Wei Wuxin was already accustomed to being interrogated.
As soon as Yan Shouyi released him from the lamp, he fell to his knees with a thud. "Ask whatever you want to ask. I'll tell you everything I know."
"You're quite cooperative."
"My life is in your hands anyway..." Wei Wuxin sighed. He was actually more afraid of his master, but now that he was helpless, he didn't want to struggle anymore.
"Look around. Does anything seem familiar?" Yan Shouyi asked.
Wei Wuxin wasn't in the mood to look around at first. He glanced casually and saw severed limbs and remains everywhere. He was about to ask Yan Shouyi where they were, but then his eyes inadvertently fell on the divine tree in the distance, and he jolted.
He sprang up from the ground, staring at the divine tree in disbelief, and then murmured, "This is the Qing Jiang Kingdom... my homeland..."
"A thousand years pass in the blink of an eye. Congratulations on coming home," Yan Shouyi said.
Wei Wuxin, who had been incredibly excited moments before, quickly quieted down, a hint of melancholy in his eyes:
"It's a shame that my country, my home, has already been submerged in the river of history."
Wei Wuxin knew that the Qing Jiang Kingdom had been destroyed. Now, even though he stood on his homeland, he could no longer see his family and friends. This sense of desolation was something ordinary people could not comprehend.
Suddenly, Wei Wuxin thought of something and asked nervously, "Where is my master?"
"He should be nearby."
"Then why did you let me out?" Wei Wuxin said angrily. "Hurry and take me away from here!"
Long Feicheng mocked Wei Wuxin, "What are you afraid of? What is there to fear? Isn't this Jiang Wuya's lair? I didn't hesitate at all when I came in just now!"
If Wei Wuxin hadn't known his humble status, he would have rushed forward to cover the "mouth" of the Zanpakuto.
He bent over and said in a low voice, "My master has eyes and ears everywhere here..."
Yan Shouyi's expression darkened. "You mean our whereabouts have been exposed?"
Wei Wuxin looked around nervously, saying, "My master's informants are omniscient. Nothing that happened in the capital of the Qing Jiang Kingdom in the past escaped their notice."
"Hey, that was in the past. Times have changed!" Long Feicheng forced a smile, while closely watching Yan Shouyi's subtle expressions.
Yan Shouyi calmly surveyed the surroundings, paying no mind to Wei Wuxin's worries.
If Jiang Wuya already knew he was here, being careful now would be useless.
It was better to be open and continue doing what needed to be done.
Yan Shouyi asked Wei Wuxin, "I severely injured your master, and he fled back here, hiding in the divine tree to heal. But I found that he is not in the divine tree today. Do you know where he might have gone?"
Wei Wuxin frowned, seemingly taking a while to process Yan Shouyi's words.
At the same time, he became even more humble towards Yan Shouyi, realizing that this young man before him might be even more terrifying than his master.
"When the Qing Jiang Kingdom still existed, my master's daily life was a two-point route. He either held sacrifices or lectured near the divine tree, or went to the imperial palace to guide the ruler in cultivation. Only under extremely special circumstances would his schedule change."
Long Feicheng interjected, "What counts as a special circumstance? Does diarrhea count?"
Wei Wuxin looked around fearfully, afraid that Jiang Wuya would suddenly appear from some corner and kill them all.
Seeing that nothing terrible happened, Wei Wuxin lowered his head and said, "Unless the ruler gives an order, or... what day is it today?"
Wei Wuxin suddenly asked. Yan Shouyi calculated with his fingers and informed him of the date according to the calendar from a thousand years ago.
Upon learning the date, Wei Wuxin seemed to have found the answer.
He sighed lightly and said, "Today is the anniversary of my master's wife and daughter's death. He always pays respects to them on this day, rain or shine."
This answer surprised Yan Shouyi and Long Feicheng. Long Feicheng blurted out, "Even such beasts worse than pigs and dogs have wives and daughters?"
Wei Wuxin's expression was less fearful than before. He seemed to know something else, but he didn't intend to say it.
"After all these years, the tomb of Jiang Wuya's wife and daughter should be long gone, right? Do you still remember where it is?" Yan Shouyi asked.
Wei Wuxin hesitated for a moment and replied, "The General's Mansion."
The General's Mansion?
The mansion of the Qing Jiang General?
Yan Shouyi asked Wei Wuxin, and received a positive reply.
Wei Wuxin said, "There is a Divine Country Shrine in the General's Mansion, and the Divine Sword is enshrined there. The Divine Sword is the treasure of our Qing Jiang Kingdom, forged by the ruler specifically for the Qing Jiang General. At that time, the ruler sent my master to travel all over the land to collect special materials grown on all the dragon脉 on earth. After returning to the country, he burned them with fierce fire for eighty-one days, and finally forged the Divine Sword."
Yan Shouyi showed surprise. Although he hadn't obtained the Divine Sword from the Qing Jiang General, in several illusionary battles, his consciousness had always held the Divine Sword.
Now he realized that this peerless divine weapon was actually forged by Jiang Wuya?
"What is the relationship between the Divine Country Shrine and Jiang Wuya's wife and daughter?" Long Feicheng asked, puzzled.
"Because the sword spirit of the Divine Sword is my master's wife and daughter."
"What?!"
Yan Shouyi, who was already surprised, could now only be described as shocked.
The renowned Divine Sword, a national treasure and a divine weapon that had killed countless enemies on the battlefield, was actually forged from Jiang Wuya's wife and daughter?!
Even more absurdly, the Divine Sword itself was forged by Jiang Wuya, only to become the tomb that buried his wife and daughter. This...
"After my master forged the Divine Sword back then, he needed to find the purest souls in the world to become the sword spirit. To defeat the Yu Shu Kingdom, the ruler ordered a search for such souls nationwide, but in the end, it was discovered that only his daughter met the criteria. So, the ruler persuaded my master to offer his daughter."
"My master had not yet become the Grand Tutor back then, and his status was far from being able to change the ruler's decision. He could only endure the pain and offer his daughter. To appease my master, the ruler then made him the Grand Tutor directly."
"As a result, on the final day of forging the sword, my master's wife suddenly broke into the forging site, carrying her daughter and jumping into the forging pool together. She then uttered the most venomous curse, wanting to defile the Divine Sword with her own soul, and turn the Divine Sword into the only peerless weapon that could kill her husband..."
Hearing this, Yan Shouyi's mind conjured images of the Qing Jiang General wielding the Divine Sword on the battlefield, killing enemies.
He finally realized that the Divine Sword was not a sword to protect the country, but a sword of hatred.
No wonder it was so invincible on the battlefield; its back was indeed filled with such blood and resentment.