Chapter 228: Confession, Victory Letter

At this point, the three Jin Dan cultivators completely understood the deep meaning behind Zhu Xuanji's every move before.

Zhu Xuanji did this on purpose. He wanted the City Lord's Mansion to know that Unlike Ning Zhuo was exposed!

Zhu Xuanji grasped this clue, which was equivalent to grasping the tail of the City Lord's Mansion, forcing the City Lord's Mansion to eliminate Unlike Ning Zhuo, thereby revealing greater flaws.

"I have a question." Zheng Shuanggou said, "If I were Fei Si, I would have attacked Unlike Ning Zhuo once and failed, I would definitely attack a second time."

"Why keep Unlike Ning Zhuo until now?"

Zhu Xuanji explained: "According to the clues I have investigated so far, after Unlike Ning Zhuo was attacked, his residence was destroyed, and he took advantage of the situation to move into the Ning family's clan grounds."

Zhou Nongying echoed: "The talented cultivators of our three families all suffered attacks. I remember that at that time, we took the initiative to invite Lord Zhu to conduct this investigation."

"Presumably at that time, the City Lord's Mansion was wary of Lord Zhu's ability and felt that the wind was too tight, so they stopped for a while. This is also quite normal."

Zhu Xuanji continued: "I did collect various clues, but these are exactly the same as the situation of my investigation into the mechanism fire-exploding monkeys. They were all to confuse my hearing and sight and involve my energy."

"So after this, I didn't continue to pursue these clues, but designed an investigation list and checked them one by one."

"Unlike Ning Zhuo also gradually emerged and became more and more excellent. The difficulty for the City Lord's Mansion to move him was higher than before. And covering up their true purpose, it was impossible to only assassinate him. Otherwise, it would be easy for me to follow the vine and find the melon."

"However, looking back now, perhaps there are other reasons."

"Unlike Ning Zhuo is good at drilling and has always actively approached Fei Si. He has shown his talent, his own situation is not favored, and he is squeezed out by the Ning family's main line. Such an identity is actually quite valuable for recruitment."

"Perhaps Fei Si of the City Lord's Mansion saw this point."

"He might also think: my focus is on the investigation list, the investigation has moved away from their vital points, so he didn't rush to take action, but more regarded Unlike Ning Zhuo as or wanted to cultivate him into his own chess piece."

"Unlike Ning Zhuo is just a small figure, he is not the point, he is just being used."

"The point is now: I discovered his suspicion and grasped the tail of the City Lord's Mansion. If the City Lord's Mansion persists in assassinating Unlike Ning Zhuo, it is equivalent to revealing flaws, so for us, this is an excellent opportunity."

"This is also the reason why I summoned you this time."

"Last time, we explored the Fire-Melting Demon Ape's royal court at the bottom of Fire Persimmon Mountain together."

"This time, let us deal with the City Lord's Mansion together!"

The three Jin Dan ancestors' eyes were glowing, and they were all a bit excited.

"That's right, this is indeed a good opportunity!" Zheng Danlian nodded first.

Zheng Shuanggou clenched his fists and said: "Yes, yes."

He was the most excited of everyone present.

"Once the Meng family commits a major mistake, Lord Zhu has a legitimate reason to mobilize the power of the Nandou royal family to suppress the entire situation."

"It doesn't even need to mobilize the power of the royal family. Meng Kui himself will also be captured under the ironclad evidence, unless Meng Kui wants to rebel!"

The real major crime of Meng Kui's side is not killing Yuan Dasheng and taking away the demon sect True Scripture, but using Unlike Ning Zhuo to bomb the Xian Gong!

For the sake of the family's private interests, the Meng family placed the thousands of citizens of the entire Fire Persimmon Xiancheng in danger.

At the same time, they also shaped a Shadow Demon Cultivator and let him actively attack the Lava Xian Gong. This is too much ambition, wanting to raise bandits to respect themselves.

Such crimes completely broke the normal bottom line.

Zheng Shuanggou then indicated that he would follow Lord Zhu this time to deal with the City Lord's Mansion together.

Zheng Shuanggou was quite angry.

He discovered that he had been kept in the dark. His battle with the Shadow Demon Cultivator was completely within the City Lord's Mansion's calculations.

The two Jin Dan ancestors of the Zhou family were secretly communicating and discussing for a while.

They all felt: this is indeed a good opportunity. If they could pull the Meng family off the horse, then Zhu Xuanji's side could mobilize the power of the royal family and settle the universe in one fell swoop, immediately becoming the Master of the Lava Xian Gong.

"For the sake of its own expansion, the Meng family broke the bottom line and didn't follow the rules. Fortunately, there is Lord Zhu who is clear-eyed and collected enough evidence to make the truth clear to the world."

"By then, our side will occupy the righteousness and be able to gain wide recognition in the entire Nandou Kingdom. Even other families will unite with the royal family to deal with the Meng family. Even if they don't unite, they will stand by."

People's hearts are the general trend.

The Meng family's mistakes are exposed, and the royal family can set off a general trend.

Under the crushing of the general trend, the Meng family is difficult to resist!

"If so, a behemoth like the Meng family will be fiercely weakened by me." Zhu Xuanji's heart was full of expectation.

Weakening and striking these major cultivation families has always been his political ambition!

This made him full of motivation for the next action.

Seeing that the Zhou family and the Zheng family had already expressed their stance, Ning Jiufan then spoke slowly.

"Our clan's Ning Zhanji and others all died at the hands of the Shadow Demon Cultivator."

"And the Shadow Demon Cultivator is a person from the City Lord's Mansion, so our Ning family and the City Lord's Mansion have long been enemies!"

"Fei Si secretly wanted to incite Unlike Ning Zhuo to rebel and dig the wall of our Ning family, which is really too bullying."

"I am willing to fully assist Lord Zhu."

Ning Jiufan's hostility towards Meng Kui was very deep.

Meng Kui's peach pit from the outside once smashed his head, but the wound it brought had to be licked for a lifetime.

Just as Ning Jiufan finished expressing his stance, a subordinate reported outside the door that he had brought Unlike Ning Zhuo's letter jade slip.

Unlike Ning Zhuo was the most critical person at the moment, so Ning Jiufan immediately asked the subordinate to present the jade slip.

He used his spiritual sense to inject it into the jade slip and immediately discovered that this jade slip was a confession.

In the letter, Unlike Ning Zhuo vaguely said: he and Fei Si had always maintained a close connection in secret and had a considerable degree of interest exchange.

Unlike Ning Zhuo also said: all along, he had been worried about the hidden dangers of what he had done.

Not long ago, Lord Zhu Xuanji suddenly came to investigate, making him fully realize the severity of the matter.

But there were many things he couldn't say, so he asked the Ning family ancestor for advice on what he should do.

Besides this, Unlike Ning Zhuo also asked about the Demon Path True Scripture.

Lord Zhu Xuanji specifically asked about the Demon Path True Scripture, and this True Scripture must be very important. Unlike Ning Zhuo raised it here, hoping to bring some help to Ning Jiufan.

At the end of the letter, Unlike Ning Zhuo begged, hoping that the Ning family ancestor would come to help him and save him.

"Rather than a confession, it's more like a distress letter!"

"Hmph, this stinky brat, what was he doing earlier?"

"He is lawless on weekdays and does all kinds of illegal and undisciplined things. After something happened, he couldn't handle it himself and knew to find his parents."

After Ning Jiufan finished reading the content on the jade slip, he cursed a few times and then handed the jade slip to Zhu Xuanji.

Zhu Xuanji took a look and threw it back to him directly.

Ning Jiufan took the opportunity to say: "Unlike Ning Zhuo is a clansman of our Ning family and one of the most outstanding figures among the younger generation."

"Although up to now, his talent has not been tested. But even the lowest talent cannot stop his identity as a genius."

Ning Jiufan's words did not cause any disagreement.

All the Jin Dan cultivators present recognized Unlike Ning Zhuo's talent. They believed that this youth, Unlike Ning Zhuo, had a limitless future, had very good methods, was full of ambition, and was actively making progress. And what he lacked most now was just cultivation base.

Ning Jiufan continued: "This time, we want to use Unlike Ning Zhuo as bait to lure the City Lord's Mansion to take risks. Facing the assassination of the City Lord's Mansion, Unlike Ning Zhuo's situation is quite dangerous."

"Please don't be stingy with treasures, support him more, and protect his life."

"Such a talented youth, in any clan, is the treasure and future of the family."

"I am the ancestor of the Ning family, the only Jin Dan of the Ning family, and I don't want Unlike Ning Zhuo to lose his life because of our plan."

The Jin Dan cultivators in the hall looked at each other and then cast their gazes on Zhu Xuanji.

Zhu Xuanji was silent.

Zhou Nongying suddenly said: "Brother Ning, we all have treasures. But using them to protect Unlike Ning Zhuo seems inappropriate."

"Currently, our biggest advantage is that the City Lord's Mansion doesn't know how much of their evidence we have grasped!"

"This is a deception tactic to lure them to take risks."

"Unlike Ning Zhuo also doesn't know about it. The more panicked and suspicious he performs, and even actively seeking help from Fei Si, the more it will help our actions."

"If we protect him heavily and let him know the details of this... a young man like him, only sixteen years old, will inevitably produce many flaws."

"Chi Dun is fine, but Fei Si is an extremely shrewd person. He can smell the trap we set for him from the small flaws on Unlike Ning Zhuo."

"Facing such an opponent, we must go all out, so..."

Before Zhou Nongying finished speaking, he was interrupted by Ning Jiufan with a sneer.

"Unlike Ning Zhuo is not a clansman of your Zhou family. Sacrificing a talented cultivator of another clan is beneficial to all of you."

Zhou Nongying hurriedly retorted: "Even if he were a clansman of my Zhou family, even if his talent were more outstanding than Unlike Ning Zhuo's, I would arrange it this way."

"In the end, this kid also has crimes!"

"If he hadn't developed the mechanism fire-exploding monkeys and actively cooperated with the City Lord's Mansion, could the Xian Gong have been bombed out? Could things have reached this point?"

Ning Jiufan snorted coldly: "Even without Unlike Ning Zhuo, wouldn't the City Lord's Mansion have bombed the Xian Gong in other ways?"

"Unlike Ning Zhuo is just too young and a member of a branch. As a marginal figure, only by constantly drilling and obtaining resources can he help his own cultivation base and make himself stronger."

"This is not considered crooked thinking, let alone any sin, it's just that this young man wants to make progress too much."

"If we were at such an age, weren't we all like this? It's just that Unlike Ning Zhuo was used by bad people, he is innocent."

Zhou Nongying sneered, pointing at the jade slip Unlike Ning Zhuo just sent: "In this letter, Unlike Ning Zhuo has already confessed his guilt and frankly admitted that he had long expected something bad and had always been under great psychological pressure."

"He should have reported this matter to you, the ancestor of the Ning clan, earlier, but he didn't do so."

"He held a strong fluke mentality."

"He clearly knew that he might be an accomplice, but he still wanted to hide it."

"Isn't such behavior guilty?"

Ning Jiufan was about to speak and continue to refute.

At this moment, a subordinate sent another jade slip.

This jade slip was not sent by Unlike Ning Zhuo, but from Ning Xiaohui.

In fact, this was Ning Xiaohui reporting good news to her grandmother. Her grandmother, as a member of the main line, immediately reported the situation to the Ning family patriarch.

During this period, the Ning family main line was firmly suppressed by Unlike Ning Zhuo alone, extremely suffocated and uncomfortable.

Ning Xiaohui obtaining the position of Medical Attendant and achieving such significant progress and achievement was a battle record and good news that the Ning family main line desperately needed.

After the Ning family patriarch got this news, he laughed loudly, sweeping away the usual gloom.

After pacing in the study for a few laps, he immediately made a decision to record this information in a jade slip and submit it to the Ning family ancestor, hoping to win some impression points for the Ning family main line in the Ning family ancestor's heart.

These twists and turns were not what the Ning family ancestor wanted to pay attention to.

He injected his spiritual sense into the jade slip, checked it, and his eyebrows raised slightly, revealing a look of joy.

"Ning Xiaohui is a good child." Ning Jiufan stroked his beard.

He handed this jade slip to Zhu Xuanji first: "Lord Zhu, this time it is completely good news."

After Zhu Xuanji injected his spiritual sense, his eyes shone, and he said repeatedly: "Good, good, good!"

"Today can be called double happiness."

"Ning Xiaohui possesses the identity of a trial disciple, an advantage none of us have."

"The position of Medical Attendant she obtained, if placed on us outsiders, no matter how much merit we have, we are not qualified to obtain it."

"Wait."

"This History Pavilion is very important. It should record all major events since the construction of the Lava Xian Gong."

"Good stuff!"

"Quickly let Ning Xiaohui accumulate merit and strive to be promoted as soon as possible to become the Pavilion Master of the History Pavilion!"

"The scene of the Lava Xian Gong being bombed must have been recorded by the History Pavilion; this is the hardest evidence."

Zhou Nongying frowned: "Even if the History Pavilion records the scene of the Shadow Demon Cultivator bombing the Xian Gong. We have no way to drag the Meng family down through this evidence."

"Because on the surface, the Meng family has no relationship with the Shadow Demon Cultivator."

Zhu Xuanji nodded: "So, we still need to start from Unlike Ning Zhuo's line. Only by working in two ways can we have gains."

Speaking of this, Zhu Xuanji cast his gaze towards Ning Jiufan.

He said sincerely: "Brother Ning."

"I have been frank with you about my strategy."

"Unlike Ning Zhuo is a clansman of your Ning family, so this time, for your sake, I went personally, but I didn't carry out any severe torture on him, let alone means like soul-searching."

"This is my sincerity!"

"How could I, Zhu Xuanji, treat a hero unfairly."

Zhu Xuanji was a member of the Divine Catcher Division, and he had plenty of means for severe torture.

But he was even more a member of the royal family, and he knew very well that if he used these means, it would be truly terrible.

In the current situation, he, Zhu Xuanji, came to Fire Persimmon Xiancheng alone, wanting to confront Meng Kui, the City Lord, he must integrate the power of the three families, otherwise he would be alone and helpless.

The battle of the Fire-Melting Demon Ape before was a successful action.

In the action, Zhu Xuanji took the lead and was willing to take responsibility, making the three Jin Dan ancestors feel his sincerity.

If he didn't care about the previous alliance and Ning Jiufan's feelings just because of the demon path True Scripture and took a death blow to Unlike Ning Zhuo, then this behavior would be no different from killing the donkey after the mill, easily making others lose their hearts.

Especially in the volcano trip, Ning Jiufan was the greatest contributor!

Zhu Xuanji praised Ning Jiufan just a moment ago, affirming his contribution, and then took action against his clansmen the next moment. If so, who would believe his praise and his promises?

Coming up and using means like soul-searching and coercion was not Zhu Xuanji's style of doing things.

Hearing Zhu Xuanji say this, Ning Jiufan lowered his head slightly, pondered for a moment, and then said: "Lord Zhu, please speak, I trust you."

Zhu Xuanji then said: "Let Unlike Ning Zhuo make up for his crimes with merit."

"The situation has reached this point, he has already become a pawn crossing the river. Even if we don't discover the clue of this True Scripture, his own situation is dangerous."

"To tell you the truth, I think highly of this little guy."

"As the saying goes, jade is not polished, it will not become a vessel, so let him be polished more, it is also good."

"I can guarantee you: within these three days, I will disguise myself and follow by Unlike Ning Zhuo's side."

"Once the City Lord's Mansion takes action, even if the Shadow Demon Cultivator comes out personally, I will go all out to protect Unlike Ning Zhuo's life."

After saying this, Zhu Xuanji stopped talking and just looked at Ning Jiufan with his eyes.

The hall fell into silence.

The other four Jin Dan cultivators of the two families also cast their gazes at Ning Jiufan, silently exerting pressure.

Ning Jiufan's expression was solemn. He looked at the jade slip in his hand—this was the confession sent by Unlike Ning Zhuo.

He looked at the jade slip in Zhu Xuanji's hand again, which was the victory letter from Ning Xiaohui's side.

One was a branch, one was the main line.

At this moment, Ning Jiufan's heart was touched, and he realized in a daze that he seemed to be facing some kind of choice of fate.

He had never seen Unlike Ning Zhuo, but he had seen Ning Xiaohui.

And in his mind at this moment, the entrustment of his old friend before he died surfaced—begging him to take care of his descendants.

Ning Jiufan sighed and made a decision: "Well, let's follow you and act like this." ===== CHAPTER 229 =====

Ning Jiufan sighed deeply and made his decision: "Very well, then we shall follow your suggestion and act accordingly."