In the quiet room, eighteen Heavenly Demon Pillars floated in midair. A woman in a white dress sat silently at the center, her hands bound by iron chains that extended from her arms and coiled around the Heavenly Demon Pillars.
Golden ropes wound around her body, giving off a faint golden glow. As the ropes continued to tighten, the woman's brow furrowed deeper.
"Mm..."
A soft groan broke the silence in the room. Bai Yu slowly opened his eyes and looked calmly at her.
"It's already the third day. You're quite good at enduring, aren't you?"
Bai Yu looked at Lu Youruo and slowly spoke.
"Why? There is no enmity between us, nor any karmic entanglement."
Lu Youruo raised her head and looked at Bai Yu, her tone icy.
She had still heard of Bai Yu before. After all, the Thousand Alluring Beauties Painting had passed from her hands.
Though there had been indirect intersections between them, there had never been any grudges. In fact, compared to the Myriad Demon Palace, the Glazed Moon Sect had neither betrayed him when the Royal Court hunted him down nor fought him over anything within the Divine Mountain.
So why? Why had Bai Yu ambushed her, even taking such an enormous risk?
Over the past year or so, Lu Youruo had figured out many things. Why had Bai Yu not simply left with Zhao Shuang, instead risking capture by the Royal Court just to buy himself some time?
All of this had actually been for her. This bastard had done all this just to capture her!
That was why Lu Youruo wanted to ask—why exactly?
Could it be that this fellow was the reincarnation of that old bastard?
"Why?"
"Of course, because of your Luo God Body."
Bai Yu smiled. He had no