Chapter 25

Pei Haohong composed himself, "This matter has to start with Banxianzhuang borrowing the Demon Suppression Tablet from the Kong family."

Back then, the five ancestors of Banxianzhuang came here with the Soul Gathering Coffin, preparing to establish an academy and suppress the coffin.

When Pei's ancestor was young, he traveled the martial world and had a close friendship with a member of the Kong family, who mentioned to the ancestor that the Kong family had a Demon Suppression Tablet.

At that time, although Banxianzhuang had five great Confucians, it was not enough to suppress the Soul Gathering Coffin.

Therefore, Banxianzhuang negotiated with the Kong family many times, wanting to borrow the Demon Suppression Tablet.

Banxianzhuang wasn't unaware that the Kong family's Demon Suppression Tablet was also suppressing a fierce demon. Therefore, when they proposed to the Kong family to take away the Demon Suppression Tablet, they also proposed the condition of suppressing the demon on behalf of the Kong family.

This was the purpose of Banxianzhuang building a manor in the Kong family at that time.

In fact, the Kong family had long been tired of this life of coexisting with demons. They couldn't wait for someone to replace the Kong family so that they could leave that closed mountain village.

However, for some reason, the Kong family refused to give up the Kong family compound, even though Banxianzhuang offered a sky-high price, they were still unmoved.

In the end, Banxianzhuang had no choice but to compromise and agreed to move the coffin for the Kong family.

Shang Xingyan's eyes narrowed slightly when he heard this: he was well aware of the dangers of moving a coffin.

If it was just moving an ordinary coffin, finding a decent feng shui master, or simply finding someone from a funeral home, could get the job done.

Wanting to move a coffin that suppresses evil objects is tantamount to giving the other party a chance to escape.

A little carelessness could lead to disaster.

Shang Xingyan raised his hand to signal the other party to stop for a moment, "Pei Haohong, this official gave you a chance, but you didn't cherish it. When this official doesn't want to give you a chance, you probably won't even have time to regret it."

Pei Haohong was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, "Lord Shang, this humble one doesn't understand what you mean!"

Shang Xingyan sneered, "Do you think I can't hear that you are avoiding the important and dwelling on the trivial, or do you think you are hiding it very cleverly?"

Pei Haohong said aggrievedly, "My lord, this humble one really doesn't understand what you are talking about?"

Shang Xingyan chuckled, "Why did Banxianzhuang bring the Soul Gathering Coffin from thousands of miles away?"

"Who is the fierce demon suppressed in the Soul Gathering Coffin?"

"Did you tell me?"

Before the other party could speak, Shang Xingyan waved his hand with a smile, "Come! Help Mr. Pei to take a seat. We have to be polite to scholars, right?"

Although Pei Haohong was helped up and sat on the stool, his whole body was trembling.

Pei Haohong knew very well that this was the last chance Shang Xingyan gave him. If he couldn't grasp it, not only would he die, but the entire Pei family would be finished with him.

Pei Haohong opened his mouth, as if he wanted to discuss the conditions with Shang Xingyan again, but when he saw his amiable face, he forcibly held back the words.

Pei Haohong said, "According to legend, the founder of the Coffin Sect, Jiu Guan Dao Ren (Nine Coffin Taoist) Ye Qianyang, once forged nine strange coffins and rampaged across the land, passing down the eight lines of the Coffin Sect. But he hid the nine strange coffins in various places in the world, waiting for the true Coffin Master to appear."

"There are descendants of the eight lines of the Coffin Sect in Confucianism!"

Shang Xingyan's eyes widened slightly, "Are you sure you didn't make a mistake?"

"I'm sure!" Pei Haohong said, "Some of the eight lines of the Coffin Sect have always been active in the martial world, some have already hidden themselves, and some, although they are active in the martial world, never mention that they are descendants of the Coffin Sect."

"There is a descendant of the Coffin Sect hidden in Confucianism."

"The five great Confucians of Banxianzhuang were all students of that Coffin Sect descendant."

Shang Xingyan nodded slightly when he heard this: he knew the difference between students and disciples in the art world.

That Coffin Sect descendant only taught the five ancestors of Banxianzhuang knowledge, but did not pass on to them the secret methods of the Coffin Sect.

Pei Haohong said, "The five ancestors of Banxianzhuang were entrusted by their teacher to come here with the Soul Gathering Coffin, preparing to establish an academy to suppress the Soul Gathering Coffin."

Shang Xingyan stared at the other party and said, "Who is the fierce demon suppressed in the Soul Gathering Coffin?"

"I don't know!" Pei Haohong said, "However, the ancestors once suspected that it was an empty coffin."

Shang Xingyan asked word by word, "What makes you say that?"

Pei Haohong cupped his hands and said, "Lord Shang, please wait a moment for this matter, and allow this humble one to explain it one by one."

Shang Xingyan understood what the other party meant: Pei Haohong hadn't even finished talking about the establishment of Banxianzhuang, and he jumped to the back to talk about the rebellion of the great Confucian of the Pei family, which made it easy for people to not understand clearly and difficult to sort out the context.

It would be better for him to tell the story in detail from the beginning.

Shang Xingyan nodded with his face sideways, "Well! This official reminds you, you only have one chance, you must seize it!"

"This humble one dare not!" Pei Haohong initially called himself a student, but by the time his soul was dragged out of his body, he had already called himself "this humble one."

Pei Haohong's psychological defenses had been broken by Shang Xingyan, but Shang Xingyan still did not relax, and was still pressing Pei Haohong step by step, not giving the other party a chance to relax at all.

He was going to completely crush the last bit of Pei Haohong's dignity, completely destroy the other party, only in this way could he get all the information.

Shang Xingyan stood up and walked to the other party, gently patted him on the shoulder twice, "You don't need to struggle anymore, and you don't need to feel that you have betrayed the Pei family, betrayed Confucianism. Betrayal is not divided into big or small, there is no difference between one betrayal and ten thousand betrayals!"

"Besides, your betrayal is for the continuation of the Pei family, and there is nothing wrong with that."

"From another perspective, you are still meritorious to the Pei family."