He was very angry, but there was nothing he could do.

Li Shenhai instructed his men to prepare spirit stones and magical artifacts in exchange for Li Feiyu and the others.

...

Outside of the Hehuan Sect.

A group of people were bound with ropes, and next to them were people dressed in Xuanmo Sect attire.

There were two to three hundred people in total, and the leader was a Nascent Soul cultivator in the early stage.

He is a Nascent Soul elder of the Xuanmo Sect, whose real name is Zhu Zhengqi and nickname is Smiling Demon.

Although Zhu Zhengqi's cultivation level wasn't very high in the Xuanmo Sect, his reputation was known throughout Tiannan.

Zhu Zhengqi was in charge of punishments in the Xuanmo Sect. He not only disciplined the sect's disciples but also those from other sects who had fallen into the Xuanmo Sect's clutches.

His methods are quite cruel; he will torture you regardless of whether you confess or not.

Zhu Zhengqi would let out a chilling smile when the prisoners were being tortured.

Zhu Zhengqi's smile was so intense that it was related to the pain and screams of the prisoners.

The louder the prisoner's pain and screams, the more intense his smile became.

Zhu Zhengqi's nickname, "Smiling Demon," came from torturing thousands of prisoners.

Many Xuanmo Sect disciples knew they had committed a crime and were likely to fall into Zhu Zhengqi's hands.

Their first choice would be suicide, so that at least they wouldn't suffer too much pain.

If you fall into Zhu Zhengqi's hands, you'll find that death is definitely a good thing.

If Zhu Zhengqi treated the Xuanmo Sect members this way, he would certainly be even more ruthless towards people from other sects.

The people who were tied up were all disciples of Huangfeng Valley, and the leader of them was a handsome young man.

This young man was Li Feiyu, who kept his head held high the entire time.

Zhu Zhengqi originally wanted to torture them properly, but his superiors wanted to use these people to gain greater benefits and wanted him to come to the Hehuan Sect as soon as possible.

“These people from Yellow Maple Valley are so slow. Time’s up, kill five of them first and see if they can move any faster,” Zhu Zhengqi said with a dark face.

"Elder, didn't you say it would take about an incense stick's time? We haven't even finished a third of it yet."

"Are you the elder or am I the elder? I told you to kill five people first, so kill five people."

"Yes, Elder."

Faced with Zhu Zhengqi's reprimand, the Xuanmo Sect's law enforcement disciples dared not be negligent in the slightest.

"You just wait, our ancestor will definitely avenge us. When that happens, your Xuanmo Sect will be wiped out forever in Tiannan."

Five disciples of Huangfeng Valley had knives to their necks, yet they didn't utter a single soft word to Zhu Zhengqi.

"After killing these five people, extract their souls and let them experience the pain of soul extraction and refinement."

"I refuse to believe that by then, the five of them will still be so tough," Zhu Zhengqi said angrily.

The prisoners he interrogated were all terrified of him; how could they be so bold as to talk back to him?