Her hands and feet were bound, and blood was flowing from her body. She felt like she was about to die, but the pain all over her body became clearer and clearer.
Le Chao applied the medicine to her expressionlessly, ignoring the pain on her face, looking at her body as if she were a withered branch on the ground.
Shame and pain contorted Zhang Anran's face. The inescapable humiliation made her tremble all over. She could only use words to cover herself up: "So you're the bastard phoenix that Fengyou brought? Bah, you're all birds of a feather!"
Le Chao didn't care about her angry words. Instead, he smiled slightly with a cold smile and said, "When the True Lord comes back, you'll be begging him to take pity on you."
A surge of heat coursed through her body with his words, and Zhang Anran wished she could just die. But Feng You would feed her the finest pills every day afterward, just to keep her alive until she was completely drained.
"Shameless! This is the method you provided, isn't it? Bah!" Zhang Anran spat at him fiercely, her eyes filled with hatred.
Le Chao casually wiped the dirt off his face, continued to apply the medicine with a blank expression, stared at the flush on her face for a while, and had no intention of dressing her at all. Then he tore off a piece of cloth and threw it on her.
Seeing the unbearable flush and hatred on her face, he inexplicably thought of Xuan Zhong, who died at the hands of Feng You Zhenjun. The resentful look in Xuan Zhong's eyes before his death terrified him.
In the end, however, Xuan Zhong was annihilated, while he survived.
Le Chao stood at the door, his tone distorted: "Oh right, I forgot to tell you, your junior sister Zhang Yanran has already had her soul searched by the True Monarch."
"Hmm, it seems that the True Lord has found a more suitable furnace than you, and is currently on his way to seize it."
"Enjoy your last night."
"Yanran? Soul Search?" Zhang Anran regained her composure for a moment, seemingly somewhat confused.
Le Chao looked at her pitifully: "Your junior sister is really naive. She got lucky and found the Heavenly Mystic Beast, intending to offer it to the True Lord in exchange for your release. Unexpectedly, the Heavenly Mystic Beast merged with her in front of the True Lord, which angered the True Lord, who then searched her soul."
"Unexpectedly, the True Lord has received a pleasant surprise."
The words "searching for the soul" pierced Zhang Anran's heart like a sharp sword. She never expected that her junior sister would actually find the Heavenly Profound Beast. It was just that the sect leader had tricked her, trying to make her give up.
Her soul plunged into darkness in an instant, and the blood that was overflowing from her throat almost gushed out, but she swallowed it down and forced herself to stay awake: "Where is my junior sister?"
"He's probably dead," Le Chao replied casually, then closed the door.
"ah!"
A shrill and indignant scream came from inside, as if it were a wail from hell.
Le Chao smiled. He knew that only after True Monarch Fengyou entered the Integration Stage and became a unique existence on the Cangling Continent would he truly gain freedom.
The full moon was setting in the west, and dark clouds covered the sky.
A beam of white light fell upon Fengyou Mountain, and Lechao knew that True Lord Fengyou had returned.
Not only did True Lord Fengyou return on his own, but he also brought someone with him.
He was stunned after just one glance.
The man was dressed in a blue robe, his black hair cascaded down his back, his eyes were closed, and his features were exquisitely handsome, unlike any ordinary person. (Author's note:)
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Chapter 38
In the innermost guest room on the second floor of Yunshilou, Han Tao was surrounded by a cold aura, and a storm was raging in his golden eyes, with killing intent rising instantly.
The room where the two had previously "healed" was empty, and Fu Mingxu's favorite silk quilt seemed to still retain his body heat.
Si Yang Xianjun examined the surrounding array formations. He frowned, and starlight flickered where his finger touched, clearly indicating that he was deducing the secrets of heaven.
“The defensive formation is undamaged.” Starlight Annihilation concluded in an instant, “Someone used a magical artifact that can conceal the secrets of heaven to enter, without touching the defensive formation. By the time we discovered it, the other party had already vanished.”
His hands, hanging down from the black-clad figure, clenched into fists. Han Tao's anger and anxiety were intertwined, making him wish he could drag the villain out and kill him on the spot.
But the other party was clearly prepared, as if they had calculated that he and Fu Mingxu were not together, and came straight here.
Si Yang Xianjun and Qi Muyuan exchanged a glance, already having a guess in their hearts.
Han Tao folded up the silkworm quilt on the bed, and a golden sword appeared in his hand. The golden blade gleamed with a sharp, cold light, and the tip of the sword seemed eager to drink blood.
"Tianxuan Sect." Han Tao's voice was colder than the icy plains a thousand feet below. He pinpointed Fu Mingxu's location almost instantly. "A diversionary tactic."
They all thought Xie Buwen's purpose was to lure the mermaids into the water, but they never expected that it was Fu Mingxu who actually disappeared.
"The moves may be old-fashioned, but as long as they work, that's fine." Qi Muyuan stood by the window looking at the night sky, his voice carried on the night breeze, "I just wonder if Xie Buwen knows about this."
Si Yang Immortal Lord shook his head: "It's highly likely that he doesn't know. Although Xie Buwen's talent is mediocre, his methods are not particularly cruel, and his character is not so despicable."
Most likely, Xie Buwen himself was unaware that he was being used as a pawn.
As for those who could use him as a pawn, there was no one else in the Tianxuan Sect besides True Lord Fengyou.
Qi Muyuan was still puzzled: "Feng You must know Fu Mingxu's identity. How dare he do this, especially right under the noses of the three of us?"
It's not that he's arrogant; anyone in this world who could kidnap someone right under the noses of three Mahayana cultivators is incredibly audacious.
Si Yang Xianjun's expression was unusually solemn: "If the benefits he gained far outweigh the risks we three discovered, then everything makes sense."
Feng You wasn't unaware that he would be discovered, but it's more likely that he wasn't afraid of being discovered.
If he succeeded at the time, the enormous benefits he would receive would give him the ability to bear all of this.
Han Tao quickly realized this; he couldn't imagine what Fu Mingxu would suffer every moment without him by his side. Just thinking about that scene made him breathless.
"I'm going to the Heavenly Profound Sect." He didn't want to waste any time, glanced at the two of them, and said, "Now."
Before the words had even finished, a golden light disappeared into the horizon.
Si Yang and Qi Muyuan exchanged a glance and followed behind him without prior arrangement.
Feng You's actions were so unusually mad that they made Si Yang uneasy.
Before the night had passed, three streaks of light disappeared one after another, their destination the Heavenly Profound Sect.
Fu Mingxu, who was in a daze, was awakened by the sound of a dragon's roar. He was so frightened that he suddenly opened his eyes.
The texture behind me was rough and hard, with damp moisture lingering in my nostrils, the sound of flowing water filling my ears, and water mist rising everywhere I looked. In the dim light, only a few aquatic plants were dotted with greenery.
Everything he could see told him that he was no longer in his room at the restaurant.
He didn't know what time it was, but he was stiff all over and his legs were numb. Just as he was about to stand up, he heard the "clattering" sound of a chain dragging on the ground.
Fu Mingxu was startled, a bad feeling flashing through his mind. He looked down and saw two thin, red chains wrapped around his ankles. As soon as he moved, the red chains tightened like snakes, only releasing him when his ankles bled.
A sharp, stabbing pain shot through him, and he dared not move again. Looking down, he saw that as blood oozed out, red lines extended outwards from around the red chain, looking particularly eerie.
The chaotic energy moved at will. Just as it reached the ankle, the red chain emitted a blackish-red light, followed by a piercing pain that swept over the ankle.
"Hiss..." Fu Mingxu winced in pain, gasping for breath before having to summon back his chaotic energy. Once the pain subsided, he was drenched in cold sweat.
Where exactly is this place?
He must have fallen into a coma while asleep before being abducted here, otherwise he wouldn't have no recollection of it.
The dragon flames in the dantian were very quiet, clearly suppressed temporarily by the red chain, while the chaotic energy seemed to sense its master's anxiety and became restless in the dantian.
Fu Mingxu had no choice but to sit down quietly, scanning the space around him. Unfortunately, due to the limitations of the red chain, he couldn't find an exit.
But the dragon's roar outside kept coming, as if someone was calling to him.
His blue robe was soaked with moisture, and the wet clothes clung to his skin, which felt unpleasant. Fu Mingxu had no choice but to use his chaotic energy to dry the clothes, but the red chain seemed to know his intentions, using increasingly obvious pain to stop his movements.
Fu Mingxu kept gasping for breath until the pain became unbearable, and he could only lean helplessly against the rough wall.
This red chain seemed to have been specially crafted for him, specifically designed to restrain everything he could use.
"What kind of hellhole is this!" Fu Mingxu cursed, as if only in this way could he temporarily vent his frustration.
He tried to pull off the red chain with his bare hands in a fit of rage, but in the end, it was all in vain.
He discovered that the red chain wouldn't tighten unless he used the chaotic energy.
"Don't bother." A voice came from the other side of the mist.
Are there other people here?
Fu Mingxu paused, looking nervously at the water mist.
"What? Don't you recognize me?" Le Chao was carrying a person in his hand, but that didn't stop him from walking towards them.
Upon seeing the person before him clearly, Fu Mingxu's eyes widened in disbelief. "Le Chao?" he exclaimed.
The resentment in Le Chao's eyes ruined the handsomeness on his face. He threw the person in his hand in front of Fu Mingxu, and when he saw that Fu Mingxu was startled, he laughed out loud.
"Fu Mingxu, I never thought it would really be you!" He laughed until tears streamed down his face, his demeanor so manic it was chilling.
He pointed to the blood-covered man on the ground and asked, "Do you know who he is?"
Fu Mingxu felt a chill run down his spine at his strange tone. When he looked down, he saw a bloody, mangled face.
He recognized that face very well; after all, they had only parted ways two days prior.
It's Zhang Hengbo!
Fu Mingxu frowned, but deliberately looked at him without saying a word.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Le Chao felt a lump in his throat, which was very uncomfortable. He looked at Fu Mingxu with particularly vicious eyes: "Although I don't know why the True Lord chose you, you are exactly what I want."
Fu Mingxu lowered his eyes, as if he had quickly accepted the fact.
Le Chao glanced at the red chain on his ankle and laughed, "You heard the dragon's roar, didn't you?"
Fu Mingxu looked up at him, his eyes filled with unusual emotion.
“That dragon will surely die here today,” Le Chao said with absolute certainty, his gaze filled with pity and venom. “If he hadn’t destroyed my Phoenix Mirror, how could I have ended up in this state?”
"He only got what he deserved." Fu Mingxu had no intention of lecturing him with grand principles. He also knew that someone like Le Chao, who was capable of doing things like Xuancun, must have lower moral standards for himself than for others.
The two clearly didn't see eye to eye. Le Chao assumed he was just being stubborn because he was about to die. He thought that throwing Zhang Hengbo in was just a way to make him see familiar people slowly dying and to keep him living in constant fear.
Fu Mingxu looked down at Zhang Hengbo's extremely faint chest rise and fall, and then closed his mouth again.
After venting his frustrations, Yue Chao saw that he was unmoved and assumed that Yue Chao was just putting on a brave face. He immediately lost interest and said, "You'll have your day."
Then he turned and left.
Fu Mingxu looked up instantly, watching as he entered the mist and disappeared into the space.
The instant the sound of Le Chao's footsteps disappeared, he took out the Spring Eternity Pill from his storage bag at almost maximum speed and stuffed it into Zhang Hengbo's mouth.
Fortunately, Le Chao deliberately threw the person at his feet to annoy him, otherwise, with this red chain restraining him, he really couldn't do anything.