Chapter 184: If You Do Wrong, You Must Be Punished

If Tang Hao were still in the Clear Sky Sect, or rather, if this matter had anything to do with Tang Hao.

Even if faced with the reality of his entire family being skinned alive, Tai Tan might have just gritted his teeth and endured it without a word.

But the problem is, nowadays this matter has absolutely nothing to do with his master, Tang Wu.

He is only holding his nose and working for the Wutian Sect after having been abandoned once, simply because those Elders of the Wutian Sect told him he could atone for Tang Wu's sins.

The relationship between those three Elders and him was already extremely poor; Tai Tan nearly came to blows with them several times because they insulted his master, and this violent coercion to come to the Blacksmith Association was also instigated by those three Elders.

If not for the pressure from those three old fellows, Tai Tan feels he would absolutely never have fallen to such an end.

Now that someone is pressing for answers, selling them out is fine.

After all, they are just his master's relatives, not his master himself.

Under Zhou Heng's interrogation, Tai Tan honestly revealed his recent contacts with several Elders of the Clear Sky Sect, and through interrogation methods learned in his past life, Zhou Heng pressed Tai Tan again and again, repeatedly verifying the information Tai Tan provided.

Just when Tai Tan was being questioned to the point of wanting to die but not daring to, Zhou Heng finally stopped, turned his head to look at Lou Gao, who was recording on a small notebook to the side, and verified his information.

Just when Tai Tan thought everything Zhou Heng wanted to ask had been asked, he saw Zhou Heng lean directly in front of him, his palm clamping onto his head; accompanied by a burst of mental agony, Tai Tan's seven orifices bled once more, and he instantly fainted from the pain.

"Hmm, the information is correct."

Zhou Heng felt Tai Tan's emotional fluctuations and nodded indifferently.

Although he has the golden finger of a Reiburaondo Star Person, he has only developed it for a few years after all, and has not had any systematic training.

The current Douluo Continent is not the Douluo II era where the Angel Clan was almost wiped out; evil Spirit Masters who refine ghosts and search souls have no room for survival on the continent at all, so research into the mental aspect is naturally quite conservative and backward.

Spirit-type Soul Masters also rely on soul skills to perform abilities such as mind reading and illusions.

The things Zhou Heng has learned over these years are too messy, and there is nowhere to learn or create skills like soul-searching.

This was him forcibly probing Tai Tan's mind; the side effects are immense, and he can only vaguely read memories from about a few days.

Zhou Heng's previous method was to force Tai Tan to constantly recall details in his mind and then perform a forced memory reading; the questioning was just a side dish, not the main course.

After probing, Zhou Heng discovered that what Tai Tan said was basically correct.

It was just that this person had concealed something regarding the soul power of the Wutian Sect Elders, stating the Second Elder's soul power as level 91 instead of level 93.

Don't look at it as just a two-level difference; in reality, the combat power might differ by a full thirty percent.

Tai Tan hiding the information also harbored malicious intent, to see if the Wutian Sect Elders could counter-kill Zhou Heng.

As for whether those three old geezers would come to save him, Tai Tan had a very clear self-awareness: if they didn't wipe out the Strength Clan to hide the news, that would be considered a kindness.

Even if they came before him, it would likely just be a matter of smashing him into meat paste with a hammer.

Zhou Heng did not like Tai Tan's concealment, so he took a small bottle out of his Storage Soul Guidance Device, handed it to Lou Gao, and whispered in Lou Gao's ear.

The bottle did not contain poison, but a potent aphrodisiac.

This medicine was not to be fed to Tai Tan, but to other members of the Strength Clan.

Don't ask why Zhou Heng carries this stuff around, and don't ask how the process will go; in short, everyone understands.

A burly man with his power sealed and hung up like a roast duck, plus four muscular big guys—this combination is a classic.

After hearing Zhou Heng's words, Lou Gao's body trembled; clearly, he had not expected that such a terrifying ultimate humiliation existed in the world.

However, Zhou Heng could feel that after he finished speaking, Lou Gao's faith in him had not diminished, but instead became even purer.

Feeling the change in Lou Gao's faith, Zhou Heng couldn't help but sigh in his heart; he finally understood why those institutions like churches in his past life would equip themselves with intimidation for non-believers and heretics when proselytizing, and why they would hunt down apostates.

Because sometimes, one must not only be as merciful as the sea, but also show that divine power is like a prison.

After simply preparing the wonderful tools he would use in a moment, Zhou Heng put on night-traveling clothes and quietly headed toward the city where the three Elders of the Clear Sky Sect were located, taking advantage of the night.

Xiao Yin, who had been modified and refined during this period, came in very handy at this moment; as Zhou Heng stuffed the Human-Faced Demon Spider Head Bone, which he had obtained nearly two and a half years ago, into his belt, Xiao Yin acted like a slot, activating the hidden soul skill within the Human-Faced Demon Spider Head Bone.

Although due to poor technique, Xiao Yin could only stimulate about thirty to forty percent of its effect, the displayed result was enough to easily hide Zhou Heng's aura fluctuations and, to a certain extent, make Zhou Heng appear somewhat blurry.

Cooperating with the flight ability of his soul power wings and the cover of the night, Zhou Heng was like a Guimei drifting in the sky, quietly sneaking into the city without anyone noticing, and lurking in the courtyard where the three Elders of the Clear Sky Sect were staying.

Although it was only a temporary lodging, the area of this courtyard was not small; it seemed to have been a place where some nobles or merchants once lived.

And because this city was not that prosperous, the surroundings of the small courtyard were exceptionally quiet and empty, with no residents living nearby.

Therefore, Zhou Heng had less risk of affecting innocent people nearby.

Hiding in a corner of the courtyard, Zhou Heng held his breath and focused, quietly using his mental power to perceive, and discovered that three powerful life auras were currently in the same room.

Two of them were somewhat dormant, likely sleeping or in cultivation; only one aura remained in a high-spirited state.

This aura was quite scorching and rigid; even a negligible amount leaking out was enough to be astonishing.

But unexpectedly, Zhou Heng felt a sense of resentment and an ominous aura within this scorching aura.

This resentment had been attached to this aura for a long time, almost having merged into one.

According to this scorching attribute, this not-so-strong resentment should have been wiped away in daily life long ago, but perhaps because the owner of this resentment had some special connection, this resentment ignored the scorching attribute and clung tightly to the depths of the aura.

"This special feeling, could it be that the owner of this aura devoured their own direct blood relative in a cruel way?" Zhou Heng narrowed his eyes, secretly noting this information in his heart, and then, while the owner of this aura had not discovered his spying, quietly released the poison gas.