"Did you know that the temperature inside the water prison gets colder and colder at night, ten times colder than during the day? The water level rises slowly, spreading from your waist up to your chest and then to the top of your head, submerging the entire cell. If you don't want to die, you have to keep using the water-avoidance spell."
Lu Yunxing's eyes widened in disbelief.
He knew none of these things. All he knew was that the water prison was cold, dark, and devoid of spiritual energy; he had no idea what other forms of torture it might have.
Lu Yunxing, of course, had no idea that he and his brothers had never been imprisoned there. Their cousins had never experienced such punishment either; it was not a punishment for direct descendants of the clan, and in their eyes, being imprisoned in a water dungeon was a trivial matter.
Not only were Lu Yunxing and his brothers unaware of the tricks used in the water dungeon, but even Lu Xiuwen and Xu Lianxin, the couple, were clueless, as these were originally intended to punish ordinary members of the clan. Given the size of the Kunshan Lu family, it was impossible for them, as the head and wife of the family, to be involved in every detail.
Xu Lianxin knew that imprisoning Ayao in the water dungeon was the lightest punishment for ordinary clansmen. Ayao often angered her, and she thought that this wretched child wouldn't be afraid of facing the wall to reflect on her mistakes. So she imprisoned Ayao in the water dungeon to reflect on her actions. Little did she know that each time, she almost took Ayao's life.
The people in the Punishment Hall all assumed that Lu Xiuwen and Xu Lianxin knew, and those clansmen who had experienced the water dungeon also assumed that the couple knew. Seeing that they had treated their own daughter so cruelly, who would still care about Ayao?
In her previous life, A Yao possessed a Heavenly Spiritual Root, yet her performance was unremarkable. This was due not only to the fact that family ties hindered her cultivation and caused instability in her Dao Heart, but also to the fact that she suffered various punishments that damaged her foundation.
After leaving the Lu family and forgetting everything about them, her Dao heart became stable. After being reborn as a phoenix, she underwent a complete transformation. Without the flaws of a damaged foundation, her cultivation level exploded.
Lu Yunshen's expression turned ferocious. He grabbed Lu Yunxing's hands with such force that he almost broke his bones: "Xiao Qi was always injured when she was locked up. She's lucky she didn't die, she's lucky she survived, do you know that?"
Lu Yun Shen shouted the last sentence.
Lu Yunxing staggered back a few steps, muttering, "I...I...I don't know, I don't know..."
Lu Yun Shen looked at him coldly: "Xiao Qi has suffered so much, while Xiao Ba is just confined to his quarters for fifty years with good food and drink. What's the big deal?"
After saying that, he turned around and transformed into a long rainbow, disappearing into the sky.
Lu Yunxing stood there blankly, recalling the first time Xiao Qi was imprisoned in the water dungeon. When he went to pick her up, her face was as pale as paper, and she could barely stand. At that time, he thought she was faking it. She had only been imprisoned for a few days, and she had a water spirit root, so how could she be so weak?
Hearing her continue to speak rudely to Xiao Ba, he angrily shoved her. She tumbled down the stone steps, hitting her head and bleeding profusely. He still thought she had fallen on purpose, using a self-inflicted injury to gain sympathy. And just like that, he left...
Lu Yunxing suddenly felt like he couldn't breathe, and his whole body began to tremble.
He flew towards Ziji Peak at his fastest speed, but when he arrived in front of it, he didn't even have the courage to go in.
Memories flashed before his eyes. He remembered pushing the weakened Xiao Qi down the stone steps, and how he had grabbed her hair, dragged her to the water dungeon, locked the door, and watched her cry her heart out inside…
She's alive now because she's lucky.
The voice of my third brother, Lu Yunshen, echoed in my ears.
Xiao Ba only shed a few tears and was only confined to her quarters, while Xiao Qi nearly died countless times. Why can't she hate Xiao Ba? Why does she still treat them kindly? Why does she still consider them her family?
She was his own sister, but they all treated her like weeds, like wild grass.
Regret nearly crushed him.
Lu Yunxing stood in front of Ziji Peak for a long time before finally leaving as if he had lost his soul.
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With the bright moon hanging in the sky, Ayao looked at the full moon and thought to herself: Since it's a full moon today, why not try the dance of prayer and see if I can divine anything?
With a thought, she arrived at a high peak in the Kunshan Mountains. At the summit of this peak lay a large, natural lake with crystal-clear water, its banks lined with many tall flowering trees. Ayao gracefully landed on the lake's surface, where her reflection shone, along with the bright moon and stars in the sky.
Ayao adjusted her breathing and began to dance on the water's surface.
Her dress fluttered, the hem of her skirt like blooming flowers. She bent over and hooked her feet. Her dance contained a peculiar rhythm. Spiritual energy surged from all directions, growing stronger and stronger until it materialized, like ribbons swirling around A Yao as she danced.
A dark figure appeared out of nowhere, staring at the stunningly beautiful girl dancing, completely mesmerized.
The girl seemed oblivious, continuing to immerse herself in her dance, slowly drawing a massive magic circle beneath her feet. When she stopped dancing, a magic circle with a radius of fifty feet appeared, its core being the reflection of the bright moon in the sky, with every star in the heavens reflected in this crucial point.
Ayao stood on the lake's surface. With a wave of her hand, the bright moon rose from the water and flew into her palm. Holding the full moon in her hands, she stared at it, trying to see something. She did see many scenes, but none of them were particularly extraordinary.
This dance of blessing told her that nothing special had happened in the last three years.
As Ayao recalled the collapsed secret realm and Xu Fengzhi's unusual behavior, she murmured to herself, "Am I overthinking things?"
She lowered her hand, and the bright moon disappeared.
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