Ah Ke was filled with anxiety and wanted to defend himself.
But Ling Xuan did not want to listen to her and waved his hand to give the order.
Cang Ying immediately took Ah Ke out of the secret room and brought her to the Torture Department.
At the same time, two groups of fierce-looking guards hurried to Ah Ke's residence.
The three rooms that were neither too big nor too small were soon turned upside down.
In less than fifteen minutes, the guards brought a large pile of boxes, books, and jade slips to Ling Xuan.
Ling Xuan released his divine sense and scanned the messy pile of items.
However, after a hundred breaths, he withdrew his divine sense in disappointment.
There was nothing unusual about these items. Even if the jade slips were strange, there was no conclusive evidence.
Ling Xuan could not help but frown and mumble to himself, "Is there really nothing wrong with her? Did I really misunderstand her?"
Not long after, a guard rushed over from afar and quickly reported, "Reporting to Lord Devil Saint, there's news from the Torture Department!"
Ling Xuan raised his eyebrows and asked, "What news?"
The guard replied respectfully, "Lord Cang Ying sent Ah Ke to the Torture Department. After three types of torture, she was tortured so badly that she fainted.
However, Lord Cang Ying forcefully broke Ah Ke's space ring and found two communication jade slips.
Lord Cang Ying said that there's something strange about the two communication jade slips. You'll understand once you take a look. "
Hearing this, Ling Xuan's eyes lit up and his lips curled into a cold smile.
"Hahaha … I guessed right. There's something wrong with that bitch!"
After saying this, he brought the guards and rushed to the Torture Department.
The infamous Torture Department was located behind Beiming Palace, at the edge of the cliff of the Sacred Mountain.
This was a huge black palace that looked like a skull. It sat on the edge of the cliff.
The palace was built with huge black stones, and there were many blood-red flags on top of it, engraved with array patterns.
The huge black door was the mouth of the skull.
Those who were sent to the Torture Department were like being sent to the bloody mouth of a demon.
The Torture Department was dark and gloomy. It was filled with the smell of blood and decay.
Ling Xuan passed through two dark corridors and arrived at a spacious prison cell.
It was a cell with a radius of a hundred meters. It was built with black boulders, and the walls were engraved with demonic carvings. There were a few blood-red gemstone lamps in the corners.
As far as the eye could see, there were several rows of ferocious-looking torture instruments placed in the cell.
On the innermost ground, there was a blood pool with blood-red flames boiling, emitting a nauseating smell of blood.
On the eastern wall, there was a ten-meter-high altar. The base of the altar was made of skulls.
There was a copper pillar as thick as a bucket on the altar, its surface covered with sharp spikes and grooves.
A seven foot tall, slightly skinny woman was tied to a copper pillar by several dark red chains.
His neck, hands, legs, and waist were all locked by black shackles.
The black shackles emitted demonic Qi and released a gloomy and eerie aura, immobilizing the woman.
This woman was Ah Ke.
She was covered in blood and her head was lowered, unconscious. Her face was covered by her messy, blood-stained hair.
Many of the spikes on the copper pillar had pierced deeply into her body.
There were also two spikes that had pierced through her thin shoulders, and a part of them was sticking out.
Dark red blood constantly gushed out, dripping down the spikes and grooves on the copper pillar onto the altar.
Besides this, her black robe was in tatters, torn to shreds by the whips.
Her limbs and shoulders were covered with dozens of wounds so deep that bone could be seen. Blood constantly seeped out, drenching her clothes.
There was no doubt that in the last fifteen minutes, she had been cruelly and viciously tortured.
These were only visible physical injuries. What had truly caused her to faint were the injuries to her soul.
Half a month ago, she had been subjected to fifty soul lashes in the Torture Department.
Just now, the executioner had lashed her another fifty times, severely injuring her soul and causing her to lose consciousness.
In order to not expose her identity, she had not used the power of the Heavenly Star Chain to protect her soul and had endured it.
If not for this, she would not have been tortured to such a state.
A black shadow stood below the altar, as well as a fiendish demon man as muscular as a bear.
This person held a dark purple whip in his hand. His face was savage and terrifying, and he gave off a malicious aura.
He was the deacon of the Torture Department, an executioner.
Seeing Ling Xuan enter the cell, the executioner and the black shadow simultaneously bowed and said respectfully, "Greetings, Lord Devil Saint."
Ling Xuan nodded slightly, indicating that the two could dispense with the formalities.
He glanced at Ah Ke on the altar, then turned to the black shadow and asked, "Cang Ying, what clues have you found?"
Cang Ying hurriedly extended a pair of black claws, holding out two dark purple communication jade slips and presenting them to Ling Xuan.
"Lord Devil Saint, these two communication jade slips were found in Ah Ke's spatial ring.
You will immediately understand after reading the information inside. "
Ling Xuan hurriedly took the jade slips and used his Spiritual Sense to read the information inside.
Instantly, Ah Ke's clear voice sounded in his mind.
"Brother Tianxing, the situation in North Underworld Mountain has been relatively peaceful in the past few months. The demons have not made any unusual movements.
North Underworld Palace and Holy City have been rebuilt long ago. The demons have been recuperating and will probably not start another war for the next ten years.
The Ancestor Demon God is still recuperating and cultivating in the Blood Sea Abyss. Great Devil Saint Ling Xuan and Third Devil Saint Sheng Tuo have recovered from their injuries and are currently presiding over the situation... "
Without a doubt, this was the message that Ji Ke had sent to Ji Tianxing not long ago.
Hearing Ji Ke's voice, Ling Xuan was startled.
Before he became a demon, he was from the Vast Divine Kingdom, so he could understand the human language.
After hearing the entire message in the jade slip, he immediately revealed a sinister smile.
"Hahaha... the human language, and the tone is so gentle. It's like a completely different person from the usual Ah Ke!
Brother Tianxing? How affectionate!
The enemy that my clan hates the most is actually Ah Ke's brother. This is really unexpected! "
Speaking of this, Ling Xuan's face became malevolent, and his eyes flickered with dense anger. He could not help but curse, "Ji Tianxing, oh Ji Tianxing! You are really cunning and treacherous!
No wonder the elites of my clan repeatedly tried to assassinate you, but they were all resolved by you and allowed you to live until today.
It turns out that you actually let your sister infiltrate North Underworld Mountain as a spy, right under my nose! "
Ling Xuan picked up the second jade slip and used his Spiritual Sense to read the information inside.
Ji Ke's voice sounded in his mind again.
"Brother Tianxing, I have good news to tell you. Recently, a mysterious force has entered North Underworld Mountain and is wreaking havoc in the south..."
After listening patiently, Ling Xuan sneered again.
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