Chapter 635 - Effortless (1/2)

Edited by: NZRose

All the people inside this Youshan Capital were living dead — they had already died back when the Youshan Capital was sealed, but it was probably because the ancient god’s kindness left them a chance of survival, so these people could still live like normal people.

They had human bodies and five senses, and they were not much different from ordinary people except in two areas — they couldn’t leave the capital, and once they died again, their souls would scatter and they would never be able to reincarnate.

But demonic beasts were not so lucky.

They didn’t even have a flesh-and-blood body anymore, let alone the five senses. Furthermore, the majority of demonic beasts could only use their souls to condense into their original appearance. They were still fine after being released into the wild, but once humans captured them, they would become puppets who lost their sense of self and fully become a walking dead.

Such a demonic beast was called a “Youshan beast” by the local people.

But even so, it was still a dazzling thing to have a Youshan beast who obeyed you. After all, most of the Youshan beasts were hidden in the mountains. They were very difficult to catch and tame.

The wide-winged bird came down from the air, and Manager Mo also alighted from the warm carriage. He said to the youth who jumped off the bird’s back, “Young Master, it’s freezing outside, so why do you need to come here in person?”

The “Young Master” that Manager Mo referred to was precisely Lianying Qi, the only child of the Lianying family. Over the past tens of thousands of years, he had been extremely spoiled. In the capital, he could do whatever he wanted, and no one would stop him. He was also the one who made Yan Tianhen’s life in prison miserable.

Lianying Qi toyed with a hand-warming ball as his gaze frivolously swept over this group of prisoners, revealing disgust. “I can smell their foul stench from far away, so hurry up and have them get lost!”

Manager Mo waved to the prison guard, and the prison guard hurriedly took away those who barely managed to get up from the ground.

“Wait!” Lianying Qi saw someone who seemed familiar. His hand tossed the ball around as he walked leisurely towards the prisoners.

The prisoners didn’t dare to look up, for fear of angering the young master and making their situation even more difficult.

Lianying Qi stopped in front of Yan Tianhen and laughed playfully as he looked at Yan Tianhen’s black eyes that didn’t show any signs of fear. “How does the whip feel? Ugly bastard.”

With that, he used his other hand to grab the long hair covering the left side of Yan Tianhen’s face and saw the extremely ugly scar. He said in disgust, “As soon as honourable me sees this face of yours, he wants to throw up.”

Yan Tianhen looked at him coldly and made no reply.

Lian Yingqi was completely angered by the killing intent in his eyes. After a moment’s pause, he suddenly said, “You guys, come here for honourable me and gauge out his eyeballs that always look at places they aren’t supposed to! Just what kinds of people did you find for honourable me?”

Yan Tianhen, “&#k2026;”

I advise you to be kind.

The prison guard gave Yan Tianhen a harsh kick. “Young Master Lianying, please don’t be angry. This boy is a tough one. We’ll dig out his eyes so as not to hinder Young Master’s sight!”

Lianying Qi hit Yan Tianhen with that ball and chuckled cheerfully when he saw Yan Tianhen’s pained expression. Then he said impatiently, “Forget it, leave them for now so that he can mine. When he comes out, honourable me wants to see those eyes in a box placed on my desk.”

“Yes, yes!” The prison guard repeatedly promised.

After Lianying Qi finished bullying Yan Tianhen, he left in satisfaction.

The prisoners continued to follow the prison guard down.

The teenager who sat next to Yan Tianhen earlier said sympathetically, “How did you offend that tyrant? It’s too pitiful. A prisoner offended him before and was chopped into pieces and fed to the dogs.”

Yan Tianhen gently turned his wrist. Instead of answering his question, he asked, “What’s the use of digging up so many sparrow mines?”

The young man explained, “Sparrow spirits can maintain the lives inside the Youshan Capital, which should have disappeared a long time ago. However, because of the Jianmu tree’s protection, this city was able to endure until now. But as early as many years ago, the Jianmu tree’s spiritual Qi was almost gone. If we want to continue to maintain the lives inside the capital, we can only find sparrow mines.”

Yan Tianhen looked at the short, thin, and weak-looking boy as he asked, “How did you become a prisoner?”

The youth grinned and said shyly, “Me? Because I sent information to the enemy during the great war, I was caught and stuffed into a cell.”

Yan Tianhen then asked, “Why did you send information?”

The boy replied, “Because I like him very much, and I don’t want him to die.”

Yan Tianhen paused. As he looked at the young man’s free and easy smile, his lips also curled up slowly. Not all demons were necessarily bad, and not all humans were necessarily good.

The sparrow mine was just around the corner, and a frozen trail close to the cliff that only allowed one person to pass at a time appeared in front of everyone.

The prison guard wouldn’t go any further. He stood at the back and ordered, “Since all of you ate pills to avoid the cold, you won’t be affected by wind and snow anymore. If you dig up sparrow spirits, you can come up. If you can’t dig anything up, you will always dig here. Alright, now get down there!”

One by one, the prisoners walked numbly to the front.