Chapter 716 – Netherworld (I) (2/2)

Many people had died in Zhou Prison, but it was not known whether it was haunted by ghosts or not. Even if it was, they had presumably long since been tortured into suffering beyond words by this person and reincarnated.

He was the master of Zhou Prison, and even ghosts feared him in this place.

The breathtaking sword from earlier that had stabbed through the him on the palace armchair had only stabbed through that red official's gown of his. From that point, Chen Changsheng and many other people had been guessing at where he had hidden himself. Many people thought he had hidden in the Imperial Palace, while others believed that he had already lost his wits and fled the capital.

No one could have expected that he had remained right here, right within this courtyard. He was just very deep below it.

To put it another way, he and Chen Changsheng had always been separated by about seventeen zhang.

He cared not at all about this fact. He calmly ate peanuts and drank wine as if the rain of swords above him had no relationship to him, no matter how fierce it was.

Xue He looked into his eyes and said, ”You are afraid.”

He was a Divine General famous throughout the Great Zhou on account of being Xue Xingchuan's younger brother, but that did not mean he was incapable. In the battlefields of the north, he had led his soldiers against the demons' wolf cavalry in a conflict that had persisted for several decades. He had a deep understanding of death and fear.

When people were at their most frightened, they would often insist on staying at the places they were most familiar with, even if it was not the wisest choice. Zhou Tong's decision to remain here instead of going to the Imperial Palace might cause others to gasp with admiration at his composure and intelligence in the aftermath, but in Xue He's view, it was only proof that Zhou Tong was frightened.

Zhou Prison, hidden deep underground, was the place Zhou Tong was most familiar with. Here, he had killed far too many humans, demi-humans, and demons; tortured far too many humans, demi-humans, and demons.

Zhou Tong did not go to the Imperial Palace because of that sense of foreboding in the depths of his heart and his distrust towards that Saint. However, he would not explain this to Xue He. Xue He was a criminal so had no right to an explanation. Moreover, he did not want to let a single person find out that his loyalty towards that Saint was not as staunch as others imagined.

This prison deep underground was too humid and gloomy, so it was impossible to feel very comfortable here, even for Zhou Tong himself. This cell in which Xue He resided was the driest, with very long intervals between each drop of water falling from the ceiling, and the water would not fall on this table or the bed made of straw.

Naturally this counted as preferential treatment, even if the golden needles on Xue He's body that restricted his cultivation had been personally inserted by Zhou Tong.

”Don't attempt to anger me. I won't kill you. After all, he said that we were also brothers,” Zhou Tong calmly replied.

Zhou Tong and Xue Xingchuan were brothers, and Xue Xingchuan was also brothers with Xue He.

Only these three brothers and Madam Xue knew of this matter.

In the past, Xue Xingchuan had always hoped that Xue He and Zhou Tong would also become true brothers.

Xue He did not like Zhou Tong, but he had never said anything.

When he discovered that Zhou Tong had personally poisoned his elder brother to death, he was stricken with grief and indignation. However, he still managed to keep his cool, because he had never treated Zhou Tong as his brother. In addition, he knew that Zhou Tong was just that sort of person. However, when he heard these words, he could no longer control himself and spat out a mouthful of phlegm flecked with blood at him.

Zhou Tong turned to avoid it, but he did not turn back around.

He maintained this posture, staring at a certain spot on the southwest wall of the prison cell.

He could sense that a very soft but clear vibration was coming from beyond the stone wall.

Someone had triggered an array.