Chapter 118: Detective Xuhan Doesn’t Miss
"The second time my suspicions about the true nature of this inheritance challenge became stronger was when all of us who had passed the first stage were forcibly converted into disciples of the Holy Land of Laws.
"Sure, it makes sense that it is a necessary precaution against various loopholes of the first stage, like allowing powerful cultivators to send in their clones or slaves. But later, after all four of us met and I got to relax a bit in the second stage, I reflected back onto my experience in this test. Some doubts inevitably popped out.
"Using the assumption that a powerful being might have been sealed here and the circle of laws were actually placed to suppress it, what would be the aim of practically enslaving the cultivators who enter this... prison?"
Zhao Weiqing instantly interrupted Han Xuhan.
"It doesn’t make any sense. Your theory so far contradicts that clue. Doesn’t that mean you were on the wrong line of thinking, to begin with?"
Han Xuhan shook his head, continuing with his explanation in an unfazed manner.
"Indeed, it does. But if we are willing to use our imagination a bit and assume that the being who has been suppressed by the circle of laws is so incredibly powerful that the unsuspecting cultivators who barge into his prison would end up becoming his tools for freedom, it makes sense in a twisted way, doesn’t it?"
"Powerful mystic cultivators have countless means to achieve such feats, such as possession, mind control, enslavement contracts, plain coercion, and means that I may not even understand. How hard could it be?"
A heavy silence fell on the surroundings when Han Xuhan spoke of the possibility. Mu Ran’s body was still as a rock. Xuhan Zhou’s neck was straining from her effort to glance at Han Xuhan’s face. Han Xuhan’s smiling, but mirthless gaze was on Zhao Weiqing’s masked face.