I couldn't help but pause slightly, my gaze returning to the swordsmen.

The Meng family, as a family of術道 (Shu Dao – esoteric arts), originated from hunters in the Changbai Mountains. Later, by chance, they were taken in by a cultivator and combined hunting techniques to form their own lineage.

The swordsmen around Meng Die were skilled in coordinated attacks, but this wasn't a Meng family secret art.

Meng Die had another origin!

I looked at Meng Die and said, "You want the secrets of the Coffin Gate?"

Meng Die directly took out a silver coffin pendant from her fox fur coat.

Ye Yang and I couldn't help but exchange a look, seeing the shock in each other's eyes.

Ye Yang subtly made a hand gesture. I didn't understand what Ye Yang meant at the time. He later told me that it was a gesture used by Coffin Gate disciples when they met to indicate their identity.

Ye Yang displayed the gesture representing the Yin-Yang lineage.

"The Yin-Yang lineage!" Meng Die couldn't help but frown, as if talking to herself, "That will do too!" Then, she held the coffin pendant with both hands and pushed it straight towards Ye Yang.

Ye Yang's hands changed several positions in the air before he caught the pendant.

At this time, I finally understood a little.

Jianghu people have many ways to confirm their own kind. The most common is the secret language spoken by bandits when they meet. The purpose of speaking the secret language is to determine whether the other party is the same kind of person.

The Coffin Gate was probably the same. Ye Yang's gesture for receiving the coffin also indicated his identity.

Ye Yang looked at the coffin repeatedly before nodding, "The Yin Coffin lineage!"

I looked at Meng Die: "You are a descendant of the Coffin Gate yourself, why are you still interested in the Coffin Gate's secret burial?"

Meng Die repeated what she had said to Xiao Yan in the forest: "The five coffins of the Coffin Gate are lost outside. Only those who can retrieve one of the coffins are qualified to compete for the position of sect leader. Do you understand what I mean?"

I asked back, "Aren't you afraid that I also have ideas about the Zhen Shen coffin (Suppression God Coffin)?"

Meng Die shook her head and said, "The Zhen Shen coffin (Suppression God Coffin) has no meaning to you."

"First, even if you get the Zhen Shen coffin (Suppression God Coffin), you won't be able to use it. You haven't learned the *Blood Burial Sutra*, let alone know the *Burial God Technique*. At most, you'll just collect the coffin. With your character, you won't cause trouble for something useless."

"Second, you have no desire for power. The Two Realms Hall is famous in Liaodong, but you don't interact with the術道 (Shu Dao – esoteric arts) of Liaodong, having only the name of a hegemon without the reality. You won't be interested in the Coffin Gate."

"Third, the Yin-Yang lineage is not one of the eight lineages of the Coffin Gate. You yourself may not even regard yourself as a Coffin Gate person, right?"

Hearing this, I couldn't help but be slightly stunned. Yao Ba Chi (Yao Eight Feet) from the Eight Feet Coffin Shop also said that the Yin-Yang lineage didn't belong to the Coffin Gate, but only that the founder owed someone a favor, which led to the Coffin Gate's rule of assisting them.

Meng Die also said the same. It seemed that there was really some reluctance between the Yin-Yang lineage and the Coffin Gate.

I said lightly, "Everything you said is beneficial to you. I don't see why I should help you open the Zhen Shen coffin (Suppression God Coffin)."

Meng Die smiled, "What if I can help you use the Zhen Shen coffin (Suppression God Coffin) to suppress the demon god contract?"

I couldn't help but raise my eyebrows slightly: "Continue."

Meng Die said, "I know that you have been harboring resentment from the beginning. The more difficult the process of the three secrets is, the heavier the resentment in your heart will be. Once it erupts, it will become a terrible killing intent."

"I dare say that after you fulfill your promise of three actions, you will try your best to deal with the Meng family. In fact, you have already started laying out the plan."

"Your teacher, Mr. Liu, staying in the Meng family is a nail you planted. Am I wrong?"

Seeing that I didn't object, Meng Die continued: "For the sake of the Meng family, I have to find a way to extinguish the anger in your heart. Directly canceling the remaining two agreements is the best choice. In addition…"

Meng Die changed the subject: "The biggest reason for your resentment is not because the Meng family asked you to be their son-in-law. It's because you think your father, Li Chunfeng, was wronged in the Meng family back then, and you want to seek justice for your father, right?"

After I nodded slightly, Meng Die said, "The person who was wronged back then was not your father, but the Meng family."

"Let me give you an inappropriate example! Your father's actions back then were very similar to Niu Tianlu's. He didn't hesitate to kill innocent people in order to protect his children."

"Your father sat down and negotiated terms with the Meng family only after he almost crippled all the senior members of the Meng family."

Before I could speak, Meng Die pulled out a dagger and cut her finger, raised her hand to the sky, and solemnly said, "Today, if any of the words Meng Die said are lies, I will surely be punished by the heavens."

As soon as Meng Die finished speaking, three drops of blood exploded into fine smoke and dissipated in the air.

A Heavenly Dao Blood Oath!

術道 (Shu Dao – esoteric arts) practitioners do not easily swear to the Heavenly Dao. Once they do, there is no possibility of turning back.

Meng Die looked at me and said, "May I ask, do you have anything else you need to ask?"

I looked at Meng Die for a long time before saying, "Should I say you are cunning? Or should I praise you for being brilliant?"

Meng Die smiled, "That depends on what you think."