Chu Feng had not gone far. Right above the city, he entered a formation space of his own making.
Those two from the Hell Sect were both trapped inside.
"Speak. Was it your Hell Sect that tampered with the Ancestral Martial Realm Sect's ruins?" Chu Feng asked.
"Yes." Shi Mo answered immediately.
"Shi Mo, you dare! Say one more word about our Hell Sect's secrets, and I'll refine you right here!" the Hell Sect elder bellowed in fury.
Chu Feng waved his hand casually, sealing the Hell Sect elder's mouth so he could no longer speak.
"Why did you do this?"
Chu Feng continued questioning Shi Mo.
"I... I don't know." Shi Mo shook his head.
"You don't know? Are you really going to make me use force?"
As he spoke, Chu Feng clenched his palm, and a peculiarly shaped long sword covered in thorns, resembling a cactus, materialized in his hand.
This was no ordinary sword. It was called the Sword of Punishment — a torture treasure that Chu Feng had obtained from the Heavenly Sword Sacred Palace.
The sword contained a toxin that amplified a person's sensory nerves, and those thorns could transform once inside the body. It was said to be beyond what any ordinary person could endure.
"Lord Chu Feng, I truly don't know. Ask him... he knows. He's our Hell Sect's Demonic Prison General — he definitely knows."
The moment Shi Mo laid eyes on the sword, he panicked completely and pointed at the Hell Sect elder.
But Chu Feng still drove the sword into Shi Mo's body. Shi Mo immediately convulsed in agony, foaming at the mouth, his face twisted and contorted, as though he were about to die from the pain.
Seeing this, Chu Feng quickly pulled the Sword of Punishment out.
"I... I truly don't know, I swear I don't know."
Shi Mo spoke again, his voice feeble and laced with grievance. His terrified eyes remained fixed on the Sword of Punishment in Chu Feng's hand, fearing he would be stabbed once more.
Seeing that Shi Mo genuinely knew nothing, Chu Feng waved his sleeve, and the seal on the Hell Sect elder's mouth vanished.
But once able to speak again, the Hell Sect elder merely let out a contemptuous laugh: "Back in the day, I followed our Hell Lord on campaigns. In life, I belong to the Hell Sect; in death, I remain a ghost of the Hell Sect."
"You want to extract our Hell Sect's secr— MMMMPH!!!"
Before the elder could finish his sentence, the Sword of Punishment plunged into his body.
The Hell Sect elder's mouth snapped shut, but it quickly wrenched itself open again as he let out a shrill, wretched scream.
"It's the Seven Realms Holy Mansion — it's the Seven Realms Holy Mansion!"
"Pull it out! Get this cursed thing out of me!"
He wailed and howled, utterly unable to withstand the torment of Chu Feng's Sword of Punishment.
"The Seven Realms Holy Mansion?"
Upon hearing that familiar name, Chu Feng felt a twinge of surprise.
The Hell Sect was connected to the Seven Realms Holy Mansion?
After withdrawing the Sword of Punishment, Chu Feng asked: "Speak. What exactly is going on?"
After the Hell Sect elder's account, Chu Feng finally learned the truth — it was the Seven Realms Holy Mansion that wished to cooperate with the Hell Sect.
But as for the specifics of the arrangement, even the elder did not know.
"Then where are the Ancestral Martial Realm Sect's ruins now?" Chu Feng asked.
"I know that. I can lead you there."
The Hell Sect elder spoke meekly, all his earlier defiance completely gone.
"Mm."
Chu Feng nodded slightly, then turned to Shi Mo: "Then you're useless."
Before Shi Mo could even open his mouth, Chu Feng swung his sword and cut him down.
He absorbed Shi Mo's origin into his Spirit Realm Space for Egg Egg and stored the treasures directly in his own Universe Bag.
This scene frightened the Hell Sect elder witless. He hurriedly said: "Lord Chu Feng, don't kill me! I've already told you everything you wanted to know!"
"What's your name?" Chu Feng asked.
"This old man is called Liu Kuanguang," the Hell Sect elder replied.
"You're useful for now."
With that, Chu Feng left.
The Hell Sect elder remained trapped within the formation space — a formation that existed inside Chu Feng's own body.
At this moment, Chu Feng formed hand seals, and as the barrier force merged with his physical body, his appearance transformed into that of the Hell Sect elder.
"Now. Lead the way," Chu Feng said.