalty, so are you sure you want to resist to the end?"
"Tell me the secret, get the medicine, and then go home to reunite with your family. Wouldn't it be better to live a peaceful and happy life from now on?"
Li Zhenye let out a long breath. He had to admit that Ye Xingchen had indeed persuaded him.
His expression changed several times before he said, "Fine, Ye Xingchen, you win. I'll tell you everything you know now."
"You should have done this a long time ago." Ye Xingchen raised an eyebrow and gestured for the door to close.
Liu Xuesong walked out of the prison and closed the door behind him. The airtight design of the prison interrogation room ensured that no one could hear the conversation inside.
“Ye Xingchen, your father is no ordinary person. He possesses the Qi of the Nine Dragons. Although he is not a cultivator, his strength is endowed with countless karmic connections and destinies… He is an existence with ancient bloodlines.” Li Zhenye finally spoke.
"Get to the point." Ye Xingchen raised an eyebrow.
“I’m getting to the point.” Li Zhenye paused and said, “From the day he was captured by Jinluo City, his fate was sealed.”
“A prisoner, as expected…” Ye Xingchen murmured, “He is useful to the Jin family, isn’t he?”
“That’s right, it’s very useful to the Jin family, because the Nine Dragons Qi in his body can make up for the Jin royal family’s exhausted fortune.”
Li Zhenye said in a deep voice, "So he didn't die, but was locked in a place where spiritual energy gathers. This place is the dragon vein that the ancestors of the Jin clan found. Many princes of the Qing Dynasty were buried in that place..."
"Over the years, they have tried every means to drain the Nine Dragons Qi from your father and repair their broken dragon veins. Once the dragon veins are restored, their people can start uprisings in various places and restore their royal glory..."
"So that's how it is." Ye Xingchen clenched his fists tightly.
I understand now, I understand everything. The disheveled man in that dream I entered twice was my father.
Although he couldn't see his face clearly, this was the closest Ye Xingchen had ever been to his father.
"The Jin clan extracted his Nine Dragons Qi to repair their royal family's shattered dragon veins?" Ye Xingchen asked through gritted teeth, "Tell me, where are their spiritual veins?"
“I don’t know.” Li Zhenye gave a bitter laugh: “I’m just a nobody. It was only because Jin Zhihuan trusted me so much that he asked me to deliver messages a few times that I knew this secret.”
"As for the spiritual veins? That's a secret place sought by their royal ancestors, concerning the fate of their royal family. How could I possibly know about it?"
"Are you sure you don't want to tell the truth?" Ye Xingchen stared intently at him, already harboring murderous intent.
No wonder this bastard kept clinging to this secret; it turns out he only had a superficial understanding of the matter.
If he only knew half of the secret, it certainly wouldn't be enough to exchange for the Great Rejuvenation Pill in Ye Xingchen's possession.
"Ye Xingchen, after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the descendants of the imperial family scattered to various places," Li Zhenye said. "They changed their surnames and went into hiding."
"The Jin family is just one branch. When the city fell, the former Qing princes sent the direct descendants of the royal family to different places and made them swear an oath to restore their royal family's glory with all their might and the efforts of several generations."
"They are impossible to eradicate, and more than 110 years have passed. They have spread all over the world, and each of them has a very deep background, occupying positions in local tycoons, gangs, military, and even political circles."
"You can't beat them, give up."
"That's my business, you don't need to worry about it." Ye Xingchen sneered, "As for you, if that's all you really know, it's not enough to save your dog's life. If you don't have any more valuable information, then I'll send you on your way right now."
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