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In Ji Family's Dungeon, Imprisonment hall.
His long gray and white hairs were scattered in a mess. Except for the Shenque (Divine Palace Acupoint) Point on the eyebrows, Ji Hong's acupoints were all pierced by thick iron cables, which were firmly nailed to the ground, making him unable to use his Xuan Qi from his Xuan Sea.
Looking forward through the fine iron fence, in the smaller cell on the opposite side was also a thin girl who was chained by the iron chains. Her entire body was covered with blood and mud, making it such that her beautiful face could no longer be seen behind the bloody veil.
"Ji Quexue, don't pretend to be dead, get up and eat."
A guard of Ji family' mansion walked in with a cold wooden box. It took a lot of effort to open the door of Ji Quexue's dungeon, so his tone was rather impatient.
The wooden box was thrown in front of the girl very casually, and a cold hard steamed bun and a few pieces of pickles that were deliberately placed to become moldy fell out of it and scattered on the ground.
Ji Quexue moved slightly, the iron chains rattled, and there was a piercing pain all over her body.
This kind of food couldn't even be eaten by ordinary people in the outer city of Taichu Ancient City, let alone the daughter of her family's main branch.
The black-clothed mansion guard stared at Ji Quexue's dirty little face, with a hint of teasing in his tone, "Why, Miss, don't you want to eat?"
While talking, he leaned closer.
Ji Quexue raised her head abruptly, her bloodshot pupils stared fiercely at the black-armored guard, causing him to be taken aback by surprise.
"If you dare to touch her, I will kill you."
The cold and hoarse voice reached his ears, compelling the black-armored mansion guard to look back. Ji Hong in the opposite cell had red eyes and was looking at him with dark killing intent.
"Bah! Do you think you're still the head of the Ji family? You're just a prisoner!"
The guard pretended to be calm and spat fiercely at Ji Hong, but at the same time suppressed the unbearable thoughts in his heart.
Although Ji Hong couldn't move, he was once in the True Dao Realm, maybe he possessed some strange means to kill him.
If he was lustful enough to take advantage of Ji Quexue, perhaps Ji Hong would really try to kill him in anger. Competing with this kind of prisoner would not be worth the gain.
Thinking of this, he glanced at Ji Hong angrily, but didn't dare to touch Ji Quexue again, he turned around and locked the cell door and left.
"Quexue, just eat something, you are still valuable as you have ignited your Heart Fire, you are not as bad as me."
Ji Hong's voice became more and more hoarse.
Ji Quexue shook her head and closed her eyes directly.
Ji Hong let out a long sigh, and there was an extremely painful struggle in his eyes.
After a long time, he seemed to have finally made a decision, and was relieved.
"Quexue, I have done many wrong things for my father in this life, and I have countless regrets. But this one thing, I will not regret it as a father."
Ji Hong spoke softly with a smile.
After these words fell, his body withered at a speed visible to the naked eye. After a few short breaths, he became a thin old man with gray hair. Even his breathing was extremely unpleasant. Whenever he moved, a hoarse creaking sound echoed in the entire prision.
Ji Quexue raised her head as if she had sensed something usual, looked at Ji Hong, who had changed a lot, and subconsciously asked, "What did you do?"
Ji Hong shook his head and opened his mouth slightly, but there was only a hoarse whimper in his throat.
It was just that his eyes are brighter than ever before, and there seemed to be a blazing flame burning in them.
"Father, Father, what's wrong with you?"
Ji Quexue's feelings for Ji Hong were extremely complicated, and she didn't even know if she should hate him, but seeing Ji Hong like this at this time, she was still a little touched in her heart.
The flames in Ji Hong's eyes manifested, and gradually sloughed out of his body, turning into a phantom of a fire lotus floating towards Ji Quexue.
When the Heart Fire had not been extinguished, it was against the way of heaven to sacrifice it to others.
Not only would the divine soul shatter, but even the true spirit would collapse, completely dissipating between the heavens and the earth, and there would be no chance of reincarnation.
Ji Quexue looked up at the fire lotus that slowly merged into the divine palace acupoint between her eyebrows, and her heart throbbed with unknown emotions.
When she looked at the opposite cell again, there was no one there.
The blood-stained steel cable hung down empty, only a few wisps of smoke drifted away, and gradually annihilated into fine dust.
After half a day.
"It's not good! Go and report to the commander Xu Jianghe, Ji Hong and Ji Quexue in the dungeon have disappeared!"
"What!?"
Several black-armored palace guards looked at each other, their eyes full of terror.