Chapter 25 (1/2)

25 – Inside a Prison Cell

The sound of steady footsteps entered her ears without warning.

Under the flickering light, she opened her eyes, and cold air battered her eyes in an instant.

Legs parted to the sides, kneel sitting on the ground, Xue Qilin raised her heavy eyelids.

Outside the bars stood Hua Tianji.

The corners of his mouth rose, and he looked down at Xue Qilin, pleased.

“Ohhhh, Little Ji, are you that idle?”

“Well, it seems that you're still quite energetic, Senior Xue.”

“Do those eyes of yours see me as energetic?”

Xue Qilin wrinkled her nose and lifted her right hand to in front of Hua Tianji.

…Clear metallic sounds echoed. It was the sound of chains rattling as Xue Qilin moved. Her neck and four limbs were shackled, with the other end of the chains being deeply embedded in the wall.

Hua Tianji personally helped her to wear the shackles in order restrict her movement.

“You come and go like the wind. If you hadn't made that stupid decision, I'm afraid that I wouldn't have been able to keep as a guest, Senior Xue.” Hua Tianji appeared to sigh emotionally.

Xue Qilin snorted coldly, feeling like the other side was mocking her.

Generally speaking, with just those shackles, it was a pipe dream to imprison the Heaven Realm expert Xue Qilin. However, that was under the condition that she could use her true qi.

At this time, Xue Qilin only had a bit of true qi circulating in her body, and at an exceptionally slow pace to boot. Xue Qilin even was under the impression that the true qi will stop and dissipate at any time.

Xue Qilin naturally knew the reason behind this. There were countless long needles pierced deep into her back. The long needles were stabbed into her major acupoints on her back, sealing her qi pa.s.sageways and hindering the flow and recovery of true qi.

She was no different from an ordinary person when she couldn't use her true qi. Her physical strength was at the level of an adult at best, so she naturally couldn't break free.

“That so… However, Little Ji, the way you treat guests is really unique and unheard of.”

“You can rest a.s.sured, Senior Xue, I spared no effort to make you feel at home.”

“Humph, the nerve of some people!” A cold expression on her face, Xue Qilin was a little impatient.

Normally, she might be able to irritate the other party to death. But now that she fell so low, she wasn't in the mood to talk nonsense with him.

“It seems that you aren't too happy, Senior Xue.” Hua Tianji sighed in disappointment. Naturally, Xue Qilin knew that he was just pretending.

“I'll be happy if you let me go.”

“That wont do. You need to stay here for a few more days, Senior Xue.”

“Oh? In other words, you will let me go in a few days?”