Jian Yixue made a decision: she decided to go out and rejoin the main group first, since they had been out for quite a while and she didn't want them to worry.
And she also had a surprise in store, which she couldn't wait to share with her mother.
...
On the other side...
After leaving Qu Rui, Jiang Lie secretly went to the dungeon where Yan Yuan was being held.
But instead of going to find Yan Yuan first, he went to a room next door.
Having been severely interrogated, Lei Pei, whose skin was covered in sores, instinctively shrank back into the corner when he heard the noise.
Seeing Jiang Lie approaching him step by step, Lei Pei couldn't help but ask fearfully.
"What...what are you doing? I've told you everything I know, you...don't come any closer!"
Lei Pei had nowhere to retreat, and his heart was gripped by immense panic.
Jiang Lie acted as if he hadn't heard him, walked straight to him, squatted down in front of him, and said coldly, "You're very disobedient. With such a heavy blow, you still can't tell the truth!"
Upon hearing this, Lei Pei felt a pang of panic.
The only thing he ever hid was...
He was still thinking about how to answer when Jiang Lie suddenly kicked him hard.
There was a stone wall behind him, so he couldn't retreat and had to take the full force of the kick.
A tremendous pain filled his chest, and the pain in his chest made him gasp for breath, cold sweat pouring down his forehead.
"I...I've told you everything I know," Lei Pei said through gritted teeth.
Then came another kick.
After several rounds, Lei Pei felt that if he didn't tell the truth now, he would probably be kicked to death.
He gritted his teeth and said, "I...I said, stop kicking, Second Elder."
"Are you talking about the child? That child is fake!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Lie frowned and asked, "Fake?"
Lei Pei nodded, clutching his chest, and said, "When the outer protector returned from the capital, he didn't bring back a single child. The news that the children were in our hands was also false. The purpose was to deceive those people, to make them think that the children were in our hands, and to make them exchange the Shennong Token for them."
Lei Pei concealed the fact that the idea came from him because he dared not admit it and was afraid of being kicked again.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Lie frowned deeply. "Is what you said true?"
Lei Pei nodded vigorously and said, "Yes, everything I said is true."
Jiang Lie stared at Lei Pei for a long time, and only after seeing that he could not find any flaws did he speak, "You better make sure that what you said is true, or I'll kill you!"
Afterwards, Jiang Lie went to the room where Yan Yuan was being held. Smelling the fresh blood in the room, he could imagine what Yan Yuan had gone through.
Seeing Yan Yuan lying motionless on the ground like a dog, Jiang Lie felt an immense sense of satisfaction.
Jiang Lie stepped forward, squatted down, grabbed Yan Yuan's hair, and sneered, "Outer Protector? How does it feel to be a dependent like this?"
Yan Yuan felt as if his scalp was about to become something else entirely, and the expression on his face became ferocious due to the tearing of his scalp.
Still unwilling to admit defeat, Yan Yuan spat a mouthful of blood in Jiang Lie's face, "Pah! You despicable prostitute, condemned by all!"
Yan Yuan's actions immediately enraged Jiang Lie, who already hated him to the core.
Jiang Lie grabbed Yan Yuan's head and slammed it against the wall repeatedly. After several repetitions, Yan Yuan suddenly felt like he was about to die.
It is said that when people are on the verge of death, their will to survive is at its peak.
Yan Yuan was exactly like that at that moment.
"Jiang Lie! If you kill me, the sect leader will never let you off the hook if he finds out you've harmed your fellow disciples!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Lie showed no fear whatsoever, instead sneering, "Do you think that even if the Pavilion Master knew about your mission failure, he would kill me for your sake?"
"Dream on. The sect leader personally rescued me for my sake. You think you can do the same? Don't flatter yourself."
Yan Yuan's face turned ashen after being rebuked.
He knew that failure in the mission might lead to abandonment, so even after returning to St. Namershire, he was unwilling to come back immediately.
If all the people he took with him hadn't been killed, he wouldn't have chosen this time to come back.
At that moment, he was filled with regret, wondering why he had come back at this time.
Seeing that the timing wasn't right, Jiang Lie continued, "There's something else I need to tell you. The Pavilion Master is looking for you, or more precisely, he's looking for the granddaughter of the former Pavilion Master that you kidnapped."
"If the Pavilion Master knew you didn't have this bargaining chip, do you think he would have kept you?"
Upon hearing this, Yan Yuan's expression immediately turned even more unpleasant.
He knew he had really messed up this time.
But he couldn't save himself.
Yan Yuan looked at Jiang Lie and said, "I want to see the Pavilion Master! Whether I live or die, it should be the Pavilion Master who decides, not you!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Lie said, "The Pavilion Master will not see you."
"Of course, I won't let you see the Pavilion Master either."
Yan Yuan said, "What do you want to do! Do you really intend to harm your fellow disciples?!"
Jiang Lie smiled sinisterly, "Now that you know, it seems a bit inappropriate for me not to do it."
Immediately, Jiang Lie summoned two people.
Upon seeing this, Yan Yuan knew that Jiang Lie wasn't just saying harsh words, but that he had truly decided to do it.
"You can't do that! The sect leader will definitely find out, and then your position will be in jeopardy!"
"If you let me go, I promise I won't say a word about what you did to me. From now on, I'll listen to you and make sure you get the position of Pavilion Master."
...
Jiang Lie remained unmoved, saying, "I don't care. Do you think I'm naive enough to believe that someone who once tried to kill me would genuinely help me? Are you stupid or am I stupid?"
Upon hearing this, Yan Yuan was speechless for a moment.
Before he could come up with a solution, he was...
Half an hour later, Jiang Lie left satisfied, while the two men who had just attacked dragged the man to a mass grave deep inside the dungeon and buried him.
Among them, besides Yan Yuan's body, there was another body that had recently died; this person was Lei Pei.
...
As soon as Jian Yixue and her companion reached the top of the cliff via a small path, they saw Dongfang Yi and Ding Yi guarding the entrance.
Ding Yi saw the three of them first and said with delight, "Yi Xue, you're back."
The reason there were three people was that Jian Yixue was worried about exposing the space, so she deliberately brought Gong Jianwenhua out of the space when they were close to the exit.
Upon hearing this, Dongfang Yi, who was sitting to the side, immediately looked towards the exit.
Upon seeing the people who had arrived, he immediately said, "You're back."
Upon hearing this, Jian Yixue nodded.
Just then, a cry of surprise broke the silence.
"You...you are the eldest master?"
Ding Yi looked at Gong Jianwenhua behind Jian Yixue and the other person in surprise.
Upon hearing this, Gong Jianwen looked at Ding Yi and asked in confusion, "Do you know me?"
Gong Jianwen felt a sense of familiarity with the person in front of him, but he couldn't find any relevant information about this person in his memory.
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