Chapter 108 Imprisonment

Yu Wusheng said indifferently, "You don't have to use sound transmission to speak. I can hear what you're saying."

Sound transmission through secret channels wasn't an absolutely foolproof method in the martial world.

As long as someone near the transmitter's cultivation base was two levels higher, they could completely hear what the other person was saying.

Yu Wusheng had been imprisoned for so long, yet he still possessed such cultivation?

Ye Yang no longer concealed anything, "I've always wanted to know, what was the reason the Underworld and the Dynasty joined forces to imprison that batch of Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren?"

I suspected that Ye Yang was asking a question he already knew the answer to.

Ye Yang was the Embroidered Uniform Guard's Young Marshal. Such a major operation by the Underworld wouldn't be unrecorded in the Embroidered Uniform Guard's secret files.

Ye Yang wanted to know, where exactly did Yu Wusheng's resentment towards the Underworld lie?

Yu Wusheng said, "Back then, that batch of Jie Ming Ren frantically captured Earth Souls for the Underworld, accumulating a large amount of merit. In exchange, they obtained hundreds of years of lifespan."

"After that, that batch of Jie Ming Ren wanted to settle down and wait for the heavenly tribulation to arrive."

"Unexpectedly, the Dynasty and the Underworld simultaneously turned against them, sending out large armies to massacre them. Some Jie Ming Ren died on the spot, but most of them, for the sake of the future of the arcane arts, chose to surrender and were imprisoned in the Demon Suppression Tower by the Six Doors."

Yu Wusheng's forehead veins popped out as he said this, "The Underworld's purpose in imprisoning them was actually to use the Demon Suppression Tower as a container to store lifespan."

"When the day comes that it's needed, a new generation of Jie Ming Ren will be released to draw out the lifespan from those containers. Then, we'll be sent to Liangjie Mountain to fight to the death with the Heaven Souls."

Yu Wusheng said excitedly, "I am a sorcerer, and I am not afraid to die for the sake of the world."

"But what does the Underworld take us for?"

"Is this the outcome of our passion and dedication?"

Someone chuckled, "What has the Underworld ever given us? Is it surprising that Jie Ming Ren end up in this kind of situation?"

I couldn't help but frown. "Senior Yu, have you ever considered that the Jie Ming Ren who were captured and killed, besides possessing a large amount of lifespan, had other reasons for their demise?"

Before Yu Wusheng could speak, someone said, "Reasons for their demise? Our reason for demise is that we care about the world and are willing to defy the heavens at the cost of our lifespan for the sake of the common people!"

"We sacrificed too much, which is why we are intolerable to others and to the heavens and earth!"

"It's ridiculous that after imprisoning two batches of Jie Ming Ren, there are still people who don't know death and work for the Underworld."

Hearing this, Ye Yang no longer remained silent. "A batch of Jie Ming Ren, led by Shi Haoguang, began to intercept and kill low-level Jie Ming Ren after obtaining five hundred years of lifespan, forcing them to transmit lifespan to ordinary people."

"You should know that at that time, the Underworld had not yet placed any restrictions on the use of lifespan by Jie Ming Ren, and the rewards for the Underworld's secret orders were extremely generous."

"As long as Shi Haoguang controlled a Jie Ming Ren, he could obtain at least sixty years of lifespan. He could then use this lifespan to control high officials, merchants, and even powerful figures in the martial world."

"Those people in the Yang world whose lifespans were about to end, in order to extend their lives, either spent a large amount of money to buy lifespan or joined Shi Haoguang and became his puppets."

"In just a few years, Shi Haoguang infiltrated most of the court officials. He also won over two powerful feudal princes."

"Didn't he tell you these things?"

Ye Yang said in a deep voice, "Shi Haoguang used the Underworld's lifespan as a bargaining chip to plot a rebellion and usurp the throne."

"What is that behavior in the Yang world?"

"How should it be judged in the Underworld?"

Hearing this, I couldn't help but gasp.

Shi Haoguang's actions were equivalent to forming an evil cult that could rebel, weren't they?

Since ancient times, dynasties have never tolerated the emergence of evil cults, especially those aimed at rebellion, which are the key targets of suppression.

That Jie Ming Ren named Shi Haoguang used the lifespan released by the Underworld as a means of winning over followers, which was a hundred times more terrifying than those evil cults that started with trickery.

As far as the Underworld was concerned, they were using the lifespan rewarded by the Underworld at the risk of violating the heavenly rules to wreak havoc in the world. How could the Underworld tolerate such behavior?

The batch of Jie Ming Ren led by Shi Haoguang was bound to be jointly suppressed by the Dynasty and the Underworld.

Ye Yang finished speaking, and Yu Wusheng was silent for a moment.

Another person roared, "Isn't it enough that we work for the Underworld? They gave us lifespan. Do they have to restrict the use of our lifespan?"

"Besides, our lifespans were earned through desperate efforts. Why can't they be used for other purposes?"

"Does the Underworld feel that giving us lifespan is a favor to us?"

"Do the gods of the Underworld think that we would have died long ago without the Underworld? They gave us lifespan, so we should be dogs of the Underworld?"

That person was obviously changing the subject.

I chuckled, "Are you trying to say that lifespan is like being paid a salary, and your boss shouldn't restrict how you spend the money?"

"Actually, there's nothing wrong with thinking that way!"

That person seemed to not expect me to respond like this and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

I continued, "Of course, the boss who pays you your salary won't care how you spend your money! Because that's your freedom."

"However, if you use your salary to do illegal things, won't someone take care of you?"

"Am I right?"