She spent about half a day here, giving them enough psychological pressure.
After that, the interrogators finally arrived.
Lin Huanhuan shook You Yuelan, who had been sleeping soundly, awake.
“Hey, wake up, wake up. Time to get up!”
You Yuelan lifted her head, rubbed her drowsy eyes, and asked, “What’s wrong? Is it time to eat?”
“Time to eat? It’s time for interrogation. Don’t say anything unnecessary later. Just answer whatever you’re asked.”
Lin Huanhuan complained speechlessly, then instructed again, “Hmm… they’ll probably ask some brainless questions, like whether you admit to being a spy from Chaos Demon Mountain. Just confess directly. That way, they won’t torture you into confessing. Then they’ll probably ask about the details after you arrived at Lingyun Sect. Just tell them the truth.”
You Yuelan was slightly surprised. “Is it that simple? Shouldn’t they abolish my cultivation, break my hands and feet, pierce my clavicles with iron chains, torture me repeatedly, and finally hang me at the mountain gate as a warning?”
“How could there be anything like that? We’re the righteous path here. Even if there are some dark rules, they have to stay hidden and usually can’t be brought to light. At most, torture is the limit… Ah, forget it. Just do as I say, and they probably won’t make things difficult for you.”
“Oh, alright then.”
The interrogation or inquiry process of the Lingyun Sect’s Punishment Hall had a relatively systematic procedure.
Generally, if it was certain that someone had committed the act but there was no concrete evidence, torture would be used to force a confession. This was a rule established when the sect was founded. Since it was set by that Nascent Soul True Lord of Lingyun Sect, no one dared to change it, and it had been operating this way for so many years.
The procedure usually first involved interrogation, then evidence collection, and simultaneously questioning those related to the matter. Once everything was ready, a verdict would be made.
The person responsible for interrogating You Yuelan was Lin Shuāng Yè.
The moment You Yuelan walked into the enclosed little room, she was stunned for a second.
“Sister, you look a bit like Lin Huanhuan. Are you related to her?”
Lin Shuāng Yè, who had been keeping a stern face to maintain authority, nearly broke character upon hearing this.
“Quiet. Don’t say unnecessary things. Next, I ask, you answer. Understand?”
“Understood.”
Lin Huanhuan looked at Ling Ling, who was in charge of interrogating her, and her eyelids twitched.
‘She should be my senior sister, right? Isn’t she worried about showing favoritism? Oh, we were planning to pull some strings anyway. Never mind.’
Thinking this, Lin Huanhuan completely relaxed. She casually sat down on the stool and said lazily, “It’s just a formality anyway. Can we just sit here for a while? By the way, when can we leave?”
Hearing this, a vein popped on Ling Ling’s forehead. With an angry expression, she slammed her palm onto the table, jolting Lin Huanhuan upright like a spring.
“Wh-What’s wrong?”
“Stop grinning at me. Do I know you? I’m one of the executive hall masters of the Punishment Hall. You’re nothing but a suspect suspected of colluding with the demonic path. Don’t try to suck up to me, or else I won’t be nice!”
Lin Huanhuan’s expression turned serious. She remembered that although Ling Ling was her senior sister, she had always seemed to dislike her. Forget about pulling strings; it would be good if Ling Ling didn’t make things difficult for her.
‘I didn’t expect her to be one of the executive hall masters of the Punishment Hall. I need to be careful. Even if everything will be fine later, it’d still be unpleasant if she lashed out at me twice.’
The Punishment Hall was considered the law enforcement body of Lingyun Sect. It also occupied its own peak, with an elder stationed there, but the elder usually didn’t handle affairs. Instead, a few executive hall masters were responsible for executing decisions or handling major incidents and interrogation cases. Below them were squad leaders and ordinary members.
“Name?”
Ling Ling raised an eyebrow slightly, twirling the pen used for recording.
“Lin Huanhuan.”
“That name sounds pretty strange. It’s not a fake name, is it? I’m telling you, we have ways to tell truth from lies. If you dare lie, I won’t be lenient!”
“Hey, what do you mean by that? Could my name possibly be fake? There are so many people in the sect who know me. How could it be a fake name? You’re deliberately making things difficult for me!”
“Tsk. I can’t believe you caught that. Seems like you do have some brains after all.”
“What do you mean by that? Are you insulting me? What do you mean I only have a bit of brains? I’ve always been smart!”
“Quiet. Don’t change the subject!”
Lin Huanhuan wanted to argue further, but when she saw Ling Ling’s hand already on the whip, she forced the words back down.
‘Forget it. I won’t bother with her. Waste of saliva.’
“Age.”
“Eighteen.”
“Male or female?”
Lin Huanhuan, who had just calmed herself down and planned to answer calmly, almost lost it again.
“I’m a grown person. Can’t you tell if I’m male or female?”
“How do I know what I see is real? The demon sect has plenty of ways to change gender.”
Lin Huanhuan had no choice but to swallow her anger.
“Female, alright?”
Seeing Lin Huanhuan clearly frustrated but unable to do anything about it, Ling Ling nodded inwardly.
‘Little brat, I’ll get you. You dared to talk back to me before. Let me scare you a bit now.’
It was only when her colleague beside her couldn’t bear it anymore and coughed lightly that Ling Ling restrained her emotions. The serious matters were more important.
“Half a month ago, just before evening, when that group of demonic path spies attacked the Heaven-Bearing Hall, what were you doing? Were you passing intelligence to them?”
“No, I had no idea about that. At that time, I had just finished my cultivation practice and was about to eat. Passing intelligence is out of the question. You can ask my personal maidservant to verify.”
Since she was already at the Foundation Establishment stage, she could accurately remember every detail of her life, including what she had done at any given moment.
“We will.”
“Then, do you admit that during the time You Yuelan was lurking in the sect, you have been colluding with her?”
“I wouldn’t say colluding. At most, I just know her, and she happened to get a bit of intelligence from me unintentionally.”
“When was your first meeting? Confess honestly.”
“It seems to have been at the last Outer Disciple Induction Ceremony. I met her for the first time, and there was a little misunderstanding.”
“Some evidence indicates that you were the one who pestered her. Why?”