Under One Person, your rebellious life has reached the heavens?

Lu Ci, his left hand stained with blood, patted Liang Ting's face, which was full of fat but stiff as iron, and comforted him, "It'll be a long time, save your energy."

"Woo...Woo..."

Liang Ting's speech was slurred; having lost his tongue, he was filled with hatred, yet unable to utter a complete sentence.

Immediately afterwards, Lü Ci grabbed his head with his left hand, amplifying the nerve pain perception hundreds of times.

"Ouch!!!"

In an instant, Liang Ting screamed in agony. Before Lü Ci could even begin to torture him, the slight breeze felt like countless knives slicing through his skin, causing him to tremble with pain.

Immediately, a cruel ordeal began.

Holding two gleaming boning knives, Lü Ci marked several joints and the outer edges of bones, making a cut and then joining them together to easily slice through the thick layer of pigskin.

Liang Ting could not withstand such torture. After struggling for a while, he fainted from the pain.

However, Lu Cihong's power was awakened again in the next instant, and he continued to be tortured by a thousand cuts.

"Ah!! Ah!!"

Inch by inch, his muscles were cut off, and Liang Ting was in so much pain that he couldn't think straight.

He couldn't even remember how many times he fainted, his eyeballs regenerated only to be pierced again, his weight decreased, and it felt like all the blood in his body was draining away. He was trapped in a dark world, desperate and helpless. Several hours later, his nerves became completely numb and collapsed.

However, Lü Ci would not give him a chance to catch his breath. While preserving his memory intact, he once again used his double-handed healing technique to heal his nerves.

"Ouch!!!"

Liang Ting panicked, tears of blood streaming down his face. He couldn't bear the torment. Every time he thought he was about to die, he miraculously survived.

"Kill...kill me..." His spirit conveyed a strong and sorrowful plea.

"Please, just give me a quick death, ahhh!!!"

Gao Mei watched silently, without uttering a word. Lü Ci cooperated perfectly, continuing the dismemberment, the slow torture, the repair, and the cycle repeated for two whole days.

By the morning of the third day, Liang Ting, who had just recovered, was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. He clearly remembered everything that had happened, and was terrified, crying and pleading:

"Give me a quick death, please, please, I beg you!!"

There are other reasons why he broke down to this point.

While torturing him, Lü Ci used the Blue Hand Soul Search to find the most painful memories, and then repeatedly repeated, distorted, and modified them.

Under the constructed illusion, Liang Ting was insulted by countless people, called a monster and an ugly freak, and hurled all sorts of filth at him. He huddled in a corner, anxious and uneasy, dejected and insane, unable to distinguish between reality and illusion, suffering from both physical and mental torment.

"Shh..."

Lu Ci gestured for him to be quiet, and under the fear flickering in his eyes, he erased his mouth as if it had never existed.

"continue?"

"Ah."

Gao Mei nodded in agreement.

She was actually getting a little tired of watching, but there was still a day until the agreed time, and since she had nothing else to do, she decided to watch some more.

.......

Meanwhile, the Tang Clan, far away in Sichuan...

Inside the council chamber, Tang Bingwen sat in his seat, flanked by his senior fellow apprentice Tang Jiaren and Master Hong. He looked at Gao Yingcai standing before him and asked inquiringly:

"Junior brother, what's your decision?"

"Master, I need to go."

After two days of deliberation, Gao Yingcai gave a definite answer: even if there were ambushes, he would not hesitate, adding:

"I've taken care of the recent orders. As for personal matters, there's no need to let them affect the business inside the store."

The implication was that he didn't want to trouble the sect and planned to go to the appointment alone.

"it is good."

"Now that your order is settled, I can give my employer a clear explanation."

"As for your grudges, you should be cautious on this trip to prevent Quanxing from being deceitful. My senior brother and I will take some more people with us."

Tang Bingwen made the decision.

The news coming from Xiaozhan was too strange, and he was not comfortable letting his junior brother go alone.

At the same time, he also knew that if there was really a trap, his junior brother would not be able to deal with that Quanxing demon, otherwise, that tragedy would not have happened back then.

"Sect Leader, I'm afraid I can't come up with the payment for you, my senior brother, and everyone else right now."

Gao Yingcai said in a hoarse voice, deeply moved, with a look of relief mixed with helplessness on his face.

There is a rule in the Tang Clan that if a member cannot complete a task, they can ask other members for help, but they must also pay a reward or share half of the reward money.

The prices offered for Tang Bingwen and Tang Jiaren were astronomical, making them absolute figures of the organization. Their prices were significantly higher than those for other elite personnel, starting at ten gold bars and going up by no limit.

Even though Gao Yingcai is their junior brother, there's no room for leniency. Rules are rules, and they can't be changed in the slightest, but there's room for flexibility.

"Then sign this IOU, come back alive, take more orders, and you should be able to settle the debt one day."

Tang Bingwen smiled nonchalantly, took out a written IOU from his pocket, beckoned his junior brother to come forward, and handed it to him. It contained only a few words.

"Gao Yingcai of the Tang Clan owes the clan leader Tang Bingwen 10 gold bars at an annual interest rate of 3%. This debt was incurred on the 10th day of the 11th month of the 29th year of the Republic of China."

"Senior brother..." Gao Yingcai choked up.

"Hey, junior brother, sign mine too."

Tang Jiaren also handed over an IOU with a smile. The content and format were almost identical, both stating the lowest price: 10 gold bars.

The two were willing to help him, and in fact, they would do it without receiving any payment.

Writing those two IOUs was simply a matter of respecting the rules and setting a good example.

Give Gao Yingcai another hope, keep him hanging on, and hope that he will do his best to come back alive.

Even if I spend the rest of my life repaying this debt, it doesn't matter, because being alive is the most important thing.

If one unfortunately dies, the debt is settled, and there's nothing to fuss about.

"Sect Leader, Senior Brother, thank you..."

Understanding their intentions, Gao Yingcai sighed slightly, quickly thanked them, and then bit his index finger, using his blood as ink, pressed his fingerprint on the two IOUs.

"Go and get ready, we'll leave later."

"Yes, as you command."

.......

dusk.

A bustling noise rose in front of the Jianghu Inn as some onlookers gathered to watch what was happening on the street.

A large, obese man, covered in wounds, mentally impaired, with lifeless eyes and drool dripping from his mouth, was being dragged along by a long iron chain around his throat.

The peasant woman holding the iron chain had a frosty face and exuded a hint of murderous intent. The image of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood appeared in the eyes of the onlookers, who were so frightened that they fled in panic and hurriedly hid.

A moment later, the group arrived at the inn. The waiter was dumbfounded and rushed upstairs to report to the manager.

"what?"

"They really caught them?" Liu Wei was extremely surprised.

"Yes, downstairs."

Upon learning of the situation, Liu Wei hurried downstairs. When he saw the mentally challenged Liang Ting, his eyes narrowed, and he could hardly believe his eyes. The villain, a grandmaster of his generation, was being tied up like a stray dog, without the slightest hint of arrogance or swagger.

"You two, impressive skills."

“I’ve got him taken down. Forgive me for my poor judgment and for making a fool of myself.”

Liu Wei's brows relaxed, and he repeatedly offered his congratulations.

If it were any other Quanxing demon, he might have worried that fellow disciples would come and cause trouble, or kidnap prisoners. But Liang Ting, who was not even welcomed in Quanxing, would not have anyone help him at all.

"Bring a pot of fine wine and some good dishes, and two more guest rooms."

Lü Ci handed Liu Wei several large denomination silver notes.

In this era of severe inflation, the prices of clothing, food, housing, and transportation fluctuate daily, and expenses are exorbitant, often amounting to thousands or even tens of thousands of yuan.

"Brother, you're too kind. Your capture of this villain is a good deed. This meal is on me, and you two can stay in the guest rooms."

Liu Wei politely declined Lü Ci's silver notes and turned to instruct the waiter to prepare dishes in the kitchen.

"Come! Sit!"

The three sat down at a window seat on the side of the shop. Suddenly remembering something, Liu Wei inquired:

"Gentlemen, did you encounter the other four people?"

"No, they got separated during the sandstorm. When we arrived, we caught just one of them."

Lu Ci replied calmly, unwilling to reveal the truth.

"Is that so? You must be tired from this trip. You two asked me to do something for you."

"I've taken care of it. As agreed, the Tang Clan members will probably arrive tonight or tomorrow morning."

"But where should we put Liang Ting to guard? I'm afraid the people in my sect can't control him."

While pouring tea for the two men, Liu Wei inquired about their plans.

"No need to look. His meridians are all severed, he's become a cripple, and he's mentally impaired. He's not worth mentioning."

Gao Mei expressed indifference.

"If that's the case, then that's good." Liu Wei's anxiety eased slightly, and he felt much more at ease.

soon.

As night fell, wine and food were served, and Gao Mei and Lü Ci began their meal.

Half an hour later, figures approached silently from outside. Even with their invisibility shields activated, it was to no avail. With such a clear difference in strength, any disguise was just a clumsy trick.

"coming."

Lu Ci gave a reminder, and several people stepped through the door of the restaurant behind Gao Mei.

Looking at the senior he once admired, whose aura, appearance, and mannerisms were exactly the same as in his memory, he couldn't help but be a little lost in thought, a faint smile appearing on his lips.

Tang Sect Leader, it's been a long time.

"?"

Tang Bingwen, Tang Jiaren, and Gao Yingcai, who were still invisible, suddenly felt someone staring at them from the side. They turned their heads and saw a middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance and sallow skin.

The other party did not possess any of the Qi that a superhuman should have, yet they felt an unimaginable sense of danger.

The killer's instincts, honed through countless brushes with death, warned them that the person before them was not to be underestimated.

The figure sitting at the same table with him was unremarkable, yet it made them even more uneasy. They could sense an aura of their kind that suppressed them in every way, and this person was undoubtedly an assassin as well!

Moreover, her power is unprecedented, even more terrifying than the leaders of many assassin organizations.

"!!!"

After bypassing the two men's table, Gao Yingcai's gaze was drawn to a disheveled figure.

The person huddled in the corner was the very beast he wished he could tear to pieces. At that moment, his body trembled uncontrollably as he tried his best to suppress his hatred.

"Since you're here, please come and sit down. The room is reserved for you, so please make yourselves at home."

A rough voice came from behind; it was the peasant woman in hemp clothing speaking.

Even without looking back, she could still easily recognize those three familiar auras.

Father, Master, Master... they've all arrived.

Thinking of this, a gentle smile appeared in Gao Mei's eyes, and her heart was filled with emotion.

Tang Bingwen and his companions, realizing they had been exposed, no longer concealed themselves and revealed themselves, offering polite and courteous greetings:

"Greetings, fellow Daoists!"

"Come here and sit down."

Lu Ci greeted them warmly, then turned and called out to the waiter behind the counter: