Wandering Gods of Day and Night

Torture is relentless, pain never ceases nor extinguishes.

The Wan Xiang Tongzi finally understood the methods of Mr. of Mingjiang Prefecture—but a fierce resolve rose within him.

He shouted loudly, "Zhou Xuan... even if it’s Eternal Hell, so what? Eternal Hell still requires time."

"I’m a person with a hard bone, I’ll withstand you for a hundred and eighty rounds, exhaust you for years... many years later, when you haven’t extracted any useful information from me, Buddha Country would have long obliterated your Jing Country."

"The Nine Prefectures of Jing Country are the place where Buddha Country People water their horses."

"Ha ha."

From the folded fan, Zhou Xuan’s voice was heard. He laughed coldly, "Do you know, in our Jing Country, time is divided into many realms, one type of time realm is called ’Stillness’."

"In ’Stillness’ time, a minute can be a mere moment or an eternity."

"I have grasped this space-time, so I can torture you for eons in the time span of one minute."

Zhou Xuan’s words were not boastful.

The Blood Well controls the ’Stillness’ space-time.

And Blood Well and Zhou Xuan—are like brothers, what you have, I have too, no need to differentiate between us.

"Impossible... impossible... you have not mastered the Time Law."

The Wan Xiang Tongzi said thus.

"Just wait and see then."

Zhou Xuan raised his hand and added a Pocket Watch in the Mother Palace dream.

The second hand on the Pocket Watch moved very slowly, and the Wan Xiang Tongzi, after suffering numerous rounds of torture, as if several years had passed, the second hand finally trembled and moved once.

"Tick."

In one second of real time, the Wan Xiang Tongzi felt like he had lived through many years; he understood that Zhou Xuan was telling the truth.

He really can stop time.

"Stillness is eternity."

Zhou Xuan laughed coldly, saying, "In my dream, it’s even more eternal than your Buddha Country’s Eternal Hell, let’s see how long you can withstand."

"In our Jing Country, there’s an old saying, ’Water drop pierces stone’, even if your will is as firm as a rock, my dream’s water drop will wear you down."

Then silence reigned, with only the Wan Xiang Tongzi enduring continuous torture, round after endless round.

He started very arrogantly, but gradually, he became like a prisoner subjected to extreme torment, his will beginning to crumble, his energy and spirit bleak and worn.

Later on,

his will gradually wore away to nothing,

death became a luxury he wished for.

"Begging Mr. for death."

"I don’t want to continue living."

"Oh? In my dream, death is not a decision you can make."

Zhou Xuan, like a victor waiting for the opponent’s surrender on a negotiation table, with arms folded, said, "You can hold on a bit longer, just one minute has passed, I still have time."

These words finally acted like the last straw on a camel’s back,

in this Eternal Hell, devoid of sunrise or sunset, only eternal torture, Wan Xiang Tongzi saw no hope.

He finally... broke down.

"That Old Huang has a mirror—called Life and Death Treasure Mirror, snatched by the Buddha Mother."

"What about Master Wu Ya?"

Seeing Wan Xiang Tongzi starting to confess, Zhou Xuan asked.

"That treasure mirror was a Magic Artifact of the Ancient Buddha when alive, capable of visualizing all worldly laws, also serving to gather the Twenty-one Zen,

Buddha Mother activated the treasure mirror and pulled Master Wu Ya into it."

Zhou Xuan nodded, recalling the scene in the Secret Realm—the mirror in the Secret Realm showed Master Wu Ya asking for help.

"So Wu Ya Zen did not leave voluntarily, but was lured away by that mirror."

Zhou Xuan continued, "Where is Yanfuti? And where are Master Wu Ya and Lady Lianhua?"

"I don’t know, I don’t know... we Six Sins Venerable are just walkers of the Buddha Mother in Jing Country, every action requires Buddha Mother’s orders, we dare not take initiative."

"Then tell me, roughly where does Buddha Mother reside, is it in Ping Shui Prefecture, or somewhere else?"

"I don’t know, I really don’t know."

Wan Xiang Tongzi now wished to confess everything he knew, hoping Zhou Xuan would swiftly end him.

Zhou Xuan sighed, saying, "Ah, you make it difficult for me, still nothing useful, I have no reason to kill you and end your suffering."

"I’m just a walker in Jing Country, I barely have useful information, Mr., why waste effort on me?"

Wan Xiang Tongzi pleaded.

Zhou Xuan said coldly, "Look at you, not honest at all, then endure a few more rounds of snake bites and venomous corrosion."

Once he finished speaking, the new torture began, Wan Xiang Tongzi’s will had already collapsed, all notions of dignity gone, replaced only by cries for mercy.

"Mr., give me a chance, I’ve thought of something."

"I really have thought of something."

"Mr., Mr... "

Zhou Xuan was immune to these words and ignored them.

"Mr., many, many Buddha Country People have come to Laijing Country, otherwise, there wouldn’t be enough to sustain so many Silver Bodhisattva Flowers."

"Oh, that’s somewhat interesting."

Zhou Xuan found Wan Xiang Tongzi’s words somewhat relevant and asked, "Explain the reasoning."

Wan Xiang Tongzi, not daring to conceal anything, replied, "Mr., Silver Bodhisattva Flower feeds on the flesh and blood of Buddha Country People."

"Such a flower is so cruel?"

"The people of Jing Country have Human Desire Power, while Buddha Country People naturally possess Buddha energy, the nourishment for Silver Bodhisattva Flower is that Buddha energy."