Became a salted fish pretend heiress and handed over the system
Chapter 292 - 281: Mysterious Plane 36

Chapter 292: Chapter 281: Mysterious Plane 36

"You may ask now," Mo Si told Xia Xi.

Initially they planned to interrogate Wan Ting into confessing the truth, but upon arriving at the mansion, they found that strategy to be unfeasible. Confusing him and then directly asking was the best approach.

Mo Si brought two chairs over, sat down with Xia Xi, and faced Ninth Master.

Xia Xi stared at Ninth Master and asked, "Were you the one who had Wan Ting light the fire at the Pear Garden three years ago, burning Qin Qi to death?"

"Yes"

"Why did you burn her alive?"

Ninth Master looked at them with a muddled gaze, speaking faintly, "Initially, I was afraid she had overheard Wan Ting and me scheming to poison the theatre audience’s tea with Wushi San. Then I found out she was born in a Yang year, Yang month, Yin day, Yin hour, making her the perfect focal point for the Hundred Evil Transport Array. The harmony of Yin and Yang, perpetual life and death, could offer me a lifetime of wealth and smooth sailing.

I was ready to burn her alive, and have Daoist Yin Shui seize her spirit. Then I could steal her corpse and bury her in the focal point of the array.

But I don’t know why Daoist Yin Shui couldn’t find her spirit. After the burial, her corpse also disappeared without a trace.

I later heard that she turned into a fierce ghost. I sent Daoist Yin Shui to capture her, but he ended up getting injured.

For years I’ve been trying to seize her, but to no avail.

But soon there will be a day of surging Yang Qi, and Daoist Yin Shui will find a way to capture her. By then, she will still be mine, hahaha."

As he spoke, a triumphant smile appeared on Ninth Master’s face, as if Qin Qi’s ghost was his for the taking.

"Did you poison the audience of the Pear Garden with Wushi San?" Xia Xi’s gaze grew colder as she looked at him. If the timing weren’t wrong, she would’ve stabbed him then and there, to prevent him from harming more innocent people.

"I did. Those arrogant folk usually look down on us. Now, they’re begging me like dogs to give them Wushi San, hahaha. My next step is to have them poison their own families and all those high-ranking figures with Wushi San, so they will all come begging to me, pleading like lowly dogs." Ninth Master laughed with a lascivious grin on his face, his eyes revealing a touch of madness.

Seeing him like this, it wasn’t hard to guess his resentment towards those high-ranking individuals.

"Why do you want them to beg you like dogs?" Xia Xi asked.

"Without their reincarnation, they wouldn’t be here today. I have the ability, but sadly, no space to display it. Otherwise, why would I serve as another’s puppet, unable to control my destiny?

This is unfair. I want to grasp my own fate. I want to control the fate of others," Ninth Master roared with a ferocious expression.

"Ridiculous." Xia Xi was so furious that she couldn’t utter a word. To control one’s own fate, one should strive through legitimate efforts, rather than resorting to crooked ways and murdering countless people.

Don’t those people have family and friends? Their deaths have brought so much pain and despair to so many.

"Alright, don’t get worked up over this piece of scum," Mo Si comforted Xia Xi, seeing her anger.

"Who is the master behind Ninth Moon Place?" Xia Xi, having suppressed her inner rage, continued to ask.

"It’s the Third Prince," Ninth Master said.

"Does he know what you’ve done?" Xia Xi continued.

"No, Ninth Moon Place is merely his outpost for gathering intelligence, and the person I am dealing with is not the Third Prince himself, but someone by his side," Ninth Master shook his head.

"Where is Daoist Yin Shui now?"

If she could find Daoist Yin Shui, she would definitely kill him to prevent him from causing any further harm to the innocent.