Second Senior Brother is right. If what is recorded in the booklet is true, Xin Yao must be a person with the world in his heart, and he would certainly not do something like destroying the world. Shi Xuan is relieved that he can think this way.
"Senior Brother," Shi Xuan said, having dealt with Lu Wenxing's matter, then turned to Lu Shenzhi, "I plan to return to the sect. You will stay here and lead the team for the time being."
"Because of Luo Qin's matter?" Lu Shenzhi asked.
Shi Xuan nodded and said, "Go back and share your new discoveries with your sect. Luo Qin must know where the [Newborn]'s lair is, and perhaps he has other information as well."
“Okay.” Lu Shenzhi thought for a moment and quickly agreed.
Compared to the affairs of the [Newcomer] organization, this Outer Arena is nothing.
“There are still five months until the arena results are settled,” Lu Shenzhi said. “It’s not too late to come back.”
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Shi Mingxiu didn't expect that Shi Xuan would be back so quickly.
Shi Xuan had summoned Lin Daozi in advance. When Lin Daozi arrived, the three of them met in Shi Mingxiu's sect master hall. After closing the door, Shi Xuan released Luo Qin, who had been imprisoned alone.
Shi Mingxiu and Lin Daozi looked closely and saw a person simultaneously bound by the Spirit-Binding Rope and the Demon-Trapping Rope. After a moment, they exclaimed in surprise, "A demonic cultivator?"
Shi Xuan nodded: "He has only recently become a demon, so he should be the son of the leader of [New Life]. He must know how to get to the lair of [New Life]."
"The chief's son?" Shi Mingxiu looked Luo Qin up and down. "What's his name?"
“Luo Qin,” Shi Xuan replied, “but that’s probably not his real name.”
After all, it was the name he gave when he and Luo Yicheng pretended to be father and son. Moreover, given their belief in the savior, this person, who claimed to be Xin Yao's grandson, must have the surname Xin.
Lin Daozi gained a new understanding of his junior disciple's abilities. He looked at Shi Xuan with great satisfaction and pride. The joint investigation of the six sects into the "newcomer" had been ongoing. Although there had been some progress, they had not yet captured such a heavyweight figure after so long.
Luo Qin's capture was undoubtedly a crucial turning point in the course of events.
Shi Mingxiu looked at Luo Qin and asked, "What is your father's name?"
Luo Qin glared at Shi Mingxiu with resentment, as if he were his father's killer.
Now that he has fallen to such a state, he can only be at the mercy of others. Knowing that he cannot escape, he only regrets that he should not have taken chances in the cave. He should have self-destructed immediately and perished together with these hypocritical scoundrels.
Seeing that he did not answer, Shi Mingxiu asked again with great patience.
Besides resentful looks, all I got in return was a "Pah!"
“No need to waste time with him,” Shi Xuan said. “Let’s just search his soul.”
The technique of soul searching is rarely seen and is only used when interrogating cultivators who have committed heinous crimes. After all, the damage that soul searching inflicts on a cultivator's consciousness is irreversible.
If a cultivator's soul is searched, at best their cultivation will be unable to improve, at worst their cultivation will regress, or they may even become mentally impaired. Therefore, righteous cultivators rarely use this method.
Lin Daozi paused for a moment; it had indeed been many years since he had used this technique.
"He has already fallen into demonic possession," Shi Xuan warned.
Once someone falls into demonic possession, there's no possibility of repentance. And for a demonic cultivator, they will absolutely not let them go unchecked.
Moreover, he is the son of the leader of the [New Life] faction.
Lin Daozi nodded. This soul-searching technique is best performed by those with higher cultivation levels.
As Luo Qin saw Lin Daozi approaching, he reached out his hand to him, as if he suddenly realized what was about to happen.
His eyes widened in terror, a flicker of light in them, and he said, "Don't search my soul! What do you want to know? I'll tell you!"
But it was too late to say anything then.
Who knows how much of his confession is true or false? Nothing is more reliable than a direct soul search.
Lin Daozi's palm was already on his forehead.
A full quarter of an hour later, Lin Daozi finally stopped.
Luo Qin was visibly weakened, and this was only because Lin Daozi had shown mercy. His soul-searching technique was performed relatively gently, minimizing its impact on Luo Qin.
Both Shi Mingxiu and Shi Xuan looked at Lin Daozi.
Lin Daozi pondered for a moment, organized his thoughts, and said, "His real name is Xin Fuqin, and his father's name is Xin Shi. Xin Shi is indeed the leader of [New Life]."
The names Xin Fuqin and Xin Shi provide a wealth of information about them.
Xin Shi, the name given to him was meant to bring him peace. Xin Fuqin, however, desired revenge and resurrection, and refused to give up.
Lin Daozi continued, "From a young age, he was taught to live for the organization and to avenge his grandfather, a belief he held firmly. In his memory, his grandfather, Xin Yao..."
Lin Daozi recounted the story of Xin Yao that he had obtained through soul-searching. The story was almost identical to the one Xuan had seen in the booklet, except for many more details, which made the whole story even more moving.
Shi Xuan also took out the booklet she had seen at the bottom of the volcano and studied it with the two of them.
“If this record is true, this event occurred during the catastrophe eight hundred years ago,” Shi Xuan asked with a frown, “What is the current situation of those sect leaders from that time?”
Shi Mingxiu frowned; this information had a great impact on him.
"The oldest sect leader among the six sects is only four hundred years old. The sect leader from eight hundred years ago has long since disappeared, and there is no record of that sect leader in our Lianfeng Sword Sect's history."
The matter became increasingly perplexing. If none of the major sects in the Western Region of Qian Yuan had any records of this matter, then wouldn't it be that only the [Newcomer] sect had rumors about Xin Yao and the six sect leaders?
"Actually, Sect Master doesn't need to think too much," Shi Xuan said. "We don't know anything about what happened eight hundred years ago, and we can't find any of the people from that generation. Things from long ago are irrelevant to us. Just focus on the present."
These words were spoken to the two elders, and also to myself.
Regardless of whether they are seeking revenge or for whatever reason, such world-destroying behavior must be stopped; further thought is pointless.
The current reality is that the [Newborn] organization is going to set up the Nine Continents Chaotic Soul Array, at the cost of the entire continent, to resurrect a certain person who has died.
In the process, he has committed far too many inhumane acts of murder, soul-stealing, and depravity. If that powerful being who named his son "Shi" were truly resurrected, he would probably be so enraged that he would die of anger again.
"Is there a location for their stronghold?" Shi Xuan asked. The most urgent task now was to wipe them out.
Lin Daozi nodded slightly and said, "In Cloud City."
"Cloud City?" Shi Xuan asked. "Is it the Cloud City in the northwest of the western border of Qian Yuan?"
Shi Xuan suddenly thought of the city lord and his daughter who had come to her to treat her dantian. City lord Zhu Yi was gentle and polite, and his daughter Zhu Lingyun was also very lively and cute.
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