Secret Records of the Leader of the Beichen Sword Sect
Chapter 102 - 101 Prisoner

Chapter 102: Chapter 101 Prisoner

The two corpses were also hidden by Tie Dan in the secret passage. With the door panel blocking them, it should temporarily conceal them. Tie Dan also memorized the location of the room, planning to dismantle the door and take it with him when he leaves.

So the two of them leisurely wandered around the Imperial Music Bureau, having already bypassed the most heavily guarded areas by taking the secret passages. Now, disguised as Inner Court Eunuchs and Imperial Guards, they could move freely. If someone had dared to stop them outside, it would have been suicidal.

At this time and place, there were indeed some reckless people. Seeing the little eunuch’s handsome face and the Imperial Guard’s imposing stature, they approached them voluntarily, inviting them to join a Joyful. They were only deterred after Tie Dan swung the knife sheath and broke several bones.

This allowed the two to cross the Imperial Music Bureau unimpeded, witnessing the decadent and hedonistic scenes on the stages and banquet tables, where men and women reveled in one final orgy before the big battle.

These situations were really nothing special. People, when naked, are all the same. For someone like Tie Dan, who grew up on battlefields and had seen all forms of life and death, it wasn’t surprising.

Zhen Baiyu, who had been trained in harem tactics since childhood, understood it too. Moreover, having dealt with a nosebleed and regained composure, she knew they had to save her mother first. As for other matters... they could be discussed later.

In short, the dungeon of the Imperial Music Bureau was originally for the royals. Frankly, it was more about punishment and intimidation, as only a few have such extreme tastes. Most people couldn’t accept it, and those people had long fled across the Gen River, leaving no time to take these toys. There were no guards, and no one came to this grotesque place for pleasure.

Thus, the two smoothly reached the deepest part of the Imperial Music Bureau, hidden beneath the secret door of the wine cellar’s dungeon.

They originally thought that with Baiyu’s mother’s distinctive features, she would be easy to find. But upon reaching the lower level of the Imperial Music Bureau, they were truly astonished.

"Which one is your mother?"

"...I don’t know."

The situation outside was still within human imagination—performing arts, prostitution, dual and group cultivation. But what they saw inside the dungeon was almost indescribable in ordinary language.

Given the inability to articulate... let’s put it this way: the Mystic Sect’s specialty is Qi Manipulation, the Divine Sect’s specialty is Blood Manipulation, and the Sword Sect’s specialty is Sword Control.

As for the Demon Palace, its forte is Human-beast.

Just by looking at the refinement methods of the human-faced dogs outside, one can imagine the horrific and inexpressible deformities and brutality faced by the disgraced prisoners used for humiliation and pleasure.

A large group of beasts, modified beyond recognition, were hastily locked in iron cages—one clustered in a heap, another shoved into a shed. Filth covered the ground, the stench was overpowering, and man and beast were indistinguishable.

Tie Dan casually removed a headgear from a human-dog to inspect,

"They cut off the limbs, severed the meridians, broke the marrow, and can only crawl for a lifetime. The brain lobe and tongue are also cut off.

Furthermore, they used Outer Pill and heavy medicine, so wanting death is not easy. They might still live for sixty more years.

Such a form without a human appearance, nor a human mind—dying would indeed be a relief."

Then he turned to look at the woman beside him.

He thought Zhen Baiyu would faint at the sight or vomit, but unexpectedly, she stood there, her gaze firmly fixed on the human-dog without flinching.

"...My mother told me that being born in a royal family, you must climb up at all costs.

Because it’s like rowing upstream—fall behind if you don’t advance. Either you step on others’ heads to rise to the hall, or others will skin and hang you up.

Once inside these palace gates, if you’re not a person, you’ll be a beast. If you lose any struggle, this will be your end..."

Tie Dan sneered and stood up, pulling out the belt knife and handing it to Zhen Baiyu.

"Hmph, if you like to play so much, close the doors and kill yourselves. Or let others do it and die whoever cares.

But for a mere seat shift, how many innocent lives are sacrificed in the ensuing chaos and rivers of blood?

Now that you’re suffering, I see it as cause and effect and inescapable retribution. Do it yourself."

Zhen Baiyu bit her lip, took the knife, and with one chop, severed the human-dog’s head, then stabbed again and again, giving all those they unresponsive people and beasts relief.

Tie Dan paid no heed to her, letting Zhen Baiyu kill the human-dogs while he continued further inside to see what else there was.

He proceeded to the last door in the dark cell and, through the window, saw a bottomless abyss below. It was pitch black and he couldn’t discern what was there; his Divine Sense couldn’t penetrate it...

Oh?

Tie Dan felt the door, and indeed, it was made of materials that blocked Divine Sense penetration, so he didn’t hesitate. He used his Inner Strength to pound the door, dismantling the door panel and storing it in his Storage Jade.

When the door opened, a strong stench of foul wind assaulted his senses.

Tie Dan sniffed, catching the scent of living people, and noticed a crank handle inside, which he pulled.

"Krrrrk krrrrk" "Ding ding ding"

The mechanism activated, and from the depths of the well, a person was hoisted up.

It was an old man, limbs cut off, only a head connected to a torso. He was hung aloft by iron hooks through the scapula, with his body devoid of flesh, only internal organs pulsating, and a hedgehog-like pattern of steel pins penetrating the skull and spine, sealing his meridians and Qi acupoints tightly.

Whoa... this setup...

The old man had hollow eye sockets, already gouged out. Sensing he was hoisted up, he slightly raised his head, opened his toothless and tongueless mouth, bringing his neck forward as if waiting to be fed.

Hmm? This guy isn’t dead and clearly doesn’t wish to die...

"Are you a Mystic Sect senior?"

Tie Dan tentatively asked, but there was no response. Looking again, the eardrums were also ruptured and sealed with wax.

"Who’s this?"

Tie Dan turned and asked.

Zhen Baiyu ignored him, focused on killing the dogs, her eyes red from the slaughter.

It was evident she had never killed before and hadn’t honed her body, but with her Foundation Establishment cultivation, and the human-faced dogs confined to their cages unable to dodge, she stabbed steel knives into them one by one, killing them with decent efficiency.

Tie Dan turned to look at the old man again, deliberating for a moment before deciding to release him.

Though it wasn’t his problem, he couldn’t stand it.

A person can be killed, but shouldn’t be tortured so.

Whether they live or die, at least give them a swift end.

So Tie Dan planted his foot on a stone brick, leaped up, grabbed onto the surrounding chains, and with an explosive surge of Inner Strength, "boom!" with a huge blast, tore down the hook lock on the old man’s scapula!

The old man suddenly sensed something! He jerked his head, his entire being jolted!

"Bang bang bang bang!"

A continuous string of loud blasts! The steel pins on his spine forcibly expelled from the body! Roaring into the surrounding brick walls!

Amazing power!

Tie Dan was also greatly surprised, hurriedly pushing aside the chains to leave only one wrapped around his hand, stepping on it to prevent the old man from falling back into the well, while dodging outside the door.

"Bang bang bang!" "Pa pa pa!" "Boom boom boom!"

The next instant, a series of earth-shattering blasts erupted from the well!

Tie Dan clearly felt an earth-shattering Inner Strength transmitted through the chain at his feet! Even this single chain, in his hand, was like a rampaging Iron Python, flailing and smashing the stone walls! Tie Dan almost lost hold, but by channeling all his Energy Transfer, he managed to retain the grip!

Zhen Baiyu also snapped back from the commotion, observing the situation from a side.

The guards above the Imperial Music Bureau were also alerted.

There turned out to be a vent built to prevent the old man’s escape, and the commotion inside transmitted directly outside. A large contingent of guards hurried downstairs, charging directly at the dungeon!

"Finished yet?"

Noticing the decrease in Inner Strength from the chain, Tie Dan shouted while dragging the chain, hauling the pin-expelled, cocoon-like old man out of the well.

"Not, not yet..."

"Roar——!!!"

Not waiting for Zhen Baiyu to respond, the old man suddenly opened his mouth, releasing a thunderous roar from his tongueless throat!

This brought Tie Dan and Zhen Baiyu to their knees, feeling dizzy, their Divine Souls vibrating.

Then Tie Dan saw that all the chickens, dogs, pigs, and sheep in the room had fallen, eyes rolling, legs twitching, tongues lolling. From their mouths and nostrils, Essence Blood and tears spurted out. From the Essence Blood and tears, specks of light sparkled, clouds yet not clouds, mist yet not mist, sublime mists and water vapor, all swept up by the gusts and absorbed by the old man’s mouth and nose!

Zhen Baiyu turned pale in shock!

"Soul-devouring Technique!"