Jiao Liewei got a little more than two inches of sin karma. He never thought that this sin karma would be fake.
He always believed that only the underworld could commit the crime of confusing the real with the fake.
But Meiling's methods are no worse than those of the underworld, and the crimes she commits are the same as the real ones, with Meiling's illusions on them.
This false sin karma has no soul inside, only an exit from the magic circle.
The other end of the magic circle is connected to the Onmyoji Division and Taibu's room.
Xu Rishu told Xu Zhiqiong that he offered Taibu a large price to kill Jiao Liewei.
Xu Zhiqiong also saw the deposit paid by Xu Rishu, a golden turtle.
He heard clearly that this golden turtle was related to the Star Palace.
No matter how scared he is, Taibu's obsession with the star palace will not change. Xu Zhiqiong used reason and emotion to persuade him to take a cup of tea.
Taibu reluctantly declined, and then agreed.
Xu Rishu once said that Taibu has the ability to sneak into the underworld.
This is not a boast, Taibu really has this ability.
After entering the underworld, Taibu's combat power was not damaged at all. The two qi of yin and yang were continuously output, strangling Jiao Liewei's body, breaking all his bones, and destroying all his meridians, until Jiao Liewei's breath was completely cut off.
The soul wants to leave the body, but it cannot break through Taibu's magic circle.
Jiao Liewei died soon after, and the karma on his head appeared, measuring two feet and three inches in length. Xu Zhiqiong immediately took off the karma and gave it to Shangguan Qing for safekeeping.
The onlookers of the underworld cultivators were originally waiting for Emperor Zhaoxing to appear.
Just a moment ago, they felt that what Jiao Liewei said was very reasonable, and they had some admiration for the Ghost Emperor in their hearts.
Now I see Jiao Liewei's long and terrifying criminal karma.
Is it really that long, or has Shangguan Qing tampered with it?
They didn't think clearly.
If you don't understand, don't think about it. Xu Zhiqiong didn't care about their thoughts from the beginning.
Jiao Liewei is dead.
Anyone who wants to follow him should follow him. This is the right principle for Zhong Jianxue to be firmly established as Lord of the Yama!
Taibu closed the magic circle, and Jiao Liewei's body fell to the ground.
Taibu bowed deeply in the direction of Xu Rishu.
No one else can see Xu Rishu, but he can.
Xu Rishu smiled, this old guy's cultivation level was not fake after all.
That's all, this business is easier for him.
Xu Rishu made a gesture of raising a glass and drinking towards Taibu.
It means to tell Taibu, see you at the same place.
Xu Zhiqiong walked up to Taibu, cupped his fists and saluted, "Thank you Taibu for your help."
Taibu shook his head: "You're welcome, it's just a game after all..."
He wanted to say that it was just a business after all, but Xu Zhiqiong finished the second half of the sentence for him: "After all, it is the right way in the world, and divination is the right way in the world, and he did not hesitate to offend the entire underworld. In a stroke of genius, he killed Jiao Liewei."
Evil thief, this great achievement is enough to be remembered for centuries."
Taibu was startled.
He didn't care much about being famous for generations.
He only cares about one sentence, and he has offended the entire underworld.
He really wanted to explain: This is not my clever plan, this is all arranged by Xu Zhiqiong.
Taibu looked at Xu Rishu, who smiled and said nothing. It seemed that no matter how he explained, it was useless.
Taibu looked at the people in front of him, blinked and said, "I'll take my leave first."
As soon as he finished speaking, Taibu disappeared.
Xu Zhiqiong looked at Zhong Jianxue. Zhong Jianxue came to the center of the side hall and looked at the bewildered Ming Dao cultivator.
"Zhong, by Xusu's orders, has killed the two thieves Jiao Liewei and Du Chunze. Now, under the witness of all of you, these two thieves will be interrogated in public!"
Shangguan Qing is ready to release the two souls, but he must make some preparations beforehand.
This is the underworld. Once the souls of two people are out of control, they may return to the world at any time.
Shangguan Qing took out the Zhongzai Seal and first put a mark on the two people's crimes.
After pouring the power of imagery into the mark, Shangguan Qing released the two souls.
The souls of Jiao Liewei and Du Chunze were bound tightly by iron chains and appeared in front of everyone.
At the end of the chain is the seal of sin.
What method is this?
Xu Zhiqiong asked Shangguan Qing in a low voice: "Where did you learn all these skills?"
Shangguan Qing lowered his voice and said: "Brother, do you know that Lang Zhongxue is an expert?"
Xu Zhiqiong nodded: "I know this. This method and third-level skills were all taught to you by him?"
Shangguan Qing lowered his voice: "Brother, please learn dance skills from me. Even if you can't become Snow Rouge, you still have to be a good peak red. This is the only way for our Taoism!"
If it wasn't in front of everyone, Xu Zhiqiong would have really wanted to spit on Shangguan Qing.
After everything was prepared, Zhong Jianxue sat in the main hall and began to examine the case.
He first asked about Taotie's remnant soul. He thought that the two of them would refuse to admit it, but he didn't expect that Du Chunze answered fluently.
Du Chunze didn't want to hide anything, he just wanted to keep his own soul.
"Twelve years ago, I accidentally obtained a remnant soul of Taotie. I sold it to Long Xiulian, the chief of the judge's tomb, and earned 20,000 merits."
Zhong Jianxue asked: "Where did the remnant soul come from?"
"From the ninth floor of Yama Hall."
Zhong Jianxue frowned and said, "Could it be that you picked it up?"
Du Chunze shook his head and said: "Of course I didn't pick it up."
After speaking, he looked at Jiao Liewei.
Jiao Liewei was silent for a moment, and seemed to understand: "The remnant soul was left by me in Wang'an Hall."
He also admitted it.
With these few words, Yama Luodian instantly started to stir up trouble.
"Du, Du Yanjun sold the remaining soul of Taotie to Longzhong Zai?"
"The Taotie remnant soul was taken from Emperor Jiao?"
"How come the remnant soul of Taotie appears in the Yin Division?"
"Where did Emperor Jiao get the remnant soul of Taotie?"
"Isn't Taotie an evil way? Jiao Liewei and Du Chunze really colluded with the evil way?"
Shi Cheng looked at Zhong Jianxue and signaled him not to interrogate him in front of everyone.
Jiao Liewei and Du Chunze have pleaded guilty, and Zhong Jianxue can now firmly take the position of Lord Yan.
As witnesses, ordinary practitioners of the underworld do not need to know more, nor should they know.
Zhong Jianxue nodded, and Shi Cheng led everyone to wait outside the hall.
Only Zhong Jianxue, two judges and two Yan Jun were left in the hall.
Shi Zhitu couldn't help but ask: "Jiao Emperor, I will call you Emperor for the last time. Please tell me, where did this gluttonous remnant soul come from?"
Jiao Liewei smiled and said, "What does it matter if you don't call me Emperor? I've already reached this point."
Huo Xiuyan did not forget to pretend to be a good person at this moment, and sighed to Jiao Liewei: "Tell the truth, I'll let you go in a more dignified manner."
"Decent, are you really decent?" Jiao Liewei looked at Zhong Jianxue.
Zhong Jianxue lowered her head and said, "The emperor introduced me to Taoism. I will never forget this kindness."
Jiao Liewei nodded: "Let me tell you the truth. I don't know whether you believe it or not. I picked up the remaining soul of Taotie."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk!" Huo Xiuyan smacked his lips, "Jiao Dijun, this is what's wrong with you. How can you get any dignity by perverting us with such lies?"
Jiao Liewei sighed: "It's true, why don't you believe it?"
Shi Zhitu shook his head and said: "I want to believe you, but Taotie is one of the four evil spirits and is a true god. How can his remnant soul be picked up casually?"
Jiao Liewei shook his head and said nothing.
Huo Xiuyan said: "If you are unwilling to tell the truth, then don't blame Huo for being rude. You should know the pain of ten thousand punishments better than anyone else."
Just when Huo Xiuyan was about to use his skills, Xu Zhiqiong coughed: "Jun Huo Dian, Wang'andian, it's not you who makes the decision, right?"
Huo Xiuyan laughed dryly: "I almost forgot, Mr. Zhong Dian should be the one making the decision now."
Zhong Jianxue was silent. Jiao Liewei looked at Zhong Jianxue and said, "What? You don't believe me either?"
Shangguan Qing said: "Don't blame him for not believing you, you can at least make up a decent lie."
Jiao Liewei shook his head and said: "This is the truth. If you don't believe it, just use torture."
Du Chunze shouted loudly: "You should not torture me, I have told the truth!"
Shi Zhitu said to Jiao Liewei: "Does this matter involve Xingjun? Or does it involve Xingxiu?"
Jiao Liewei lowered his head and said nothing.
Huo Xiuyan said: "Brother Zhong, don't say that I have overstepped my bounds. You don't need to punish me. He will never tell the truth."
Zhong Jianxue gritted her teeth and raised her hand, a bucket of molten iron hung over Jiao Liewei's head.
Jiao Liewei closed his eyes, still speechless.
Seeing the molten iron pouring down, bursts of green smoke rose above Jiao Liewei's soul.
Xu Zhiqiong looked at Jiao Liewei's painful expression and turned to Zhong Jianxue: "Brother Zhong, please wait for a moment and let me ask him a few questions."
Zhong Jianxue nodded, and Xu Zhiqiong walked up to Jiao Liewei: "I believe you told the truth. Tell me where you picked up this remnant soul?"
Jiao Liewei raised his head and said: "Twelve years ago, there was an earthquake in Fengdu City. The cause was unknown. The Ghost King's Hall was damaged. The ground of the main hall cracked, and a wandering spirit sprang out.
I used the Soul Confinement Technique to contain the wandering spirit. I wanted to ask about its origin, but I found that the wandering spirit was extremely powerful. Fortunately, it was seriously injured and I subdued it with difficulty.
I tried my best to seal the wandering soul and immediately prayed to the True God Xuanwu. I received no response that day. I was exhausted and fell asleep. The remaining soul entrusted me with a dream, saying that it came from the evil god Taotie.
I wanted to completely destroy him at that time, but in the end I couldn't resist my greed, and under his temptation, I gave the remnant soul to Du Chunze, who then sold it to Long Xiulian."
Jiao Liewei's words sounded absurd, but in Xu Zhiqiong's opinion, they were reasonable.
The four evil spirits were sealed in the underworld. Taotie used some unknown method to break through the seal and released a ray of remnant soul.
This remnant soul happened to be discovered by Jiao Liewei, and came to the Yangshi with his hands.
Jiao Liewei was corrupted by greed. This explanation is also very reasonable. Xu Zhiqiong has fought against Taotie Waishen and knows that greed is so powerful that not even the blood-born evil star can stop it.
Taking these words as true, Xu Zhiqiong asked another question: "Where did the Taotie body come from?"
Jiao Liewei said: "I still appeared in the main hall of the Ghost King's Hall. Three years ago, the main hall cracked again, and a thumb-sized rock jumped out of the crack. This rock swallowed some of my flesh and blood, and it gained fighting strength.
Then I fed the rock with some dead souls, and within a month it grew to over ten feet tall.
If I continue to feed him, for fear of leaking the news, I will hand him over to Du Chunze and sell him to the mortal world again."
Xu Zhiqiong asked: "Should we sell it to Long Xiulian?"
This is a test. Three years ago, Long Xiulian was still locked up in Xingxiu Corridor.
Du Chunze told the truth: "I didn't sell it to Long Xiulian. I didn't know Long Xiulian's whereabouts at the time, so I sold it directly to Nu Fu Sect's Grand Sima Sui Zhi!"
"What benefits did Sui Zhi give you?"
"He also gave me 20,000 merits!"
Xu Zhiqiong was stunned: "Meritors? How could Sui Zhi have merits?"
Du Chunze shook his head and said: "This matter is unknown."
Xu Zhiqiong asked again: "More than ten years ago, Qiongqi's remnant soul wreaked havoc on the Wang'an River. Was it you and others who did this?"
Jiao Liewei shook his head: "I know nothing about Qiongqi."
Du Chunze also shook his head: "This matter has nothing to do with me!"
Xu Zhiqiong frowned.
There is no flaw in the answers of these two people. If they both tell the truth, it proves that everything is just a coincidence.
The remnant soul of Taotie fled and met Jiao Liewei by chance.
Taotie's outer body fled again, probably because he was familiar with the road and found Jiao Liewei again.
Maybe the two of them really didn't need to lie.
The two of them may just want to suffer less torture, leave some souls behind, and fight for a chance to return to the world.
But is all this really just a coincidence?
Xu Zhiqiong asked Du Chunze another question: "How much contact do you have with the Nufu Sect?"
"There have been some contacts." Du Chunze did not dare to lie. Bi Wusheng and Xiao Songting had close contacts, so this matter could not be hidden.
Xu Zhiqiong asked again: "Do you know who the great Sikong of Nufu Cult is?"
Du Chunze thought for a moment and said: "Their great Sikong is called Gongsun Wen."
Jiao Liewei nodded and said: "I have also met Gongsun Wen. He is indeed the great Sikong of the Nufu Sect."
Xu Zhiqiong's eyes trembled.
broken.
They must have been in contact with Ye Ansheng.
They may really want to tell the truth, but what they say may not be the truth.