Different Paths for Man and Ghost, Using Officials to Prosecute Officials

The moment this piece of calligraphy reached his hands, the artistic conception between its strokes changed slightly. The intricate strokes of the character "Purgatory" resembled fence after fence, enclosing a prison where three silhouettes could be seen struggling and rising and sinking within.?..

Looking at the three shadows, Qiu Yan said slowly, "The human heart is unfathomable and can change in an instant. These three never served sincerely to begin with; they harbored other intentions. Under harsh torture, their resolve would be stirred, making them keep their mouths shut. But in an illusion, once the desires buried in their hearts are fulfilled, they will naturally spill everything."

Xi Muyuan was slightly surprised. "So that was it. Brother Qiu used the same method on the captured Hu chieftains from the Grasslands before—placing them under soft confinement and letting them experience the prosperity of the Central Plains, thus lowering their guard. Now, using the divine art within your calligraphy, you can actually hasten the process. But Xi still has one question. Prosperity Capital's Dragon Qi is profound and suppresses divine arts. How can Brother Qiu still employ them? And those three men's earlier displays also surpassed the level of ordinary people."

"It is true that Prosperity Capital can suppress divine arts, but suppression is not erasure. Skills painstakingly cultivated will never be completely extinguished. Outwardly, this manifests as a rapid decline in a divine art's power and a great reduction in its range. Many accomplished cultivators, in such an environment, display abilities much like martial arts masters in the mortal world. Most divine arts can only affect themselves, just like those three..." "Whether Copper Arm, Extreme Speed, or Sky-Filling Cold Radiance, their ranges are all very small, which is why they can be used. But without the suppression of Dragon Qi, the