"What... what do you want?"
Feeling Ye Ling's demonic energy invade his body and even begin to entangle his soul, Duke Hui Ling felt a bad premonition.
"Nothing much, just letting you experience the trial version. If you can endure it, we'll proceed with the full interrogation package."
Ye Ling smiled at Duke Hui Ling, and the demonic energy that invaded his soul instantly transformed into thousands of tiny sharp thorns, piercing down fiercely.
The pain of ten thousand ants devouring the flesh!
"Ahhhhhh!"
The moment the demonic energy pierced his soul, Duke Hui Ling let out a scream.
He felt as if countless ants were gnawing at his soul, the unimaginable pain stimulating his nerves, making him wish for death!
"Enough, enough! I'll cooperate! Stop it!"
In less than three seconds, Duke Hui Ling couldn't bear the trial version of the pain and hurriedly shouted at Ye Ling, begging him to stop.
However, Ye Ling seemed not to have heard Duke Hui Ling's plea, and continued to give him the full treatment, letting him experience the entire process.
In Ye Ling's opinion, once an interrogation was to begin, the other party had to be subdued first. Otherwise, if something unexpected happened halfway through the questioning, it would only waste time.
Piercing screams echoed in the underground arena. Duke Hui Ling first wailed and begged, then cursed loudly, and finally became completely numb.
He just wanted a quick end.
After more than ten minutes, Ye Ling withdrew his demonic energy, letting Duke Hui Ling collapse on the ground, his eyes vacant.
He had given up thinking.
"Hey, hey, get up."
Ye Ling kicked the motionless Duke Hui Ling lying on the ground and urged him to speak.
Seeing that Duke Hui Ling did not respond, Ye Ling sneered, "I'll count to three. If you continue to play dead, I'll give you the full interrogation package."
As soon as these words were spoken, Duke Hui Ling, who had been lying on the ground like a dead fish, suddenly jolted and sprang up, quickly kowtowing to Ye Ling and begging for mercy, "I will definitely cooperate, my lord! Please spare me!"
This was the first time Duke Hui Ling had experienced a feeling worse than death, and he did not want to experience it a second time!
When his soul was under Ye Ling's control, he couldn't even die!
Seeing that he had been sufficiently dealt with, Ye Ling did not intensify his efforts against Duke Hui Ling. After all, a person's endurance had its limits.
Breaking through the limit in a short time might be acceptable, but prolonged torment would either kill Duke Hui Ling or render him foolish.
In that case, nothing could be asked, which would be a loss for Ye Ling.
Ye Ling smiled and said, "Very good. To show your sincerity, tell me about yourself and your organization first."
"Yes, yes..."
Duke Hui Ling did not dare to hesitate and quickly said, "Where we are is the Tian Luo Ghost City built by the Tian Luo Ghost King. I was originally an elder of the Tarot Society. Due to personal reasons, I was expelled from the Tarot Society. In desperation, I accepted the invitation of the Tian Luo Ghost King and became the deputy city lord of Tian Luo Ghost City."
"The Tian Luo Ghost King previously gave me a damaged formation. In Tian Luo Ghost City, besides conducting my own research, I was to help the Tian Luo Ghost King complete that damaged formation."
Ye Ling asked, "The damaged formation you mentioned, is it the sacrificial formation that Wu Ying set up at the airport?"
"Y-yes..." Duke Hui Ling trembled and said, "The Tian Luo Ghost King has cultivated his own forces throughout the country, having his subordinates kill people and perform sacrifices to collect data. I am responsible for completing the formation using the collected data."
Hearing Duke Hui Ling's words, Ye Ling's eyes narrowed slightly.
After memorizing the sacrificial formation, Ye Ling had been trying to complete this flawed formation. However, without real data, Ye Ling could not glimpse the true appearance of the sacrificial formation based solely on his own deductions.
The Tian Luo Ghost King spared no effort in creating such a large project, killing countless people to glimpse the full picture of the formation, which also made Ye Ling curious about it.
However, too many innocent people had already sacrificed their lives to complete this formation.
If possible, Ye Ling would rather stop here and completely sever this bizarre sacrificial formation.
"Does your Tian Luo Ghost City have any connection with the Red Dust Pavilion?"
"Y-yes..."
Duke Hui Ling said without hesitation, completely selling out the Red Dust Pavilion.
"The Tian Luo Ghost King is a member of the Red Dust Pavilion, and I also heard the Tian Luo Ghost King say that the damaged formation was bought from the Red Dust Pavilion."
"This sacrificial formation attempts to summon a non-existent evil god, and the Tian Luo Ghost King is secretly performing sacrifices across the country, partly to collect formation data and partly to develop followers of the evil god."
"Although the Tian Luo Ghost King did not say it, I suspect that it must have obtained some method from the Red Dust Pavilion and wants to become a new evil god by using this sacrificial formation!"
Ye Ling raised an eyebrow and asked Duke Hui Ling, "According to you, if this formation can make people gods, the Tian Luo Ghost King would naturally not let others snatch its opportunity, and you are its biggest threat."
"I'm afraid the day the formation is completed will be the day you die. Are you willing to be used as a pawn by the Tian Luo Ghost King like this?"
Duke Hui Ling honestly replied, "Becoming a god is just my guess. Moreover, even if the Tian Luo Ghost King is stronger than me, it is essentially an evil spirit, and my abilities are its complete counter. If we truly turn against each other, it's hard to say who will kill whom."
"After all, I also need the Tian Luo Ghost King's forces to complete my research. We have a relationship of mutual utilization."
Ye Ling was not concerned about the scheming between Duke Hui Ling and the Tian Luo Ghost King. After asking casually, he took out the pure Yin Yuan Corpse again and asked, "Do you recognize this woman?"
Seeing Ye Ling conjure a female corpse out of thin air, Duke Hui Ling was stunned for a moment. Then, upon closer inspection and seeing the woman's appearance, he exclaimed, "Xu Shuya?"
Seeing Duke Hui Ling's reaction, Ye Ling's eyes narrowed, "You know her?"
"How could I not know her?"
Duke Hui Ling's eyes were filled with disbelief. "This woman is the daughter of the Tian Luo Ghost King. Her portrait is still in Miao territory, revered as a deity by some Miao people!"
"Xu Shuya, the daughter of the Tian Luo Ghost King?"
Ye Ling heard something very unexpected and was surprised.
Duke Hui Ling continued, "Xu Shuya is the daughter of the Tian Luo Ghost King and Zhang Muya, a Celestial Master from the Zhengyi Sect."
"Humans and ghosts are separated by different paths. Xu Shuya should not have existed in this world, but she was secretly born by Zhang Muya and raised at the foot of the mountain for over ten years."
"However, Xu Shuya herself was an Yin fetus. She was naturally rejected by the Heavenly Dao. Xu Shuya was innocent, but as long as she lived, she would passively absorb the Yang energy of those around her."
"When Xu Shuya was young, Zhang Muya could still suppress her Yin energy, making her no different from a normal person. However, as Xu Shuya grew older, her power grew stronger and stronger, and Zhang Muya could no longer suppress it."
"In the end, Xu Shuya's Yin energy erupted, harming many people at the foot of the Zhengyi Sect's mountain."
"Upon learning of this, the Zhengyi Sect dispatched all their Celestial Masters to kill Xu Shuya. Finally, Zhang Muya's cultivation was abolished, and she is still imprisoned within the Zhengyi Sect."
"The Zhengyi Sect suffered heavy casualties in the battle to surround and kill Xu Shuya. It was at that time that the Tian Luo Ghost King escaped from the Zhengyi Sect and later found me."