Refining the Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 515A – Smoothly Passing

Chapter 515A – Smoothly Passing

The situation that Qin Yu worried over the most didn’t come to pass. In the end, the Calamity Immortal realm experts still valued their statuses. Even though they placed considerable focus and importance on the accident within the Demon Ascension Gate, they still didn’t personally come forward to ask questions. This was naturally good news for Qin Yu. Even if he had prepared for that possibility, he would still be incredibly nervous facing Calamity Immortals. He had no idea whether or not there would be some mistake or leak that would give him away.

The True Demon Guards stood guard outside the door. The ones across the long table questioning him today were two masters of the Demonic Path. Their auras were tyrannical; they should be peak Blue Sea level characters.

But the cultivator on the left seemed to have a much warmer attitude. When Qin Yu walked through the door, this cultivator nodded towards him. As for the cultivator on the right, he had an extremely unfriendly attitude. His ice cold gaze was like the points of knives, cutting through the dense air.

“Name!” Li Yunqi shouted in a low voice.

Qin Yu furrowed his eyebrows together. He looked at this person and said, “Yao Bin.”

“The Black Demon Sect’s Yao Bin?”

“That’s me.”

Li Yunqi sneered. “Your identity has been confirmed. Yao Bin, today I came here as a representative of the Demonic Path to question you. You must tell me everything that occurred within the Demon Ascension Gate. I advise you to be truthful and forward, otherwise if it is discovered that you are hiding anything, you will not appreciate the consequences.”

Sun Shouyi nodded. “Fellow daoist Yao Bin, this matter involves great events and even the Calamity Immortals are paying attention. So, you must think about your words before you speak. Don’t fumble anywhere.”

Li Yunqi frowned, unhappy with this other person’s manner. But since the two of them had similar statuses, he could only humph and let it go.

Sun Shouyi faintly smiled, not caring about it.

Qin Yu’s thoughts turned. After several breaths of silence, he began to slowly say, “On the day that the Demon Ascension Gate opened, I, as well as my fellow colleagues, entered into the small world. I met up with fellow daoist Sun Zifu and some others…”

As he thought, when he spoke to here, Qin Yu discovered a bright light flashing in Sun Shouyi’s eyes. He came to a sudden realization and his voice became even calmer and steadier as he explained everything that occurred in the small world from ‘beginning to end’.

Of course, what Qin Yu spoke of mostly had evidence that could be found and corroborated in the small world. As for some key moments, he used some subtle and guarded methods of winding about the explanation.

Li Yunqi interrupted him several times, asking him to give a more detailed explanation. But no matter how many times he asked, he couldn’t find anything wrong. Qin Yu didn’t know, but his narrative had been verified from other sources. This added more credibility to his words.

Nine truths and one lie, these were the most difficult types to break through.

“Scion Zhao saw that he wasn’t a match so he used a secret art and withdrew from the battlefield. Since I faced the reviving Monster Emperor alone, I had no faith in my success and I also ran away.” After Qin Yu finished speaking he took a sip of tea, hunting for the two investigators to ask any questions they wanted.

Li Yunqi was breathless with anger. “Be more specific. After Zhao Qianyuan left, what did you do?” During such a critical moment, how could he allow Qin Yu to give such a superficial explanation?

Qin Yu put down the teacup. “What else does fellow daoist Li wish to know? I was very clear in what I said. Scion Zhao withdrew and I didn’t dare to stay any longer, so I followed soon after and escaped the small world. Does fellow daoist Li believe that in such a situation I wouldn’t care about escaping and would even have other thoughts in mind?”

Li Yunqi’s complexion was pale. This wasn’t the only information that he wanted. Yao Bin might seem honest and forthcoming, but the truth was that he was a slippery eel that he couldn’t obtain any useful information from.

Through various sources, they were able to determine that Yao Bin was the last one to leave. So, who knew what happened? But there was no flaw in his explanation. Zhao Qianyuan had already run away, so what could Yao Bin possibly do?

Taking a deep breath, Li Yunqi said, “Yao Bin, how did you leave the small world?”

Qin Yu looked at him, pity in his eyes as if he were looking at a babbling idiot.

Li Yunqi slammed the table with his fist. “Yao Bin! I am warning you that you had best be honest and answer my question!”

This scoundrel, what kind of look is that? You should be burned to death!

Qin Yu’s voice took on a colder tone, “Fellow daoist Li, the method I used to escape the small world is my greatest secret.”

Li Yunqi sneered. “I am asking you as a representative of the Demonic Path. You must answer all questions!”

Qin Yu was silent for several breaths of time. He nodded and then said, “It looks like I can’t not say it. Then, when I described events before, there were some places I wasn’t too clear about. I need to explain again.”

Li Yunqi’s eyes brightened. “Hurry up and speak!”

Brat, are you afraid now? But it’s too late for you to want to be honest.

Even if you cooperate and explain how you left the small world, you won’t get past this hurdle!

Qin Yu nodded. “When I spoke before, I said that another group of cultivators had suddenly demonized. Monster tree puppets were also wildly attacking us, and in addition to the reviving Monster Race Great Emperor, the situation was far too terrifying so many people decided to flee the battlefield. The first to smoothly escape was Dong Hanzhu. Unexpectedly, the rumors about him were true: he was born with a treasure bead in his mouth. This bead could summon the lights of seven colors. What allowed Dong Hanzhu to smoothly escape was the power of this bead. Allow me to explain this process in detail…”

Li Yunqi’s face had turned green. He shouted out, “Shut up!”

There was a cold sweat dripping down his forehead.

Dong Hanzhu was the rising star of the Dong Family and possessed an extremely high status within the Dong Family. The treasure bead he was born with was his greatest secret.

If information about this bead was exposed because of his investigation today…

Li Yunqi clenched his jaws. “Skip this part and continue speaking!”

Qin Yu blankly muttered, “Oh.” He nodded, “Following that was Xu Guzi, Zhou Fenghuang, and Mu Qingluan. It is said that fellow daoist Xu is skilled in the art of array formations, and what I saw proved it; he really was unfathomably deep. He was actually able to arrange an array formation that could tear through space. But what a pity, the final outcome was that Xu Guzi died and Zhou Fenghuang and Mu Qingluan ran away using the power of the array formation. As for the details of that and how it all happened, allow me to slowly explain.”

Li Yunqi violently stood up, his movements so fast and fierce that he bumped into the table and nearly flipped it over. Tea pots and tea cups crashed to the ground.

Qin Yu had an innocent expression. “Fellow daoist Li, what is it?”

Li Yunqi took a deep breath and then took another deep breath. He feared that he wouldn’t be able to bear it and would leap over the table to choke this bastard!

“You can also skip this part!”

This bastard was absolutely doing this intentionally. Dong Hanzhu’s matter was also troublesome enough, and now he dared to mention Xu Guzi’s death. At this moment, the entire Xu Family was going insane. Not just that, but if he asked anything he shouldn’t ask, the Zhou Family and Mu Family wouldn’t be easy to deal with either. They would absolutely make him suffer a fate worse than he could imagine.

Qin Yu accepted this kind advice. “Good, then I will continue. When Scion Zhao made a heaven-shaking strike with his dragon spear, it really became the incarnation of a divine dragon. Massive scales appeared all over the spear…”

Cry, he was about to cry!

You little bastard, how could you play things like this? I don’t want to know about any of these things that you mentioned!

If the Zhao Family learned that Zhao Qianyuan’s ultimate trump card had been exposed, wouldn’t they dismember him alive? Thinking about it, they would slice him up into over 80 pieces at least!

Li Yunqi’s heart shivered and a cold chill ran over his body.

Sun Shouyi happily smiled and thoroughly relaxed. This Yao Bin was clearly a smart man. The Li Family had lost people too and now found everyone displeasing to their eyes. Not just that, but clearly this person had listened to someone and was trying to find some secrets from this boy…hehe, however, he clearly didn’t have much hope in doing so.

Li Yunqi flew into a rage. “Yao Bin, if you want to die then don’t drag us down with you. These matters involve everyone’s secrets, so how could you reveal them to the public!”

Qin Yu’s complexion was cold. “It looks like fellow daoist Li isn’t drunk. Since you know this, why press me for an answer?”

Li Yunqi jumped headfirst into this trap of his own making. His face turned as red as a liver but he couldn’t say a single word in refutation.

What Qin Yu did was the same as slapping him with his own words.

Sun Shouyi rose up to mediate the situation. If this surname Li decided to tear apart all pretenses of civility, then no one would emerge here unscathed. If the higher ups learned of this, he would end up leaving a bad impression upon them all.

“Fellow daoist Yao, please calm down. Fellow daoist Li is highly concerned and distressed over what happened in the small world, so his words might seem a bit rash. Please don’t take them to heart. As cultivators, who doesn’t have some secrets that they don’t want others to know of? This is a truth understood by all.”

He paused and continued to say, “Today’s questioning was clear enough. Let’s leave things here first. What does fellow daoist Li think?”

Li Yunqi’s complexion was as dark as water. “I have no opinion!”

This surname Yao bastard, I will remember you. This isn’t over yet.

Qin Yu stood up and cupped his hands together. “If so, then I will bid my farewells.”

He turned and left.

Li Yunqi flicked his sleeves and walked away in a huff!

As Qin Yu was about to leave the City Lord Mansion, Sun Shouyi caught up to him. “Fellow daoist Yao, please wait a moment.”

Qin Yu turned around, “Fellow daoist Sun, what is the matter?”

Sun Shouyi brightly smiled, his voice close and warm. “Allow me to take advantage of my position and call fellow daoist Yao a little brother. You rescued my family’s young master, and as his uncle I am deeply grateful.”

This was true gratitude.

After the small world opened, Sun Zifu who had buried himself deep underground was rescued. Once he stopped crying, the Sun Family soon learned how he had survived.

Some people hated Qin Yu for not minding his own business, but there were also some people that felt nothing but the deepest gratitude towards him. Sun Shouyi was one of the latter.

This was because he had never had children of his own and regarded his nephew Sun Zifu as his own son. He had placed great expectations on him.

Qin Yu was ‘suddenly enlightened’. “So fellow daoist Sun and Sun Zifu are actually related as uncle and nephew.”

Sun Shouyi smiled. “What, are you not willing to call me an older brother?”

Qin Yu cupped his hands together, “Old brother Sun speaks too seriously. It’s just that I am part of the same generation as Sun Zifu, so I fear it is a bit improper.”

Sun Shouyi waved his hand dismissively. “If that little rabbit cultivates for several hundred more years, he still might not have the qualifications to be close with brother Qin. If you see him later, just call him nephew.”

In a single sentence, Young Master Sun’s rank suddenly dropped drastically.

Qin Yu smiled and agreed.

Sun Shouyi lowered his voice, “The accident within the small world is a significant event, and the Demonic Path is taking it extremely seriously. And in this matter, there might be other consequences that occur as a result. Brother Yao, for the next several days, it would be best if you stayed in Heavenly Demon City and didn’t casually leave.” He stood up, “I must go and report to the lord. Then, I won’t see brother Yao away. We will have further chances in the future to better get to know each other.”

He cupped his hands together and left.

That surname Li might be shortsighted, but Sun Shouyi wasn’t an idiot. If Zhao Qianyuan could give this Yao Bin such a high appraisal, he definitely wasn’t someone common; his achievements were sure to be limitless in the future. Since the Sun Family had the chance to develop good relations with this person, they naturally had to manage this opportunity well. There might be unexpected harvests in the future.

Hah, the Sun Family’s wealth could compare with a nation and their strength could not be underestimated, but when it came to the level of their peak strength characters, they were actually lacking people. Otherwise, why would he need to cast out such a broad net in hopes of some harvest?

Shaking his head, Sun Shouyi’s pace quickened. He restrained his thoughts and began to think about how to report the situation to the lord.