In the west of Liang Zhu City, in the middle of a surging river, a rocky island was wrapped in a dense watery mist.
The widest part of the island was seven to eight miles, and over twenty miles long. Based on the terrain of the island, the non-humankind built an oddly shaped castle. Over ten scrawny spires stood in the castle, pointing straight to the sky like the finger bones of a dead man.
A military camp stood in the east, south, west, and north of the castle. In the middle of each military camp was a nine-hundred-meter tall divine tower. On top of the four divine towers, blood-red erect eyes had been rotating slowly, releasing waves of invisible power ripples that swept across the ground, constantly monitoring the surrounding area.
In the middle section of a tall tower in the castle, Di Luolang was sitting in a small cell with a deathly pale face. Through a fist-sized air window, he was staring at a graceful water bird flying on the river surface in a distance away in a daze.
Puff! When the water bird was still over a mile away from the tall fence wall of the castle, a red ripple flashed across the air. Next, the water bird was struck into a strand of smoke by a strong electric current, and a few messy feathers were blown away by the strong wind.
Di Luolang's body twitched slightly. From this water bird, he seemed to see his own miserable fate.
"I'm so stupid … I shouldn't have come back." murmured Di Luolang, "Why would I come back to Liang Zhu City? That damned Dishi Cha! He actually put all the blame on us! ' Back then, why didn't I strangle him to death when he was born? "
A foot-long, almost transparent magic talisman was stuck on Di Luolang's forehead. The magic talisman was made from the softest skin of a flood dragon's belly, and was forged with a secret magic. Extremely thin beams of black light were released from the magic talisman, covering Di Luolang's face like an enormous spider web.
His spirit magic eye was sealed, and he couldn't cast any of his powers. Yu Clan nobles, who had been living a luxurious life, were physically weak. In this heavily guarded prison, Di Luolang didn't even have a slight chance to escape.
As an elder of the Di Family, Di Luolang was treated quite well. Even though he was a prisoner, the strict hierarchy of the non-humankind was still clearly shown. Di Luolang was able to have an independent cell in the tower, which had clear air and a wide view. Although this cell could only contain a single bed, it was still a privilege.
Under this castle was an enormous and complicated underground prison. Tens of thousands of Di Family people were imprisoned in that place, where they couldn't even see the sun. Including Di Luolang's direct descendants, his children and grandchildren, all of them were imprisoned in there.
"How much time do we have?" Di Luolang counted his fingers, gnashed his teeth and silently calculated, "According to the tradition of our Yu Clan, since we have taken all the blame, we should kill all of them as soon as possible to eliminate any possibility of reversing the verdict."
"Then, we don't have much time left. They will find a suitable day to behead all of our Di Family people … Of course, in order to squeeze the last bit of benefit from us, this is also the best tradition of our Yu Clan — In order to squeeze the last bit of benefit from us, we should be used as offerings! "
"I, Di Luolang, an elder of the Di Family, a descendant of Emperor Dishi Luotian, who has the noble bloodline of Emperor Dishi Luotian flowing in my veins, have actually fallen to this level, to be used as offerings! Sacrificial offerings! Damn it! Just like those lowly slaves and lowly animals, you're going to be sacrificed! "
Di Luolang's face even turned purple in anger. He clenched his fists, almost hysterically, and smashed heavily on the wall.
"Ah! My hand!" A dim beam of light flashed across on the solid rock wall. Di Luolang's fist scratched a large piece of skin, making him squat on the ground while holding his fist in pain. Uncontrollably, tears gushed out of his eye sockets.
There was a small window on the wooden door of the cell. A silhouette abruptly showed up outside the window, narrowing his eyes and looking into the cell.
Di Luolang loosened his hand, coughed slightly, then stood up and straightened his wrinkled long robe, trying his best to maintain the demeanor of an elder from a large family. Looking at the person outside the window, he asked blandly, "What's up?"
"Elder Di Luolang?" A slightly greasy voice came from behind Di Luolang.
Di Luolang's look slightly changed. He abruptly took two steps forward, put his mouth near the window and looked out. Standing in the narrow corridor outside was a Yu Clan young man, who was wearing a luxurious robe.
Generations of Yu Clan people had improved their bloodlines. Therefore, Yu Clan people were mostly handsome and beautiful, and their bodies were mostly tall and slim. However, this Yu Clan young man, who was standing outside the door of Di Luolang's cell, was not only a head shorter than an ordinary Yu Clan man, but also a bit chubby. Among the Yu Clan people, who paid great attention to their appearances, this young man was destined to be isolated and despised by everyone.
Di Luolang happened to know this young man. This Yu Clan young man belonged to a low-level noble family. This family itself wasn't too powerful, and most of the people in this family were working as clerks for high-grade nobles, or as tax collectors or commercial managers in the territories of high-grade landlords for a living.
Compared to a top-grade powerful family like the Di Family, the family that this Yu Clan young man belonged to was an insignificant existence that could be wiped out with a single word.
If Di Luolang didn't remember it wrong, this young man had once proposed to a distant descendant of Di Luolang. That distant descendant was a descendant of a great-grandchild that Di Luolang didn't think highly of, and that descendant was born to a lowly maid.
With this kind of status and bloodline, among Di Luolang's descendants, that distant descendant was no different from a servant.
However, Di Luolang rejected this young man's proposal, and even used the power of his family to suppress this Yu Clan young man's family.
"It's you … Your name is …" Di Luolang could still remember this' ugly 'face, but he couldn't remember his name.
"Gru." The Yu Clan young man gave an oily grin and said, "Humble Gru pays my respects to you, dear Elder Di Luolang. Ah, how's the environment of this cell? This crappy cell, it's just perfect for you. "
Gru laughed with a hissing sound, then glanced at the guard standing at the end of the corridor, lowered his voice and said in a low voice, "Dear elder, do you still remember your favorite granddaughter, Di Wu? What a noble lady, what a beautiful girl, I'm here to take her away. "
Di Luolang's face twitched instantly.
Di Wu was the youngest daughter of his favorite son. Di Wu's mother had a noble bloodline. She was born in the Yemo Family of the Dark Sun. Among all Di Luolang's descendants, Di Wu's bloodline was the noblest. Naturally, Di Luolang cared about her the most.
"We, twelve poor things, admired Miss Di Wu so much. We pooled a sum of money." Gru gave a dirty grin, provocatively looking at Di Luolang's twisted face and said, "This is a considerable sum of money. Therefore, the leader of this place believes that Miss Di Wu died of a serious illness because she couldn't adapt to the prison environment."
"We will take good care of Miss Di Wu." Gru quivered in excitement. Looking at Di Luolang, he growled word by word in a low voice that sounded like a curse, "Trust us, we will take turns to take care of her!"
Di Luolang's face was deathly pale, and he couldn't say a single word.
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