"How are they?" the others asked.
Several prisoners stepped forward to examine them. Their faces clouded with confusion, and they shook their heads. "It doesn't look like they've been invaded by the Qi of Earth Sha."
"It was unlikely to be the Qi of Earth Sha in the first place," one prisoner said. "Liao Lao San and the others talk a big game, but after they had their Qi Sha Pills withheld a few times, they became more obedient than anyone. Every day, as soon as the bells ring, they rush out to quarry stone, afraid they won't get enough Qi Sha Pills... Could they be faking it?"
At that, another prisoner immediately snatched up his stone shovel and swung it hard at Liao Lao San's head!
A cultivator had strength to spare. Even without using magic, the wind howling from the shovel's swing was enough to make anyone believe that if it landed, Liao Lao San's head would burst open like a watermelon!
At the last possible instant, the shovel stopped a hair's breadth from Liao Lao San's face.
The prisoner who had swung it shook his head slightly. "Looks like he's not faking."
"Killing is against the rules. You're not stupid enough to break them over one Liao Lao San, are you?" Before he had even finished speaking, a prisoner who looked like a boy chuckled. "Or do you think Liao Lao San is stupid?"
As he spoke, he kicked Liao Lao San into the nearby Underground River.
"Splash."
This Underground River flowed out of the "Xuan" district. Rumor had it that it originated in the "Tian" district, and its waters were filled with incredibly dense Qi of Earth Sha. Even prisoners in the Nascent Soul Realm wouldn't dare touch the water rashly.
Liao Lao San was only