Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 73 The Cold-Faced Scholar
Seeing that there was another person, Meng Yan quickly said, "Whatever you two heroes want to ask, I will definitely tell you everything I know..."

Lu Zheng turned a deaf ear to her and looked at An Jing while holding up the nightmare. "Why don't you ask first? I'm afraid if I ask too many questions, it might lose consciousness."

An Jing understood what Lu Zheng meant. If he used his righteous spirit to suppress the ghosts, even a ghost at the second level would not be able to hold on for long.

She raised her hand and took out a talisman, and a ray of light shot towards the nightmare.

There were strands of thin golden threads binding the nightmare and imprisoning it in place.

"Mr. Lu, you can let go and ask slowly." An Jing said with a smile.

Lu Zheng let go of his hand and saw that Nightmare was fixed in place, unable to move.

He took out a pen and paper and began to interrogate: "Tell me, what is the current situation on Jiguan Mountain? How many demons are there?"

As he spoke, Lu Zheng drew out his gleaming sword and said, "If you're hiding something or telling a lie, I'll strike you with my sword for each one. I hope that with your level of skill, you can withstand more blows, or perhaps tell me the truth."

Nightmare was terrified and said quickly, "If I tell the truth, will you spare my life? I only drained the essence of people in this village, and I didn't kill anyone..."

Lu Zheng's eyes were icy. "Sucking the vital energy of an entire village for years is already a grave sin. Do you think that if no one died, then there's no sin? Won't those villagers who lost their vital energy shorten their lifespans, become weak, and die from illness?"

Nightmare heard this and said, "If you will not forgive me, why should I say anything more?"

"Then you will die miserably." Lu Zheng said indifferently.

Lu Zheng turned to look at An Jing beside him and said, "I've read some strange stories and myths before. It's said that in hell, there are punishments like being cut into mountains of swords, seas of fire, and cauldrons of oil, specifically for the evildoers and evil spirits who cannot be reincarnated... Miss, do you have any talismans that can draw yang fire to burn ghosts so that they won't die for a thousand days, or slowly chip away at their souls, causing them to feel the pain of being eaten away by thousands of ants and insects?"

An Jing raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and thought to himself that Lu Zheng was a talent who should work in the Criminal Justice Department. He said these words without even blinking.

An Jing smiled and said, "I don't have any of that, but I happen to have a talisman that can make it feel the pain of having its skin peeled and bones pulled out, but it won't die... This place is too close to the village, we can go somewhere else so that the ghost's screams won't disturb others."

"No, no, no, I'll tell you whatever you want to ask!" Nightmare said quickly.

It has encountered two ruthless people, and I'm afraid it's really over.

Lu Zheng said calmly: "You can take your time to answer my question just now."

Nightmare couldn't help but say, "Jiguan Mountain, my king is a great demon in the middle stage of the third realm. He has completely transformed and his strength is unfathomable. He has ten demons with titles under his command, and hundreds of other demons of all sizes..."

The so-called demon with a title is Bai Jin who calls herself the queen and appoints her powerful subordinates as generals.

And this nightmare is one of them.

As for the group of rat monsters in the Wang family, they did not have any titles.

In order to fight for a chance to survive, Nightmare's words were a little exaggerated, hoping to scare the two people in front of him so that they would let him go.

"I'm not bragging, but the demonic forces of our Jiguan Mountain are also the top forces in the entire Kaiyang County. The demonic forces of other places can't even compete with them... I am only following orders. If you two heroes let me go, I will pay you compensation. From now on, we in Jiguan Mountain will not have any enemies with you... As the saying goes, there is no friendship without fighting."

Lu Zheng said, "Tell me about your defensive arrangements on Jiguan Mountain."

"This……"

Nightmare was horrified when he heard this. Were these two going to fight up the mountain? Or were the government preparing to send troops to exterminate the demon?
Its eyes flickered, and it said, "Don't bother, you two. I can take you up the mountain. I'm willing to redeem myself for my crimes!"

Seeing that the situation seemed a little wrong, Nightmare thought of abandoning the light and joining the dark.

Lu Zheng raised his hand and swung his sword, and a trace of mighty sword energy pierced the nightmare.

A puff of green smoke suddenly emerged from the nightmare, and its ghost was trembling with pain.

Lu Zheng said coldly: "You only need to answer my questions. There is no need for you to teach me how to do things. If you keep talking nonsense, I will chop off one of your arms." Nightmare grimaced in pain and cursed in his heart.

It didn't dare to disobey Lu Zheng, so it could only tell him the details of the layout of Jiguana Mountain.

Lu Zheng wrote down everything with a pen, but of course he would not believe all of Nightmare's lies.

Then, Lu Zheng asked, "Your king must be connected to some force. You must hand over all the Yang energy you obtained from living people."

Nightmare quickly shook his head and said, "I really don't know about that. The king does have dealings with many demons and ghosts, but I haven't heard of the forces you mentioned..."

"What is the strength of the most powerful existence it has encountered?" Lu Zheng asked again.

Meng Yan said, "It must be a great demon of the third realm from another county. He once came to visit our Jiguan Mountain. I happened to be on the mountain, and we even had a banquet together."

"really?"

Nightmare couldn't help but say: "I am not a demon serving the king. I really don't know what secrets the king has."

Lu Zheng continued to ask some questions, but in the end he had no clues about the person behind the scene. However, he did know the information about Jiguana Mountain in detail.

He looked at An Jing beside him and said, "Young lady, you can ask questions now."

Upon hearing this, An Jing took Mengyao and walked towards the woods, obviously asking some private questions.

Seeing this, Lu Zheng said, "Miss, remember to leave him alive."

"Hmm..." An Jing responded lightly.

After a while, An Jing came back with the nightmare again.

Lu Zheng looked at An Jing's expressionless face and obviously didn't get the answer.

Without asking curiously, he put on the book box, took Nightmare and left Silverstone Village.

Mengyao was nervous and couldn't help but ask, "Where are you two going? If you're going to Jiguan Mountain, I can really lead the way for you. I can also control some ghosts to facilitate your movements."

Lu Zheng didn't reply and only stopped after he climbed over a mountain.

He held the nightmare in one hand, and with the other hand he exuded strands of righteousness.

Nightmare was panicked and said quickly: "Don't, you..."

The righteous spirit wrapped around the nightmare like a silk thread, instantly burning its soul.

"what!"

The nightmare ghost twitched and let out a terrifying scream.

Lu Zheng had no expression on his face as he continued to slowly use his righteous energy to wear away the nightmare's soul.

Nightmare was in great pain, and his voice trembled as he said, "I've told you everything. Why are you torturing me like this? You're not even human..."

Lu Zheng said calmly, "I didn't promise you anything. Tell me the truth, and I'll give you a quick death. For so many years, you've given those villagers nightmares and kept them awake, even the children. You deserve to feel it..."

An Jing stood aside with his arms folded, watching the fun. He did not object to Lu Zheng's actions, but instead felt very relieved.

Nightmare ghosts were floating around, and screams and cries were endless, echoing in the mountains and forests.

(End of this chapter)