The bluestone slab separated from the ground, revealing a dark hole.
A deathly silence followed.
Suddenly, a chaotic pig squeal erupted from the dark hole.
Before long, a sow poked its head out.
Sensing no danger.
It laboriously crawled out and grunted towards the dark hole.
Soon.
A swarm of sows poured out.
And after all the sows had left the dark hole.
A gaunt, rough hand stretched out from within, followed by a skinny man in tattered clothes, reeking of semen.
His clearly visible skeleton suggested the magnificence he would possess were he to gain weight.
"I, Afu, am back!"
Afu greedily inhaled the spiritual energy in the air, his face filled with a relieved and weakened expression of survival.
He!
Had suffered horrifying abuse!
And it all started when the late Emperor was still on the throne.
...
My name is Afu.
I was the Grand Commander of the Imperial Guards under the late Emperor.
With a cultivation base at the peak of the Half-Saint realm, I was the strongest person in this world besides the seven Saints.
That day, in the Imperial Palace.
I had just finished eating.
When a secret edict summoned me to the palace.
The one summoning me was none other than the strongest person in the world, the late Emperor Xuan Ce.
I arrived at the Xuan Imperial Hall with great unease.
Since ancient times, serving a ruler is like living with a tiger. Being summoned so secretly, I feared something bad might happen.
Fortunately, it wasn't what I had anticipated.
However, I received a major piece of news from the late Emperor.
That was, after returning from the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains, the late Emperor had been secretly cultivating a Divine-Demonic level technique.
And now, the late Emperor had successfully completed the cultivation.
His cultivation had also reached the critical point of the Saint Realm.
Only one step away from breaking through to the Divine-Demonic realm.
However, the Divine-Demonic laws of the Southern Continent were lacking.
The late Emperor had to use a secret art from the Divine-Demonic technique.
Feigned death! To break through the Divine-Demonic realm that no one had been able to break through for thousands of years.
Such a bold idea shocked me.
But at the same time, I felt invigorated.
I was the late Emperor's confidant. If the late Emperor broke through to the Divine-Demonic realm, I would surely benefit as well.
Thus, a plan to deceive the twenty billion people of the Divine Xuan Dynasty into believing the Emperor's death was agreed upon that day.
Subsequently, the plan was implemented, and everything went smoothly.
However, since I arrived in the Imperial Capital City.
I felt a sense of unease.
I originally planned to join the Third Prince's command and become the Grand Commander of the Imperial Guards again, to control the Third Prince, secretly bide my time, and wait for the late Emperor to awaken and return.
However, I learned from Chen Ming, the Commander of the Imperial Guards, that the Third Prince had already appointed a Grand Commander, which shocked me greatly.
I decided to take a look near the Imperial Palace and summon my old subordinate, Lü Qianxing, to have him tell me who the Third Prince had newly appointed as Grand Commander. You must know, the Grand Commander of the Imperial Guards is not an ordinary position. Its minimum requirement is the peak of the Half-Saint realm.
This also meant that a new Half-Saint realm expert might have appeared in the Imperial Capital City.
And this undoubtedly shook the late Emperor's plan.
But what shocked me even more was.
My former subordinate, Lü Qianxing, had actually broken through to the Half-Saint realm in just two days.
After some questioning, Lü Qianxing stammered and refused to say anything, which aroused a hint of killing intent in me. Unfortunately, Lü Qianxing seemed to have sensed it and ran back to the Imperial Palace in advance.
However, I didn't care.
I decided to stay in the Imperial Capital City for now.
Looking for an opportunity to investigate the current situation of the Imperial Palace.
But it was this decision.
That my nightmare arrived.
A group of mysterious women kidnapped me in a corner.
When I woke up again, I was already in a dark cellar.
Here, I vaguely learned the identities of these women.
They seemed to be called something like the Ice Group.
And the person behind them was actually the Seventh Princess, Xuan Xue.
Everyone underestimated her.
While no one paid attention to her situation.
The power under her command could already threaten a strongman like me at the peak of the Half-Saint realm, which made me extremely horrified.
But what horrified me even more was.
Xuan Xue seemed to have guessed about the late Emperor's feigned death.
She ordered these women to interrogate me day and night.
I have a resolute and unyielding spirit, so naturally I could not betray Emperor Xuan.
But...
I never imagined that the gentle Seventh Princess would use such vicious tactics, making me spend countless licentious days with a group of sows.
That was a humiliation I could never wash away in my life.
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[Second Update/Third Update]
Chapter 186: Afu glanced at the streets filled with Half-Saint commoners. How many years have I been lost?
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Fortunately, my cultivation was superior.
That's why I didn't fall.
It's just that, just as I was awake and preparing to find an opportunity to leave the cellar.
The Seventh Princess Xuan Xue's mansion collapsed for some reason.
Causing me and a group of sows to be trapped underground for at least several months.
And now, I finally managed to come out alive again.
I also don't know what the Southern Continent is like now.
Afu slowly stood up. He had been in the dark underground for several months. God knows what kind of torment he had suffered.
"Eh? Why is the spiritual energy in the Imperial Capital City so rich?"
Afu's mind was greatly shaken.
The current concentration of spiritual energy was simply worlds apart from when he came here before.
Even, as long as he stood in such an environment, he could feel his realm jumping, almost about to advance to the Saint Realm.
"What exactly is going on?"
Just as Afu was feeling puzzled.
The gate of this mansion was suddenly opened from the outside.
"Oh my, how did a bunch of pigs and a stinky beggar get into my newly bought house!"
Gu Yan, who entered the mansion, was originally in a happy mood to see her new house, but now, a group of dirty wild boars and a beggar instantly ruined her mood.
This mansion was originally bought by the Ice Group from the imperial court to build an underground palace.
But as the main leaders of the Ice Group were arrested.
This mansion became ownerless again.
It was then taken out and sold by the Ministry of Revenue.
And Gu Yan, who had some connections in the Ministry of Revenue, immediately invested in buying this mansion.
She was originally happy to have picked up a bargain.
But now, the fishy stench that permeated the entire mansion almost made her gag.
