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114: Prison cell? No, this is my food!Having not eaten for a day and a night, Ning Yuan’s stomach was long empty, so he immediately picked up the roasted chicken from the lunchbox and started gnawing on it.

If he hadn’t gained cultivation now, he would have been too weak from hunger.

Li Shi and Lin Yun, who were beside him, watched with envy.

Since he was captured, he hadn’t had a drop of water either.

Looking at his own spoiled food, and then at Ning Yuan’s roasted chicken and fine wine, their mouths became even more bland.

Especially Lin Yun.

That should have been for him!

But now it was intercepted.

In this wretched place, he was not only threatened and frightened, but now he didn’t even have food to eat.

”Seeing as you two are still well-behaved, I’ll reward you with these two chicken legs.”

Ning Yuan casually tore off two chicken legs and threw them over.

”Thank you, Sect Leader, thank you, Sect Leader.”

Li Shi hastily caught them.

He was extremely grateful.

Then he shared one with Lin Yun.

Lin Yun looked at the chicken leg in his hand, on the verge of tears, and gazed longingly at the lunchbox in front of Ning Yuan.

Those should have all been his!

He thought about how he had grown tired of these things when he was outside, but now in this prison, a chicken leg had become a rare item.

Such a disparity made Lin Yun’s mood heavy.

After eating and drinking his fill, Ning Yuan finally stood up, ”It seems your father hasn’t been caught yet, and there are still people outside taking care of you. It seems the two sides are not irreconcilable after all.”

Ning Yuan sighed softly.

If he truly had no value, it would be impossible for someone to go to the trouble of sending food in.

The jailers wouldn’t accept it either.

”My father is, after all, a Dao Foundation Realm Martial Artist. In this remote county town, he is already a top-tier expert. Perhaps the county magistrate doesn’t want to kill people, but merely wants to subdue my Lin family.”

Lin Yun speculated, a glimmer of hope appearing in his eyes.

If a cooperation could be reached, then he would naturally have a chance to be released.

”Alright, I thought you were a pampered Young Master, but I didn’t expect you to have quite a mind, not entirely useless.”

Ning Yuan smiled ambiguously, and Lin Yun immediately looked awkward.

Ning Yuan ignored him and walked to the door.

Before, quite a few people had been locked up here, and many of them had cultivation.

Ning Yuan suddenly licked his lips and no longer seemed in a hurry to leave.

If he could absorb the cultivation of everyone in this floor of the prison, his cultivation might be able to advance another level.

Because among those imprisoned, except for him who had no martial arts, all others who possessed martial arts would have their Dantian cultivation Sealed by some unknown method, making a Qi Cultivation Realm Martial Artist only slightly stronger than an ordinary person.

Li Shi was a True Qi Realm Martial Artist, but after being Sealed, he still couldn’t exert any True Qi.

Therefore, no matter how powerful or fierce they were on the outside, here, they were not much stronger than ordinary people, and naturally, they couldn’t open the prison cells.

But he was different.

He was now a genuine Gang Qi Realm Martial Artist.

Even though the bars and the prison cell doors were incredibly strong, to a Martial Artist whose cultivation had recovered, they were fragile.

Li Shi, seeing Ning Yuan’s appearance, couldn’t help but shiver.

After watching the jailers leave, Ning Yuan came to the cell door.

He grabbed the iron chains with both hands, lightly circulated his cultivation, and with a pull, the iron chains, as hard as diamond, immediately broke.

Bang!

With a muffled sound, Ning Yuan casually threw the iron chains to the ground, then drew the wine pot from the ground into his hand, pushed open the cell door, and walked out.

Li Shi behind him watched, dumbfounded.

However, thinking that the other party’s cultivation was not Sealed, he accepted it.

If his cultivation hadn’t been Sealed, then the door of this prison cell also wouldn’t be able to hold him.

After all, this was just a county town prison, not even a prefecture or capital city’s large prison.

Even a death row prison couldn’t be that strict.

Ning Yuan walked through the dim prison corridor. In the cells on both sides, several emaciated people lay on the ground, barely clinging to life.

Ning Yuan didn’t sense any cultivation from these people.

This meant that these people either didn’t know martial arts or their martial arts had long been crippled.

Because even with a Seal, Ning Yuan could still sense True Qi from Li Shi’s body.

The people in the few cells on both sides were all listless, filled with Death Qi.

Ning Yuan quickly turned a corner and arrived at the deeper part of the prison.

Here, he instantly felt several fluctuations of ’Qi’.

Ning Yuan’s smile had no time to fully appear before it was interrupted by a voice.

”You’re also a prisoner here? How did you get out?”

Ning Yuan had just passed a cell when a hand suddenly reached out from the side and grabbed Ning Yuan’s shoulder, grinning sinisterly, ”Kid, tell this old man how you got out, so I can also come out and play.”

Ning Yuan backhanded and grabbed the other person’s wrist, pulling him close, his face pressed against the bars. It was a tall Bearded Strongman with disheveled hair.

”Who are you? What crime did you commit to be locked up here?”

Ning Yuan retorted.

”Let go of me, or be careful, old man, I’ll kill you when I get out.”

The Bearded Strongman roared.

He didn’t put Ning Yuan, this pretty boy, in his eyes at all.

”You’re courting death.”

A cold glint flashed in Ning Yuan’s eyes. Listening to this person’s tone, he didn’t sound like a good person. Since that was the case, Ning Yuan had nothing to worry about and immediately activated the Bei Ming Divine Skill.

”Ah!”

The Bearded Strongman immediately let out a scream, and then felt the True Qi Sealed in his Dantian being absorbed by the person in front of him. His eyes suddenly filled with terror, and he cried out, ”Your cultivation isn’t Sealed? How is this possible?”

”My cultivation? What did you do to me?”

The Bearded Strongman struggled and shouted, but as more and more True Qi drained away, his whole body trembled, and he could no longer speak.

A moment later, Ning Yuan released the Bearded Strongman’s hand, and the big man immediately collapsed to the ground, his face pale.

Ning Yuan tilted his head and took a sip of wine, then sprayed it towards the Bearded Strongman. The wine condensed in mid-air into a thin, cicada-wing-like ice talisman, which struck the big man’s body.

”You, what kind of martial art is this? Where did my cultivation go?”

The Bearded Strongman clutched the bars tightly and shouted loudly.

But Ning Yuan didn’t answer. He just glanced at him and then looked for his next target.

Because of the recent crackdown on cults, many cultists and Jianghu bandits who crossed the line were arrested. Therefore, the prison in this small Immortal County now held many Martial Artists.

The weakest among them also had internal Qi cultivation.

Along the way, Ning Yuan didn’t miss a single one, absorbing everyone’s cultivation.

With his cultivation at the third stage of the Qi Cultivation Realm, the Gang Qi Realm, coupled with the all-encompassing nature of the Bei Ming Divine Skill, it was simply effortless.

In addition, whether their cultivation was absorbed or they had no cultivation to absorb, Ning Yuan bestowed a Life and Death Talisman upon them.

Only the sounds of agonizing screams filled the air.

It wasn’t until half an hour later that Ning Yuan temporarily lifted everyone’s Life and Death Talisman.

Everyone was now sprawled on the ground, their faces ashen, their eyes filled with terror.

It was like being reborn from a desperate situation, and they gasped for breath.

When they saw Ning Yuan pass by, their eyes showed horror.

”Who exactly are you?”

”No, you’re not human, you’re a Devil Head!”

”Give me back my cultivation!”

Some people were still unconvinced and shouted loudly.

”Your cultivation was already Sealed. Keeping it on you is a waste. It’s better to give it to me. I can even use it to help you get revenge. Isn’t that killing two birds with one stone?”

Ning Yuan smiled slightly, speaking leisurely.

”You are a Devil Head! What evil skill are you using that can absorb our cultivation? You will definitely become a public enemy of the Martial Forest!”

One of them staggered to his feet, pointing at Ning Yuan and shouting.

”Don’t be ridiculous. Can’t those of you locked up here be considered public enemies of the Martial Forest?”

Ning Yuan sneered and walked over, ”Since you’re unconvinced, then we’ll talk when you are.”

Ning Yuan activated the Life and Death Talisman again.

The person who spoke immediately let out another scream.

Ning Yuan, with his hands behind his back, said indifferently, ”The power of this Life and Death Talisman grows stronger day by day. What you’ve experienced before is just the beginning. When it reaches its peak, you’ll be unable to resist tearing off your own skin and pulling out your bones. I’d like to see how many days you can endure.”

”If any of you have any objections, you can also try. As long as you keep your mouths shut, when I leave, I might be kind enough to send you on your way too.”

Ning Yuan’s lips curved slightly as he scanned the room. Everyone lowered their heads, silent.

No one wanted to experience that pain again.

Even if some were unconvinced and had other ideas, they were unwilling to speak up now.

After all, they had lost their martial arts and now had no chance to resist.

That fool just now was, after all, a minority... Back in their own cell, Li Shi, Lin Yun, and two other members of the Lin family huddled together.

They didn’t take this opportunity to escape.

Or to report to the jailers.

After all, with the strength Ning Yuan had just displayed, even the jailers outside might not be his match. How could those who reported him survive?

Furthermore, the Lin family members were now also major criminals. Even if they reported Ning Yuan, it would do them no good; they would still be imprisoned.

Although Lin Yun was a pampered Young Master, he understood this much.

Ning Yuan also ignored them, directly sitting cross-legged on the straw mat to circulate his cultivation.

He had just extensively absorbed the cultivation of the prisoners held in the cells. Although the highest among these people was only the True Qi Realm, the quantitative change led to a qualitative change, bringing a significant improvement to Ning Yuan.

”It’s Protective Aura. He truly is a Gang Qi Realm Martial Artist!”

Li Shi immediately said upon seeing the aura emanating from Ning Yuan.

Although his cultivation was lost, his eyesight remained.

”Why wasn’t his martial arts Sealed?”

Lin Yun also found it incredible.

”Young Master, I heard that the White Lotus Sect Leader’s martial arts were mediocre, which is why he was caught. How does this person not match the rumors? With such strength, and being able to absorb others’ cultivation, how could his martial arts be mediocre?”

Li Shi couldn’t help but say in a low voice.

”Keep this secret to yourselves; don’t speak of it.”

Lin Yun immediately reprimanded him.

However, a hint of worry appeared in his eyes.

A martial art that absorbed others’ cultivation, if not unheard of, was definitely something that made people’s faces change color upon hearing it.

If it were known, it would surely cause great chaos.

Knowing such an important secret, could they still live?

Lin Yun was troubled.

Though he was a pampered Young Master, he wasn’t a fool; rather, he was smart.

Precisely because of this, the more he knew, the more he understood the seriousness of knowing such a secret.

Sometimes, the more a person knew, the more dangerous it was.

Knowing too much also made it easy to be silenced.

However, thinking that almost everyone in this prison now knew, Lin Yun secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Surely, the other party wouldn’t silence everyone, right?