Qin Yexuan looked at the Korean man, "I have ten thousand ways to make you tell the truth, and everyone outside is mine, but I don't want to waste time. Why don't you just tell me everything you know, what do you think?"
Dr. Zhao mumbled something, which didn't sound like good news. Qin Yexuan shook his head, grabbed him by the hair, and pushed him to the ground, then proceeded to pull out his hair one by one.
His speed was astonishing. Dr. Zhao's already thinning head was left with only a few strands of hair.
The bloodied Dr. Zhao let out a pained groan.
Qin Yexuan could have easily used hypnotic techniques like Mind Control.
But he couldn't guarantee that a disciple of the Korean Daoist Sect would be completely susceptible.
Daoist sects had methods to resist mind control and hypnosis.
Therefore, he could only resort to the methods he disliked the most!
Dr. Zhao was not a man of strong will. When Qin Yexuan began to grab his fingers, preparing to break them, he patted the ground with his left hand, signaling his complete surrender.
Qin Yexuan took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit one for him, and then wiped the blood from his hands. "Tell me everything you know, starting with Wang Jiaqian's identity."
Dr. Zhao took a deep drag from the cigarette and slowly exhaled, his body relaxing. "Sixty-eight years ago, the Korean National Intelligence Agency was established. The Korean Daoist Sect, Silla Sword, and Baekje Monk all had people placed within to form a special divine cult group."
"This group's mission was to monitor all strange events occurring in Great Xia, including the incident of the turbidity river turtle spirit back then. As they investigated, a theory about the resurgence of the Pure Land on Earth began to spread... However, Korea was undergoing turmoil at the time, and this matter was put on hold."
"It wasn't until seventeen years ago, when I entered the intelligence agency as a representative of the Korean Daoist Sect. On the Dragon Boat Festival that year, an abandoned infant was discovered in the East Sea. It was a baby girl!"
Dr. Zhao trembled as he flicked the ash from his cigarette. "When we found her, she was about four or five years old, dressed in a fisherman's clothes, lying on a piece of wood. No other humans were found in the surrounding sea."
"We gave her the codename Hai Ji, meaning sea demoness. Research on this child continued afterwards, and I was the main person in charge."
Dr. Zhao coughed. "I discovered she had severe mental illness that required large doses of hormone medication to suppress. To keep the child calm and cooperative, I bought her a pair of cloth dolls..."
Qin Yexuan sighed. "Are those the two dolls in the room?"
Dr. Zhao gave a wry smile. "Yes, so you understand why she treats the cloth dolls as her sisters? Suffering from mental torment, she fantasized two sisters. On the surface, she seemed normal, but as soon as she returned to this room, to the cloth dolls, her condition would relapse."
Qin Yexuan pondered for a moment, then asked, "Who is the real Wang Jiaqian? This identity is a disguise you created, isn't it?"
Dr. Zhao dared not conceal anything. "The real Wang Jiaqian was an orphan, an intern teacher at Chaoge Academy. Before entering the academy, she went to Korea for a trip and had an accident. We seized this opportunity! We used her identity. By then, Hai Ji had grown up, and she was about the same age as Teacher Wang."
Qin Yexuan frowned. "Why is Hai Ji unaware of this?"
Dr. Zhao pointed to his head. "Her condition worsened, dissociative identity disorder, you know? Not just one or two personalities, but countless. Her personality changed daily. Therefore, we used the latest drugs and hypnotic techniques to make her believe she was Wang Jiaqian."
Qin Yexuan stared at him coldly. "Why come to Great Xia? Why not study her within your Korean Intelligence Agency?"
Dr. Zhao sighed. "This is the result of our more than ten years of research. The Great Xia city of Chaoge was the city Hai Ji mentioned every time she was hypnotized. When the time was right, of course, we had to come here to investigate."
"But I didn't expect the monster outbreaks and the rampant hell, turning Chaoge into what it is now. That's why I was in such a hurry to take her away."
Qin Yexuan looked into his eyes, repeatedly confirming if he was telling the truth.
What Dr. Zhao said, however, could all be corroborated with the current events.
He didn't understand the larger picture behind the scenes, but he had touched upon the core of the matter.
"When Wang Jiaqian was discovered, were there any other clues? Was she just a child floating on the sea?"
Dr. Zhao shivered and slowly took out a card from his pocket.
"The symbol on this card is like a birthmark, on the child's waist."
It was a black totem, extremely simple, consisting only of lines and dots.
It looked like a strange flower with twelve petals, and in the center of the flower were four lines.
The moment Qin Yexuan saw the symbol, his entire body trembled.
The mysterious power in his consciousness also became extremely agitated. "The Wu Clan! It really is the Wu Clan!"
Qin Yexuan crushed the card and grabbed Dr. Zhao. "Do you know about the Wu Clan?"
Dr. Zhao shook his head blankly.
Qin Yexuan asked again, "Do you know that the Wu Clan exists in a form that transcends the soul?"
Dr. Zhao became even more bewildered.
Qin Yexuan sneered, "You have no idea what Wang Jiaqian represents!"
Dr. Zhao had spent his life researching Wang Jiaqian's origins, and at this moment, he forgot his pain. "What does the Wu Clan mean? A witch?"
Qin Yexuan shook his head, pointing to the four lines on the symbol. "The first line represents gods, the second represents earthly anomalies, the third represents humans... The Wu Clan is the fourth line, existing beyond humans, gods, ghosts, monsters, and demons! They are independent beings, something entirely different from humans or deities and demons."
Dr. Zhao was speechless.
He still didn't understand.
It was indeed difficult to expect someone who couldn't even comprehend their own ancestor's current history to understand the mysterious Great Xia Wu Clan.
However, this man was useful.
Qin Yexuan took out his phone, sent a message, and then said sternly, "Go find Jin Gaoyue. His restaurant is still safe for now. Follow Jin Gaoyue, and you will still have a chance to return to Korea to see your wife and children."
Dr. Zhao's eyes lit up.
Helping Jin Gaoyue return to Korea and reclaim the Korean Daoist Sect was indeed the only way out of his current predicament.
But!
He gave a bitter smile and tentatively asked humbly, "I betrayed the Jin father and son. Young Master Gaoyue won't take me in, will he?"
Qin Yexuan put down his phone. "I've sent the message, and he agreed. You can leave now."
Dr. Zhao was escorted away.
Outside, Jun Mengyao's people had also cleaned up the scene.
The night was deep. Qin Yexuan walked towards the bedroom.
In his consciousness, the mysterious power was communicating frantically.
"So, the third riddle has been solved?"
The riddle of the "female who is neither human nor not human."
Qin Yexuan gently knocked on the door. "I need to confirm one more thing. If Teacher Wang is indeed the third riddle, then things will be even more complicated..."