Chapter 113 Trapped

　　Ling and Lao Liu exclaimed in unison, "Jiang Chen has misled us!"

　　As I turned back to look at them, Bu Ting raged, "You two, Jiang Chen is already gone with the wind. What else do you want?"

　　Ling shook his head. "If Jiang Chen's death had been filled with resentment to deceive the Reincarnation Department, it would have been one thing, but now..."

　　Bu Ting remained silent for a long while before asking in a trembling voice, "Do…do you two still have a way to remedy this?"

　　Ling said, "Perhaps, there's still a way!"

　　I subconsciously looked at Ling's face.

　　Did Ling miscalculate?

　　Why do I feel like this is the real beginning of Ling and Lao Liu's scheme?

　　Ling excels at planning.

　　Lao Liu excels at manipulating people.

　　It's impossible for them to have both overlooked Jiang Chen's personality.

　　While I was pondering this, an Embroidered Uniform Guard rushed over. "Young Master, Young Commander, the Commander requests your presence."

　　While speaking, the Embroidered Uniform Guard made a strange hand gesture towards Ye Yang.

　　Ye Yang nodded to me, indicating that the other party was indeed under the command of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

　　Ling whispered to me, "Have Su Su stay behind and wait for our news."

　　I left Su Su behind and led the rest towards the Ghost Domain.

　　I had expected to see a scene of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, but I didn't expect Li Chunfeng, Qu Mo, and Zhu Zining to be sitting together as if they were old friends.

　　There was even a pot of tea between them.

　　When Zhu Zining saw me, she touched the teapot with her hand. "You came quickly. The tea hasn't cooled yet."

　　"Li Po, would you like to sit down and have a cup of tea?"

　　"Here, you are the master of this hall, a hero in your own right. You are qualified to sit with us."

　　I glanced at Li Chunfeng, who nodded slightly.

　　I walked over to the stone table and sat down. Zhu Zining poured me a cup of tea and said, "The three of us are gambling, but this gamble is missing one person. It can only continue when you arrive."

　　I looked at Zhu Zining. "What are you betting on?"

　　"Life, of course!" Zhu Zining laughed. "The Emperor miscalculated a step, and the Holy Lord miscalculated half a step."

　　"Looking at it now, it seems the Holy Lord has won by half a move."

　　"However, in the Holy Lord's calculations, there was no intention of saving me."

　　"I can only choose to save myself!"

　　I stared at Zhu Zining intently. "I don't understand what you mean!"

　　Zhu Zining said, "The Emperor's arrangement was to cultivate the Jianmu (mythical tree) and launch a surprise attack on the Heavenly Prison."

　　"The Holy Lord's arrangement is not at the Yin-Yang Inn. This place is dispensable to the Holy Lord. The Holy Lord's true layout is at Liangjie Shan (Two Worlds Mountain)."

　　"Li Chunfeng and Qu Mo came to the Yin-Yang Inn because they were also tricked by the Nine-Headed Serpent Jade."

　　"The Holy Lord threw out the Nine-Headed Serpent Jade to control the Di Xiansheng (Earth Gentleman) Gou Chen lineage. He made everyone think that the Holy Lord would open a passage somewhere, dividing the road connecting the Heavenly Prison to the human world into nine, and dividing the Heavenly Souls into nine routes, making it impossible for the art to defend."

　　"In fact, this is just a facade."

　　"You keep smashing the Nine-Headed Serpents, and you feel a great sense of accomplishment, right? That's all fake."

　　"If the Nine-Headed Serpent Jade was really that important, would I let the Serpent Jade fall into the hands of outsiders so easily?"

　　No wonder I always felt that the Nine-Headed Serpent Jade was lost too easily. It turned out that their real goal wasn't here.

　　Zhu Zining said, "He Lingbo used the Nine-Headed Serpent Jade to lure the most powerful forces of the art into the Yin-Yang Inn, and trapped you all here. This is only the first step in the Holy Lord's plan."

　　"His second step is to open the gate of the Heavenly Prison ahead of schedule!"

　　"As long as these two steps succeed, no one in the world can stop the Holy Lord."

　　Zhu Zining paused and said, "You always thought that the Five Directions Tomb can cultivate the Jianmu, right?"

　　"To tell you the truth, the Five Directions Tomb actually started to seal off all the space near the Yin-Yang Inn."

　　"As long as the space here is imprisoned, the restrictions near the Five Directions Tomb can destroy all living beings in the Yin-Yang Inn."

　　"The Holy Lord wants me to die with you."

　　Zhu Zining added, as if afraid that we wouldn't believe her, "You don't have to doubt my words. The secrets you know mostly come from the Divine Hand of Exploration from later generations. But the Holy Lord's understanding of the secret realm comes from the ancient Heavenly Soul."

　　"It's too easy for the Holy Lord to plot against you!"

　　Zhu Zining said, "You also know that I'm the most afraid of death."

　　"I don't want to die in the Yin-Yang Inn, but I can't directly tell you how to escape. Otherwise, I'll still die at the hands of the Holy Lord."

　　"So, I thought of a compromise!"

　　"That is to gamble with you!"

　　"I bet one against three. If I win, all three of your forces will commit suicide. If I lose, I'll tell you how to leave the Yin-Yang Inn."

　　"Do you think that's fair?"

　　My face immediately darkened. "Do you think that's fair?"

　　"At worst, I'll just kill you now, and we'll all break up. Wouldn't that be more enjoyable?"

　　Zhu Zining looked at Li Chunfeng. "Your son doesn't seem to want to gamble with me!"

　　Li Chunfeng said in a deep voice, "Gamble with her!"

　　"We can only gamble with her on this one."

　　I looked at Zhu Zining. "State your bet!"