The Ninth Lady is a rebellious person.

Chapter 390 Whoever he is, he shall die if he stands in my way!

Lang Jiuchuan imprisoned Zhengyangzi in the Soul-Suppressing Chamber of the Little Nine Towers, and instructed him to strike the wooden fish once a day to make him repent. This was a soul-torture process, not to make his soul disappear, but enough torment, and it could also be considered as an act of repentance and atonement for the innocent people who died at his hands.

Seeing Lang Jiuchuan sitting silently in a daze, A Piao pushed a cup of tea over to him: "Are you alright?"

Lang Jiuchuan shook his head: "What could have happened? It was something we had already guessed. It's just that we've now confirmed it. It's true that we were mentally prepared, but when we actually saw the whole truth, our hearts were still very heavy."

As she spoke, she pounded her chest twice.

The ghost was so frightened that it quickly pulled her hand away and said, "Ancestor, although you didn't use the Nine-Turn Rejuvenation Pill, you were still saved by stuffing several Rejuvenation Pills into your body. Don't waste such good things."

Lang Jiuchuan slumped onto the table, chin resting on the surface, and said, "I feel terrible, so annoyed."

"Is it the truth about the original owner's death that's bothering you, or your own background?"

"Everything."

Lang Jiuchuan's eyes flashed with an undercurrent, as if a storm was gathering within them, and he said, "The culprit who caused this series of events is the Rong family head, that Changshan Hermit."

Her voice was laced with the sound of an icicle.

A-Piao said, "Actually, according to Zheng Yangzi, no matter who switched the Rong family bloodline to the Lang family, the Rong family head was always aware of it. Otherwise, he wouldn't have found your body immediately after the young master's accident and replaced it with your own. Since he knew your aptitude, why would he choose this potentially unfeasible method and take this body back to cultivate it properly?"

Lang Jiuchuan chuckled and shook his head: "People have varying degrees of closeness and distance. One is an ordinary girl who grew up outside, never having studied any esoteric arts, only possessing talent. The other is the heir carefully cultivated by the clan for many years, raised under your very nose, even personally taught. If it were you, who would you choose? Zheng Yangzi also said that the Rong family has poured countless resources into Rong Huanxuan, pushing her to the top. After years of planning, would the Rong family be willing to let her go to waste like this? As for cultivating someone else, she has the talent, but, Ah Piao, in this world with scarce spiritual energy, are there really so many geniuses who can soar to the Foundation Establishment Realm in a flash? The Rong family can't afford to wait!"

The ghost remained silent.

"That's one reason. Another reason is that the Rong family head must have had a compelling reason to choose Rong Huanxuan over my original self." Lang Jiuchuan said calmly, "Whether it was when the original self was born or when she grew up, she was always the one who was abandoned. That hasn't changed."

The Rong family, a prestigious family, shouldn't be able to raise a child? Yet, they allowed the Rong family bloodline to be scattered outside. Only the Rong family head and the fourth wife know the reason behind this.

But whatever the reason, she was abandoned!

A sense of sorrow, resentment, and a faint feeling of unwillingness welled up in Lang Jiuchuan's heart.

"Now that your background is basically confirmed, what about Madam Cui's child..." A-Piao suddenly stopped talking and looked at Lang Jiuchuan with some sympathy.

Lang Jiuchuan grinned and spread his hands: "That's right. Based on the blood ties I sense, I should be that unfortunate child who was taken away, the real Lang Jiuchuan. It's just that I don't know where he died, and he died a miserable death, with his soul incomplete!"

But who knows which kind soul defied fate to save her, sending her, now broken and battered, back to the mortal world through the judge of hell, where she landed in the Rong family, an equally pitiful abandoned child, seeking an opportunity for rebirth.

How virtuous and capable she is!

Ah Piao sighed, "The laws of Heaven and the law of cause and effect are indeed mysterious. It seems that to find your remains, we must first capture the Rong family head to learn the news, or you can regain your soul and remember everything from the past." Something flashed through Lang Jiuchuan's mind, but it was gone before he could grasp it.

"What do you plan to do with Zheng Yangzi?" Apiao asked her. "Keep him and hand him over to the Surveillance Department?"

Lang Jiuchuan shook his head: "The Surveillance Bureau has only just been established and does not yet have great power. I don't really trust either side in the arena between the royal family and the Xuan family. If we hand over Zheng Yangzi, he can tell us the whole truth, but what's the point? At most, it'll just be some ridiculous case of switching the real and fake heiresses. Maybe it can even prove that Young Master Rong has really damaged his Dao heart, but what can we do? The deed is done. They are secretly protecting him. Who can do anything about it? In the end, this fire will only burn me who is fighting alone."

The ghost raised an eyebrow.

Lang Jiuchuan left his body, his soul floating ethereally. He pointed to the body lying on the table, then to himself, and said, "Ah Piao, regardless of whether the Judge made me return to the mortal world, she is truly dead, and I am a soul possessing a body. If I say no, then the story of continuing Young Master Rong's bones would be a fabrication. Therefore, if Zheng Yangzi is sent out as a witness, it will only be detrimental to me, and might even bring trouble."

She returned to her physical body, opened her eyes, and said, "My soul is not yet complete, and I haven't found my past. I cannot take any risks. Besides, I don't want to talk to them about justice. They are like rats in the dark of a ditch, committing countless heinous acts. Judging them with justice is useless. I want them to pay for their crimes in blood and suffer the consequences of their evil deeds. When they are dead, the underworld will judge their sins. The mortal world is not suitable. And this mortal world, where the Xuan clan is the royal family, is even less suitable!"

No matter how much the royal family fears the other clans, in the end, they will still protect and defend them, because judging the other Xuan clans is tantamount to judging themselves.

The royal family doesn't mind continuing to trample the other clans underfoot, but they do mind defaming themselves.

Looking at the disdain and mockery on her lips, the ghost couldn't help but sigh, "I wonder what you've been through to see things so clearly."

Lang Jiuchuan smiled faintly, perhaps because he was too insightful, he ended up with a tragic death and a broken soul.

"Let's keep him for now, not as a witness, but to slowly uncover the Rong family's weaknesses. He's quite a useful tool for dealing with trouble!"

A Piao laughed, feeling sorry for Zheng Yangzi for a second. He caught a glimpse of Hong Niangzi outside and waved to her.

Hong Niangzi came to report that someone from the Lang family had arrived, wanting to see if she had woken up, and also said that the Marquis was ill.

Lang Jiuchuan frowned and asked A Piao, "What day is it today?"

"Twenty-one."

Lang Jiuchuan calculated that the Marquis of Zhenbei should be returning soon to preside over his son's wedding. Lang Dabo fell ill suddenly, so he said, "I'll go back to the manor to see him."

A Piao nodded, then brought up the same old saying again: "The Rong family lost a half-step Foundation Establishment cultivator, and they're burning with resentment. I think that fire will eventually reach you, so be careful in everything you do."

Lang Jiuchuan sneered and lowered his eyes: "It's good that they've come. I'll break them one by one, weaken them, and then it will be much easier to take down the Rong family head."

"Don't forget, they're about to form a marriage alliance with the Tantai royal family."

Lang Jiuchuan's face turned cold: "No matter who he is, anyone who stands in my way shall die!"

(End of this chapter)