Tu Yecheng thought about it, following Shi Xuan's words, and realized that he really was pretty useless...
This idea is terrifying.
What's the point of keeping him if he's useless?
After that sentence, it felt like he was about to be killed!
Tu Yecheng doesn't want to die. Even if his entire family abandons him, he still doesn't want to die!
He was abandoned by his entire family...abandoned...they all abandoned him, so why should he stay here and keep some secret for them?
“I know…” Tu Yecheng barely hesitated for long; he gave in almost immediately after Shi Xuan’s first words of intimidation.
Shi Xuan had originally thought that if Tu Yecheng really refused to cooperate, she would have no choice but to send him back and have Shi Mingxiu find someone to search his soul.
It's just that for someone of his cultivation level, soul searching requires a powerful expert at the Integration stage to perform, which is a bit troublesome.
Tu Yecheng looked anxious and timid. He tentatively asked, "If I tell you... you won't kill me, will you...?"
"That depends on what you say. If you're lying or hiding something..." Shi Xuan looked directly into his eyes, which startled him so much that he immediately lowered his head.
The Tu Yecheng of this moment was completely different from the arrogant person he had encountered before.
Throughout his childhood, he had always been a little tyrant. In Nuojiang, a place completely controlled by the Tu family, as the patriarch's most favored youngest son, he truly got whatever he wanted.
No one dared to utter a single word against him; he had been lawless since childhood. This was also why he could be so arrogant even when attending Shi Xuan's auction.
The conflict between the Tu family and the Liu family originated from him, and in the end, it still ended with the complete annihilation of the Liu family!
Even after being captured alive, he kept thinking that the Tu family would definitely save him.
In his heart, the Tu family was like a big tree, always standing tall and unyielding. No matter what difficulties he encountered outside, the entire family would come out to help him resolve them.
But now, he has lost everything he had.
Upon hearing the news of his capture, the Tu family not only failed to try to rescue him, but the entire family fled!
In that instant, he went from having a massive army behind him to being completely alone. How could he not despair!
"I... I wasn't lying, but it was just a guess..."
"Hurry up," Shi Xuan urged impatiently, "tell me everything you know."
Tu Yecheng pursed his lips tightly as she scolded him; when you're under someone's roof, you have no choice but to bow your head.
"They must have moved to the Abyss..."
"Where is the Demon Abyss? How can we get in?" Shi Xuan pressed on relentlessly.
"Yes, yes..." Tu Yecheng didn't want to say everything; he wanted to keep some as his trump card. But seeing Shi Xuan's fierce eyes, he shrank back.
"In the far northwest, past Qingshui City, after traveling for three more days on your sword, there is a canyon," Tu Yecheng paused, looked up at Shi Xuan, then at the high-level cultivators surrounding him, sighed, and continued, "There is a barrier hidden beneath that canyon, preventing outsiders from knowing what's inside. That is the entrance to the Demon Abyss."
It was there!
Shi Xuan turned her head and exchanged a glance with Lu Shenzhi, recalling the time when she helped defend against the beast tide in Qingshui City and had crossed the border outside Qingshui City.
On the other side of the border lies the territory of the demon race, and there is no passage between the two sides. If a human is killed in the other territory or a demon is killed in their territory, it is considered a personal matter, and no one will investigate.
In the first lesson for new disciples in every sect, this issue is mentioned, explaining the areas where one can move around and the areas that are absolutely forbidden to enter in the cultivation world.
The area outside Qingshui City was designated as a forbidden place.
She risked her life to go to the other side, destroyed the formations of two [Newborn] factions, solved the beast tide problem, and even destroyed one of the [Newborn] villages.
But they didn't go any deeper, so she never saw the canyon that Tu Yecheng mentioned.
At this moment, Tu Yecheng finished recounting the matter of the Demon Abyss and looked at Shi Xuan's expression, fearing that she would kill him immediately after using him.
Shi Xuan didn't. She looked at Tu Yecheng with a forced smile and said, "As you know, I'm not afraid of demonic energy. I'll go and investigate the authenticity of this Demon Abyss afterward. If you're lying to me..."
Tu Yecheng quickly shook his head: "No, no, everything I said is the truth!"
Shi Xuan nodded, pursed his lips insincerely, and said, "I still need to ask you, how did your Tu family members become possessed by demons?"
Tu Yecheng thought for a moment, his eyes flickered, and he hesitated before answering, "My father fought a great battle with Liu Changhai a few years ago and was forced to flee to the outer regions, where he accidentally entered that rift valley. There he encountered..."
He paused here, and Shi Xuan picked up where he left off: "Fan Hongde?"
"How did you know?" Tu Yecheng asked in surprise. Then he thought about it. Everyone knew that Fan Mingzhu had fallen into demonic possession, and Fan Hongde had been missing for years. It was understandable that they had suspicions.
Shi Xuan ignored his question; he didn't need to know that much.
"You just said everything? You didn't hide anything?" Shi Xuan didn't miss a single expression on his face.
Tu Yecheng opened his mouth, then replied somewhat guiltily, "It's not a big problem, it's just that my father fought with Liu Changhai because I had a conflict with the Liu family..."
Shi Xuan: "So, after your whole family became possessed by demons, you went and wiped out the entire Liu family?"
Tu Yecheng nodded slowly.
Shi Xuan narrowed his eyes; the Tu family was truly ruthless.
She then asked, "How did you manage to wipe out the Liu family so silently?"
"I don't know either..."
"Hmm?" Shi Xuan's question carried a strong sense of threat, making Tu Yecheng tremble with fear, as if he was about to be killed.
He quickly added, "I really don't know the specifics, I only heard that my father met a very powerful array master outside..."
As he spoke, his eyes remained fixed on Shi Xuan, revealing his sincerity.
Shi Xuan suspected that he couldn't know all the details either, so he didn't delve into the matter further.
Just as they were about to put him back into the space, Shi Mingxiu, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke up: "Besides the Tu family, do you know anyone else who has fallen into demonic possession?"
Tu Yecheng shook his head, but then added, "My father recruited several guest retainers after he returned. They should be among them. But even if the whole family ran away, they should have gone with them..."
He paused for a moment, then added, "That's all I know. Perhaps there's more, things my father didn't tell me."
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