The Chang Sheng Di Gong

"Died of illness?"

Zi Xing and Mo Xiaofei were still discussing the details of entering the Nagato Family's underground prison, so naturally, they inevitably discussed the true identity of the insane woman trapped inside.

"That's what they claim publicly, but it's not actually true." Mo Xiaofei frowned, as though recalling those chaotic memories. "As for the exact reason, no matter how I probed over the past year, I couldn't find out. However, there is one thing I can confirm: only Nagato Master, Nagato Shinji, and Nagato Saburo know that the Nagato Family's dungeon is hiding this insane woman."

Zi Xing asked curiously, "How can you be so certain, Lord Mo?"

Mo Xiaofei smiled bitterly. "Over this year of repeating the cycle, I directly asked everyone in the Nagato Family, from top to bottom, including the lowest servants."

Since he was always reloading and starting over, after countless attempts to court death, Mo Xiaofei believed he had gathered a tremendous amount of information—but he still couldn't break the current deadlock.

"Let's set Nagato Master and Nagato Shinji aside for now..." Zi Xing frowned. "How could Nagato Saburo tolerate his own wife being locked in the dungeon, never seeing daylight?"

"There's something rather strange..." Mo Xiaofei said. "It concerns Nagato Tsuruko."

"The spirit of the pen?" Zi Xing raised her brows. "The one from the movie..."

"I'm afraid the world we're in now has already diverged drastically from the movie's plot." Mo Xiaofei shook his head. "If we keep using the story as a reference, we'll probably only end up in a dead end."

"What do you mean by what you said about Nagato Tsuruko?"

"Nagato Tsuruko was born in November." Mo Xiaofei turned serious. "But as far as I know, Nagato Saburo went to war around New Year of that same