You stood outside the cauldron and spoke calmly.

"Greetings, Sect Master Yu. I hope you've been well."

"Do I know you? Which of my enemies are you?"

"It seems you have quite a few enemies. I'm the one from Luoding Village."

"Luoding Village... Wasn't that village completely wiped out? There are survivors?"

"Tell me honestly about what happened back then, and I'll spare your life."

"Yes, yes, yes! I'll tell you everything I know, holding nothing back!"

This Sect Master Yu was a spineless coward.

He probably cherished the cultivation realm he had worked so hard to attain and didn't want to die just like that.

You already knew that the Chixin Sect was a branch of the Sacred Flame Cult in the Central Plains.

In the village massacre case, the mastermind ordered the Sacred Flame Cult to carry out the slaughter, but the cult couldn't possibly send a group all the way from Xiliang.

So those who ultimately acted as the executioners were basically all members of the Chixin Sect.

Sect Master Yu indicated that as soon as the village massacre ended that day, he eliminated all those who had participated, throwing their bodies into the Qing River.

"You silenced everyone who participated in the massacre?"

"Naturally. While it's true I established the Chixin Sect with support from the Sacred Flame Cult, I didn't want to be used by them forever. I wanted to cut ties with them completely. The Luoding Village incident was the last thing I did for them!"

Sect Master Yu wanted to wash his hands clean, so he didn't hesitate to silence his own people.

"The Sacred Flame Cult's massacre was also ordered by someone else. Do you have any guesses about who this mastermind behind the scenes might be?"

"I don't know. That's definitely not someone I could ever come into contact with."

"Do you know that all the main members of the Sacred Flame Cult have been silenced?"

"I know... Obviously, the mastermind doesn't want anyone to know what he did. Thankfully, I severed ties with the Sacred Flame Cult long ago, otherwise I wouldn't have escaped death either."

"Who wiped out the Sacred Flame Cult?" 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

"Blood Moon, an assassin organization."

"Blood Moon organization? How come I've never heard of it?"

You've simulated four times already. An organization capable of wiping out the Sacred Flame Cult at its peak shouldn't be something you've never heard of.

"It's not strange you haven't heard of it. Blood Moon isn't in the Five Regions; they're a force from the Great Wastes."

"Isn't the Great Wastes all demon tribes? Is Blood Moon a group of demons?"

"No. There are demons within the Five Regions, so of course there are also humans in the Great Wastes."

Outside the simulation, Chen Yi read every word carefully.

"The village massacre case finally has a new lead... Blood Moon..."

Although there was a new lead, Chen Yi felt things had become even more perplexing.

It actually involved a human force from the Great Wastes.

Chen Yi tapped his fingers on the bed.

"There was nothing special about the village. The only special thing was Da Chun. Does someone in the Great Wastes want to kill Da Chun?"

To figure this out, he could only look for opportunities within the simulation to investigate further.

Regarding the village massacre case, what Sect Master Yu knew only extended to the level of Blood Moon.

As for who ordered Blood Moon, Sect Master Yu, a mere Golden Body Realm leader of a second-rate sect, had no way of knowing.

He knew about this because a high-ranking member of the Sacred Flame Cult survived when Blood Moon wiped out the cult and fled all the way to the Chixin Sect seeking shelter.

Sect Master Yu, living up to expectations, found an opportunity and ambushed the already severely injured survivor.

Otherwise, if Blood Moon had followed the trail, the Chixin Sect would have been finished long ago.

"One more question. Each floor of this tower has patterns similar to formations. What are they for?"

"They're just some formations to assist my cultivation. This is my secluded cultivation place, after all..."

"Don't take me for a fool. Since I'm asking you, I naturally know these things aren't normal!"

Sect Master Yu sighed, truly not knowing who you were or how you had dug up his secrets so thoroughly.

"It was a demon tribe member with an extremely ugly appearance. He said he wanted to borrow this tower within my sect. In exchange, he raised the level of the spiritual vein where our Chixin Sect is located by one grade."

He could directly raise the level of a spiritual vein?

This non-human race had some tricks up its sleeve...

"Demon tribe? Are you sure that guy was from the demon tribe?"

"He had a non-human appearance but could speak. What else could he be if not a demon tribe?"

This Sect Master Yu had told you everything, so it seemed unlikely he would hide this piece of information.

Apparently, he didn't know that the one he cooperated with wasn't from the demon tribe but another intelligent race.

Confirming that Sect Master Yu had no more information worth your concern to reveal, you said indifferently.

"Da Chun, refine a pill."

The Nine Provinces Cauldron began to contract. Sect Master Yu inside the cauldron screamed miserably.

"You're going back on your word! You said you wouldn't kill me!"

You laughed at his foolishness.

"You actually believe what your enemy says?"

Sect Master Yu was refined into a pill by the Nine Provinces Cauldron. You didn't eat it, instead crushing it to powder under your foot.

This also avenged a part of the injustice for the villagers of Luoding Village, as well as your parents.

"Hmph, Blood Moon, and the guy behind Blood Moon, just wait. Your ends will be the same as this fool's!"

The Ten Thousand Souls Banner said to the Nine Provinces Cauldron.

"Da Chun, oh Da Chun, look at you. You've learned bad things from this Chen Yi guy. You're refining people into pills now? Tsk tsk tsk, this kind of thing is usually what villains like me do!"

Da Chun said with simple honesty.

"Uncle Wan, you're wrong. This Sect Master Yu was a bad person. He killed his own disciples, showing no loyalty or righteousness. He killed the senior who promoted him, showing no gratitude or righteousness. Such a bad person deserves to die. Killing one more bad person can save more good people."

The Ten Thousand Souls Banner became agitated.

"What the... You... I... Damn it! I can't even win an argument against a simpleton now??"

The next day.

The demon tribes near the Chixin Sect seemed to have received some summons and began gathering towards the Chixin Sect.

You did not intervene, merely observing from the sidelines.

The Chixin Sect was involved in the village massacre case, so you couldn't muster sympathy for them, even though many were unaware.

Your intervention wouldn't mean much anyway; what came was a Demon Ancestor. You couldn't exactly become his father.

However, there was one person you wanted to save as a matter of convenience.

Yin Rui, the guardian elder of the Chixin Sect's Scripture Repository.

You had a decent impression of him. Although you hadn't met in this life, it was just a small effort. Perhaps it could plant a seed of goodwill.

Black clouds pressed down upon the city, white grass danced in the northern wind.

The Demon Ancestor Azure Dragon coiled above the dark clouds, its dragon claws and scales flickering in and out of sight, a terrifying sight to behold.

The battle between the Chixin Sect and the horde of lesser demons had already begun.

Amidst the chaos, you moved as if through an unoccupied land, passing through the areas where both sides clashed.

Humans wouldn't attack you because you were human.

Demons might attack you, but the chance of them surviving more than three seconds after hitting you was unlikely.

You arrived near the Scripture Repository and saw Yin Rui.

At the same time, you also saw a phantom image on Yin Rui's body.

A phantom image with sharp horns growing from its head, a tail extending from its back, scales and barbs covering its body, and fleshy wings on its back!

"This is..."