system space.
The silver-white bulkhead glowed with the cold light of Youyou.
Yu's figure slowly solidified in the teleportation array. She held Long Jinyu and walked in steadily, as if she was doing something natural.
Long Jinyu woke up after a short nap and found that she was still in Yu's arms. She hurried down a little embarrassed, her ears turning light red. "Sister Yu, I'm fine."
He didn't say anything, he just reached out and pushed his messy silver hair behind his ears.
As soon as he finished speaking, System Treasure floated over from behind the main console, holding a white porcelain cup in his hand, with a thin stream of steam coming out of the cup.
She deliberately made a sullen face, pretending to have just finished her work, and handed the cup to Long Jinyu:
"Here, drink."
Long Jinyu took it and looked down. "What is this?"
"Honey water with dragon soul grass added."
System Treasure folded his arms, "When you pinched the pen just now, I scanned that the Soul Power under your ribs had abnormal fluctuations - that old guy's sixth Soul Skill hurt you, right?"
Long Jinyu took a sip. "Well... it hurts a bit."
"It only hurts a little bit? How is the wound?"
System Treasure stared, seeing his weak look, and swallowed back the last half of his words: "That old monster, next time let Lan remove his hand first and then interrogate him."
"No need."
Long Jinyu pinched the wall of the cup, "There is nothing wrong with Sister Yu's move. It's just that my cultivation level is still shallow, and the opponent Soul Power was too overbearing. My meridians were shaken, and my breathing gave me a dull pain, but it's not a problem."
He added in a low voice, "It can be regarded as a lesson. I can't just rely on you to be here in the future."
As he took a step forward, the dragon's tail gently touched his wrist.
"Just remember the lesson. But you did a good job in today's interrogation. Even better than I expected."
Long Jinyu was startled for a moment. "... ah?"
"That move was a beautiful move," Yu said. "Get up and leave without saying a word. When he calls you to stop, you have already won."
Long Jinyu put down the cup, lowered his head and thought for a while, "There is no better way. He is a hard-nosed person who likes soft things but not hard things. He must be made to feel - 'This person understands me well and is worthy of my speaking.'"
He raised his head and glanced at Yu, then at System Treasure.
"Don't you ask me why I gave him a chance?"
"We don't need to ask."
System Treasure said, "You must have your reasons for what you do. But..."
She blinked, "If you want to say something, we can reluctantly listen to it."
Long Jinyu laughed and lay down on the wicker chair.
"You should also know that in the original book, only three of the twelve offerings of Holy Spirit Cult are actually mentioned in detail."
He said, "Dragon Emperor Douluo will not be evaluated for the time being - he is more complicated. The other two, Evil Tiger Douluo and Dark Cloud Douluo, are all in the situation I just mentioned."
He rested his elbows on his knees and crossed his fingers.
"Zhang Peng is half Evil Soul Master, but he knows the rules very well. Mu En was kind to him, so he never left the mountain while Mu En was alive. Dark Cloud is not even evil. Just because Martial Soul has dark attributes, he was hunted for several years as Evil Soul Master. Finally, he joined Holy Spirit Cult when he had no other choice."
After he finished speaking, he looked up at Yu and System Treasure.
"I wonder if Blood Prison is also this kind of person. He is not a self-destructive Evil Soul Master - he is a wounded person. If I really sentence him to death without asking any questions, then the new regulations will become a dead letter."
"The new regulations have just been released. If even the first possible reform case is executed, no one will believe that there is a way back."
"Besides, if Holy Spirit Cult's Third Offering can be successfully transformed, the blow to their military morale will be much greater than killing him. It will be like a slap directly on Ye Xishui's face."
System Treasure was silent for a moment and tilted his head. "That's true... but what if it turns out that he is as bad as those elders?"
"Then it won't be too late to kill him then."
Long Jinyu said, "But at least before that, I have to ask clearly."
Yu was silent for a while, then a very faint soft light appeared in his green eyes. "Your character is even more rare than your cultivation."
Long Jinyu turned away and looked at System Treasure's light screen. "... Sister Yu, stop praising me. If you praise me again, I'll be in trouble~"
Heart-Questioning Pavilion·The third interrogation room.
The door is iron gray, smaller than the main interrogation room, the lights are dimmer, and there are no windows on the wall. There is only one iron chair, but no one is using it at the moment.
There was a faint smell of blood in the air, and there were a few dark traces on the ground, which were blood that had not had time to dry completely. Soul Guidance Lamp in the corner was knocked crooked, and the light hit the ground slantingly, illuminating three huddled shadows.
Lan was sitting on the interrogation table, with one leg bent on the edge of the table and the other leg dangling gently from the edge of the table. Her long green hair hung down on her shoulders, glowing faintly in the darkness.
A green brooch on her chest was trembling slightly - unlike Yu's one which was as calm as water, the shimmer inside was beating all the time, as fast as a disco - it kept beating for as long as you checked it.
On the ground in front of her, three figures were curled up or lying down, huddled in the shadow of the corner.
"Woooooo--"
"Stop howling."
Lan's voice was a little impatient, "Zhongli Tian, you are still a Soul Douluo. This little injury is much less severe than when you attacked others, right? Now, do you know what it feels like?"
Zhongli Tian huddled in the corner, clutching his thighs with both hands, and the blood seeping between his fingers had soaked into his pants. His face was wrinkled, his lips were trembling, and he let out a trembling groan after another, as if he was afraid that if he made a louder sound, he would be stabbed a second time. There was a slant wound on his thigh, and the skin and flesh rolled up, exposing the fascia underneath.
His two brothers, Zhongli Di and Zhongli Ren, huddled on both sides of him. The robes on his body were already in shape, and there were cuts on the left and right, each of which cut through the flesh just right, but avoided the muscles and bones.
Not fatal, but painful.
That was specially controlled by Lan - she wanted them to feel pain, but not to faint.
"Howl louder, howl as much as you want - see if you can break the soundproofing here Soul Tool."
Lan glanced down at them and tilted his head.
"I reminded you three times."
She raised three fingers and said, "There are only three things. You three can't tell the truth for a long time together. If I don't give you some memory, do you really think that I can talk as well as the dean?"
Zhongli Tian's back was pressed tightly against the wall, and the sound coming out of his mouth was like being strangled by his throat, "S-Sir... we were wrong... give us another chance... I will never lie to you this time..."
"Yes, yes!" Zhongli Di quickly agreed, "We will definitely tell you the truth!"
"I will never dare to fool adults again!" Zhongli Ren also nodded.
Lan looked at them quietly for a few seconds, then the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.
"Okay, I will trust you for the last time."
After saying that, she flipped her palm, and a palm-sized glass bottle appeared out of thin air. The bottle was emerald green, with a thin layer of dew-like water vapor condensed on the inner wall, glowing warmly under the lamp.
She didn't even look at it and threw it forward casually.
The glass bottle drew an arc in the air and landed on the ground--
"Pa--!"
The glass bottle exploded on the ground, and the green liquid splashed out and sprinkled on the three people.
"Ahhhhh--! Sir, spare my life--!"
"Don't kill us--!"
"We'll recruit anything--!"