Only after Ye Zhen'an recovered a little did Yu Xiangwan feel at ease and stand up to carefully observe the cell in front of him.

Holding the night pearl, he moved closer.

Only then did I realize that the dark area inside was not the ground, but black water with a foul smell.

It's the smell of rotting flesh.

This water dungeon is separated by a formation, and it is like two different worlds from the outside, one is dirty and the other is bright.

There were countless poisonous snakes roaming in the filthy black water, and maggots were crawling slowly on the walls of the cell, climbing to the fence and then falling down, over and over again.

There was a... person nailed to the wall opposite.

Yu Xiangwan could no longer be sure whether he was a human being or not. Perhaps he was a human being before, but now he had been tortured to the point where he no longer looked like a human being. Instead, he looked more like a body made up of human bones.

His wrists were locked with thousand-year-old black iron, his palms were open, the backs of his hands were against the wall, and each hand was nailed to the wall through the palm of his hand with a bone-piercing nail.

The bone nails are made of ice. When they are driven into human bones, they will gradually melt the bones, and the bones will continue to feel excruciating pain. When the master does not want to play with the slave anymore, he only needs to tap it lightly, and the bones will shatter like ice, killing the person in one blow.

Looking down, the man's waist was submerged in the black water and could not be seen, but the situation was definitely not better than that of his upper body. One could vaguely see two thousand-year-old black iron chains extending from under the black water, firmly securing his legs.

Yu Xiangwan didn't dare to think about whether the soles of the man under the black water were also nailed with bone-penetrating nails.

The only flesh on his chest was torn into several bloody holes, and the pieces of flesh were just hanging on his sternum. The blood in the blood holes had long since drained away.

White maggots were wriggling on it, trying their best to eat away at his remaining dry flesh, and the bones at his heart were exposed.

A soul-catching lock made of thousand-year-old black iron pierced through his collarbone and stuck out from his chest, like a pig bone hung up for sale.

Except for the parts where he was shackled by the chains, his body was basically just a skeleton. His flesh and blood seemed to have been carefully gouged out piece by piece, barely keeping him alive.

His face was covered with various knife marks, each one so deep that the bone was visible. Blood and flesh were flying everywhere, and his original appearance could not be seen.

Her long hair was soaked by sweat or black water, and it clumps together and falls into the dirty water before spreading out again.

The exposed skin on his body was all bruised and purple, without a single piece of healthy flesh.

The part of his body with the most flesh is actually his face.

Only then did Yu Xiangwan notice that his ears had been cut off long ago and might have already rotted in the black water.

One of his eyes was gouged out, leaving only an empty, dry, bloody hole in his right eye socket.

The only intact eye was the left one, which looked like frost and snow, or like glass immersed in ice and snow. It should have been a pair of extremely beautiful eyes, but now it was dead and lifeless.

Yu Xiangwan looked into the only remaining eye of the man in the water dungeon, and the man's empty and dim eyes disappeared in an instant.

"vomit!"

Yu Xiangwan unexpectedly saw the maggots rolling in the black water and couldn't help vomiting, coughing up tears from his eyes.

Ye Zhen'an just frowned slightly at this scene, with no other expression.

Seeing Yu Xiangwan looking disgusted, he hurried over and helped him sit aside.

Yu Xiangwan covered his chest, feeling a sense of suffocation, and could only mutter.

"Senior brother."

"There's something strange here."

My heart felt like it was suffocating again.

Seeing Yu Xiangwan in such pain, Ye Zhen'an felt a little pain in his heart. He just patted his shoulder silently and comforted him softly.

"Changning, don't be afraid."

Suddenly, there was a sound of a stone door opening in the corridor, and a young man in a purple robe walked towards them, looking lazy and noble.

It was Xu Qingran.

The three people and the two sides are in opposition.

Xu Qingran didn't seem surprised to see Yu Xiangwan and Ye Zhenan here.

There is no expression in his eyes, and he gives people the illusion of being aloof and indifferent when looking at everyone.

Yu Xiangwan and Ye Zhen'an did not wear veils, and Yu Xiangwan did not use the illusion face, so Xu Qingran could see the true appearance of both of them.

Xu Qingran looked at Ye Zhenan, who was dressed in red, and saw that he had a gorgeous complexion and a cold expression.

Looking at Yu Xiangwan again, who was covering his heart and lying in Ye Zhen'an's arms, there was an inexplicable look in his eyes.

Xu Qingran looked at Yu Xiangwan carefully. The young man had black hair like a waterfall and delicate eyebrows and eyes, as if he had walked out of a painting.

Xu Qingran's voice was unusually gentle: "I haven't seen you like this in a long time."

Yu Xiangwan was stunned when he heard this, "What do you mean? Have you seen me before?!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Qingran's voice returned to its original dignified and lazy tone.

"Of course I have. Isn't this the third time we've met?"

Xu Qingran paused, then smiled softly.

"No, it's the fifth time to be exact."

"The first one is the sect selection, you, the Wood Spirit Body."

"The second time was when you and the fellow Taoist beside you wiped out several disciples of the Yunshang Sect in the secret realm."

"As for the remaining three times, I don't think you need me to help you recall them. After all, they happened not long ago, and you won't suffer from Alzheimer's disease."

Yu Xiangwan was stunned when he heard this. Xu Qingran mentioned it for the second time... Presumably, the footsteps they heard later were Xu Qingran's.

Xu Qingran naturally passed by Yu Xiangwan and Ye Zhenan, and walked to the chaise longue next to him and sat down.

Yu Xiangwan noticed that the soul-eating insects above the corridor had been sealed since Xu Qingran came in, so he raised his eyes and signaled to Ye Zhenan.

Ye Zhen'an understood, and the two of them made a seal to release the spiritual power in their bodies.

Xu Qingran noticed the two people's little movements but didn't care.

He raised his hand and waved it, and the surroundings suddenly became as bright as day. Then he admired the appearance of the people in the water dungeon with amusement, and seemed very satisfied.

Yu Xiangwan also followed his gaze and looked over.

The people in the dungeon still looked lifeless.

Xu Qingran looked at Yu Xiangwan with a slightly playful tone in his voice:

"Why? Interested?"

Yu Xiangwan lowered his eyes, and the hand holding Ye Zhenan trembled slightly.

Ye Zhen'an sensed his uneasiness and gently held his hand back.

For the first time, Yu Xiangwan felt like he was on the chopping block and at the mercy of others.

Weak and helpless.

If they were to face each other alone outside, Xu Qingran would not be his match, but now they were in Xu Qingran's territory, and no one knew how many of his men were outside.

Besides, a young man like him who comes from a family of immortal cultivators will always have a few masters around him to protect him in secret.

"I hunted this guy when he was young, but unfortunately he's not very obedient. He won't even bark like a dog, so I had to train him myself."

Xu Qingran leaned back on the chaise longue, looking lazy and casual, her slender white fingers tapping lightly on the wooden table beside her, making a "dong dong dong" sound, each of which hit Yu Xiangwan's heart hard.

"He's much more obedient now, but unfortunately I pulled out his tongue a few years ago. Now he can't bark like a dog even if he wants to."

Yu Xiangwan unconsciously clenched his left hand into a fist, his nails dug deep into the flesh, leaving streaks of blood. His palm was instantly soaked with blood.

abnormal!

Murderer!

Xu Qingran didn't know what Yu Xiangwan was thinking, so he continued.

"Don't be nervous, I just asked you to come here to discuss business."

"Didn't your flawless pill sell very well at my auction house?"

"It's a win-win situation. You don't lose anything."

Even in this situation, Ye Zhen'an remained indifferent from beginning to end.

Upon hearing this, he just looked at Xu Qingran with clear eyes, and his voice was normal, and his tone could not be heard.

"What do you want?"

Seeing Ye Zhen'an like this, Xu Qingran looked up at him.

I didn't expect Yu Xiangwan to be so timid. He was scared like this after staying in this cell for less than half an hour.

On the other hand, the person who came in with him remained calm from beginning to end.

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