After breaking up with my girlfriend, I became a Great Sage of the Demon Clan.

Prince Zuo instinctively curled up. At that moment, he had only one thought: as long as he was not tortured anymore, he would say or do anything.

"This king..."

The Left Prince spoke in a voice that even he found weak.

"I can tell you the secret of Luo Fengyin..."

Little Yama nodded in satisfaction.

That's right. All that talk about gold and silver treasures and rare and precious materials was just to fool fools and idiots.

The greatest secret of this Chu capital lies in this Luo Feng seal.

Little Yama examined it and found that the Luo Feng Seal was a fragmented magical artifact of the Six Heavens of Luo Feng. Because the Six Heavens of Luo Feng were the third most powerful figures in the Underworld pantheon, second only to the Five Ghost Emperors and the Great Emperor of Fengdu, their authority was even higher than that of the Ten Kings of Hell. Therefore, their magical artifacts naturally possessed the power of a true god, and not a weak one at that.

The only question is, why is this incomplete magical artifact of the Six Heavens of Luofeng in the hands of the Chu people, and how could these Chu people possibly possess and use the magical artifact of the Six Heavens of Luofeng?

This is a big secret, possibly even the core secret that Chu, a member of the Chu clan, can live in the underworld.

As for the rest, they are all external things, and talking about them is meaningless.

Just now, Prince Zuo tried to appease Little Yama with some material possessions, thinking that Little Yama's interests were limited to gold, silver, jewels, elixirs of immortality, and rare and precious herbs.

"Speak..."

Little Yama picked up the corner of his robe and wiped the sweat from his hands.

Prince Zuo slowly turned his head, not daring to look Little Yama in the eye.

"Back then, the capital of Chu fell, plummeting from the mortal realm to the underworld..."

Little Yama hummed in agreement. He had guessed this before, and now it was just being repeatedly confirmed.

Prince Zuo swallowed hard.

"When it fell, the sky was dark and gloomy. Large numbers of people in the capital of Chu died. The Imperial Advisor and the Emperor went outside the capital to save the people. Fortunately, the heavens did not abandon the people of Chu. On an unnamed mountain outside the city, the Imperial Advisor and the Emperor discovered the corpse of a death god."

Little Yama continued.

"Is it from Luo Feng Liu Tian?"

Prince Zuo took several deep breaths and recovered somewhat before speaking.

"Yes……"

"My brother and the Imperial Advisor took over that mountain, but when they returned, there were hardly any survivors left in the capital..."

Luo Feng for six days... corpse...

Take over the mountain...

This is interesting.

Little Yama kicked Prince Zuo again.

"So your so-called Luo Feng Seal was separated from the Six Heavens of Luo Feng?"

The Left Prince looked somewhat embarrassed.

Little Yama gently knelt down, then took the left prince's hand.

Do you know?

Little Yama winked at Prince Zuo.

"I heard that if the nail is pulled out quickly enough, the person whose nail is pulled out will see blood fly out of their finger before they feel the pain."

The little bit of unease in Prince Zuo's heart disappeared completely.

“My royal brother… did do something with the corpses of the Six Heavens of Luo Feng, but it was for the sake of the people of Chu Du to survive. Since the Six Heavens of Luo Feng are all dead, can’t we use their corpses to protect us mortals?”

Prince Zuo looked very serious.

Xiao Yanjun agrees with this statement. Legally, there is a concept called emergency avoidance, which means that when you face a real survival crisis, it is not illegal to eat protected animals.

When people are facing life and death, it's nothing to even think about taking the corpses of gods and reusing them, or even going so far as to kill a god.

But Prince Zuo still didn't tell the truth.

Little Yama pulled out the thumbnail of the Left Prince.

The Left Prince convulsed, wailing and covering his hand as he wept uncontrollably.

After a while, Little Yama spoke again.

Do you want me to pull out the remaining nine of your fingernails?

"I can't believe it," said the Prince Zuo, his voice choked with emotion.

"...My royal brother told me that our Chu capital has fallen, and not a single one of our people survived. Even the Nine Phoenix True God was defeated back then and could not protect us. Even if the Nine Phoenixes were to carry our Chu capital back to the mortal realm one day..."

The Left Prince trembled as he gasped for breath.

"...Nine Phoenixes may not be able to protect us completely."

"If we want to survive and rebuild the Chu people and Chu land, we must..."

The Left Prince paused for a moment; this was considered a core secret of their Chu royal family.

Just now, after being repeatedly tortured and beaten by Little Yama, even the Prince tried to divert Little Yama's attention with other topics.

The purpose was to keep this secret from being revealed.

As it turned out, Little Yama was much more experienced than Prince Zuo had imagined. Little Yama had his eye on this secret and wouldn't let go, forcing him to reveal it.

"...to become a god myself..."

After saying those words, Prince Zuo felt much more relaxed.

He no longer had a bigger secret than this one.

Little Yama was delighted.

"For example, being in Luo Feng for six days?"

The Left Prince remained silent.

Little Yama spoke.

"I'm actually a bit of a perfectionist. Since I pulled out the nail of one of your thumbs, shouldn't the other hand be left too? Look, two hands without nails make a perfect pair."

The Left Prince covered his hand and spoke in despair.

“I don’t know. My royal brother only told me that he wanted to become a god, a great god of the underworld, so that when he returned to the human world, he could not only rebuild the Chu Kingdom, but also avoid being controlled by the Nine Phoenixes.”

Little Yama asked curiously.

"Control? Doesn't Jiufeng cherish you all very much?"

The Nine Phoenixes are going to carry the Chu capital from the underworld to the human world. Who knows how many mortals will die and how much karma they will incur from killing?

This is like a family where the eldest son has poor grades and dropped out of elementary school to work, but the parents are biased and give the eldest son all the good things.

The second son was clever but didn't please his parents, so they never gave him a kind look. However, he worked hard, took out loans, and struggled to graduate from university and become a social elite. Within a few years, he bought several houses and married a beautiful and wealthy woman.

A few years later, my parents came over and said that their eldest son was not married and the family had no money. They asked their younger son to help them out, offering to give them a house, a car, and a good job where they could earn a lot of money without having to work.

Ideally, one could raise their eldest son so they could live comfortably without having to work hard.

The younger son refused, arguing that he had worked hard for his life and shouldn't have to share it with others.

Besides, I'm not even living this comfortably myself, so why should I let my older brother, who has lived a more comfortable life than me since childhood, enjoy it?

The third son's parents were unhappy, so they used their parental authority to force their youngest son to agree.

5. This is what Jiufeng did.

For the sake of the people of Chu, Liu was willing to risk karma to bring the capital of Chu from the underworld to the human world, regardless of whether the other living people (his youngest son) were willing or not.

This favoritism towards the Chu people has reached its extreme. If this kind of behavior isn't considered good, then Little Yama doesn't know what behavior would be considered good.

"That's what Prince Zuo explained."

"Nine Phoenixes cannot be relied upon..."

"I... I don't know why either, but my royal brother and the imperial advisor both secretly told me that Jiufeng is good, but she has too many requirements. She forbids this and that. If you put everything on Jiufeng, people will die. This is why our Chu capital fell."

Interesting.

Little Yama stroked his chin.

It seems that the royal family of Chu is not of one mind with Jiu Feng. Although they rely on Jiu Feng, they still want to establish their own independent power.

However, it is unlikely that they will set up their own business.

Putting aside the small chances of mortals becoming gods, just the fact that the Five Ghost Emperors must get the Great Emperor of Fengdu's approval to become emperors of the Six Heavens of Luofeng means that the people of Chudu cannot become emperors.

Little Yama, after all, rose through the ranks from a demon-level zombie to become the Central Ghost Emperor, following a detailed and rigorous process of promotion from ghost messenger to ghost general, White Impermanence, and King Qin Guang.

The king of Chu didn't go through any formalities. He just wanted to perform a sacrificial ceremony, say some nice things to the Emperor of Fengdu, and offer some fun things, so that he could naturally sit on a divine position of the level of Luo Feng Liu Tian.

Do you think the Emperor of Fengdu is a fool?

If the Emperor of Fengdu would even glance at these mortals, then Little Yama would consider it a loss.

Are there any others?

Little Yama kicked Prince Zuo again.

"I can't believe it," said the Prince Zuo, his voice choked with emotion.

"I have already told you everything I know. As for the rest, it's nothing more than that. If you have any other questions, please ask. I will answer them to the best of my knowledge."

Little Yama asked a few more questions, and after he finished, he knocked the Left Prince unconscious and threw him under the bed in the bedroom.

Chapter Forty: Favoritism

Inside the Left Prince's bedroom.

Little Yama removed his hand from the body of the Left Prince, who had collapsed into a mass of flesh.

"very good……"

Little Yama shook his hand, his face showing disgust.

The Prince Zuo was being tortured by the Dislocating Bone Hand technique, and sweat was pouring out of his body like a fountain. Now, Little Yama's hands were covered in the Prince Zuo's sweat, sticky and a bit disgusting.

"Tell me, what can you tell me honestly?"

The Left Prince took a few weak breaths, his tearful eyes looking at Little Yama with a wronged expression.

He had just struggled, and his pride had been tormented, but as a prince who had lived a life of luxury and had never suffered much hardship since childhood, there was a 99.999% chance that when torture was inflicted, he would find that his dignity, the education he had received since childhood, and everything he had believed in the past were actually insignificant in the face of pain.

The remaining 0.001% of people definitely do not include Prince Zuo.

So Prince Zuo admitted defeat and was beaten into submission. Now he doesn't even dare to give Little Yama a meaningful look, and just says weakly.

"This king knows that... the treasure vault of the Daming Palace..."

Prince Zuo sucked up the saliva that was uncontrollably dripping from the corner of his mouth due to the pain.

"Our Daming Palace's treasury contains mountains of gold, countless rare and precious materials, and magical artifacts passed down from ancient times."

Prince Zuo tried his best to make his expression sincere, but because he had never learned how to flatter others, his facial expressions were distorted and ugly in Little Yama's eyes.

"I can take everything out of here and give it to you..."

The fact that the other side came to Chu capital must be for their own benefit.

In most cases, the benefits are defined as nothing more than gold, silver, rare and precious materials, and various magical artifacts.

Fortunately, our own Chu capital has plenty of these things.

Prince Zuo was very confident that the treasures his family could provide would satisfy the young girl in front of him.

Little Yama walked up to Prince Zuo and grabbed his knees with both hands.

The Left Prince's eyes widened in fear.

"What I'm saying is true! Do you want gold, silver, all kinds of magical treasures, and elixirs of immortality?"

Little Yama has already begun to dislocate tendons and bones.

This excruciating pain can be compared to a muscle cramp, but compared to the natural cramps of humans, the artificial cramps created by Little Yama are dozens or even hundreds of times more intense.

What does it feel like to be several times, even hundreds of times, more painful than a muscle cramp?

It feels like they don't want to be human anymore.