That night, Lei Dongtian once again held a banquet.
All the young talents of the Lei Family were gathered in the hall without exception. Even the elders of the previous generation were present. Four elders of the previous generation were also present at the banquet, drinking a few cups of wine and exchanging a few pleasantries with Yun Yang.
Obviously, this was all for the sake of Lei Dongtian.
Lei Dongtian, at least at the current stage of the Lei Family, still had considerable prestige. However, was this prestige because of himself, because of his old patriarch, or because of something else?
Lei Dongtian sat at the head of the table, looking around proudly, looking down on others as if they were nothing. He pointed at them and introduced them to Yun Yang, asking who this was and who that was …
It felt like he had power in his hands.
Looking at the situation, Yun Yang suddenly came to a realization. Lei Dongtian's old patriarch's power in the Lei Family had reached its peak, so much so that even he, the young master, had risen. This could be seen from the fact that many people disregarded their status to curry favor with the patriarch's son.
Among these people, many of their positions and seniority were higher than Lei Dongtian's, or even much higher.
However, it also reflected from another aspect that the entire Lei Family had completely decayed. There was no longer the aura of a sect that had once almost touched the Celestial Luck Banner!
After getting drunk and eating to their heart's content, it was already midnight.
Yun Yang quietly floated out of the room according to the information he had gathered and drifted to the Lei Family's ancestral hall in the backyard.
Along the way, Yun Yang, who was unimpeded, felt a little lost.
With Yun Yang's current cultivation base, it would not be difficult for him to destroy the Lei Family. Even if the Lei Family had gained the favor of the Sacred Heart Palace's elder, Yun Yang would not take it to heart. Instead, Yun Yang was worried about how he could help his sixth brother vent his anger. To end this deep-rooted hatred!
So what if he offended this great elder to avenge his brother?
Yun Yang would not hesitate!
However, what Yun Yang was confused about was how to do it.
"The Lei Family is already rotten. They have long stopped caring about the contributions you and your family have made. They have long forgotten the glory of the past … Now, for the sake of their lives, benefits, and status, they can give up everything, be it dignity or anything else … Hoping for them to seek justice for you and your father is just a fool's dream … "
"At this moment, in this place, standing in this family, I can't see any persistence of a warrior … I can't see any of the strength and ambition of a cultivator …"
"This place is filthy. Everywhere is filthy. Does such a Lei Clan still exist? Is there a need to purge and reform it …?"
Yun Yang kept mumbling to himself in his heart, feeling sorry for his sixth brother, sorry for his sixth brother's parents, sorry for everyone in his sixth brother's lineage.
With such a Lei family, what harm would there be in dying?
The Lei Family Yard's rows of houses flitted past under his feet. Even if Yun Yang did not cast the Wind Cloud Manifestation, no one would be able to discover Yun Yang's current whereabouts. Not even a trace of him could be detected. This was the embodiment of the absolute difference in their abilities!
Yun Yang could hear the conversations of the people in the house below him.
"That Yun Yang … I heard that he's Lei Dongtian's friend … and they're as close as brothers … Hahaha, I'm dying of laughter. This is enough to make me laugh for a year …"
"How can a year be enough? At least until that Yun Yang dies, right? How do you think Yun Yang will die in the end? "
"Who can guess the exact way he will die? That Lei Dongtian's methods of toying with his targets are getting more and more insane. Thinking about the last victim, it's truly shocking!"
"Right, what was the last time Lei Dongtian suffered a backlash? Was it anger? But that time was short, it was only slightly more than a month before the woman was tortured to death … "
"Then guess, how long does Lei Dongtian need to get rid of the backlash this time?"
"Not necessarily. Maybe it'll be very fast, a few days, or maybe it'll be very slow … But one thing is for sure, this Yun Yang … probably can't leave …"
"Not necessarily. They're treating each other with sincerity now … When Lei Dongtian acts stupidly, he can really be righteous during this period of time …"
"The key point now is no longer Lei Dongtian, but the family leader. He definitely won't let Yun Yang leave … This person is here. If Lei Dongtian kills him, it'll mean that the backlash of the Seven Emotions Praxis has been completely eliminated … If he were to leave, how can there be any reference?"
"You're right. Without any reference, if Lei Dongtian were to push the cultivation method forward, it'd be too easy for him to go berserk … "
"That's right, not to mention that the child knows too many secrets that he shouldn't know. Looking at how Lei Dongtian treats him now, he'll reveal everything to him. It'd be considered a light punishment if he didn't tell him anything, so …"
Yun Yang, who was in the air, was dumbfounded as he listened. He froze for a moment. It was only because Yun Yang's current cultivation base was rather impressive, at least much higher than the upper limit of the Lei Family's combat power. Otherwise, he would have been discovered long ago!
The entire Lei Residence was discussing when Lei Dongtian would kill his people. How could there be so many of them, and how could they be so unscrupulous?
This kind of feeling, it really seemed to be very strange …
Another place that Yun Yang's attention was focused on was probably the residence of the family leader of the Lei Residence.
A deep voice was speaking, "… We can't let him escape. Watch him. How can someone who knows too many secrets that he shouldn't know live long?"
"Also, gather information about this person. This child isn't born in the Bound of Universe, he's someone who ascended from the lower realm. If he doesn't have a corresponding skill, how can he ascend in such a short period of cultivation?"
"I have a feeling that this person isn't a good person … especially when he said that he's a friend of the dead Lei Mufeng. Hmph … Why is he here? It's worth thinking about."
"Also, is Lei Mufeng really dead? He can't be dead just because he says he's dead … Is there anything unusual in the dungeon?"
"I've already ordered for the dungeon to be doubly vigilant."
"Nothing must go wrong there. If there's anything unusual, kill them directly. They must not be allowed to come out alive. I want there to be no hidden dangers."
"Yes …"
"I'm still a little worried … Let's go to the dungeon to take a look."
To be fair, their voices were very soft. If one was not nearby, one might not be able to hear them even if they were to listen attentively. However, Yun Yang's cultivation base was so profound that even if they were to speak softly or speak through telepathy, they would not be able to escape his detection!
Thus, the conversation between the two of them could be heard clearly without a single detail missing.
"Dungeon?"
Yun Yang's eyes shone the moment he heard the two keywords.
He had been troubled by the lack of a breakthrough and did not know what to do at the moment. The dungeon was exactly what the other party was concerned about. Furthermore, if the person imprisoned in the dungeon was sixth brother's family, it would be a wonderful thing for him to rescue them.
Without another word, he turned and left.
The sinister dungeon was dark and damp, with snakes, insects, and rats slithering about. It was a spine-chilling sight to behold.
A few of the dungeon cells were empty. Half of the guards were gathered at the entrance on the surface while the other half were gathered at the innermost part of the dungeon. The security was tight.
However, Yun Yang paid no attention to these guards. He turned into a gust of wind and went straight for the deepest part of the dungeon, especially the few damp and dark cells.
Yun Yang came to the end of the dungeon and focused his gaze. The moment he saw it, he could not help but admire this Lei Family Leader's viciousness.
Perhaps this fellow was not talented or bold, but when it came to ruthlessness and viciousness, it was infuriating and awe-inspiring.
The prisoners in the cells were all on the verge of death. Each of their necks was hung by a chain, and their toes were barely touching the ground. Their shoulder blades had been pierced through, and they were dangling from the left and right sides of their bodies. Even though their shoulders had regained their freedom, they could only use twenty percent of their normal strength for a short period of time. There was also a thin chain around their waists that pierced through their flesh and wound around their lumbar vertebrae. Not only that, there was a thin chain attached to the top of their skulls, which actually pierced through their skulls and wound around their lumbar vertebrae. Not only that, there was a thin chain attached to the top of their skulls, which actually pierced through their skulls and wound a circle around their lumbar vertebrae. Not only that, there was a thin chain attached to the top of their skulls.
Run?
Run!
If you struggle, your skull will fall; if you run, your lumbar vertebrae will break! If you run, your cervical vertebrae will break …
What was most infuriating was that the torturer did not lock these people's mystical Qi cultivation base. Instead, he allowed these people to breathe and recover on their own. However, no matter how they recuperated and recovered, there were so many shackles on their bodies that they could never break free no matter how high their cultivation base was!
If these imprisoned people wanted to live, they could only cultivate and breathe as hard as they could to recover their physical bodies as much as possible.
Do you think this is the end? Extreme agony?
Obviously not!
He had allowed these people to circulate their profound energy and recover their physical bodies. His goal was undoubtedly to let these people live, but more importantly … to let these people live in an even more painful way. Because in the prison cell, there were several white and plump insects. Each of them was fat and big, and looked very clumsy. They did not seem to have much lethality.
However, Yun Yang knew about these worms.
Spirit Absorbing Worms.
These worms were known as the mortal enemy and nemesis of all cultivators in this world. There was only one reason for this – these worms could absorb a cultivator's mystical Qi and cause the cultivator's cultivation base to suffer permanent damage that was extremely difficult to recover from.
Currently, the few Spirit Absorbing Worms would crawl to the dantian of these prisoners every once in a while and absorb the mystical Qi that the target had painstakingly gathered during this period of time …
Even though the absorption capacity of the Spirit Absorbing Worms was relatively limited and could not absorb all of the prisoners' mystical Qi, it was enough to make the prisoners even more stressed and difficult to deal with.
Naturally, there would be exhalation when there was absorption. Lei Family Leader had his own deeper purpose in using the Spirit Absorbing Worms. After the Spirit Absorbing Worms had absorbed a sufficient amount of mystical Qi, they would excrete a special mystical crystal. This mystical crystal was unique in that it could be absorbed directly and quickly turned into abundant mystical Qi that would fill one's meridians and become part of one's own cultivation base.
It was more convenient than any spiritual jade. One had to absorb the spiritual Qi of the spiritual jade first before cultivating to digest it before turning it into one's own mystical Qi. There was a huge difference in the middle.
However, the mystical crystal produced by the Spirit Absorbing Worms was not depleted at all, probably because it was the mystical Qi that had been cultivated!
In other words, the Spirit Absorbing Worms were the medium of cultivation base transfer!
However, using such a method to absorb mystical Qi to benefit oneself at the expense of others was not something that any cultivator would be happy to see. It was infuriating and intolerable!
What was more, this Lei Family Leader was absorbing the mystical Qi of his blood brothers and family members!
He was simply insane, worse than a pig or a dog!
The rage in Yun Yang's eyes was unprecedentedly intense.
"I … I'm really innocent … I'm not, I'm not with Lei Junping …" A man who was hung up mumbled in an extremely weak voice, "Let me go … I beg you, let me go …"
"I'm really not with Lei Junping … I'm just a martial artist, an ordinary martial artist. I met Lei Junping by chance that day and I've only seen him once in my entire life …"
The person was murmuring to himself.
The person did not even dare to raise his voice. Once he did, the slightest tremor would cause the torture instruments on his body to work together. He would then be in pain and his meridians would suffer an excruciating pain that felt like his bones were being crushed.
Yet, he was still pleading, pleading incessantly.
After a while, when he could not take it anymore, he would cultivate his cultivation method. Once he regained some strength, he would begin pleading again, and the cycle would repeat itself …
The guards around him ignored him coldly, turning a deaf ear to him and a blind eye.
Yun Yang took a closer look. There were a total of three such cells, placed side by side in the innermost area. Each cell had two people, and the cells were connected.
There were only two bars separating them, but the gap between the bars was wide enough for a cow to walk through!
Such an arrangement was obviously meant for the people in the other cells to clearly see the miserable state of the people in this cell.
Of course, the people on the other side could see it as well.
What the other party was going through was what he had already gone through, was about to go through, or had been going through …
It was undoubtedly a double torture of the mind and body …
"The person who could come up with such a torturous idea must be the most outstanding genius among the inhumane crowd!"
Yun Yang gritted his teeth.
He was completely able to discern that no matter which one of the six people in this prison cell, all of them had long since exceeded the limits of what their bodies could endure, and once they let out their last breath, they would instantly pass away and go to the netherworld.
The only thing that kept them alive, the last thing that kept them alive was this cruel torture. In order to endure this torture, they could only wholeheartedly cultivate and extend their lifespan bit by bit, continuing this state of struggling at death's door …
In spite of this, the truth was that each of them no longer had the possibility of survival.
There was not an ounce of muscle left on these people's bodies, only a layer of pale, wrinkled skin. It was like a textbook example of skin wrapped around bones …
Many of the bones that were exposed were grayish-white in color. It was a color that would only appear when the bones had decayed to a certain extent. Perhaps, it should be said that if the chains that tied them up and hung them suddenly disappeared, at least seventy percent of their bones would have turned into powder the moment they fell to the ground.
Upon confirming the situation, Yun Yang felt chills all over his body, a chill rising from his tailbone.
This was such a cruel and vicious method. They had tortured these people to this point and yet they were still alive!
As the saying went, one could neither live nor die – this was probably the most they could do.
Among the many prisoners, there was a burly man who looked like a burly man. However, at this moment, he looked even more miserable than the others. His entire body was only a piece of wrinkled skin that wrapped around his skeleton-like body. His head was drooping, and it was unknown whether he was dead or alive. In the entire prison, he was the only one who did not speak a word. It was not only because of his original intention, but also because he was in a coma due to his heavy injuries.
Just as Yun Yang was about to step forward to investigate and see if there was anyone who could be saved, he heard a swoosh of air coming from outside. Then, a stern voice said, "Any abnormalities?"
"Reporting to Master, there are no abnormalities."
"Alright, the few of you wait outside."
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