54 Start of a nightmare.

When Guo Zhe left the cell, Yao Jun's body slumped forward, his forehead hitting the ground. His entire body was drenched in sweat, small shivers periodically running through his body. His gums were bloody from gritting his teeth while enduring the pain, the blood seeping out from the corner of his mouth when he let out a deep breath. A quick scan of the surrounding area showed him that Guo Zhe hadn't gone far, entering a room only a few tens of meters away and sitting down on a couch to drink some tea.

"I'm sorry...I'm sorry...I'm sorry."

While Yao Jun was still shivering, a wet and cold piece of cloth landed on his back. Along with the cloth came a quiet voice, almost like a whisper, that was continuously apologizing.

Yao Jun slightly turned his head, looking at Guo Luo who was wiping his body as she was apologizing. Her eyes were red, drops of moisture gathering at the edges, unlike Guo Zhe, who clearly took pleasure in this, she seemed far more innocent. The hazy fog within her chest continued to move in tandem with her emotions, mimicking the appearance of a raincloud.

"I'm sorry, you don't deserve this happening to you."

Guo Luo kept wiping his body as she spoke. She knew that they were doing this to force Yun Yantian to agree to the alliance, but she simply couldn't condone this. If they were willing to do this to innocent people just for an alliance, could they even be called humans?

But while she was sad about it and even pitied Yao Jun, there was nothing she could do. Not only was her talent was incredibly bad, but she also didn't even have a very good inborn spell. In the Guo clan, she was at the absolute bottom, nothing more than a toy for others to use. If she didn't follow their orders, she would die. Her fate had already been decided when she was born, she was powerless to change anything.

Yao Jun looked at her in silence without saying anything. As she was cleaning his body, he tested the chains on his wrists. He felt confident that he could break them by bringing out his gauntlets and utilizing some force, but then what? He could see a path out of the dungeon, but there were a total of 17 people stronger than him standing guard along the path, how was he to get past them?

"I'm Guo Luo, I was born in the Guo clan, but I'm too weak to do anything but be a servant."

While Guo Luo was cleaning his body, she timidly spoke up, introducing herself in a very self-deprecating manner. Yao Jun glanced at the hazy fog in her chest while she introduced herself, it seemed to tremble in defiance to her introduction, a rather amusing sight.

"Yao Jun. Just a wanderer without a home or family."

Yao Jun spoke out with an indifferent voice. He had a better impression of this girl than he did of Guo Zhe and Guo Jiahao, but there was no way he would actually tell her anything about where he came from. After all, who knew what might happen to his parents if information about them got out? If they were harmed because of him, he would never forgive himself.

"I'm sorry."

Guo Luo lowered her head as she spoke in a soft voice. This was a violent world where the strong ruled, finding someone that was an orphan was a common matter, but she still found it sad. She might be of the lowest rank in the clan, but her parents had never been bad to her, treating her with love and care.

She quickly finished washing his entire body and put the bucket of water in the corner of the room. She opened the door to the cell and quickly checked the outside, not seeing anyone, she hurriedly closed the door and walked back to Yao Jun's side.

"Here, I don't know how often they will feed you, so you should eat this."

As she spoke, she pulled out a round piece of bread and stuffed it into Yao Jun's mouth. After stuffing the bread into his mouth, she hurriedly stood up and left the cell, leaving Yao Jun behind in the darkness.

The bread was old and stale, even tasting slightly like mold, but Yao Jun still ate it. What Guo Luo said was correct, there was no way of telling how long he would be here and how much they would feed him, he had to keep his strength somehow. He observed where she went after leaving his cell, she left the dungeon and headed to the upper estate, going so far as to leaving his range of vision.

Yao Jun had considered using his illusions to make Guo Luo undo his chains, but he ended up not doing it. The first reason was that he was uncertain whether or not she even had the key to his restraints. The second reason was that Yao Jun currently had no way of escaping that he felt confident in. He might be able to escape by riding Little Thunder or Little Gray, but with how confined the dungeon was, he was more likely to get surrounded and killed.

Yao Jun laid on the cold stone floor, his head constantly turning as he closely examined the entire dungeon. He was making sure to memorize every single path, every single nook and cranny that might be hidden enough that he could use it to escape. He continued to observe the entire dungeon for as long as he could, only stopping when Guo Zhe and Guo Luo approached his cell again a few hours later.

"Now come on, at least move a little while we're gone. Your eyes tell me that you haven't lost all hope, could it be that you are trying to think of a way to escape? Don't bother, there are several people even stronger than me guarding this dungeon, even if you manage to flee this cell, you will never be able to leave this dungeon."

The first thing Guo Zhe did when he entered the cell was click his tongue while observing Yao Jun, clearly disappointed with Yao Jun's lack of response. Yao Jun cast a sideways glance at Guo Zhe before ignoring him, his gaze landing on the hazy fog inside Guo Luo's chest. He wanted to know what the fog was, just looking at it made it feel like it was prodding at his thoughts, as if it was trying to taunt him.

"Now then, I am here to take a nice little picture for Yun Yantian, so please show me your best side."

Guo Zhe spoke with a smile and took a round disc out from his interspatial ring. The disc was an ashen white in color, a myriad of brown lines covering it. Guo Zhe took the disc and placed it on the ground not far from Yao Jun. Yao Jun temporarily took his eyes away from Guo Luo, inspecting the disc with some curiosity. Since he currently had no way of escaping, he should do his best to learn as much as possible.

"This is an array that can store whatever it sees, and then send it to other discs all around the world. A very handy piece of equipment."

Seeing Yao Jun inspect the disc, Guo Zhe spoke up to explain what it does. After placing the disc on the ground, Guo Zhe walked up to the table where he had placed the knives and pliers.

"Let's start with something nice and simple shall we?"

picking up one of the knives, Guo Zhe sent a smile to Yao Jun before walking over to start his work.