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Chapter 648 - Chapter 648 Chapter 34 Unraveling the Cocoon

Chapter 648: Chapter 34 Unraveling the Cocoon Chapter 648: Chapter 34 Unraveling the Cocoon Tuen Mun Psychiatric Hospital.

“I’m really sorry, Mr. Rong. Yes, you’re right,”

Xue Wenhai stood in front of Wenle’s hospital bed, a smile on his face. He was on the phone with someone, his expression casual and untroubled.

The straitjacket had been removed from Wenle, even the bruises on his wrists and neck had been treated with ice packs, mostly reducing the swelling. He glanced up at Xue Wenhai on the phone, picked up a full-color “Old Master” from the table beside him, and started reading keenly, sitting up on the bed.

“Hahaha, you must be joking…uh-huh, of course, certainly.”

Vivian cautiously came over, handing a cup of hot water to Xue Wenhai and one to Wenle as well.

Xue Wenhai hung up the phone silently, blew gently on the steam coming from the cup, stared at the trembling surface for a while, then suddenly splashed the entire cup of water onto Wenle’s face. The water dripped down from his chin into his collar, and the “Old Master” was also soaked through.

“Where is the corpse?”

Xue Wenhai asked softly.

Wenle wiped his face: “Probably in the morgue by now.”

Xue Wenhai took the cup from Wenle’s hand, turned around, and sat in a chair. “Before I came to see you, I had already been to the morgue. The corpse is still there, but the Fierce Fiend sealed inside it is gone. Do you know how long I searched for that Ten Evils Grand Defeat? It’s almost as long as I’ve taken care of you.”

Xue Wenhai drained the cup, like a lazy lion by the riverbank.

“You killed so many police officers; you won’t get out of this hospital for the rest of your life. I’m only going to ask you once, where did you take the Ten Evils Grand Defeat? Tell me the truth, and I’ll find a way to have someone send you to Taiwan.”

Wenle, expressionless: “I don’t know. Everything I say is the truth.”

Xue Wenhai nodded, walked over to the bed, and patted Wenle’s shoulder: “Alright, I believe you. You take care of yourself. If you need anything, tell the nurse, and Vivian will have someone bring it to you. But I am quite busy, I’m afraid I won’t have time to see you anymore.”

After speaking, Xue Wenhai stood up and left. He walked to the door, and Wenle’s Adam’s apple bobbed up and down before he loudly accused, “I’ve done work for you for so long, and you’re tossing me aside like trash? And you suspect that I stole from you?”

Xue Wenhai paused but still said nothing as he pushed open the door. Vivian couldn’t help herself: “Godfather, please listen to what else Wenle has to say. You can’t just leave him be.”

Suddenly turning around, Xue Wenhai’s temples throbbed, the veins prominent, and he crushed the paper cup in his hand. He roared, “He killed police officers! Killed ten of them, how am I supposed to deal with that?! He’s lucky they haven’t taken him out for target practice already, I’ve sold my old face for him!”

Wenle responded with a cold laugh: “Why all the trouble, wouldn’t killing me and silencing me solve everything?”

The temperature in the room dropped suddenly, the sunshine lost its color, the whole room turned pitch black, occasionally lit by dim red orbs. Two sinister red-beaked paper figures suddenly appeared beside Wenle, their lifelike eyes slanting toward him, an eerily bizarre scene.

Xue Wenhai’s voice had grown much hoarser: “Who were you just talking to? To me?”

Vivian elbowed Wenle: “Godfather, Wenle didn’t mean it that way.”

“Then what does he mean, let him say it himself.”

Wenle looked at the creepy paper figures beside him and shrugged carelessly: “The boss doesn’t trust me, whatever I say doesn’t matter, either I die now or become target practice, that’s it.”

“…”

Xue Wenhai suddenly burst into laughter.

“I’ve raised you all this time, and you’ve never talked back to me. This is the first time.”

“I’ve been with you for so long, and you’ve never doubted me. This is also the first time.”

“Alright, alright, I’m wrong.”

Xue Wenhai softened his expression a bit: “I won’t pursue the matter of the Fierce Fiend for now. I have two more questions for you, first, how did the police find you, and second, how was the Feng Shui formation ‘Overlord Shedding Armor’ broken.”

Wenle recalled for a while before answering, “The one who took the lead in searching the Pearl Tower was the detective with the surname Li, known as the White-Haired Detective, who has solved many major cases. Before the police broke in, they were still calling out Vivian’s name, so I think they traced the connection to me through Vivian. There’s also that guy surnamed Yang from the mainland who brought in a Feng Shui Master who is also proficient in the ‘Heavenly Marrow Life-Continuation Decree’ and can seize the various life and death charms of a Feng Shui layout. Some tactics I’ve never even seen the boss use. I couldn’t withstand it.”

Xue Wenhai’s brows suddenly shot up in a creased frown, “You said someone surnamed Yang brought in a Feng Shui Master who studied the Heavenly Marrow Life-Continuation Decree, what did he look like?”

“I don’t know, I’ve never seen him in person, but when the Tiangou Fiend and the Five Ghosts Wealth Fiend were broken, there was a vaguely familiar feeling in the way they were dealt with.”

Vivian, lost in thought, said, “Godfather, could it be?”

“To Alter Fate on Behalf of Heaven, only my junior brother in the world knows how. He has a ghost godson, a pity he doesn’t have the fortune to withstand such great heavenly secrets. I reckon the Fierce Fiend of the Ten Evils Grand Defeat has eight or nine chances out of ten to have fallen into his hands.”

Vivian sneered, “Godfather, you kindly helped him settle his legal problems, and not only does he not help us, but he also repays kindness with ingratitude.”

“My junior brother has always been pigheaded, liking to deceive himself with grand principles. He is no match for me, not worth worrying about. But the Sanqi Noble cannot be unguarded against. I have already thought of a way to deal with them. You will know when the time comes.”

After speaking, Xue Wenhai took another glance at Wenle, “I’ve been preparing for so long, and I just lacked one Fierce Fiend and five Auspicious Gods to collect all the life charts of the Four Pillars Divine Fiend. I was about to succeed, but you lost the Ten Evils Grand Defeat, which I searched for more than a decade to find; there’s no backup. How can I stay calm?”

Wenle bowed his head and said nothing.

“The Ten Evils Grand Defeat is already lost, there can’t be any more mistakes with the other Life Fiends. Where did you and Wutou Qing hide that batch?”

“In the hands of a guy called Zhan Guzai, he’s the enforcer of the Sheng Ji,”

“Sheng Ji? Is there such a society in Hong Kong?”

“A new rising society that has been aggressively expanding recently. Zhan Guzai is young, bold, and has a lot of prestige.”

Xue Wenhai laughed dismissively, “There are so many societies in Hong Kong, how can I remember them all? Do you have his contact information? Tell him to pick up the goods.”

“I have it, but Zhan Guzai is very particular about the rules of the underworld; it was Wutou Qing who approached him. If Wutou Qing doesn’t show up, he might not take me seriously.”

“Wutou Qing absolutely cannot return to Hong Kong.”

Xue Wenhai flatly refused, “Deal with him.”

“Understood, should I go?

Wenle asked.

“Would I go? Be careful, if someone recognizes you it’ll be troublesome, wear a mask when you go out.”

“Understood.”

Suddenly the room lit up brightly as sunlight once again streamed through the window.

The sinister paper effigies in the room also disappeared without a trace.

Wenle looked around and tentatively asked, “Godfather, how’s the situation with the Jin Mansion?”

Xue Wenhai shook his head, “Out of the eight Mingzha, I’ve only obtained half; I reckon the remaining four are in the hands of Jin Boqing’s youngest son, Jin Longyang. But it’s only a matter of time.”

Seeing the atmosphere had eased, Vivian also chimed in at the right time.

“Godfather, I don’t really understand, the Mingzha of the Jin Mansion, from what I’ve seen, seem trivial, are they worth us making such a great effort?”

Xue Wenhai counterquestioned, “Two years ago, when the stars shifted, I picked up the long lost ‘Myriad Assembly of Humanity’s Prime’ from our sect. My junior brother learned to ‘Alter Fate on Behalf of Heaven;’ do you think in this world only we two have this ability?”

Vivian’s eyes lit up, “You mean Jin Boqing he…”

“The Skill of Painting Eyes.”