Chapter 172
The air was filled with a faint smell of urine.
The pale yellow liquid splattered on the ground, forming a winding stream.
The woman, limp and with a vacant gaze, lay on the torture rack, her limbs still twitching slightly.
Her eyes were empty as if her soul had been drained, with only her dirty prison clothes continuing to drip with urine…
Li Muyang, looking at the scene before him, frowned and subconsciously covered his nose.
This young valley master from Chaotic Souls Valley, no matter how much torture was inflicted on her before, had always been defiant and cursing incessantly.
However, tonight she was completely stupefied, no longer showing her previous ferocity.
The torture device given by Ning Wan’er was perhaps too powerful…
Li Muyang, holding his nose, said, “It’s about time. Drag this woman back to the prison and let her continue to reflect.”
The jailers standing by hurriedly responded respectfully, carefully unlocking the woman from the torture rack, dragging her by her hands, and hauling the still-twitching woman away like a sack.Li Muyang, as the chief interrogator of the night, followed behind and personally saw the young valley master being locked in the deepest cell of the prison before preparing to leave.
Before leaving, he leaned over to the bars for one last look inside.
In the dark and gloomy cell, the limp woman lay on the ground without any support, as if her bones had been removed.
The jailers dragged her roughly, yet she showed no reaction.
This stupefied and foolish appearance was nothing like her previous arrogance.
The jailers around all had smiles on their faces, praising Li Muyang for his ruthless methods, having managed to subdue the young valley master of Chaotic Souls Valley.
Her stubbornness and strength had been witnessed by the jailers over the past days.
Li Muyang shook his head and said, “As long as she’s not dead, that’s fine. Keep an eye on her, and as long as she’s breathing, there’s no need to intervene.”
He had also come to understand over these days.
Although he didn’t know what Demon Refining Sect and Chaotic Souls Valley were negotiating, the negotiations were clearly at a deadlock, so Yan Xiaoru had sent Li Muyang and the other inner disciples to severely deal with the young valley master of Chaotic Souls Valley, yet not to take her life.
They wanted to use this method to pressure Chaotic Souls Valley and force the old valley master to submit—your daughter will be tortured every day until you relent otherwise.
It must be said this kind of tyrannical and cruel pressure tactic was indeed very demonic.
Fortunately, this young valley master of Chaotic Souls Valley was not a good person either, even more evil than the Demon Refining Sect.
Li Muyang had no psychological pressure in dealing with her harshly.
Previously, he had been provoked and threatened by this woman, and now it was a good opportunity to vent his anger.
Li Muyang finished the interrogation and turned to leave.
But suddenly, a weak voice came from the dark cell behind him.
“You… what’s your name…?”
The owner of the voice was the woman who had been tortured into a state of stupefaction and incontinence by Li Muyang.
Li Muyang glanced back and sneered, “Why? You want to find out my name to seek revenge when you get the chance?”
Although the Demon Refining Sect was a demonic sect, it was impeccable in protecting its disciples and maintaining its authority.
The logic of the Demonic Sect has always been—I can kill your people, but if you dare to kill mine, then I will exterminate your entire family.
This young valley master had only killed officials from the Tianjiao City Music and Dance Bureau of the Demonic Sect, whose status in the Demonic Sect was about the same as that of an outer sect steward, and she had already been severely dealt with by the Demonic Sect.
If she dared to retaliate against Li Muyang and the other inner disciples, the Demonic Sect would definitely annihilate Chaotic Souls Valley.
So Li Muyang was not intimidated.
He ignored the crazy woman behind him and left directly.
In the dark prison cell behind him, the young valley master of Chaotic Souls Valley rasped with a hoarse voice, “Li Muyang… I remember your name is Li Muyang…”
“Li Muyang! I will always remember today’s humiliation!”
Li Muyang’s departing footsteps paused slightly, and he turned to glance at the dark cell.
The accompanying jailers hesitated for a moment: “Uh… Lord Li…”
Li Muyang smiled and said, “I just realized we still have time. Since the young valley master still has energy, let’s play with her a bit more.”
“Drag her to the interrogation room.”
Li Muyang took out the torture instruments he had borrowed from Ning Wan’er from his Qiankun Ring.
Inside the cell, the woman’s eyes turned cold.
“Kill me if you have the guts!”
She remained defiant.
However, her weakened body involuntarily shrank back…
An hour later, Li Muyang arrived at the residence where the inner disciples were staying and entered the dining hall.
But he found the dining hall nearly empty, with almost everyone gone, except for his little sister Li Yuechan.
“Brother, you’re late today.”
Li Yuechan looked curiously at her brother and asked, “Did something hold you up?”
Li Muyang, without fail, was always the first to arrive on time for meals.
It was the first time she had seen him arrive after everyone else had left.
As Li Muyang called for the maids to inform the kitchen to serve the dishes, he casually mentioned the incident in the prison.
Li Yuechan nodded in understanding after hearing it.
“…It seems that young valley master is really tough, needing to be tortured twice before she learned to keep her mouth shut.”
Li Muyang sat cross-legged at the small table, watching the maids respectfully serve his meal, and started eating with his chopsticks.
“She probably hasn’t given in yet. She just didn’t have the energy to speak after being tortured the second time.”
“When I left, her eyes were fixed on me with hatred. She probably still resents me.”
Li Muyang took out the torture instruments from his Qiankun Ring and said to Li Yuechan, “Who’s going for the interrogation tonight? Later, you take this set of instruments over.”
“Since these instruments are so effective, let everyone use them.”
“All twenty of us should give her a set each time we go for interrogation to truly show the enthusiasm of our Demonic Sect.”
Li Muyang was neither a bad person nor a particularly good one.
The young valley master was so stubborn that Li Muyang was annoyed.
What on earth was the old valley master of Chaotic Souls Valley doing?
His daughter had been suffering for so many days and still hadn’t given in, making Li Muyang and the others have to run to the prison every night.
In Li Muyang’s view, this was a pure waste of time.
With《The Call of the Mountains》close to being cleared, Li Muyang wished he could spend every day holed up in the inn playing the game.
Lately, Yan Xiaoru had rarely come to see him, only notifying him to meet once every few days.
Li Muyang had plenty of time and wanted to focus on playing the game and clearing《The Call of the Mountains》.
He was very serious about this game, which was related to the truth of the Ancient Grudge Well.
But once all the maids and servants had left and the dining hall was empty, little sister Li Yuechan leaned in close and whispered, “Actually, I’ve got the latest information…”