Upon hearing this, Tong Zixing asked, "I do have some insights into interrogation. If you trust me, you can leave this matter to me."
Tong Zixing also wanted to know the truth about this matter, and even more so, she wanted to know the hidden dangers left behind by this incident.
Qi Zhiheng thought for a moment and then agreed. To be honest, this matter didn't really concern him much. He took all the blame upon himself, and with such a joyous occasion as Tong Zixing reaching the Tribulation Stage, it wasn't bad to have someone to share the burden with. He led Tong Zixing towards the secret chamber.
Thus, Tong Zixing saw Rong Yu in the secret room.
When Tong Zixing saw Rong Yu, he was quite surprised. He knew that Qi Zhiheng had brought someone back, but he did not expect that Qi Zhiheng would actually bring back a cultivator in the Tribulation Transcending stage! He thought that at most it was just a small fry in the Integration stage, and that the mastermind behind it could not have shown up so quickly.
He looked at Qi Zhiheng with a hint of admiration in his eyes, but also a sense of vigilance. Qi Zhiheng could capture even a cultivator at the Tribulation Transcending stage so easily; he couldn't possibly be a simple person.
He then looked at Rong Yu, realizing that the tables had turned. Not long ago, he had to bow respectfully to Rong Yu and address him as "senior," but now, not long after, the other man had become his prisoner.
Qi Zhiheng bypassed Rong Yu's voice transmission and said, "If I'm not mistaken, Rong Yu should be the mastermind behind this, but it's also possible that there's an even more powerful mastermind behind it."
Tong Zixing transmitted her voice: "I didn't expect that after searching for so long without any clues, Master Qi Dan had already found out the mastermind behind it all. I am ashamed of myself."
Qi Zhiheng: "Senior Tong, you flatter me. It was just a coincidence. Let's start the interrogation."
Tong Zixing turned her attention back to Rong Yu.
After Tong Zixing took charge, the interrogation process went much more smoothly.
Tong Zixing's cultivation level played a significant role in this.
The difference between Tong Zixing and Qi Zhiheng was obvious. Tong Zixing was a cultivator in the Tribulation Transcending stage. Regardless of the difference in strength, the pressure caused by her cultivation level alone was there, and she suppressed Rong Yu in terms of aura first.
Rong Yu might have the mentality of refusing to bow down to weaker people with lower cultivation levels than himself, which also caused Qi Zhiheng to be at a disadvantage in this aspect.
Once a breach is made in someone's defenses, it becomes much easier to interrogate them.
After being promised that he would not be killed, Rongyu told her his story.
The mastermind behind all of this was indeed Rong Yu.
Rong Yu's goal was simple: he wanted to ascend to immortality!
In the past thousand years, very few cultivators have ascended to immortality, and it is even more difficult for Rong Yu to ascend. The reason is simple: when he entered the Tribulation Transcending stage, he was invaded by his inner demons!
That's when things started.
Rong Yu obtained a fortuitous opportunity in a small secret realm, where he successfully passed the tribulation of the Transcending Tribulation stage. Unexpectedly, while obtaining this opportunity, he was also infected by demonic energy, which was well hidden all around him.
After surviving the tribulation of lightning, he was troubled by his inner demons.
In the end, he did become a cultivator in the Tribulation Transcending stage, but he failed to overcome the inner demon tribulation. Following this inner demon tribulation, he absorbed the surrounding demonic energy. Because he originally had a dark spiritual root, he naturally transformed into a demonic cultivator.
Following the clues of the demonic energy, he first discovered the Netherworld Fungus, and then discovered a cluster of Netherworld Fire surrounded by the Netherworld Fungus.
The Netherworld Fire! Wasn't that tailor-made for him right now? But he didn't immediately merge with the Netherworld Fire. If he merged with the flame now, his current situation would be immediately discovered in a fire-controlling sect like the Extreme Fire Sect, and his identity as a demonic cultivator naturally couldn't be exposed directly.
He also thought of better uses for the Netherfire.
First, he became a demonic cultivator. Ascension is already extremely difficult for cultivators, but it is even more difficult for demonic cultivators! Most demonic cultivators who want to ascend eventually turn to ashes under the tribulation of lightning.
Moreover, the last barrier before the tribulation is the most difficult to break through. He wanted to fuse with the Netherworld Fire at the peak of the Tribulation Transcending stage to break through in one fell swoop and face the tribulation!
In this way, his condition would not be discovered by others before his ascension, and he could rely on the energy of the Netherworld Fire to break through in one fell swoop.
However, the Netherfire was still very weak at the time, and it was unrealistic to expect it to break through using such a flame. This led to a series of events; he needed to nurture the Netherfire to grow, and in order to make it even more powerful, he planned to raise it to adulthood.
When he left this secret realm, he put away the Netherfire, the Netherfungus that caused the rampant demonic energy in the area, and several Netherse Seeds. Then he began to search for someone who could become a container for the Netherse Seeds and a place where he could release the Netherfire.
He quickly found a secret realm that opened only once every twenty years, which was perfect timing for him to bring the Netherworld Seed he was cultivating into the secret realm.
After entering the secret realm, he set up the array that required demonic energy to open, and kept the Netherfire inside.
Then some Netherworld Fungus was planted for Netherworld Fire to use.
He himself went to find someone who could accommodate the Netherworld race.
As a cultivator in the Tribulation Transcending stage, it wasn't difficult for him to find someone if he wanted to. He quickly found his first suitable cultivator in a resource-poor area of the Central Continent, and then lured him with the promise of becoming even stronger in the future, planting the Netherworld Seed in him.
Before planting the Netherworld Seed, he would first plant Netherworld Fungus, allowing the Netherworld Seed to proliferate in the area. Then he would imply to those who possessed the Netherworld Seed that they could eliminate the Netherworld Fungus by fusing with a cluster of fire.
In this way, whether they truly care about the world or simply want to gain fame, they will choose to merge with this cluster of Netherfire.
This process is naturally very painful, but as long as you can get through it, you can indeed make a big leap forward in your cultivation.
This is the power of fire.
Afterwards, these cultivators, who had fused with a small amount of Netherfire, began to clean up the Netherfly. In doing so, they gained fame in their locality. Then, a powerful figure would appear and take this "talented" young man away as a disciple. In the eyes of others, the "genius" would go to cultivate with other powerful beings, but in reality, these cultivators were all used as food for the Netherfire.
Because they originally had a small cluster of fire within their bodies, these people were easily digested by the Netherworld Fire.
The Southern Continent was also one of the selected locations because it was backward enough that even if the Southern Continent was destroyed, it would be of no concern to him.
Unexpectedly, some accidents occurred in the Southern Continent.
The unexpected thing was that Qi Zhiheng solved the problem of the Netherworld Fungus. If Qi Zhiheng hadn't been able to solve it, then the situation in the Southern Continent could have been resolved better after Bai Yilian fused with the Netherworld Flame.
That's roughly how things went. As for those infected by inner demons, as long as that wisp of demonic energy in their bodies increases with their cultivation level, it can be used to cultivate Netherworld Fire after feeding the inner demons.
Qi Zhiheng was quite curious about how to feed this inner demon to the Netherworld Fire.
Rong Yu also provided an answer: the person and the flames must be consumed together.
Tong Zixing sneered after hearing his explanation. Wasn't he previously tormented by his inner demons? So, he was also chosen by Rong Yu as backup food!
If it weren't for the promise not to kill the other party, Tong Zixing would have killed this guy whose cultivation was imprisoned long ago!
If we're talking about who the Seventh Prince is related to in this matter, aside from the fact that he ruined Zhen's plan in Nanzhou, the only other connection is the grudge between myself and Bai Yilian. However, now that Bai Yilian is dead, this matter is basically none of my business, and the mastermind is already in my hands.
"What should we do next with Rong Yu?" Qi Zhiheng asked Tong Zixing directly for her thoughts.
Tong Zixing said, "You're the one who caught him, so it should be up to you to decide."
Anyway, aside from not being able to kill the other party, we can deal with this person however we want.
Qi Zhiheng said, "Since Senior Tong has no ideas, then I will do it according to my own ideas."
Qi Zhiheng directly fed the other party a pill, which had a corresponding relationship with the pill he had previously given Rong Yu.
It can destroy one's spiritual root after ingestion, and it is irreparable.
The ingredients for this kind of pill are extremely rare, and most people wouldn't choose to refine it. It's only because Qi Zhiheng has obtained a lot of spiritual herbs over time that he has refined some random pills, and now he's using them to test their effects.
He could spare the other person's life, but he absolutely could not allow the other person to have the ability to pose a threat to him. Even if he could escape, he couldn't guarantee that his family could escape.
After Qi Zhiheng finished doing all this, he handed the person over to Tong Zixing: "Now that the truth has come out, I'm afraid there are still many people in Zhongzhou who have been infected. Let's leave the culprit to Senior Tong. After all, with my current cultivation level, I don't seem to be able to capture a cultivator in the Tribulation Transcending stage."
As a victim, Tong Zixing had the most say in this matter, so she planned to spread the word so that cultivators troubled by inner demons would know that their inability to overcome the tribulation of inner demons might not be due to their own fault.
Tong Zixing did as he was told and spread the word.
After this news spread, Qi Zhiheng's pills sold even better.
Because everyone knows that Tong Zixing was able to resolve her inner demons by taking the pills from Qi Zhiheng's family!
Suddenly, many cultivators troubled by inner demons no longer cared about the entrance fee to the city and flocked to Ascension City to buy the same pills as those from Tong Zixing.
Faced with such a high demand for elixirs, Qi Zhiheng devoted himself to alchemy for an extended period of time.
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