Chapter 268: Remnants of the Former Dynasty

"Shut up! You may not speak of Seek Dragon Gate like that!"

"What, did I say something wrong? The previous dynasty's emperor was debauched and lawless, causing the people to starve, corpses of the famished littering the ground; such a tyrant should have been overthrown, torn apart by a thousand knives."

"Close your mouth! What do you know? Our gate master is the reincarnation of a true dragon, a genuine destined person!"

"Ha, a true dragon reincarnated? What a story! And a destined person—what does destiny mean? Is a gate master who slaughters innocents a destined person? In the heavenly prison, there are far too many destined persons."

"Those who achieve great deeds ignore trivialities; when the gate master's great undertaking is completed, the four seas will rise in peace."

"Do you not feel a chill hearing these words? 'Four seas rise in peace' is just a maggot in a gutter—how can the four seas be at peace? By fantasy?" Chi Nan Yi sneered, "Speak up, where is Seek Dragon Gate's lair?"

The man kept his mouth shut and turned his head aside.

"Not saying?" Chi Nan Yi chuckled lightly, the force beneath her foot suddenly grew heavier.

Ugh! Cang Ying let out a muffled grunt, his chest feeling as if a boulder had rolled over it, another gush of fresh blood spurted out.

A few crisp sounds were heard, and a section of his chest had collapsed.

Cang Ying's face turned ashen, nearly gasping for breath; Chi Nan Yi calmly took a cup of Spirit Spring Water and poured it into his mouth, murmuring, "You don't understand me, nor know what true inability to survive and inability to die is. Here, if I don't want you to die, even if your throat is cut, I can keep you alive. Decide—do you want to suffer this daily, or shall I give you a quick end?"

Cang Ying clenched his jaws, his eyeballs bulging, veins popping on his forehead, yet even so he refused to speak, "Seek Dragon Gate... Seek Dragon Gate is destiny's domain. You, you, you think you can extract words from me—dream on! No way! Demoness, you are just a... demon..."

"Demoness?" Chi Nan Yi smiled, "You don't know, I actually like that name." After speaking, she raised an eyebrow, pressed down again on the spot that had just collapsed: "Compared with your wanton slaughter of innocents, I, this demoness, seem quite kind. Since you don't wish a peaceful death, I'll show you what the true punishment in my space looks like."

"I'll give you one final chance."

Chi Nan Yi shifted her foot, looking down from above at his miserable state.

"Where is Seek Dragon Gate's lair? Who is the gate master? How many comrades are there? If you tell me all this, I'll give you a quick end, but if you refuse or lie, for the rest of your life you'll never be able to die; I'll make you endure this pain every day."

Cang Ying shivered all over, seeing the unrelenting cruelty in her eyes, a fear unlike any before rose in his heart.

He knew full well she would keep her word.

But he still refused to compromise.

He is a protector of Seek Dragon Gate, the gate master's most trusted person.

He cannot do anything that betrays Seek Dragon Gate or the gate master.

But now the torment his body endures is already exceeding his limit.

Seeing his struggle, Chi Nan Yi's lips twitched, seeming to think she needed to add another flame.

A thought flashed; the atmosphere of the space suddenly solidified, a massive pressure like spikes descended toward Cang Ying.

His body felt as if pierced by countless arrows; the immense pain made him howl uncontrollably.

This is something Chi Nan Yi only recently discovered.

During the last space upgrade, the system had indicated that the space contains a punishment system.

One of the punishments is a mental attack.

It leaves no wound on the body, yet can make a person completely collapse.

Cang Ying only felt his meridians being pierced by countless steel needles, pain surging toward his heart; he curled on the ground, convulsing, his teeth chattering.

"Speak, or not?"

Chi Nan Yi's voice sounded beside his ear, the last of his forced rationality finally collapsing.

"Speak! I speak! I will say it all!"

She waved her arm, and the pressure vanished.

Everything that just happened seemed like a dream.

Cang Ying opened his eyes in shock, looking at the harmless, smiling woman before him; his gaze held only terror and nothing else.

"Speak!"

"Seek Dragon Gate is in Xijiang, the gate master's title is Dragon Banner, he always appears with a mask; no one has ever seen his true face. As for the distribution of forces, besides our eight great protectors, Seek Dragon Gate has branches in every nation, roughly a hundred and ten in total."

One hundred and ten!

So many.

Indeed, the outsider guessed quite close; Seek Dragon Gate's influence is huge, already spread across prefectural capitals.

"You just said you've never seen his true face?"

"Correct," Cang Ying nodded, "We've only ever seen the gate master wearing a mask; he has never shown his true face."

"So you don't even know whether he's male or female?"

"How could he be a woman? The gate master is both wise and brave, his martial skill is supreme; a woman could never compare."

"Ha, foolish." Chi Nan Yi sneered, "You look down on women so much, yet aren't you already defeated at a woman's hands?"

Cang Ying, hearing that, turned his head aside.

"Then how do you communicate?"

"We have always only waited for the gate master's orders; we cannot go looking for him. Each command from the gate master is delivered by a silver sparrow; we simply act according to the orders on it."

Seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, Chi Nan Yi continued, "What about the next plan?"

"I don't know."

"Then do you know which official of Daqi your gate master colluded with, and how he slaughtered the Siti Hall?"

Cang Ying's complexion shifted, as if unwilling to speak, but recalling the bone-deep pain, he shivered and said, "Su family."

Su family?

The current Right Prime Minister?

"What about the Qin family? Any connection?"

Cang Ying shook his head, "I don't know the tasks of other protectors; I'm only responsible for the Su family."

It was the Su family after all?

Chi Nan Yi let out a cold laugh.

"Now, now can you give me a quick end?"

Chi Nan Yi watched his look of facing death as if returning home, the corner of her mouth drawing a hint of bloodthirsty smile.

"Want to die? Dying just like that would be too cheap for you."

Hearing her say that, Cang Ying was greatly shocked in his heart: "You... what do you mean?"

"Your hands are stained with blood; the Situ Family, over a hundred mouths, and the innocent commoners who died tragically in Cool Prefecture City are all waiting for you to repay with your life, but you only have one life, dying just once won't do."

"What exactly do you want to do?"

"I will make you die hundreds of times, each time rescuing you from the brink of death so you can experience it anew, until your sins are atoned, then you can go see the King of Hell. Rest assured, the brothers and sisters of Seek Dragon Gate will go back to accompany you; they won't let you be alone."

After she finished speaking, she waved her arm and locked Cang Ying back inside; his shrill wail echoed from within, and Chi Nan Yi directly blocked his sound.

Seek Dragon Gate, Xijiang—looks like I need to go there personally.