Looking at the tall building ahead, Wang Chen's eyes darkened.
This seven-story structure was called the Quality Building. Inside, the children and families of slave cultivators were imprisoned.
The Divine Illumination Sect used slave seals and restrictions to ensure that slave cultivators would not flee or resist, then used their relatives to force them to work themselves to death. Their methods were truly ruthless.
Zhang Mushan's twin daughters were inside the Quality Building!
Drawing a deep breath, Wang Chen stepped forward and said expressionlessly to the cultivator guarding the entrance, "I am Chen Si. Please inform Steward Zhang that I have an urgent matter to discuss."
"Wait here."
The cultivator harbored no suspicion and entered the building to report the matter.
Wang Chen soon met Steward Zhang, who was responsible for managing the Quality Building.
Steward Zhang was also at the Purple Mansion realm. He was thin, with hollow cheeks and a pair of long, narrow, sinister eyes. Like a venomous snake eyeing its prey, he made others deeply uncomfortable.
He clearly had no fondness for "Old Chen Si" and asked coldly, "What is it?"
Wang Chen said in a low voice, "Zhang Mushan, one of the slave cultivators in the mines, has been rather disobedient lately. I want him to see how his two daughters are doing. I believe he'll learn to behave."
As he spoke, Wang Chen took out an Imprint Stone.
Steward Zhang understood at once and sneered. "Old Chen Si, you really are something!"
It sounded like praise on the surface, but it was thick with mockery.
Wang Chen lowered his eyes. "I ask that Steward Zhang make this convenient for me."
Steward Zhang asked with a half-smile, "Why should I help you?"
His cultivation was about the same as Chen Si's, but his standing in