The guard captain stood outside the palace wall and watched Ji Tianxing being taken into the Torture Department.
He raised his hand to wipe away the blood on his face, grinning with a proud grin.
"Little beast! Want to fight with me? I'll kill you!"
After cursing fiercely, he turned around and left with satisfaction.
Soon, two executioners escorted Ji Tianxing into the dark, bloody, and rancid torture department.
When you first enter the door, you will see a semicircular hall with six passages connecting it.
There are several guards guarding the door of each passage.
The executioner escorted Ji Tianxing into the second passage on the left and walked toward a cell in the deepest part.
This cell is not big, only three feet square.
Two dark red gemstone lamps were lit in the corner, and the walls were covered with various hideous torture instruments.
Two executioners tied Ji Tianxing to a dark red pillar and tied him tightly with several chains covered with rust and blood.
Then, one of them held out a dark purple soul-punishing whip and said expressionlessly: "You violated the rules of Bei Ming Palace, drank too much and caused trouble, and committed the following crimes.
According to the law, you should be punished with fifty lashes and be imprisoned for a month while you meditate on your mistakes!"
After saying that, the executioner swung his soul-punishing whip, which was more than ten feet long, and struck Ji Tianxing hard.
"Crack!"
"Crack!"
Waves of crisp explosions sounded, and dazzling purple lights flashed.
The vicious and cruel Soul Punishing Whip struck Ji Tianxing again and again, splitting his skin and flesh and causing blood to spurt out.
However, he always lowered his head and said nothing.
Because this body is not his.
He had already implemented a little trick to disconnect the soul from the physical body.
Even if this body is torn into pieces, he will not feel pain.
However, the executioner was a bit perverted. Seeing that he neither screamed nor twitched, he became even more angry and swung the soul-punishing whip with all his strength.
"Hmph! You are so stubborn and so unrepentant, then I will give you ten more lashes!"
Just like that, the original fifty lashes immediately became sixty lashes.
After a hundred breaths, the execution finally ended.
The executioner put away the soul-punishing whip and left the cell expressionlessly.
As for Ji Tianxing's physical body, his clothes were in tatters, his flesh and blood were bloody, and he had been beaten horribly.
But he didn't care, he lowered his head with disheveled hair and said nothing.
At first glance, it looked like he had been whipped into a coma.
But in fact, he was using the secret method of the soul to quietly explore the situation in the Torture Department.
He needed to find Ji Ke's location as soon as possible and determine which cell she was being held in before he could proceed with his next plan.
…
Inside the Beiming Palace.
Somewhere in a hidden and spacious secret room.
More than a dozen gemstone lamps were lit on the surrounding walls, illuminating the secret room in dark red.
There is a stone table in the middle of the secret room, with several plates of spiritual fruits and cakes placed on it, as well as a pot of spiritual tea.
Four strong men with different looks were sitting at the stone table, waiting quietly.
Three of them are powerful demons.
There is the Great Demon Saint Lingxuan in black robes, the Three Demon Saint Shetuo, and a new Demon Saint who is a bald man wearing a skull mask.
As for the fourth person, it was An Yu who was wearing silver armor and looked like a half-lion.
Since they made the plan to wait and see, the four of them hid in this secret room and waited patiently.
After several days in a row, everyone lost interest in talking, and everyone closed their eyes to meditate.
At this moment, the stone door of the secret room opened.
A guard commander walked in, walked to Ling Xuan with a respectful expression, and bowed.
Ling Xuan then opened his eyes and asked in a low tone: "It's been a few days and there's still no movement?"
The guard commander answered truthfully: "In response to the Great Demon Saint, all the guards were on strict guard and guarded the area around the sacred mountain, and no trace of Ji Tianxing was found.
The Beiming Palace and the Torture Department were the key monitoring areas, but no abnormality was found."
Ling Xuan nodded slightly and asked expressionlessly: "I just found out that someone seems to have entered and left the Torture Department?"
The guard commander was startled for a moment and quickly explained: "The Great Demon Saint of Qi is a guard of Beiming Palace. He was drunk last night and delayed his duty today.
After being reprimanded by the guard captain, this man took the opportunity to cause trouble and had a conflict with the guard captain.
So, the guard captain invited two executioners and took the guard to the Torture Department, where he was severely punished."
Ling Xuan frowned, a flash of anger flashed in his eyes, and warned in a majestic tone: "At such a critical moment, there are still people who take it lightly!
Such lawlessness deserves severe punishment!
Send the order and have everyone keep an eye on it. If anyone makes the slightest mistake, I will chop off his head!"
The guard commander hurriedly raised his hands and said: "I obey my orders! I resign."
After bowing and saluting, he quickly withdrew.
Silence returned to the secret room.
An Yu, who closed his eyes to rest, opened his eyes and looked at Ling Xuan, and asked expressionlessly: "It's already the sixth day, but Ji Tianxing hasn't appeared yet.
I’m afraid he’s too frightened to come.”
Having said this, a self-deprecating smile appeared on his lips, he shook his head and said: "But this is normal, anyone with a brain will know that this is a trap.
We are still too confident and think too highly of Ji Tianxing!"
Ling Xuan frowned and did not refute his words, but smiled and said: "Don't worry, Mr. An Yu, there are still four days, aren't there?
After four days, if Ji Tianxing still doesn't show up, then we will think of other ways.
Once the person is in our hands, we have the initiative and we will always have a way to deal with him!"
An Yu nodded slightly and said nothing more.
Anyway, if the Demon Saint can deal with Ji Tianxing, he can help.
If he were asked to personally commit suicide on Tianzhu Mountain to deal with Ji Tianxing, then he would definitely not agree.
Unless the demons pay three times the price.
Ling Xuan has selfish motives and wants to take advantage of him.
How could he have no selfish motives? How could he not be taking advantage of the demons?
…
Half an hour later.
Ji Tianxing finally found Ji Ke's trace, and then he finished casting the spell.
Normally, he would only need to use his spiritual consciousness to cover the Torture Department and immediately determine Ji Ke's location.
But it's different now. There are elite soldiers and generals inside and outside the Torture Department, and many holy formations have been deployed.
There are also several strong men in the Martial Saint Realm, secretly staring at this place with their spiritual consciousness.
Once he uses the power of his spiritual consciousness, his identity will be exposed immediately.
Therefore, he could only use the secret method of the soul to sense the breath of the Sky Star Chain.
After all, he made the chain of stars himself, and no one knows it better than him.
He clearly detected that Ji Ke was being held in the most heavily defended cell at the end of the third passage on the right.
Heavy troops and ambushes were deployed inside and outside the prison cell.
There are more than thirty elite guards on the surface, and there are more than a dozen powerful demon kings lurking in the dark.
Once Ji Tianxing appears, he will immediately be surrounded.
If a fight breaks out, several powerful martial saints hiding in Beiming Palace can arrive in an instant.
Ji Tianxing could only endure his worries and consider how to approach the cell.