Xu Mu's Interrogation

Fu Daqiang was completely dumbfounded. Did this woman have to be so direct?

Seeing her friend captured, and she didn't even hesitate?

Fu Daqiang grabbed Xu Mu's shoulder and yanked him back over a dozen meters. "You little brat! You think I'm joking? Believe it or not, I'll gouge his eyes out first?"

"Go ahead. I'll burn paper effigies of beautiful women for him every year, so they can take care of his daily needs."

Jiang Huihui stopped at this point and began walking step by step towards Xu Mu.

"Kid! What's the relationship between you two?"

Fu Daqiang shouted coldly at Xu Mu.

"Us? Good friends, I guess," Xu Mu said after thinking for a moment.

"Good friends? In this world, what pure friendship exists between a man and a woman? You like each other, right?"

Fu Daqiang sneered, then said to Xu Mu, "Quick, say you love her!"

Currently in this desolate wilderness, it was hard for him to escape. His only chance now was to get these two to confess and establish a romantic connection.

That way, the hostage in his hands would become useful.

"What good is him loving me? I don't love him!"

Jiang Huihui said with a calm expression.

"Why don't you love him? The two of you are a perfect match, a couple made in heaven. Actually, you're husband and wife, aren't you?"

Fu Daqiang looked at Jiang Huihui, full of vigilance, afraid she might strike suddenly.

"Huh?"

Jiang Huihui was a bit confused, her face showing some discomfort. "What nonsense are you spouting?"

A look of joy flashed across Fu Daqiang's face. She's blushing!

It meant the relationship between these two really was something special.

If that was the case, then he had hope of escaping.

"I'm telling the truth. I know a bit about face-reading. You two are perfectly compatible. After you marry, it will benefit both your families and your descendants!"

Fu Daqiang paused, then continued, "I also divined that you'll have seven sons, each one a dragon among men."

Jiang Huihui, her hand trembling slightly, reached into her pocket, took out a piece of gum, and stuffed it into her mouth to calm herself.

"If you don't want this destined bond to be broken, get the hell away from me. As long as I can leave, I'll definitely let this kid go..."

"Go to hell!"

Xu Mu sent Fu Daqiang flying with a single palm strike.

Whoosh!

Fu Daqiang's body flew out uncontrollably, crashing through two large trees before hitting the ground.

"Pfft!"

He spat out a mouthful of blood, looking at Xu Mu with terror-filled eyes. "You..."

He hadn't expected this man to be a master as well.

"Seven sons? Would she be giving birth to the Calabash Brothers?"

Xu Mu walked calmly towards Fu Daqiang. "I couldn't afford to raise that many sons."

Swish!

Jiang Huihui's figure flickered as she charged towards Fu Daqiang.

Fu Daqiang immediately tried to get up, but he felt the ribs in his chest were broken. The intense pain made it impossible for him to fight for long.

After just two or three exchanges with Jiang Huihui, he collapsed on the ground.

"Done!"

Jiang Huihui smiled, but Xu Mu immediately gave her a smack on the behind from behind.

Her cheeks instantly flushed red. "What are you doing?"

"What am I doing? I get captured by a bad guy and used as leverage, and you couldn't even pretend to care? Talking about burning paper effigies for me? Don't I have any face to save?"

Xu Mu crossed his arms, glancing coolly at Jiang Huihui.

"Hmph! If you couldn't even handle him, how can you think about participating in the martial arts competition for marriage?"

Jiang Huihui snorted lightly, then looked at the black-robed man. "Black Robe, you're under arr..."

"Wait! Let me do the talking."

Xu Mu suddenly interrupted Jiang Huihui. If Black Robe found out too early that Jiang Huihui was a Cleaner, some questions might become impossible to ask.

"Fu Daqiang, that's your name, right?"

Xu Mu squatted in front of him with a smile.

Hearing this, Fu Daqiang's eyes widened in shock. "You... how do you know that name?"

All these years, he had always used a fake name.

Many people didn't even know his fake name, only knowing him as Black Robe.

"Not only do I know you're called Fu Daqiang, I also know you have connections to the Heavenly Sword Sect."

Xu Mu observed Fu Daqiang's expression and continued, "And you're also linked to the Eternal Life Research Institute."

"What? The Eternal Life Research Institute?"

Jiang Huihui was stunned. This was an evil organization on the Sanitation Department's Red-Level Most Wanted list.

Fu Daqiang was so shocked he was speechless. "You... just who are you people?"

"Never mind us for now. Right now, I'm the one asking questions. If you hide even the slightest detail, your fate will be miserable."

Xu Mu's expression turned grim. "First, tell me about your relationship with the Heavenly Sword Sect and the Eternal Life Research Institute."

"I... even if I tell you, I'll still die. Why should I tell you?"

Fu Daqiang said with a cold glare.

"If you tell the truth, you won't die. I keep my word."

Xu Mu said calmly. "If you don't, I'll let you experience death by a thousand cuts. My technique is decent; I guarantee you'll meet your end right at the thousandth cut."

This was the effect Xu Mu wanted. If Jiang Huihui revealed she was a Cleaner too early, that threat would lose its power. After all, the Cleaners were a state organization and would definitely not do such things.

But now, Fu Daqiang didn't know who Xu Mu was either, so he would definitely believe it.

Just as Xu Mu expected, upon hearing this, Fu Daqiang's body trembled instinctively.

Especially his legs, which shook violently.

"I'll talk, I'll talk!"

Fu Daqiang would rather be killed with one strike than endure such torture. "I was originally from the Heavenly Sword Sect. I was a subordinate of the Great Elder of Green Wood Mountain."

Xu Mu frowned slightly. Green Wood Mountain again.

"The Great Elder seemed to have connections with the Eternal Life Research Institute, but he wasn't fully trusting. Through some means, he had me infiltrate the Eternal Life Research Institute."

Fu Daqiang paused, then continued, "But the Eternal Life Research Institute discovered me quickly and made me take a drug they developed."

"What drug?"

Xu Mu asked.

"An addictive drug, a hundred times stronger than regular poison. If you don't take it for a month, first your skin becomes unbearably itchy, then the inside of your body. I've seen with my own eyes someone cut open their own body with a knife to scratch the itch."

Fu Daqiang paused and said, "Finally, it's the head. Very few people can hold out until the end."

"As expected of the Eternal Life Research Institute, truly vile!"

Jiang Huihui said coldly.

"What happened after you were forced to take the drug?" Xu Mu inquired.

"The Eternal Life Research Institute turned the tables. They had me secretly feed the Great Elder false information."

Fu Daqiang explained.

Xu Mu suddenly understood. No wonder his character information listed him as a double agent for both the Eternal Life Research Institute and the Heavenly Sword Sect.

"Then why did you become an assassin?"

Jiang Huihui asked curiously.

"It was a mission from the Eternal Life Research Institute. I need money to buy their drugs."

Fu Daqiang sighed. "We external personnel of the Institute all need to earn money and complete tasks for them to get the medicine."

"Has anything major happened recently in the Heavenly Sword Sect?"

Xu Mu suddenly thought of Dai Xingluo. After Jiang Huihui's martial arts competition for marriage was over, he still needed to go to the Heavenly Sword Sect. Knowing in advance would help him prepare.

"The Heavenly Sword Sect really is about to face a major event soon."

Fu Daqiang said, looking at Xu Mu.