Chapter 1723 - 783: Display of Authority

Chapter 1723: Chapter 783: Display of Authority

The Divine Emperor’s Heavenly Prison, unlike ordinary prisons, is more of a series of deep tunnels, shrouded in darkness all year round. The prisoners held within for hundreds of years are either madmen or blind.

"Sinful Woman Jade Hand receives the decree, Emperor Feng Gu commands you to atone for your crimes by completing a mission to the Northern Territory."

At the sound of dragging chains, a woman emerged from the depths of the long tunnel.

Her hair was dirty and long, obscuring her face.

Though her face was unclear, the female prisoner’s clothing was exceptionally neat, not typical prison attire but a robe that extended to her ankles, made from unknown materials.

Heavy shackles adorned her wrists and ankles, glimmering with runes, rendering her unable to use any divine power.

Lan Cang glanced lightly at the female prisoner.

Though she wore the simplest robe, a graceful figure was faintly discernible.

Lan Cang raised his hand, lifting the prisoner’s long hair to see her face, only to be startled by a face so rugged and bumpy, like a ghost mask, causing him to nearly cry out in shock.

"Are you Jade Hand Poison Master?"

Lan Cang scowled with disgust. So ugly, he thought. With such a lively name, he expected the prisoner would have good looks, but her face was crisscrossed with strange blue and purple markings, not an inch of good skin.

Jade Hand Poison Master did not respond.

"Are you deaf or mute, didn’t you hear me speak!"

Annoyed, Lan Cang kicked over.

But before his foot reached Jade Hand Poison Master, Lan Cang suddenly cried out.

His hand, with five fingers, was in unbearable pain and severely swollen.

"Jade Hand Poison Master, what did you do to Lord Lan Cang? He’s the son of Feng Gu Divine Emperor, hand over the poison quickly."

The guards turned pale at the sight.

Jade Hand Poison Master had been imprisoned in the Divine Emperor’s Heavenly Prison for hundreds of years. When she was first incarcerated, the guards saw she was a female prisoner, albeit slightly hideous, but a woman nonetheless.

They harbored ill intentions, forcing her to undress, planning to violate her and then rob her belongings.

Unexpectedly, Jade Hand Poison Master ignored their words, and enraged, the guards attempted to punish her. But the moment they touched even the hem of her garment, they suffered severe decay of their limbs and unbearable pain.

Some who struck heavily didn’t survive until the next day.

The incident terrified the guards, who vowed to leave Jade Hand Poison Master in peace.

And so, Jade Hand Poison Master remained in the Divine Emperor’s Heavenly Prison, treated with good food and drink, peacefully living for hundreds of years.

Yet her presence still made people uneasy.

The guards couldn’t wait for her departure.

Upon hearing Lan Cang was to take her away, they were overjoyed but neglected to warn him.

Poor Lan Cang, once a head guard himself, had never personally dealt with prisoners, let alone Jade Hand Poison Master herself, and fell into the trap unknowingly.

"Her hair is poisoned too, you vile woman, you’ve dared to plot against me, quickly, hand over the antidote or my father will not spare you. Guards, seize the sinful woman."

But no guard dared approach Jade Hand Poison Master, Lan Cang’s voice echoed in the prison, unanswered.

Lan Cang’s right hand, from itching to pain, he used his left hand to scratch, only for it to worsen, eventually both hands suffered.

Only then did he realize, Jade Hand Poison Master was entirely poisonous, not to be touched.

Jade Hand Poison Master truly didn’t intend to kill Lan Cang.

After all, he was the son of the Divine Emperor and her escort from the prison.

This cursed place, boundlessly deep with numerous prohibitions, with her current cultivation, escape was impossible.

Only by leaving could she hope to escape.

"Want the antidote, can be done."

Serenely, Jade Hand Poison Master suddenly spoke.

Between her fingers was now an Elixir Pill.

Upon seeing the pill, Lan Cang’s expression changed drastically, enduring the pain in his hands, he lunged to seize the pill.

But just as he reached the pill, Jade Hand Poison Master flicked it with her fingers, sending it rolling away.

Moreover, she spat phlegm directly onto the pill.

Lan Cang froze, his face turning from pale to red, engulfed by fury.

"Good medicine tastes bitter, only this one."

Jade Hand Poison Master’s words nearly drove Lan Cang to vomit blood.

But the itching and pain in his hands surged, threatening to worsen, finally, Lan Cang snatched the pill and swallowed it.

Once ingested, the pain and itch vanished immediately.

Yet Lan Cang’s face darkened like a pot’s underside.

Lan Cang felt uneasy, even worrying the suggestion to have Lan Chuchu bring Jade Hand Poison Master out might have been a misstep.

This woman was clearly not easily handled.

He wished nothing more than to strangle the ugly woman before him, but recalling Lan Chuchu and the child in her belly along with the woman’s poisonous constitution, Lan Cang swallowed his anger, escorting Jade Hand Poison Master to the Northern Territory.

At the moment of leaving the Divine Emperor’s Heavenly Prison, the wind blew her long, tangled hair.

The face concealed behind the mess of hair appeared.

Behind it lay a rugged face.

This hideous face, repulsed Lan Cang at a glance, once enthralled countless souls in the Human Realm.

But now it was marred, the cause of which stemmed from Jade Hand Poison Master herself.

Were Ye Lingyue to see Jade Hand Poison Master now, she would surely be astonished.

Only because the ugly marks on that face matched the strange markings on the sixth Cauldron Piece that was in Ye Lingyue’s possession, the piece belonging to the Tang Family.

Jade Hand Poison Master’s hand unconsciously touched her cheek, with a sigh barely audible.

Though she taught Lan Cang a lesson, Jade Hand Poison Master knew, bound by shackles, escape was unlikely. ⅇℓ.

"Hong Meng, in the end, I have failed, I fear within my lifetime, I shall never rescue you. Now, my only hope is that my descendants will uncover the clues I left, unlock that secret realm. Only then shall we meet again in our lifetime."

Jade Hand Poison Master’s sigh scattered in the wind.

Meanwhile, in a distant part of the Ancient Nine Provinces, Ye Lingyue had just stepped onto the Fengyun Platform.

Storms brewed as the wind lifted Ye Lingyue’s long hair, she drew the Female Sword Nine Dragon Chant, its light as snow, aimed at the Yue Mei standing opposite.