The Emperor's Domineering Favor, the Evil Consort's Unparalleled Reign

"Enough with the nonsense, take the money and get out of here!" Hou Bang saw the Yao couple's lewd expressions as they fawned over him, and then glanced at their tacky gold and silver clothes, which made them look like two big red roosters—unlucky and greasy. He opened his mouth and said fiercely.

He had to get rid of these two troublemakers as soon as possible. He had wasted more than half a month trying to kidnap Yao Fan, and now that he had finally found him, he wanted to collect the reward money and go to Joy Street with his brothers to have some fun!

He'd heard that a new batch of beautiful young women had recently arrived on Joyful Street, around fifteen or sixteen years old, both innocent and lovely. The madam had sent him this news a month ago. Thinking of those charming girls, his mouth watered; he desperately wanted to take this opportunity to have his fill. His master had found Yao Fan, this powerful and unique little vixen, and he'd been bedridden for at least five or six days. This would give them some time to indulge in pleasure.

"Here you go! The reward I promised you!" Thinking this, Hou Bang turned around and took a burlap sack from a servant behind him, then casually tossed it to the Yao couple.

"Clang, clang!" The sound of silver clinking reached their ears. The old woman, her face beaming with undisguised greed, saw the silver and quickly took it. She gave the old man behind her a wink, and the two of them eagerly ran out through the side door. Before running out, they didn't forget to glance at Ying Li, their eyes filled with schadenfreude.

Is this girl an idiot? She's been caught in a place like this and she doesn't struggle or make a fuss. They tripped her up and she didn't even try to argue back. Haha, this deal is really a godsend for them.

Ying Li snorted coldly. These kinds of people were incredibly lucky to have lived to such an old age. If she ever encountered such scoundrels again, she would definitely deal with them without hesitation. She could easily guess what the couple was thinking; she just smiled dryly and waited to see.

Hou Bang glanced at Ying Li. She possessed abundant spiritual power, unlike the girls he'd captured a few days ago. Ying Li's spiritual power was more than ten times higher. It seemed his foresight in binding her with so many ropes was indeed correct. However, he was still being foolish. With such a strong woman, no matter how many ropes he used, how could he possibly restrain her? But Hou Bang, his mind already on Joyful Street, clearly didn't consider this.

He clicked his tongue twice in admiration, then took out another bag of silver and waved it triumphantly at the servants behind him, saying, "Same as always, we split the profits 50/50. Those Yao couple are shameless; they took the silver and ran off without even offering a share to us brothers. But Hou Bang isn't stupid; he's already secretly kept our share for ourselves. After we deliver this little girl to the young master, we'll head to Joyful Street. The new courtesan, Qinghua Kui, has to see us first!"

"Brother Hou is brilliant! I knew that following Brother Hou would bring me good fortune!"

"Brother Hou is so good to us. Thinking of those young ladies, oh my, I'm so happy! Last month's selection was really uninteresting, but I heard the new batch is really something else!"

"Look at you, so pathetic, you have no self-control at all. Today I'm going to order two, hehe, let's have some fun!"

"..."

The group exchanged lewd laughs, while Ying Li watched them indifferently, his face devoid of any expression.

"Go!" Hou Bang saw Ying Li staring intently at them, his gaze unsettling. He slapped Ying Li hard on the back, causing him to lean forward and take two quick steps. When he looked up at Hou Bang again, his eyes were filled with fear.

Hou Bang felt a chill run down his spine at first, but when he saw the fear hidden in Ying Li's eyes, he smiled smugly. "Hmph, that brat has finally resigned herself to her fate."

It's strange that such a large courtyard has no servants or guards besides the people around. But then again, considering that the man called 'Young Master' cultivates the forbidden technique Illusionary Feather, it's natural that the fewer people there are, the better. Hmph, he really doesn't leave anyone a way out.

They walked for half an hour and finally arrived at a courtyard lit by candlelight. A cool breeze kept blowing, and Ying Li's face was slightly flushed. The little black dog in her arms kept wriggling. Ying Li bent down and said a few words of comfort. The little black dog seemed to understand human speech and obediently lay in Ying Li's arms, no longer making a fuss.

"Young master! I have brought you what you requested. If there is nothing else, we will take our leave and come to visit you again tomorrow." Hou Bang shouted, his voice loud, but one could hear the caution and fear in his voice.

With a loud crash, the door was flung open, and a brocade pouch was thrown out. Judging from the sound, it was undoubtedly another bag of silver.

"You did a good job this time. Take these and have some fun. If you find more like these in the future, I'll reward you handsomely! Now get lost!"

A deep, muffled voice came from inside the house. Ying Li's expression changed. The spiritual energy fluctuations here began to increase and accelerate. The person who spoke seemed to have reached the top level of spiritual cultivation. Moreover, there were even spiritual energy fluctuations from the Qilin Pearl here.

By sheer chance, we've found the Qilin Pearl here, which will surely be of great help to Nanchuan. However, to obtain the pearl, we must first eliminate that 'young master'.

"Thank you, young master! We'll be right back!" Hou Bang's face lit up with joy. He bowed respectfully to the wide-open door, then squatted down to pick up the silver pouch from the ground, shoved Ying Li, and pushed him through the door. The group chuckled and quickly left the courtyard.

In the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, the courtyard returned to its deathly silence. Ying Li looked at the decorations in the house, which were simple yet luxurious, with a kind of coexistence of nobility and vulgarity. He had always thought that nobility was nobility and vulgarity was vulgarity, but seeing the room full of gold and silver ornaments, Ying Li suddenly felt that if you don't put on airs, this is what it can look like.

The spiritual power of the Qilin Pearl is in the inner room. Ying Li sensed it and it seemed there was quite a lot of it. Success or failure hinged on this moment!

"Bang!" Another sound rang out, startling Ying Li. She turned around and saw the door behind her slammed shut. A burst of extremely fast spiritual energy had just rushed past her, closing the door and then disappearing.

Ying Li cautiously probed the person inside the room, but found that she sensed a powerful spiritual barrier preventing her from entering. However, Ying Li was no ordinary spiritual cultivator; her strong mental control allowed her to silently perceive everything inside the room through the barrier without being detected by the person inside.

You wouldn't believe it until you see it, and what you find is astonishing. The inner room is enormous, twice the size of the courtyard where they had just been standing. The room is about forty meters long and ten meters wide, making Ying Li's heart skip a beat.

The guards inside didn't seem to intend to touch Ying Li, so she continued to investigate. She then discovered that five girls were lying haphazardly in the large room. Their breathing was weak, their faces were deathly pale, and the clothes on their right arms were torn open, revealing a black feather mark deeply imprinted on their white skin. Their entire arms were slowly turning black.

After about the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, the arms of the five girls lying on the ground turned black one by one, and then they died one by one without making a sound.

The man known as "Young Master" had a devilishly handsome appearance. Although he didn't have a captivating face, his eyes were unforgettable. They were like the eyes of a demon god, devoid of lust, lewdness, murder, or fear, yet possessing a languid quality. As he watched the young girls slowly lose their breath, a slight smile appeared on his lips. With a wave of his hand, he unleashed his spiritual energy towards the five girls. In an instant, the five who had been perfectly fine just moments before turned to dust and vanished into the air.

Five black feathers landed on an old wooden table in the room. Ying Li roughly counted them and found there were several hundred of them!

He sat on a huge bed, with seven or eight girls tied to the pillars around the bed. They were back to back, with a white brocade handkerchief stuffed in their mouths. Each of them was trembling, their eyes filled with fear.

"This guy is fucking freakish! I've heard of the Illusionary Feather Forbidden Technique, but this guy still gives me a chill down my spine. Girl, listen to me, let's get out of here, or we'll be in for a world of hurt!"

Nan Chuan, somewhat worried, said from within the Bone Ring, "This person called 'Young Master' is so disgusting to me. I really don't want Ying Li to face him. I'm afraid Ying Li will be traumatized by this person. After all, she's only a fifteen-year-old girl. Seeing so many people tortured to death will definitely not be good for her."

"It's alright, let's wait a little longer." Ying Li, however, was sensing the spiritual power of the Qilin Pearl while secretly making other plans. He absolutely had to obtain the Qilin Pearl this time, so that Nan Chuan would have something to rely on in the future; otherwise, if he fell into a deep sleep again, things would not be good.

Besides, she had already witnessed Yuan Zhongyue's brutality when they fought at Bixia Palace. He was no longer a weak and delicate girl. If she hadn't harbored murderous intent towards him before she came in, now that she saw such a cruel and perverse method of spiritual cultivation, she was determined to cripple him!

The seven or eight girls were bound, and black feather marks began to appear on their right arms. At the same time, their spiritual power continued to decline, and the spiritual power in their dantian was no longer abundant. After a short while, the girls had completely turned into ordinary people with no spiritual power. When Ying Li realized that their spiritual power had not been absorbed, each of them was at the top level of soul cultivation.

These were all top-tier, genius female cultivators, yet they were destroyed in an instant by this freak. Ying Li wanted to save them, but once the Illusion Feather was placed on someone, they would die anyway, only at different speeds. Even if she intervened to save them, within three days, if the freak didn't drain all their spiritual energy, their spiritual energy would be completely worn away by the Illusion Feather mark, and they would eventually die without a sound, just like the five girls who had just died.

Ying Li clenched her right hand tightly and pulled the ropes around her body free. The little black dog in her arms broke free and carefully guarded the outer room, neither leaving nor going forward.

Just then, a deep voice came from the inner room, filled with endless darkness and indifference, "Don't worry, it'll be your turn soon."