What's going on?
Everyone had this question in their minds, and several prisoners who were nearby broke out in a cold sweat.
A constable walked up to the prisoner lying on the ground, squatted down, and checked his pulse with his hand.
He glanced at Wu You and Wang Fugui very carefully, and seeing that they didn't react to his actions, he quietly reported to the prefect and the two top constables.
"Still alive."
These words made the other 35 prisoners secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
The prefect frowned, glanced cautiously at Wang Fugui and Wu You, and thought that he still had to maintain the proper demeanor.
With a light shout, he said, "You audacious prisoner, daring to feign death in front of the Supreme One! Get him up!"
Two constables lifted the prisoner off the ground, one on each side. Seeing that he was still unconscious, one of them slapped him hard across the face twice.
Despite the blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, the prisoner remained unconscious.
"Splash..." A bucket of cold water was poured on the prisoner, but he still didn't react.
Apart from still breathing, having a heartbeat and body temperature, he was as if he were dead.
Wu You examined the clump of mental substance in his hand, which was more solid than the one from the previous mental patient.
I don't know if it's because the person's spirit was damaged by the demon last time, or because this person is a martial arts master, or both.
Before long, the active spirit began to slowly dissipate, and Wu You immediately chose to capture it.
System notification: Capture successful. Material obtained: Spiritual Being.
Wang Fugui watched with a smile as the constables busied themselves trying to wake the prisoner. When they were about to drag the prisoner aside and whip him, he chuckled and offered a reminder.
"He will never wake up again."
The two constables who were holding the prisoner paused for a moment, and subconsciously let go, allowing the prisoner to fall to the ground again.
“His soul is gone, just find a place to bury him,” Wang Fugui added.
His face still wore a smiling, kind expression, which suddenly made everyone feel uneasy.
By this time, Wu You had finished his study and turned his attention back to the remaining 35 prisoners.
The sight caused them all to gasp for breath, and after a few brief seconds of silence, the dungeon hall suddenly erupted into noise.
"Spare me, I didn't commit a crime..."
"I'm innocent! I didn't steal the money!!!"
"Your Excellency, please understand! I, Li San, was merely taking the blame for someone else! Please spare my life..."
"Please forgive me, Great Immortal! Please forgive me..."
...
The cries of crying, begging for mercy, and pleading were incessant.
Most of them were kneeling, and a few who considered themselves tough were holding on, but their pale blue uniforms and the sweat on their foreheads showed that they had lost their initial arrogance.
Even the most valiant heroes are still human; they may be fearless and shout that they will be heroes again in eighteen years.
But who isn't afraid that after death their soul will be taken away, truly vanishing into nothingness, with no chance of another eighteen years?
Ordinary people in ancient times were particularly superstitious, and the people here are no exception.
From a psychological and emotional perspective, Wu You could clearly distinguish between the genuine and false pleas for mercy among the many voices. Although most of them were hypocritical and terrified words, there were indeed some truths among them.
For example, the one who said he was the one who would take the blame.
However, in life, there are countless opportunities to make mistakes, and the chance to start over is not always available. Even if someone is completely innocent, does Wu You not need any spiritual beings?
Coming to the dungeon to gather materials is now merely a psychological gesture.
If the dungeon is truly empty, then it's just as Wang Fugui said.
There are plenty of refugees outside.
The cries for mercy from the prisoners grew louder and louder, with many people weeping and blushing.
The constables had already drawn their steel knives halfway from their waists, ready to strike at any moment should a prisoner react too violently.
Wu You frowned when he saw that several prisoners had foul-smelling liquid seeping from their groins.
This time, he didn't even raise his hand.
Mental deprivation!
The next second, the remaining 35 prisoners collapsed to the ground at the same time, without any difference between the tough martial arts outlaws and the cowardly commoners.
The constables closest to the prisoners were almost within a fist's distance of them.
Seeing this, they were so frightened that they immediately jumped back a few steps, and couldn't help but feel a chill run down their spines, thinking that if Wu You had "gone off course" just a little bit, would they also be one of those people on the ground?
Thirty-five spiritual groups surrounded Wu You.
Sure enough, a few of them appeared slightly larger, but only slightly, with an increase of no more than 5%.
Select capture.
System notification: Capture successful. Material obtained: Spiritual Being.
System notification: Capture successful. Material obtained: Spiritual Being.
...
A few seconds later, thirty-five more spiritual beings appeared in Wu You's material warehouse.
"Thank you for your help, Prefect and everyone. I'll take my leave now."
Wang Fugui smiled and thanked the prefect and the two top-ranking constables.
Wu You smiled and nodded at them.
"Of course, of course... Your Excellency is too kind..." The Prefect bowed and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.
After escorting Wu You and Wang Fugui out of the government office, the officials breathed a sigh of relief, only to realize that the lining of their clothes was completely soaked.
"Sir, what should be done with the bodies of those thirty-six prisoners?"
A top-notch constable asked the prefectural magistrate in a low voice.
"Bury it!"
"yes!"
"etc!"
The prefectural magistrate suddenly remembered something and quickly called back the constable who was about to leave.
"Let's burn it first and then bury it..."
...
After informing Wang Fugui, Wu You returned directly to the tree by the mountain.
After the previous rounds of hunting down the monstrous beings and the subsequent pursuit, he now has a total of 2460 points of Transcendent Energy Material.
The alchemical energy has exceeded 10,000 points, reaching a total of [number missing].
In terms of reserves, there's no reason why we can't accumulate a gold-level reserve.
As if receiving some kind of signal, countless birds in the trees on the mountain were startled awake from their dreams and flew out of the canopy.
Amidst the chirping and chattering, they resembled vast expanses of dark clouds drifting through the night towards various parts of the mountains and forests.
Wu You was somewhat amazed that there were already so many birds in Shiniu Mountain.
Fly to the top of the mountain tree.
Then, in the system, enter the cultivation interface and select to cultivate mountain trees.
Note: This training will consume 100 Transcendent Energy Materials and 500 Alchemy Energy. Confirm?
Wu You had anticipated the cost of cultivating silver-level creatures, and to be honest, it was actually less expensive than he had imagined.
Confirmed culture.
As soon as he made his selection, Wu You noticed many marble-sized dots of light appearing around the mountain trees.
Some are red and some are gold. There are probably hundreds of red ones, while there are several times more gold ones, which should correspond exactly to the two types of energy consumed.
The next moment, all the light spots, like iron beads attracted by a powerful magnet, instantly flew into the body of the mountain tree and merged into its branches and roots.
"Thump... thump..."
A vibration, seemingly inaudible but present at a specific frequency, came from below.
This is not the sound of the mountain trees, but the pulse of the earth deeply connected to the roots and stems of the mountain trees.
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