Now that Jinluo City has been completely destroyed, and only Li Zhenye remains in the City Lord's Mansion, Ye Xingchen plans to confront this guy and get to the bottom of things. He believes that Li Zhenye must know something.
In an interrogation room, Li Zhenye's face was ashen. He had not eaten or drunk anything for seven days and was on the verge of death.
He was just an ordinary person, around thirty-seven or thirty-eight years old, and he looked like someone who had been castrated.
When Ye Xingchen saw him, he didn't even have the strength to sit up, but he still tried his best to straighten his body and tidy up his appearance when he saw Ye Xingchen.
Just by looking at him, you can tell he's someone who's received training in Qing Dynasty etiquette. If this guy were in ancient times, he'd be a high-ranking eunuch by the emperor's side.
The Jin family was of royal lineage, so the rules of the city lord's mansion were based on those of the imperial palaces of the past, with almost every eunuch and palace maid present.
"Li Zhenye?" Ye Xingchen sat down opposite him.
Li Zhenye glanced at Ye Xingchen, then slowly nodded.
“Jin Zhihuan is dead. Apart from you, no one else from the City Lord’s Mansion survived.” Ye Xingchen said, “There’s no point in you continuing to hold on like this. Now I have a few questions to ask you. If you cooperate well, I can let you go.”
"I know what you're going to ask." Li Zhenye raised his head, a cold smile forcing a smile onto his sallow face.
"Then tell me, what do I want to ask?" Ye Xingchen glanced at him.
"All you want to know is where your father is." Li Zhenye's smile gradually widened: "I know where he is, but I'm not going to tell you."
Ye Xingchen frowned, his tone already carrying a murderous intent: "You don't have to tell me. I have countless ways to get information out of your mind, but if I do, you might die, because my methods are beyond your ability to withstand."
"Heh...you underestimate me, Li Zhenye." Li Zhenye laughed: "Although I am an ordinary person, the city lord has already placed a forbidden technique on my consciousness. If you dare to use something like soul-searching techniques to spy on my consciousness, I will immediately lose consciousness and die."
"Right now, I'm the only one in the world who knows your father's whereabouts. You can give it a try."
Ye Xingchen stared at the guy for a long time, and he was certain that what the guy said was true.
Yes, his consciousness was under a forbidden spell. If you forcibly search his consciousness, he will immediately lose consciousness, and in fact, he will be completely annihilated, body and soul.
In fact, Ye Xingchen's mental probing is useful against people who are weaker in strength and have weaker awareness.
If you encounter a master, or someone with strong willpower, mental probing won't reveal anything. This has nothing to do with strength, but rather a kind of restriction.
The guy in front of him was like that. First, there was a restriction placed on his consciousness, and second, his willpower was indeed strong. The combination of the two meant that Ye Xingchen had no way of getting anything out of his consciousness unless he said it himself.
"Don't you believe me?" Li Zhenye turned to look at Ye Xingchen.
This guy was castrated, so he speaks in a very effeminate way, and when he looks at Ye Xingchen with a sidelong glance, he looks just like a woman.
"I believe what you're saying is true." Ye Xingchen nodded. "You can name your terms now."
"Heh, what makes you think I'm going to make demands of you?" Li Zhenye chuckled, his voice somewhat grating.
"So what do you want to do?" Ye Xingchen asked.
"I want this secret to die with me." Li Zhenye laughed loudly, "I'll make sure you never find Ye Jinyu, and I'll keep him trapped in that place forever, never seeing the light of day."
"Where...is he trapped?" Ye Xingchen suddenly stood up, his mind tensing instantly, and a tremendous mental force erupted in that instant.
Boom... Li Zhenye was struck by the sudden burst of spiritual power, and was thrown backward, flying several meters away before collapsing to the ground with a thud.
Ye Xingchen was startled. He had been too emotional just now, which caused his mental energy to erupt. He hoped that this guy would not die.
"What's wrong?" Liu Xuesong rushed in.
"It's nothing." Ye Xingchen shook his head. "You can all go out now."
Two soldiers helped Li Zhenye up, and Liu Xuesong waved and led his subordinates out.
A trickle of blood escaped from the corner of Li Zhenye's mouth; the mental attack he had just had with Ye Xingchen had almost cost him his life.
After all, he was just an ordinary person, and he hadn't eaten or drunk anything for seven days and seven nights. If he continued to be subjected to this kind of ordeal, he really would die.
"Sorry, I got a little agitated just now." Ye Xingchen calmed himself down.
The guy had just said his father was trapped, which reminded him of the dream he had entered twice.
It seems that his father had given him some hints from the unseen world, and he was certain that the person locked up in his dream was his father.
"Hehe, of course you're excited." Li Zhenye laughed even more smugly as he looked at Ye Xingchen. "Your father is alive, but you don't know how he lives."
"He was locked in a deadly place, with iron chains piercing his body and forcibly extracting his power," Ye Xingchen said grimly. "For the past twenty years, he has been enduring immense pain and torment every moment."
"How...how did you know?" Li Zhenye's pupils contracted.
Only two people knew about Ye Jinyu's situation: the deceased Jin Zhihuan and himself.
After they sent Ye Jinyu to the dead end, he killed the escorts. So after Jin Zhihuan died, no one knew this secret except himself.
But how exactly did Ye Xingchen find out about this?
"Don't you find this incredible?" Ye Xingchen said coldly, "This secret should only be known to you. Why would I know it so clearly?"
"Yes, how do you know so much? Who told you this?" Li Zhenye stared at Ye Xingchen and asked through gritted teeth.
"He is my father, and there is a natural connection between us in the unseen world," Ye Xingchen said calmly. "So, do you understand why I know this?"
Li Zhenye stood there speechless, then gritted his teeth and said, "What good does it do to know his situation? He's been alive all these years, but he's been living a life worse than death."
"Besides, do you know where he is? Haha, you don't know, and I won't tell you." Li Zhenye laughed smugly, looking exactly like a cunning woman who had gotten her way.
“Li Zhenye, tell me where he is, and I can give you anything you want.” Ye Xingchen stared at him.
"Haha, everything I want? Do you know what I want?" Li Zhenye laughed heartily.
"What Jin Zhihuan can give you, I can give you too. What he can't give you, I can also give you," Ye Xingchen said calmly.
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