Meeting Chen Yi Again

"Where do you cultivate?" Elder Wu asked Song Wen.

Song Wen replied, "Replying to Senior, before I was captured, I cultivated at Tianxing Market."

Elder Wu's brows furrowed slightly. "Tianxing Market? Why have I never heard of this place?"

The name Tianxing Market was something Song Wen had seen in Huang Shang's notes, which he discovered in Ji Yin's storage bag after killing him. It was the rogue cultivator market closest to the Qian Kingdom.

Before Song Wen could speak, a Qi Condensation cultivator nearby proactively offered an explanation.

"It is a small market not far from the Qian Kingdom, Senior. Due to the sparse Spiritual Qi, no sect has established a base there. Only low-level rogue cultivators frequent the area."

Elder Wu nodded and said, "We are returning to the Profound Heaven Sword Sect this time, which is only about a hundred thousand miles from the Qian Kingdom. You may come with us. Once we reach the territory of the Orthodox Sects, you will have some measure of safety. From there, you can return to Tianxing Market on your own."

Song Wen appeared deeply moved, tears of gratitude welling in his eyes. "Thank you, Senior!"

Song Wen found a quiet corner on the deck and sat down to meditate, regulating his breathing to feign the recovery of his wounds.

The flying ship was not particularly fast, covering five to six thousand miles in a single day.

Song Wen soon noticed that the vessel was following a specifically designated route.

During their journey, they encountered no fewer than ten groups of cultivators.

There were passing flying boats, Foundation Establishment cultivators traveling together via sword riding, and even Core Formation experts journeying alone.

Seeing these Orthodox cultivators flying so boldly and without restraint through demonic territory, Song Wen grew increasingly pessimistic about the situation of the Corpse Demon Sect.

At midnight.

Suddenly, the Black-armored Gu lurking near the flying ship transmitted a piece of information.

In a cave roughly ten miles away from the vessel, it had discovered traces of Chen Yi.

Chen Yi had fled westward at the time, while the Tianyuan Continent happened to lie southwest of the Tuocang Mountain Range. To Song Wen's great surprise, a stroke of fated chance had brought them across each other's paths once more.

At this moment, Chen Yi was in a wretched state. Seriously injured and collapsed on the ground, her face and garments were thoroughly drenched in blood.

Four people surrounded her-three men and one woman.

One of the men was precisely Zhang Xiaofan, the man with whom she shared a deep, tangled history.

The solitary female cultivator was quite beautiful in appearance, but her prominent cheekbones and thin, sharp lips gave her a domineering, acrimonious air.

The remaining two men were Foundation Establishment stage cultivators.

All four possessed some kind of aura-concealing treasure that completely masked their demonic nature, making them appear no different from Orthodox cultivators.

Looking down at Chen Yi as she lay barely breathing on the ground, the female cultivator's face filled with mockery.

"A lowly woman of mortal birth like you actually dared to fight me for a man, and even secretly conceived his child? You truly do not know the depth of Heaven and Earth."

As she spoke, she delivered a vicious slap to Chen Yi's face, instantly leaving her beautiful features swollen and deformed.

This woman was Lu Chan, the direct daughter of the Corpse Demon Sect's Core Formation ancestor, Lu Cang, and Zhang Xiaofan's dao companion.

"You think your face is beautiful, don't you?"

Lu Chan raised her right hand, revealing sharp, pitch-black fingernails that resembled those of a century-old corpse. She drove them into Chen Yi's forehead and slowly scraped downward.

Amid Chen Yi's agonized shrieks, five hideous, bloody gashes tore open across her face.

Her two eyeballs were then gouged out alive by Lu Chan, leaving nothing behind but two hollow, bleeding sockets.

Subjected to a relentless onslaught of inhuman torture, Chen Yi's consciousness gradually blurred as she hovered on the brink of death. Only a continuous, meaningless wheezing sound emerged from her throat.

"Wanting to die? It won't be that easy."

Lu Chan produced two pills, pinched open Chen Yi's jaw with one hand, and forced them down her throat. At the same time, she channeled a burst of spiritual power into Chen Yi's body to refine the medicine, ensuring the swift absorption of its properties.

Whatever pills Lu Chan had administered worked instantly; the moment they were refined, Chen Yi regained consciousness, like a dying ember flaring with a final, brief radiance.

Chen Yi's voice was thick with pure, unadulterated hatred as she croaked, "Kill me... Kill me... Just kill me..."

"Killing you now would be letting you off far too easily. The Corpse Demon Sect possesses countless methods for refining flesh and binding souls, and I intend to test every single one of them on your body."

Lu Chan's triumphant face contorted with a twisted, manic frenzy.

"Didn't you always crave men? I will turn you into a Living Corpse and throw you into the prison hall, allowing those tortured captives to vent their desires upon you day and night..."

"I will ensure you spend eternity in endless torment, suffering inhuman abuse, never to find release or reincarnation for everlasting generations!"

Faced with Lu Chan's insane, perverse cruelty, Chen Yi seemed to foresee her wretched fate.

She turned her empty sockets and begged, "Zhang Xiaofan... I beg you... kill me... give me a swift death..."

"Slap!"

Another brutal strike cracked across Chen Yi's face.

Lu Chan grabbed her by the hair and yanked with ferocious force. A massive clump of hair and scalp tore away entirely, exposing the stark white bone beneath.

"A worthless slut is a worthless slut. Even at death's door, you are still trying to seduce my dao companion!"

Tortured beyond human recognition, Chen Yi no longer had the strength to even cry out from the pain. She slumped powerlessly against the dirt, wishing only that death would claim her sooner.

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