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"Alright~ Is this the person you requested from the Heavenly Prison?" Hao Shuai pointed at the man bound hand and foot and asked.
"Yes, Your Majesty. He relied on his superior martial arts to run amok and commit every crime imaginable. He's already been sentenced to execution after the autumn harvest." Cheng Yaojin said indignantly, giving the man one last kick for good measure.
"Release his pressure points and make him drink this cup of water." Hao Shuai took the cup from Jack, who was still in a daze, and handed it to Cheng Yaojin. It was the Fountain of Youth water without the mermaid's tear.
Cheng Yaojin always carried out Hao Shuai's orders to the letter. He immediately struck the man to release his pressure points, then gripped his chin and poured every last drop of the Fountain of Youth from the Holy Grail into his mouth.
"Here, Old Cheng. Drink this cup yourself." Hao Shuai handed Cheng Yaojin the other cup of Fountain of Youth water, the one infused with a mermaid's tear.
"Thank you for your generous reward, Your Majesty!" Cheng Yaojin had already figured out what Hao Shuai was doing, and guessed it would benefit him. Without hesitation, he took the Holy Grail and drained it in one gulp.
As soon as Cheng Yaojin drank the Fountain of Youth, the ground began to tremble. The spring water before them seemed to come alive, swirling around him and the other man like a vortex about to swallow them whole.
The Fountain of Youth spun faster and faster, lifting Cheng Yaojin and the man into the air until they floated above the ground.
Soon, the man's body seemed to undergo the ravages of countless millennia, rapidly decaying. First his flesh disintegrated, exposing gleaming white bones. Before long,