Chapter 1287: Playing Back-and-Forth Games

Chapter 1287: Chapter 1287: Playing Back-and-Forth Games

"If I remember correctly! You were teleported away shortly after the search began! How did you know that Hongjun Sword Furnace had issues discovered near the end of the search?" Pei Yan lit the cigarette hanging from his mouth, blew out a smoke ring, and looked at the three mockingly.

"We, we heard it from the people questioning us!" Ding Zhiyi, visibly flustered, said offhandedly.

"Oh! You heard it from our people!" Pei Yan nodded upon hearing this, then turned to the door and shouted, "Xia Yu!"

Xia Yu stepped forward with a smile, looked at Ding Zhiyi, and expressed disdain: "We went with the Embroidered Robe Envoy to escort these three back, participated in the entire escort and subsequent interrogation, and recorded the footage. I can guarantee that no one told them what happened here last night. If someone doubts this, we can produce the footage and confront them in court!"

"Did you hear that? Do you have anything to say?" Pei Yan stared at Ding Zhiyi, who was starting to sweat, and continued to press him.

"Before being escorted, we heard it during a conversation with the elder of the White Deer Institute who was about to send us out," Mi Langcai blurted out in defense.

"Oh! Fine! I’ll tentatively believe what you said! But I recall that Li Ang from the White Deer Institute clearly said that after sending you away, she dared not infringe the Immortal Palace rules again and did not transmit any messages within the sect. How did the sect elder know then? Are you lying? Or did Li Ang make another mistake and intend to cover up?" Pei Yan shrugged, spread his hands helplessly, and asked.

"Hahahahaha! Marvelous! Marvelous!" In the dark room, Liu Xuanji couldn’t contain her excitement and laughed loudly, praising Pei Yan’s series of questions. Regardless of what the three might confess later, everyone in the dark room, including the esteemed person upstairs, could see that their statements were contradictory, indicating that there must be problems with them! Based on this alone, the accusations against Hongjun Sword Furnace were significantly reduced.

"This kid has some cleverness; without using much, he disrupted the opponent’s composure with just a few words!" From the adjacent room, Clear Wind Talisman Transformation Sect Leader, Heaven-Questioning Talisman, echoed in agreement.

"That’s their trick! Didn’t you hear what the girl just said? They recorded the entire scene from when they captured Ding Zhiyi and maintained strict confidentiality throughout, which allowed Pei Yan to trap the other party with his questioning, leaving them speechless. Who else in the Immortal Palace could manage this?" Jinwu Guard Supreme General Wangchaizong mocked.

"It’s just minor interrogation tactics used by common people! We cultivators focus on the higher way and care little for such trivial cleverness. This little cleverness might not make the three surrender and reveal anything useful; ultimately, we’ll rely on our Immortal Palace’s memory searching techniques," Situ Maocai, who recently suffered losses at Pei Yan’s hands and was reprimanded by the Spirit Lord, dismissed disdainfully.

"Junior brother!" Sitting next to him, Murong Longxiang saw his brother still brooding over it, immediately lowered his voice to scold him briefly! Situ Maocai, upon realizing his senior brother was angry, reluctantly closed his mouth and spoke no more.

In another room, Ding Zhiyi finally understood: continuing to argue with Pei Yan would only trap him further. Compared to the White Deer Institute secretly sending away the assassin, leaking some information to the sect was a minor issue. Anyway, the White Deer Institute was already considering withdrawing from the Immortal Palace due to this incident, merely to hide their true identities and buy time. Choosing the lesser of two evils, Ding Zhiyi raised his head mockingly and said, "I don’t care if the White Deer Institute violates orders to relay messages within the sect; we simply heard it from the elder of the White Deer Institute."

"Are you sure?"

"I’m sure!"

"Good! We’ll assume what you said is true, but that doesn’t affect our previous agreement! I just dislike the White Deer Institute and want to get rid of it; our promise remains valid. Do you accept?" After receiving a definite response, Pei Yan threw the almost finished cigarette to the ground and crushed it, continuing to persuade.

This time, Ding Zhiyi did not rush to answer but carefully observed Pei Yan. He wanted to find a flaw in the smiling, seemingly sincere young man’s face to understand his thoughts. Moments later, after deducing Pei Yan was once again bluffing, Ding Zhiyi smiled slightly and said, "Good! We accept your terms! We’ll say whatever you want us to say. When your goal is achieved, I hope you’ll keep your promise!"

"You really accepted it!"

Seeing Pei Yan’s surprised expression, Ding Zhiyi felt for the first time he had the upper hand, nodding proudly in response: "I accepted! Why not accept such good terms!"

"Good! Refreshing! I like working with people like you! Take them away!"

Xia Yu and Zheng Jia Ru restrained their laughter and stepped forward, pushing the still dazed Ding Zhiyi and his companions out. Not until his two sworn brothers were already out the door, did Pei Yan stop him before leaving, surprisingly ignoring him while tidying up the peanut shells from the floor.

"Wait! Wait!" This was too abnormal, Ding Zhiyi shouted to stop, turned back into the room, and looked at Pei Yan puzzled: "Just let us go like this?"

"Yes! Haven’t you all agreed? Someone will teach you what to say afterward!" Head down, sweeping peanut shells, Pei Yan replied.

Pei Yan’s response made Ding Zhiyi frantically confused; he questioned: "This alone can help topple the White Deer Institute?"

"Of course not! What are you thinking; it’s just an excuse to conduct a comprehensive investigation. The White Deer Institute already has many problems; once the investigation starts, who knows how many more issues could be unearthed! Then we can use some methods to take it down!" Pei Yan looked up, eyeing Ding Zhiyi impatiently, as if he were a fool.

"And, and aren’t you afraid we might reconsider and claim you forced us to falsely accuse the White Deer Institute?"

After Ding Zhiyi hastily asked this question, even Mao Xiang in the room couldn’t help but laugh out loud. Pei Yan found Ding Zhiyi’s statement perplexing and helplessly replied: "Didn’t I already say? Your statement is just a beginning; once you agree, we’ll record what we teach you to say and submit it to the Spirit Lord, providing an excuse to investigate the White Deer Institute! If enough evidence is found to substantiate their issues, whether your statement is true or false becomes unnecessary! The Spirit Lord won’t bother! And if you reconsider, we simply won’t record your testimony! It doesn’t harm us!"