51. Chapter 51: Turning on One Another (2)

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She glanced at Shangguan Cheng, the corners of her lips slowly curving upward.

Feng Shang entered with Steward Qin and Qin Qi, and the door to the stone chamber opened at once.

The expressionless, crazed inmates inside brightened instantly at the sight of Steward Qin, their breathing growing erratic.

The first to react was an old man in coarse hemp clothing. He sprang from his bed, then began howling like a madman. “Let me out! Please, let me out!”

He naturally still remembered what Steward Qin had said when he was brought here.

Hand over the secret arts you possess, and you will be allowed to leave.

Proud and arrogant, he had refused to pass on his sect’s martial arts. Steward Qin had not been angered; he had merely told him to think it over. He had never imagined that this consideration would last seven years.

For seven years, aside from the mute child who delivered his meals, he had not seen another person. He had lived this way for seven whole years. “I’ll talk! I’ll tell you everything! Let me out!”

Feng Shang’s gaze swept over everyone in the room before finally settling on Changge Yue.

Changge Yue’s heart tightened. Could he have recognized her after only one glance?

Unexpectedly, Feng Shang merely gave a soft snort. Instead of immediately seizing Changge Yue and flaying her alive, he said, “Bring ink, brushes, paper, and inkstones.”

Qin Qi immediately had the men behind him bring them in.

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With trembling hands, the old man in hemp clothing picked up a brush. He seemed to cherish the sensation of writing, yet even the hand holding the brush continued to shake.

Changge Yue glanced at him, her heart tightening slightly.

She did not know how many years this man had been imprisoned in this tiny place. His longing for freedom must have tormented him every moment of every day.

The fact that he had not gone mad like the Poison Sect Master was already a blessing.

When the others in the room saw the old man rapidly copying the secret manual of his sect, they hurriedly clamored not to be left behind.

“I’ll write too! I’ll write too!”

“I’ll go first. My martial arts are more important!”

“Nonsense! Mine are! My medical texts are far more profound!”

Changge Yue could not help glancing at Feng Shang. The man’s face was utterly expressionless; there was not even the slightest trace of emotion in his deep, shadowed eyes.

He sat in his chair with a hint of languor, while his phoenix-shaped eyes further accentuated the exquisite fineness of his features.

Yet beneath that almost妖艳 beauty, she could not detect the slightest hint of femininity. It was as though only the ruthless decisiveness of slaughter and judgment belonged to this man.

The people below continued arguing without end. Feng Shang gave a soft snort. “Give them four sets of writing materials.”

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Changge Yue frowned. There were four sets of writing materials, but counting her and Shangguan Cheng, there were more than a dozen people below.

Sure enough, the people below froze for a moment. Then vicious glints appeared in their eyes, and one of them struck without mercy at a cellmate who had once shared his days and nights.

Changge Yue chuckled softly, her opinion of Feng Shang once again shifting.

That bastard truly had no limit to his brutality. With one casually spoken sentence, he could drive the people below into a struggle to the death.

Within a few breaths, an old man dressed in a white cloth shirt spat blood and collapsed to the ground, barely clinging to life.

Several traces of impatience flashed through Feng Shang’s eyes. At that moment, Shangguan Cheng said to Changge Yue, “Aren’t you planning to intervene?”

The corners of Changge Yue’s lips lifted. She spread her hands, her voice carrying a hint of helplessness. “I can’t beat them.”

By “them,” she meant not only Feng Shang and his companions, but also the strange old men in the room.

Shangguan Cheng gave a muffled snort. With his level of martial prowess, he could naturally tell that although Changge Yue was inferior to these people in martial arts, she was certainly not someone to be trifled with.