Jin stammered.
Luo Tianhe didn't speak, but a cold glint flashed in his eyes. He suddenly stabbed Jin Ye's leg with his knife.
Jin Ye suddenly let out a shrill scream, his body trembling violently, his face full of pain, and large beads of sweat rolling down his forehead.
"I like dishonest people the most, because it's no fun asking questions of people who are too honest!"
Luo Tianhe pulled out the knife and threw it on the ground.
Jin was in so much pain that his face was covered in sweat, and he was breathing heavily, speaking in fits and starts.
“I… I’m telling the truth. Judging from how old you all look, you must have gone to Sanjiapo. Going to Sanjiapo may cost you your lives, but it will definitely help you find the truth.”
Luo Tianhe didn't ask any more questions, but turned and left, leaving me somewhat bewildered.
What is this guy doing?
After a while, Luo Tianhe returned, holding a pair of pliers, and squatted down in front of Master Jin.
When Jinye saw the pliers, his eyes widened instantly, his face showed extreme panic, and his body involuntarily shrank back.
I thought Luo Tianhe would end up like in the movie, either having his teeth pulled or his fingernails removed.
But Luo Tianhe's approach was even more ruthless; he directly grabbed the lychees that Master Jin had brought.
Jinye's face contorted in pain, and he let out a pig-like scream.
Watching from the side, I felt my scalp tingle. If he really squeezed hard, Jin Ye would have to call those girls "sisters" from now on.
“Hey Jin, I’m sure you know what I do. I have plenty of ways to mess with people. Let’s see how many rounds you can withstand! This is the first round. There are nine more rounds to go. If you pass all ten, even if you don’t say anything, I’ll respect you and let you go!” Luo Tianhe said coldly.
I gasped.
This... this is still the first level?
What are the next nine levels?
"Hey Jin, I'm too lazy to waste my breath on you. From now on, I'll ask you a question, and you'll answer it. If I'm not satisfied, I'll smash your lychees so you won't have any fruit to eat in the future, understand?" Luo Tianhe said calmly.
"I...I understand!" Jin Ye's voice was trembling with sobs, and his body was shaking like a leaf.
"Alright, now answer me, why did you lead us to Sanjiapo!" Luo Tianhe stared intently at Master Jin, his eyes blazing.
"I am..."
Jin Ye had barely uttered three words when he immediately changed his tune: "It was Wu Zhiguo who told me to trick you into going. From the moment you stepped into Sanjiapo, you were already caught in Wu Zhiguo's trap..."
Before he could finish speaking, Jin Ye suddenly let out a shrill scream.
I looked down and saw that the round lychees were about to be crushed into rotten persimmons.
Luo Tianhe really went all out! If he had used any more force, Master Jin would never have any fruit left to eat.
"Old man, do you really think I'm joking with you?" Luo Tianhe narrowed his eyes slightly, a hint of ruthlessness in them.
"I...I'll talk, I'll talk!"
Jin Ye was panting heavily, his facial muscles twitching from the pain: "I deliberately lured you to the Mysterious Female Furnace. You were just tools I used."
Holy crap!
I wasn't surprised by what Master Jin said; rather, I was shocked that Luo Tianhe knew Master Jin was lying.
Luo Tianhe seemed to read my mind and casually explained, "When a person lies, their micro-expressions will change subtly, their eyes will unconsciously dart away, and the tension in their muscles will also vary."
"When he answered just now, his eyes darted around and the corners of his mouth turned down slightly. These are typical signs of lying. Moreover, his tone of voice was not firm enough, and he was obviously hiding something."
I was full of suspicion. How could he know so many professional things?
Luo Tianhe glanced at me: "I know what you want to ask, I'll tell you later!"
I nodded and looked at Master Jin, asking him who Lin Zimeng was!
Jin Ye weakly raised his head, his face still showing signs of pain, and gasped for breath, saying, "Lin Zimeng is my person, but to be precise, Lin Zimeng is not a normal person, she is just a puppet."
"puppet?"
Luo Tianhe seemed to have thought of something, and his grip on the pliers tightened unconsciously.
Jin Ye cried out in pain, "I'm not lying, I'm really not lying! She's a puppet, just like the two puppets Xiao Chen encountered last time!"
I asked in surprise, "Did you make those two puppets?"
Jin nodded weakly and said feebly, "I'm the one who caused all of this, including your ghost sightings and being chased by ghosts. It was all me, not Wu Zhiguo."
Luo Tianhe pressed further, "Why did you do that?"
Jin sighed, as if he had used up all his strength: "I just want you to help me unlock the secret of the Mysterious Female Furnace!"
I looked at him suspiciously: "So from the very beginning, Lin Zimeng's decision to bring us to the Mysterious Female Furnace was a trap you set! You deliberately made us help you break the seal on the Mysterious Female Furnace, didn't you? All of this was your doing, and it actually had little to do with Wu Zhiguo, right?"
Jin Ye, looking like a loser, nodded dejectedly: "Lin Zimeng is just a pawn I arranged. Her task is to lure you to the Xuanpin Furnace and have you help me unlock the layers of restrictions on the Xuanpin Furnace."
“Once the power of the Mysterious Female is unsealed, it will affect everything around you. In the process of breaking the seal, your bodies have been eroded by this power, and time has been passing through you at an accelerated pace, which is why you have become so old and frail.”
It really was that old man.
No wonder Wu Zhiguo said during the Xuanpin Furnace that there was a deep misunderstanding between us and him, and that he had never tried to kill us.
It was because we kept pestering him that he started targeting us.
Luo Tianhe looked at me: "Old Chen, does that mean we were just made a fool of by this old man from beginning to end?"
I nodded: "It seems so!"
"or!"
A fierce glint flashed in Luo Tianhe's eyes: "Chop up his lychees?"
I frowned, thinking that this was too cruel, and said, "I heard that the lychee trees won't be affected if they're gone, so why don't we just cut down the fruit trees?"
"No!"
Jin Ye was so frightened that he screamed, his voice trembling: "No, no, no! You are aging now because of the Mysterious Female Furnace, but I have a way to help you recover!"
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