Chapter 3090

Chapter 3090: Layers of Suspicion

“So you simply exploited the characteristics of Hun Township, turning the Underworld they developed into a secret attraction to lure curious people in and absorb their life energy.” Yan Xizhong’s expression turned particularly serious as he spoke. “Do you realize that when a person’s life energy decreases, the mild consequence is a severe illness, and the severe consequence is likely death.”

Yan Xizhong looked sternly at the person before him. “For your own survival, you have taken the health or lives of many people.”

“We know what we did was wrong, but we need power to reincarnate,” the person replied.

Yan Xizhong sighed slightly. He understood their reasoning. They wanted to continuously become people in this world, to keep living, so they needed certain means. However, they did not realize how cruel their methods were to others.

Yan Xizhong sighed again, waved his hand slightly, and said, “You are already beings of the Yin Realm, but you are now entangled in karma. Do you know that you cannot enter the Yanluo Realm like this? The punishment the Yan Emperor gave you was only a hundred years. After a hundred years, you could reincarnate normally. But you have made it impossible for yourselves to enter reincarnation.”

“What do you mean?” The person’s face, already devoid of blood color, looked even more pale and lifeless.

“What is there to misunderstand? It is actually very simple. You originally had a very good trump card, but you ruined it yourselves,” Yun Meng said directly.

“I do not need to go back a hundred years to see what made the Yan Emperor furious, imprisoning you here to suffer a hundred years of confinement. But as long as you endured the hundred years, you could still enter reincarnation. The precondition was that you did not act recklessly.”

Yun Meng looked regretful. “But it seems that is no longer possible. You not only acted recklessly, but you went too far. Whether you can enter reincarnation now is a question.”

“Impossible.” The person refused to believe this truth.

“There is no need to lie to you. Your actions have created karma. Have you not noticed that your abilities are becoming increasingly unusable?” Yan Xizhong said calmly.

After hearing Yan Xizhong’s words, the person knew he was telling the truth. Over the years, he had felt his cultivation regressing. He had once thought it was due to the confinement, but now he realized it was because of the karmic debts he had created.

Yan Xizhong looked at the person and said, “The most detestable thing is that you even allowed others to commit sins here.”

“No, we did not,” the person said.

“If you did not, why did plants like the Soul Immortal Beauty appear?” Yan Xizhong looked at him.

The person said, “We really did not. When we discovered many souls, we investigated and found that the murderers had already left through that rose manor. Moreover, they used many people’s souls to create Bloody Mary. All we could do was speed up our efforts to compete with Bloody Mary for souls. If it were not for us, the shortage of souls would have been even worse.”

Yan Xizhong did not doubt the person’s words. He also understood why, despite having karma, he had been able to persist here. It was mainly due to the gratitude of these souls.

“So what happened later? Did the people who planted the Soul Immortal Beauty and Bloody Mary come back?” Yan Xizhong asked.

“I had people watch this place, but it is very eerie. New souls are produced every year, but no one has ever seen anyone come here.”

Hearing this, Yan Xizhong fell into deep thought. If no one appeared, but people died every year, it meant there was a problem with these two places.

Yan Xizhong looked at the person and said, “I will investigate everything you did in this matter. If it is truly as you say, perhaps you still have a glimmer of hope.”

“Is there really a glimmer of hope?” The person’s eyes lit up.

Yan Xizhong said, “The Heavenly Dao itself will not drive people into a dead end. Of the fifty Great Dao, the Heaven derives forty-nine. The Heavenly Dao always leaves a glimmer of hope for people. Perhaps your hope lies here. Of course, I will know specifically only after investigating.”

“Young Master, please investigate freely. We absolutely have no objections.” Hearing there was still a glimmer of hope, infinite light appeared in the person’s eyes.

Yan Xizhong sighed. “Do not use the Underworld here anymore. I will let the Five Elements Walkers handle matters here. I will register you. Your merits and faults must be investigated before your future path can be determined.”

Yan Xizhong did not want to drive these souls into a desperate situation.

“Please rest assured, Young Master. We will cooperate with the Five Elements Walkers.” For them, what they hoped for most now was to enter the path of reincarnation. Having been souls for so many years, they did not want to continue living underground.

Yan Xizhong understood this. He quickly summoned the nearby Five Elements Walkers to begin registering the Yin souls here.

Because of the situation here, Yan Xizhong could not leave temporarily. Fortunately, they had originally planned to travel while handling the Soul Immortal Beauty matter, so they had no intention of leaving in a hurry.

“Xizhong, what are you thinking?” Yun Meng asked curiously, seeing Yan Xizhong staring blankly after returning to the hotel and finishing his busy work.

“I am thinking about who exactly is planting the Soul Immortal Beauty and Bloody Mary,” Yan Xizhong said calmly.

“Haven’t we sent people to investigate? Anyway, there is nothing scarce in this world except souls. It is not difficult to find clues,” Yun Meng said.

“If it were an ordinary matter, finding clues by asking souls would indeed not be difficult. But you must know, this person uses corpses to plant Soul Immortal Beauty and uses souls to cultivate Bloody Mary. Such a person cannot be an ordinary human. Therefore, this matter is naturally not ordinary.”

Hearing Yan Xizhong’s words, Yun Meng agreed somewhat. “Then what do you plan to do if this person does not appear?”

“I will have people investigate. If the local Walkers and Earth Gods cannot do it, I will have to invite Uncle Zhan. He can see the past and future, so finding clues will be very easy.”

Yan Xizhong was very familiar with Zhan Diting’s abilities.

Yun Meng naturally also knew Zhan Diting’s abilities, so she nodded. If they really could not find clues here relying on Yan Xizhong’s abilities, then they could only ask Zhan Diting for help.

Yan Xizhong smiled and held Yun Meng’s hand. “I have been busy these past few days, making you accompany me like this. I feel sorry for you. After this matter is over, I will take you for a good walk. If that is not enough, I will get you some red spider lily seeds as an apology. How does that sound?”