Chen Zhu'er wanted to send a Ten-Thousand-Li Voice Transmission Talisman to the Xu Household on Sea Prosperity Island, but the talisman contained only coded text; even voices were strictly forbidden.
Qing Chen could have figured it out with his toes: this Voice Transmission Talisman certainly would not fly straight to the Xu Household's Sea Prosperity Island.
If people in the Foundation Establishment Realm were that stupid, they'd have died at the Chaos Burial Mound long ago, Qing Chen calculated.
Since this woman had already sent a coded message some time ago explaining the defensive deployment,
he could simply follow the same coding method when the time came and send some inconsequential information to fob them off.
As he pondered this, a dull thud suddenly came from the cell.
He turned to look. Mayor Chen was slumped in the corner, shouting, "Make it quick..."
"Father! Father!" Chen Zhu'er suddenly screamed madly from the neighboring cell. She was ramming the iron bars, looking witless.
Qing Chen frowned, knowing full well that the father and daughter had outlived their usefulness.
Having obtained quite a few spirit stones and pills, he made a rare attempt at being a "good person" and sent Mayor Chen on his way with a single thrust, sparing him much suffering.
As for Chen Zhu'er, although her cultivation had been destroyed, her body still held considerable value after years of nourishment by spiritual energy.
With the intention of releasing her from her suffering, Qing Chen used the secret Brahma Aperture Blood Refining method from the Brahma Demon-Refining Art to refine Chen Zhu'er alive into essence blood.
That counted as release, too.
After dealing with Chen Zhu'er, he turned toward the torture chamber next door, where several runners were still cursing.
Qing Chen did not enter. He merely stood at the