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"What identity?" Shadowless immediately pressed on.
"Do you really want to know?" At this point, Wuyang paused slightly, but before Shadowless could respond, he continued, "Out of the bond of brotherhood we've shared for so many years, I'll make an exception and tell you! You better listen carefully! My true identity is the Fourth Prince of Haotian Kingdom—Ouyang Junhao."
After hearing his words, Shadowless was extremely surprised, his eyes filled with astonishment.
Seeing the shock in his eyes, Wuyang couldn't help but smirk and mockingly said, "What's wrong? You seem quite surprised by my identity!"
Ignoring his words, Shadowless silently thought to himself, "It seems he has been plotting this for a long time. Perhaps the entire Dark Gate is already under his control. Thankfully, the master hasn't returned; otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable."
After sorting through all the questions in his mind, he raised his head and asked Wuyang, "What do you want?"
"I don't want anything." After hearing this, Shadowless responded, "Cut the nonsense. Do as you wish—kill or torture me as you please."
"Kill you?" Wuyang shook his head slightly and continued, "No, no, no! How could I possibly kill you? Rest assured, as long as you cooperate with me and eliminate Luo Bingbing and Dongfang Hao, not only will I spare your life, but I will also grant you titles and lands! Moreover, your descendants will inherit your title..."
Before he could finish speaking, Shadowless let out a cold laugh. "Hahaha... how ridiculous! You actually think you can dream such dreams. However, at this moment, I find you quite pitiful."
Upon hearing this, Wuyang was filled with rage and immediately retorted, "Pitiful? I hope you'll still be able to laugh later." As soon as he finished speaking, he instructed the people behind him, "Make your move."
The men standing behind Wuyang immediately walked toward the corner of the wall and pressed a switch on it.
"Boom..."
A deafening sound echoed through the dungeon. Before the noise subsided, the iron door opposite Shadowless slowly descended.
Once the iron door disappeared, two men guarding outside the Iron Cage stepped inside. They stood on either side of Shadowless at a distance of about one meter.
Both of them held whips soaked in chili pepper water for a long time. After exchanging glances with each other, they began to lash out at Shadowless.
Although Shadowless's hands and feet were shackled by iron chains, rendering him immobile, his Power remained intact. Therefore, when the whips fell upon him, he silently circulated his energy to resist.
At first, Wuyang thought that Shadowless was not shouting because his subordinates were not exerting themselves fully. He angrily reprimanded, "Haven't you two eaten? Hit him harder!"
The others were already well aware of his methods, so upon hearing his words, the two immediately increased their strength and struck Shadowless with even more vigor.
However, Shadowless continued to circulate his energy to withstand the blows. Their strikes could only injure his skin and could not harm his bones, so he felt no pain.
Wuyang sat quietly on the Carved Wooden Chair, watching as Shadowless was whipped by his subordinates. After a long time, he still did not hear a single sound from Shadowless.
Frustrated, he stood up and approached Shadowless, telling one of his subordinates, "Useless fool, hand me the whip."
The subordinate immediately handed over the whip with both hands upon hearing his command.
After signaling the other two subordinates to step back, Wuyang used all of his Power to swing the whip at Shadowless.
What he did not realize was that although he exerted all of his internal strength, Shadowless was also using all of his internal strength to resist. Moreover, having consumed the elixir made from Six Treasures Fruit by Luo Bingbing earlier, Shadowless's Power was twice as strong as Wuyang's.
Thus, even when Wuyang personally took action, Shadowless still did not utter a sound.
It was easy to imagine that upon seeing such results, Wuyang's anger only intensified.
When Shadowless inadvertently caught sight of Wuyang's fury, a slight smile appeared on his lips, revealing a mocking and disdainful expression.
Seeing this smile on Shadowless's face instantly sent Wuyang into a rage. He coldly said to Shadowless, "You think you can still laugh? Soon enough, you won't be able to."
After saying this, he tossed aside the whip and walked out of the Iron Cage. As he left, he instructed his guards, "Open the gate under the Iron Cage and throw him into the water prison. Let my treasures have some fun with him."
"Yes." His personal guard responded and approached the wall again, slightly raising his hand to press another switch.
"Boom..."
The deafening sound echoed through the dungeon once more, and the spot where Shadowless stood separated from the floor by a meter.
At this moment, Shadowless was battered and bruised, with wounds all over his body. His clothes were in tatters, barely covering him.
The ragged clothing was covered in countless red plum blossoms, each one glaringly bright and obscuring what little color remained of the fabric.
Since they had stopped beating Shadowless, he quietly withdrew his Power. However, as soon as he did, he felt a sudden sharp pain all over his body.
The unexpected pain caused him to let out a muffled groan. Although the sound was faint, the dungeon had fallen silent again, so Wuyang caught the weak sound.
Immediately, Wuyang revealed a cold smile and said to Shadowless, "Now you know pain; it's too late."
As soon as he finished speaking, the spot where Shadowless stood began to descend continuously. The further down it went, the clearer he could hear the sound of water and a hissing noise below.
Hearing the sound of water did not surprise him at all since Wuyang had mentioned earlier that he would be placed in a water prison.
However, the increasingly clear hissing sound made him more puzzled. Suddenly, he recalled Wuyang's earlier mention of a "treasure," and he quickly guessed that it was the sound of a venomous snake.
He feared no poison in the world, let alone a mere snake. Thus, instead of showing fear or terror, he displayed a disdainful sneer.
Needless to say, when Wuyang saw that contemptuous sneer on his face, his smile instantly vanished.
The venomous snakes in the water hissed excitedly as they saw Shadowless descending towards them, seemingly celebrating their upcoming meal.
However, before their cheers could die down, Wuyang's personal guard quickly walked to the edge of the water prison and made a hissing sound towards the poisonous snakes.
If Shadowless had not seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed that the person before him could speak the language of snakes.
Indeed, he was communicating with the poisonous snakes, and his general message was for them to bite Shadowless but not to eat him, and that he would provide them with meat later.
After hearing his hissing words, the snakes nodded their small heads, indicating that they understood.
Once Shadowless's lower body was submerged in the water, he stopped sinking. At that moment, the poisonous snakes quickly swam towards him.
When they reached him, they coiled around his body and bit him one by one, but they did not tear at his flesh.
However, they were very fond of the blood flowing from Shadowless's wounds; wherever there was an injury, they would continuously suckle.
With their tongues licking his wounds, the pain on Shadowless's body became less intense.
Wuyang knew that these were highly venomous snakes, and he did not want Shadowless to die so quickly. Therefore, after a few minutes, he waved his hand to have Shadowless pulled up.
As the switch was activated, Shadowless's body slowly rose.
However, when he came up, not only was he not unconscious as Wuyang had expected, but the corners of his mouth were still slightly curled up in a disdainful smile.
Seeing this situation made Wuyang feel very confused but even angrier. Therefore, he immediately ordered for Shadowless to be put back into the water prison.
Previously, the poisonous snakes in the water prison had sucked Shadowless's blood, which could neutralize all poisons in the world. Thus, at this moment, the toxins within those snakes had already been neutralized by Shadowless's blood.
In other words, those snakes were no longer poisonous; they had become ordinary snakes. If poisonous snakes could do nothing to Shadowless, ordinary snakes were even less of a threat.
Therefore, when Wuyang thought it was about time, he had someone bring Shadowless up again, but the result was still the same as before.
So, he had Shadowless placed back in the water prison. After repeating this several times and seeing the same results, he immediately ordered a snake to be released into the water prison for verification.
The outcome was obvious; upon seeing that the toxins in the poisonous snake had disappeared, he had other poisonous snakes tested as well. However, no matter how many he tested, the result was always the same.
Suddenly, he became puzzled, and the guard controlling the snakes shared his confusion. After a moment of thought, the guard leaned in and said to Wuyang, "Master, perhaps there is something wrong with his blood."
Upon hearing this, Wuyang's eyes lit up. He immediately commanded, "Go take a sample of his blood and verify if it's true."
"Yes, Master. I will handle it right away." With that, he headed straight for Shadowless in the Iron Cage.
Once in front of Shadowless, he gently made a cut on Shadowless's arm. Instantly, bright red blood flowed down the silver blade.
The guard then took the knife and left the dungeon.
Wuyang looked at Shadowless, who was chained up, and slowly said, "Brother Shadowless, you are the Shadow Sovereign of the Dark Gate, and I am also a Yao Zun of the Dark Gate. Luo Bingbing has not shown her face for so long; even if you don’t say anything, I can guess some reasons behind it."
After a brief pause, he continued, "I suspect her pregnancy is just an excuse; her serious illness is the real issue!"
To his words, Shadowless treated them as mere background noise and showed no intention of responding. He knew that Wuyang was trying to probe him for information about his master.
Seeing that Shadowless had no intention of engaging with him, Wuyang became very angry and coldly said, "You should think carefully about your situation!" He then left the dungeon.
Although the guard was unaware of the Six Treasure Tree matter, he discovered that Shadowless's blood could cure all poisons. He quickly reported this to Wuyang.
Upon hearing this news, Wuyang felt very pleased and immediately thought that since Shadowless's blood could cure all poisons, if he drank it himself, wouldn’t he also become immune to all toxins?
Thinking of this, he instructed the guard to draw some blood from Shadowless for him to consume.
After hearing his command, the guard immediately went to the dungeon to find Shadowless. He made another cut at the same spot as before, and blood gushed out instantly. He quickly used the prepared tools to collect the flowing blood.
Once the container was full, he stopped the bleeding and bandaged Shadowless's wound.
Shadowless had been in a hurry and had not taken a break or eaten anything. Now, after having a whole bowl of blood drawn from him, his body was starting to weaken.
However, the guard paid no attention to Shadowless's exhaustion and took the blood to Wuyang.
Upon seeing the large bowl of bright red blood, Wuyang did not even furrow his brow and drank it down. But shortly after drinking, he felt an invisible force stirring within his dantian.
He quickly began to circulate his energy to calm that force, but in doing so, he inadvertently transformed that energy into his own Power.
After some contemplation, he couldn't help but speculate that the force was related to Shadowless's blood. The next day, he had someone draw another bowl of blood from Shadowless. After drinking it, another surge of power emerged within him.
At this point, he was completely convinced that Shadowless's blood was a treasure.
From then on, he had someone draw a bowl of fresh blood from Shadowless every day while also providing Shadowless with some spiritual herbs and supplements in an attempt to maintain his vitality and prevent his life force from dwindling.
Gradually, Shadowless's blood supply diminished, and he often fell into a coma.
Ten days later, when Wuyang saw that there was hardly any blood left in Shadowless, he ordered for him to be laid down and moved to a room for recuperation.
However, contrary to their expectation that Shadowless would sleep for a day, he woke up after only half a day. Upon waking, Shadowless immediately tried to sneak out towards the dark door.
But with his severe injuries, his strength was less than one ten-thousandth of what it usually was. Before he could escape through the main door, he was discovered.
Seeing him so severely injured yet still thinking about escaping, Wuyang felt a surge of anger and said, "I took pity on you with good intentions, but I never expected you would still try to run away. Since that's the case, I have no choice but to break your wings completely and destroy you. Only then will you obediently stay here and provide me with blood."
He then ordered his men to take Shadowless back to the dungeon. Once they arrived, he immediately had them bring a large iron hook.
Looking at the iron hook, Shadowless couldn't help but sneer, seemingly unconcerned as he said, "So, is this your new trick?"
Wuyang ignored his words and directly instructed his subordinates, "Pierce his Pipa Bone and hang him up."
Upon hearing this, Shadowless's heart trembled, and he stared at Wuyang, saying, "You are truly ruthless!"
"Is that so? Should I thank you for the compliment?" The tone was laced with a mocking amusement.
When the iron hooks pierced Shadowless's Pipa Bone, even someone as strong as him couldn't help but let out a loud scream before falling into an endless unconsciousness.
Even after he lost consciousness, Wuyang still had him hung up. Moreover, just like before, Wuyang had his men draw blood from him.
It is well known that once a martial artist's Pipa Bone is destroyed, their entire power is rendered useless.
Thus, when Shadowless regained consciousness, despair filled his heart as he contemplated biting his tongue to end his life. However, just as he was about to do so, he suddenly thought of Luo Bingbing. The moment he thought of that Little One, worry flooded over him; he feared she might also fall victim to Wuyang's control in an unguarded state.
After pondering for a moment, he decided against seeking death and resolved to find a way to notify An Ruo Ran and the others to prevent Luo Bingbing from falling into Wuyang's trap upon her return.
However, at that moment, not only was he bound hand and foot, but he was also suspended in mid-air; escaping to send a warning was far from easy.
Suddenly, he remembered the half-month agreement he had with An Ruo Ran, Yiziman, and Luo Yi. For over a year now, they had gathered every half month to discuss matters concerning various factions. Now, he could only hope that after An Ruo Ran and the others noticed his absence, they would send someone to investigate the situation at the secret door.
In the forbidden area of Ling Mountain, Luo Bingbing and her family were happily chatting when suddenly they heard a loud phoenix cry echoing through the sky.
Upon hearing the phoenix's cry, Luo Bingbing couldn't help but exclaim, "It's the sound of a phoenix; the phoenix has come to Ling Mountain." With that, she quickly ran out of the room.
As soon as she stepped outside, she saw the phoenix soaring high in the sky. After whistling at the phoenix, it immediately dove down toward her location.
Before the phoenix could land, Snow Spirit Fox leaped off its back and dashed straight toward Luo Bingbing. As it ran, it said, "Master, you finally returned! As soon as the phoenix and I sensed you were coming back, we left the palace to find you."
"Really? But it seems like you still haven't grown up!" Luo Bingbing teased as she looked at Snow Spirit Fox, who had just jumped into her arms.
Hearing this long-awaited remark, Snow Spirit Fox couldn't help but nudge Luo Bingbing's arm with its small nose.
At that moment, everyone else also came out of their rooms. Dongfang Hao immediately said to Snow Spirit Fox upon seeing its familiar gesture, "Little fox, aren't you going to see your Young Mistress?"
Upon hearing his voice, Snow Spirit Fox instantly perked up and quickly left Luo Bingbing's embrace, leaping onto her shoulder while looking at him with a somewhat wary expression.
Although Dongfang Hao was smiling, Snow Spirit Fox knew that the smile was merely for Luo Bingbing's sake; in reality, it carried a warning tone directed at it.
However, upon hearing the words "Young Mistress," it immediately asked, "Where is the Young Mistress? I want to see her!"
"She's with me," Ivyah replied while holding the two twins.
After hearing this, Snow Spirit Fox rushed over to see the twins. At that moment, the phoenix also walked gracefully in front of Luo Bingbing.
It didn't say much and simply stated, "The phoenix welcomes its master back."
Similarly, Luo Bingbing had no extra words; after gently stroking the phoenix's feathers, she said to it, "Go see your Young Mistress!"
Both Xuan Ye and modern Yingqi were already aware that Snow Spirit Fox and the phoenix could speak human language. Therefore, they showed no signs of surprise at the current scene.
The Snow Spirit Fox arrived in front of Dongfang Chen and Dongfang Tong, who were still fast asleep. However, as soon as the Phoenix approached them, both suddenly opened their eyes and woke up.
Upon seeing the Snow Spirit Fox and the Phoenix, they immediately broke into smiles, seemingly very happy.
Soon, the sun set in the west. Under the Afterglow, the sunset glow flickered brilliantly, dyeing the surrounding white clouds a dazzling crimson.
At this moment, everyone was discussing the issue of returning to the palace the next day. The conclusion of their discussion was to split into two teams and act simultaneously.
One team was formed by Ivyah and Dongfang Hao; they would return to the palace at night to prepare for welcoming Luo Bingbing and the others back to the palace the following day.
Luo Bingbing, along with others, as well as the Snow Spirit Fox and the Phoenix, made up the second team. They would return to the mountain lodge where Ivyah had previously stayed and depart from there back to the palace.
After dark, they began to act separately.
Ivyah took Dongfang Hao and teleported back to the palace. Once there, Dongfang Hao immediately found Miyazawa and began arranging for the welcoming preparations for the next day.
Luo Bingbing used her Ability to teleport everyone along with the Snow Spirit Fox to the Tiger Legion's mountain lodge. She then called An Ruo Ran over and instructed her to prepare ancient clothing for Yingqi and others.
Coincidentally, An Ruo Ran was at that mountain lodge for a gathering that night. Upon hearing Luo Bingbing's voice, she quickly ran over to Luo Bingbing's courtyard.
Seeing her suddenly reappeared master who not only returned but also had two Young Mistresses, An Ruo Ran couldn't help but feel extremely delighted.
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