Under Lao Changtai's careful care, Huang Yingying finally slowly came to her senses. As soon as she saw Wu Jinliang, she immediately burst into tears and sobbed, "Mr. Gao, it's all my fault, I don't want those fifty gold coins anymore. They're in my pocket, take them, please let me go, okay?"

Wu Jinliang pointed the dagger in his hand, "Can't you speak properly?"

Huang Yingying immediately stopped crying and said sadly, "I've always been speaking properly; it's you who didn't give me a chance to explain."

These words irritated Wu Jinliang, and he pointed to the assassins, "You say you don't know them? Is this what you call speaking properly?"

Fine, Huang Yingying no longer felt wronged. Even with her distorted face, some embarrassment was visible, and she continued to plead, "Mr. Gao, we've known each other for a while, eating and drinking together, having fun, visiting brothels. You can't just turn your back on me now."

Do they really have such a bond? Lao Changtai turned to look at Wu Jinliang, thinking he was believable in this regard.

Wu Jinliang shook the dagger in his hand, "Stay on topic. Tell me, what's the deal with Mr. A Xun having 'Death Refusing Incense'? If you can't explain clearly…" He tugged on a strand of her messy hair and sliced it off with the blade, "Our friendship ends here."

Huang Yingying, with a mournful face, said, "Even if I tell you, you won't believe me. As soon as I mention 'Death Refusing Incense', you hit me. If I keep talking, I'll probably die at your hands. How can I dare to continue?"

Wu Jinliang also felt a bit embarrassed, but since he was holding the reins now, he wasn't the one embarrassed. Others were. He huffed and said, "This time, talk properly and clearly. How do you know Mr. A Xun has 'Death Refusing Incense'?"

Huang Yingying sighed and said, "That corpse incident years ago was actually his doing."

"..." Wu Jinliang and Lao Changtai exchanged glances.

Not just them, even the surviving assassins were stunned.

Lao Changtai suddenly revealed his original voice and asked, "How do you know it was Mr. A Xun who did it?"

He realized only afterward that he hadn't disguised his voice.

Huang Yingying sighed, "As soon as he arrived in Dazhi City, I noticed him, saw him occasionally buying some strange things. That made me pay more attention to him. I found that he often quietly went outside the city. I didn't know what he was up to, but I thought he must be going somewhere. To find that place, I spent a lot of time and effort and finally found his secret hideout..."

"Wait a minute..." Lao Changtai grew suspicious and interrupted her, "Why were you paying so much attention to him? Compared to your status, is there any reason you should be associated with him? Just because he bought some strange things, you decided to track and investigate his personal matters?"

Wu Jinliang completely understood his partner's doubts. The problem was, he knew this old girl had this nature, so he persuaded, "Let her talk, just let her talk." Then he said to Huang Yingying, "Go on, continue with your story."

This big guy finally got to speak properly, and Huang Yingying almost burst into tears of gratitude. After a pitiful sob, she defended Lao Changtai by saying, "This brother is right. At first, it was just because I noticed him. The real reason for tracking him was indeed because of the stuff he bought. Combined with his background, it aroused my suspicion."

Wu Jinliang asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Huang Yingying replied, "Because I happen to know what materials are needed to concoct 'Death Refusing Incense'. The main ingredients come from the Divine Mountain, and Mr. A Xun is from the Divine Mountain. That's why I suspected he had a secret hideout outside the city, so I took the risk to follow him.

When I noticed him, I asked around about him from people in the mountain city, learning that his sense of smell was quite keen. To track him, I rubbed something on myself to mask my scent and tried to approach him from downwind, combined with my Earth Escape Technique. My efforts finally paid off..."

"Wait, wait, wait." Wu Jinliang snapped out of his confusion when he saw her continuing to ramble on, hurriedly stopping her and asking, "Did I hear you right? You know the materials needed to concoct 'Death Refusing Incense'?"

Huang Yingying made a noise of agreement, indicating it was correct.

Wu Jinliang continued, "Then can I understand that you can concoct 'Death Refusing Incense'?"

Huang Yingying nodded repeatedly, "I know the method, but I've never made it."

Wu Jinliang shook the knife in his hand again, "You old thing, did you figure out we were here for 'Death Refusing Incense' and said this to save your own life?"

Huang Yingying hurriedly defended, "No, no, absolutely not. I'm telling the absolute truth. If there's any lie, let the heavens strike me down with five thunders."

In her heart, she knew it was indeed for that reason that she deliberately said it.

Wu Jinliang bared his teeth and questioned, "Aren't your lies a bit too few?"

Huang Yingying became anxious and said, "This time, it's absolutely true. The method to concoct 'Death Refusing Incense' is not difficult. What's truly hard to find is one main ingredient called 'Reversing Soul Tree', which grows on the Divine Mountain."

Lao Changtai didn't react much to this, but Wu Jinliang did, he asked in surprise, "'Reversing Soul Tree' isn't it supposed to grow on 'Divine Bird Mountain'?"

Huang Yingying, on the other hand, seemed as if it was self-evident and said: "'Divine Mountain' was once called 'Divine Bird Mountain'."

"Ah?" Wu Jinliang exclaimed: "'Divine Mountain' is 'Divine Bird Mountain'? Who the hell came up with that name with just a one-character difference?"

Can't blame him for cursing. After searching for so long, the place is right in front of them, isn't this a joke?

Huang Yingying said: "The earliest name for Divine Mountain was 'Divine Bird Mountain', originally it was the territory of the Phoenix Clan of Phoenix and Qilin Continent. Later, a High Martial took a liking to 'Divine Bird Mountain', defeated the Phoenix Clan, forcibly occupied 'Divine Bird Mountain', and renamed it to 'Golden Que Mountain', enslaving the Phoenix Clan. Later, that High Martial was killed by the Demon Ancestor and the Phoenix Clan once again occupied 'Golden Que Mountain'. In order to wash away shame and revenge, the Phoenix Clan has enslaved the descendants of that High Martial for generations till now and also renamed 'Golden Que Mountain' back to 'Divine Bird Mountain'. Later, it seemed they felt the name 'Divine Bird Mountain' was too tacky, so they called it 'Divine Mountain'..."

As he spoke, he paused, noticing that Wu Jinliang's expression seemed extremely abnormal, his dazed and twisted look, occasionally showing his teeth, made Huang nervous and he said: "I'm telling the truth, not a single lie. If you don't believe me, you can verify."

Wu Jinliang chuckled cynically. Verify what, if it could be verified, he wouldn't be here nagging with this old thing. He swallowed dryly, regained composure, and said: "You just mentioned, 'Divine Mountain' is 'Divine Bird Mountain', which is 'Golden Que Mountain'?"

Huang Yingying replied weakly: "Yes, there's definitely nothing wrong in that aspect."

Lao Changtai also looked at Wu Jinliang with a puzzled expression, not knowing what this big chuckle meant.

Wu Jinliang asked again: "Was the High Martial who enslaved the Phoenix Clan named 'Jin Zhan'?"

Huang Yingying immediately uttered a heartfelt compliment, "Mr. Gao is indeed insightful, even knowing this, right now not many people know the names of those ancient figures."

Suddenly, Wu Jinliang got up and left, walking briskly towards the cave entrance, leaving Huang Yingying and Lao Changtai somewhat bewildered.

Lao Changtai didn't know what was wrong with him, so he also got up to follow and found Wu Jinliang outside the cave behaving as if he'd taken the wrong medicine, scratching his head vigorously with his left hand, then switching to his right, frantically pacing back and forth.

Later, he slapped his face with both hands, shouted "Not right", and spun around hurriedly back into the cave.

What's not right? Lao Changtai followed back in to check.

Wu Jinliang had already squatted again in front of Huang Yingying, tugging at the small tuft of beard on his chin, "Old Huang, I remember I asked if you had ever heard of 'Divine Bird Mountain', you said you hadn't. I also asked you about the corpse mutation back then, you said you didn't know. Now, how come you know everything, even what's happened in people's ancestral graves, and still dare say you didn't play me?"

Huang Yingying immediately cried injustice, "I definitely said I didn't know ah, I couldn't possibly mention A Xun's refining of 'Death Refusing Incense', right?"

Wu Jinliang pulled on his beard hard, "Then what cannot be said about the 'Divine Bird Mountain' matter?"

If the other party had informed him earlier, he and Shi Chun could have saved a lot of trouble.

Huang Yingying replied with a bitter face: "I hail from the clan that was enslaved by the Phoenix Clan for generations. I was released from the foot of the Divine Mountain with great difficulty, I really didn't want to bring up 'Divine Bird Mountain' past matters. Back then, I barely knew you, wasn't very familiar, how would I know if you were sent by Divine Mountain to test me, hence dared not speak much. It wasn't intentional deception."

Wu Jinliang paused again, released his beard, pushing around his distorted face, then held his face with both hands and asked apprehensively: "So, you're a descendant of Jin Zhan?"

His cheeks being held made Huang Yingying mumble: "There's nothing about descendants, the glory of my ancestors has long passed, now it's just surviving ignobly. I'm actually doing well, having escaped the identity of slavery, unlike my clan at the foot of the Divine Mountain who never finds peace for generations."

"Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk..." Wu Jinliang clicked his tongue for a while, then held Huang Yingying's face for a good look before letting go, "Indeed, the glory of your ancestors doesn't show at all on you. At such an age, almost ready for a coffin, yet not even reaching High Martial cultivation, I'm truly impressed."

Huang Yingying sighed and said: "Mr. Gao, being incompetent is a kind of blessing. If I wasn't incompetent, how could Divine Mountain possibly grant me freedom, fearing I'd still be enslaved at the foot of Divine Mountain. You and I wouldn't have met."

"No fate, fate..." Wu Jinliang muttered to him for a bit, suddenly flipped to the side, sat on the ground, leaned against the wall, hugged his knees and chuckled nonstop.

He genuinely did not expect that the things he was searching for, either couldn't be traced at all or suddenly all burst out.

Really didn't expect all of this had been around him all along, indeed met in a brothel, isn't this absurd? What else could it be if not fate?

He found it amusing just thinking about it, not knowing how Chun Tian would react upon knowing, later when Chun Tian advises him to frequent the brothel less, he would have something to say.

Lao Changtai also had no clue what he was laughing at, the chuckle unexpectedly turned into laughter.

Finally recovering, Wu Jinliang looked up and leaned against the wall, with a carefree wave of hand said: "Old Huang, go on, continue with the tale of that A Xun."

"The 'Reversing Soul Tree' nowadays rarely shows mature trees, if not mature, they remain spirit bodies, even people from Divine Mountain struggle to find. I reckon A Xun's ability to find that material for refining is inseparably linked to his sense of smell..."

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