Chapter 963: Why Didn’t You Say So Earlier?

An unknown amount of time passed.

Mo Wentian slowly woke up from his coma, and the first thing he saw was that familiar face not far away.

"It's you?!"

Upon seeing the other person's face clearly, Mo Wentian's expression changed drastically, and his heart sank to the bottom of the valley.

It was this guy who had caused the entire army he brought from the other world to be wiped out, and his own strength had plummeted from its Peak to the bottom, leaving him in this half-dead state.

He never expected that after finally managing to escape, he would fall into the other's hands again so soon.

What made Mo Wentian feel even more despair was that the strength of the White Lotus that had completely suppressed him before had already exceeded the limits of his imagination.

Even a Golden Immortal from the Immortal Realm would probably be nothing more than this, right?

The opponent was also just a Lower Realm Cultivator, yet he could command such a Heaven-Defying existence. It seemed his defeat this time was not unjustified…

Mo Wentian was, after all, a resilient person who had experienced countless storms. Even though waves of shock were surging in his heart, his face showed no sign of fear. Instead, he forced himself to stay calm and asked in a deep voice:

"Exactly who are you? I believe I have no grievances or enmity with you. Why do you oppose me time and time again?"

Facing Mo Wentian's series of doubts, Qi Yuan only smiled faintly and reminded him in a calm tone:

"Mo Wentian, right? You don't seem to realize your situation yet. As a prisoner, you are in no position to ask me questions. You'd better think about how to stay alive!"

Hearing this, Mo Wentian's heart tightened, and he asked in a low voice:

"Then what do you want?"

"It's very simple."

Qi Yuan raised an eyebrow and said seriously:

"I invited you here this time just to ask you a few questions. If you can answer them honestly, once I'm in a good mood, I might just be merciful enough to let you off…"

Hearing these words, Mo Wentian's expression showed no fluctuation, and he said in a solemn tone:

"Kid, don't think I don't know your little scheme. You want to fish for information from me? Fine!"

"But you must swear a Great Heavenly Dao Oath on the spot and sign a spiritual contract, promising not to act against me afterward, nor to use any means to kill me through another's hand."

"Otherwise, even if I have to self-detonate my Divine Soul, I won't say a single word!"

Having roamed the Cultivation World for countless years, he naturally knew that the more one was in a situation where life and death were out of their control, the less one could easily compromise.

Otherwise, not only would he fail to survive, but he would also die faster.

As long as he could save his life, Mo Wentian didn't mind temporarily submitting to the other party, but the premise was that his safety had to be sufficiently guaranteed.

Otherwise, he would rather die standing than be killed like a hostage after all his value had been squeezed out…

Seeing the other party's stance of never easily compromising, Qi Yuan couldn't help but laugh involuntarily, shook his head, and said:

"Why didn't you say so earlier? While you were unconscious, I already had Xiao Hei browse through your memories. The reason I'm still asking you questions here is just to confirm some details."

"I didn't expect you to be so stubborn. Fine, since you're unwilling to cooperate, then there's no need for the trouble. You can just go ahead and die. Anyway, I already know almost everything I need to know…"

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Hearing this, Mo Wentian's eyes widened, and he fell into a state of total bewilderment, as if he couldn't believe that all his efforts had gone to waste just like that.

Dammit… after all that, the guy had already pried into the information he wanted while he was unconscious. He didn't really need to get intelligence from his mouth anymore…

Then wasn't his desperate bargaining just now like that of a clown?

He didn't doubt the truth of the other's words much. That White Lotus was at least at the Golden Immortal Realm; wanting to silently browse a Mortal's memories was as easy as flipping a hand. There was no need for the other to lie about such a matter.

Thinking of this, Mo Wentian's heart was filled with mixed emotions. He felt that after being clever for two lifetimes, he had actually overlooked such a critical vulnerability.

Under the pressure of the situation, he could no longer care about his dignity and hurriedly pleaded for mercy:

"Wait! I'm willing to answer your questions, and I won't hide anything!"

After his memories had been leaked, he had lost most of his bargaining chips. To save his life, he could only choose to submit.

The only path to survival before him now was to obediently cooperate and help the other party fill in certain details.

After all, he, Mo Wentian, had lived two lives, and the volume of memories accumulated over hundreds of thousands of years was massive. Even if an Immortal acted, a fleeting glance at his memories couldn't possibly capture every minute detail.

"Alright."

The corners of Qi Yuan's mouth curled up, and he nodded with a serious face:

"Since you've chosen not to give This Qi any trouble, I'll reluctantly give you one more chance."

At the same time, he also breathed a heavy sigh of relief in his heart.

In fact, this was already the third time he had used the spacetime compass to rewind the timeline in the room. The previous two interrogations had both ended in failure.

This Demon Ancestor was strange to the extreme. As a Mortal Cultivator who hadn't even achieved Immortal Ascension, even Xiao Hei, who was at the half-step Daluo Realm, couldn't perform a soul search on him, let alone browse his memories.

Moreover, when attempting to affect Mo Wentian's Divine Soul, Xiao Hei had actually encountered a terrifying backlash force, and was almost wiped out on the spot!

Even so, Xiao Hei was still significantly injured, and even the lotus petals on its body had withered quite a bit.

In short, this Mo Wentian was simply like a bug!

Left with no choice, Qi Yuan had to bring out the spacetime compass and use the backtracking technique on the other party to create an information gap.

Now that this wily old fox had finally softened, Qi Yuan didn't dare to be negligent. With a serious expression, he asked:

"I need you to tell me in full detail how you managed to erase the world imprint on your body and successfully Reincarnate into another great world?"

As he spoke, he pulled out a strangely shaped black and red small mirror from his robe and continued asking:

"Also, this is the reincarnation treasure mirror, right? Someone seems to be trapped inside. Who is he?"

Facing the two questions Qi Yuan asked, Mo Wentian did not answer directly. Instead, he frowned slightly and suddenly asked back:

"Do you know what the name of the last great power I destroyed in the Jingtian Great World was?"

Hearing this, Qi Yuan sneered and answered word for word:

"Nine Yang Sect!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he stepped forward and delivered a slap, saying fiercely:

"Even at a time like this, you're still thinking of testing me. I think you won't yield until you see the coffin. If you don't want to talk, I can just let Xiao Hei search your soul and get the answers I want just the same!"

At this moment, Qi Yuan was secretly sighing in his heart. This old demon was indeed a ruthless character who could rise quickly no matter where he went. He was as cunning as a fox. Trying to fool him was definitely not an easy task.

The reason he could quickly give the correct answer was that not long ago, he had already stumbled once on the same question, and could only choose to extract the answer and then forcibly reload the save…

On the other side.

Slap!

Mo Wentian, who had been slapped, was truly convinced this time. In his urgency, he didn't care about the burning pain on his face and hurriedly shouted:

"I'll talk, I'll talk! As long as one is willing to give up their Physical Body and let their soul undergo one Reincarnation in the illusion within this reincarnation treasure mirror, they can completely eliminate the brand of the Yunmeng Great World and successfully Reincarnate into other great worlds!"

"The one trapped in the mirror is a Cultivator named Lin Zhen. He seems to be hiding an extraordinary secret…"

At this moment, Mo Wentian completely believed that the other party had once browsed his memories.

Setting aside the fact that the man before him had called out the name of his small mirror in one go, there was no way a Cultivator of the Yunmeng Great World could know of the existence of the 'Nine Yang Sect'…