Chapter 751: Chapter 227: Totem_1

“So Young Hero Lin finally decides to show up.”

Hu Suqi seemed to know all along that Link was following Brother Shi, but it wasn’t clear whether she had guessed it or found out through reconnaissance.

“Hehe…”

Link responded to Hu Suqi with a laugh, “I’m not worthy of being called a ‘young hero’ by the Witch Master.”

Hu Suqi’s face fell slightly, speaking indignantly, “Are you insisting that I am the one meddling behind the scenes?”

“Not necessarily.”

Link shook his head, thought for a moment, then added, “I’m just suspicious. Here I am, to confront the Witch Master, right?”

“Huh…”

Hu Suqi scoffed, “You two brothers really are righteous gentlemen, upstanding heroes. You all seem to love sneaking into women’s quarters at night! What business can’t be discussed during a formal daytime visit?”

Against the accusation, Link remained unmoved, responding with a smile, “What I meet in the daytime is the daughter of the Provincial General, whereas what I meet at night is the Witch Master who created ‘Witch Charm’, the two are not the same.”

“Humph!”

Hearing Link’s sophistry, Hu Suqi appeared truly outraged.

However, after a short while, she took the initiative to invite Link to sit down and talk.

Maintaining decorum, Link did sit down in the small living room next to the bedroom, even taking a sip of tea poured by Hu Suqi.

“Isn’t Young Hero Lin afraid I might have poisoned the water?”

Hu Suqi also took a sip of tea, curiously asking.

“Not at all, after all this body is just a clone.”

Link spoke candidly, not hiding anything.

“Clone…”

Hu Suqi sounded surprised upon hearing this.

With her mastery in Ancient Witchcraft, and her powerful mind control, she had failed to detect it.

It was indeed a shocking revelation.

“Young Hero Lin, do you practice Ancient Witchcraft too?”

Bothered and confused, Hu Suqi asked.

“Just a small trick I learnt, I hope the Witch Master is amused.”

This sentence silenced Hu Suqi completely for a long time.

Meanwhile, Link leisurely savored his tea, feeling quite content.

He was increasingly finding the ‘Witch Charm’ organization interesting. Every interaction with them either unlocked a memory or triggered a new technique.

The method he used to capture Yun Xinying in the Ghost House was not the Clone Technique, but creating an illusion by taking advantage of the environment and lighting of the Ghost House, using his powerful spiritual power, distorting Yun Xinying’s perception.

Upon arriving at Hu Suqi’s house and seeing the myriad of traps, defenses, and warning techniques that were not at all haunted, Link was inspired once again.

A flood of techniques based on the use of spiritual power poured into his mind.

The Clone Technique was among them.

“Let’s talk properly to avoid further misunderstandings.”

Composing her emotions, Hu Suqi broke her silence, “I indeed founded the ‘Witch Charm’ organization and I am indeed the ‘Witch Master’ you referred to, but I have not been involved with the ‘Witch Charm’ organization for a long time. In fact, the ‘Witch Charm’ organization has betrayed my ideology, we are not with the same motive, they have even chosen another ‘Witch Master’!”

“Hmm.”

Link nodded, seemingly accepting Hu Suqi’s explanation effortlessly.

“You believe me?”

Seeing this, Hu Suqi seemed somewhat surprised.

“Why not?”

Link laughed, “The protective techniques you’ve set up aren’t haunted, and there’s no wicked aura on you. I think your techniques must be quite different from those currently used by the ‘Witch Charm’ organization. To be honest, I am quite curious.”

Hearing the hidden meaning in Link’s words, Hu Suqi pondered for a moment before gritting her teeth and saying, “I can give you all the restored and incomplete Ancient Witchcraft that I have acquired, but on one condition.”

“Ancient Witchcraft?”

Before inquiring about the condition, Link was more interested in the term “Ancient Witchcraft.”

“That’s my own definition.”

Hu Suqi explained, “I call the techniques that don’t require the use of human body parts and aren’t bloody or evil ‘Ancient Witchcraft’; and those bloody and evil techniques that are prepared using human bodies, I call them ‘Evil Witchcraft.'”

After a pause, Hu Suqi emphasized, “In fact, Ancient Witchcraft and Evil Witchcraft have entirely different origins. This was something I gradually discovered after I withdrew from the ‘Witch Charm’ organization.”

“Oh? Could you please explain in detail?”

Link immediately became even more interested.

“Sure, but first let’s discuss the condition.”

Hu Suqi agreed, but forced the topic back to the conditions.

For her, explaining the origins of the two witchcraft techniques was just a matter of some extra effort in talking, it wasn’t critical.

But what was vital was the condition that Hu Suqi wanted Link to agree to.

“Please go ahead, Miss Hu.”

Link straightened up and addressed her with a different title.

This change surprised and delighted Hu Suqi.

Witch Master and Miss Hu are entirely different identifiers.

The reason Link made this change was that he was fairly sure that Second Young Miss Hu wasn’t the distant “Witch Master” who had punished Yun Xinying.

They just have many similarities.

The Provincial General, who was known for his womanizing ways when he was young, had countless affairs and uncountable emotional debts.

(Based on the data gathered by Link’s intelligence system, the Provincial General had no fewer than 15 illegitimate sons and daughters.)

Among them was one illegitimate daughter who resembled Second Young Miss Hu in both looks and temperament.

Link knew this was no coincidence. That illegitimate daughter had often publicly or semi-publicly expressed that she had been required to model herself after Second Young Miss Hu since she was young.

That illegitimate daughter of the Provincial General was the financial backer behind Lotus Heart Boat!