strictlysupreme Chapter 281: Killing Husband to Prove the Truth
Chapter 281: Killing Husband to Prove the Truth
After she finished speaking, she continued: "Do you remember the scene on the first floor of the tower that you saw last night? I think the situation of those people is similar to that of the people in Longyin City, but their situation is more serious than that of the people in Longyin City."
After Ruan Xihe finished speaking, Shen Yan looked at her strangely.
He seemed curious about how she knew that he and Gongzi Heng went to the tower last night.
Ruan Xihe noticed Shen Yan's curious look, and then he belatedly explained the whole story.
"I went there last night, but I used an invisibility charm."
"I see." Shen Yan understood and said, "You are right, it is a bit similar."
After saying this, Shen Yan seemed to have thought of something.
"It wasn't just us last night. Two other people also went there, but they were discovered by the Saint's Cult. We don't know what happened to them afterwards."
"If we can find them, perhaps we can get more information about the Saint Maiden Cult from them."
As soon as Shen Yan opened his mouth, Ruan Xihe knew that Shen Yan was talking about Linghu Zhou and his junior sister.
But what Shen Yan didn't know was that Linghu Zhou had been captured by the Holy Maiden Cult's people, and no one knew where he was being held.
Ruan Xihe calmly changed the subject, "Do you feel anything is wrong with the Holy Light today?"
"Yes," he said, "We both felt something was wrong."
After hearing this, Ruan Xihe finally felt relieved.
Then the two chatted a lot more.
Not long after, there was a knock on the door. It was Gongzi Heng who came back.
When he saw Ruan Xihe, who was dressed in men's clothes, sitting in the room, he was so surprised that his mouth couldn't close. He pointed at Shen Yan with trembling fingers, then crossed his arms across his chest with a defensive look on his face.
"Shen Yan, you, you, you..."
Gongzi Heng didn't recognize Ruan Xihe, so his mind was now filled with the question of whether Shen Yan was a homosexual.
Because he really couldn't imagine that Shen Yan, who was cold-tempered, would invite a strange man to his house. There was only one truth, that was...
"......" Ruan Xihe realized that Gongzi Heng's thoughts were drifting away. She reached out and picked up the flowerpot on the table and threw it towards Gongzi Heng.
The flowerpot was spinning and smashed in front of him. Gongzi Heng stretched out his arms to block it, but his body was pushed back several steps due to the residual force of that domineering force.
This kind of overbearing and unreasonable power reminded him of his boss inexplicably.
Gongzi Heng held the flowerpot and came to Ruan Xihe and put the flowerpot back to its original place. Then he stood up and looked at Ruan Xihe quietly.
"Have you seen enough?"
Ruan Xihe folded his arms across his chest and turned to meet Gongzi Heng's gaze.
"Boss? Is it really you?" Gong Ziheng was so surprised that he couldn't speak clearly. "No, why are you here? Did you come here to see me?"
"No." Shen Yan answered for her with a serious face, "Like us, he is also here to investigate the Saint Maiden Cult."
Upon hearing this, Gong Ziheng's expression dimmed visibly, "Really, Boss? I thought you were worried about my safety and came to see me specially."
"......" Ruan Xihe pursed her lips and said nothing, "What did you do in the meeting hall just now? Why did some people come back, but some people haven't come back yet?"
Outside the room, footsteps could be heard from time to time, but she discovered that not everyone had returned.
For example, Fu Ling.
When she left the house, she set up a barrier inside the house so that if Fu Ling came back, she would know it immediately. But until now, the barrier has not been moved by anyone.
"Alas, when we get to the meeting hall, we still have to divide the disciples into inner disciples and outer disciples. Those who become inner disciples have to choose which elder to follow, so they have to stay and be chosen by the elders, and those who become outer disciples will naturally return first."
"Then what are the criteria for becoming an inner disciple or an outer disciple?"
"Anyone who is chosen to be brought to the Saint's Church can become an outer disciple, and the standard for inner disciples is..."
At this point, Gong Ziheng scratched his head in confusion, "Hey, that's strange, why did I suddenly forget it?"
Ruan Xihe and Shen Yan looked at each other.
Gong Ziheng walked back and forth in the room with his head down, constantly recalling the memories in his mind.
After an unknown amount of time, he patted his head and exclaimed.
"I remember now! There is only one requirement to become an inner disciple, and that is... to kill your husband to prove your faith!"
Ruan Xihe and Shen Yan were both shocked.
Seeing the two people's surprise, Gongzi Heng was suddenly distracted again.
He closed his eyes and shook his head, and his expression seemed to be a little painful. Soon, he opened his eyes and his vision became clear again.
Seeing Shen Yan and Ruan Xihe's unhappy expressions, Gong Ziheng asked in confusion: "Boss, what's wrong with you?"
He asked sincerely, as if he had no recollection of what he had just said that led to the two men's expressions.
Ruan Xihe said carefully: "Do you still remember the requirements to become an inner disciple?"
"What are the requirements for inner disciples?" Gong Ziheng asked, racking his brains to think about it, and finally shook his head, "I don't remember."
"I only remember that we, the outer disciples, were asked to leave first, and those who stayed behind became inner disciples, but I can't quite remember what the requirements were."
"But I do remember a person who was not an inner sect disciple but was also kept. Her name seemed to be... Ling He? She was designated by the leader of the Saint Maiden Sect to stay and be a personal disciple. I feel like there is something fishy going on."
Ling He?
Isn’t this the name Fu Ling left on the register?
No wonder Fu Ling hasn't come back yet. It turns out that he was kept by the leader of the Holy Maiden Sect to be her personal disciple.
However, what we have to worry about right now is Gongzi Heng's situation. His memory of what happened in the council hall is sometimes there and sometimes not. It must be because something happened in the council hall that caused him to be like this now.
Ruan Xihe's expression was somewhat solemn.
Thinking of what Gongzi Heng had just said about the requirement for inner disciples being to 'kill their husbands to prove their faith', she felt even more depressed.
Shen Yan also lowered his head, thinking about something, and was speechless for a moment.
Only Gongzi Heng did not feel the heavy atmosphere. "Boss, if I am an outer disciple, Shen Yan will no longer be eligible to accompany me and can no longer stay in the Saint Maiden Sect. What should I do?"
After saying this, he sighed and said self-pityingly, "Oh, it's all my fault. If only I had become an inner disciple, then Shen Yan wouldn't have to leave. But...what are the requirements to become an inner disciple? How could I have forgotten."
Shen Yan: “…” The requirement for inner disciples is to kill their husbands to prove their faith, but he decided not to do that.