Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor
Chapter 765 - 753: Leng Aoyue and the Bronze Gate

Chapter 765: Chapter 753: Leng Aoyue and the Bronze Gate

"Please, stop torturing me! Just ask me what you want to know, and I will confess everything, truly everything!"

Shi Feng looked at Li Xing, who wore an expression of utter misery and pitiful suffering, and said with a faint smile, "Old Li, right? Well, don’t blame me, young master. I’m just afraid you won’t be honest and end up wasting my precious time, so I decided to give you a taste of pain! To get you to be a bit more cooperative."

"F*ck me, this is just a taste of pain for you? You’re trying to kill me! F*ck your precious time; you value your time so much you’d take my life for it!"

Of course, these were words Li Xing dared only curse in his heart.

To Shi Feng’s face, however, Li Xing nodded repeatedly and said, "You’re right, sir, you’re absolutely right! I will definitely confess everything!"

"Mm!" Shi Feng nodded once more in response, then continued, "I’m not interested in those you’ve harmed. What exactly happened seven years ago? Tell me everything you know."

"Seven years ago?" When Shi Feng asked about the events of seven years ago, Li Xing’s face showed a flicker of shock. However, with the earlier torture fresh in his mind that was worse than death itself, he quickly began to speak:

"Seven years ago, the Dugu City Lord disappeared, but in fact, it all started ten years ago."

"I remember it was the 70th birthday celebration of the Beiyin Marquis. I went with the Dugu City Lord to offer our congratulations.

After the banquet ended and we were about to return to Guangsheng City, someone suddenly called out to the Dugu City Lord—it was Ma Tianyun, the Tianwei City Lord!

Ma Tianyun and the Dugu City Lord had always been on good terms. It was said they grew up together. Ma Tianyun discretely informed the Dugu City Lord that he had discovered a hidden place outside Tianwei City, which could very likely be Ancient Relics.

Naturally, we didn’t want to miss the chance of locating Ancient Relics. Thus, we immediately rode the Space Transmission Array to Tianwei City. There, I, the Dugu City Lord, Ma Tianyun, and some of Tianwei City’s experts made our way together towards those Ancient Relics!

At that time, I remember, as we approached the Ancient Relics, we saw someone standing outside of them. Among us, someone quickly recognized the person—it was Leng Aoyue, the Heavenly Desolation City Lord!

It was rumored that Leng Aoyue, similarly to the Dugu City Lord and Ma Tianyun, had vanished seven years ago. Their disappearance was related to those Ancient Relics!"

"Leng Aoyue! You saw Leng Aoyue there!" On hearing the name Leng Aoyue, Shi Feng involuntarily trembled, finally finding the link he sought.

"What exactly happened next?" Shi Feng quickly asked, pressing Li Xing for more information.

Li Xing, having reached middle age and served as the Guangsheng City Commander for over a decade, had seen all sorts of people and was naturally adept at reading expressions. Seeing the young man’s face change when he mentioned Leng Aoyue, Li Xing thought to himself:

"Could it be that this man wasn’t sent by the imperial court but is instead connected to Leng Aoyue? Like the rumors claimed, Leng Aoyue disappeared seven years ago, and now this young man has come looking here?"

Then, Li Xing recalled what Shi Feng had said earlier: I’m not interested in those you’ve harmed. What exactly happened seven years ago? Tell me all that you know.

With that in mind, and upon hearing Shi Feng’s question, Li Xing promptly continued, saying: "When we saw someone at the entrance of the Ancient Relics, we naturally stopped far away. When someone recognized him as the Heavenly Desolation City Lord, we didn’t dare go any further and kept our distance.

Who in the North Domain wouldn’t know the grand reputation of the Heavenly Desolation City Lord? With his strength, he could easily take all of us down. It would be normal for him to slaughter us to monopolize the Ancient Relics.

At that time, the Heavenly Desolation City Lord must have noticed us; he turned to glance at us before ignoring us and entering the Ancient Relics alone.

The Tianwei City Lord, Ma Tianyun, has always been cautious to a fault. He suggested waiting a bit longer, as the Heavenly Desolation City Lord could be lurking near the entrance, ready to kill us all in one strike upon entering.

We waited there, and after two hours, the two Bronze Gates that the Heavenly Desolation City Lord had pushed open had automatically closed."

"Bronze Gates!" The mention of these four words elicited another gasp from Li Xing.

For him, the term "Bronze Gates" carried a profound impression. That bewitching voice, the black hairs that once sprouted all over his body, nearly made him lose his sanity in the Death Forbidden Land and turn into that monstrous hair-covered creature!

The moment Li Xing mentioned the Bronze Gates, his expression turned somber. He nodded and said, "Yes, the Bronze Gates! Their disappearance was tied to those very gates of the hidden place!

Afterward, it was the Dugu City Lord, Ma Tianyun, and three Tianwei City experts who attempted to push the Bronze Gates. As soon as their hands touched the gates, they told us, a strange voice echoed in their heads, tempting them, completely seizing their senses.

Luckily, we noticed something was wrong with them and were able to snap them out of their trance. Then we found that their hands were covered in dense, black hair.

This black hair, no matter how many times it was destroyed, would quickly grow back, as if it were impossible to eradicate completely."

"The Bronze Gates, indeed those sinister gates!" Shi Feng said coldly in his heart. Then to Li Xing, he said, "So, all of you entered those relics together and then those who had touched the Bronze Gates came out?"

"The ones who touched the Bronze Gates, two of them died!" Li Xing responded to Shi Feng’s question, then continued:

"Inside, we faced many dangers, came across powerful Fierce Beasts and some eerie Arrays. We were lucky to escape with our lives. We had initially entered as a group of thirty-three, but only eight of us made it out.

Inside, the Dugu City Lord, Ma Tianyun, and that expert from Tianwei City, who originally only had black hair growing on their hands, started to see it spread across their bodies, becoming denser. And according to them, the voice that was tempting them continued nonstop.

At that time, Ma Tianyun suggested it was impossible to stay any longer, and we all agreed to withdraw from that perilous place. However, the moment we left the Ancient Relics, the black hair on the three of them began to recede quickly.

We thought that would be the end of it, and three years quickly passed by. Yet, on that night seven years ago—the night I remember clearly was the fifteenth of August, the night of the Moon Festival..."

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