Chapter 260
“I…”
Before she could finish her sentence, Nangong Qingle’s face turned pale as she felt the pressure of everyone’s gaze on her.
“You’re next,” Rong Mian said, his voice calm but carrying an undeniable authority.
Nangong Qingle hesitated, her mind racing. She had seen how Lin Xu was knocked unconscious by the High Priest to prevent him from making any reckless decisions. She didn’t want to suffer the same fate, nor did she want to make a choice that could lead to her doom.
“I… I just want to leave the ruins safely,” Nangong Qingle finally stammered, deciding to follow the safer path that others had taken.
Rong Mian nodded, seemingly satisfied with her answer. “Very well,” he said, raising a hand. A moment later, Nangong Qingle felt a strange sensation wash over her, and then she vanished, transported out of the ruins.
With Nangong Qingle gone, the tension in the air eased slightly, but everyone else knew their turn would come soon. The High Priest had made it clear that no one would be allowed to linger in the ruins, and each person had to face Rong Mian and make their request.
Now, all eyes turned to the next person in line, each silently weighing their options, knowing that a single wrong move could mean the difference between life and death.
Huang Quan looked at her, about to say something, but before she could speak, Nangong Qingle took out a pill and swallowed it. Just like Lin Xu, Nangong Qingle collapsed to the ground with a thud after taking the pill.
Huang Quan: “…” She hadn’t even said anything yet!
The expressions of the others watching Huang Quan were quite peculiar.
How proud had Nangong Qingle been before? And now? She actually took a pill to knock herself out!
Tsk, tsk, tsk.
After confirming that Nangong Qingle was genuinely unconscious and out cold, Huang Quan turned her attention away from her. She then faced Rong Mian and said, “You, get out of my third brother’s body.”
“Two are already unconscious, but there are still others here. You’re just going to say that outright? Aren’t you afraid they’ll spread the word about what happened here today?” Rong Mian asked, his gaze sweeping over Feng Jiuyuan and Jing Chen.
Huang Quan chuckled lightly, turned back to look at the two men, and asked, “Will you tell anyone?”
Jing Chen shook his head, “I won’t.”
Feng Jiuyuan smiled and added, “Neither will I.”
“Half a month,” Rong Mian said, “You said earlier that you’ve only known them for half a month. After just that short time, you trust them so much?”
Huang Quan replied, “It’s my business to trust them. I don’t need to explain it to you. Rong Mian, I’m telling you for the last time: get out of my third brother’s body!”
Rong Mian looked at her and asked, “What if I say no?”
No? Then there’s nothing left to say.
Let’s fight!
Huang Quan opened her hand, and a silver-white chain appeared in her grasp. She swung the chain, and it shot toward Rong Mian.
When Rong Mian saw the chain, his gaze lowered, hiding the flicker in his eyes.
The Soul-Locking Chain…
No wonder she’s not afraid of hurting Nangong Mian. But… while the Soul-Locking Chain might work on other souls, it won’t work on me.
Even so, when the Soul-Locking Chain came near, Rong Mian sidestepped to dodge it.
With a flick of her wrist, Huang Quan redirected the chain, sending it after Rong Mian again.
This time, Rong Mian didn’t dodge. As the Soul-Locking Chain reached him, he grabbed it and looked at Huang Quan. “Aren’t you curious why, out of all the people here, I chose your third brother and took him?”
Chapter 261
“Why?” Huang Quan asked, gripping the Soul-Locking Chain with a cold expression.
Rong Mian released the chain, then waved his hand. The scene before everyone began to blur.
The plaza, the shattered statues—everything started to vanish into nothingness.
As the scene faded, new surroundings emerged.
Huang Quan looked around and realized they were now in a very spacious room. The room had four pillars, and these pillars were similar to the ones seen in the plaza.
Just one glance, and Huang Quan knew where they were.
They were no longer in the tower realm but inside the tower itself.
According to the layers they had passed through earlier, this was the nth layer.
Huang Quan looked at the four pillars, each with a chain attached. Following the chains with her eyes, she saw that the chains were wrapped around Rong Mian, or more precisely, around Rong Mian’s soul.
Seeing this, Huang Quan recalled what she had heard from a woman when they entered the city. The woman had said that a person who came out of the tower had chains on their feet…
It was clear who that person was now.
“This is the nth layer,” Rong Mian said, removing the mask from his face to reveal Nangong Mian’s face.
The moment they saw that face, Jing Chen, Feng Jiuyuan, and the High Priest all looked shocked.
Clearly, they hadn’t expected that Rong Mian had really taken over Nangong Mian’s body!
People on the continent talked about souls and reincarnation, but few had actually seen it. Most just talked about it without knowing what really happens after death.
So, while people talked about it, no one really believed it until now. They were witnessing it firsthand!
Rong Mian looked at everyone and said slowly, “This is the place where I am imprisoned.”
“Imprisoned?”
Feng Jiuyuan said, “Are you sure it’s imprisonment?”
“You can pull everyone inside the ruins into the tower realm, capture Nangong Mian right under our noses, and even send people out. You control the ruins. It’s not an exaggeration to say you’re the master of the ruins. Do you call this imprisonment?”
Rong Mian looked at him and said, “You’re right. I can indeed control the ruins. But that’s only a right given to me by those who imprison me. Consequently, I’m trapped here and unable to leave.”
“If it were you, would you prefer to exchange freedom for such a right?”
Feng Jiuyuan coldly replied, “Naturally not.”
Rong Mian nodded, “I wouldn’t either.”
“What about you…”
“He had no choice in the matter.” Huang Quan looked at Rong Mian and said, “You showed me what I needed to see. You brought about the death of the army attacking Luoyou City and its citizens. Inside the formation you set up, you turned into blood and water, but your body remained. That’s when the tower descended from the sky.”
“Mm.”
Bringing up the past was like tearing open a healed wound, exposing the gory injury to the sun, causing pain. But to achieve complete healing, the wound must be exposed.
“I brought them to their deaths, but I was deceived.”
“Deceived?”
Huang Quan frowned, “What do you mean?”
“You’ve seen what I wanted to show you.” Rong Mian looked at Huang Quan, “So you should know that I repeatedly studied a book.”
Without needing much thought, Huang Quan knew which book Rong Mian was referring to.
The book she couldn’t understand, the one with characters different from those in Luoyou City at the time.
“What book is that?” Huang Quan asked.
Rong Mian looked at Huang Quan and said, “The book is called ‘Forbidden Laws of the Divine Kingdom.’”
End of chapter. Hope you enjoyed reading it!
