Xia Chujian closed her eyes as if struggling to control herself, then said softly, "...It... it came from the Heaven Reaching Black Tower... in the center of the Royal City of the Country of the Favored..."
Emperor Tantai Hongyuan spun around to look at her. His Mental Strength Attacks became denser and colder, as if he did not care at all what irreversible damage they might inflict on an ordinary person's brain!
"Heaven Reaching Black Tower?! There's actually a Heaven Reaching Black Tower in the Country of the Favored?! How did you find Maze Yellow Springs from the Heaven Reaching Black Tower?!"
Xia Chujian also noticed that the electric shocks around her wrists had grown more piercing. They came without pause, as if the program had malfunctioned and descended into complete disorder.
Her face changed from waxy yellow to waxy red. Her fingers spasmed as she forced out a sentence through clenched teeth: "I... I... I didn't enter the Heaven Reaching Black Tower. I found it at the bottom of the tower after it collapsed..."
That was the absolute truth.
No matter how the Emperor questioned her, Xia Chujian gave the same answer.
In the end, Xia Chujian found the electric shocks on her wrists unbearable. She simply rolled her eyes back and pretended to faint.
When the Emperor saw the tall, thin young girl collapse to the floor with a thud, his expression gradually darkened and shifted.
He knew the power of his own Mental Strength Attacks. He had only used the lowest intensity.
Because he knew she was an ordinary person without Mental Strength.
If he went all out and killed her in one blow, how could he question her afterward?
Still, he had not expected her to faint after only a few questions.
Ordinary people incapable of