Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 138: Knowing there is a tiger in the mountain, I still go there (2400 votes plus more)
A little earlier.

Taking advantage of the opportunity when the group was led away by Su Xiaoxiao, Ren Yuan and his senior sister raided the house, successfully captured a prisoner, and then immediately took the prisoner on board.

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Thousand miles on the ship.

All the passengers had already arrived and saw Ren Yuan carrying a strange man onto the boat.

"Who is this?" Chen Baxian asked.

"Prisoners." Ren Yuan looked at everyone and said, "Who is proficient in interrogation?"

There is no need to think about the little monk and the little girl, so it mainly depends on the other three.

"Me." Yang Zhong raised his hand and said, "In our team, I am usually responsible for torture and forced confession."

"Okay, I'll leave it to you, second brother." Ren Yuan handed the man to Yang Zhong.

Yang Zhong had been worried all day, and had accumulated a lot of pressure in his heart. This was a good opportunity to release some pressure. However, he was very careful, and considering that there were women and children at the scene, he said to Ren Yuan: "I'll go to the cabin to do it."

Ren Yuan nodded and asked Xiao Heizi to find him an empty cabin under the deck.

As soon as the hatch was closed, Yang Zhong began to practice all his skills.

Some of the skills here are from the Bishop Gou Chen, and there are a few that he created. For example, the "rebounding pipa" sounds very elegant, but it is completely different from the pipa played by Su Xiaoxiao.

He first took off the prisoner's shirt, exposing his ribs, and then hung his hands up. He then used an iron comb to poke back and forth on the prisoner's ribs. Repeating this several times, the flesh was brushed off, revealing the bones. Because the torture process resembled playing the pipa, it was named "rebounding pipa".

The pain of this torture is worse than beheading and heart digging because it is not fatal, but it makes people endure the pain of repeatedly cutting out flesh and scraping bones, which makes people want to neither live nor die.

Moreover, Yang Zhong used the bone comb made of incorruptible bones. He tortured the man to pieces, and the broken ribs were secondary. The damage to the soul caused by incorruptible bones was even more unbearable, and the wailing of a pig being slaughtered resounded throughout the ship.

"Ancestors, please spare me, I can't even use all my strength..."

"Then confess." Yang Zhong withdrew his hand reluctantly, feeling that a lot of pressure accumulated in his heart was released.

"What exactly do you want to ask?!" the prisoner asked in a crying voice.

"Oh, third brother, what do you want to ask?" Yang Zhong then carried the prisoner onto the deck.

"Tell me, why are you looking for the Peach Blossom Spring?" Ren Yuan asked the prisoner in a deep voice.

"Oh, is there anyone else looking for the Peach Blossom Spring?" Chen Baxian and others also became interested and came over.

The little monk and the little girl were no exception. They all remained calm and looked at the miserable condition of the captives with great interest.

Those who could board this ship had all been tortured by nightmares to the point of having their nerves become abnormally thick.

"I am just following orders." The captive replied with a pale face, "The higher-ups want to find the Peach Blossom Spring. They say that the last remnants of Taoism are hiding there. They ordered us to find that place so that they can send a large army to wipe it out."

"Did you find it?" Ren Yuan asked.

"Found it." The captive said hurriedly, "We found it just a few years ago. It's in a valley fifty miles southwest of the county town, bordering Qinxi River in the south and Xuefeng Mountain in the north. When we entered the valley, we didn't find anything unusual, but we brought a magic weapon called the 'Manifestation Treasure Mirror', which can break the magic of transformation and make everything hidden visible."

"When I used the treasure mirror to look inside, I found the slightest fluctuation of magical power. After our leader investigated, he said that there should be a 'large formation with no entrance or exit' inside."

"Does he know how to get in?" Ren Yuan asked.

"This formation at least has a great supernatural power in charge. We are lucky to be able to detect it. How can we possibly break it?" The captive said with self-awareness:

"But it doesn't matter. We have already reported it. General Wang will send the ghost army to suppress them. The ghost general leading the army will definitely find a way to break the formation." "Okay. Why does the ghost country also want to eliminate Taoist priests?" Ren Yuan felt speechless. What heavenly law did his own Taoism violate? The Buddhist sect wanted to be exterminated, and even the ghost country wanted to be exterminated? They had fled to such a remote place to hide, and they still wanted to be eradicated?
There is no way out at all.

"I don't know about that." The captive shook his head, fearing that he would be tortured again, and swore: "If I lie, I will not enter the underworld after I die!"

"Is this a punishment?" everyone asked uncertainly.

"Yes." At this time, Chen Lingzhi said, "The people of the Ghost Country all regard life as suffering and death as happiness. It seems that according to the Ghost Country, they will not go to hell after death, but enjoy happiness in the Yellow Spring Country."

"Yes, all the suffering we endure in the human world will become blessings in the underworld!" The captive said enthusiastically, "Those who sacrifice for the ghost country can directly become guards in front of Emperor Huangquan, live as long as the sky, and enjoy wealth and honor forever!"

"Oh my god, what an aggressive doctrine." Chen Baxian said with a click of his tongue: "It's even stronger than the Buddhist religion in this respect."

"The teachings of the Ghost Kingdom were originally modified on the basis of the Buddhist religion." At this time, Chen Lingzhi spoke up and said to Ren Yuan:

"Brother Ren, you are in big trouble. I know something about the Ghost Country. It is said that when the emperor started his army, he borrowed 30,000 ghost soldiers from them. They went to the battlefield to protect him, captured cities and made great military achievements."

"So the Ghost King was sealed in Fengdu, and became a vassal who obeyed orders but not decrees, guarding the western border for the imperial court. Although the three sects have had some conflicts in recent years because the imperial court is too pro-Buddhist, they are generally on the same side. It is also the consensus of the three sects to eliminate Taoism."

There was so much information in Chen Lingzhi's words that Ren Yuan had no time to study it all. He could only take note of it and consult it later.

He could only take care of the present situation and asked in a deep voice, "Will Gou Chen Si also take action?"

"I said that it's not in the sphere of influence of the Gou Chen Division, but it's also not in the sphere of influence of the Ghost Country." Chen Lingzhi replied: "To be precise, your current location is a buffer zone between the two sides, so unless the emperor has an order, our division will not intervene."

"That's good." Ren Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. This way, he would have to face one less family of his fellow travelers in Peach Blossom Land.

"Brother Ren, don't be too optimistic." Chen Lingzhi poured cold water on him and said, "The strength of the ghost army is beyond your imagination. The ghost country has countless masters. They alone are enough to destroy Taohuayuan."

"In short, Taoism has reached its final moment of survival." Her pair of beautiful eyes that could see through people's hearts stared at Ren Yuan and said, "Brother Ren, do you really want to wade into this muddy water?"

"Of course." Ren Yuan said without hesitation: "Isn't this 'Peach Blossom Spring' calculated by Miss Chen? My sister and I have to go there. Moreover, since this is the last group of Taoists, our master might be there too."

"Okay, if you need any help, just ask." Chen Lingzhi nodded approvingly and said sincerely, "The enemy is too strong, don't be polite."

"Miss Chen, what is your position?" At this time Chen Baxian helped Ren Yuan ask a soul-searching question.

"I am against destroying the Dao." Chen Lingzhi answered straightforwardly without any hesitation, "I dislike the Buddhist religion even more. In a time of great strife, their methods will destroy Daliang."

"I hate Buddhism too." Na Huan'er also said.

The young monk Faxiu suddenly felt helpless, with tears welling up in his eyes.

Ren Yuan smiled and patted his head, saying, "Don't worry, fourth brother. We hate Buddhism as a whole, not individual monks."

"That's right, your brothers love you so much." The two brothers also nodded with a smile.

"That's good, that's good." Fa Xiu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Ren Yuan then looked at the graceful Chen Lingzhi and said, "I'll go check out the situation in Peach Blossom Land first. If I need anything, I will definitely not be polite to you."

"Okay." Chen Lingzhi nodded and said, "Let me tell you about your fortune before you go."

As she spoke, she put her hands in her sleeves, counted silently with her fingers, and then smiled brightly and said:

"It is six two, 'straight and square, great, without practice there is no disadvantage', go with peace of mind."

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