Chapter 191: Clarifying Doubts

Upon hearing this, Wu Shang nodded repeatedly, while Hu Rui'an also gazed skeptically at the old woman and said:

"I consider myself well-acquainted with the Luoshenfeng Sect, yet I've never heard of any of its disciples being ordered to kill a divine being."

The old woman's expression flickered slightly, then she said:

"This matter concerns the very survival of the Luoshenfeng Sect; only its core members know of its covert operations, so naturally it could never leak to outsiders—you being unaware is perfectly normal."

But Hu Rui'an shook his head and said:

"If this matter cannot be disclosed to outsiders, then how did you come to know of it?"

"There is no wall that never lets wind pass through…"

The old woman was about to continue explaining, but Hu Rui'an interrupted her:

"Regardless of whether what you say is true, I still don't know what you mean by this 'divine being.'"

At these words, the old woman paused, sat down on the damp ground, licked her dry, cracked lips, and fixed her cloudy gaze on Hu Rui'an:

"Whether you believe me or not, I've said all I needed to say. As for divine beings…"

"Such people are one in ten thousand—far rarer than any so-called martial genius in the Jianghu."

"Divine beings possess innate divine abilities; from birth, they wield powers no ordinary person can grasp, making them vastly different from common folk and entirely distinct from the path of martial cultivation."

Upon hearing this, Wu Shang and the others all wore expressions of astonishment—they had never heard of such "innate divine abilities" before.

After listening to her entire speech, they now believed this ugly old woman was merely babbling nonsense, mocking them.

Yet Li Musheng wore an expression of deep thought; whether the old woman was trustworthy was still uncertain.

But his capacity to accept the extraordinary was clearly far stronger than Wu Shang's and the others'—the "innate divine abilities" she described, in his understanding, were akin to mutants like Magneto or Phoenix—beings possessing supernatural powers.

Yet he had clearly transmigrated into a Martial Way World—so why were supernatural powers suddenly appearing now?

Li Musheng immediately cast a suspicious glance at the old woman, when suddenly Hu Rui'an, after studying her for a moment, spoke up:

"According to you, the villages and towns wiped off the death list were slaughtered by the Tianjinwei to aid the Luoshenfeng Sect in eliminating divine beings."

"But what I'm more curious about is whether the haunting incidents in the Tianjinwei are connected to this—why were you imprisoned here? Do divine beings truly exist?"

"Or perhaps, those ghostly figures and eerie laughter are actually the divine beings you speak of?"

In response to Hu Rui'an's questions, the old woman fell silent, yet her cloudy eyes continuously scanned Li Musheng in secret.

Li Musheng naturally sensed her gaze—he immediately frowned and waved his hand:

"You're old enough to know better—stop having delusions. You're never getting me."

At these words, the old woman in the cell froze.

Meanwhile, the large black cat crouched at Li Musheng's feet suddenly widened its eyes, lifted its head, and stared at him as if in utter disbelief.

The old woman, finally comprehending, couldn't help but twitch her wrinkled face violently, then burst into a fit of violent coughing.

After a long while, she gave Li Musheng one deep, lingering look, then immediately withdrew her gaze and said:

"Divine beings are truly favored by heaven—extremely rare. Take the entire Shengzhou region: within five years, the number of divine beings born here will not exceed the fingers of one hand."

"And divine beings have one distinguishing trait: at birth, celestial phenomena descend, as if a god had descended upon the mortal world."

Saying this, the old woman glanced at the book in Hu Rui'an's hand and said:

"The names on this list mark every location in Shengzhou where such celestial phenomena occurred. The Tianjinwei used this trait to locate divine beings and eliminate them all."

At this, Hu Rui'an nodded slightly and said:

"Now that you say it, your story does hold together—but…"

As he spoke, his aura shifted abruptly—he spoke in a low, heavy tone:

"I asked you several questions just now, yet you've answered none of them."

The old woman shook her head, then rose slowly from the ground. Her pustule-ridden face turned solemnly toward Li Musheng and said:

"In truth, I know your martial cultivation is extraordinarily formidable."

Hearing this, Li Musheng rubbed his chin and nodded:

"You've got good eyesight—but don't even think about anything you shouldn't."

The old woman's cloudy eyes narrowed slightly, as if a flicker of anger passed through them, but then she waved her hand:

"Enough—I'll confess everything to you."

Then she glanced at the large black cat outside the cell and said:

"The haunting incidents in Shengzhou's Tianjinwei are indeed tied to this list—they've aided evil, slaughtered the innocent. Over these five years, nearly every divine being who hadn't yet matured has died at their hands."

"Naturally, others of their kind have come for revenge—the Tianjinwei members they killed deserved every death they got."

Hearing this, Hu Rui'an fixed his gaze on the old woman and said:

"You know so much about this—could you be a divine being yourself?"

"Yes."

The old woman did not deny it; she continued:

"But the ghostly shadows and laughter were not my doing—I didn't lie to you before. And I came here deliberately."

"Our mission in Shengzhou has two goals: one is revenge against the Tianjinwei; the other is to find a hidden divine being born in this region."

"Unfortunately, despite our long stay here, we've found no trace of him."

At this moment, Wu Shang, standing behind them, suddenly spoke up:

"According to you, killing the Tianjinwei members was justified—but I've heard that a group of Jianghu figures entered the Tianjinwei branch office and were hanged by you as well."

At this, the old woman glanced at Wu Shang, narrowed her eyes, and said:

"Those so-called Jianghu figures were merely assassins sent by Mei Yan to hunt us down—they deserved to die too."

"The Mei family has done countless vile deeds for the Luoshenfeng Sect to curry favor—if not for Mei Yan's martial saint father-in-law, we would've killed them long ago!"

Hu Rui'an fell silent, seemingly pondering whether the old woman's claims about the Mei family's ties to the Luoshenfeng Sect were true.

At this moment, Cheng Zhong suddenly spoke up:

"You did not act today during the day; could it be because we have nothing to do with the one who killed the Divine Being?"

Hearing this, the old woman glanced at Li Musheng and said:

"That is indeed a reason, but more importantly, we lack the ability to capture you."

At this moment, Li Musheng's thoughts were not on this matter; instead, he looked at the old woman with curiosity:

"Since you are a Divine Being, then demonstrate your innate divine power; after all, only then can we confirm whether you are lying."

(End of this chapter)