Qian Renxue's Kill List

Lin Yu was soon taken to another dungeon.

The people being interrogated here were clearly of a higher rank. They were no longer ordinary Soul Masters used as cannon fodder, but Soul Elders and Soul Ancestors above level thirty.

Yet they were treated even worse. Snow Empress saw that these Soul Elders and Soul Ancestors were bound in chains as thick as fists.

The prison guards lashed them viciously with whips, tearing their flesh open and leaving them drenched in blood.

Their unbearable cries of pain echoed throughout the dungeon.

Along with the prison guards' harsh, ruthless shouts.

"Will you confess or not? Are you spies sent by the Star Luo Empire?"

"If you refuse to confess, you'll get to taste the whip for a few more days."

Snow Empress had never imagined that the human world could be so complicated. The stronger a Soul Master's Soul Power was, the worse off they seemed to be.

These Soul Elders and Soul Ancestors were worse off than the ordinary cannon-fodder Soul Masters in the previous dungeon.

Though they were all destined for execution, these Soul Elders and Soul Ancestors would be brutally tortured before they were put to death.

At that moment, Lin Yu was also escorted into this dungeon by the guards and bound in hard chains.

Snow Empress sighed. "I don't know why you did this. You exposed your Martial Soul and Spirit Skill, but you also put yourself in even greater danger."

Lin Yu smiled. "But I also gained the chance to face Xue Qinghe alone. Without a top-tier Ultimate Ice Martial Soul and that Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, it wouldn't have been so easy to meet Xue Qinghe."

Just as Lin Yu had said, the Soul Elders and Soul Ancestors in the dungeon had been interrogated by prison guards from the moment they were thrown in.

Unlike Lin Yu, who had only just been brought here and had Xue Qinghe personally come in to see him.

Xue Qinghe no longer wore his previous sour expression, instead putting on a smile. "Twin Martial Souls, with your second Martial Soul being an Ultimate Ice Martial Soul, and a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring as well. Such talent is one in ten thousand."

"The Star Luo Empire could not possibly spend such a price to send you here as a spy."

"Tell me, why did you come here? Did you intend to defect to the Heaven Dou Empire?"

The Heaven Dou Empire did not welcome powerful spies, because they were usually nurtured by other nations.

But spies with potential were different. Since they had not yet been cultivated, the empire merely needed to offer them benefits to turn them into its own people.

In Xue Qinghe's eyes, Lin Yu had undoubtedly met that threshold.

Lin Yu smiled. "I have no interest in defecting to the empire. I came specifically for you."

Xue Qinghe asked curiously, "What do you mean?"

Lin Yu said, "Exactly what it sounds like, Your Highness. I wish to serve you, not the Heaven Dou Empire."

Xue Qinghe smiled. "What a man skilled at winning favor. But I represent the Heaven Dou Empire. Serving me is, in truth, serving the Heaven Dou Empire."

Lowering his voice so that only the two of them could hear, Lin Yu said, "The one I truly wish to serve is you, the one representing Spirit Hall—Lady Qian Renxue."

Xue Qinghe's expression changed.

He had infiltrated the Heaven Dou Empire for so many years without anyone discovering him. Now his identity had been exposed in a single sentence. How could he not be shocked?

Xue Qinghe's face darkened on the spot. "Who exactly are you?"

Lin Yu smiled. "Your Highness, please believe that I came here to serve you. As you can see, I cannot possibly threaten you. My Soul Power is only level twelve, and I possess only one Thousand-Year Spirit Skill. I am merely a weak, helpless person with no one to rely on. What motive could someone like me possibly have?"

Xue Qinghe narrowed his eyes, killing intent rising within him. "But how could someone like you know my true identity? If you do not explain this matter clearly, you will not live past today."

Xue Qinghe's false identity was a great secret of Spirit Hall, one tied to Spirit Hall's future plans for the entire Douluo Continent.

Never mind Lin Yu's exceptional talent—even a Titled Douluo would be placed on Xue Qinghe's kill list the moment they learned of this matter.

Yet after sensing Xue Qinghe's killing intent, Lin Yu showed no fear at all. Instead, he said something astonishing. "Because my first Martial Soul possesses the ability to foresee the future. I have already seen that you will become a Level 100 Deity, so I came specifically to join you."

"Hm?" Xue Qinghe frowned. She had never expected him to say such a thing.

Foreseeing the future? Only someone who had lost their mind would say something like that. Even deities might not possess such an ability.

Lin Yu said, "Your Highness, proving that I possess precognition is very easy, and exposing me as a fraud is just as easy."

"I only need to speak of things that will happen in the future and wait for them to be proven. If events unfold exactly as I said, and they are things no one else could have guessed, would that not prove it?"

"Conversely, if the prophecy fails, that will be enough to expose me as a liar."

Xue Qinghe sneered. "If you open your mouth and speak of things that will happen years from now, am I supposed to wait years for you?"

Lin Yu smiled. "Naturally, I would not be so absurd. Your Highness, let us wager on one month. If, within the next month, events truly occur as I foresaw, would that not prove that my words are true?"

"If I am wrong by then, you may erase me directly."

Seeing Lin Yu so confident, wholly unlike someone making things up, Xue Qinghe felt that there truly seemed to be something to it.

No one would casually wager their life. If this man was not a madman, then he truly possessed courage and resolve.

After pondering for a moment, Xue Qinghe smiled. "Your casual words are not enough to make me wait a month. Since you truly wish to pledge allegiance to me, let me see your determination."

"For the next month, I will have someone extract your Soul Power every day."

"You will experience the agony of depleted Soul Power every day."

"If you cannot endure it, you will naturally confess everything."

"If you can endure it, your Soul Power will be tempered and improved."

"For every additional day you endure, I will wait one additional day."

"Let us see whether your so-called foresight of the future is real."

"What do you say?"

This was no longer a test from Xue Qinghe, prince of the Heaven Dou Empire. It was a test from Qian Renxue of Spirit Hall. Even if someone came to pledge allegiance, Qian Renxue would not casually accept a useless person.

Even if Lin Yu possessed the ability to foresee the future, he still had to prove that he was not worthless.

Otherwise, Qian Renxue would only regard Lin Yu as a chess piece and would never value him.

Lin Yu smiled. The fact that Qian Renxue could speak of such tests meant that she was willing to believe him.

This was precisely a good beginning.

A beginning that would allow his plan to be carried out.

But at that moment, Snow Empress's voice sounded. "You must not agree to this. The pain of Soul Power Extraction is not something an ordinary person can endure. If you accept her test, it will surely torment you to death."

"Pretend to agree first. After she leaves, we can think of a way to escape."

"The guards in this dungeon are only Soul Ancestors. With my abilities, I may be able to deal with them."