This advice could be said to e from the heart.
Xue An looked at the attractive waitress and couldn’t help but smile again.
"Thank you, but I think your big boss would be quite happy to see us!"
With that said, Xue An turned and headed upstairs without looking back.
But what he didn’t know was that his ambiguous words left the waitress lost in thought.
Quite happy to see us?
Could it be that this incredibly handsome young man is a kept lover of the big boss?
Hmm!
That must be it!
What a pity.
Thinking this, the waitress couldn’t help but sigh, turned, and was just about to leave when Black Snake arrived.
As soon as he saw her, he asked viciously, "What did those three say to you just now?"
The waitress was stunned, then stammered, "N-nothing much, he just asked me if this was the stairs to the second floor!"
"That’s all?"
"That’s all!"
"Hmm, you can go downstairs first. I’ll deal with you later!"
With a cold snort, Black Snake followed closely and headed to the second floor.
The waitress stood frozen in place until Black Snake’s figure disappeared around the staircase corner. Only then did she shiver, her face pale, and quickly ran away.
Setting the waitress aside, Xue An and the two others soon arrived on the second floor.
The decor here was far more luxurious than on the first floor, with expensive handmade carpets underfoot, absorbing every sound pletely.
Additionally, none of the sounds from the first floor reached here, making the silence a bit terrifying.
Although Si Qingqing was anxious about her brother all the way here, upon reaching this rumored den of demons, looking at the tightly closed doors along the way, she couldn’t help but swallow and speak with a trembling voice.
"Where is my brother?"
Xue An said calmly, "Don’t worry, soon you’ll see him!"
Saying this, he strode towards the depths of the corridor.
At the end of the corridor stood a massive door forged from reinforced steel alloy, carved with many intricate runes, its sturdiness enough to make ordinary cultivators despair.
Yet, when he reached here, a cold smile appeared at the corner of Xue An’s mouth, and he lightly flicked his finger.
No movement was visible, and the steel alloy door opened with a sound.
Then Xue An led the two inside.
Seeing this, Black Snake, who was following behind, almost had his eyeballs pop out.
As one of the top subordinates most valued by the boss, he knew better than anyone how sturdy this iron door was.
Even he wouldn’t dream of getting in without a fair amount of effort.
Yet this young man in white merely flicked his finger, and the iron door opened with a sound.
What kind of defying-the-heavens ability is this?
A tremor suddenly went through Black Snake’s heart, making him want to turn and leave.
But when he thought of Purple Scorpion’s arrogant face, he couldn’t help but grit his teeth and stubbornly followed.
If this guy is a friend of the boss, at worst I’ll find an excuse to leave then.
If not, appearing here in time, the boss will certainly look at me differently.
They say fortune favors the bold. I’m risking it this time.
So he quickly followed them through the iron door.
Behind the iron door was not a room but a place resembling a prison.
On both sides were iron cells forged from alloy as thick as an arm, inside were many people locked up.
But it was clear that these people had all suffered inhumane abuse; some had already turned to bones, and even those still alive sat there numb, like statues of dried corpses.
The air was filled with an unpleasant smell, the lights dim, the walls and floors covered in patches of blood, plementing the sinister array of torture devices, resembling hell itself, frightening to the core.
Si Qingqing, on the other hand, was not scared; instead, she was filled with anger and worry.
Is her brother imprisoned in such a place?
Has he been subject to inhuman abuse?
With this thought, Si Qingqing’s heart ached like a knife.
Meanwhile, faint sounds of beatings and cursing came from afar.
"This kid’s bones are really tough, still holding out so long without talking!"
"He must be made to speak. The boss has ordered that today we must pry open this kid’s mouth! Give him some more, I refuse to believe he’s truly made of iron."
With the shouts came the dull thuds of something heavy striking flesh, but it seemed like hitting a sack of meat, with no response other than the dull sounds.
But Si Qingqing listened, her face turning pale, tears brimming in her eyes.
"Brother!"
She called softly and then looked at Xue An with pleading eyes.
No need to ask, the one currently subjected to inhumane treatment was indeed Fei Bai.
Xue An didn’t hesitate, flashing towards the source of the sound.
It was a small cell room, filled with various torture devices, with a steel pillar inside which a person was bound with chains.
Despite their face covered in blood, Xue An recognized them at once as Fei Bai, the heir from the Sword Control Villa of the Kunlun Mystic Realm.
But at this moment, he had none of his former spirit, instead being a battered wreck bound to the pillar.
Even as someone wielded a special torture club viciously against him, he never flinched, like a dead body with no reaction at all.
Xue An frowned slightly, about to act.
At this time, perhaps tired from the beating, or fearing further strikes might truly cost Fei Bai’s life.
The assailant stopped swinging his club, panting as he looked at Fei Bai, and then gave a thumbs-up.
"Kid, though we’re not on the same side, I have to admire your endurance, you’re the only one who has lasted a whole day in our hands without uttering a word! Just for that, you’re a man!"
Fei Bai still had no response.
The man threw down the club, sneered, "But don’t think that’s enough, I know people like you are hard to break with punishment, but you’re still human, and as long as you’re human there’s a weakness, let me guess, do you have a sister named Si Qingqing?"
This last sentence made light rapidly appear in Fei Bai’s eyes.
Seeing this, the man gave a menacing laugh.
"I heard your sister is quite pretty! Don’t worry, soon you siblings will be reunited here, because the boss has sent Master Purple Scorpion after her, it won’t be long before he captures your sister too, and then..."
The man squatted, grinning lecherously at Fei Bai.
"I promise I’ll be the first to have her, and I’ll do it right in front of you, letting you watch helplessly."
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