After Mr. Huo took a sip of the clear tea that Ye Lan handed him, he calmed down and looked at him with a deep sigh, “Xiao Xiao, the master just divined a hexagram for you today, and the hexagram shows that the disaster has not changed, but the difficulty has increased a lot!”
“Ah? How could this be?” After hearing this, Ye Lan who was standing on the side immediately asked anxiously, “Grandpa Huo, do you have any way to resolve this?”
Mr. Huo shook his head helplessly, “If there was a way to resolve it, do you think I wouldn’t help my precious disciple?”
Seeing the increasingly obvious worry on Ye Lan’s face, Luo Xiao reached out and gently but firmly pried open his clenched fists. Looking at the reddened wounds on his palms, he felt a pang of heartache. “Yezi, don’t be like this, don’t worry, I won’t have any problems.”
“But!” Ye Lan always loses his composure when it came to matters concerning Luo Xiao, let alone this time when it was a matter of life and death.
“However, it is not entirely a dead end.” Mr. Huo put down his cup and continued slowly, “Although the odds are slim, there is still a chance to live. It’s just that we don’t know where this chance is and what it’s like.”
But these words did not have much consoling effect on the anxious Ye Lan, and instead made him frown even more.
“Okay, trust me, okay?” Luo Xiao tugged at his hand to get his attention and then comforted him, “You’ve forgotten, I’m not an ordinary person, I’m a cultivator.” After saying these words, Luo Xiao made a decision in his heart to tell Ye Lan about his space when they were alone, so that he could rest assured. Although that space can only store things so far and cannot let people enter.
Ye Lan stared at him intently for a long while, then reluctantly nodded. At this moment, he inwardly hated himself for not being able to cultivate! If he could cultivate as well, he wouldn’t feel so powerless now.
“By the way, Master, what’s with your get-up?” Luo Xiao worriedly looked at his master, “Those dark traces, they should be blood, right?”
“Mm, yes, it’s blood.” Mr. Huo glanced at it unconcernedly, “Don’t worry, this blood is not mine, it’s someone else’s.”
“Someone else’s?” Luo Xiao was obviously puzzled, and then a light bulb went off in his head. “Master, could it be that…”
Mr. Huo nodded, “Yes, since those juniors want to court death, then I’ll just send them on their way.”
It turned out that earlier that morning when Mr. Huo went out, he quickly noticed that he was being followed. And these followers were cultivators. This was rather strange, as Mr. Huo hadn’t been going out much lately. When did he offend someone?
However, since he only sensed pure malice from those who were following him, he would just “reciprocate”. Anyway, the final result would either be them dead or him dead.
With this thought in mind, Mr. Huo turned and headed towards the sparsely populated area in the outskirts. As soon as he stopped, four black-clad figures appeared behind him.
Looking up at the sun high in the sky, Mr. Huo couldn’t help but twitch his mouth: The so-called night clothes, that’s what you wear at night, right? And the purpose of wearing night clothes is to better blend into the darkness. But in broad daylight, are you guys brain-dead? Wearing that night clothes? And today’s weather report said the highest temperature is 38 degrees and the lowest is 30 degrees! Don’t you know that black is the most heat-absorbing? Are you really not hot in these black night clothes?
After silently complaining, Mr. Huo took out a talisman from his pocket and casually tossed it aside. A circular barrier 20 meters in diameter enveloped the five of them.
Mr. Huo raised an eyebrow at the four people, “Alright, now can you tell me why you’re following me?”
One of the black-clad men, who was obviously the leader, stepped forward and said gloomily: “You don’t need to know the reason. If you don’t want to die, just take us to find your disciple now.”
“Hmph! You want me to take you there because you said so? Who do you think you are?” Mr. Huo snorted disdainfully. How dare they target his precious disciple, let’s see how he’ll deal with them properly!
“Old man, if you don’t accept my toast, you’ll have to drink a forfeit!” The leader waved his hand, “Do it!”
On the order, four black-clad men quickly occupied the four positions of east, south, west and north around Mr. Huo. At the same time, they kept changing their hand gestures and chanting incantations. Mr. Huo immediately understood that these guys were setting up a formation of four killing arrays.
He did not hesitate and immediately took out dozens of talismans from his pocket. Fortunately he had the good habit of carrying these powerful talismans with him! Four thunder talismans flew towards the four people, and purple thunders as thick as an adult’s arm came rushing down, striking directly at the four people.
Unfortunately, a flash of white light completely offset the power of the purple thunders. Seeing this result, Mr. Huo just curled his lips and didn’t take it to heart. After all, the main purpose of these four talismans was just to test the strength of these four people.
Since the thunder talisman had no effect, he might as well switch to other talismans. You know, for a cultivator like him whose business is divination, attack and self-protection talismans are very necessary! In addition to the ones he made himself and the ones given by others, now with the gifts from his own talented disciple, he didn’t have to worry about the quantity of his talismans at all!
Hmph, let you run wild! Watch me kill you using talismans! Mr. Huo said, the quantity of talismans is not a problem, throwing them freely feels so refreshing! What, you don’t agree? Throw until you agree!
As the last Sanmei True Fire Talisman was thrown out, the bodies of the four black-clad men were completely burned to ashes. After the barrier was removed, a gentle breeze blew away all traces.
Although the result was a victory, Mr. Huo’s face did not show any sign of relief, because there was a question lingering in his mind: Why did that group of black-clad people want to target his disciple?
Just in case, he directly sat down on the ground, took out his natal coin from his pocket, and began to divine. As soon as he opened his eyes and saw the divination result, he quickly put everything away and rushed to Luo Xiao’s residence.
After hearing Mr. Huo’s account, Luo Xiao also had a question mark in his mind. He had been staying at home for most of the time recently, so how did he become the target?
If Luo Xiao had the ability of clairvoyance and super hearing, he could have got the answer from the dark room thousands of miles away.
“Come on, tell me honestly, what did you see that day?” A pale and gaunt old man asked the man lying motionless on the ice bed with a sinister smile.
The man’s eyes were filled with fear. He never thought that the person in front of him was the true appearance of his master. He regretted again why he took that path that day. Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in this world.
“Yu Jia, why don’t you listen to your master’s words?” The old man patted his already emaciated cheek, “Look, not only did you disobey, but you also dared to run away. I’ve told you that you can’t run away. How is it now, still have to accept the punishment and become the breeding ground for my treasures? If you had known this, why did you still do it?”
Hearing these words tinged with a hint of regret, Yu Jia’s body trembled even more coldly. In fact, if he hadn’t witnessed that incident with his own eyes, he wouldn’t have had the idea to try and escape. Even though he knew the chances of successfully fleeing were almost nonexistent, he still wanted to give it a try. Because he really didn’t want to die! Especially not such a torturous and miserable death!
It’s been almost half a year since he was forced to become the servant of this old man in front of him. During this half-year period, he had gone from being terrified to being able to watch people get killed without changing his expression.
But! Just a week ago, by pure chance, he accidentally stumbled into what his master called the “Punishment Hall”. Here, he deeply felt that he had arrived at the true Eighteen Layers of Hell.
Whipping with salt water and chili water, rolling spiked boards, pulling out nails–those were all child’s play. Because here, there was a form of punishment that made death itself an unattainable luxury.
This is what made Yu Jia’s scalp tingle with fear. Now he has also been subjected to this “Insect Punishment”. As the name suggests, it involves using insects to carry out the punishment. If one were to be stung by the insects and die from the poison, to be honest, that would be a blessed death for anyone subjected to this punishment, at least they would die relatively intact.
Yes, intact! Because with this kind of insect punishment, the human body is used as a breeding ground for insect to breed new life. The humans who are used as food can clearly feel every tiny change inside their bodies while completely immobilized. Once the eggs hatch, the insects don’t immediately burst out, but instead slowly crawl through the bloodstream to the internal organs and start to eat away the body from the inside.
The most terrifying part is that once used as a breeding ground, even if all the internal organs are devoured, the person won’t die, because these insects will secrete a unique fluid at regular intervals that keeps the vital signs alive.
Of course, the insects are not satisfied with just the organs. After devouring all the organs, they will continue through the bloodstream to the brain, start sucking the brain fluid, and eat the brain. After that, they will gradually tear the muscles and taste the blood until the whole healthy person is reduced to a clean skeleton.
Thinking about the prisoners who had been eaten to different degrees made Yu Jia scared out of his mind. Combined with overhearing the guards discussing when they would turn him into food as well, he forced himself to turn and leave despite the fear. Unfortunately, he couldn’t control his breathing properly and was detected by the people inside. And now, this is the result.
He was unwilling, why did things turn out this way! Luo Xiao, yes, it’s all his fault! If it weren’t for taking his role, how would he have ended up in this situation! Even in death, he won’t forgive Luo Xiao!
A ferocious expression appeared on Yu Jia’s face. The resentment in his eyes was so strong as if it would burst out at any moment! Seeing Yu Jia’s look, the old man beside him secretly nodded in satisfaction: Yes, that’s it! Become even more resentful!!
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