Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 799: Five hundred - s Interrogation

Chapter 799: Five hundred Chapters Interrogation

When an institution becomes large, its internal bloating inevitably starts to decay and dull, compared to the thousand-year-old Edict Prison and Heavenly Prison, the framework of Black Prison, which only has decades of history, appears extremely simple.

Directly governed by the Black Scale Guards, the highest officer is the Judge, under whom are three levels of prison wardens, Heaven, Earth, and Man. Among them, prisoners are held in corresponding levels of jail cells according to the degree of danger and social status from high to low, watched over by wardens of matching rank.

And to prevent wardens from being bribed or swayed by prisoners due to long-term control of an area, Black Prison implements a strict rotation system and a one-way intelligence isolation policy.

Every half month, the wardens are rotated to supervise different cells.

Every two months, the Judge activates a mechanism that envelops the entire Black Prison, moving the cells around, scrambling the arrangement.

Of course,

the most important rule in Black Prison is the "no contact between kings" policy.

Without orders, wardens must not have any form of contact with the prisoners. Violators, once discovered, would at the very least be fined, and at worst, would have their cultivation base directly abolished.

Conversely,

wardens would be forced to take a short administrative leave for a season, or as long as half a year.

Thus, when Xu Yuan arrived at the Earth Level central control with the Judge’s token, the one who came to receive him was not the previous talking corpse, but a woman.

The woman’s appearance was not particularly attractive, merely mediocre, yet her physique was one in ten thousand.

Bulky, too bulky.

Underneath the loose robe were muscles coiled like dragons, with her trapezius muscles prominently raised, Xu Yuan had to look up when he saw her.

She was a martial practitioner.

Thinking this, the tall woman had already checked the Judge’s token and bowed to Xu Yuan,

"Sir, please follow me, the Crape Myrtle Orchid is this way."

Every cell in Black Prison was named by a code made up of flower names, and Crape Myrtle Orchid was where O’Reilly was imprisoned.

Inside Black Prison, lighting was provided by torches, special building materials, and various formations isolated all Origin Qi from the outside, leaving Inscription Lamps without energy supply.

The woman’s bulky figure moved through the somewhat cramped corridor like a massive entity, the draft from every step seemingly capable of extinguishing the torches hanging on both sides.

Walking behind her, Xu Yuan tried using his spiritual vision to probe the cultivation of this muscular overlord but found it lower than he expected.

This Earth Level warden was only at the Great Grandmaster level of cultivation, while the prisoners held in Earth Level cells were generally of the Primordial Realm. Would this truly pose no problems?

However, after a brief consideration, Xu Yuan let it go.

The prisoners confined in Black Prison were all strong, and the Prime Minister’s Mansion was unlikely to station fighters comparable to these prisoners on a permanent basis. Nevertheless, as the guards, Black Prison held absolute geographical and manpower advantages. The formations, devices, and strict regulations within Black Prison ensured that, even if the wardens had weaker cultivation than the prisoners, they could still subdue them with numbers and calls for backup.

Before long, the bulky woman stopped in front of a sealed cell door and turned back with a bow,

"Sir, we’ve arrived."

Xu Yuan, wearing the Human Skin Mask and without revealing his identity, glanced at her and said softly,

"Give me the key, and then you may leave."

The bulky woman’s eyes showed a hint of hesitation. The cultivation of the gentleman before her was too low; even with the various formations and torture devices’ constraints, an Integration Body seemed too frail before the Primordial.

"Sir, are you going to see the prisoner alone?"

"This is the Judge’s order."

Xu Yuan replied briefly and clearly

Judging by the physique of the woman before him, it was clear she was a grassroots powerhouse from Tian’an Martial Hall. Such people tended to have the highest level of loyalty to the Prime Minister’s Mansion. Thus, Xu Yuan had no wish to let her be affected by his private conversation with O’Reilly.

The muscular woman obediently left because in Black Prison, the Judge’s commands were absolute, and the Black Prison token was regarded as the presence of the Judge

The iron door opened, and the flickering light from the corridor slowly spilled into the dark cell.

As the door ceased to move, a dim gleam reflected off O’Reilly’s delicately raising face, half-bright, half shadow.

Their gazes met in the air for a moment.

"Da... Da..."

Footsteps sounded softly, as Xu Yuan slowly walked into the cramped cell, his tone carrying a hint of jest:

"I heard from the warden that Her Royal Highness wished to commit suicide?"

O’Reilly’s face was as pale as paper, appearing extremely frail as she gently licked the blood from the corner of her lips:

"You... came faster than I imagined, Xu Changtian."

"Dang."

Xu Yuan casually pulled out a chair from the Sumeru Ring and propped his legs up on the chair back, scrutinizing her with interest as he spoke to himself:

"But from what I understand about you, you don’t seem like someone who would take their own life."

O’Reilly’s blue pupils, reflecting the weak firelight from outside, twinkled darkly and light, her voice tinged with sarcasm:

"Don’t pretend you know me so well."

"If I didn’t understand you, the person tied up here would be me, not you."

Xu Yuan smiled faintly, snapped his fingers, and with a clatter of chains, the woman’s body was suddenly pulled up and hung midair by the iron chains.

Xu Yuan leaned back slightly, his gaze playfully traversing her suspended form:

"O’Reilly, drop the act with me, I know your strength has already recovered. Doesn’t it feel uncomfortable being hung up like this?"

"...."

Silence for a moment.

The four rods fastening her face from the ceiling shattered instantly, and below them, the slender body gently landed on the ground.

O’Reilly slowly straightened up, reaching towards her chest with fingers pressing into the soft flesh. Without answering, she covered the four areas around her heart with her fingers, and with a pull outward, a soft "tearing" sound was heard as she effortlessly yanked out the four black rods blocking the Origin Qi.

Blood gushed out as the obstructions were removed, but in the next moment, it rapidly healed under a cover of white light, leaving only four thumb-sized holes on the dress.

Watching this, Xu Yuan’s eyes narrowed:

"Constricting the heart, escaping death by a hair’s breadth... I had not expected you to have this trick."

O’Reilly casually threw the black rods on the floor, looking at the man sitting on the wooden chair:

"Knowing that, you still dared to come see me alone?"

"Because all these things you’ve done are in vain."

Xu Yuan chuckled, spreading his hands as he looked at the battle-scarred Xi’en Princess stained with blood, "If you don’t believe me, you can attack me now with what you consider your strongest spellcraft. I promise not to move or resist, and if you can harm even a single hair of mine, I will let you go. How about it?"

"....."

O’Reilly’s cold gaze flickered toward the open iron door, remaining silent.

Seeing this, Xu Yuan also stood up from the chair and said with a smile:

"Stop looking, I’ve seen through your plan. Killing the warden to extract information, then realizing you can’t escape from Black Prison, you wanted to create a situation where I’m interrogating you, to then take the opportunity to take me hostage and use me as a bargaining chip, right?"

"....." O’Reilly remained silent.

Xu Yuan scoffed, lightly patting her exposed, flawless shoulder:

"Give up your resistance, tell me all the information I want to know, and then I will give you a dignified way out. How about it, Princess O’Reilly?"