Chapter 62
"What are you thinking about?" Xiao Mu asked, noticing Zhou Xuanzhi's absent-mindedness.
Hearing Xiao Mu's voice, Zhou Xuanzhi's thoughts returned to reality. He looked at the Illusion Demon bound in the middle and said, "He appeared in front of my master before he died."
For so many years, he had always thought of that person's figure; he dared not and could not forget that person's face. He also still couldn't believe that his master had died because of a mere illusion demon, but it didn't matter; he would soon find out what that demon had done to his master.
Two hundred years have passed, and he still remembers what that person looks like. He must have only glanced at him back then! Xiao Mu looked at Zhou Xuanzhi, wondering if he himself would still remember that face.
"By the way, how is Miss Gu?" I almost forgot about her; the silver bracelet on her wrist is also a very important clue.
"Gu Qingci? She's always been in the Exorcism Division, and Junior Sister Lin has always been there too."
As more and more people gathered around, Zhou Xuanzhi felt uncomfortable and asked again, "Is he just going to stay tied up here like this?"
"How could that be? They're about to be transferred to the Exorcism Division's prison."
"us……"
"I know what you're trying to say," Xiao Mu hurriedly interrupted Zhou Xuanzhi, not letting him continue. These words couldn't be heard by others. He lowered his voice and said, "This is the Exorcism Bureau, not Tianyu Mountain." He could still sneak in and find out what he wanted to know in Tianyu Mountain.
"We don't know anyone in the Exorcism Bureau, and if this is discovered, we'll definitely be severely punished." Even if someone in the Exorcism Bureau sympathizes with your plight, no one dares to take the risk under such severe punishment.
Recalling the feelings that Master Cheng and Master Zhang had for their master, Zhou Xuanzhi finally gave up on this dangerous idea, "I believe Master Cheng will ask the question."
Xiao Mu nodded at Zhou Xuanzhi's attitude, "My master and junior uncle also have a very good relationship. He often misses his junior uncle. I believe my master will find out the reason."
The Immortal Alliance Conference has come to an end, albeit hastily. Disciples from various sects have departed one after another, but the leaders of these immortal sects have remained.
Zhou Xuanzhi and Shi Yunzhou were specifically asked by Sect Leader Han Wenqing to stay behind. Before leaving, Xiao Mu also went to visit Shi Yunzhou, who was still unconscious.
The Exorcism Division was completely silent this time, and Zhou Xuanzhi didn't see anyone on his way to Shi Yunzhou's room.
In Shi Yunzhou's room, Zhou Xuanzhi looked at the person lying on the bed and said, "There's no one here, you can get up now."
The person on the bed stirred, then stretched and yawned, saying, "I'm so tired of lying here. If there's a next time, you come."
Shi Yunzhou stretched out on the bed for a long time before finally sitting up. He greeted Zhou Xuanzhi, who was standing by the bed, "How have you been these past two days?"
"fine."
"Li Sheng has been caught?" Although lying in bed these past two days hasn't been very comfortable, the wounds on my body still hurt. The thought of Li Sheng also being in the capital makes me feel like the Demon Clan has a huge conspiracy waiting for me ahead.
"Yesterday, a middle-aged man came to the Exorcism Bureau crying, saying that his daughter had been drained of her life force by a monster named Li Sheng. The people from the Exorcism Bureau followed the man to his home and, through tracking, discovered that Li Sheng had left the capital under the cover of the girl's life force."
How old is his daughter?
"Twelve or thirteen years old."
Shi Yunzhou cursed, "This old monster, he wouldn't be enough even if he died a hundred times!"
Seeing his junior brother sitting there motionless, Zhou Xuanzhi voiced his doubts, "The Ten Directions Barrier has no breach, so how did Li Sheng get out?"
According to the previous investigation, the demons found a way for demons whose hands were not stained with human blood to come out without breaking the Ten Directions Barrier. So how did Li Sheng, a demon whose hands were stained with countless lives, come out?
"Didn't the Illusion Demon side give a satisfactory result?"
Before coming, he and his senior uncle, the sect leader, glanced at the Illusion Demon, who had been beaten to the point of barely breathing, and shook his head, saying, "His mouth is very stubborn; we can't pry it open."
"so?"
"They plan to let the Illusion Demon recover for a couple of days before searching for the God."
The Search God technique, which I always said I would use on Gu Qingci, turned out to be used on the Illusion Demon the first time I actually saw it.
The two remained silent for a long time. Shi Yunzhou got out of bed, dressed, and asked as he tidied himself, "Is Murong Jing busy lately? If he's not busy, I'd like to ask him to tell me a story."
"If it really is Chonghua, that female immortal is probably long gone. Even if she were still alive, could she really threaten Chonghua?" These past few days, I've calmed down and thought about it. If I were Chonghua, having reached this position today, I wouldn't leave behind any leverage that others could use against me.
Shi Yunzhou waved his hand, "No wonder you didn't find me a sister-in-law, Senior Brother. You're not very capable either." Seeing Zhou Xuanzhi's face getting darker and darker, he stopped teasing him, "Even if it's not a weakness, it can still touch Chonghua."
Was it touching? Emotionally, no… but how did he know? The question in my mind finally boiled down to: “Okay, I’ll try asking him out.”
"But speaking of which, how has Senior Sister Lin been lately?" He hadn't seen his kind senior sister come to visit him during the few days he had been "in a coma."
"He's still by Gu Qingci's side, waiting for the prince to send over that person's portrait." There was nothing he could do; too many things had happened in the past few days, so news of his junior brother's "serious injury and coma" naturally wouldn't reach his ears.
"portrait?"
"Someone came yesterday saying that they've gradually remembered what that person looked like and have started drawing it." Zhou Xuanzhi knew it was wrong to curse, but he still wanted to call him an old fox. This prince probably hadn't forgotten what his wife and daughter's savior looked like; rather, he wanted to use Tianyu Mountain to protect his daughter.
No wonder he's a nobleman who's been around the capital for so long; it seems he knew from the beginning that his daughter would be in danger during this time.
Shi Yunzhou, of course, had no such concerns. "This guy is a cunning old fox. He's using us to protect his daughter. It seems he knows something. We must have a chat with him when we get the chance."
"We two shouldn't be able to get anything out of them." Although they were over two hundred years old, they had to admit that they were still too naive in the eyes of those who played power games in the capital.
"That's true, but haven't you thought about going home to visit?" The Zhou family was already a prominent family two hundred years ago, and today its foundation is even stronger, with many of its members serving as officials in the imperial court.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Xuanzhi's gentle expression instantly turned somewhat cold. Shi Yunzhou had known his senior brother's personality for many years; it was all a matter of past grievances, and seeing him like this still made him very uncomfortable. But then again, he had treated those little beggars in Yunzhou with the same attitude all these years.
“That’s not my home,” Zhou Xuanzhi said. “My home is on the back mountain of Lingqiu Peak.”
After tidying himself up, Shi Yunzhou put his hand on Zhou Xuanzhi's shoulder and said, "Alright, if you ever have nowhere to go, the gates of my Illusionary Sea are always open for you."
Seeing his junior brother's beaming smile, Zhou Xuanzhi slapped his hand away and said as he walked towards the door, "Don't you want to hear the truth about what happened back then?"
The Exorcist Bureau's prison was temporarily open to the two brothers. The wounds on the Phantom Demon's body, who was imprisoned there, had been bandaged. He was sitting casually on the wooden bed, and if it weren't for his pale face, you really couldn't tell that he had been tortured.
Hearing someone approaching, he looked up at the two brothers. "Is it you?"
"I'm just curious, you had so many opportunities to kill us, why didn't you do it?" Shi Yunzhou pulled up a chair near the cell and plopped down on it.
This Phantom Demon is quite young for the Phantom Demon race. Two hundred years ago, he dared to appear beside the already famous Shi Wanqing when he was only two hundred years old, which shows that he must have some skills. However, it is very suspicious that he has disappeared without a trace in recent years.
The Illusion Demon's face looked very young, showing no signs of weakness. He chuckled, "What are you thinking?"
“Our thoughts are not important.” Zhou Xuanzhi stood in front of Shi Yunzhou, facing the enemy he had thought of for over two hundred years.
"You want me to be free of killing, otherwise I won't be able to go back?"
Shi Yunzhou nodded in agreement, "That's true, but Li Sheng's arrival later made us reject this idea."
Since there was no way out anyway, the Illusion Demon explained his reasoning: "I was instructed not to kill you two."
Who is it?
The demon smiled and said nothing more.
That's how it is; when faced with a question they don't want to answer, they always shut up. Zhou Xuanzhi emerged from the shadows and looked at the Illusion Demon, asking, "What did you do to my master two hundred years ago?"
"Illusion."
"So, my master repairing the Ten Directions Barrier with his own body was due to your illusion?"
The Illusion Demon stretched his neck. "You have so little faith in your master? She wasn't under my illusion spell. No, that's not quite right. Your master was indeed under the illusion spell, but she woke up very quickly, in the blink of an eye."
"The illusion was a complete failure when used on your master."
Where is Li Sheng?
Upon hearing the name Li Sheng, Huanmo repeated his previous attitude, shutting his mouth and saying nothing.
Looking at Huanmo's state, Zhou Xuanzhi said again, "If you don't tell them, they will conduct a soul search on you. At that time, you will have no secrets to hide."
"You know about Fang Xiashen asking us to go to Jianye Town, right?" Zhou Xuanzhi still couldn't understand what this had to do with Fang Xiashen.
After hearing this, Yue Mingke laughed and asked, "You've seen the puppet there, what are your thoughts?"
“She said there were clues about my master there.”
"Didn't you see those two fellow disciples? Why don't you count them?"
Shi Yunzhou laughed in anger, "You're about to die, and you're still pretending to be profound."
Yue Mingke wasn't angry. He gazed into the distance, seemingly lost in thought. "Didn't Fang Xiashen say the same thing?"
...
Although they hadn't gotten anything useful, they had at least found some clues. Shi Yunzhou asked, "So, is my master's death also related to you?"
"Yes, it takes a lot of effort to wake up from the illusion. That last slap I received was delivered with all my might," the Illusion Demon replied.
"It was that one palm strike that shattered my master's spiritual palace completely," Shi Yunzhou continued. "Then do you think we, his fellow disciples, wouldn't kill you if we knew about this?"
The Phantom Demon turned to the two men outside the prison and said disdainfully, "Then kill me!"
"Looks like we have nothing more to talk about." Shi Yunzhou stood up and walked out. He glanced back at Huanmo and said, "I hope you can still be like this after you are searched by the gods."
The Phantom Demon smiled but didn't say anything.
They weren't afraid that the Illusion Demon would die, since all his meridians were sealed, and he couldn't even raise his hand or turn around now, so suicide was basically impossible.
"Won't the demons send anyone?" Walking outside, Shi Yunzhou was finally able to take a good look at the legendary Exorcism Bureau.
The Exorcism Bureau was built like a government office in the human world, very imposing and with a strong emphasis on symmetry.
Zhou Xuanzhi thought of the escaped Li Sheng and denied it, saying, "I don't know, but I always feel that Li Sheng wouldn't do anything to the Illusion Demon, or rather, Li Sheng didn't come here to kill people, but for other reasons." He couldn't quite put his finger on it, but something just didn't feel right.
It's unclear whether Li Sheng succeeded or not, and what the Demon Clan's true purpose was.
"Could it be related to that mole?"
"Very likely." I wonder what the elders will do next. They must have already thought of what I'm thinking. Will they go after those traitors next?
Thinking about it too much is useless; his current strength is still too weak. Zhou Xuanzhi changed to a more relaxed tone and said, "Let's go see Junior Sister Lin!"
Lin Jichen is currently protecting Gu Qingci. With the Immortal Alliance Conference over, the capital city should be considered safe now. However, that's not entirely true. If it were safe, Gu Qingci wouldn't have entered Guancheng.
"Junior Sister Lin should have received the portrait by now."
"today?"
Zhou Xuanzhi resumed his usual demeanor and said, "We sent someone yesterday saying that the portrait could be delivered to us today."
"Let's go find Senior Sister Lin quickly, I really miss her. After we finish dealing with the portrait, we can find someone to listen to the story, and then we can go home."
Zhou Xuanzhi followed in the footsteps of his master, Yunzhou.
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