The curled-up devil thought vaguely understood Yu Ziqing's intentions, trembling as it conveyed "understood."

The devil thought was like a dish, a dish for the hungry ghost.

At all times, the hungry ghost was never picky about devil thoughts, without exceptions.

Now as long as Yu Ziqing nodded, Cece could immediately devour the entire devil thought on the spot.

Currently picking through this dish, it was only because Cece was not hungry and rational, needing to choose.

She picked out the parts she found tasty, just like roasted meat sprinkled with mountain pepper powder. The heaviest flavor was actually the aggressiveness within the devil thought, the intent to kill, the desire for destruction and devastation.

And this part was also what Cece found the most delicious.

As these parts were picked and munched as snacks, the power of the devil thought grew weaker and weaker, but the awareness within it became clearer and clearer.

The clearer it became, the more fearful it grew.

Yu Ziqing always maintained the right heat, like roasting crescent ribs; the meat needed to be almost charred but not burned, the burnt aroma to come out, yet the crispy bones shouldn't be overcooked, maintaining a balance between the two.

Now preparing this devil thought was the same.

You couldn't let it be too confused, only knowing to plead for mercy, mercy, mercy...

But you also couldn't let it be too clear-headed, or it could easily fabricate an entire story to fool you when asked.

As a foodie who used to be a chef, Yu Ziqing knew well how to control the heat best.

At the beginning, just ask some simple questions.

"Were you Ji Bochang's devil thought?"

"Did Ji Bochang fail in advancement because you took the opportunity to cause trouble?"

"Did Ji Bochang notice you?"

Simple yes or no questions could be answered.

It was similarly a way to test if this devil thought was honest or not.

Until he felt the temperature was just right, Yu Ziqing began to get to the main topic.

"Have you ever been to Almsgiving Town?"

"I have."

"Has Ji Bochang ever been to Almsgiving Town?"

"He has."

Yu Ziqing squinted slightly and continued to ask.

"Has Ji Bochang ever seen me before?"

"He has."

"And what about you?"

"I have."

Yu Ziqing thought for a while and continued to ask.

"Was it during the day or at night?"

"During the day."

"Did Ji Bochang ever come to catch me?"

"No."

After a two-hour period, Yu Ziqing temporarily spared the trembling devil thought.

He knew the deterrent force was significant when he had cultivated to the Yin God Realm with the Hungry Ghost Dao against this small group of devil thoughts.

After asking in detail twice, Yu Ziqing roughly understood.

Ji Bochang did indeed come to Almsgiving Town, but it should have been during the day, when he met himself outside.

At that time, at most, they brushed past each other on the street, and Ji Bochang might not even remember.

But the devil thought remembered.

It would remember every face Ji Bochang forgot, to destroy Ji Bochang's belief at critical moments, and then take the opportunity to seize the body, venting that massive aggressiveness and desire to destroy.

Yu Ziqing secretly sighed; either this still somewhat foolish devil thought could come up with answers that might fool him based on his logic,

or the person behind Ji Bochang's setup was extremely well-prepared.

During the time he was captured, Ji Bochang happened to appear in Almsgiving Town.

Or rather, confirming Ji Bochang appeared made someone dare to quietly capture people at night.

Even if compelled to act, the clues left behind must match the abilities Ji Bochang possessed.

The preparation was indeed thorough.

Thorough to the point where, after interrogating the devil thought, Yu Ziqing didn't dare completely rule out Ji Bochang's suspicion.

Because it looked too much like him.

Apart from never having caught Yu Ziqing in the end, all other clues still pointed to Ji Bochang.

As long as the matter got exposed, as long as the investigation started, Ji Bochang would be doomed for sure.

Even if he could talk with his whole body, he still couldn't explain it clearly.

Once this stirred up, to quell the matter, someone would have to die.

However, after Yu Ziqing came back, he didn't plan to expose this matter.

Even Su Li would only investigate secretly.

More importantly, Yu Ziqing thought that the person who caught him at that time probably never considered failing.

After pondering, Yu Ziqing pointed to that group of devil thoughts.

"Keep it first, don't eat it as a snack."

He prepared to keep the matter of the devil thought to himself, absolutely not revealing it.

The cultivators outside probably wouldn't think that, for all cultivators, devil thoughts were as avoidable as snakes and scorpions. To Yu Ziqing, devil thoughts would be prepared in this way.

After leaving the Despair Abyss, Yu Ziqing calculated the things to do in the near future.

Cultivation was the top priority, this went without saying.

As for Dali, Uncle Fu's invitation and Gu Tianxin's proposal to let Cece visit, these he wouldn't be going to for now.

At least wait until the magical treasures, the specialties of Jinlan Mountain, were spread out and everyone was used to them.

Wait until many of Dali's basic livelihoods started to transform due to the special magical treasures and then a new chain of interests was constructed.

When this magical treasure became the core of many upper and lower streams industries,

then he would go to the Imperial City of Dali for a stroll and open a branch of the health club.

There were too many old monsters in the Imperial City of Dali, with the Lihuo Institute nearby, even more evildoers were there.

He was truly afraid of those old folks.

Because there was an old monster at home as well.

Just thinking about old Yang, if such a guy stood on the opposite side, Yu Ziqing found it somewhat daunting.

The invitation from Dali was definitely not something he would attend.

Also, Dazhen had stabilized quite a bit recently; small conflicts continued, but things like a war with hundreds of thousands of troops had ceased.