Chapter 458 The Lock of Innocence
With more than three hours to go before the auction begins, Yu Zhiyi crossed her arms and leaned against the wall, pondering her next move.
Upon seeing Yuan Yaying, she activated her Golden Reincarnation Eye and uncovered some secrets.
For example, why didn't Yuan Yaying die?
For example, one of the processes in which the Gan family makes the Longevity Pill.
Longevity Pills are just a general term for this type of pill, which is further divided into many varieties based on the lifespan they can increase.
The names are quite straightforward: the one that adds only one year to lifespan is called "One-Year Pill," the one that adds two years is called "Two-Year Pill," and the one that adds a hundred years is called "Hundred-Year Pill."
Most of the people present were "consumables" used to make ordinary one-year pills, two-year pills, three-year pills, and other longevity pills with relatively short effects.
Only a few elderly people with white hair are qualified to be used as materials for making the Longevity Elixir.
As for that "mud man," his face was covered in so much mud and oil that you couldn't see anything at all.
But Yu Zhiyi guessed that those were also consumables for the Longevity Pill.
Shoushi City claims that the ingredients for making the Longevity Pill are hard to find and rare, so it doesn't often appear at auctions; sometimes only one pill appears every ten years or so.
Whenever the Longevity Pill appears, it attracts a frenzy of people from the Hidden Realm vying for it.
The fate trajectories revealed by the faces of those who "consume" the longevity pills also form a closed loop with this logic.
Those people were all talented geniuses who broke through to the Golden Core Realm before they were thirty.
A Golden Core Realm expert has a lifespan of three hundred years. A Golden Core Realm expert who is less than thirty years old will have another two hundred and thirty years to live, unless something unexpected happens to them.
Each person can be made into two longevity pills.
That's right, the prerequisite for being eligible to become a consumable for the Longevity Pill is that one must still have more than one hundred years of lifespan remaining.
There are five elderly people in the cage who are being used as materials for the Longevity Pill. These people were once geniuses who should have had brilliant lives, but they are trapped in this dark cage because of the selfishness of some people, and can only watch their bodies decay day by day.
Yuan Yaying is also a rare and exceptional young woman. At only twenty-five years old, she has already reached the Golden Core Realm.
She was only given ten years of her lifespan.
Moreover, her destiny chart indicates that those people will soon feed her pills that can force her to break through to the Golden Core realm, thus forcibly enhancing her strength.
The cultivation level of a Golden Core cultivator created using elixirs is not stable, but those people don't care.
All they wanted was for her to live as long as possible.
But how to take it out became a big problem.
After thinking for a moment, Yu Zhiyi left the dungeon and came to the boundary between light and shadow in the corridor.
Several guards were hiding not far away, seemingly wanting to watch her make a fool of herself.
Those people didn't try to hide their auras, but Yu Zhiyi hid them very well.
She was like a leopard lurking in the shadows, ready to pounce and deliver a fatal blow to her enemy at any moment.
Meanwhile, the prey in the distance remained completely unaware.
Realizing what those people were waiting for, Yu Zhiyi's eyes flashed, and she suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
She staggered outside, weakly calling out, "Help!"
Two guards, one tall and one short, emerged from the shadows and chuckled, "Kid, feeling pretty hopeless, huh?"
"What's the point of letting you cheat us so many times? Money earned by cheating your brothers is wasted if you don't live to enjoy it."
The two men tried to grab her, but Yu Zhiyi swayed and leaned towards the short guard.
The short guard didn't disappoint her either, grabbing her by the back of her collar: "You think you can come out of District Twelve alive? Dream on."
"That old madman won't stop until he kills two people every day. Today is the big day for the auction of the Longevity Pill, and we can't allow any mistakes. You'd better get back now."
"If anything goes wrong and the higher-ups investigate, even if you manage to save your life down here, it will be for nothing; you'll still die sooner or later."
The tall guard chuckled, "Stop talking nonsense, throw him down, and keep a close eye on him so he doesn't climb out again."
The short guard carried Yu Zhiyi back to the front door.
The moment the door opened, Yu Zhiyi grabbed him and pulled him into the cage.
The short guard: "??"
"You bastard, you've turned Tiankang upside down!"
Taking advantage of Yu Zhiyi's injury, he wanted to teach her a lesson.
However, as soon as he made a move, he saw a pair of deep, dark eyes.
The pitch-black object seemed to possess a magical power; as he stared at it, his body slid to the ground.
The people in the cages didn't react much to this scene of infighting.
Clearly, these people have lost their curiosity after being trapped here for more than a decade.
For them, even living has become a dull and torturous experience, and the so-called excitement is no longer so interesting.
However, Yu Zhiyi's words immediately lifted their spirits: "Everyone, I have come here to save people."
Everyone looked over.
Staring at a sea of numb eyes, at the fervent hope rising within those numb expressions, Yu Zhiyi pursed her lips: "I can't safely send all of you out. All I can do is help you open the cage."
"As for how far you can go next, that depends on your abilities."
Immediately, his gaze fell upon the "mud figure" at the end: "Senior, I will try to help you free yourself from your restraints, but my abilities are limited. If I fail in the end, I hope you will not blame me."
The clay figure didn't say anything.
Yu Zhiyi cautiously approached step by step.
The clay figure remained silent.
Only when she walked up to the man did he look up at her.
The person had red eyes, but they had been hidden by his black hair, so Yu Zhiyi hadn't noticed them at all.
She didn't have time to think and wanted to untie the person's restraints.
Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the chain on this person's body was a single piece, with no trace of the two ends meeting or any keyhole-like opening.
She was stunned: "How could this be?"
Yuan Yaying blinked her numb eyes and said in a hoarse voice, "That is the Wuwang Lock, a magical artifact exclusive to the person who captured us. Only that person's will can unlock it, and once it is touched, that person will notice."
Yu Zhiyi lowered her hand, feeling relieved.
Fortunately, she was always cautious and, out of wariness of this "mud man," never touched the Wuwang Lock.
The clay figure stared at her intently, then spoke in a hoarse voice: "Others may not be able to, but you can."
"What?"
Yu Zhiyi was puzzled.
The man said in a deep voice, "You can unlock this Wuwang Lock."
The voice was hoarse, and it was impossible to tell whether the person was male or female.
"Come closer, and I'll tell you how to untie it."
Upon hearing this, Yu Zhiyi took a step back.
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