Chapter 90: Cruel Reality

Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

After Kong Rui heard the Daoist priest’s words, she couldn’t help but suspect that the array formation set up by the Li family was premeditated.

If they set up such an array formation in the ancestral hall, it probably wasn’t just for the purpose of reviving the second elder!

The more Kong Rui thought about it, the more creeped out she was.

She looked at the two remaining people.

These two people were dressed like ordinary people. They couldn’t have ties with the other two sects, could they?!

Just as Kong Rui was feeling puzzled, she saw the bearded man say in a low voice, “Zong Hao, the eldest disciple of Haolan Academy’s martial pavilion, greets you!”

They were really from Haolan Academy!

Kong Rui’s eyes widened as she looked at Zong Hao in disbelief. “The disciples of the Haolan Academy’s martial pavilion should have few enemies in the five continents. Why are you guys trapped here?”

Zong Hao’s tone was indignant as he sneered, “I like to fight and fell into the enemy’s trap, then got held captive here. I deserve it! However, I’ve embarrassed Haolan Academy and I’m too ashamed to see Master and Grandmaster again. I only hope that you can help me pass on a message. Let them strip me of my position as the eldest disciple!”

Hearing the hatred and indignation in Zong Hao’s tone, Kong Rui didn’t answer and only nodded silently.

Perhaps being expelled was the last thing Zong Hao could do for the sect.

Although Kong Rui didn’t understand why these people from the clan thought that the reputation of the clan was more important than their lives…

Seeing that Kong Rui had agreed to everyone’s request, the woman in the rough clothes also spoke.

The woman’s voice was strained and hoarse. It sounded quite jarring.

“Miss, please send a message to the sisters of High Heaven Pavilion on behalf of me, Lu Qiong. I have no chance of reuniting with my sisters in this life. I hope I can drink with them again in my next life and find a man.”

Kong Rui frowned slightly. She really couldn’t tell that the woman in the rough linen clothes was from High Heaven Pavilion.

“You’re from High Heaven Pavilion? Then do you know Deputy Pavilion Master Hong Ling?” Kong Rui asked again.

The corners of Lu Qiong’s mouth curled up, and blood seeped out of the wound, adding a strange red hue to her pale and emaciated face.

“Of course I know her. My relationship with Sister Hong Ling is very good!” Lu Qiong said with a smile. “It’s a pity that I fell for a honey trap that day and was forced to drink a few more glasses of wine. When I woke up, I was in this damn place! Otherwise, I would have taught that little girl, Zi Xuan, a lesson for secretly drinking my wine!”

Hearing Lu Qiong’s words, Kong Rui immediately recalled Zi Xuan’s appearance in the First Restaurant.

Zi Xuan didn’t look like a little girl at all. No matter how one looked at her, that charming woman had nothing to do with being “little”!

“How long have you been locked up here?” Kong Rui asked suspiciously.

Lu Qiong blinked and thought for a moment before shaking her head. “I don’t remember!”

“It’s probably been a few years!” Lu Qiong said, chuckling mockingly.

“We’re nailed in this coffin and can’t see the outside world, so we can’t tell what time it is anymore. We only know that whenever we’re about to die from the torture, the old man of the Li family feeds us poisonous pills. Although those pills are poisonous, they can protect our lives and instantly restore us to a half-dead state.”

When Kong Rui heard Wen Qiong’s words, she felt that the Li family was even more terrifying.

“Can’t you guys resist them?” As soon as she asked, Kong Rui knew that she had asked the wrong question.

She tried to take it back, but it was too late.

The woman in the red wedding dress said with a smile, “We can’t break through the array formation of this place, and the people outside don’t know of our existence at all. If you hadn’t barged in today, we probably would have maintained this state of near-death for generations…”

“Won’t they die?” Kong Rui looked at Chao Bai. Clearly, since he knew about this array formation, he should know the secret behind it.

Chao Bai shook his head. “No… Their lives will last forever.”

“Didn’t you say that there would be more living people…” Kong Rui said and suddenly paused, as if she had thought of something.

“The pills they consumed were refined from the essence energy of those living people.” Chao Bai bluntly revealed the cruel truth to Kong Rui.

Kong Rui gasped, but she couldn’t suppress the horror she felt.