Chapter 1981: Old Places Revisited | Red Heart Survey [Translation]

Red Heart Survey [Translation] - Updated on May 2, 2025

Da Qin Zhen Yu Si, Da Qi Da Ge Ren, Da Jing Zhong Yang Tian Lao… these are all major powerful organizations in various countries responsible for handling dark side affairs. They can all be considered synonyms for terror.

However, their specific functions are not entirely consistent.

Among them, Zhen Yu Si and Zhong Yang Tian Lao both control the world’s criminal prisons. The former often arrests criminals worldwide, not limited to within or outside of Qin, while the latter focuses on domestic matters in Jing, rarely showing its fangs outside the central domain… that’s usually the purview of the Jing Shi Tai.

Da Ge Ren also has its own prison, but it is only responsible for the Tian Lao located in Lin Zi city, and only imprisons criminals directly ordered by the emperor. It has no authority over criminal prisons within the capital, nor is it subordinate to the capital’s patrol inspection office.

The organization, true to its name, is more like the striking of bells and drums at night and patrols in the long darkness.

In terms of external reputation, Da Qin Zhen Yu Si is currently the most ferocious among these dark forces. The once terrifying Zhong Yang Tian Lao has gradually faded in reputation.

In contrast, the actions of the Jing Shi Tai are becoming more and more ostentatious. They illuminate ‘various sides’ and reflect the ‘present world.’ There is nothing in the world’s affairs that they don’t meddle in. Sang Xian Shou comes from the Zhong Yang Tian Lao and can definitely be considered a fearsome figure.

But You Que mentioned him so casually.

He truly lived up to his reputation as a top figure in the capital.

Chu Cheng ‘hey’ed: “That’s true. If Yi Zhen Dao reappears, the forces of the hundred families in the world will surely band together and attack. They are probably more hated by people than we are.”

You Que didn’t know what this guy was comparing. He sat alone in the coffin, indifferently filling Shou.

For a moment, there was silence.

Yi Zhen Dao, which once brought disaster to the world, is indeed feared by the world.

But how much better is Ping Deng Guo?

They are also challenging the order of this world, just with completely different ideas than Yi Zhen Dao. But both are abandoned.

Daoist orthodoxies like Yi Zhen Dao are classified as Zuo Dao, and organizations like Ping Deng Guo are also classified as evil cults.

Looking at any country in the world, the current Ping Deng Guo members are like rats on the street, their reputation notorious, so they self-mockingly drink from the gutter.

Thus, when the cooperation between Xia Guo and Ping Deng Guo was initially discovered, they were at such a disadvantage. They were blocked at the country gate by people from Qi Guo and reprimanded, obediently surrendering their sincerity.

Once You Que’s membership in Ping Deng Guo was exposed, the You family would immediately face extermination. From this perspective, You Que had already avoided this situation in advance—by using the method of advance extermination.

Chu Xu leaned against the side of the coffin, looking up at the moon, and couldn’t help but sigh softly. The moonlight tonight was truly beautiful, and the coffins stood like a forest around them. Lying inside were people who could no longer appreciate the moon.

For the sake of achieving their ideals, Ping Deng Guo never begrudged sacrifice, whether sacrificing themselves or others. Just as they exterminated the entire Feng Xian Zhang family to solidify Zhang Yong’s identity, this time You Que also killed one hundred and thirty-seven members of the You family, using them as materials for this filling of Shou, thoroughly completing the death of the You Que identity.

But this does not mean that the members of Ping Deng Guo are just cold and heartless people.

They also have love and hate, they will have sympathy and pity, and they will have things they cannot bear in their hearts.

Having joined the organization for so long, he had come into contact with all kinds of members—some crazy, some foolish, some mad, some cold. But no one took killing as joy, and no one took harming others as pleasure. They detested this dark world, detested those who stirred up this world into a mess, but they never detested this world itself.

On the contrary, precisely because they had the deepest love for this world, they walked on this most difficult path.

Even though the world’s people regarded them as evil.

Even up to today, they still dared not state their ideals, fearing they would become public enemies in the world.

“Dao You.” Chu Xu murmured, “Do you hate these people who died in my house?”

“Why would I hate them?” You Que asked.

Chu Xu said: “In those years gone by, they were very harsh to you, completely forgetting the resources you strived for and the honors you won for them. They seemed to treat your talent as their private property. They didn’t seem to feel that you had no obligation to bear them forward. You shone brightly, and they were as glorious as the sun and moon.

You fell like a star, and they trampled you with yellow soil. Shouldn’t you resent and hate them?”

You Que said plainly: “Perhaps at first, when I was still very young. But slowly I understood that human nature is always like this. Since this was my choice, I will just face it like this.”

“Then.” Chu Xu said slowly: “Will you regret it?”

“Thoroughly saying goodbye to the You Que identity, will you regret it?”

“Personally killing so many clan members, will you regret it?”

“The relationship between You Que and the You family cannot be erased. This is one of the misfortunes of this family. I also have to face this misfortune.” You Que calmly said: “They have all become the materials for my filling of Shou this time. They will forever live in my life.”

Chu Xu thought, at least the four You family brothers, especially that little pitiful one named You Shi Rang, were preserved from now on.

Even if the truth of You Que’s fake death was exposed later and You Que’s Ping Deng Guo identity became known to the world, the four You family brothers would no longer be implicated by him. Because having exterminated his own family, from now on there was only hatred between him and the You family.

“Speaking of which, Jing Tian Zi specifically sent Sang Xian Shou to investigate your life and death, doesn’t that mean he has never forgotten You Jing Long, who strove for glory for the country?” Chu Xu said: “When you were told to resign from office back then, it didn’t seem to be his original intention. After all, the size of Jing Guo is not something that can be decided by his will alone… If you can display Dong Zhen cultivation with the You Que identity, perhaps the Jing Ting will reuse you again.”

Color returned to You Que’s face. He walked out of the coffin and calmly walked towards the outside: “There is no longer You Jing Long in the world, only the Ping Deng Guo protector Dao Ren… Sun Yin.”

He was unmoved by the many possibilities Chu Cheng described.

He had made his choice long ago and would not let anyone sway his will or profane his ideal, even if that person was the supreme Tian Zi of the world’s first empire!

Chu Xu consciously took out a corpse from his storage box and put it into the coffin.

The appearance of that corpse was exactly the same as You Que’s.

Then he closed the coffin again.

He stepped out and followed closely behind Sun Yin.

You Que’s identity was lost. After Sun Yin could fully participate in Ping Deng Guo affairs, and as a core member of this kind of organization, he naturally knew that the four great Zhen Ren of Ping Deng Guo were Zhao Zi, Qian Chou, Sun Yin, and Li Yi.

In terms of strength, Sun Yin was the first!

“Where did those few people from Hei Shan Xue She go? What about Zhang Cheng Qian? What about Zhang Wang?”

“Don’t know, who saw them?”

“Seems like they weren’t seen since last night.”

The voices of the people discussing were not loud, but they sounded so piercing.

What a good Chang He Cai Feng journey, because of a pile of nonsense assassination events, it was interrupted at the ninety-ninth step of Bai Bu Chang Lu. And because of the inexplicable disturbance, people’s hearts were alarmed.

The scholars from Ting Zhu Xue She rested well for a night inside Chi Wu Shui Guan—although these scholars all had extraordinary backgrounds, the guard general of Chi Wu Shui Guan also bent over backward to welcome them, but it was obviously not okay to let them out of the pass directly. They could only stop here, waiting for the disturbance to calm down and the ban to be lifted.

The night is very long, especially when one has expectations. After much effort, Wu Min Jun meditated until dawn. She dressed up a bit and just heard this shocking bad news after leaving her room.

She didn’t say a word and went directly towards the room where she had noticed Zhang Wang last night. When she went, she saw a junior sister standing at the doorway, holding a bouquet of flowers and dressed in a flashy, flower-like manner.

The junior sister was quite shy, like she had been caught having an affair, and was still coy: “Senior sister, why did you come? Don’t misunderstand, I just came to thank Young Master Zhang Wang for his bravery yesterday and send him a bouquet of flowers. I haven’t even entered the room yet!”

Among the three scholars from Hei Shan, the one who acted first yesterday seemed to be that stutterer with an unpleasant voice… Why didn’t you send him flowers?

Wu Min Jun was too lazy to expose her, not only because she herself had ulterior motives, but also because…

She directly stepped forward and pushed open the room with one palm.

Indeed!

The room was empty!

“Eh?” The junior sister poked her head in: “Could it be that Young Master Zhang Wang has already left?”

Wu Min Jun ground her silver teeth: “He is not only gone!”

He’s out of the country!

Good for you, that Hell Wu Men, you dared to deceive the head of my Wu family girl! I won’t rest until I get you!

“Ah, there seems to be a letter on the table.” The junior sister suddenly said.

But a fragrant wind attacked, and before her eyes, a phantom turned. The letter had already fallen into Wu Min Jun’s hand.

The junior sister moved forward wanting to take a look, but Wu Min Jun had already finished reading the letter, casually rolled it up, and walked out with big strides. “Senior sister, where are you going?” the junior sister chased after her.

“I plan to sit in the Tian Lao for a bit.” Wu Min Jun didn’t look back.

“Haha, senior sister, you are really good at joking!”

“What did the letter say?”

On a certain passenger ship wandering on the Chang He, Wu Guan Wang asked very curiously.

The cold and merciless Bian Cheng Wang, although he was looking at the river outside the window cold and mercilessly, still slightly turned his ear. Qin Guang Wang sat by another fan window—in this high-grade cabin, there were two fan windows open in total. Qin Guang Wang and Bian Cheng Wang each occupied a side, leaning on a soft couch and looking at the river scenery.

Wu Guan Wang was alone and bored in the middle of the cabin, sitting on a low stool. The river wind brushed Qin Guang Wang’s long hair, adding some gentleness to his profile.

He smiled lightly: “Sending the monarch a thousand li, eventually we must part. I will come back to see the scenery of Jing Guo again.”

Wu Guan Wang said depressedly: “You two can come and see. I estimate I won’t have time next time.”

Wu Guan Wang supported his knees with both hands and opened his eyes: “Old man, you know me. I always estimate inaccurately… I will have time, definitely!”

Bian Cheng Wang didn’t speak coldly, but his sound transmission continued: “My account should already be cleared?”

Qin Guang Wang looked out the window and replied: “Not only that, there’s still a surplus. Our Ka Cheng Wang has made a great contribution this time. He stabbed You Que to death with one sword. How can the reward not satisfy you?”

“…You Que or the organization behind him will come knocking, are you just planning to say that?”

“How can you say that! How can the organization let you take responsibility alone? Am I that kind of person?!” Qin Guang Wang changed his tone.

“Anyway, you didn’t participate much. As long as I don’t say anything, they won’t catch you.”

“…Then I want to add money.”

“Reasonable and fair.”

Bian Cheng Wang looked at the vast river, feeling the million qing waves lying beneath the big ship, like an angry dragon breathing. He naturally thought of the Long Jun who watched the battle at Guan He Tai initially, and thought of Chang He Long Gong.

Song Qing Yue… Song Heng Jiang’s son, Song Wan Xi’s nephew, Song Qing Zhi’s elder brother. Zhuang Gao Xian sent Song Qing Yue to Chang He Long Gong, exactly for what matter?

Regarding the death of the former Qing Jiang Shui Jun Song Heng Jiang, he was the only person in the world who knew the truth. Coupled with the love-hate relationship between Song Wan Xi and Zhuang Cheng Qian, it should be said that there was an opportunity to turn the Qing Jiang Shui Zu into allies.

But he had never contacted Song Qing Yue before, and he didn’t know his nature. Rashly visiting him would likely lead to suspicion of throwing himself into a net. Moreover, someone like Zhuang Gao, since he already had great power, how could he not grasp the Qing Jiang Shui Fu tightly?

Winning over the Qing Jiang Shui Zu was probably not that simple, it still needed a long-term plan.

Thinking like this, he continued to sound transmit: “Since this task is already over, then I will leave first. Don’t come to Bai Yu Jing making a big fuss later, and don’t cause me trouble.”

Qin Guang Zhu was very dissatisfied with his attitude: “Always meeting in secret, it damages the prestige of my Qin Guang Wang!”

“Shouldn’t we be sneaky?” Bian Cheng Wang felt quite tired: “You, a wanted criminal, shouldn’t be so nonchalant.”

“Could it be that you are not?”

“Bian Cheng Wang being wanted, what does it have to do with me, the big boss of Bai Yu Jing wine house? I do business steadily, honestly run a wine house, I am no longer in Jiang Hu!”

After saying that, he stood up.

“Wait!” Qin Guang Zhu quickly used sound transmission to call him back: “There’s still a task!”

Bian Cheng Wang was very impatient: “What task is there still?”

Qin Guang Wang said: “We have escaped, but there are still several colleagues within the Jing Guo border.”

“What do you want to do?” Bian Cheng Wang

“Not me, it’s us.” Qin Guang Wang emphasized.

Bian Cheng Wang said indifferently: “Tell me.”

Qin Guang Wang said: “In this assassination of You Que, we don’t need to all escape from Jing Guo. As long as one escapes, it’s enough. The person who escapes only needs to do one thing, which is to let the people of Jing Guo know that the Yan Luo of Hell Wu Men has already escaped from the Jing Guo border. Especially you, Bian Cheng Wang, as the number one fierce and cruel killer who slaughtered the entire You family, your escape is extremely important.”

Bian Cheng Wang was calm: “How do you plan to let the people of Jing Guo know?”

“This is the task I want to tell you.” Qin Guang Wang obviously had a plan long ago: “Next, we have to make a second deal—go to An Yi city in Wei Guo to kill people!”

Bian Cheng Wang was silent for a moment.

This would indeed let the world know, and it would indeed let the people of Jing Guo know that the Yan Luo of Hell Wu Men had already escaped and was still taking orders as if nothing had happened!

But do you, a killer organization, really want to be so bold?

Provoke Jing Guo first, then provoke Wei Guo?

Don’t say that a killer is just a knife and the client is the creditor. If you dare to go to another country to assassinate, you will inevitably face a counterattack.

Wei Guo, although not a hegemonic country, is also a strong country.

The current Wei emperor is a heroic lord.

Great General Wu Xun is a peak figure in martial arts today.

There is also Wei Guo’s first proud figure, You Xia Yan Shao Fei. He is a Tian Jiao from Huang He, second only to Dou Zhao and Zhong Xuan Zun in Wai Lou Chang, and the third Guan Xia to kill his way out of Wai Lou Jing. It is not known whether he has returned to Wei or how his cultivation is, but it is certain that a strong God Lin is unavoidable.

They have strong armies and famous generals. They lack neither strong figures nor Tian Jiao.

How could such a country allow a killer organization like yours to rampage?

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Chapter 1981: Old Places Revisited

Chapter 1980: A Death for Eternal Peace

Chapter 1979: Mount Chongluan Barrier

Chapter 1978: No You Jinglong in the World

Chapter 1977: Twenty-Four Years Like This

Chapter 1976: No One Lives Forever