Chapter 499: [ Examination Ends ]

"...As a side note, your daily necessities will be provided. We're not ogres or cruel demons, we won't treat you as a normal captive. If you're bored, we'll bring in books and games for you during appropriate times, so do make full use of your time."

Allen leisurely walked towards the door while speaking, his carefree mood was obvious to all; “When we’ve reached a compromise you will definitely be released. So for now, please be patient—in any case, this is also some sort of punishment for hurting our Mulan. Do reflect on your actions…”

“…scumbag!” A voice through gritted teeth echoed behind him.

Allen chuckled. Oh, the killing intent—he mused. “Ha ha, thanks for the compliment. You are a beautiful girl as well,”

“… …”

“Anyway, just behave quietly like a prisoner. You don’t need to waste time worrying about your well-being, no one here has a strange hobby of hurting a girl if there was I would have already taught him table manners in the honor of a certain pirate cook~”

Say that again after looking around at this room, you pervert! Lan Ling ‘er gritted her teeth but she endures lashing out. She knows she would just feel miserable after…

Allen smiled faintly, “Whether you believe it or not, we have no ill intentions and we don’t despise you for anything—I guess, except for Mulan. But as much as possible, I hope to avoid meaningless conflict between us,”

‘We’re gentlemen, you know~’ leaving that playful tone, Allen grabbed the doorknob. When he recalled something, “Ah right, if you ever think you can escape in this room when someone was not looking at all, I’m sorry to burst your bubble but I advise you not to waste your strength and time.”

“… …”

“This entire room is surrounded by a barrier, made by yours truly. Slashing or bombing using a nuke obviously won’t work. This barrier is also designed to nullify most spells and martial techniques, be it offensive or not—” Based on Allen’s Dragon’s Anti-Magic Barrier, it was an impenetrable barrier that is nigh unbreakable.

Allen patiently explains this. After all, Lan Ling ‘er would not necessarily be tied up all the time. Meals, Bathroom Break, Sleep, Allen had already decided to free him from restraint after he left. It wouldn’t be of use anymore with his curse.

However, it would be different if she becomes annoying, Allen wouldn’t hesitate to us Bondage Turtle Binding, if possible—!

“Furthermore, the interior of this room might look normal and old, but I assure you, it’s pretty sturdy. As long as it’s not broken by a tremendous amount of magical powers stronger than itself, nothing could break through it. Even if a Dragon attacked the castle, you would still be left untouched,” Leaving the end as a joke, Allen opens the door.

“… …”

“Now then, please enjoy your stay, my dear prisoner~” Allen smiled mischievously while Lan Ling ‘er snorted and cried out, ‘Pervert! Demon! Lewd!’

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As Allen walked out of the room, he suddenly met Si Mulan with a perplexed expression.

"Is it over?"

"Not really." Allen shrugged. “However, what about you? Do you really not want to kill her?” Truthfully, what Allen told Lan Ling ‘er was only half of the truth. The person who had decided to spare her from dying was none other than, Si Mulan herself.

Although she had suffered that kind of danger, she didn’t harbor any enough hatred enough to kill her. Well, their families might always be on edge, but it still not to the point of killing each other.

In addition, if she made her move at this moment and kills her, the Lan Family will surely not step back and instead might cause a huge war between the two families.

That is something she can’t do… although proof and evidence can be kept a secret but, suspicion is enough to cause a conflict…

And might even lead to a large scale war!

One little spark is enough to cause a massive wildfire.

Though probably, it was not just for that kind of reason, Allen thought. Si Mulan herself might just be a bit too soft…

But, it’s against Allen’s principle to keep any loose end. Thus, Allen had offered a reasonable suggestion. If she didn’t want to kill her, then might as well let her atone for her sins in some other way. In this case, she would never think of anything bad again towards Si Mulan or the other members of the group.

If he plays it right, he might be able to let Lan Ling ‘er and Si Mulan able to see eye to eye—with him as the center, a linchpin that would keep their personal troubles at bay, clouding their judgments and visions. In that sense, this might also be a good way to elevate the hatred between two families—besides, Allen can also receive benefits with this kind of setting.

And so, he cast a curse!

A curse of enslavement…!

“But is this really okay…?”

“It’s not, however, there’s no best option for us but this…”

“That’s right, Sister Mulan, I think I agreed with the leader for this…” As the two were talking, suddenly another voice came out from behind.

“Sister Xia,” Si Mulan turned around and saw four people walking towards them.

“Mulan, sometimes, being soft isn’t good… an enemy is always an enemy… you must remember it,” Xia Xianyin muttered softly as she extended her hand and stroke Si Mulan’s head. Although her face was cold and expressionless but Si Mulan and the other knows that that was only in the outside but she was actually warm in the outside.

She was a big sister kind of character among these children who were playing House…

“Do not ever forget, in front of enemies, mercy is just worthless emotion that would be easily taken advantage to. One must know when or where to put sympathy in place, or else you would surely regret it when the time comes…”

“I know… but still…”

“…well, you being like that is also not a bad thing as well. We all like that about you. Besides, when push comes to shove, someone can still clean up the aftermath… no matter what it was, right leader?”

“You really like putting everything on me, don’t you?” Allen smiled bitterly as he met Xia Xinyan’s glare.

“Of course, you are our leader, after all, ~” Xia Xinyan grinned.

“… …”

“Then boss is that girl going to be the seventh member of our group…?” Xie Fang asked curiously.

“Who knows… but not now…”

Allen shrugged. If she showed promise and potential, Allen wouldn’t be parsimonious. But before she reaches that, she needed to work hard first…

Starting from the very bottom…

Just like this, two days passed.

In these past two days, the torture and humiliation Lan Ling ‘er imagined didn’t come. In fact, she didn’t receive any inhumane treatment.

Or rather, the people inside the ruined castle were treating her too nicely—if someone thinks of being captive by an enemy, one would surely think about a cold hard bed, thick iron bars, disgusting food, and a guard with an unpleasant look on his place that keeps on glaring at you—but that didn’t happen.

Well, other than having difficulties in going to a bathroom, foods, meals, and even cultivation pills was given to her so that she can continue cultivating even in her current condition—being tied down on a chair—Delicious meals and pastries, cultivation materials like pills and dans, interesting books and entertaining games played on the metallic slim box, they called [ Phone ] aside from that, there’s no insult or humiliation plays, brutal tortures, or sexual abuses—Allen had indeed gone true to his promise.

However, what Lan Ling ‘er was surprised about was that, although she had already recovered her strength, breaking from the rope binding her seemed to be impossible…!

This black color rope should not be simple at all…!

Magic…?

Well, as to why she was back to being tied up—curiosity kills the cat!

She was just curious if what Allen said was really the truth about this impenetrable defense, after all, it doesn’t look any strange or weirder than it was. She mustered all her power in one big attack—in which, Allen has a good timing of visiting her—thus, the attack rebounded inside the room and although Allen wouldn’t care about such powers of hers, saving her from being struck dead by her own doing was extremely annoying…!

Thus, from irritation, Allen tied her up—of course not in a turtle knot—Allen had an urge but Xia Xinyan’s gaze was extremely painful…

Now back to the present…

As Lan Ling ‘er was in the middle of cultivation, the door of the room opened, a male and a female walked in.

“You~! How are you faring my dear captive~ still alive~”

Allen and Si Mulan.

When she saw Allen’s half-smiling face, Lan Ling ‘er was surprisingly calm. She didn’t even give Si Mulan a glance.

“… How are you?”

Allen pulled up a chair in front of the Dao child of the Lan Family. Si Mulan stood beside him and smilingly looked Lan Ling ‘er in the eyes without saying a word, a trace of contempt and mockery flashed across her eyes. Lan Ling ‘er completely ignored her.

“… …” Lan Ling ‘er glared at Allen but the original hatred and anger were already absent—only an eerie calm.

“I like your ambiance today, beautiful…” Allen joked. “That’s right, we should be calm… anger, hatred, contempt, all of them are useless. We can be friends if that is what you like… I won’t do anything to you, I’m a proper gentleman,” Allen muttered as an apple appeared on his hand, biting it, he offered it to her with a look saying, ‘How about it~?’ in which Lan Ling ‘er completely ignored!

Allen nonchalantly shrugged, “So, what do you think, I had already given you two days for consideration—it seems like any moment now, the month would finally end and we will be seeing outside the Labyrinth again… so before that join us, if you do that, we can still be friends, at least…” Allen looked at the calm Lan Ling ‘er as he said with a grin.

“If I join you, will you take the curse back…?” The girl glared sternly at him.

Allen shook her head. “As I said, I don’t trust you yet…”

“Then, what’s the point of this? Even if I don’t like to, with the curse in my heart, do I have a choice…” Lan Ling ‘er snorted.

Allen chuckled in amusement. “Atta girl… however, of course, there was a point of giving you this two days to decide on your own—after all, the way I treat you and see you from now on, depends on that decision…”

“… …” Lan Ling ‘er’s eyes narrowed but she didn’t say anything. At this moment, as she was thinking, Ting! Tang! Ting! A ticking sound similar to that of a gong resounded.

Hearing this, all the people within the Passing Cloud Labyrinth showed a happy and excited expression.

The month finally ended~!!

Those who managed to persevere up until now were ecstatic!

Only one thing in their mind, they are now true disciples of the Passing Cloud Sect!

Allen stared at the ceiling, his lips arched and gaze piercing. His vision seemed to have passed through the ceiling itself and was seemingly looking at something…

“It’s starting… you only have several seconds now…”

“I will join….” Lan Ling ‘er closed her eyes and bit her lips. The strength she used seemed to be a bit strong as her lips started bleeding slightly. She seemed to be really reluctant to it…

“Excellent,” Allen’s smile turned wider. “Actually, I’m a bit of a hypocrite, I don’t want to force any girl, especially a beauty like you so your understanding helps me a lot~” Pak! Allen snaps his fingers and the rope binding Lan Ling ‘er instantly vanished.

Lan Ling ‘er breathes a sigh of relief but then suddenly her body moved and appeared before Allen. Her fist clenched.

“Master!” Si Mulan immediately appeared in front of Allen and raised her arm but Lan Ling ‘er’s movement stopped. Her fist stopped midair…

She ignored Si Mulan and stared at Allen who was still smiling nonchalantly and gnashed her teeth in frustration. He seems to be expecting this situation…

What a bastard!

She took a deep breath and calm down…

Seeing her like this, Allen was pleasantly surprised inwardly… what a woman. It would not have been a surprise if her anger had gone on forever. However, her rancor suddenly vanished, and she returned to her usual calm.

Amazing…

Befitting of a woman of her status, a high born—she possesses a factor that makes a woman a great woman in the eyes of men…

“Tell me, what are you planning in the Divine Martial Continent…?” Lan Ling ‘er didn’t believe Allen wasn’t planning anything when he was creating a group like this.

Among the members she had seen, she recognizes some. And this fact made her shaken, all of them hold one title that made them above others—Geniuses!

Their potential, background, power, and ability—all of them were above of majority, things that had caused them to be easily recognized by many people.

Their gathering in one group is already enough to make large organizations turn their attention at them!

But that’s not the only thing—

The one thing that made Lan Ling ‘er felt pressured from this sudden unknown group was Allen—she was confident that even if she and the other people present in this castle, including Si Mulan worked together, they would still hardly be of any match against him!

It wasn’t simple as being strong or high level—even the Half-Saint level expert in her family, Si Mulan was certain that he was still no a matched against Allen.

It wasn’t based on logic, fear or even her own overestimation of his power but—instinct!

Si Mulan never doubts her instinct, especially her judgment against Allen who was a real enigma—an abnormality that was wearing a human skin!

A real Monster!

Allen, amused by her question, responded with a light tone; “As I said, nothing as of yet… my purpose is a bit vague for now but you can rest assured, I don’t have anything against Divine Martial Continent. You can live your life just like normal, I don’t have any plan, for now, so live as you like.”

“…?!”

“…As for the curse, I had deactivated it, however, if you ever have thoughts of betraying me and telling everything about what happened on this Castle to someone else, I assure you, the curse will automatically activate and you will die…” Allen calmly looked at her. “In that time, would truly be a Game Over…”

“… …” At this moment, starting from Si Mulan, Allen and Lan Ling ‘er started glowing in a golden light.

“It’s time…” Si Mulan muttered softly. She then sent a warning glare at Lan Ling ‘er before she suddenly disappeared. Her last look screaming, ‘I’ve still not forgotten what you did to me! Sooner or later, I will pay you back a hundred fold! Just you wait!’

Seeing Si Mulan’s disappearance, Allen and Lan Ling ‘er didn’t have any reaction.

The latter only look at him.

“Your name…” A soft voice filled with helplessness.

“Hm? Ah, right, I forgot to introduce myself, huh…” Allen chuckled. “My surname is Ye, given name Wushuang… please take care of me, Lan Ling ‘er…” Then, at the same time, Allen and Lan Ling ‘er’s bodies started to be covered by light.

However, before Lan Ling ‘er was transported outside, a voice rang out in front of her; “You’re a good woman… I hope we can be friends and not become enemies… Lan Ling ‘er… see you outside,”

“Scum bastard…”

Her voice shaking as to whether she could believe it, her words vanished into the wind with no one hearing them.

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