Knock, knock, knock...
At that moment, three unhurried knocks sounded from outside the door.
"What is it?" Li Xian asked.
"Dragon King, we caught that demon that escaped while wounded!"
Brother Xin's voice came from outside.
"Oh?"
A sharp glint flashed through Li Xian's eyes.
In the dim room, it was as though a bolt of lightning had flashed past.
That Pig Demon had taken Li Xian's full-force palm strike and fled with grave injuries, with less than a tenth of its strength remaining.
Still, it had some skill. Facing the Cao Gang disciples' encirclement and pursuit, it had hidden in Yangzhou City for a full five days.
Only in the end was it discovered by Cao Gang disciples in a pigsty.
Though a gravely wounded, near-death Upper Three Ranks demon possessed less than a tenth of its peak strength, it had still taken the Cao Gang disciples considerable effort to capture this Pig Demon.
Creak—
Li Xian opened the door and stared at Brother Xin as he asked, "Where is that Pig Demon? Is it dead or alive?"
Brother Xin did not dare meet his eyes and hurriedly lowered his head. "It's still alive. It's currently locked in our dungeon."
"Take me there!"
"Alright."
The Cao Gang's dungeon lay beneath the headquarters' dragon ship.
Ever since this great dragon ship had been retired, it had remained docked by the canal and never entered the water again.
After several rounds of renovation, it had become the dragon ship headquarters it was today.
Though it still retained the overall framework of a dragon ship from the outside, the construction materials within had long since been replaced.
Then, a few years ago, the previous Gang Leader, Cao Xiong, had acted on a whim.
He had poured immense effort into constructing a