How come the celestial technique I stole is so powerful?!
Chapter 413: 413 Skin Peeling Interrogation

Chapter 413: Chapter 413 Skin Peeling Interrogation

After about ten minutes, Jiao’er came over with small steps: “Miss…”

Li Xueyi elegantly raised her hand: “Jiao’er, have they confessed?”

“To answer Miss, those two people are very stubborn. The Ninth Elder beat them, but they still refuse to admit their guilt.”

Li Xueyi sighed softly: “When journeying through the Jianghu, one should use courtesy to win people over. How can we resort to force? Let us speak politely. I will go once; young master, please wait here, I will return shortly.”

“Alright, Miss!” Lin Xiaosu bowed.

The two ladies left gracefully.

After walking over a hundred meters, they theoretically faded out of Lin Xiaosu’s sight and also out of his sensing range.

Jiao’er glanced behind and whispered: “Miss, what are you up to?”

“Men generally cannot withstand a woman’s assertiveness, I must be more refined.”

Jiao’er’s eyes widened: “Miss was just fiercely dominating on the battlefield, so much so that the echoes rang in the valley. Can you still pretend?”

“When I was fiercely dominating, he didn’t see it. By the time he saw me, I was already softened…”

Jiao’er nodded repeatedly, indicating understanding, but she still didn’t get one thing: “Why does Miss care so much about that young master’s feelings?”

“…” Li Xueyi found it very difficult to explain, her mouth opened without sound until she finally decided to be forceful: “Get lost! Don’t pry into this lady’s matters!”

Below, behind a large boulder, two people kneeling with bruised noses and swollen faces suddenly knelt at the sight of Li Xueyi.

Brother Hei Lin said: “Miss, spare us, we had no intention of harming you. Our Lin Clan and your noble clan had no old grievances nor recent enmity, there’s no reason for us to harm you.”

Brother Bai Lin followed: “Yes, this elder insists the Han tan qing Fruit in the Flame City inn was given by us, but we are truly wronged. We only took four when we went to the Northwest Cold Pond. If Miss desires them, we will naturally offer them with both hands, but there’s no reason for us to send them out ourselves…”

The two sang in unison, and their words did seem somewhat reasonable.

Even though this Ninth Elder of the Li Clan could twist a neck as if twisting a cabbage, he also felt it slightly lacking in reason to twist their necks like that.

Li Xueyi rubbed her hands and stretched her shoulders: “For those who refuse to confess, my usual practice is to skin them! It’s your turn, your skin color is nice, black and white mixed!”

Her finger extended, piercing directly through Brother Bai’s Scale Armor.

Brother Bai screamed miserably, but before his scream could fully release, Li Xueyi’s fair hand stretched out, gripping his mouth as she peeled his Scale Armor downward.

“Ah… ah… I confess… confess…” Brother Bai’s voice sobbed.

Brother Hei’s face turned pale, his whole body trembling…

A hundred meters away, Lin Xiaosu’s expression turned sour.

Damn!

Directly skinning!

Li Xueyi, harsh on herself and harsher on others.

She just said she couldn’t stand the elder’s brutality, couldn’t bear watching his interrogation. Now it’s her turn, and she immediately starts skinning!

It’s live skinning…

The scales on Lin Clan members’ bodies are both clothing and not clothing. Others’ clothes can be stripped, but theirs are connected with flesh, yet she completely disregards this, in an instant peeling that black and white scale halfway naked…

“Confess truly? Otherwise, you better not confess.” Li Xueyi said: “I’ll peel you from head to toe, your partner will confess the same.”

Brother Bai Lin cried: “I confess! I confess! The scheme with the Han tan qing Fruit in Flame City was of my design. I just discovered this fruit combined with Forget Sorrow Tea could scramble a person’s bloodline for two hours. I notified the Huang Clan with the Black Octopus Flying Wing Insect. The Huang Clan promised me, as long as I achieved great merit for them, I would be allowed to enter their Desert Pond for washing… I confess everything, grant me a swift end!”

Li Xueyi appeared slightly unsatisfied, finally sighed: “Originally, this lady prefers to see things through to the end, but since I made a prior commitment to use courtesy, let’s do as you wish, grant you a swift end!”

The powerful elder’s hand rose like a blade.

With one strike, the two Lin Clan members were beheaded.

Li Xueyi gently extended her hand: “Water!”

Jiao’er trotted over with a bag of clear water, washing away the blood on her hands.

“Bring out my spring clothing!”

Spring clothing?

Jiao’er opened the package, taking out a light blue shawl…

“Spray a circle of perfume!”

The Ninth Elder carried two corpses, two heads clamped under his ribs, disappearing into the back mountain.

Jiao’er hesitated for a long moment, took out a small bottle, opened it, and sprayed fragrance.

About ten minutes later, Lin Xiaosu looked up, catching sight of Li Xueyi.

At this moment, she had no trace of blood on her, draped in a light blue shawl, graceful as a fairy with a gentle, intellectual smile, like a breeze in spring.

Jiao’er, with a large package on her back, accompanied her, arriving elegantly like a poem before Lin Xiaosu.

“Did those two people confess?” Lin Xiaosu asked.

“Yes! Everything is as the young master said, it truly was their doing… Thank you, young master.” Li Xueyi bowed gracefully.

Jiao’er interjected: “Those two were too vicious. I originally wanted to use some means on them, but Miss’s kindness and refinement couldn’t bear such brutal scenes and stopped me. Those two were so moved by Miss’s kindness that they confessed through tears.”

Lin Xiaosu nodded lightly.

He indeed heard the cries, but whether it was because they were moved by Miss’s kindness or not might not be suitable to delve into at this moment.

Fortunately, Li Xueyi seemed a bit embarrassed to dig deep into this topic and shifted the conversation: “The land route has been cut off, next we shall take the water route.”

“Alright!”

Outside Naihe Valley is Forget Sorrow River.

Forget Sorrow River is a river, rolling beneath their feet, origin unknown, and destination uncertain.

Lin Xiaosu breathed in the sulfurous heat, pondering that taking the water route should be the best choice.

However, upon reaching the riverbank, he very much wanted to smack himself.

Who said riverside must be cool?

This river, Lin Xiaosu suspected the water temperature to be at least seventy to eighty degrees.

The white steam rising from the river wasn’t fog but rather water vapor.

Riding the boat here, it’s really not for steaming buns?

A ferry ahead was drifting downstream; it was a large black boat that looked much like a turtle. As it approached them, a large black plank was lowered, allowing them to board this turtle boat.

Stepping onto the deck, he found it made of Black Iron Wood, which seemed quite normal.

But looking up at the ceiling, Lin Xiaosu was shocked. This boat, like a little house, wasn’t just like a turtle; it actually was a turtle shell.

“Has the young master never ridden such a turtle boat?” came the voice of Li Xueyi beside him.

“Never. Is this really a turtle shell?” Lin Xiaosu lightly tapped the turtle shell, the structure of the entire boat became clear in his mind.

“Yes, this turtle is an underground species. An adult turtle is a hundred zhang long. The Giant Clan can capture them, and after eating the meat, the shell becomes a boat, making it very convenient for rapid currents.”

Jiao’er nearby spoke up, “I’ll go book two rooms!”

“Alright!” Li Xueyi nodded.

As Jiao’er was about to execute her task, she suddenly noticed the young lady’s finger.

The finger hung down, it was a finger!

Jiao’er was confused, scratched her head, and left.

She soon returned, “Sorry, young lady, young master, there’s… only one room left.”

Li Xueyi felt very embarrassed, but considering the timeless tradition of people in the Jianghu to not be fussy about small matters, she had to stay in the same room with Lin Xiaosu.

Lin Xiaosu sat by the window, watching the steaming river below, sensing the empty room next door, as his heart quietly turned turbulent.

Someone had once told him, if he ever met a blonde beauty, he might as well seduce her.

He had always scorned this idea.

Is Lin someone who uses his charms?

But now…

He really wanted to ask that comrade Old Zhang, if this beauty was constantly scheming against him, what should he do?

Should he fish in troubled waters or go with the flow?

Upon entering the Bridge Realm, his target was the Ancestor Hall of the Li Tian Clan.

The Ancestor Hall of the Li Tian Clan is, of course, the Li Clan.

He was getting closer step by step.

Or rather, he was half-pushing and half-yielding under the deliberate seduction of this young lady from the Li Clan.

However, there was one thing he couldn’t understand.

Utopia had made a lot of efforts in the surface world; they dreamed of opening the underground world and releasing their ancestral race.

This grand mission, at first glance, seemed reasonable and fitting for a lonely race with a millennia-old mission, regardless of whether this mission was a bit obsessive…

But now it had become extremely unreasonable.

They had actually opened the Bridge Realm; their ancestral Li Clan was right in front of them. If the Li Clan wanted to go out, they could leave at any time.

The reason they had not gone out was never because they couldn’t find the door, but because they didn’t dare to stand under the sunlight of that world.

If the genetic problem of standing under the sunlight couldn’t be solved, the proposition of “opening the seal and releasing the Earth Core Strange Race” was invalid from the start.

At which point did something go wrong?

This might be the most important puzzle to solve upon entering the Ancestor Hall this time.

“Sailing on the river is the most elegant, perfect for playing the wind and moon with a tune. Why not, young lady, play the zither?” Jiao’er suggested.

Li Xueyi gave her a small glare, “Jiao’er, you are really… the young master is a refined person. My rudimentary zither skills would surely offend his ears.”

Lin Xiaosu said, “How could that be? If I have the chance to hear the lady’s wonderful music, it would be a blessing of three lifetimes!”

Li Xueyi smiled gently, “Then… I shall play Phoenix Seeking Phoenix.”

Her fingers dropped, resting on the zither strings.

The clear notes began, and a beautiful melody flowed out from her fingers.

Lin Xiaosu closed his eyes, quietly enjoying the music, named Phoenix Seeking Phoenix. This song also existed in the traditional culture of Daxia.

However, her version was completely different from the famous classical piece.

The zither’s sound was murmuring, tinged with a bit of probing, a bit of heart’s flutter, along with hope and yearning…

It seemed like a beautiful phoenix, spreading its wings in circles in front of another phoenix, waiting for a response…

Lin Xiaosu was no stranger to music; even if he hadn’t understood before, after possessing the Human Tao Orchid Heart and being steeped in various books and cultures, he now understood a lot.

He knew this was her probing.

This was also her way of further self-reinforcement.

Reinforce what?

It’s quite speechless to say, but she, a super fierce woman who could peel skin at the drop of a hat, was reinforcing her image in his mind—elegant, well-versed, and reasonable…

If he could wager, he would bet…

Jiao’er had been saying every word and doing everything according to her plan, including booking one room and playing music for him.

This indicated one thing: she was very invested in him!

But he couldn’t quite grasp what it was about him that moved her.

Was it because he saved her?

Or was it his outsider status?

If it was the former, her way of repaying him was quite original.

If it was the latter, he might need to have some defensive awareness, since “from the outside” was a sensitive term…

He could scheme against her, so why couldn’t she scheme against him?