When we saw so many disheveled women curled up in the corners before us, we were all stunned.
The women in the room all shuddered in fright the instant we opened the door.
They lowered their heads, huddled tightly together, and kept whimpering as they cried out:
"Don't, don't, don't..."
I did not speak right away, merely observing the women.
Because my Heavenly Eye was open, I noticed that the women's three flames were all rather weak. In particular, the Earth Flame on their right shoulders was noticeably dimmer.
Their bodies were also abnormally thin, little more than skin and bones, as though they had been drained dry.
Li Ru, Gao Zheng, and Zhu Dayou were horrified at the sight.
"How... how are so many girls being held here?!"
"Animals! They won't even give them clothes to wear! The Long Family are truly evil people! I never imagined they'd do something like this."
Li Ru and Gao Zheng both spoke up.
Zhu Dayou panicked and hurriedly shouted at the women:
"Huizhu, Huizhu..."
He was clearly looking for his girlfriend, but after scanning the room, he did not find her.
The young women, meanwhile, all seemed somewhat out of their minds.
Their eyes darted about in panic, and with no clothes on, they could not communicate normally either.
Perhaps they had been frightened into this state, or perhaps they had been treated as "nourishment" or playthings.
Otherwise, I could not think of any reason the Long Family would imprison so many young women here.
Seeing that those held here were merely ordinary women and that we could not communicate with them, I said to everyone:
"Let's go outside first."
As I spoke, we backed out of the room and shut the door behind us.
"Jiang Ning, aren't we letting them out?"