Amid mountains blessed with nature's finest beauty, Qiu Ben stood in the mist-shrouded Ascending Heights Pavilion, letting out the occasional soft sigh.
Days passed, and the interrogation of the Bai family had reached an impasse. Perhaps their earlier judgment of the Bai family had been wrong.
Most of the detained Bai family members could no longer withstand the interrogation. They had confessed to various unsavory deeds, but none had said anything about the Rice Shop delivering people or abducting them. In fact, they seemed to know almost nothing about the affairs involving Shi Chun, the Rice Shop, and the Bai family.
In other words, since they had already betrayed the Bai family under torture by confessing to things detrimental to it, there was no longer any reason for them to conceal matters involving Shi Chun and the Bai family.
Viewed another way, the Bai family might truly have had nothing to do with the shocking incident outside Dazhi City.
The reasoning was simple. Although Granny Qi's cultivation was high, she could not possibly have handled every aspect of the affair alone. Someone beneath her would have known something.
Taking that reasoning further, if even the Bai family's subordinates refused to speak despite the threat of death, torturing Granny Qi would yield no results either. There was no point in continuing to interrogate her.
Thus, the Phoenix Clan had grown increasingly dissatisfied with the Extreme Fire Sect's actions. You wanted our cooperation, and we gave it. Surely you don't expect the Phoenix Clan to keep cooperating forever?
They had already begun pressuring them to stop and release the prisoners.
They also forbade the Extreme Fire Sect from continuing its excessive torture. The tide was gradually turning toward protecting the Bai family.
Of course, if the Extreme Fire Sect offered another enormous