Chapter 441: Jailer (2)
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Their vertical pupils stared at Xiao Shi. It emitted a cold aura and the surrounding candlelight was a little dim. He could not see too far and could only vaguely see a huge figure sitting in the hall.
“Warden Xu, this is the jailer who just reported. He’s Wang Xiao.” The old man said respectfully to the huge figure in front of him.
“Mm…” The huge figure in the darkness nodded slightly. “You’re Wang Xiao?”
Xiao Shi could clearly feel a pair of pupils staring at him in the darkness. These pupils seemed to be able to see through his body. He looked straight at his soul. This made him realize instantly. The warden in front of him was a Martial Demon Realm expert. However, from the aura and other aspects, this warden was clearly far inferior to the Patriarch of Qianqi Mountain.
“Yes.” Xiao Shi replied calmly.
“Not bad. It’s indeed as the rumors say. However, the lord asked you to come here because he wants you to learn to control your killing nature. If you can’t control your killing nature, you will risk falling into the demonic path. No matter how good your aptitude or talent is, once you fall into the demonic path, you will immediately turn from a jailer to a prisoner.” Warden Xu warned in the darkness.
Xiao Shi only nodded and did not say anything. He remained aloof. Warden Xu continued. “According to the rules, every new jailer who reports can freely choose their position. Our prison is divided into four levels. They’re holding four different types of prisoners. The ones locked up on my level are spirit bodies and foreign species. You’re free to choose the floor.”
Xiao Shi thought for a moment and said, “I choose the level where the people from the demonic path are imprisoned.” Before he came, he had already found out that Xiang Zizhen was on the level where the demonic path forces were imprisoned.
“Warden Chu is in charge of the level where the demonic path forces are imprisoned. After that, you will be under Warden Chu’s jurisdiction.” Warden Xu waved his hand. The old man in front of Xiao Shi began to lead him to the level where the demonic faction was imprisoned.
Now they are on the second floor of the prison. The floor where the people of the demonic path were imprisoned was the third floor. He walked up the stairs and arrived at the third level. The old man brought Xiao Shi to the handover first.
Regretfully, Xiao Shi did not see Xiang Zizhen. As the warden of the third floor, Xiang Zizhen happened to have other important matters to attend to. However, Xiang Zizhen had already divided the prison cells for these new jailers in advance.
The old man was immediately in charge of bringing Xiao Shi over. Every floor of the prison was circular, like a long corridor. On one side was a bottomless, pitch-black pit, and on the other side was a cell that existed inside the wall. Every cell was a huge area. There were many cages in each area.
However, when they were outside the cell, they could not see the situation in the cell. No sound came out, causing the entire prison to be strangely quiet.
“This is the cell you’ll be managing from now on.” The old man brought Xiao Shi to one of the cells. “I believe you know the rules. I won’t say much. Good luck.” After the old man finished speaking, he left without stopping.
Xiao Shi looked at the cell in front of him. He narrowed his eyes. He reached out and pressed on the cell door.
Buzz!
The door of the entire cell opened. As he stepped into the cell, he felt his vision blur. It was as if he had entered another space and appeared in a spacious empty space. Ten huge cages surrounded it. The people imprisoned in the cage were all from the demonic path. Their expressions were different, and their gazes were all focused on Xiao Shi. There was ferocity, blood, and intense hatred.
“New here?” One of them had a bamboo skewer in his mouth, his hands behind his head, and his legs crossed. There was a x-shaped scar on the bridge of his nose as he asked casually. It was as if he was the jailer. The others also sneered.
Xiao Shi walked straight to the young man’s cage and stared at him. “Aren’t you afraid of me?”
The young man gave him a sideways glance. He said in a lazy tone, “I’m scared. I’m real scared.”
When the others heard this, they laughed. Xiao Shi also smiled. He reached out and pressed on the other party’s cage. He opened the door of the cage. His action immediately stunned the young man inside. The others also revealed surprised expressions.
“What does it mean?” The young man sat up.
“Nothing. 1 just think you’re brave enough for me to let you out.” Xiao Shi smiled.
The young man narrowed his eyes. The other party’s actions were very different from the jailers they had come into contact with in the past. “If you want to please me in this way, then you’re underestimating me.” The young man sneered and walked out of the cage. As soon as he stepped out of the cage, his body emitted a cracking sound as his bones shook. “Comfortable!” He let out a long breath.
When they were in the cage, be it their bodies or souls, they suffered a huge suppression and felt very uncomfortable. In the past, they would think of a way to get the jailers to let them out for some fresh air from time to time.
But now, this jailer let him out so easily. This was something he had not expected. He could not figure out what the other party’s intentions were. In fact, there was a very delicate relationship between these prisoners and the jailers.
For the Xingluo Army, the reason why they wanted to become jailers was because jailers had abundant benefits. And this benefit came from the prisoners here. Many prisoners had some important secrets and valuable information. This included some rare cultivation techniques, treasures, and so on.
Especially these people from the demonic path. The information they had was even more difficult for the people of the orthodox factions to obtain. After many of the Xingluo Army became jailers, they improved their strength faster than others by digging up the secret information of these prisoners.
Some of the high-level experts in the Xingluo Army had obtained some powerful legacies through the intelligence of these prisoners back then and rose to prominence. Therefore, for most of the Xingluo Army, the position of a jailer was something they dreamed of.
This was a lucrative job!
In this prison, many jailers would usually use their own methods, be it coercion or bribery, or threaten to beat them up, or use both kindness and force. The value of these prisoners is extracted in various ways. Of course, these prisoners also knew the needs and purposes of the jailers.
Usually, they would not easily tell him the information they knew. At most, he would reveal some secondary information from time to time. The most important information was held firmly in his hand.
They knew very well that once he handed over the most important information, they had no value. Only by hanging on to these jailers would it be the most advantageous situation for them.
Now that Xiao Shi had done this, this made the young prisoner feel that the other party was expressing goodwill to him. This kind of jailer who obtained intelligence information with kindness was undoubtedly what all the prisoners wanted to see the most.
The other prisoners’ eyes were also bright. They felt that their luck was not bad this time. It was a benevolent jailer. Their lives would probably be much better from now on.
“Since you don’t like to stay in the cage so much, I’ll give you a chance. As long as you can last five breaths against me, then from now on, you don’t have to stay in the cage.” Xiao Shi said with a smile.
The young man raised his eyebrows. Although he realized that the jailer in front of him was a benevolent person, he did not expect him to be so benevolent. Both parties were at the Martial Soul Realm at the Soul Awakening Stage. He had to last five breaths in the other party’s hands. It was simply too simple. This was completely giving him benefits.
When the other prisoners in the cage heard this, their breathing quickened, and their eyes were filled with envy and desire.
Xiao Shi looked around at the prisoners. He said kindly, “Don’t worry, it’s the same for you.”
When these prisoners heard this, they were immediately excited.
“Are you serious?!” The young man was a little worried that the other party was playing with them. After all, such benefits were definitely unprecedented in the entire prison..
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