The deflated cultivator refused to give up and vowed to turn the tables.

"What? It's nice to meet you?!" Qin Xiangxue glared at Su Zinong. This guy is out of his mind. He's almost dead and he's still saying polite and courteous things like "It's nice to meet you."

"Don't worry, you won't die." Su Zinong smiled slightly, signaling Qin Xiangxue to stay calm.

"Do you really think that witch wouldn't dare to kill us?" Qin Xiangxue said.

“No, that’s not it,” Su Zinong said firmly. “We just know we have a way to escape. You’ll see.”

The water was already almost up to his chest. Su Zinong channeled a surge of internal energy, stirring up the water in front of him.

"Do you believe me?" Su Zinong asked.

"I believe you!" Qin Xiangxue said without hesitation.

Su Zinong told Qin Xiangxue to turn around and face away from him, raising her hands slightly behind her back away from her body.

Then Su Zinong channeled his inner energy into the water and struck the ropes binding Qin Xiangxue's hands. He tried again and again, carefully controlling his energy each time, only daring to release a small amount of inner energy for fear of accidentally injuring Qin Xiangxue.

Fortunately, I had practiced in the ocean before, so it was much easier to perform in the calm water.

"Hurry up!" Qin Xiangxue said, as the water had already reached her chin.

"It'll be soon!" Although Su Zinong was very anxious, he could only comfort her and keep her still so that she wouldn't move, otherwise there would be even less chance.

Qin Xiangxue trusted Su Zinong and endured the water until it reached her nose without moving.

Then, the water had reached Qin Xiangxue's eyes, and she was about to faint. Suddenly, with a jolt of energy, Su Zinong's true qi severed the rope.

Qin Xiangxue suddenly perked up, pushed off the ground to the surface to take a few breaths, and then dived back into the water to untie the ropes binding her feet.

At this moment, Su Zinong was already submerged up to his head. Qin Xiangxue quickly untied the ropes binding his hands, then lifted him up to let him breathe, before untying the ropes binding his feet.

Now that their hands and feet were free, the two began to swim in the water.

"I didn't expect you to be able to swim," Su Zinong praised Qin Xiangxue. "I think that apart from women living by the water, very few women on land can swim."

"Luckily, I can swim, hehe." Qin Xiangxue said with her head held high.

After swimming for the time it takes to eat a meal, the water had reached the edge of the doorway.

Su Zinong gently used the water to gain leverage, and stretched out his hand to grab the doorknob.

The four walls were bare, and the only place to grab onto was the doorknob.

"Come here!" Su Zinong pulled Qin Xiangxue over. Now the two of them didn't need to swim much, as they were using their strength to hang on the door panel, and the water level didn't rise any further.

Half an hour later, hearing footsteps outside, Ou Ruo pushed open the door.

Although Su Zinong and Qin Xiangxue weren't completely exhausted, they were extremely tired. They usually couldn't even beat Ou Ruo, let alone in this state.

"Oh, you actually managed to break free of the ropes, that's quite something," Ou Ruo said with an approving nod.

Just when Su Zinong thought that Ou Ruo would tie the two of them up again with the rope and throw them back into the water, Ou Ruo handed them a large towel instead.

"Dry yourself off, then come out to eat with me later!" Ou Ruo said.

After changing their clothes, the two followed Ou Ruo out. This time, they weren't bound or had their pressure points sealed, but there were experts following them at a distance, whose cultivation levels were indeed five or six stars.

"Where are we going?" Qin Xiangxue asked.

"Eat something! Aren't you hungry after soaking in the water for so long?" Ou Ruo asked, turning around.

"I am quite hungry." Qin Xiangxue nodded. After soaking in the water for two hours, it would be strange if she wasn't hungry.

The three of them arrived at a very elegant teahouse and entered a very refined room. Various kinds of exquisite and delicious snacks were served and placed on the table.

Qin Xiangxue didn't care whether it was poisoned or not, and picked it up and ate it. Su Zinong originally wanted to stop her, but then he thought that if Ou Ruo wanted the two of them to die, she would have a million ways to do it, and she didn't care whether it was poisoned or not, so she also ate it.

"Seeing you two looking like reincarnated demons has immediately whetted my appetite," Ou Ruo chuckled, then joined in the feast. It naturally tastes better when someone's competing with you for food.

"Oh right, the first time you attacked me while we were having tea, the punishment for that hasn't been carried out yet," Aurora said as they finished eating.

"Please, be magnanimous and let us go!" Su Zinong tentatively suggested.

"I'm not an adult, nor am I magnanimous; I'm just a young woman," Ou Ruo said calmly. "I'll give you two choices: do you want me to tickle your funny bone or tickle your sensitive spot?"

"I won't choose either of them!" Su Zinong turned his head away, not wanting to look at her.

"If you don't choose either, then I'll select both," Ou Ruo said calmly.

Su Zinong knew the power of those two acupoints; if both were struck, the person would surely die within half an hour.

I had no choice but to choose a funny spot.

He was locked in a secret room in the basement, with the words "Secret Room" written on the door.

Ou Ruo sealed Su Zinong's internal energy and then pressed his acupoints to prevent him from releasing them with his own internal energy. She then pushed him into the secret room and locked the iron door from the outside.

Ou Ruo smiled smugly, then pushed Qin Xiangxue into another secret room next door and locked her inside, but Qin Xiangxue's acupoints were not pressed.

“Since this young lady didn’t lift a finger to help, I’ll let you off easy this time and won’t torture or punish you,” Ou Ruo said.

"I didn't lay a hand on you when you were taking a shower," Qin Xiangxue protested.

“You didn’t make a move that time, but it was your idea that went wrong. Don’t think I didn’t know.” Ou Ruo had everything under control.

However, what Qin Xiangxue didn't know was that although her acupoints weren't pressed, the pain was even worse than if they had been.

I was perfectly fine, but I could hear Su Zinong next door laughing non-stop, laughing hysterically, laughing uncontrollably. I was in so much pain, but I couldn't help him at all.

Isn't this a form of psychological torture?

It wasn't until Su Zinong was laughing so hard he was about to faint that Ou Ruo came in, opened the iron gate, and released his pressure points.

"How do you feel? What are your thoughts? Do you want to hit or scold me?" Ou Ruo asked with a smile.

"One day I will make you cry," Su Zinong said after catching his breath.

“I know I’ll cry the day you leave,” Ou Ruo said with a sigh.

Qin Xiangxue helped Su Zinong back to his room to rest, poured him some water, and told him to drink it slowly.

“This can’t go on,” Qin Xiangxue said. “We need to find a chance to escape quickly.”

"Don't worry, I have a brilliant plan," Su Zinong whispered.

"What brilliant plan? Tell me quickly, I'm getting impatient!" Qin Xiangxue grabbed Su Zinong's upper arm with both hands and asked anxiously.

"Jump over the wall." Su Zinong brought his mouth close to Qin Xiangxue's ear.

"Why would you jump over that wall? It's over two or three zhang high. Who could jump over it?" Qin Xiangxue let go of Su Zinong's hand and sat down on a stool next to her.

“If one jump isn’t high enough, can’t we do it in two? There are plenty of tables and chairs in the yard and inside the house. Let’s stack them up first, jump onto the tables and chairs, and then jump onto the wall. That should work, right?” Su Zinong said.

“It works, but the enemy isn’t stupid. They’ll see you stacking tables and just wait for you to walk right into their trap on the other side of the wall. How will you escape then?” Qin Xiangxue said.

Su Zinong raised his head, looked up at the sky, and slowly said, "What you said makes sense, but I have a way..."