Now that they had been thrown into the City Lord's Mansion's dungeon, they were still fed every day, though given what they had done, even death would not have been too harsh a punishment.
But Nie Li was keeping them alive so he could pry information out of their mouths, one by one.
He would get whatever he could out of them.
On the sky screen.
Yang Xin arrived at the Holy Orchid Institute's library, bringing Nie Li his share of the profits from the first batch of pills, along with the Soul-Congealing Pills and Soul-Tempering Pills he needed for his own cultivation.
Shen Yue had been smug over getting just one bottle of Soul-Congealing Pills, while Nie Li had plenty of bottles of Soul-Tempering Pills.
Du Ze and Lu Piao stood behind him.
Lu Piao said, "You're so pretty, Auntie."
Yang Xin said, "What are you saying? Call me Big Sister."
Being told she was pretty made her happy, but being called Auntie did not.
The first half of his sentence delighted her; the second stabbed her straight in the heart.
Du Ze nudged Lu Piao with his elbow.
"Do you know who this auntie is?"
That second "auntie" shattered Yang Xin's composure.
Her Gold Rank aura erupted. "Who are you calling Auntie?"
Every word came through clenched teeth.
The two hurriedly backed away. If they did not correct themselves right away, they might really get a beating.
Beneath the sky screen.
Yang Xin had indeed lost her composure, nearly crushing the freshly refined pill in her hand in anger.
I'm still in the prime of my youth, all right!
Is "Auntie" a word anyone should be using for me?
Are children nowadays really this clueless?
At the City Lord's Mansion.
Xiao Xue gave Lu Piao a puzzled