After all, Xue Meng grew up on the Peak of Life and Death, so he was familiar with the terrain of the shortcut. In the end, he still captured Mo Ran.
He escorted him all the way to the back mountain. The back mountain of the Peak of Life and Death was the closest place to the ghost world in the entire human world. It was separated by a barrier, and behind it was the netherworld.
Looking at the miserable situation at the back mountain, Mo Ran immediately knew why that person still needed Madam Wang to entertain him in the front hall even though he was at home.
It was not that that person did not want to help, but he really could not free himself.
The barrier of the ghost world was broken.
At this moment, the whole back mountain was filled with a thick ghost aura.
The evil spirits that had yet to materialize were howling and circling in the air. At the entrance of the mountain gate, one could see that a huge gap had been torn open in the sky. Behind that gap was the Ghost Realm. A bluestone staircase that was thousands of steps long extended out from the crack in the barrier. The evil spirits that had already cultivated flesh and blood were climbing down this staircase. They were climbing down from the Netherworld to the Human Realm.
If it was an ordinary person, they would be scared out of their wits upon seeing this scene. Mo Ran also broke out in a cold sweat when he first saw this, but he was used to it now.
The barrier between the human world and ghost world was set up by Fuxi in ancient times. Now, it was very weak. From time to time, there would be holes that needed to be repaired by immortal cultivators.
However, this kind of thing did not increase one's cultivation by much. It also consumed a lot of spiritual power. It was a thankless task, so very few immortals in the upper cultivation world were willing to take this job.
When evil spirits appeared, the first to suffer would be the people in the lower cultivation world. As the guardian of the lower cultivation world, the Peak of Life and Death took on the task of repairing the barrier. Their sect's back mountain was facing the weakest part of the barrier, so that they could repair the gap in time.
This broken barrier would always be broken four or five times a year, just like a patched pot, it was not banned.
At this time, at the entrance of the ghost world, on the bluestone staircase, a man in snow-white clothes, his wide sleeves fluttering, surrounded by sword aura and golden light. He was cleaning the evil spirits and fixing the hole in the barrier with his own strength.
That person had a slender waist and long hair. He had a celestial demeanor and was very handsome. Looking at him from afar, it was very easy to think of an elegant scholar who was reading books under a flowering tree.
However, when looked at up close, his sharp brows were piercingly cold, his phoenix shaped eyes were high, his nose was tall and narrow, and he looked refined and refined. However, his eyes revealed a trace of harshness, and he seemed to be extremely unreasonable.
Mo Ran glanced at him from afar. Although he was mentally prepared, when he saw this person appear in front of him, healthy and unharmed, he still couldn't help but tremble.
Half of it was fear, and the other half was … excitement.
His master.
Chu Wanning.
In his previous life, the last person Xue Meng came to the Magi Mountain Palace and cried to see was this person.
It was this man who had ruined Mo Ran's grand plans, ruined Mo Ran's ambitions, and was finally imprisoned and tortured to death by Mo Ran.
Logically speaking, defeating his opponent and taking revenge, Mo Ran should be happy.
The sea was wide, and the sky was wide, and the sky was wide, and there was no one who could control him.
Mo Ran originally thought that he had the same thoughts.
However, it didn't seem to be the case.
After his master died, there seemed to be something else that was buried together with his hatred.
Mo Ran didn't have much self-cultivation, so he didn't know what it felt like to meet one's match.
He only knew that from then on, there was no longer any enemy in the world.
When his master was alive, he was afraid, fearful, and trembled. When he saw the willow vine in his master's hand, his hair stood on end. He was like a beaten stray dog, and when he heard the sound of a clapper, his teeth would ache, his legs would go soft, and his mouth would drool.
His legs and stomach would twitch nervously.
Later, his master died. The person Mo Ran was most afraid of died.
Mo Ran felt that he had improved, that he had finally done something that deceived his master.
After that, in the world of mortals, no one dared to make him kneel, and no one dared to slap him.
To celebrate, he opened a jar of Pear Blossom White, sat on the roof, and drank wine all night.
That night, under the influence of alcohol, the scar on his back that his master had slapped when he was young seemed to burn with pain again.
At this moment, seeing his master reappear in front of him with his own eyes, Mo Ran stared at him with fear and hatred, but there was also a trace of twisted ecstasy.
Such an opponent, how could he not be happy when he found him again?
Chu Wanning didn't pay attention to his two disciples who had broken into the back of the mountain. He was still concentrating on resisting the overflowing spirits.
His facial features were elegant, his pair of eyebrows were long, and his phoenix eyes were cold and indifferent. His cultivation was extraordinary, and his expression didn't change in the wind and rain of blood. He looked very indifferent, and it wouldn't be strange if he sat down at this moment to burn incense and play the zither.
However, such a gentle and elegant handsome man was now holding an exorcist sword that was shining with cold light, and still dripping with bright red blood beads. With a wave of his wide sleeve, the sword's aura cut the bluestone stairs in front of him to explode. Broken stones and broken bricks rolled down, all the way from the mountain gate to the bottom of the mountain. The thousands of stairs were split open in an instant, creating a bottomless chasm!
It was too fierce.
How many years had it been since he had seen his master's strength?
This kind of familiar domineering strength made Mo Ran's legs go weak. He couldn't stand firmly, and with a plop, he knelt on the ground.
It didn't take long for Chu Wanning to exterminate all the ghosts and monsters, and to fix the holes in the World of Spirits and Souls. After doing all this, he floated down from mid-air and arrived in front of Mo Ran and Xue Meng.
He first glanced at Mo Ran, who was kneeling on the ground, and then raised his eyes to look at Xue Meng. His phoenix eyes were cold.
"Got into trouble?"
Mo Ran was convinced.
Shizun had the ability to immediately make the most accurate judgment of a situation.
"Shizun," Xue Meng said, "Mo Ran went down the mountain and committed two crimes, theft and sexual assault. Shizun, please punish him."
Chu Wanning was silent for a while with an expressionless face. Then, he said coldly, "Got it."
Mo Ran: "…"
Xue Meng: "…"
Both of them were dumbfounded. What happened next?
There was no 'then'?
However, just as Mo Ran secretly felt lucky and raised his head to look at Chu Wanning, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a sharp golden light. It suddenly cut through the air, and with a whoosh, it directly hit Mo Ran's face!!
Blood splattered everywhere!
The speed of that golden light was too shocking. Mo Ran didn't even have time to close his eyes, let alone dodge. The skin on his face was cut open, and there was a burning pain.
Chu Wanning stood with his hands behind his back, coldly standing in the cold night wind. The air was still filled with the foul smell of evil spirits, and now mixed with the smell of human blood, making the forbidden area in the back of the mountain seem even more gloomy and terrifying.
The thing that hit Mo Ran was a bunch of willow vines that appeared in Chu Wanning's hand at some point in time. The vine was long and narrow, with green leaves growing on it, and it hung down to the side of his boots.
It was obviously such an elegant thing, and should have made people think of poems like "Slender twists the willow, holding this to send to my lover".
Unfortunately, Chu Wanning was not slender, and he didn't have a lover.
The willow vine in his hand was actually a divine weapon, called Heaven's Inquisition.
At this moment, Heaven's Inquisition was flowing with a golden red light, illuminating the darkness, and also reflecting Chu Wanning's bottomless eyes brightly.
Chu Wanning's lips touched, and he said coldly: "Mo Weiyu, how dare you.
Do you really think I won't control you? "
If it was the real fifteen-year-old Mo Ran, he might not have taken these words seriously, and would have thought that Shizun was just scaring him.
However, the Mo Weiyu who had been reborn had long ago used his blood to thoroughly experience his Honored Master's' control 'in his previous life. He immediately felt that his teeth were aching, and his brain was hot. His mouth had already started to refuse to admit it, and he wanted to clear his name.
"Master …" With blood dripping from his cheeks, Mo Ran raised his eyes, which were filled with a layer of mist.
He knew that his current appearance must be extremely pitiful. "This disciple did not steal … did not commit adultery … Shizun, why did you listen to Xue Meng's words and hit me without asking?"
"…"
Mo Ran had two tricks up his sleeve when dealing with his uncle. First, he had to act cute.
Second, act pitiful.
Now, he copied the same thing to Chu Wanning. He was so aggrieved that tears were about to fall. "Could it be that this disciple is so unbearable in your eyes?
Why is Master not even willing to give me a chance to defend myself? "
Xue Meng stomped his feet in anger: "Mo Ran!!
You, you lackey!
You, you are shameless!
Master, don't listen to him. Don't be confused by this bastard!
He really stole it!
The stolen goods are still here! "
Chu Wanning lowered his eyelashes, his expression cold: "Mo Ran, you really didn't steal?"
"Never."
"… You should know the consequences of lying to me."
Mo Ran had goosebumps. How could he not know?
But he still stubbornly refused to admit: "Master, please judge clearly!"
Chu Wanning raised his hand, and the golden vine swung again. This time, it did not hit Mo Ran's face, but tied Mo Ran up tightly.
This feeling was too familiar.
The willow vine "Heaven's Inquisition" had another function besides whipping people.
Chu Wanning stared at Mo Ran, who was firmly bound by Heaven's Inquisition, and asked again: "Did you steal?"
Mo Ran only felt a familiar sharp pain in his heart, as if a small snake with sharp teeth had suddenly pierced into his chest, churning his internal organs.
Accompanying the sharp pain was an irresistible temptation. Mo Ran could not help but open his mouth, his voice hoarse: "I … never … ah …!!"
As if sensing that he was lying, the golden light of Heaven's Inquisition became even more violent. Mo Ran was in so much pain that he broke out in cold sweat, but he still resisted the torture with all his might.
This was the second function of Heaven's Inquisition besides whipping people, to provide for interrogation.
Once bound by Heaven's Inquisition, no one could lie in front of the master of Heaven's Inquisition. Whether it was a person or a ghost, dead or alive, Heaven's Inquisition had a way to make them speak and tell the answer that Chu Wanning wanted to know.
In his previous life, there was only one person who finally managed to keep a secret in front of Heaven's Inquisition with his powerful cultivation.
That person was Mo Weiyu, who became the Emperor of the Human Realm.
After his rebirth, Mo Ran held on to a glimmer of hope, thinking that he could still resist Heaven's Inquisition's interrogation like he did in the past. But after biting his lips for a long time, large beads of sweat seeped down his dark brows, his whole body trembled, and finally, the pain made him kneel in front of Chu Wanning's boots, gasping for breath.
"I … I … stole …"
The pain suddenly disappeared.
Before Mo Ran could catch his breath, he heard Chu Wanning ask another question, his voice even colder.
"Did you commit adultery?"
A smart person would not do stupid things. Since he could not resist just now, it was even more impossible now.
This time, Mo Ran did not even resist. When the pain hit him, he repeatedly shouted: "Yes, yes, yes, yes!!!
Master, don't want it anymore!
Don't want it anymore! "
Xue Meng's face turned green at the side, and said in shock: "You, how can you … that Rong Jiu is a man, you actually …"
No one paid attention to him. Heaven's Inquisition's golden light slowly dimmed. Mo Ran gasped for breath, his whole body was drenched as if he had just been fished out of the water. His face was as white as paper, his lips were still trembling, and he fell to the ground, unable to move.
Through his sweaty eyelashes, he vaguely saw Chu Wanning's elegant figure wearing a green jade crown, his wide sleeves reaching the ground.
A strong sense of hatred suddenly surged in his heart – Chu Wanning!
I was right to treat you like that in my previous life!!
Even if I were to live again, I still hate you!
F * ck your eighteen generations of ancestors!!
Chu Wanning did not know that this evil disciple was going to f * ck his eighteen generations of ancestors. He stood there for a while with a gloomy expression, then said:
"Xue Meng."
Although Xue Meng knew that men were popular among the rich and powerful nowadays, and that many people played with prostitutes just for the sake of novelty and not because they really liked men, he still found it hard to digest. After a while, he said, "Shizun, disciple is here."
"Mo Ran has committed three crimes: corruption, prostitution, and fraud. Take him to the Hall of Hell to repent.
Tomorrow morning, take him to the Good and Evil Stage and punish him in public. "
Xue Meng was shocked: "Wha, what?
Punish him in public? "
Punish him in public means to take the disciple who has committed a crime in front of all the other disciples, and in front of everyone, including the cafeteria's auntie, convict him of a crime, and punish him on the spot.
Shameful, shameful.
One must know that Mo Ran is a young master at the pinnacle of life and death. Although the sect's rules are strict, because of Mo Ran's special identity, his uncle pitied him for losing his parents when he was young, and had been homeless for 14 years. Because of this, he could not help but protect him. Even if he committed a crime, he would only scold him in private, and never hit him.
But his master did not give him any face, and wanted to take his precious nephew to the Good and Evil Stage. He was really going to punish Young Master Mo in front of the entire sect, and make things difficult for him.
This was also something that Xue Meng did not expect.
To this, Mo Ran was not surprised at all.
He lay on the ground with a cold smile on his face.
This Master of his was so great, so incorruptible and impartial.
Chu Wanning's blood was cold. In his previous life, when Shi Mei died in front of him, Mo Ran cried and begged him, pulling on his clothes, and kneeling on the ground to beg him for help.
But Chu Wanning turned a deaf ear to his pleas.
Thus, his disciple breathed his last breath in front of him, and Mo Ran cried his heart out beside him, but he just stood there and watched, not caring at all.
Now, he was just sending him to the Good and Evil Stage to be dealt with fairly. What was so strange about it?
Mo Ran only hated that his cultivation was too weak now. He could not peel off his skin, pull out his tendons, drink his blood, pull his hair and humiliate him. He could not torture him, destroy his dignity, and make him wish he was dead … …
He couldn't hide the animalistic ferocity in his eyes, and Chu Wanning saw it.
He glanced at Mo Ran's face. On his refined face, there was no expression.
"What are you thinking about?"
Damn it!
Tian Wen had not returned!
Mo Ran felt the vines binding him constricting again, and his internal organs were about to be crushed. He cried out in pain, and shouted out the thoughts in his mind.
"Chu Wanning, you are capable!
I'll f * ck you to death later! "
Absolute silence.
"…" Chu Wanning was speechless.
Xue Meng was stunned, "…"
Heaven's Inquisition suddenly returned to Chu Wanning's palm and turned into specks of golden light before disappearing.
Heaven's Inquisition was fused into Chu Wanning's bones and blood. It would appear and disappear at any time.
Xue Meng's face was deathly pale. He stuttered, "Ma-m-master …"
Chu Wanning didn't say anything. He lowered his long, black eyelashes and stared at his palm for a while. Then he raised his eyes. Surprisingly, his face didn't collapse, but his expression became colder. He stared at Mo Ran for a moment with a look that said, "Evil disciple deserves to die." Then he said in a low voice,
"Tianwen is broken. I'll go fix it."
Chu Wanning threw down these words and turned to leave.
Xue Meng was a stupid child, "How can Heaven's Inquisition be broken?"
Chu Wanning heard him and glanced back at him with a look that said, "Evil disciple deserves to die."
Xue Meng suddenly shuddered.
Mo Ran lay on the ground, dying. His face was dull.
He was indeed thinking of finding an opportunity to f * ck Chu Wan-ning to death. He knew that this Grandmaster Chu, who was known as "Late Night Yu Heng, Northern Dipper Celestial Venerable", had always paid attention to elegance and integrity. What she couldn't stand the most was being sullied and crushed by others.
But how could he let Chu Wanning know about this!
Mo Ran whimpered like an abandoned dog and covered his face.
Thinking of Chu Wanning's eyes before he left, he felt that he was not far from death.