Chapter 93: I Don't Need It

"Constable Fang, I leave this person to you. I want you to get everything I want to know out of his mouth!"

Throwing Zhan Shan to the side, Shen Yu didn't even have the heart to spare him a glance. Moreover, he trusted that Fang Ziyi was capable of giving him a satisfactory answer.

"Rest assured, Magistrate Shen. Any prisoner who falls into my hands, even if they were made of iron, I could make them melt!"

Reaching out to grab Zhan Shan, a cold sneer suddenly appeared on Fang Ziyi's face; he had finally fallen into his hands.

As the saying goes, enemies are especially jealous when they meet; he remembered the grudge of that palm strike very clearly, and his back still ached to this day. If he didn't use every one of his signature skills, he would be doing a disservice to his title as a Silver Badge Constable.

This scene left Zhan Shan feeling terrified and uneasy. Of course, he had an impression of the person before him; he had only come here yesterday and had nearly beaten him to death with a single palm strike. Now that he had fallen into his hands, how could things end well?

His gaze couldn't help but drift toward Shen Yu. Big Brother, if you have any questions, just ask them. You haven't even asked, so how do you know I won't tell you? I'm willing to cooperate!

However, no one heard Zhan Shan's inner voice. Fang Ziyi left with his men, feeling smug and satisfied, and returned to the Sanshui County jail with Shen Yu, where the tools he needed were kept.

Shen Yu did not get involved in the specific details, merely waiting outside the cell. However, a series of wolf-like, miserable screams echoed from within, making one's hair stand on end.

Sigh, he is a Sect Master after all; screaming more miserably than a woman giving birth, he has truly lost all dignity.

The situation in the jail was even too much for the Jailer to bear. He had thought his own methods were vicious enough, but he never imagined there would always be someone even more ruthless.

He didn't know where the County Magistrate had found such a talent; those various methods were truly eye-opening. If he didn't get the feeling that the man looked down on his facility, he would have had the urge to ask him to stay. Talents are hard to come by!

But it seemed there might be a way; wasn't the County Magistrate still here? If he were willing to step in, everything would be easy to handle.

"How is the situation inside?" Seeing the Jailer emerge, Shen Yu lifted his head and asked after setting down his teacup.

"Rest assured, my lord. The person inside has basically reached his limit; I imagine he will confess immediately!"

Speaking of this, the Jailer bowed and said in a low voice, "Where did you find such an expert, my lord? If you could keep him here with us, he would surely make every prisoner who enters our Sanshui County jail turn over a new leaf!"

"You want to keep him?" Hearing this, Shen Yu couldn't help but smile; he hadn't expected such a discerning person to be hidden in the jail.

"That is a Silver Badge Constable from the Capture Gate. If you think you can persuade him, I have no objections!"

"What? A Silver Badge Constable? My apologies, my apologies!" Upon hearing the other party's identity, the Jailer immediately shut his mouth, his previous desire instantly turning into fawning, and he hurried back inside.

A Silver Badge Constable—that was a high-ranking official of the fifth rank, a big shot he wouldn't even dare to imagine. His own County Magistrate was only an eighth-rank official, and as for him, he didn't even have a rank.

If he could serve this lord well, perhaps the man would be happy enough to recruit him into the Capture Gate. Once he entered the Capture Gate, he would be a proper official; that was the dream of every constable in the County Government Office.

After waiting for a while, the screaming inside had stopped. After waiting outside for quite a bit longer, Shen Yu finally walked in.

"Magistrate Shen, you've come at just the right time; he has confessed!" Seeing Shen Yu walk in, Fang Ziyi wiped his hands and smiled at him, though this smile was enough to make one's blood run cold.

However, Zhan Shan, who was bound by thick iron chains, was in a truly miserable state. Covered in blood and pale-faced, he nearly had tears in his eyes upon seeing Shen Yu. One could only imagine how much trauma he had suffered to have such a reaction.

According to Fang Ziyi, it was just that the supporting facilities in this jail were incomplete. If they were back at the Capture Gate, such a spineless wretch wouldn't have lasted past the third round; there would have been no need to go to such lengths!

"Magistrate Shen, according to Zhan Shan's confession, the Bliss Flower from Qiancui Mountain has already been loaded onto ships and moved; he does not know exactly where it was transported. He was only ordered to wait here, and someone would come to meet him after the mission was completed!"

"Now that Zhan Shan has been captured, I imagine no one will come to meet him. It will likely be difficult to find the location of the moved Bliss Flower through this lead!"

Shaking his head, Fang Ziyi continued, "Zhan Shan is the Sect Master of the Nanyu Sect, but Magistrate Shen might not know that he actually rose to power by murdering his master."

"Zhan Shan originally thought no one knew about this, but about ten years ago, someone found him and used this matter to threaten him, forcing him to work for them!"

"Oh, ten years?" Frowning slightly, this meant the cultivation of the Bliss Flower had been going on for at least ten years. After such a long time, it was no wonder the bones in Luoxi Valley were piled layer upon layer.

"But could mere threats make him risk his life for ten years? Did he never think of resisting?"

"Of course not. Besides threats, there were naturally enticements. By joining them, Zhan Shan received a reward of 300,000 taels annually, plus he was sent many heavenly treasures and spiritual pills to aid his cultivation every year, and they could even obtain secret Cultivation Methods for him!"

"Zhan Shan had only joined them for a little over ten years, yet he had already stepped into the realm of Xiantian Perfection. It was purely piled up with resources; anyone would be tempted by that!"

At this point, Fang Ziyi looked up at Zhan Shan, his gaze filled with disdain. That such a person became the Sect Master of the Nanyu Sect was truly the tragedy of the Nanyu Sect.

"Ever since Zhan Shan became the Sect Master of the Nanyu Sect, he began to ruthlessly purge dissenters, gradually involving the entire Nanyu Sect in this. Those men in black who fought with you, Magistrate Shen, were all elite disciples of the Nanyu Sect."

"Over ten years, all who refused were slaughtered. Not only did the Nanyu Sect become his personal fiefdom, but the entire Nanyu Sect also became a blade in the hands of others. Those various accidental disappearances in Sanshui County were the work of the Nanyu Sect!"

"I am not interested in the affairs of the Nanyu Sect. What about the rest? Who else is involved in the matter of the Bliss Flower?"

"As for that, he likely knows very little!" Frowning, Fang Ziyi then said, "The Nanyu Sect was only responsible for outer perimeter security, acting as thugs. They couldn't even enter the most central areas, and they know nothing of the rest!"

"It was only after the people inside had been transferred that the Nanyu Sect received orders to set an ambush there and kill anyone who came to investigate."

"Damn, what a waste!" At this moment, even Shen Yu couldn't help but curse. He was a Sect Master, yet he had been a dog for others for over ten years without even knowing who he was working for or what he was working for. How did such a person survive until now?

Hearing Shen Yu's grumbling, Fang Ziyi also shook his head. However, he didn't think Zhan Shan was a waste; on the contrary, he felt the man was very shrewd.

Curiosity can kill the cat; ignorance is sometimes the key to survival. That Zhan Shan could participate in this and survive until now was precisely because of his ignorance.

"Magistrate Shen, what should be done with him?"

"Kill him!"

"Ah?" Hearing Shen Yu's cold words, the muscles on Zhan Shan's face trembled visibly. "My lord, as long as you are willing to spare me this once, I am willing to serve you from now on. My entire Nanyu Sect will surely follow your lead!"

"Sorry, I don't need it! I find such a Nanyu Sect filthy! Not just you, the entire Nanyu Sect has no need to exist!"

Waving his hand casually, a sword suddenly appeared and pierced through his body with a *shing*. A dignified Sect Leader, the Sect Master of the Nanyu Sect who had dominated the Sanshui region, died just like that in the Sanshui County jail, dying in a most stifling manner.