92: Chapter 92 If it's sticky, go wash it!
Half a day passed.
Accompanied by a crisp System prompt, the door to the secret chamber was pushed open from the inside.
Cao Kun walked out, feeling refreshed.
[Ding! Detected that the Jade Beast "Nangong Wan" is physically and mentally pleased, developing feelings of extreme dependency.]
[Due to the special attributes of the Samsara Holy Body, this time you have received double the taming value and task points reward!]
[taming value + 10, current taming value (30 / 200)]
[Reward task points: 1000 points]
[Current task points balance: 17900 points]
Listening to the broadcast in his mind, Cao Kun stretched his limbs with satisfaction.
His Golden Core Late Stage Peak cultivation, combined with the domineering foundation of the Chaos Unity Art, allowed him to maintain absolute dominance in this prolonged tug-of-war.
Nangong Wan followed behind him, her steps noticeably unsteady.
Walking to the door, she couldn't hold back, leaning against the door panel, panting slightly, and gave Cao Kun a resentful glance.
"Husband really doesn't know how to cherish the fairer sex."
Cao Kun stopped and turned around.
His gaze swept wantonly over her voluptuous and fiery figure.
"What?"
Cao Kun curled the corners of his mouth into a wicked smile, teasing her intentionally.
"When you were crying out for resources inside just now, that wasn't your attitude."
"You want resources, yet you can't even endure this little bit of hardship?"
Nangong Wan was an extremely smart woman.
Or rather, this sub-soul that had actively awakened knew too well how to please a man.
Hearing Cao Kun's words, she immediately put away that resentful look.
She walked up quickly and took the Opportunity to wrap her arms around Cao Kun's waist from behind.
Two mounds pressed tightly against Cao Kun's back.
"As long as Husband provides enough, Wan'er can endure any hardship."
Cao Kun patted the back of her hand wrapped around his waist and chuckled.
"Alright, stop being clingy. Hurry up and consolidate your Realm."
Nangong Wan obediently let go, smoothed her messy hair, and nodded with a smile in her eyes.
After she entered her Cultivate state, Cao Kun stood at the door of the quiet room and watched for a while.
Confirming that the Spiritual Qi within Nangong Wan was circulating smoothly and her state was completely stable, he then turned and left the Pill Pavilion.
Facing the high mountain winds, Cao Kun quickly calculated the current situation in his mind.
He didn't know how long it would take for Yu Linglong to achieve her Soul Transformation Breakthrough.
It could be as short as ten days to half a month, or as long as several months or even years.
During this period, she absolutely could not be disturbed by any external interference.
During this time, the biggest hidden danger to the Hehuan Sect was the Ji Family in Qingzhou, thousands of miles away.
"Must find a way to stabilize the Ji Family."
"To buy enough Breakthrough time for Yu Linglong."
Cao Kun rubbed his chin, having a plan in mind.
Changing direction, he did not return to Lianxiang Peak, but instead rose into the air and flew towards the menial dark prison at the back of the mountain.
An incense stick of time later, Cao Kun arrived at the deepest cell of the dark prison.
The scene before him could be called a living hell.
It had only been a few short days.
The formerly arrogant and overbearing Ji Family young master, Ji Jinian, who wore luxurious brocade robes and acted as if he were above everyone, was now tortured to the point where he no longer looked human.
Ji Jinian was chained by his four limbs and fixed to a stone bed.
His once well-proportioned figure was now reduced to skin and bones.
His ribs protruded clearly against his chest.
His eye sockets were deeply sunken, and his eyes had completely lost focus.
His originally dark hair had turned more than half white, appearing miserable to the extreme.
Around the stone bed, two or three dozen old menial hags with wrinkled faces and gray hair were currently glowing with vitality, busy and bustling.
Suddenly hearing the iron door move, they turned back to look.
Recognizing that the newly appointed Grand Elder Cao Kun had arrived, the old women were startled, quickly stopped their work, knelt on the ground in a flurry, and kowtowed repeatedly.
"Greetings, Grand Elder!"
"Greetings, Grand Elder!"
Hearing this uniform movement, Ji Jinian, lying on the stone bed, struggled to open his hollow and lifeless eyes.
His pupils had already lost focus.
But when his unfocused gaze finally made out the slender figure standing at the doorway, his broken body couldn't help but tremble violently.
The black iron chains rattled.
The devil has come!
This was the only thought in Ji Jinian's mind.
Cao Kun ignored the old women kneeling on the ground and stepped to the side of the stone bed.
He looked at Ji Jinian on the bed with a smile, his tone relaxed.
"Young Master Ji."
"Have you enjoyed experiencing the unique local customs of our Hehuan Sect these past few days?"
Hearing this lighthearted greeting, Ji Jinian's emotions completely collapsed.
He opened his cracked lips, tears and snot mixed together, smearing his entire face.
"Kill me... Cao Kun... I beg you, give me a quick death!"
"I can't take it anymore... Kill me!"
The dual physical and mental torture over the past few days had long since destroyed all his pride and dignity.
This life worse than death made every breath agony for him.
Cao Kun put away the smile on his face.
Ignoring Ji Jinian's pleas, he took out a blank communication Jade Slip from his Storage Ring and tossed it onto Ji Jinian's chest.
"Send a message home to report that you are safe."
"Find any excuse, say you encountered an Opportunity outside and need to go into seclusion. Once it's done, I'll let you have a few days of respite."
Hearing this, Ji Jinian, who had been in total despair, suddenly froze.
His brain, which had stopped functioning, actually produced an extremely absurd illusion at this moment.
Send a message home to report safety?
Why would he want me to report safety?
It must be that the Ji Family discovered I was missing!
It must be that the Soul Transformation Stage Old Ancestor is angry!
Cao Kun is afraid!
The Hehuan Sect is afraid!
They are afraid they cannot withstand the Ji Family's wrath, afraid of the Soul Transformation expert's revenge, and that is why they are rushing to settle the matter!
Thinking he had seen through the truth, Ji Jinian actually dared to negotiate conditions, not knowing if he was courting death.
"You're afraid, aren't you?"
"Want me to appease my family? Dream on!"
Ji Jinian struggled hard, the chains rattling.
"Unless you release me immediately! Not only must you release me, but you must also hand over that slut Leng Qingyue for me to take away!"
"Otherwise, I will absolutely not send any message! Just wait for my Ji Family Old Ancestor to trample your lousy Sect to the ground!"
The stone room fell silent.
The old women kneeling on the ground were so scared they didn't dare to breathe, burying their heads even lower.
Cao Kun stood by the stone bed, looking at Ji Jinian as if he were looking at an idiot.
He truly could not understand how such a fool with a head full of dung managed to live until the Golden Core Stage.
He had been reduced to the state of a dried corpse, yet he still dared to put on airs as a young master of a noble family?
Cao Kun couldn't be bothered to waste even half a sentence on him.
He stepped forward expressionlessly, raised his right hand, and then swung it down fiercely.
"Slap!"
An incredibly loud slap landed solidly on Ji Jinian's face.
Although Cao Kun didn't use Spiritual Qi, just his Physical Body strength at the Golden Core Late Stage Peak was astonishingly powerful.
Ji Jinian's head tilted to one side, and the few remaining molars in his mouth flew out along with blood.
That bit of mysterious confidence and arrogant air was shattered by this slap.
"It seems you still haven't grasped the situation."
Cao Kun held up three fingers.
"I only give you three seconds."
"Either, obediently pick up the Jade Slip and send the message."
"Or..."
Cao Kun pointed at the old women trembling beside them, "I will double the number of old women in this dark prison today."
"One hundred, how about that?"
Double it?!
Thirty old women had already squeezed him into this state of neither human nor ghost.
If another hundred came...
"I'll send it! I'll send it!"
He didn't care about the sharp pain in his mouth, crying out incoherently, nodding desperately, fearing that Cao Kun would change his mind.
"I will listen to everything you say! I beg you, don't call anyone else! Don't call them!"
Cao Kun snorted coldly and gestured with his chin for him to hurry up.
Under Cao Kun's cold gaze, Ji Jinian struggled to raise a hand and tremblingly picked up the communication Jade Slip on his chest.
He tried hard to steady his breathing and, using as normal a tone as possible, left a recording.
"Father."
"I am traveling outside and accidentally discovered a hidden ancient Cultivator Immortal Cave; the Opportunity is rare."
"I plan to go into seclusion here to explore for a few months, at least half a year, and up to a year."
"Everything is well, do not worry."
After saying the last word, Ji Jinian seemed to have exhausted all his strength, his hand loosened, and the Jade Slip fell onto the stone bed.
Cao Kun drew the Jade Slip into his palm, probed it with his Divine Sense, and carefully checked it.
Confirming that the tone was natural and there were no hidden Divine Sense signals left behind, he then satisfyingly put it into his Storage Ring.
With this recording, at least for half a year, the Ji Family would not make a big move to look for him.
Half a year was enough.
Having achieved his goal, Cao Kun didn't want to stay in this foul-smelling stone room for even a second longer.
Before leaving, Cao Kun casually took out a few bottles of low-grade Qi-replenishing Medicinal Pills from his Storage Ring and threw them on the ground.
"Good job."
He looked at the group of old women kneeling on the ground and gave a light instruction.
"Take them and split them up, nourish your bodies."
"For the next few months, continue to serve Young Master Ji well."
"As long as he doesn't die, you can mess with him however you want."
When the old women saw the Medicinal Pills on the ground, their eyes went straight.
These low-grade Qi-replenishing Medicinal Pills were no different from candy to Cao Kun, but to these bottom-tier menial servants, they were rare and good things.
"Thank you, Grand Elder, for the reward!"
"Rest assured, Grand Elder, we will definitely do our best!"
The old women kowtowed in gratitude and swarmed forward to snatch the Medicinal Pills.
Ji Jinian, lying on the stone bed, heard that Cao Kun not only didn't let him go but also intended to continue torturing him, and even gave these old hags medicinal supplements.
He knew that his upcoming days would be an endless hell.
"Ahhhhhhh!!"
"Cao Kun, you faithless piece of trash! You will die a horrible death!"
"I, Ji Jinian..."
Cao Kun, who had reached the prison door, stopped.
He flicked his fingertip casually backward.
A faint wisp of Spiritual Qi accurately struck Ji Jinian's mute acupoint.
The shrill cursing came to an abrupt halt.
Cao Kun walked away completely.
Only a light sentence remained, echoing in the dark corridor.
"If it's sticky, go wash it off! Why are you yelling here?"