Chapter 183 The Truth?

I looked at Hua Lianqing and said, "Are you saying that you were imprisoned for over a hundred years?"

Hua Lianqing nodded, "After that life-or-death arena gamble, Hua Wuxin took me into Secret Chamber Number Two."

"Everyone thinks Secret Chamber Number Two is the core of the惜花楼 (Xi Hua Lou - Cherish Flower House), but in fact, it was just a decoy left by Hua Wuxin. The real secret chamber wasn't there."

"Hua Wuxin sealed me in the secret chamber. After I saw him stick a blood-red steel needle into my forehead, I don't remember anything."

"When I woke up, the secret chamber had been opened, and all I saw was a desolate wasteland overgrown with weeds."

"But I know, Hua Wuxin isn't dead. He's still controlling me, and controlling Beishui Town, from somewhere."

"At that time, I only had one thought in my mind: find Hua Wuxin, kill him, and解除 (jie chu - dissolve/remove) the restriction he left on me."

Hua Lianqing stopped there. I looked at her and asked, "And then?"

Fan Fang said coldly, "And then, she deliberately approached me, used me to rebuild Beishui Town. And then, she put me in a life-or-death situation, seized Beishui Town, and completed her unspeakable conspiracy."

Hua Lianqing didn't seem to hear what Fan Fang was saying. She sat quietly at the table, not saying a word.

The more Hua Lianqing didn't speak, the angrier Fan Fang became. He simply slammed his hand on the table and stood up. "Two seniors, don't believe her lies. She's a complete liar."

"She is Hua Lianqing! You should arrest her and take her back to the underworld!"

I lit a cigarette and took a puff.

Fan Fang's words were right for me.

My task was to capture Hua Lianqing's earth soul; there was no need to create unnecessary complications.

What secrets Beishui Town held, and what storms it would stir up, had nothing to do with me.

The hundreds of lives lost a hundred years ago, the slaughter in Matigou Village, if they were related to Hua Lianqing, the underworld would naturally make a ruling. If it wasn't related to Hua Lianqing, it wasn't my place to uphold justice.

I tapped the table lightly and said, "How can I believe you?"

Hua Lianqing shook her head slightly. "I really can't prove anything to you."

Fan Fang said coldly, "Believing her will only result in being stabbed in the back."

I looked back and forth between the two of them, and finally fixed my gaze on Hua Lianqing's face. "Perhaps, I have a way to verify the truth. It just depends on whether you dare to gamble."

Hua Lianqing was silent for a moment before saying, "I dare!"

"Then wait a moment!" After pouring a glass of wine, I closed my eyes slightly.

A moment later, the lights outside the building suddenly went out. An阴风 (yin feng - ghostly wind) rose in the building, and the sky, which had already begun to brighten, suddenly became as dark as midnight, and one couldn't see their hand in front of their face.

The space inside the building twisted and deformed in an instant, and Black and White Impermanence stepped out from behind the Yin-Yang screen.

Before Hua Lianqing and Fan Fang could make a sound, they were frozen in place.

Black and White Impermanence didn't like seeing outsiders. Anyone who wasn't related to our Two Realms Hall, they would first use magic to restrain them, even if they came.

White Impermanence said with an angry look, "Are you addicted to calling for us brothers? Next time you go to the bathroom without paper, do you have to call me out too?"

Black Impermanence said expressionlessly, "Give me a reason not to beat you!"

"How could I?" I quickly stood up and brought the wine glass to the two of them. "Ancestral Masters, have a drink to quench your thirst first."

Black Impermanence's face darkened even more. "Give me a reason not to beat you to death!"

The Ancestral Master was angry. Now was not the time to be filial. I had to quickly state my business.

I quickly told them about Hua Lianqing, without mentioning my business dealings in Beishui Town.

Business wasn't within the jurisdiction of Black and White Impermanence. If I mentioned it, I would only get beaten.

After hearing this, White Impermanence couldn't help but stroke his chin and say, "Who has such great膽子 (dan zi - guts) to tamper with the underworld's secret decree?"

Black Impermanence said, "Catching shadows, kill on the spot."

Cold sweat broke out on my forehead, but the two Ancestral Masters stopped talking.

They were waiting for the verification results from the underworld.

Black and White Impermanence had countless incarnations. Even if they were standing in front of me, the underworld had their incarnations. It wouldn't take long to verify the secret decree.

In fact, I seemed to have been a bit reckless in this matter.

But I really couldn't understand. If Hua Lianqing was the one who had led Beishui Town back then, why couldn't she find the secret chamber where she had lived?

And I didn't want to verify her words bit by bit to see if they were true or false. Doing so was too dangerous. So, I chose a shortcut.

Similarly, if Hua Lianqing's words were verified, it might be another power struggle in the underworld.

The underworld's secret decree was for capturing earth souls, but not for capturing all earth souls.

Every year, countless earth souls drifted into the Yang Jian (human realm), or were even scattered by术士 (shushi - Taoist sorcerers), but the underworld only issued a limited number of secret decrees. This was enough to prove that the earth souls that needed to be taken back to the underworld must have their special significance.

However, the underworld never revealed the real purpose of capturing earth souls to the Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren.

Why did the underworld want to capture earth souls? Why did Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren exist in the Yang Jian? It had always been a mystery in my mind.

Summoning Black and White Impermanence to verify the truth of Hua Lianqing's orders was also partly due to my curiosity about the Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren.