lcionline Chapter 1630
Chapter 1630
Deep within the damp prison, the stench of rust, blood, and poison mingled and fermented in the air. The oil lamps on the stone walls flickered, casting the prisoners'狰狞 (zhengning - ferocious/hideous) faces like ghosts.
Inside the corridor, sarcasm and curses flew like a barrage of poisoned arrows, all aimed at Gu Ying in the corner—as fellow prisoners, who wouldn't want to take this opportunity to trample on their former high-ranking senior sect brother and regain some of their suppressed dignity?
"Hmph, the once arrogant senior brother is now cowering like a maggot."
"Once I get out of here, I'll make you taste the agony of being devoured by a thousand poisonous creatures, and repay you for your 'cultivation' back then!"
Just then, a sharp shout suddenly erupted from several cells near the cave entrance. A prisoner in a brocade robe, clinging to the iron bars, yelled at the approaching figure: "New junior brother! Where's the antidote? Bring it here right now! Do you know my grandfather is an elder of the sect? If you delay my business, you ants will all be buried with me!"
"You bastard! There's only one hour left. If the antidote doesn't arrive soon, I'll die from the poison's effects! Do you want to kill everyone?"
Chen Xuan, clad in a flowing black robe, had his white hair gleaming coldly in the dim light. He concealed his aura as subtly as a candle flickering in the wind, a masterful technique of concealing his presence, personally taught by Xiao Ta.
In the eyes of these prisoners, he was nothing more than an insignificant, marginal disciple, not worth fearing at all.
"Boy, are you deaf? Didn't you hear me?" The prisoner in the brocade robe kicked the iron bars, the chains clanging loudly. "Dare to ignore me? Believe me, I'll make you wish you were dead!"
"He must have been scared out of his wits, hahaha... How dare such a piece of trash enter the sect's prison?"
Chen Xuan ignored the lessons and curses along the way. His black robe swept across the dirty water on the ground without getting a drop of water on it. His footsteps splashed up tiny droplets of water as he walked straight into the depths of the prison.
"So it was the formation here that was causing the trouble." He pondered to himself, his fingertips twitching slightly as he sensed the flow of energy around him. "It can even resonate with the Gu poison, temporarily severing my connection with Gu Ying. It's quite ingenious."
Chen Xuan walked to the cell belonging to Gu Ying. Because the great formation here and the Gu poison in Gu Ying's body were mutually restraining, even though he was standing outside the cell door, Gu Ying still sat with his eyes closed, his breath as weak as a candle in the wind, completely unaware that his savior had arrived.
"What, you really like this dark and gloomy environment?" Chen Xuan looked at Gu Ying's emaciated appearance, which resembled that of a little old man, and couldn't help but laugh and tease him.
Chen Xuan's voice and tone left a deep imprint on Gu Ying, like a brand.
Gu Ying trembled violently, as if struck by lightning, and suddenly opened his eyes.
A look of bewilderment flashed in his cloudy eyes, followed by an incredulous gleam—who else could the white-haired, black-robed youth standing outside the cell with his hands behind his back be but the master he had been longing for day and night?
"Master... Master, is that you? Is it really you, Master!" He rubbed his dull eyes hard, his voice trembling violently with excitement.
"It seems your sect has used quite a few tricks on you." Chen Xuan smiled faintly, and with a casual wave of his hand, the Northern Darkness Sword appeared out of thin air in his hand. The sword hummed, and a dazzling sword light, like a shooting star piercing the night, suddenly slashed out, directly striking the multiple Heavenly Rank array sealing the prison.
With a crisp "crack," the great array light barrier, which was said to be able to trap experts at the Myriad Manifestations Realm, shattered like glass. Countless runes scattered and turned into sparks, instantly disappearing into the air.
Without the suppression of the heavy array, Gu Ying's shackles snapped with a loud "bang," and his previously confused senses gradually became clear. He finally saw Chen Xuan outside the prison door, and tears instantly welled up in his eyes.
"Pfft!"
Gu Ying immediately knelt down and kowtowed heavily to Chen Xuan, his voice choked with embarrassment: "Master, Gu Ying greets you! I am incompetent and have disappointed you!"