Chapter 71 - The Flame In The Heart
The two shops near the dead bodies were truly unlucky. The shopkeepersâ faces turned green when they saw what had just happened. But no matter what, they had no chance of escaping this scenario.
This was really a case of âhe who stayed in the house was hit by the misfortune from the skyâ [1]. They were simply running their businesses as usual, but to their surprise, people just died in front of their doorsteps.
However, people of the Divine Arms Mill were far more pissed off than they were.
They had brought some divine weapons to the capital and caused quite a sensation, attracting a lot of followers as they had expected!
They believed that this time, they could sell them for an exorbitant price! They could sense the excitement of the crowdâŠ
There was no doubt that they had made a good decision to show up at that moment.
However, just as they were becoming complacent and elatedâŠ
Suddenly, three men in the crowd who had been following them had just died!
That was seriously some bad luck!
Their faces immediately turned green!
[That is fxxking so... so... so, so⊠What the hellâŠ]
Watching the crowd scatter and leave the place, all of the expert cultivators of the Divine Arms Mill were stunned.
They couldnât help but come up with a common thought â [Will the death of these guys⊠get us involved?]
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Under the cover of the chaos, Ye Xiao was dragging that man as he leisurely went into a small alley. He climbed over two walls and casually kicked a hole in it. After he passed through the wall, he kicked it once more, returning it to how it was before.
He finally found a secluded place, where he placed the man on the ground.
The man hadnât made any sound or movement, but he had kept on observing everything that Ye Xiao had done, from easily killing the other three assassins to dragging him away as if nothing had happened, and then bringing him to a secluded place...
The boldness, precision, wariness, cruelness and strength that Ye Xiao had shown⊠was really shocking.
Thus, when Ye Xiao placed him on the ground, the guyâs face was already pale and filled with fear.
When he finally dropped to the floor, he was finally freed from being frozen. Just as he started to recover, he quickly opened his mouth⊠and then fiercely snapped it shut. Apparently, he was trying to commit suicide by biting his tongue off.
Analyzing Ye Xiaoâs actions, he decided that it would be a blessing if he could just kill himself after being captured! It would be better to die quickly than suffer.
Ye Xiao reached out an arm and casually broke the guyâs lower jaw. He said, âYou want to die? You know it canât be this easy, right?â
And then he blocked the guyâs Jing and Mai. He held the guyâs lower jaw up to his mouth and then touched the guyâs cheek with his finger. A stream of gelid power had instantly frozen the guyâs facial muscles.
âNow, you should only be able to speak in whispers. You certainly cannot shout. You are free to try if you donât believe me.â Ye Xiao spoke gently, âAnd, to kill yourself by biting your tongue requires certain strength, but unfortunately, you hardly have the strength to do so. You can at most blink. Things like cutting off your own Jing and Mai, exploding your dantian⊠Oh you donât have those abilities now, am I right? Even if you do, it is impossible to execute those moves in front of me!â
âWell, I talked a lot with you. I just want to tell you that even though you so desperately want to die right now, you just canât.â Ye Xiao smiled gently, âSee how kindly I treat you. This is just so meticulous.â
The guy couldnât prevent his body from quivering.
His face was filled with extreme fear.
[Is this demon really that foppish black sheep of the Ye Clan?
Who the⊠Who the fxxk collected that bullshit information?]
The guy nearly cried out: [Since such a terrible monster could be called a foppish black sheep⊠are you telling me that all the foppish lads in the world are monsters too?]
Ye Xiao wore a smile on his face, but he was actually rather furious.
The four men had actually tried to kill him on the street without even caring that they were in public. They were so brazen and unscrupulous.
They didnât care about hurting innocent peopleâŠ
The anger inside Ye Xiao had reached its pinnacle.
Dealing with men who disregarded innocent lives, the Xiao Monarch never showed mercy!
âNow you are absolutely not going to die, but you cannot live well either, because I wonât let garbage like you live well.â Ye Xiao spoke frankly, âWell, there are many methods in the world that could force a man to tell something he doesnât want to. Do you know what those methods are?â
The man lied on the floor, looking at Ye Xiao, absolutely terrified.
âI guess you donât know any more than I do.â Ye Xiao sighed, âThere are so many methods to make people beg for death⊠Today you met me. Now you can enjoy these methods from the bottom of your heart. You are lucky, because you are going to experience something most of the human beings wouldnât be able to experience.â
The manâs eyes were begging for mercy and he only had a sliver of hope: [Oh God! Please! He must be exaggerating!]
Ye Xiao sighed, âDonât even think for a moment that I am boasting. Such methods, I really know a lot. And⊠I know a lot more than those executioners do. So, you are really lucky, because in the history of this world, there has never been a man who has experienced all the 108 brutal torture methods!â
He smiled, âOf course you are unlucky at the same time, because these tortures hurt really, really bad. It canât be explained just by speaking. Letâs go ahead and make you taste each and every one of them. Now we begin with the first, the Flame in the Heart.â
And then he reached out his hand, very slowly.
He didnât speak any other words at all.
Everything about this assassination including who was behind it, who planned it, who wanted to kill himâŠ
He asked none of those questions.
He just started with the torture.
He acted like these details didnât interest him in the least and the only thing that he was interested in was torturing!
Under the fearful look of the man, a flame suddenly appeared in Ye Xiaoâs hand. - Poof! - It was burning in Ye Xiaoâs hand.
Ye Xiao explained patiently, âLook, this is fire. However, this fire is no ordinary fire⊠Because it canât burn anything⊠If you donât believe me, just look.â
Ye Xiao moved the flame to his own clothes, and then to his hair. There was no trace of burning.
âOf course, this fire is not completely useless. Itâs usage lies in the fact⊠that it can enter a manâs mouth and move to his belly bit by bit⊠and then it will burn the manâs heart⊠Hmm. No, I was wrong. It is not burning. It is roasting. While your heart still beats⊠it will kept on roasting it. But it wonât kill you. I can only say that it is a strange feeling⊠Right. Why donât you try it.â
âBe proud as the first man who can experience such feeling. How admirable.â Ye Xiao praised.
The manâs eyes were already dull. His pupils were nearly dilated. He was shaking because of fear. A terrible stench was spreading out from the lower part of his body.
âDonât fart. That is not civilized.â Ye Xiao reprimanded, âDidnât your daddy teach you that?â He then hit him with a finger and had actually blocked his acupoint of excretion. And then he pulled up the manâs head and pushed the flame into his mouth.
âNew new new nâŠâ The man kept shaking his head. He struggled with faint efforts. He had tried his best but realized that he could only draw out a tiny amount of strength. The words of begging, âno no no noâ had actually became ânew new new nâŠâ due to excessive shiveringâŠ
The flame had been delivered into his mouth and he really didnât feel burned at all. There was only a warm feeling of heat slowly moving toward his belly. He actually felt comfortable.
Ye Xiao spoke blandly, âFeel anything? Hm, now it has entered the mouth⊠It isnât scorching, is it? It is even comfortable, right? It should have reached the throat right about now⊠Not burning either, right? Now it has passed the throat⊠Hot? It isnât hot, right? Now it gets to the chest⊠Not hot either, right? I didnât lie to you, did I? Now it gets to the heart⊠And then, ahem⊠What about now?â
He hadnât even finished talking, and then the man felt a rushing stream of heat coming up from underneath his heart!
Suddenly, he felt like his heart was slowly being roasted. That terrible feeling was nothing that could be described by any language. Even though his body was thoroughly restricted, he still widely opened his mouth, wishing to cry out loudly.
Ye Xiao slowly covered his mouth with one hand, and waved one finger of the other, âBe good. Donât shout. Donât become excited. Feel it slowly. Take it easy. No need to rush.â
The manâs head was shaking intensely, but he couldnât get rid of Ye Xiaoâs hand. He couldnât make any sound. His eyes looked like there was fire burning inside them.
The entire Jing and Mai of his body were twitching at the same time. Blue veins stood out all over his body and then fell back the next momentâŠ
A large amount of sweat was released, immediately drenching his clothes.
It could be seen that the pain he was experiencing was excruciating.
âI⊠I will talk⊠Please⊠StopâŠâ The man finally broke down. He begged repeatedly, looking at Ye Xiao with pleading eyes.
âWhat did you say?â Ye Xiao frowned, âDonât you realize, I donât really want to know anything from you⊠Whether you talk or not, it doesnât matter to me at all. You know that, right? Otherwise, I would have asked you, but I didnât. Donât you feel it strange?â
The man looked at him, pleading. His eyes had turned red because of anxiousness.
Ye Xiao sighed, âFine. Fine. You looked so pathetic⊠All right then, I will let you say something. But I need to clarify something first⊠I wonât spare your life. You must think about that clearly. In fact, you can keep your mouth shut and I would like to enjoy seeing you being tortured.â
The man sincerely nodded. His forehead was drenched as he spoke, âI will tell you everything. All I ask you is to let me die quicklyâŠâ
Speaking so quickly, he realized that his body had nearly dried out because of the flame. After saying just one sentence, his throat had already bled.
Ye Xiao waved his hand and the flame instantly went back to his hand. It was pulsating slightly. Ye Xiao spoke blandly, âWho sent you here?â
âIt was the crown princess! The crown princessâŠâ Sweat trickled down his forehead as his face cramped up, creating a ferocious expression. He shouted loudly since he couldnât wait to tell the truth, but his voice was hoarse and was barely audible.
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[1]âHe who stayed in the house was hit by the misfortune from the skyâ- It is not a Chinese saying. It means misfortune happens to someone who doesnât expect it.
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