167: I hit him in the face to see his reaction.

【Triggering a Life Choice!】

【The other party might indeed be a powerful expert from outside the domain, but you don't know if what he says is true or false, and you don't know if he will keep his promise after being rescued. Therefore, you decide—】

【A: Step forward and slap him a few times to judge his character by his reaction.】

【B: Release him without hesitation.】

【C: Pull your father away from this place and pretend you saw nothing.】

【D: Ask more questions and learn more about the other party before deciding.】

A.

Duan Tianchou crossed his arms, his face full of disdain.

“Heh.”

“Why should we believe you?”

“After you get out, the world is vast for you to fly. Let alone fulfilling our requirements, even if you kill us on the spot...”

Just as he was speaking, he suddenly saw Duan Wenxian beside him stride forward and step into the black pool.

He walked step by step to the old man.

“What are you doing!?” He frowned and asked.

“Doing what?”

Duan Wenxian lifted the hair covering the old man's face, allowing the two of them to clearly see the old man's weathered face, which still held a hint of kindness. He then gave the old man a sinister cold smile and said, “If we are to release him, we need to understand him.”

“Understand him? Are you planning to...”

Swish—Slap!!

【Corruption Value +30】

Duan Tianchou was stunned.

Northern Wind Smile's eyes widened in disbelief!

He, a dignified Great Star Venerable of the Dao One Realm, an existence quite famous in many great domains, was actually slapped in a nameless small domain!?

But just as he was still astonished and utterly shocked, Duan Wenxian's other slap had already landed.

Swish—Slap!!

The crisp sound of the slap echoed within the narrow cave.

【Corruption Value +20】

Duan Tianchou finally came back to his senses and quickly roared, “Rebellious son! What are you doing!!? Stop it now!”

Northern Wind Smile, enraged, laughed instead, “Hahaha, interesting, interesting, I...”

Slap!!

Duan Wenxian slapped him again on the face, staring at him with cold eyes, “Did I tell you to speak?”

Northern Wind Smile's face instantly turned grim.

His gaze, like a vengeful ghost seeking life, stared directly at Duan Wenxian, as if deeply imprinting him in his mind.

【Corruption Value +30】

“Rebellious son! You, you, you...”

Duan Tianchou was too scared to know what to say.

He saw Duan Wenxian turn his head and give him a “gentle” smile, “Dad, I'm just trying to understand this old man.”

“I'm slapping his face entirely to see his reaction.”

“If he's truly a Holy Mother and a kind person, then no matter how I hit him, he won't show any hostility. Instead, he will repay grievances with virtue, ask me the reason for hitting him, and might even proactively let me hit him to eliminate my sin.”

“If that's his reaction, then he can be rescued.”

“But if...”

He turned his head, glancing at Northern Wind Smile with a disdainful look, then continued, “If it's like now, staring at me with such hateful eyes, then he is someone who will seek revenge.”

“We shouldn't save him!”

Ah?

Duan Tianchou realized that when a person is speechless to the extreme, they really will laugh.

“Heh, if you hadn't slapped him, how would he look at you with such eyes?”

“No!”

Duan Wenxian, however, shook his head with a look of certainty, “If he were truly a kind person, no matter how I treated him, he wouldn't hold a grudge against me... at least not just because of a few slaps.”

Duan Tianchou sighed heavily.

“Fine, since that's the case, we can only kill him.”

His own son had slapped him a few times, so releasing him was impossible.

But Duan Tianchou was also afraid that others might release him after they left and seek revenge on them, so this old man absolutely could not be left alive!

“Dad, since you already want to kill him, why not try it yourself?”

Duan Wenxian crossed his hands, his words hooking Duan Tianchou's heart, “This is a chance to slap a strong person above the Immortal Emperor realm. If you miss this opportunity, you might never have it again in your life.”

Don't say it.

This sentence really did make Duan Tianchou's heart flutter.

He took a few steps forward, crossed the black pool to the old man, and under the latter's cold gaze, unexpectedly extended a hand and pierced through his heart!

Boom!

Duan Tianchou's bloody hand entered through the old man's chest and emerged from his back.

This process was effortless, like slaughtering a mortal.

“Ha, so I really can kill him.”

Pulling his hand out of the other party's chest, and seeing the other party's face covered in cold sweat, panicked and pale, Duan Tianchou let out a sigh of relief. He used his bloody hand to pinch the old man's neck and lifted his face, “I thought there was some restriction that prevented me from attacking you... Turns out you old man really are at my mercy now!”

“I've changed my mind.”

“Since you are such a powerful cultivator, you must have many magic treasures... At least you must have some powerful cultivation techniques, right?”

“Tell me! I can make you suffer less!”

The firelight in the cave shone on Duan Tianchou's ambitious one-eyed face.

Perhaps he could obtain the opportunity to break through to the Immortal Emperor realm from this old man?

“Bah!”

Northern Wind Smile spat at Duan Tianchou, but the latter easily dodged it.

“Haha, you want my things...?”

“If I fart, will you eat it?”

His sinister gaze swept back and forth across the faces of the father and son.

Duan Tianchou wasn't angry, but let out a strange sneer.

Then, the next moment.

He raised his hand high, letting Northern Wind Smile clearly see his movement, and then suddenly swung it!

Slap!!!

The immense force seemed to want to slap off Northern Wind Smile's entire head, causing his body to suddenly tilt down!

If not for the iron chains restraining him, he would probably have been slapped several meters away.

“You refuse a toast but drink a forfeit!”

“It seems you won't be afraid unless I show you my methods!”

Intense brutality appeared in Duan Tianchou's single eye.

【Corruption Value +40】

At the same time.

In front of Lin Sheng.

【Witnessing this old man being brutally treated by Duan Tianchou, you feel very uncomfortable. You are clearly such a kind-hearted person, how did things turn out like this?】

【So you decide—】

【A: Increase the heat and cut off the old man's root of life.】

【B: Suddenly realize your mistake and remove the talisman paper for the old man.】

【C: Act as a mediator and get both sides to calm down.】

【D: Silently retreat and leave enough space for the two of them.】

“C and D have no practical meaning...”

Lin Sheng actually wanted to choose B, but he was afraid that if this old man came out, no one would be able to stop him, and he might even spread the anger he received throughout the entire East Heaven Domain.

To be cautious, he still chose A.

In the scene.

Duan Tianchou took out a set of half-meter-long silver needles and was nailing the old man's limbs to the stone pillars one by one.

“Hahaha, does it hurt a lot?”

“I tell you, this is just the beginning.”

“After fixing your hands and feet, next I will use even thinner needles and insert them into your fingernail seams one by one...”

Duan Tianchou brought his face extremely close to the other party's, as if to let the other party see the ruthlessness in his eyes.