In the Great Prison, an exquisite beauty was bound hand and foot by specialized ropes. She curled her body, accentuating her shapely curves, her soft yet pert chest pressed firmly against the cold ground.
Her attire was bold and avant-garde, consisting of a custom qipao with a base of cyan and blue colours.
It was considered as a custom qipao because the slits on both sides reached as high as her waist and hips, exposing parts of her body.
The way her qipao was custom made put her plump, elastic thighs on full display. Her shoulders were also bare, revealing an expanse of porcelain-white skin.
At that moment, she lay on the ground in a rather pathetic state. Upon hearing footsteps approaching the cell she was imprisoned in, she lifted her head slightly. When she saw who had arrived in front of her, her beautiful eyes instantly widened with shock.
She was all too familiar with the man before her.
He had been consecrated as the Fifth Heavenly King of the Demon Cult 1 month ago. The rumors claimed he was the next cult leader, and his portrait had already spread throughout the land.
“Gu Ming!” the beauty hissed, her eyes flashing with a cold light as the words were squeezed out from between her teeth.
Gu Ming arched an eyebrow at her. “I didn’t expect the Divine Maiden of the Divine Maiden Palace to recognize me. What a pleasant surprise.”
Although he was an undercover agent, he was still the Fifth Heavenly King of the Demon Cult. He couldn’t appear too friendly with figures of the Righteous Factions; that would arouse suspicion among the cult members.
He hadn’t dismissed the prison guards immediately because he wanted them to be his witnesses. It was a ploy he has devised, they would see exactly how he treated the Divine Maiden of the Divine Maiden Palace, this would thereby prevent any malicious rumors from spreading later.
‘It really isn’t easy,’ Gu Ming sighed inwardly.
After signaling the guard to open the door, Gu Ming walked up to the Divine Maiden. His cold eyes looked down at her from above.
Refusing to be intimidated, the Divine Maiden glared back at him with the same ferocity.
“Oh? You’ve got some backbone, don’t you? Death is at your door, yet you still dare to be so arrogant.” Gu Ming knelt and pinched the Divine Maiden’s face, making it impossible for her to speak.
The Divine Maiden was stubborn. She thrashed her head wildly, trying to find an opening to bite him. Unfortunately, Gu Ming was quick and agile. He withdrew his hand just in time, denying her the chance.
“I, Mu Ningxue, fell into your hands today, and I accept my defeat,” she snarled. “Kill me or torture me as you wish. However, remember this: if I ever escape this place, no matter where you hide, I will return today’s humiliation twofold!”
“Kill you?” Gu Ming licked his lips. “How could I bear to do that? I’ve long heard that the Divine Maiden of the Divine Maiden Palace is a beauty of national grace and heavenly fragrance. Who would kill such a delicate woman?”
As he spoke, Gu Ming reached out, intending to touch Mu Ningxue’s supple cheek. However, he was startled by her attempt to bite him again and had to pull back just in time.
Gu Ming let out a loud contemptuous laugh and lowered his voice.
“I’ve heard that the cultivation techniques of the Divine Maiden Palace are unrivaled, but the practitioner must remain a virgin. If I were to harvest your Primordial Yin today… would you still be the Divine Maiden of the Divine Maiden Palace?”
Mu Ningxue’s expression changed drastically, yet she remained defiant.
“You wouldn’t dare. Do you believe my master would turn your hideout upside down?”
Gu Ming sneered. “If that were possible, the Demon Cult would have ceased to exist long ago.”
Gu Ming had infiltrated the Demon Cult as a spy when he was 10 years old. 2 years later, the Demon Cult launched the Great War of Good and Evil. The war lasted for 5 years, resulting in countless casualties on both sides. Eventually, both parties were forced to call a truce, using The Chasm as a boundary to divide the Eastern and Western Regions.
The Eastern Region belonged to the Righteous Path Alliance, while the Western Region belonged to the Demon Cult.
To this day, friction between the Demon Cult and the Righteous Path Alliance continued, but any kind of large-scale warfare had vanished.
A very delicate balance was maintained between the two.
Although the Divine Maiden Palace was one of the five major powers of the Righteous Path Alliance, they wouldn’t start a massive war just for the sake of a Divine Maiden’s purity — though small-scale skirmishes were a different story.