Xiao Yan frowned as he looked at the withered figure struggling continuously beneath the restraints of the chains. After a long while, he finally asked, "Who are you? Why are you imprisoned here?"
"Huff, huff..."
The skeletal figure seemed to have expended considerable strength in that struggle. His breathing was now somewhat labored. Xiao Yan could sense extremely frigid energy constantly flowing from the four enormous chains, draining the Dou Qi within the man's body and keeping him in an utterly weakened state. Yet it would not take his life, only force him to linger on in this endless depletion.
"Whoever imprisoned this fellow was truly ruthless. This is far crueler than simply killing him..."
A trace of surprise flashed through Xiao Yan's heart. He had not expected to encounter such a strange affair at the bottom of the Nine Nether Yellow Springs.
"I am the clan chief of the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan, Yao Ming..."
Faced with Xiao Yan's question, the skeletal figure panted for a moment before finally speaking. His voice was extremely hoarse, like gravel scraping across glass, piercing to the ear.
"Save me. As long as you rescue me from this place, I'll agree to anything you ask!"
The man calling himself Yao Ming stared at Xiao Yan with almost pleading eyes.
"The clan chief of the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan?"
Xiao Yan frowned but remained unmoved. He said calmly, "As far as I know, the current clan chief of the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan should be someone called Yao Xiaotian, shouldn't it?"
"That bastard, that dog bastard! He used poisonous schemes to seize my position and sealed me at the bottom of these Nine Nether Yellow Springs! Ah! That beast has made me suffer the torment of frigid energy gnawing at my