"Silence is useless here. If you don't answer truthfully, you will be severely punished!" Chang Cheng shouted.
Human souls could lie, but heavenly souls and earthly souls could not.
Hong Mo's earthly soul was already very cunning. Everything he said was the truth, but if the way he said it was different, the result would be different.
The Evil Immortal understood the cycle of cause and effect very well. So from the beginning, when he was doing these things, he had thought of all sorts of escape routes for himself. Even if he encountered a god like Zhu Minglang, he also had a plan to deal with it.
Therefore, Zhu Minglang's interrogation also had to be skillful.
This was like a game between two people — guessing what the other person was thinking.
You could ask the other person ten questions.
The other person could only answer yes or no. They had to answer.
Therefore, the way these ten questions were asked was very important. It could quickly determine the scope of the other person's thoughts.
Zhu Minglang knew very well that the interrogation in the Dream Hall had a time limit. Moreover, if he did not force the other person to answer a question truthfully, he would use up his own divine power. If the other person's answer did not prove that he was guilty, then this Dream Hall trial would be wasted. It would be difficult to capture his soul again.
What he wanted was very important.
This was because the Evil Immortal never directly killed people. Instead, he took something from them and let them destroy themselves.
For example, if he took away fifty years of a person's lifespan, for a person who only had fifty years of lifespan, it was equivalent to having a terminal illness.
Therefore, as long as the Evil Immortal answered that the thing he wanted was lifespan, soul, vitality, or something that would obviously cause the death of others, Zhu Minglang could execute him.
Zhu Minglang was waiting for Hong Mo's earthly soul to answer.
Hong Mo's earthly soul stood there. He once again observed the Dream Hall as if he wanted to find some clues from this Dream Hall to determine which god was judging him.
However, Hong Mo's earthly soul could not escape this question.
He suddenly smiled and said to Zhu Minglang, "Great Immortal, I did not ask him for anything."
"Ridiculous. You said it yourself. You are an immortal merchant who only does business. Since you gave him such a powerful immortal tool, how could you not ask for anything from him? "Zhu Minglang refuted.
"It's not like I didn't get anything in return. Didn't the Exalted Immortal say that there was some fate between him and me when I was young? When I was young, I was forced to make a living. In order to buy medicine to cure my illness, I sold some fake goods. This kind of deceit is taboo for us immortal cultivators. If my actions caused some people to suffer, it would damage my own virtue. "
"Originally, I had profited quite a lot from selling fake goods, and I had tasted the sweetness. Perhaps I would have been a profiteer who went against my conscience for the rest of my life. I would never have been able to become an immortal like I did today. It was precisely because I met Wei Zhuo that he firmly believed that people who committed small crimes when they were young would commit great crimes when they grew up. He caught me and sent me to the yamen. During those few months in prison, I turned over a new leaf and could no longer commit such acts of fraud. It was also after that that I began my path of cultivation. I relied on my own determination to walk step by step to reach where I am today. "
"Therefore, Wei Zhuo is actually my benefactor. I am grateful to him for his concern for me, a lost youth, and for giving me a chance to turn over a new leaf."
"Back then, I sold him nine bags of fake salt. I have never returned the money that I swindled from him."
"Now that I have become an immortal, I naturally can't return him nine bags of fake salt. Therefore, I returned him an immortal tool. However, I didn't expect him to use this immortal tool to harm so many people. Sigh, in terms of karma, it is indeed related to me. I originally wanted to return a favor from when I was young, but I didn't expect it to lead to such a great tragedy. I am willing to sacrifice a hundred years of my cultivation to repay this mistake."
Hong Mo's words were very sincere.
Moreover, Zhu Minglang never thought that he would reply in such a way.
Return a favor!
Was there anyone who repaid a favor like this!?
Most importantly, his words were tantamount to removing him as the mastermind of this matter. It was just a crime of negligence!
What sacrifice a hundred years of cultivation!?
A hundred years of cultivation and a hundred years of life were two different things. What was the difference between this and three cups of wine!?
Zhu Minglang was greatly shocked!
He could have been convicted and executed immediately, but he had defended himself!
This evil immortal was definitely not a small character!
No wonder even Hoplite might have been deceived by him!
Thinking back, Zhu Minglang did not have such a headache when dealing with the mysterious ancient demons. Some of the more powerful mysterious ancient demons had all kinds of strange ways of obtaining things. Moreover, they all followed certain rules and did not rely purely on strength to plunder!
Good guy.
He was not easy to deal with!
Zhu Minglang knew that it would be difficult to reach a conclusion from this interrogation.
"Is there anything else, Exalted Immortal?" Hong Mo's Earthly Soul asked.
Zhu Minglang hesitated.
He could directly bring up the matter of him being swindled of a hundred years of his life.
After all, Zhu Minglang was the party involved, the victim. He could confront Hong Mo's Earthly Soul in court.
As long as the matter was established, Hong Mo could be executed.
But after seeing Hong Mo's sophistry and meticulous way of doing things, Zhu Minglang felt that it was not appropriate to reveal his identity now.
The God Empress Xuan Kai had repeatedly warned him that fuchen was a dangerous profession. It was easy to be retaliated against, and it was also very easy to be killed. If he could hide, he should hide.
If Hong Mo still used some method to argue his way out, or if he cut off one of his arms and escaped, then he would be in the dark while he was in the light. It would be even harder to deal with him.
This evil immortal definitely had a long history of crimes. It could cover the entire floor!
It did not matter if one or two crimes could not convict him. A smart judge would not have to hold on to a case with insufficient evidence. A true evil person would always have a long history of crimes. As long as they could find a conviction, it would be enough to consign him to eternal damnation!
The death of the Earthly Temple God.
He did not leave any traces.
Wei Zhuo's tragedy. He used his understanding of karma to avoid it.
His lifespan had been stolen, so it was not convenient for him to bring it out for trial.
But there must be other things that he did not handle so cleanly!
There must be a clue!
This time, Zhu Minglang did not fully expect to be able to completely execute this evil immortal in the dream interrogation of Hongmo's earthly soul.
He had to admit that this evil immortal's Dharmic powers were strong, and his intelligence was close to that of a demon!
But this trial was not without any benefits. At least, it was a warning to him that he would not dare to harm others in the near future.
If the tragedy of Wei Zhuo's family and the neighborhood happened again, Zhu Minglang felt that his God Position would be shaken.
Sigh, he was now a pitiful worker in the Heavenly Courts. He had to sacrifice a hundred years of his lifespan to do something important to rid the world of evil …
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