Wei Teng prepared to go upstairs.

He felt much better, but he thought that if he played with the cat girl now, he might feel even better.

However, Ji Su stopped him and said, "Brother Wei, wait!"

Wei Teng impatiently asked, "What?"

Ji Su pointed to the quiet woman under the bed and said, "I have a connection with Miss Shishi. Can you let her go?"

Upon hearing this, Shishi widened her eyes and looked at Ji Su with surprise and joy.

Since being chosen by Wei Teng, she had been kept captive in this deer room. At first, when she served Wei Teng, she received a lot of money and jewelry. But later, when Wei Teng got tired of her, he used her to entertain his friends.

Not only did she lose all dignity, but she also received fewer jewelry and money, and she was even worse off than the girls in the brothel.

Although Ji Su was a hostage from the Flame Kingdom and his status didn't seem high, it was still better to follow him than to be used as a tool for venting in this place.

Wei Teng sneered, "You want this piece of junk? Take her, consider it a gift in return for the cat girl you gave me!"

After saying that, he slammed the door and left.

Shishi was moved and looked at Ji Su softly, saying, "Young Master..."

"Follow me from now on!"

Ji Su smiled at her with satisfaction.

Although Wei Teng didn't come to a conclusion in the end, it was only a matter of time before he made a move on Ying Wuji with the cat girl's charm.

At that time, he would deliberately reveal a flaw to attract Ying Wuji, and both Ying Wuji and Wei Teng would die because of Hua Chao's issue. Not only would the relationship between the Wei family and Kingdom Qian deteriorate, but also the relationship between the Wei family and the Ji family would break.

With chaos in Kingdom Qian, the Flame Kingdom would have a chance to breathe.

Those people from the Han family were really vicious, coming up with such a plan.

...

Shang Mo Bookstore.

Ying Wuji came back and was in a good mood.

A bowl of soft rice can solve a thousand worries. As long as the marriage alliance is settled, the matter of the commercial seal will be stable, and there should be fewer troubles caused by Ying Wuque's series of nonsense.

He felt great.

He subconsciously looked in the direction of the dungeon. The guy who taught Hua Chao nonsense had been locked up for more than a day.

There was no light, no sound, and even his true energy was sealed.

This kind of torture should be unbearable for ordinary people.

Actually, since before the literary meeting, he had been able to receive dropped essence, energy, and spirit attributes. But recently, he had encountered quite a few accidents, and he wasn't sure if it was a coincidence. But now he was completely sure.

【Hint】: When the target's emotional fluctuation value exceeds 90, randomly obtain the ordinary rank music score "Hu Qu Twenty-Eight Pieces."

【Hint】: When the target's emotional fluctuation value exceeds 90, randomly obtain the ordinary rank technique "One Hundred Methods of Making Horse Milk Wine."

...

【Hint】: When the target's emotional fluctuation value exceeds 90, randomly obtain the yellow rank technique "Postpartum Care for Gu Worms."

【Hint】: When the target's emotional fluctuation value reaches 100, obtain the top rank spell "Control Gu Technique."

The hints kept coming, one after another.

From the beginning, the emotional bar could only burst out attribute points. But now, after breaking through ninety and reaching full capacity, he should have learned all the skills.

This big brother's main job should be a Gu Master, and music is just his hobby. His skills in raising and controlling Gu worms are comprehensive. Even though the levels are not particularly high, it is enough for Ying Wuji to have a deep understanding of this industry.

Since his emotions had reached this point, he decided to meet this big brother.

"Boom!"

With the sound of mechanical amplification, the iron door slowly opened.

Ying Wuji took out a match from his pocket and lit it up. The pitch-black secret room finally had some light.

There was a person on the ground, wriggling like a maggot. The sudden light in the darkness made him excited. He stared at Ying Wuji with bloodshot eyes, full of desire.

Although his mouth was stuffed with a smelly sock and he couldn't make any sound, Ying Wuji seemed to see a sentence from his eyes: Hurry up! Either spare me or kill me!

Ying Wuji squatted down with a smile, tore off the soundproofing symbol on his head, and looked at him with interest. "Are you still talking tough to me?"

The big man: "Wuwuwu..."

Ying Wuji: "Nod for yes, shake your head for no!"

Although the big man couldn't understand, he guessed the meaning and started shaking his head frantically.

It was too painful!

Too painful!

Who could have imagined that just the absence of light and sound could cause such great pain?

It felt as if darkness was corroding him, and despair would seep into every pore and every inch of his skin.

He didn't know how long he had been in the darkness, but he knew he didn't want to stay a moment longer.

Ying Wuji nodded in satisfaction and removed the smelly sock from his mouth. This smell was probably the only information he could receive in this dark room.

"Ugh!"

"Ugh!"

As soon as the smelly sock was removed, the big man started vomiting uncontrollably, spewing out a large puddle of acid water.

Ying Wuji's face turned pale as well. The combination of this stomach acid and the smell of the sock was simply unbearable!

He didn't know how Jiang Taiyuan, this old guy, took care of his feet. They could reach such a level.

He waved his hand to dispel the smell and waited for the big man to finish vomiting before leisurely saying, "You have to answer all my questions truthfully, understand?"

The big man's face turned pale and said, "If I tell the truth, will you spare me?"

Ying Wuji asked in return, "You almost killed me. Do you think I will spare you?"

The big man gritted his teeth and said, "Then why should I answer?"Ying Wuji grinned, his two rows of teeth appearing somewhat white in the dim light. "It's simple! If you answer quickly, I'll let you die quickly! If you hesitate, I'll continue to torture you in the silent darkness. I'll give you a number, how about one hundred days?"

The big man's face turned pale yellow, like the yellow paper burned at a grave, and his lips began to tremble involuntarily.

He trembled, "This soundproof talisman is not cheap!"

Ying Wuji laughed, "If you've been paying attention to me, you should know that I've taken over all the bookstores in Kingdom Li and monopolized the printing industry. I'm not short of money! Although I'm not a local, I can still play with you!"

The big man remained silent.

Ying Wuji continued, "If you cooperate, I can let you choose your method of death. Oh, I remember you suggested 'fainting disease' as a way to die. How about that? I can make sure you're well-fed and healthy before you die!"

The big man hesitated, tempted by the idea of dying from "fainting disease" rather than being tortured to death in darkness.

But he gritted his teeth and gave a different answer, "I want to die in the Qiongongui Mianhua of the Quanrong."

"Qiongongui Mianhua?"

Ying Wuji narrowed his eyes. He didn't know what it was, but the big man had revealed everything, including a book called "Hu Yao Tu Jian" that recorded the Qiongongui Mianhua.

This thing should be a kind of hallucinogen. After taking it, one's spirit could enter an incomprehensible world. Some people would feel an indescribable state of unity with the heavens, while others would feel like they were in hell, worse off than dead.

In simple terms, it was drug abuse!

However, even in the Quanrong, this flower was an absolute forbidden drug. It was obvious that no one dared to sell it, but it unexpectedly still existed in the world.

The big man in front of him should be a slave to the Qiongongui Mianhua.

Ying Wuji frowned slightly, "Where can I buy this?"

"It's with my extraditor!"

The big man's breathing became erratic. After thinking for a moment, he added, "I am a member of my religion, and the extraditor is the one who extradited me into the religion."

Ying Wuji's expression darkened. He had been wondering whether this person was a member of his religion or someone indirectly sent by his religion, because the big man hadn't revealed any demonic traits earlier.

But now, it seemed that his religion still had a means of controlling its members with the Qiongongui Mianhua.

He asked, "How can I find your extraditor?"

The big man quickly said, "In Mingdu!"

"Where is Mingdu?"

Ying Wuji became more and more interested. He had studied the knowledge of this world recently and knew all the place names he should know, but he had never heard of Mingdu.

The big man, obviously driven mad by torture, didn't dare to keep any secrets. "You may not know, but our religion is very loose. There are no clear hierarchies among members, nor fixed meeting places, except for Mingdu!"

"Mingdu is the holy land of our religion. It's not so much a place as it is a separate world. Members of our religion can communicate and even trade there."

Ying Wuji said with interest, "Oh? Where is this Mingdu?"

The big man said, "In the mirror!"

"In the mirror?"

Ying Wuji didn't understand what that meant.

The big man explained, "Ming means twilight! When the sun is about to set but hasn't yet, that's when the gates of Mingdu open. At that time, every mirror becomes a gate to Mingdu. Those with demonic traits can enter directly, while those without can enter with a key. Once inside, they can only come out at the next twilight."

Ying Wuji smiled, "Do you have the key?"

The big man nodded, "It's embedded in the bone of my right little finger. You can break it off!"

Ying Wuji clicked his tongue. This person was really ruthless. He found the finger and broke it off directly. Sure enough, a steel needle pierced out from under the skin. Upon closer inspection, the needle had mysterious patterns on it.

Ten fingers connected to the heart.

But the big man only groaned and quickly said, "I'm just a peripheral member of my religion. This key was given to me by the extraditor and can only be used to enter and exit Mingdu once!"

"Alright! I'll take it. If you behave well, I'll get you some Qiongongui Mianhua."

Ying Wuji wrapped the steel needle and put it in his pocket, then patted the big man's face. "Now we can discuss something important. Who ordered you to kill me that day?"

"I don't know!"

The big man quickly added, "There are many assassination tasks in my religion, but as a small fry like me, I have no way of knowing who the client is. I'm not lying to you, sir!"

Ying Wuji wasn't surprised by this answer. "But as a small fry like you, in a place like Jiangcheng, without anyone's help, it's impossible to assassinate a foreign hostage without anyone noticing and frame it on the prime minister's daughter. Tell me, who is the person behind you?"

The big man fell silent for a moment and said softly, "I don't know the person's identity or what they look like, but they gave me a list of courtesans chosen by the young master. At that time, the young master hadn't been to the brothel yet."

Ying Wuji's face immediately turned ice-cold.

So, there's a mole?

From the beginning, he had been curious about how the person who poisoned him knew which girl he would choose, but now it seemed that those girls were all arranged in advance.

So, who could manipulate his choice of girls?He recalled that before he went to the high-class brothel, he didn't have a particularly good understanding of the situation inside, so he asked someone in the embassy for information. The seven girls he chose were all within the range of this person's recommendation.

If he remembered correctly, this person should be Xun Zhiyin. At that time, this dog hadn't completely torn his face with him.

As for the person who delivered the message, whether it was Xun Zhiyin or someone who overheard his conversation with Xun Zhiyin, he didn't know.

"What about the others?"

"Your Majesty, there are no others! This task was not completed by me alone. Many things were arranged by the Gu Master under Hua Chao. The Gu Master that Hua Chao knows has already died. I only received the human skin mask and voice-changing pills they prepared in advance. Any Gu Master with profound skills can take on this task. I just happened to miss the Gu Master Conference and ended up with this task."

"Hmm..."

Ying Wuji fell into contemplation.

The big man looked at Ying Wuji cautiously, waiting for a response for a long time, but when he didn't get one, he mustered up the courage to ask, "Your Majesty?"

Ying Wuji narrowed his eyes. "Where did you receive this task?"

The big man honestly replied, "Capital of the Great Ming! It happened to be received by the extradition envoy. The fat water doesn't flow into someone else's field. It was directly handed to me without going through the usual procedures."

It seems that he really needs to meet this extradition envoy.

Ying Wuji took out the package he had brought back from the restaurant and fed him a little and gave him some to drink. Then he put a clean cloth bundle in it. "You are of no use to me now, but I keep my word. I won't torture you during this time. There was a sleeping drug in the food just now. Until I find the Barbarians' Ghost Face Flower, you will remain in a state of unconsciousness, except for eating and excreting."

The big man responded a few times and surprisingly felt grateful. Compared to being tortured in the darkness, being able to sleep was already very fortunate.

Ying Wuji got up and left, locking the iron door tightly.

He used a wake-up charm and the scene from that day reappeared clearly.

When he asked Xun Zhiyin, besides the two of them, there were only some low-level servants without any cultivation. Their voices were very low, and they couldn't hear anything without cultivation. So, either it was Xun Zhiyin, or there was someone with a cultivation level far surpassing the two of them in the dark.

Regardless, he must ask tomorrow.

Xun Zhiyin, this old dog, should also die!

...

The next morning.

Ying Wuji woke up early and before Shang Mo Bookstore opened, he went straight to the Kingdom Qian embassy.

The gatekeeper of the embassy was diligent and had already cleaned the front gate early. When he saw Ying Wuji rushing over, he saluted and said, "Young Master! You're back!"

Ying Wuji didn't show any displeasure towards him and simply said, "Summon everyone in the embassy, I want to have a meeting with them! Yes, including the supervisor in charge of the communication talisman!"

"This..."

The gatekeeper was a bit hesitant. After all, his rank was too low. Waking up all these people early in the morning, he would definitely be scolded.

But when Ying Wuji threw a bag of silver at him, he could only grit his teeth and agree, "Alright! I'll do it! But Young Master, the supervisor only communicates with Xun Zhiyin. I don't know where he is. You'll have to ask Xun Zhiyin yourself!"

"Understood! Thank you! Hurry up!"

Ying Wuji nodded and strode into the embassy hall, sitting in the main seat and leisurely drinking tea.

After a chaotic scene, dozens of people from the embassy stood neatly in the hall.

Although Xun Zhiyin was in a bad mood, he didn't dare to show it in front of Ying Wuji and Gongsun Di. He could only smile and ask, "Young Master, why did you call everyone out so early in the morning?"

Ying Wuji didn't answer and said, "Where is the supervisor? Let him come out with the communication talisman."

Xun Zhiyin's expression changed, "Young Master! The use of the communication talisman is regulated. It's only used for important matters..."

Ying Wuji glanced at him sideways, "I plan to have the bookstore return to the embassy's jurisdiction. Is that considered an important matter?"

"Really!"

Xun Zhiyin suddenly became happy. He didn't expect Ying Wuji to make a concession at this time. He quickly bowed and said, "Young Master, please wait a moment. I'll go and invite the supervisor!"

After speaking, he hurriedly ran towards the backyard.

Ying Wuji curled his lips. This old dog is so eager to die.

Soon, an old man who rarely smiled followed Xun Zhiyin out.

This old man was also from the Ying clan. It is said that he was a strong warrior and the top expert stationed in Li. However, he rarely took action and only protected the embassy from external attacks or covered the retreat of important figures during the war between the two countries. At other times, even if the sky fell, he wouldn't take action.

Ying Wuji didn't provoke his interest and simply explained his purpose.

The old man nodded slightly and directly activated a communication talisman.

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After a full ten breaths, a light screen appeared in the air.

In the light screen, besides the sleepy Ying Yue, there was also a middle-aged woman who took good care of her appearance.

If he guessed correctly, she should be Ying Wuque's birth mother. Because Ying Yue didn't have many concubines, Ying Wuji had met all the others, leaving only this Lin Guifei.

At this moment, Lin Guifei was also sizing up Ying Wuji. Although she had a smile on her face, her gaze was not very friendly.

Ying Yue narrowed his eyes, "Unfilial son! Why did you summon me?"

Although his words sounded unfriendly, his expression was quite relaxed.

It seemed that he didn't care about the conflict that happened a few days ago at all.Upon hearing this, Xun Zhiyin and Gongsun Di simultaneously turned their gaze towards Ying Wuji, curious as to why he would suddenly be willing to hand over the bookstore.

However, Ying Wuji did not mention anything about the bookstore. Instead, he looked at Ying Yue and gave a slight smile.

"To my father who only gave birth but did not raise me, I am getting married and I am here to ask for a dowry."

(End of Chapter)