"Freedom, understand? I'm talking about freedom."
The young man snarled as he looked at Madman Li before him, who was staring back at him with the gaze one might give food.
"Heh..."
Seeing Madman Li's expression, the young man was utterly speechless. He couldn't even understand words? There was no way to communicate—what was he supposed to do now?
"Kill... kill who?"
The next moment, an incomparably hoarse voice came from ahead. Hearing it, the young man's face lit up with joy.
He could hear? That made things easier.
"Kill someone called Ye Lin. As long as you kill him, you'll have freedom forever. Then no one will dare imprison you again, no one will dare lock you in this sunless place again."
"Then, you can run across the grasslands as you please, go wherever you want, free and unfettered, without suffering any restraints."
The young man crouched before Madman Li and spoke gently.
"Good... good..."
Hearing that indistinct voice, the young man's face brightened even further. He had succeeded.
"Good. Since you've agreed, I'll let you out."
"Once you kill that fellow named Ye Lin, you'll be free forever. Free forever."
After saying that, the young man approached Madman Li alone. Strangely enough, Madman Li merely crouched there quietly and watched him, without making the slightest move.
The young man came before the stone bed and swiftly formed hand seals. After firing several incantation seals, the stone bed before him erupted with a bang and instantly shattered into powder.
The chains binding Madman Li also turned to ash, as though they had never existed.
At that moment, Madman Li was completely free.
Seeing the iron chains restraining him vanish, Madman Li cautiously crawled out, using both hands and feet.
He wandered around, and in the end, as though he