Seeing that Ji Xingzhi had no reaction, the man seemed to pause for a moment, then suddenly pounced towards Ji Xingzhi, but stopped in front of Ji Xingzhi when he was just one step away from her.

Ji Xingzhi was sitting on the ground with her back against the wall. Her body was completely blocked by the man standing in front of her. She raised her head slightly and looked into the man's eyes. There was nothing but indifference and calmness in her eyes.

The man frowned slightly, looked at Ji Xingzhi with a puzzled look, and asked, "Aren't you afraid?"

The man's voice was deep and magnetic. Although he wasn't very good-looking, his voice was really nice.

Ji Xingzhi asked calmly, "What are you afraid of?"

The man looked at Ji Xingzhi with an expression as if he were a monster and said, "I want you now, aren't you afraid?"

Ji Xingzhi raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and said without blinking: "You can try."

The man paused, then suddenly realized something. He retracted his claws, took a few steps back, and glanced at the foot that had just been used to sever his vitals. He felt a chill run down his spine, "Little girl, don't be so cruel..."

If he hadn't stopped just now, he would have been holding his vitals in pain and pissing himself...

Ji Xingzhi glanced at the man indifferently, slowly untied the ropes tied to his hands and feet, stood up slowly, loosened his muscles and bones, his joints made crackling sounds, and turned his aching neck, which made a creaking sound.

The man was stunned. Although Ji Xingzhi's movements were very slow, he still couldn't see clearly how Ji Xingzhi untied the rope.

"How... did you do that?" the man asked.

Ji Xingzhi tilted her head slightly to look at the man and asked, "Do you want to learn?"

The man nodded, then shook his head and said, "No, it won't be useful even if I learn it."

Ji Xingzhi frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Don't you know where this is?" the man also frowned.

Ji Xingzhi followed up on this and asked, "Where is this?"

The man paused, looking Ji Xingzhi up and down. After a long moment, his brows furrowed even tighter. "You don't have any spiritual power? As an ordinary person, you're actually locked up here. This proves that you're extraordinary!"

Ji Xingzhi's mouth twitched slightly: "Why? Are you honored to be locked up here?"

She spoke as if she was taking great advantage of being locked up here.

The man smiled and said, "That's not the case. I just find it a bit strange that a lot of ordinary people have been detained here in the past few days."

Ji Xingzhi raised an eyebrow: "Ordinary people? How extraordinary are you?"

The man laughed inscrutablely twice and said, "You don't know this, right? Let me tell you..."

Before the man could begin to speak, Ji Xingzhi interrupted him, "You're telling me you can sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and practice magic, and how powerful you are. But someone more powerful than you has captured you and locked you up in this dark dungeon, right?"

The man looked at Ji Xingzhi in astonishment and asked, "How do you know all this?"

Ji Xingzhi couldn't help but roll her eyes. "That's obvious. No need to explain anything else. Just tell me where this place is and who you are."

The man put away the surprise on his face and slowly spoke to Ji Xingzhi.

The man's name was Jiang Huan. He was over 30 years old and a member of Zhaohua Palace. He was imprisoned here about seven years ago. In fact, Jiang Huan could not remember the exact time. He only remembered... it was a snowy winter.