14 Jailed Ling tian

Currently, Ling Tian was locked up in jail inside somewhere.

After Lan Yan and Lan Fei were found, the palace soldiers quickly placed them under their protection.

Therefore while Ling Tian was still trying to make heads and tails of the situation, he was arrested and thrown in jail.

A little while later, he found out that Lan Yan and Lan Fei were the Daughters of the Sect Master of Celestial Sword Sect.

Three days had gone by since he was arrested.

With meager amounts of time for sleep and meals, the majority of the time was used for interrogation.

That was how Ling Tian passed his days in jail ever since he arrived.

While his body and mind were still asleep, he would be questioned every 5 minutes by over three investigators.

"Spit out what you know."

Ling Tian wondered how many questions he had already been asked over the three days.

Tired of hearing the same questions over and over again, he was disgusted by the suspicion placed on him in the first place.

"I already told you, I just happened to pass by. By chance when I was walking in an alley, I happened to see the kidnappers with those brats… with Lady Lan Yan and Lady Lan Fei. On an impulse, I decided to help them. That's all."

The interrogator became visibly agitated when Ling Tian mentioned "those brats".

Realising it, he switched and called them by their honorific titles instead. Ling Tian was becoming fed up at repeating the same testimony.

"You're lying. You're a spy aren't you?"

Ling Tian was asked the same question over and over again.

"I'm not lying."

And Ling Tian would resentfully spit out the same answer every time.

"Naa~, once again, you said that you only helped Lady Lan Yan and Lady Lan Fei on a whim. I find that really hard to believe."

The interrogator said that while showing an unusual expression.

"Up until now, we've been courteous with you during our investigation. But if you refuse to tell us anything, we'll have to change up our methods."

The interrogator's oppressive attitude was caused by the gloomy jail atmosphere and the lengthy yet fruitless interrogation.

For the interrogator, being able to keep up in appearances until now was praiseworthy.

"Heh~? And by what sort of means?"

Ling Tian was smiling defiantly with a rebellious spark in his eyes.

Fed up, the interrogator returned Ling Tian's smile by striking him in the chest using the hilt of his sword.

Ling Tian's face was then slammed onto the table.

"AH!"

The interrogator repeatedly slammed Ling Tian's face into the table. By the second time, Ling Tian's lips were already starting to crack and bleed.

At least he could decrease the damage through flesh body Strengthening but he had difficulty controlling his Spiritual Qi.

It seemed that the shackles on his wrists were obstructing the flow of Spiritual Qi.

"Isn't it weird? For a kid like you to face four armed opponents and on top of that, defeat them. Furthermore, no ordinary orphan would be able to possess that kind of training. It's strange even considering when you caught them by surprise."

The incident was too incomprehensible for the interrogator causing him to shake his head.

"This is like a miserable play written by a peasant. You get what I'm saying?"

Ling Tian was glaring at the interrogator as if he was his parents' murderer.

The interrogator pulled Ling Tian's hair, raising his face to eye level and punched him in the stomach.

"AH!"

Seeing Ling Tian groan in pain, the interrogator revealed a satisfied expression.

It was certainly the attitude of a sadist.

The pain in his stomach made Ling Tian's face distort in pain.

"Sect Master told us to treat you with utmost consideration. After all, you are Lady Lan Yan and Lady Lan Fei's savior. It's only natural."

If that was the case, what the hell was with this treatment?

Ling Tian's frustration and anger were already reaching its boiling point.

"But you're too dangerous. As I said before, all your testimonies are too suspicious. There are too many unknowns surrounding you. Even if I have to resort to force, I will extract the information out of you. Understand?"

Grasping Ling Tian by the head, the interrogator was scowling directly in front of Ling Tian's face.

The two people hatefully glared at each other. Ling Tian floated a ridiculing smile on his face.

"If I say I don't know, then that means I don't know."

Ling Tian readily answered without hesitation.

He did not try answering any other way because of what he stated was the truth.

"Hmph. Can a criminal like you not understand Sect Master's grace? Fine, there's an easier way for scum like you to understand."

Saying that as the provocation, the interrogator patted Ling Tian's face.

"After all, you might tell me who the mastermind is. I wonder who it is. Is it someone from another sect?"

To the interrogator's misguided reasoning, Ling Tian could only let out a tired sigh.

"You don't know? Why not try asking the perpetra- AH!"

Before he could finish his sentence, Ling Tian was hit in the face.

"The perpetrators, THEY'RE ALREADY ALL DEAD! They were killed! You're the only one left alive."

Hearing those words, Ling Tian's face cramped up.

At that moment, he wondered if his body could hold up after receiving so many beatings.

But with the existence of Medicinal Pills, he reconsidered the thought as he could probably be kept alive for further questioning.

"Killed?"

"You know? Poison. Their meals were poisoned. Fortunately, your meals weren't."

While Ling Tian still harbored some doubt towards the interrogator's words, he believed what he was just told was the truth.

"…"

Hearing those words made him shiver.

To be able to poison the perpetrators, the mastermind behind the kidnapping incident must be somewhere in the sect.

But why did he not kill me?

That was because the mastermind would not be affected even if he was left alive.

Ling Tian was always intelligent and mature from birth. So, Ling Tian immediately arrived at that conclusion.

Ling Tian and the mastermind had no connections. For Ling Tian to be interrogated would be a benefit for the mastermind.