Chapter 146: Brutal Torture
Wei Yuan hadn’t placed the merit hall on top of Qingming without careful deliberation. At the moment, the most important objects in the whole realm were the realm stone and the merit hall. Thus, it was better to put them together. This allowed them to focus all of their defenses in one spot instead of splitting them.
Next, Wei Yuan spoke to Ji Liuli about the viability of setting up an array that could secure both the merit hall and the realm stone.
Ji Liuli answered after thinking for a moment, “As it happens, there’s an array that’s perfect for the situation. However, it’s a tad big…. Let me make the first exchange. I would like to trade for some spirit materials.”
Wei Yuan had no reason to disagree, of course.
The first thing he did after leaving the merit hall was to check on Sun Yu. His Senior Uncle was still sleeping. He hadn’t had a single shut-eye for the past couple days, and he had fought multiple bloody battles to break through the enemy’s encirclement and escape. It was such a harsh journey that even his Dao Foundation was damaged. He would not be surprised if the man remained asleep for a full day and night.
Thankfully, Jia Wood Nurtures Life was far more potent than basic Life Nurturing energy. Wei Yuan had focused all of the domain’s power on him as well. It was slowly but surely repairing his tattered Dao Foundation and sea of consciousness. In the future, His Senior Uncle should be able to restore it to normal. At the very least, his path to immortality wasn’t going to be impacted negatively.
After confirming that Sun Yu’s injuries were stable, Wei Yuan let out a sigh of relief and headed to the dungeon. He wanted to check how the interrogation was going.
Xu Jingfeng was nothing but a pampered scion who couldn’t take a beating, so Wei Yuan figured that he would break pretty quickly. Still, prying everything out of him was going to be a bit of a challenge. That was precisely why he had sent Xu Wan’er to interrogate him.
Her father was a commandery administrator. He had to be an important member of the Xu Clan before his fall from grace. For the same reason, Xu Wan’er used to be much more important than Xu Jingfeng in terms of status, so Wei Yuan had reason to believe she was intimately familiar with the Xu Clan’s businesses. It would be very difficult for Xu Jingfeng to lie to her.