However, the loyalty test did not begin immediately. Pei Kuang spoke again in a ghostly tone, "Before the test, this Tower Master will first let you see the fate of a traitor. Bring Yao Yulou out for me..."
As his words fell, a disheveled middle-aged figure was escorted out of the Thousand Prison Tower.
He was, of course, Yao Yulou.
The present Yao Yulou had long lost all of his former refined calmness. He was covered in wounds, miserable beyond measure; no one knew how much torture he had suffered during this time. Yet his back remained straight.
His eyes still shone like stars as he stared fearlessly at Pei Kuang.
Pei Kuang merely smiled faintly at this and said to the assembled pawns, "This man is Yao Yulou, the traitor of the Thousand Prison Tower. His fate will be... to first have his dantian dug out."
After a pause, Pei Kuang ordered Qian Ta, "You, do it yourself."
Qian Ta accepted the order and looked at Yao Yulou with a sinister, terrifying gaze. He then approached and lightly placed a hand on the latter's lower abdomen.
Yet Yao Yulou remained unmoved, his face expressionless...
He merely said silently in his heart, Wanyou, it seems you won't have the chance to force me to swallow you. That's not so bad, either.
Having his dantian dug out meant his martial cultivation would be utterly ruined, and he would no longer be able to swallow Jiang Wanyou.
At this moment, Yao Yulou did not know whether he should be happy or what he should feel. His thoughts were tangled to the extreme. He only hoped Sikong Jing would appear soon—soon enough to rescue Wanyou and his parents, who were still inside the Thousand Prison Tower.
Though he did not know whether Sikong