Chapter 228: Confession Letter, Victory Report

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

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

Zhu Xuanji grabbed this clue, which was equivalent to grabbing the tail of the City Lord's Mansion, forcing the City Lord's Mansion to eliminate Ning Zhuo, thereby revealing a bigger flaw.

"I have a question." Zheng Shuanggou said, "If I were Fei Si, and an attack on Ning Zhuo didn't succeed, I would definitely attack a second time."

"Why have they kept Ning Zhuo until now?"

Zhu Xuanji explained: "According to my current investigation, after Ning Zhuo was attacked and his residence was destroyed, he took the opportunity 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 the wind was too tight, so they stopped for a while. This is also quite normal."

Zhu Xuanji continued: "I have indeed collected various clues, but these are exactly the same as my investigation into the mechanism Fire-Exploding Monkey. They were all to confuse my hearing and sight and involve my energy."

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

"Ning Zhuo also gradually emerged and became more excellent. The difficulty for the City Lord's Mansion to move against him was higher than before. And to cover up their true purpose, they couldn't just assassinate him alone. Otherwise, it would be easy for me to follow the vine and find the melon."

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

"Ning Zhuo is good at scheming and has always actively approached Fei Si. He has shown his innate talent, and his own situation is not favored, suffering suppression from the Ning family's main branch. 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, and the investigation has moved away from their vital points, so he didn't rush to take action, but more wanted to cultivate Ning Zhuo as a chess piece of his own."

"Ning Zhuo is just a little character; he is not the point, he is just being used."

"The point is now: I discovered his suspicion and grabbed the tail of the City Lord's Mansion. If the City Lord's Mansion persists in assassinating Ning Zhuo, it is equivalent to revealing a flaw, 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 Jin Dan cultivators of the three families all had their eyes glowing, and they were all a bit excited.

"That's right, this is indeed a very 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 will have 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, under the ironclad evidence, will also be captured without a fight, unless Meng Kui wants to rebel!"

The real major crime of Meng Kui's side is not killing Yuan Dasheng and taking away the demonic path True Scripture, but using Ning Zhuo to blow up the Immortal Palace!

For the sake of the family's private interests, the Meng family placed the thousands of city residents of Fire Persimmon Immortal City in danger.

At the same time, they also created a Shadow Demon Cultivator, letting him actively attack the Lava Immortal Palace. This is too much ambition, wanting to raise bandits to respect themselves.

Such crimes completely broke the normal bottom line.

Zheng Shuanggou then stated that this time he would follow Lord Zhu 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 fell completely into the City Lord's Mansion's calculations.

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

They both felt: this is indeed a good opportunity. If they can pull the Meng family off the horse, then Zhu Xuanji's side can mobilize the power of the royal family to settle the situation in one fell swoop and immediately become the master of the Lava Immortal Palace.

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

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

Human heart is 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 cannot resist!

"If so, a behemoth like the Meng family will be severely weakened by me." Zhu Xuanji was full of anticipation in his heart.

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

This made him full of motivation for the next actions.

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

"Our 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. My Ning family and the City Lord's Mansion have long been enemies!"

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

"I am willing to fully assist Lord Zhu."

Ning Jiufan had deep hostility towards Meng Kui.

Meng Kui's peach pit from outside the event once smashed his head, but the wound it brought was something he had to lick for a lifetime.

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

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

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

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

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 completely realize the seriousness 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, Ning Zhuo also asked about the Demonic Path True Scripture.

Lord Zhu Xuanji specifically asked about the Demonic Path True Scripture, so this True Scripture must be very important. Ning Zhuo brought it up here, hoping to bring some help to Ning Jiufan.

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

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

"Hmph, this stinky brat, why didn't he do it earlier?"

"He is lawless on weekdays and does all kinds of illegal things. After something happens, he can't handle it himself and knows to find his parents."

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

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

Ning Jiufan took the opportunity to hand this jade slip to others, letting them check it.

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

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

Ning Jiufan's words did not cause any disagreement.

All the Jin Dan cultivators present recognized Ning Zhuo's talent. They believed that this youth, Ning Zhuo, had an unlimited future, had great methods, was full of ambition, and was actively advancing. And what he lacked most now was just cultivation base.

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

"I hope everyone will not be stingy with treasures and support him more to protect his life."

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

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

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

Zhu Xuanji was silent.

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

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

"This is a deception tactic, luring them into taking risks."

"Ning Zhuo is also unaware of this. The more panicked and suspicious he behaves, or even actively seeking help from Fei Si, the more it helps our actions."

"If we provide heavy protection for him 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 in 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.

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

"At the end of the day, this kid also has crimes!"

"If he hadn't developed the mechanism Fire-Exploding Monkey and actively cooperated with the City Lord's Mansion, could the Immortal Palace have been blown up? Could things have reached this point?"

Ning Jiufan snorted coldly: "Even without Ning Zhuo, wouldn't the City Lord's Mansion have other ways to blow up the Immortal Palace?"

"Ning Zhuo is just too young, and he is a member of a branch, as a marginal figure, he can only constantly scheme and obtain resources to help his own cultivation and make himself stronger."

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

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

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

"He should have reported this 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."

"Is such behavior not sinful?"

Ning Jiufan was about to speak and continue to retort.

At this time, a subordinate sent another jade slip.

This jade slip was not sent by 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 branch, immediately reported the situation to the Ning family head.

During this period, the Ning family's main branch had been firmly suppressed by Ning Zhuo alone, feeling extremely stifled and uncomfortable.

Ning Xiaohui obtaining the position of Medical Practitioner and making such significant progress and achievements was a battle result and good news that the entire Ning family main branch desperately needed.

After the Ning family head received 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 branch in the Ning family ancestor's heart.

These twists and turns were not what the Ning family ancestor wanted to focus on.

He injected his spiritual sense into the jade slip, checked it, and his brows 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 glowed, and he said repeatedly: "Good, good, good!"

"Today can be called double happiness."

"Ning Xiaohui has the status of a trial disciple, an advantage none of us have."

"The position of Medical Hall Practitioner she obtained is not something outsiders like us are qualified to obtain, no matter how much merit we have."

"Wait."

"This Historical Pavilion is very important. It should record all major events since the construction of the Lava Immortal Palace."

"Good stuff!"

"Hurry up and let Ning Xiaohui accumulate merit, striving to be promoted to the Pavilion Master of the Historical Pavilion as soon as possible!"

"The scene of the Lava Immortal Palace being blown up must have been recorded by the Historical Pavilion; this is the most solid evidence of the crime."

Zhou Nongying frowned: "Even if the Historical Pavilion records the scene of the Shadow Demon Cultivator blowing up the Immortal Palace. 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 Ning Zhuo's line. Only by doing both can we have gains."

Speaking of this, Zhu Xuanji turned his gaze to Ning Jiufan.

He said sincerely: "Brother Ning."

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

"Ning Zhuo is your Ning family's clansman, so this time, for your sake, I went personally, but I didn't carry out any torture, let alone soul-searching."

"This is my sincerity!"

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

Zhu Xuanji, as a member of the Divine Catcher Division, had plenty of methods for torture and interrogation.

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

In the current situation, he, Zhu Xuanji, came to Fire Persimmon Immortal City alone, wanting to fight against City Lord Meng Kui, 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 operation.

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

If he didn't care about the previous alliance and Ning Jiufan's feelings just because of the demonic path True Scripture and took action against Ning Zhuo, then this behavior would be no different from killing the donkey after the mill, making it very easy for others to be alienated.

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

Zhu Xuanji praised Ning Jiufan just before, affirming his contribution, and then took action against his clansmen. In this way, who would believe his praise and his promises?

Coming up with methods like soul-searching and interrogation was not Zhu Xuanji's style.

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 said: "Let Ning Zhuo make up for his crimes with meritorious service."

"The situation has reached this point, he has already become a pawn crossing the river. Even if we didn't discover this clue of the 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 does not become a tool; letting him be polished more is also good."

"I can guarantee you: within these three days, I will disguise myself and follow Ning Zhuo."

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

After saying this, Zhu Xuanji stopped talking, just looking at Ning Jiufan.

The hall fell into silence.

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

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

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

One was a branch, one was the main branch.

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 met Ning Zhuo, but he had met Ning Xiaohui.

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

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