Commandery Prison, fourth level.
"I'm curious—why did you agree so readily? As far as I know, Xiao Bieli's methods of extracting confessions from you these past few days were anything but gentle!" Jiang Ning stood beside the mercury pool and spoke slowly.
Water flowed around him like a nimble spirit serpent.
"Xiao Bieli?" Long Xingyun's face filled with mockery. "If I handed it over, I would be dead for certain! He would never spare my life and leave me the chance to seek revenge on him later!"
"And the rumors outside are false! Even if I told him the truth, how could he possibly believe me?"
"False?" Jiang Ning smiled faintly. "Let's hear it!"
At that moment, the Heavenly Eye opened, and Jiang Ning could clearly see the inch-long jade token hidden within Long Xingyun's heart.
But when that gaze fell upon Long Xingyun, he abruptly felt as if every inch of his body had been seen through.
Especially around his heart—he could clearly sense Jiang Ning's gaze resting upon that spot.
His heart chilled, and he instinctively became even more respectful.
He immediately answered, "I believe you also know that I bear the surname Long. Back then, my father was one of the Secret King's Eighteen Dragon Chiefs."
"I know," Jiang Ning said calmly.
Long Xingyun continued, "The Secret King's Treasure rumored to exist outside is nothing but a castle in the air! The Secret King was slain by the Martial Saint back then—how could he have had the chance to leave behind his own treasure? Moreover, that Secret King was not as the unofficial histories recorded, having found some True Dragon's Nest."
"Back then, the Secret King encountered a fortuitous opportunity in the True Dragon Hall!"
"I do not possess any so-called Secret King's Treasure, but I do