My house was confiscated and I was exiled. I emptied the emperor's warehouse and fled.

"Old rules, let's get started."

Qingxuan gave an order, and the shadow guard behind him strode forward and said to Ling Qi without emotion: "Please!"

Ling Qi tensed up and silently stood up, and followed them to the foot of a big tree. After taking off his shirt, his lean and smooth muscles were exposed to the air.

In order to have the same body shape as his master, he also lost more than ten pounds in a short period of time after his master was severely tortured. It was not until his master recovered from his injuries and gradually became healthy that he gradually recovered.

At the same time, more than twenty shadow guards emerged from the darkness and stood silently watching the execution.

Lingqi knew the conventional punishment for mission failure, so he just pretended that these people didn't exist and stretched out his hands in cooperation.

Then, his hands were tied up with hemp rope and hung high on the tree, with his toes touching the ground, almost dangling in the air.

The wrists and arms bear almost the entire body weight, and soon there is a growing sense of soreness, but Zero Seven can no longer care about it.

After being fed a pill to suppress his inner strength and stay awake, the shadow guard who was in charge of the torture walked behind him, and the sound of breaking through the air was heard.

"Snap!" The sound of the barbed whip hitting the skin and flesh rang out from the forest. With just one blow, the skin and flesh were torn apart.

"One." Ling Qi gritted her silver teeth, but could not remain silent.

The whip continued to bite his skin like a poisonous snake.

A blue vein appeared on Ling Qi's forehead: "Two."

With the sounds of whipping and counting, Ling Qi's back was already covered with bloody torture wounds in criss-cross directions, and the flesh and blood were turned out, which was shocking.

"...Thirty." After Ling Qi reported the last number, his whole body was soaked with sweat, and his head leaned weakly on his high arm.

"Commander, the thirty lashes have been completed."

"Shang Eo Gu Powder."

"Yes."

As soon as the words "Erosion Bone Powder" entered his ears, Ling Qi trembled instantly.

According to the rules, those who fail the task will first be punished with thirty whips, then apply bone-eroding powder to amplify the pain a hundred times, and finally rinse with salt water.

After these three steps, no matter how tough you are, you will be tortured to the point of howling, making it difficult for you to become a human being.

When the white powder stained the valgus wound, the bone-eroding pain caused the body to spasm uncontrollably. Ling Qi could no longer bear it, and a broken and suppressed moan escaped from between his teeth.

After the salt water was poured on his head and back, he finally couldn't help but scream: "Ah!!!"

When the voice reached his ears, Ling Qi was horrified and looked at the commander together with the tense-looking Shadow Guard.

According to the rules, the shadow guard is not allowed to cry out in pain when being tortured, otherwise he will be tortured again.

Qingxuan turned his back to everyone and stared into the distance, his majestic body motionless.

But he didn't say anything, and the shadow guard who was in charge of the torture did not dare to release the water, so he asked his colleagues to bring another bucket of salt water and pour it again.

This time, Lingqi almost bit his gums and didn't dare to make a sound.

"Lingqi, are you still awake?"

"Yes." A weak voice sounded.

If you faint during the execution, you have to wake up and start over again. Lingqi knew this very well and would not faint no matter how painful it was.

"Commander, the execution is over, please examine the injuries."

Qingxuan turned around, glanced at the man who had fallen into a semi-conscious state, and said: "Okay, Ling Qi will go on a mission at any time. The three-day confinement without food and water will be waived. Take him down for medication."

"Yes."

When Ling Qi heard this, his consciousness completely slipped into darkness.

*

At the same time, Su Yunwan and Chu Yi met at the foot of the mountain.

After greeting each other, Qin Ruoshan's eyes flashed when she looked at Chu Yan, who was dirty but still elegant.

Chu Yan tried his best to hide his inner discomfort and laughed at himself: "Fortunately, my sixth brother called me out. If I continue to practice, I will be beaten with sticks."

"Is it so severe?" Qin Ruoshan frowned slightly.

"Yes, fortunately, my eldest brother is leading the team today and gave me a chance to correct my mistakes. If it were my father, the stick just now would have hit my waist." Chu Yan looked frightened.

Chu Fei smiled tenderly and complained: "Who told you to exclude martial arts? If you had laid a good foundation in the early years, it wouldn't be so difficult. You don't know that my family is martial arts, but my seventh brother is devoted to the arts, even if he is quite talented My father doesn’t recognize his talent very much.”

Chu Yan retorted: "You can't say that. The nine sons of Longsheng are all different. I really don't like to fight and kill."

"I don't like it either. Who here does?" Su Yunwan glanced at Qin Ruoshan, Chu Fei, Chu Yi and Qin Mu with a smile.

The first three people all shook their heads in denial, but Qin Mu didn't know how to express it for a moment.

His hobby is rather special - carpentry, but like Chu Yan, he was born as a general and had to learn various martial arts. However, he was overturned later and was forced to participate in shadow guard training, and also developed the habit of suppressing others with force.

"I caught one person." Su Yunwan chuckled, "Qin Mu, it depends on your performance. If you can't hunt more prey than us, it won't be justified!"

Everyone couldn't help laughing.

Qin Mu apologized and said, "I'm definitely no match for my sister-in-law, so I'd better just admit defeat."

"What, you still want me to take action?" Su Yunwan raised an eyebrow, "I'm here to pick wild fruits."

Chu Yi smiled gently: "You girls can just hang out at home. For hunting, the three of us are enough."

A group of six people walked up the mountain talking and laughing, and then divided into two groups.

Su Yunwan took the two girls to collect wild fruits, mountain mushrooms, wild vegetables, herbs and other things, while Qin Mu and the others went deep into the mountains and forests to hunt wild animals.

Happy time always passes quickly. Seeing that the sun was about to rise above her head, Qin Ruoshan said anxiously: "It's almost noon, why haven't they come back yet?"

"It should be soon." Chu Fei said uncertainly.

"How about we go down the mountain first?" As soon as Su Yunwan finished speaking, she heard movement in the distance.

The hunters came back, and they brought back a young man.

The boy looked to be in his teens, carrying a bow and quiver, and was full of vigor. He was holding a large piebald python in his hands. There were several bloody holes in the snake's body and its blood had solidified.

Qin Mu dragged a big wild boar with vines, Chu Yi also dragged a muntjac with vines, and Chu Yan carried several moles, pheasants and other small animals in one hand, and a large bouquet of colorful chrysanthemums in the other hand.

When Chu Fei saw the python, she screamed in fright and hid behind Qin Ruoshan. Qin Ruoshan also turned pale with fright, but did not move away.

The young man quickly comforted him: "Don't be afraid, it's a dead snake, it was beaten to death."

Chu Yan also said quickly: "Yes, little sister, fourth girl, don't be afraid, you will die completely."

Su Yunwan took a look around their harvest and praised: "Not bad, a great harvest!"

Qin Mu said regretfully: "Sister-in-law, I also saw a tiger, but it had cubs in its belly, so I didn't hunt it."

"It doesn't matter, we don't lack the tiger meat." Su Yunwan waved her hand indifferently.

Young man: ...I am lacking.