With a sigh, Yue Hong Bang closed his eyes once again. He knew that his torment would only increase, but he was confident that this person would not let him die, because if he died, then he would truly have no more secrets.
However, besides doing this, he had no other choice. If he spoke, he would die, but if he did not, he could still live. However, the pain of living would cause his will to scatter.
At the instant he closed his eyes, a calm voice suddenly traveled languidly through the karst cave.
"Just what sort of secrets do you have?"
Yue Hong Bang instinctively fell silent and ignored the voice. He thought that it was the person who had come to him again, but suddenly, a shudder ran through his body, because that voice did not belong to the young man. Instead, it had once existed in his memories.
At the instant Yue Hong Bang shuddered, the voice traveled into his ears once again.
"It's been many years since we last met, and you've become a Lord of a World Plane. Congratulations."
Yue Hong Bang's body trembled, and he opened his eyes abruptly. He saw a young man in white standing in front of him. This young man had gray hair, and his appearance was handsome. However, there was a hint of age that could not be hidden, and he was looking at him calmly.
"Mas … My Lord?" Yue Hong Bang trembled even more furiously. He could not believe what he was seeing, but this person's appearance and expression were the same as the person in his memories.
He was even more certain that he was not hallucinating, but he clearly remembered that this person had been forced into Western Ring Nebula's foreign land a thousand years ago, and there were only a handful of people who managed to come out alive over the course of countless years.
"On account of what happened to you in the past," Su Ming said flatly. He lifted his right hand and swung it at Yue Hong Bang. Immediately, the chains on Yue Hong Bang's hands shattered inch by inch with cracking sounds, and before they could even fall, they turned into ashes.
Even the puddle of water Yue Hong Bang had been soaked in instantly dried up, revealing Yue Hong Bang's deformed body.
Su Ming cast a glance at Yue Hong Bang's wretched body, and while his expression remained the same, he let out a cold harrumph in his heart. Yue Hong Bang was a very intelligent person. He was skilled in seizing opportunities, and he knew when to advance and when to retreat.
This type of person was perhaps extremely selfish. Back then, he took him as his master in order to obtain protection, to the extent where he didn't even hesitate to kill most of his companions one by one to prevent others from finding out that he was an exceptional talent that descended.
By doing so, he would become the only person who knew about Su Ming, and he would also be able to leave behind a path for him to take Su Ming as his master. In fact, to obtain Su Ming's trust, he did not hesitate to give him his Life Protection Enchanted Vessel to show his determination.
This kind of ambitious and ruthless person was often disliked by the world. However, those who disliked him were unable to control him. Thus, while jealousy and hatred arose in their hearts, they didn't want such a person to exist beside them. They always felt that he was a hidden threat.
However, in Su Ming's eyes, this person had followed him in the past and was very obedient. Even after he left, based on the number of blue stones, he could tell that this person had continued carrying out his orders for hundreds of years. Clearly, he had only stopped when he was imprisoned in this place.
That was why it did not matter what this person's personality was, whether he was a ruthless person or a despicable person, as long as he was obedient, it was enough. Yet this obedient person had been tortured to such a state. Su Ming might not have felt any sympathy for him or pity him, but he still felt protective towards him.
"Not anyone can hurt my people just because they want to," Su Ming said flatly, and swung his right hand at Yue Hong Bang once again.
With it, Yue Hong Bang, who had fallen to the ground, immediately felt a wave of life force surging into his body with a bang. His flesh and blood instantly grew, and in the blink of an eye, he discovered to his shock that his body had completely recovered. In fact, his level of cultivation had also become much more profound. The presence of those in the initial stage of World Plane Realm erupted from his body with a bang.
Yue Hong Bang lowered his head and looked at his body. He clenched his fists, and a feeling as if he was in control of power rose madly in his heart. This sort of strength was something he had never felt before. The comfortable feeling of having his entire body filled with life force formed a strong contrast against the hundreds of years of torture, and it almost made him want to throw his head back and roar.
He looked at Su Ming with excitement, but the shock on his face and the depths of his heart were completely different. In his heart, the current Su Ming was so strong that it terrified him. With just a wave of his hand, he could make him recover, and clearly, killing him was much easier than recovering him. Because of that, it could be seen that if Su Ming wanted to kill him, he could do so with just a wave of his hand.
"Thank you for saving my life, my lord!" Without any hesitation, Yue Hong Bang immediately knelt down before Su Ming. The excitement on his face was so that Su Ming could see it, and his trembling body was because he was trying to suppress the respect he held towards Su Ming.
"I heard that someone wants to hold a birthday banquet. Come with me to take a look," Su Ming said calmly.
He turned around and walked towards the exit of the karst cave. Yue Hong Bang quickly followed behind him. His heart was racing against his chest. He understood the meaning behind Su Ming's words, and a strong desire filled his heart. The hundreds of years of torture had finally arrived, and now, it was time for him to make Su Ming pay for it.
"Zhao Guang You, I'll make it so that you won't be able to live through this birthday banquet!"
Mountains rose and fell. Not too far away from the mountain where Yue Hong Bang was imprisoned was a hubbub of voices. There were quite a number of cultivators in Crimson Flame Planet who had come over to deliver their congratulatory gifts during the birthday banquet three days later.
This was the birthday banquet of the strongest person in Crimson Flame Planet. This person had suddenly come to Crimson Flame Planet one thousand years ago, and with his power at the peak of the initial stage of World Plane Realm, he had suppressed Mei Lan and even sealed Yue Hong Bang, who had just become a Lord of World Plane at that time. Once he became the strongest in one go, he occupied this place and built his sect.
From then on, this place had practically become the holy land of Crimson Flame Planet.
At that moment, Su Ming was walking up the stairs in the mountain range where the sect was located. He walked towards the top of the mountain and looked at the murky sky, then at the mountain range in the distance with a calm expression on his face.
Yue Hong Bang followed behind Su Ming with an incredibly respectful look on his face, his head lowered.
The two of them did not move quickly. On the way, they ran into quite a number of cultivators meditating in the area. These cultivators were located in various parts of the mountain range, and all of them were waiting for the birthday banquet three days later.
As Su Ming and Yue Hong Bang moved forward, there were a few cultivators sitting cross-legged who were conversing with each other in low whispers. However, when one of them swept his gaze across the area and saw Yue Hong Bang behind Su Ming, he was suddenly stunned.
When Su Ming and Yue Hong Bang had already walked into the distance, he cried out in surprise.
"Yue … Yue Hong Bang! That person just now was Yue Hong Bang!"
"What? Yue Hong Bang? Wasn't he imprisoned and sealed by Sir Zhao Guang You hundreds of years ago?! "
As that person spoke, the expressions of the cultivators beside him immediately changed. When they looked over, they could only see Su Ming and Yue Hong Bang's backs.
Gradually, more people noticed Yue Hong Bang's existence among the two people walking towards the top of the mountain. After all, this person was a person from Crimson Flame Planet, and it was difficult for him to be forgotten even after hundreds of years had passed. Slowly, the uproars turned into a buzz, and as the news spread to each other, more people learned of this matter.
"It is indeed Yue Hong Bang, but he … Who is the person in front of him?"
"Judging by Yue Hong Bang's expression, he's incredibly respectful towards the person in front of him. This person … Why does he look so familiar?"
"He looks familiar to me as well, but I can't remember when I saw him before … But if Yue Hong Bang is so respectful towards him, then this person … Ah, I remember now!"
"Mo Su, he's … Mo Su!"
In an instant, when someone said Mo Su's name, the people in the mountain range instantly started buzzing furiously. The shock that came from their hearts and souls caused them to think of far too many things at the instant Mo Su's name appeared in their minds. They remembered the things that had happened one thousand years ago and the commotion that had caused in the entire Western Ring Nebula.
"Something big is about to happen. Sir Mo Su is Yue Hong Bang's master, and Sir Zhao Guang You has imprisoned Yue Hong Bang for hundreds of years. Now that Sir Mo Su has returned, something big will definitely happen!"
"I didn't expect that Sir Mo Su would walk out of Western Ring Nebula's foreign land. This … This matter will definitely cause a stir among the forces of power from the four Great True Worlds keeping a lookout over the barren lands. It will definitely bring about a new disaster!"
Long arcs flew up and charged towards Su Ming and Yue Hong Bang at the top of the mountain, but they did not dare get too close. In their memories, Mo Su had killed an innumerable amount of people one thousand years ago. It was rumored that wherever he went, planets would crumble, and not a single cultivator would survive.
At that moment, the strongest person in Crimson Flame Planet, Zhao Guang You, was sitting on a huge chair in a hall made of stone at the highest peak of the mountain. He was dressed in a long robe that was alternating between blue and white. He looked middle-aged, but his face was covered in pockmarks, making him look slightly ugly. He was looking at the eight young men before him.
These eight people were the disciples he had taken in when he was in Crimson Flame Planet, and each of them was incredibly handsome. As he looked at them, a hint of surprise appeared in the depths of Zhao Guang You's eyes.
"Master, the number of people who sent gifts to us has already exceeded three thousand, and the number is still increasing over the past few days. After all, this is a major event that will shake the entire Crimson Flame Planet. I wish you a long life ahead of time, Master, and may you live for many generations to come."
In the face of his disciples' congratulations, Zhao Guang You let out a hearty laugh. He swept his gaze across the area, and his eyes landed on the last person among the eight.
"Did Yue Hong Bang say anything?"
"Master, this person … This person still doesn't want to say anything. I am useless." The young man who Zhao Guang You's gaze was trained on lowered his head and spoke. He was naturally the young man who had appeared before Yue Hong Bang previously.
At the instant he said these words, an uproar and the sound of something breaking suddenly came from outside the hall. They rose and fell, and they were incredibly loud.
This noise made Zhao Guang You frown.
"Outside —" Before Zhao Guang You could finish speaking, a loud bang suddenly came from outside the hall. At the same time the ground trembled, a ghastly voice traveled straight into the hall.
"Zhao Guang You, I will never forget the hundreds of years of hospitality you've given me. Today's matter between us can wait. My master is here, why aren't you coming out to greet him?!"
This was Yue Hong Bang's voice. At the instant the expressions of the eight young men in the hall changed at the same time, Zhao Guang You let out a cold harrumph.
"Your master? I truly don't know what kind of master you, Yue Hong Bang, have! " As Zhao Guang You took a step forward, he turned into a long arc. He was about to fly out of the hall, but at that moment, his expression suddenly changed drastically. He remembered the master Yue Hong Bang had mentioned.
Based on what he understood, Yue Hong Bang only had one master in this world, and that was … Mo Su, who Zhao Guang You had once participated in the pursuit of Yue Hong Bang's life in the past but had been scared away by the man's slaughter, and the four Great True Worlds had placed a bounty on his head. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian.Com to vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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