Chapter 691: Wuxia: Even Archrivals Can Become Lovers 25

The moment hot oil touched the skin, it burst with a sizzle; the facial skin reddened, rotted, and split open at a visible speed, revealing pink tissue, then was continually shattered by more hot oil.

Ahhh!!

The tall man let out the most painful scream of his life, but it lasted only a few seconds; his throat was also drenched in hot oil, instantly burning.

Jin Chen released his body, tossed the wooden spoon into the bucket, patted his clothes and stood up, looking down at the suffering black-clad man.

Then his gaze slowly shifted to the short man, whose eyes were wide with shock and whose whole body trembled involuntarily.

Your turn.

I'll talk!!

The short man immediately dropped to his knees, shaking his head wildly, "I'll talk! I'll say anything..."

He would rather confess and be killed than endure this torture while clinging to life.

Not bad resolve.

Having achieved his goal, Jin Chen sat back beside Mu Huaizhi.

"Who is the person in blue clothing?" Jin Chen asked.

"He… he is our leader, responsible for overseeing the Earth Fiend followers of Yunshu Town and the surrounding towns."

The short man dared not lie further, adding: "We don't even know his name; we usually just call him the Blue-Clad Lord. Moreover… moreover there is also the Azure-Clad Lord, who should be one rank above the Blue-Clad Lord."

"The Azure-Clad Lord rarely comes here; he only appears when a Blood Demon Child has been successfully refined to take it…"

Jin Chen took Mu Huaizhi's hand again, playing with his fingers; hearing that, he thought of the many coffins in the bamboo house.

"How many Blood Demon Children have you already refined? And how many children have you killed?"

"Including those not yet sent off, there are three, three Blood Demon Children in total, and they have killed… over sixty children."

"Yunshu Town doesn't have that many children; surely the number includes those from the surrounding towns as well."

As he spoke, the short man seemed afraid of punishment, his whole body kneeling and collapsing to the ground.

Sang Ning, furious, grabbed a piece of firewood from the ground and hurled it at him, shouting, "Beast!"

Mu Huaizhi also regarded him coldly, full of killing intent.

"What do you intend to do with so many Blood Demon Children?" After a moment of silence, Jin Chen spoke again, his voice growing darker.

"I don't know… I'm only responsible for abducting and killing children; the rest I don't know, I've only heard the Blue-Clad Lord say… to let the Earth Fiend return to supremacy in the martial world…"

"Hmph, supremacy in the martial world."

Jin Chen snorted coldly, "You're not even worthy."

"Besides that, is there nothing else to say?"

He stepped on the short man's fingers, tilted his head, lowered his gaze, his dark eyes flickering with a chilling killing intent.

"... Yes! Yes, I also heard that the Azure-Clad Lord will come in two days to take the newly refined Blood Demon Child! Moreover! They said they intend to go find, find a collaboration with the Nine Abyss!"

Jin Chen's pupil color shifted slightly, he narrowed his eyes, "Who with the Nine Abyss are you collaborating with?"

"I don't know… I've only heard it in passing, but the Blue-Clad Lord said that the people of the Nine Abyss Demon Sect aren't ruthless enough to be of great use; rather than a collaboration, it should be a forcible seizure of the Nine Abyss Demon Palace's territory…"

Jin Chen: "…"

Crazy!

You think everyone is like your Earth Fiend, each one unevolved, their minds full of inhuman nonsense.

He moved his foot, lifted his hand and lightly flicked out his sleeve blade; the short black-clad man collapsed dead instantly.

Having heard the intel, Mu Huaizhi was the first to leave the woodshed.

Jin Chen thought he couldn't stomach such a gruesome scene, so he didn't think much of it and also disposed of the tall man, who was like a heap of rotting meat.

He also dragged Sang Ning out, then exchanged with 0731 for Bone-Dissolving Water.

These corpses are hard to clean up; better to make them disappear quickly.

【Host, I feel the Main God isn't right; after watching you interrogate, he seems to have stayed tense all along.】

Jin Chen's brows twitched slightly; he waited for the two corpses to melt and vanish, then went out, washed his hands, and pursued.

He didn't think Mu Huaizhi was off; it was because of the two men's deaths—the black-clad men, though not the masterminds, had personally killed so many children, and thus deserved death ten thousand times over.

Perhaps… it's because of his own methods?

Jin Chen rubbed the tip of his nose; he should have known to interrogate behind Mu Huaizhi's back.

When he found Mu Huaizhi, the latter was practicing swordplay in the rear courtyard.

The sword flourishes were beautiful and icy, yet the transitions between moves were blocked, as if revealing the swordsman's mood at that moment.

Jin Chen stood to the side, waiting for him to finish.

Under such an intense gaze, Mu Huaizhi, already somewhat unsettled, could no longer continue practicing.

He sheathed his sword, a complex expression flitting across his eyes; the evening breeze blew, lifting a few strands of hair.

Jin Chen approached, tidied his disordered clothes and hair, and asked, "What's this? You were just cheered up, now you're unhappy again."

I don't know.

Mu Huaizhi genuinely didn't know what was wrong with himself.

Clearly aware that Jin Chen is a demonic sect member, his ruthless methods are to be expected, and it's not strange that their paths differ.

But seeing Jin Chen's cruel, bloodthirsty demeanor during the interrogation, Mu Huaizhi felt him especially alien, completely unlike his usual teasing self in front of him.

Leaving Yunshu Town, they would return to their respective territories; thereafter, meeting again they would remain righteous versus evil, sworn enemies, and even the identity of friends could not change that.

Mu Huaizhi, do you think I'm ruthless?

Jin Chen hooked a strand of hair from Mu Huaizhi's temple, playing with it, lowered his gaze to meet his eyes, the distance extremely close.

You don't want to be friends with me?

No…

Mu Huaizhi instinctively denied it; he was never good with words, and now he couldn't even voice his complicated feelings.

He grabbed Jin Chen's arm and took a deep breath.

I do want to, but you're the young master of the Nine Abyss; you clearly weren't like this before… but now I feel it's wrong—behaving this way will make the righteous cultivators dislike you more and more.

His long string of words came out a bit incoherent; Jin Chen listened, feeling confused, and only after thinking it over twice did he grasp the meaning.

Ah… you're worried about me, you don't want me to be disliked by the righteous cultivators? But Huaizhi, the notion that righteousness and evil can't coexist has never been something our Nine Abyss people say.

Jin Chen sighed, gently stroking Huaizhi's hair, 'I don't care what they think; if you… feel this is wrong, then I'll hold back from now on.'

Their identities ultimately remain a great obstacle between them.

Huaizhi looked at him, his expression easing, and said with pursed lips, 'If you keep acting this way, how can we still be friends after we leave the town?'

Now that the misunderstanding with Fu Zhiyuan is resolved, once the mastermind is uncovered, he will probably still have to return to the Heavenly Sword Alliance and inherit his father's legacy.

By then, the two will be on opposing sides again.

But now he doesn't want it to be like that…

Jin Chen finally understood what he was worried about, softened his tone, and spoke reassuringly.

I won't be on opposing sides with you anymore, Huaizhi; don't worry.

The fingers cupping his cheek lightly stroked the corner of his eye; Huaizhi felt his face itch a little, pulled his hand away, and hummed.

And there's also Sang Ning.

Huaizhi stared at him steadily, 'You're interrogating him right in front of him—aren't you afraid he'll figure out your identity?'

Not afraid.

Thinking of Sang Ning's canonical partner in the original story, Jin Chen shrugged indifferently, 'It's fine; he may have already known.'