Elder Li confessed readily.
He confessed with tears and snot streaming down his face, begging only for death.
He told them everything he knew: the instigator, the members and organization, the contact passwords, and even the situation at the mine, down to the last detail.
Elder Li, who prided himself on his iron backbone, pleaded:
"Please! Give me the antidote... I can't take it!"
"It wasn't poison, so what antidote would there be?" Chu Xingchen said earnestly. "There's no antidote, but I can give you water to rinse your mouth."
Elder Li's eyes bulged with fury at his words, and he howled:
"Then kill me! Please, kill me!"
Based on what Elder Li had confessed, he certainly deserved to die, but not now.
Since he refused the kind offer to rinse his mouth, so be it.
Chu Xingchen casually sent out some spiritual power, sealing Elder Li's mouth again, then turned to Yaoqin.
Yaoqin's expression was grave, her gaze seemingly revealing murderous intent. Yet that murderous intent did not seem directed at Elder Li. It was more as though... she had fallen into her memories?
Chu Xingchen waved a hand in front of Yaoqin's face and asked worriedly:
"Are you all right?"
"I'm fine..." Yaoqin took a deep breath, then gently closed her eyes.
After a moment's hesitation, Chu Xingchen spoke anyway:
"The situation is clear now. That group of evil cultivators called the Evil Spirit Cult aims to create a Holy Mother using an ancient method.
"Blood Qi Spirit Stones are their primary means. And with blood sacrifices on such an enormous scale, they can't cover it up. As long as we carefully follow this lead, we're bound to find something.
"We can report back to Yuzhou City now and ask Central Province about the situation..."
Yaoqin abruptly opened