Chapter 446: Chapter 446: No Small Ambition_1

"To be turned into a ’ren zhi,’ means to have both your hands and feet chopped off," Ye Fei said, ignoring the screams of terror from the Yitian Venerate. "Then you’ll be placed into an appropriate jar with alcohol and salt to preserve you."

"Soaked like this year after year, and with daily food rationing controlled, not only will you not die, but you’ll also live quite comfortably!"

"You..." The Yitian Venerate, terrified out of his wits, shouted angrily, "Ye Fei, you’re fucking sick..."

"The downside of ’ren zhi’ is quite apparent," Ye Fei interrupted the Yitian Venerate once again. "You’ll have to defecate and urinate in the jar."

"Over time, it will be a mix of alcohol, salt, feces, and urine soaking together, the smell, tsk tsk..."

"Stop fucking talking, just stop," the Yitian Venerate suddenly broke down.

Just thinking about that image was unbearable for him.

After all, he too was well-read in history, and probably understood what ’ren zhi’ entailed better than Ye Fei did.

One would be alive but in ten-thousand times more agony than death, because one would be completely stripped of dignity.

The legendary shame that lasts for eons is nothing less than this.

The more he thought about that image befalling him, the more the Yitian Venerate felt like his soul was scattering, as if his entire body was drenched in filth.

Just then, two martial artists came over, carrying a jar slowly.

Upon seeing this, the Yitian Venerate was struck with fear and quickly started sobbing to Ye Fei for mercy.

"Ye Fei, I was wrong, I truly was. Please spare me."

"Or just kill me with one slash. I don’t want to be turned into ’ren zhi,’ I don’t!"

Saying this, he suddenly started crying loudly like a child.

Witnessing the previous tough act of the Yitian Venerate, who had regarded death indifferently, now so embarrassingly losing his composure, not only were the few martial artists present taken aback, but Ye Fei was also rendered speechless.

"Ye Fei, I’m begging you!" The Yitian Venerate kowtowed to Ye Fei like pounding garlic, pleading incessantly, "Just let me die, or I’ll pledge my allegiance to you. I’ll brave mountaintops and seas of fire, never to..."

"Alright, alright," Ye Fei immediately interrupted him with impatience. "With your level of intelligence, I don’t actually want you to offer any strategies. That would be setting myself up."

"Of course, I could also choose not to turn you into ’ren zhi,’ but you’d need to confess everything you know."

"If there’s a single lie, I won’t give you a second chance."

Hearing this, the Yitian Venerate, completely terrified, promptly nodded his head, crawling up to Ye Fei like a dog.

"Ask away, I’ll tell you everything I know for sure!"

"Three questions," Ye Fei held up three fingers and asked in a deep voice. "First, what force is above your Pangu Sect?"

Upon hearing this the Yitian Venerate hastily replied.

"Codename ’Blood Shadow,’ the Pangu Sect is indeed just one of their branches."

"Moreover, the existence of Pangu Sect is by the commission of the great elder of ’Blood Shadow,’ to control Yanyun Province and gradually expand the power into Qingzhou."

Blood Shadow!

This was the first time Ye Fei had heard this name.

But if the Pangu Sect, which had plagued Yanyun Province, was just a branch of theirs, one could imagine how vast their influence was.

Thinking of this, Ye Fei turned to the Yitian Venerate to ask the second question.

"How do you communicate with this ’Blood Shadow’?"

"They send someone to us!" The Yitian Venerate hurriedly replied. "We can’t initiate contact with them, but they have strong influence within Daxia’s power structure."

"The fact that Pangu Sect could dominate Yanyun Province is entirely because the officials there and the war department turn a blind eye to us."

Ye Fei had already anticipated this.

In a place like the Daxia Empire, ancient martial artists have privileges, but not to the extent that they can wreak havoc on a local scale without being brought to order.

The Pangu Sect’s ability to plague Yanyun Province ultimately comes down to the complicity of the power system.

The officials and the war department in Yanyun Province, who should be guarding the land on behalf of the Daxia Empire and ensuring the safety of its people, seemed futile in the face of the Pangu Sect.

"The third question," Ye Fei looked at the Yitian Venerate again. "What is Zhao Yongtian’s next mad plan?"

Upon hearing this, the Yitian Venerate trembled once more.

Ye Fei grunted, his expression suddenly darkened.

"I’ll tell you!" The Yitian Venerate was terrified, hurrying through his words. "To contact the northern provinces and conspire with the northern empires, to completely take over Yanyun Province and Qingzhou."

Upon hearing this, Ye Fei stood up sharply.

The plan was indeed ambitious.

Yanyun Province was already suffering terribly at the hands of Zhao Yongtian’s Pangu Sect.

But Qingzhou, housing his own wife and children, along with many wealthy merchants and ancient martial families, was the fertile ground of Daxia.

If Zhao Yongtian’s plan succeeded, causing Yanyun and Qingzhou to fall into war, it would truly be a disaster.

At this moment, Duan Meng suddenly rushed in.

"Mr. Ye, you should go have a look. Those newcomers to the island are making a scene, acting arrogantly."

"They claim they must see you or they will unite to wash the island with blood and set it ablaze."

Upon hearing this, Ye Fei abruptly turned around. "Really?"

"It’s true," Duan Meng hurriedly nodded. "Right now, neither the Venerate Muxue nor our young master can keep them in check. Situ Heng is confronting them with his men."

"But they have amassed thousands on the sea, claiming that if their demands are not met, they will launch an attack immediately."

After finishing his words, Ye Fei sneered.

"There really is no shortage of people in Yanyun Province who don’t know the height of the sky," he said.

Having said that, he waved his hand and, taking Duan Meng with him, turned to leave.