PS: The first chapter has over six thousand words. This chapter contains the spiritual battle between Yang Dingtian and Dugu Xiao. Hence, there is a lot of information. False and true.
Readers, please be a little more serious when you read it. Don't scold me before you finish reading it!
This chapter is a refreshing one.
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Then, Dugu Xiao said, "You can stay here peacefully for a period of time. You can officially get married after ten days."
"Ten days?"
Instantly, Yang Dingtian was completely stunned. Six days later was the day of his duel with Qin Shaobai. Dugu Xiao actually said that they would get married after ten days. Then everything would be too late. Everything would be over.
Then, Dugu Xiao gently said, "Of course, I am willing to believe you personally.
But what if you are faking your marriage with my daughter and using her to enter the Ten Thousand Blood Pool to cultivate and then take the opportunity to escape from the Temple of Ten Thousand Blood? Then wouldn't I become a huge laughingstock?
So, after ten days, when Cloud Heaven City's situation is completely finished, you can marry Aoshuang. This will be good for both of us. "
Then, Dugu Xiao stood up and walked outside, saying, "In these ten days, you can stay in this stone room and wait for the marriage."
After Dugu Xiao left, the thick door of the stone room closed.
"Ah …" Yang Dingtian suddenly roared and smashed his fist on the stone wall. Immediately, blood dripped and a piece of the stone wall cracked.
This damned Dugu Xiao, this damned great demon, was actually so cunning. He saw through Yang Dingtian's thoughts and didn't fall for it at all.
After a moment of anger, Yang Dingtian calmed down. He definitely couldn't resign himself to death like this. He had to think of a way to get out.
Thus, Yang Dingtian began to observe the stone room. The wall itself was a mountain of stone and was extremely thick. It was impossible to break through.
The door was made of metal, so his Night Owl Strange Blade should be able to cut it open. However, there were definitely guards outside, and their cultivation levels were definitely higher than his.
Just as Yang Dingtian was racking his brains to think of a way to get out, a colorless and odorless thing suddenly came out of the stone room. Yang Dingtian felt something was wrong and immediately held his breath, but it was still useless. The medicinal smell directly penetrated through his skin.
Immediately, Yang Dingtian's mind started to feel dizzy, his eyes started to blur, and his steps started to sway. Yang Dingtian used all of his profound qi and willpower to resist the drug, but he still fainted.
…
He didn't know how long he had been unconscious, but when Yang Dingtian woke up again, he was very hungry and very thirsty. He should have been unconscious for more than twelve hours.
After waking up, a small hole was opened in the metal door, and a meal was stuffed in. It was quite sumptuous, and there was also wine.
Yang Dingtian's stomach was rumbling with hunger. He immediately took the food and wine and finished them all.
Just as he was full, another colorless and odorless medicinal mist came out of the room, and Yang Dingtian fainted again.
Just like this, Dugu Xiao locked Yang Dingtian in the stone prison, ignoring him. However, three meals a day would be sent over.
After Yang Dingtian finished eating, the stone cave would release a kind of aura, which instantly made Yang Dingtian drowsy.
Just like this, Yang Dingtian ate and slept every day, and slept and ate again.
No one cared, no one cared.
Three meals was equivalent to a day!
One day passed.
Two days passed.
Three days passed.
…
Yang Dingtian tried everything, but he was unable to get out of this stone cave, because he was really unable to resist the mysterious drug.
Yang Dingtian was really going crazy. He had suffered all kinds of pain since coming to this world, but he had never suffered such terrible torture.
This Dugu Xiao was really a demon. He didn't torture you physically, but thoroughly tortured you mentally and spiritually.
Yang Dingtian was about to go crazy because the day of his martial arts duel with Qin Shaobai was about to arrive. He had used all of his strength, but he was still unable to break open the stone door. Instead, his limbs were dripping with blood and were badly mutilated.
…
Finally, six days passed!
During these six days, no one met with Yang Dingtian, and no one talked to him. Even every meal was pushed in through the small hole in the stone door.
The day of the duel with Qin Shaobai was over, and Yang Dingtian didn't appear in the duel.
Qin Shaobai and the others were proud, but Ximen Yanyan, Ximen Ningning, Madam Ximen, Ximen Lie, and the others were disappointed.
Now, the entire Northwest Continent was definitely spreading the news of Yang Dingtian's cowardice, shamelessness, and despicable.
The rumor of Yang Dingtian using despicable means to rape Madam Ximen and using the Yin Yang Devour Xuan Technique to steal Xuan Qi to achieve a breakthrough would be recognized as the truth.
Yang Dingtian and Madam Ximen would be completely nailed to the pillar of shame.
On the sixth day, the stone door finally opened, and a figure walked in.
Yang Dingtian was originally lying on the ground, but at this moment, he suddenly stood up.
The person who came was Dugu Xiao, the great demon of Evil ways, Dugu Xiao.
"Six days have passed, and the day of your duel with Qin Shaobai has passed. You should know very well how serious the consequences are, right?"
Dugu Xiao said, "Don't worry, my spies in Cloud Heaven City will send you detailed information very soon. After a few days, you will know everything that happened in Cloud Heaven City."
Yang Dingtian remained silent.
"Seems like the torture wasn't enough."
Dugu Xiao said, "You didn't kneel down and beg me, nor did you cry bitterly. Your willpower is indeed very strong."
Yang Dingtian still didn't say anything.
"Do you want to go out?" Dugu Xiao asked.
"Yes," Yang Dingtian said.
"Do you want to go out from the stone cave or leave the Temple of Blood and return to Cloud Heaven City?" Dugu Xiao asked.
"Leave the Temple of Blood and return to Cloud Heaven City," Yang Dingtian said.
"But you are already a disgrace to Cloud Heaven City. There is no place for you there. What should I do?" Dugu Xiao said.
Yang Dingtian said, "That is my problem."
"I will give you a choice. Promise me and I will let you go," Dugu Xiao said.
"Please say it," Yang Dingtian said.
"Acknowledge me as your master and become a member of the Temple of Blood. I will do my best to nurture you. How about that?" Dugu Xiao said, "As long as you swear to completely break off all ties with Ximen Wuya, I will let you go."
Yang Dingtian smiled coldly and didn't reply.
Since his trick had been seen through by Dugu Xiao, he didn't need to continue acting.
"Alright, it seems like your pitiful willpower is still there. I will have to lock you up for a few more days," Dugu Xiao said. "I will come back in three days with news from Cloud Heaven City."
After saying that, Dugu Xiao walked out and closed the stone door.
Yang Dingtian knew that his duel with Dugu Xiao had begun. This wasn't a duel of strength but a duel of spirit and willpower.
Whoever compromised first would be the loser.
Of course, Dugu Xiao could kill at any time, but as long as he killed Yang Dingtian, he, Dugu Xiao, would lose.
…
In the next few days, Yang Dingtian returned to his previous life.
After eating, he slept. After waking up, he ate again.
Even though he didn't want to sleep, the domineering mist came over and seeped into his entire body, causing him to fall asleep immediately and fall into a deep dream.
However, even in his dreams, he had countless nightmares. He dreamed of Yanyan, Madam Ximen, and Ximen Ningning. Each dream was scarier than the previous one.
One day …
Two days …
Three days …
Finally, three days passed.
On this day, Yang Dingtian tried his best to stay awake as he waited for Dugu Xiao to come and tell him about Cloud Heaven City.
However, Dugu Xiao didn't come.
Another day passed.
Two days …
He didn't know how many days had passed. Every day, he just ate and slept.
Each nightmare was scarier and more miserable than the previous one. However, Yang Dingtian didn't know how Cloud Heaven City was doing. He didn't know how the people he cared about were doing.
That's right. Dugu Xiao was a demon. He was torturing Yang Dingtian. He already knew about Cloud Heaven City's situation, but he didn't tell Yang Dingtian.
It was like a felon. He felt that he would betray the death penalty, but he also felt that he wouldn't. However, the judge didn't sentence him and hung him up day after day, torturing him.
Time passed day by day. He ate countless meals, slept countless times, and had countless dreams.
He really didn't know how many days had passed.
"Ka …" Finally, the stone door opened again.
Dugu Xiao finally walked in again.
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Yang Dingtian crawled up from the ground weakly. He had lost more than ten kilograms and was covered in dirt. The beard on his face was also two inches long. He really didn't know how many days had passed.
"Sorry, I forgot about you. I said I would come and see you in three days. I didn't expect to see you in ten days. It has been more than half a month since you came to the Temple of Ten Thousand Blood …" Dugu Xiao sat down in front of Yang Dingtian and said, "Do you want to know what happened in Cloud Heaven City?
Do you want to know what happened to Ximen Yanyan? "
Yang Dingtian nodded weakly.
Dugu Xiao smiled. "You didn't appear on the day of the duel. Ximen Yanyan was found guilty. Cloud Heaven City is finished. Ximen Yanyan is finished. Madam Ximen is finished. Ximen Lie is finished. Ximen Ningning is finished.
You have become the shame of the world. Madam Ximen has also been nailed to the pillar of shame. "
Instantly, Yang Dingtian felt as though he was struck by lightning as he stood there in a daze.
"You didn't believe me when I told you about their fates, so I caught someone you are familiar with to tell you. Only then will you believe me," Dugu Xiao said.
Then, he clapped his hands lightly.
Instantly, a green figure rushed in. It was actually Lü 'er, Yanyan's personal maidservant Lü' er.
Seeing Yang Dingtian, Lü 'er rushed over crazily. Her sharp nails scratched on Yang Dingtian's face, ruthlessly leaving ten bloody scars. She shouted sternly, "Yang Dingtian, you bastard, you bastard?
Why didn't you appear on the day of the duel? Why didn't you appear? "
Yang Dingtian suddenly hugged Lü 'er's body. Lü' er's body was ice-cold, and her frail body was trembling. He cupped her face. She was haggard and thin, as though she had experienced countless hardships.
"Lü 'er, how is Yanyan?
How is Big Sister Ningning?
How is Big Brother Ximen Lie?
How is Madam? "Yang Dingtian asked while trembling.
"How else can she be?
How else can she be? "
Lü 'er cried loudly. "Ximen Lie led the Black Blood Cavalry to attack the city to save Young Miss. But because of the rumors about you and Madam, the Black Blood Cavalry's morale was low. They were defeated, and Young Master Ximen Lie escaped with injuries."
"Young Miss Ningning summoned ten thousand beasts to attack the city, but her mystic qi was exhausted and she fell from the Floating Ray. The ten thousand beasts lost control and trampled crazily. Her figure could no longer be found, and only a tattered skirt was left."
"Young Miss originally wanted to commit suicide, but Qin Shaobai threatened her with Madam's life, so she was forced to marry that bastard Qin Huaiyu. The wedding is next month.
Madam was humiliated and her reputation was ruined. She originally wanted to commit suicide, but Qin Shaobai threatened her with Young Miss's life, so she is now imprisoned by them. "
"Ah …" Yang Dingtian clenched his teeth and spat out blood. He suddenly roared and spat out a mouthful of blood before fainting.
With the infusion of Dugu Xiao's mystic qi, Yang Dingtian quickly woke up.
Dugu Xiao said, "Yang Dingtian, do you want to go out?
Do you want to obtain freedom?
Do you want to take revenge? "
Yang Dingtian nodded.
"Alright, promise me one condition, and I will let you go. I will make you incomparably powerful. I will let you kill Qin Shaobai, Qin Huaiyu, the entire Northwest Qin Clan, Yang Yan, and all your enemies. Defeat Dongfang Bingling, and you can use the entire Myriad Blood Pool whenever you want. My Temple of Blood will do everything to nurture you." Dugu Xiao said, "As long as you promise me one condition, become my, Dugu Xiao's, son-in-law."
Yang Dingtian had already lost all reaction. He just nodded and said, "I promise, I promise you anything."
"This means that you will completely become a member of the Evil ways and completely cut off all ties with the Tiandō League. Completely cut off all ties with Ximen Wuya and Dongfang Minmie," Dugu Xiao said coldly.
Yang Dingtian still nodded blankly and said, "I accept, I accept everything."
Lu 'er said angrily at the side, "Yang Dingtian, you bastard, you bastard, Young Miss is really blind!"
Then, she suddenly rushed forward and wanted to use her nails to scratch Yang Dingtian's face.
Dugu Xiao grabbed Lu 'er and said to Yang Dingtian, "Very good, in order to show your determination, sign a pledge of allegiance."
"Pledge of allegiance?
What pledge of allegiance? "Yang Dingtian asked.
Dugu Xiao pulled out a sharp sword and handed it to Yang Dingtian, "This girl in front of you is Ximen Yanyan's personal maid. If you kill her, it will show your determination to break off all ties with the Tiandō League."
"Ah …" Lu 'er immediately let out a cry of surprise.
"What?" Yang Dingtian was instantly stunned.
Dugu Xiao said, "If you don't kill her, it means your determination to break off all ties with the Tiandō League is not enough.
I will definitely not raise a wolf that can betray me at any time.
Therefore, if you don't kill her, you will die! "
Yang Dingtian received the sword. His hands began to tremble, his face began to turn pale, and his eyes surged with an incomparably complicated light.
Then, he raised the sharp sword, aimed at the girl in front of him, and fiercely slashed down!
"Ah …" A miserable cry rang out. Blood spurted out, and the girl in front of him died.
Dugu Xiao revealed a sinister smile and said, "Very good. Then in two hours, we will immediately bow to heaven and earth and get married."
After saying that, Dugu Xiao dragged Lu 'er's corpse out of the stone room. The corner of his mouth revealed a sinister and complacent smile again.
In this battle of willpower and spirit with Yang Dingtian, he had won!
When he subdued any talent, he first had to thoroughly torture them, both mentally and spiritually. Only after the torment would the talent be completely obedient and fearful, just like how an eagle would be tortured.
"Hmph hmph?
What strong willpower? What powerful spirit? You are still just an ant. "Dugu Xiao sneered.
…
After Dugu Xiao left, Yang Dingtian suddenly opened his eyes. The dazed and despairing gaze was gone, and there was a hint of mockery in his cold eyes.
"Master, how long has it been since I was locked in the stone cave in the Temple of Blood?" Yang Dingtian asked in his heart.
"According to your Earth's time, 72 hours have already passed," Dongfang Minmie said.
Seventy-two hours?
He clearly felt that 18 days had passed, so why was it only three days?
That's right, it was 72 hours.
It wasn't even time for the duel with Dugu Xiao, so the so-called tragedy in Cloud Heaven City was fake. It was all just a mental trap set up by Dugu Xiao.
The Temple of Blood used a kind of sorcery and medicine to make people fall asleep immediately after eating and enter a long dream. It made people feel like they had slept for seven to eight hours, but in reality, it was only slightly more than an hour.
During this one hour, they used mystic qi to consume the food that Yang Dingtian had just eaten. When he woke up, he would feel hungry again and eat again.
Just like that, he ate, slept, and ate again.
Three meals was a day's time. Using this method to time, even though only three days had passed, it felt like more than half a month had passed.
And during these three days, Yang Dingtian had been sleeping most of the time in different dreams.
When a person slept for tens of minutes, their dreams would often feel as long as a few hours. Therefore, during the three days of sleep, Yang Dingtian really felt like more than half a month had passed in his dreams.
As for his body becoming skinnier and growing a beard that was a few inches long, it was a piece of cake for the Temple of Blood.
The reason why Dugu Xiao was torturing Yang Dingtian mentally was to make Yang Dingtian feel despair before completely falling into the embrace of Evil ways.
Under the Temple of Blood's sorcery, everyone's mental state would crumble and they would all surrender.
The Temple of Blood had used this sorcery on many experts, and none of them had failed. No one had discovered it, except for Yang Dingtian.
It was because his master's soul was still in his mind.
As for the Lu 'er that Yang Dingtian had killed, she was obviously a fake. She had only used an extremely brilliant disguise technique.
Yang Dingtian had already passed this stage of the mental battle.
Now, the only thing left was to successfully enter the Blood Pool to cultivate and then escape from the Temple of Blood.
Right now, there were still three days before the duel with Qin Shaobai.
This was very difficult, but Yang Dingtian had to do it.
*****
Over ten minutes later, over ten maids walked into Yang Dingtian's stone house and helped Yang Dingtian bathe, cut his hair, and change his clothes.
These dozen or so maids all had enchanting figures and beautiful faces. However, when they walked into the stone house, these maids all covered their noses because the smell inside was not very pleasant. These girls all had expressions of disgust on their faces, but they did not have any bad intentions.
"Second Young Master, please get up. We will help you wash up," a young lady in a red dress said delicately with a slight frown.
Yang Dingtian pretended to be stupefied and stood up, allowing these girls to take off his clothes and bathe him.
"Our Second Young Mistress is finally married. Furthermore, she has married such an outstanding Young Master. She will definitely be happy in the future," a pretty maid in green said softly.
"Little hussy, do you want to be Second Young Mistress's maid so that you can share …" the maid in red teased.
"You want to share this big dummy?" the maid in green retorted delicately.
Immediately after, Yang Dingtian pretended to be a marionette and was dragged to bathe, shave, cut his hair, and change into a red robe. Finally, he was escorted out by over ten girls.
"The groom is here, the groom is here …"
Along the way, they took hundreds and thousands of turns and entered countless stone caves and paths.
Yang Dingtian realized that the Temple of Blood was completely excavated from the belly of the mountain. Furthermore, it was extremely huge and had countless stone rooms.
At the start, the stone path was rather narrow and the stone rooms on both sides were very crude. There weren't many people either.
As they gradually spiraled upwards, the stone path became wider and wider. In the end, it was even about ten meters wide. The stone rooms on both sides became more exquisite and more people gathered on both sides of the stone path. However, Yang Dingtian was currently acting as someone who had a mental breakdown and couldn't look at these people in detail. There were many top-notch experts in this group of people. As long as Yang Dingtian's gaze was strange, it would be easy for them to see through him.
However, Yang Dingtian was still able to hear some voices.
"Second Young Mistress is finally married. It wasn't easy …"
"That's right. Second Young Mistress is finally a bride before she dies."
"They have the same parents. First Young Mistress is as beautiful as a fairy while Second Young Mistress isn't. Isn't this too unfair?"
…
"The auspicious hour is approaching. Bride and groom, please take your places."
Suddenly, a deep voice sounded.
It turned out that they had already reached the top of the Temple of Blood.
The top of the Temple of Blood was truly a magnificent jade palace with carved railings and walls.
There were dozens of buildings and three plazas that were completely built within the giant crevice of the mountain peak that was a few thousand meters high.
Therefore, the entire garden was suspended within the mountain peak that was 20,000 meters high. It was unknown whether this giant crevice was naturally formed or man-made. In short, it was truly a work of the gods.
Ten thousand meters below was the Rapture General that was filled with red light. The Temple of Blood was truly easy to defend and difficult to attack. Even if a million-strong army came, they would be helpless.
Compared to Cloud Heaven City, the difficulty and surprise of the Temple of Blood's construction were far superior.
Immediately after, Yang Dingtian's gaze quickly swept across the crowd in the building's main hall.
It was obvious that all the top-notch experts of the Temple of Blood were here.
However, all the lights suddenly went out and the entire building's main hall was plunged into complete darkness. It was so dark that one couldn't even see one's own fingers. Even though he knew that there were thousands of people in the main hall, he couldn't see them at all. The atmosphere instantly became strange.
Then, a fragrant wind wafted over.
"The fragrant bride has arrived," a man shouted loudly.
At this moment, there were still 69 hours before the duel with Qin Shaobai.