The scorching sun relentlessly baked the hunchback's body. With his Dantian Qi Sea sealed, he was no different from an ordinary man. His lips gradually cracked, a sign of worsening dehydration.
"Over the past year, what major events took place in the Nine Provinces? If you answer well, I may consider sparing your life."
Only after a long while did Fang Xuan softly ask.
The hunchback was like a drowning man clutching at a floating straw. Whether it could save him or not, he had no time to think. "Half a year ago, Red Eyebrow Great Dao Lord emerged from seclusion. Two months later, he launched a full-scale offensive against Great Yang.
During that time, Xiao Emperor and Gu Chengxuan turned on each other in a struggle for power, throwing Great Yang's army into disarray and costing it a third of its territory.
To this day, Great Yang was still guarding all four sides with the utmost vigilance, but everyone knew that this sick tiger would not hold on much longer."
Fang Xuan lowered his gaze slightly, inwardly surprised. Was the five-way balance of power in the Nine Provinces about to change, beginning with Great Yang's complete destruction?
Then Fang Xuan clenched his hand in the air. Water vapor condensed into a thumb-sized droplet, which slowly fell onto the hunchback's lips under the pull of a stream of force.
The hunchback immediately sucked at it greedily.
Before he could feel satisfied, a calm voice rang out. "What about Central Province and Great Qian? Tell me more about the Dragon Whale Army!"
The hunchback had no idea why the man before him was deliberately asking about the Dragon Whale Army. Could he have a grudge against them?
At that thought, the hunchback was secretly delighted and hurriedly said, "A female Sword