Chapter 843 - 239: Researching the Power of the Human Emperor, Rebirth of the Ghost Prison

Chapter 843: Chapter 239: Researching the Power of the Human Emperor, Rebirth of the Ghost Prison

"Our execution day hasn’t come yet. The law in Shanbao County is strict; you can’t just take us away!" The human trafficker was shouting, threatening Li Yuan.

The wealthy gentry, however, asked softly, "Sir... Where are you taking us?"

Li Yuan said no more, knocked the two out directly, and then tossed them into the carriage. Holding the "Passage Token," he left Shanbao County and came to a forested area in the wild.

He raised his hand to take some lake water, woke the two up by pouring it on them, and then said, "I’m giving you a chance to survive."

"Survive! Survive!" The human trafficker got excited, "Sir, please say it."

The wealthy gentry also eagerly anticipated.

Li Yuan threw down two torn pieces of paper; one had a Vortex, the other had "Wood" on it.

"Each take one, then separate, and stare at it in this forest. As long as you look at it for a day, I will reduce your sentence."

"Reduce the sentence?" The human trafficker quickly knelt on the ground and cried, "Sir... I was wronged... I saw the child’s family was poor, so I thought of sending the child to this wealthy gentry’s house for a better life."

The wealthy gentry was stunned and was about to argue.

But Li Yuan directly drew a knife.

"Speak one more word, and there will be no reduction."

The two dared not say more.

The wealthy gentry rushed forward and grabbed the piece of paper with "Wood" on it.

The human trafficker grabbed the piece with the Vortex.

Li Yuan made them separate by a mile and then began the observation.

Initially, they thought of secretly escaping, but when Li Yuan appeared and left them with some wounds, they behaved, focusing intently on the paper strips.

Half an hour later, the wealthy gentry holding the "Wood" suddenly began to feel fear, looking around suspiciously.

When Li Yuan appeared in front of him, the wealthy gentry cried out in fear, "Save me, save me."

Li Yuan said calmly, "There’s no danger here."

The wealthy gentry wanted to speak but was held back by Li Yuan’s knife at his throat, forcing him to continue looking.

On the other side, the human trafficker inexplicably grew restless, just like during an earlier test by Li Yuan.

But this time, the "experiment environment" had changed.

What Li Yuan wanted to see was whether the "change of environment" could bring a different "experimental result."

...

An hour later, the wealthy gentry began to cry and beg on his knees.

Li Yuan appeared beside him and asked, "What are you begging for?"

The wealthy gentry cried with tears and snot all over his face, muttering brokenly, "To kill me, so many, so many want to kill me... I don’t want to die, don’t want to die..."

Li Yuan asked, "What wants to kill you?"

The wealthy gentry replied, "I don’t know, I don’t know... Please, don’t kill me."

...

Li Yuan went to the other side.

The human trafficker, at some point, had a fierce look on his face and, upon seeing Li Yuan, inexplicably grabbed a sharp stone and rushed towards Li Yuan.

Li Yuan didn’t even lift a hand. The human trafficker floated up entirely, and the paper hovered directly in front of her eyes.

Fourth Grade Domain Power, for mortals, can work wonders from a distance like a Divine Spirit.

At that moment, a shrill scream came from the other side.

Li Yuan saw that the wealthy gentry was trying to escape.

Stumbling as he fled, his distorted face was full of fear.

Li Yuan used Domain Power to bring him back and pressed both men against a tree, floating the papers before them to continue.

...

Time passed, second by second.

After two hours, the human trafficker hanging in mid-air looked monstrous, sweat pouring off him.

The wealthy gentry was also drenched in sweat, but it was cold sweat, and he had fainted from fear.

Li Yuan watched them both.

He felt neither the flow of Yin Yang Qi nor any spiritual assault.

As a Withered Fire with nearly twenty thousand Talisman Seeds, he was extraordinarily sensitive to Yin Yang flow and mental fluctuation, especially since he was watching them this closely.

He frowned slightly.

The third hour arrived quickly.

The human trafficker, who had seemed fierce while floating, suddenly screamed, and Li Yuan saw flames abruptly erupt from her body, covering every inch of flesh in an instant.

Li Yuan stepped forward to intervene; these were Mortal Flames, but the temperature was high, and the human trafficker died in the moment the flames ignited.

"Was moving the location from the prison to the wild enough to change madness into spontaneous combustion?"

"No, it’s not a change—it’s an intensification."

"This human trafficker was also mad before self-combusting."

"What is it?"

Li Yuan sensed something, suddenly looked up, and saw the Taiyang in the sky.

The Taiyang, as always, cast its bright spring light, yet contrasted with the spontaneously combusting human trafficker, it seemed bizarrely grim.

"Is it the sunlight?"

"In the prison, sunlight was scarce, but in this forest, there’s more, so it caused a difference?"

Li Yuan suppressed his doubt and looked towards the wealthy gentry on the other side.

The wealthy gentry... had already died silently, without anyone noticing.

Li Yuan had a thought, suddenly grabbed the wealthy gentry’s arm, and saw that inside were gray lines of varying thickness.

He frowned slightly, flicked a finger, carving a fissure in the flesh.

With a "snap," the hand broke, pouring blood, and those intertwined gray lines became clearer—they were... tree branches.

Bang!

Bang!

Two fireballs formed in mid-air, instantly burning the two into ashes.

Li Yuan landed in silence.

This time, the experiment yielded three small conclusions:

One, these words or symbols can harness the power of nature;

Two, with a change in environment, this power also changes;