Chapter 225: Yang Dongqing Arrives in the Imperial Capital

He had to maintain his mysterious and powerful persona; otherwise, how could he keep the members of the Seven Deadly Sins in line?

After falling asleep, Su Mu used his dream teleportation to quietly leave the prison.

Returning to the Bronze Coffin Company, he stepped out of his dream. Feeling the hunger radiating from the Void Devourer on his hand, he had no choice but to keep feeding it.

Even after he poured all his mental energy into it, the greedy Void Devourer transmitted a wave of dissatisfaction, signaling that it still wasn't full.

Su Mu frowned slightly. Sure enough, letting the Void Devourer experience the long-lost feeling of being full had only made it increasingly insatiable.

Wisps of devouring power emanated from the artifact. Deprived of mental energy to feed on, it began consuming the physical energy within Su Mu's own body.

Naturally, Su Mu wasn't going to indulge it. He promptly sealed it away in a black cloth bag.

It wasn't that he didn't want to feed the Void Devourer until it was full, but his physical body had already reached its limit. If he repeated the process of falling asleep dozens of times, his body would definitely overload. The Undying Body only guaranteed that he wouldn't die; it didn't guarantee he wouldn't end up in a wheelchair.

After eating a simple dinner, Su Mu calculated the time. "By now, Yang Dongqing should have already arrived in the Imperial Capital."

Over the past few days, whenever he had free time, he would enter a dream to observe Yang Dongqing's situation. Despite losing Jasmine, Yang Dongqing still clung to his fantasies.

He convinced himself that Jasmine wasn't dead, but had rather been captured by the Royal Family. Believing they had arrested the wrong person and that Jasmine was merely a victim, he intended to go to the Imperial Capital to rescue her.

In reality, anyone else would know Jasmine was already dead. Especially after Su Mu learned more about Supreme Heaven, he could practically confirm her demise.

Even Yang Dongqing knew it in his heart, but his emotions refused to let him face reality. Even if there was only a one-in-ten-thousand chance, he had to go to the Imperial Capital to verify it.

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In a dark prison within the Imperial Capital.

"Hey, little brother, what're you in for?" an unshaven, disheveled man asked, casually patting Yang Dongqing on the shoulder.

Yang Dongqing was like a soulless puppet, staring blankly as if he hadn't heard a thing.

"Hello? You deaf?" The man waved a filthy hand in front of Yang Dongqing's face.

"Jasmine... Jasmine..." Yang Dongqing muttered absently, the words of the enforcers who had arrested him earlier that day still echoing in his ears.

"What a madman, running all the way to the Imperial Capital for a member of the Blood Clan. Can he not read? Didn't he see the notice issued by the Royal Family that all Blood Clan members within the borders of the Chiyan Empire have been eradicated!"

"Heh heh, this lunatic is connected to the Blood Clan and threw himself right into our net. Isn't this just handing us merit? Hurry up and arrest him."

The enforcers' words were like a heavy hammer, ruthlessly smashing all the fantasies in Yang Dongqing's heart.

Just then, the man sitting across from him in the cell said thoughtfully, "So your girlfriend was part of the Blood Clan."

Startled, Yang Dongqing snapped back to his senses and stared intently at his cellmate. "How do you know that!? Just who are you?"

The cellmate chuckled. "Because I can read minds. Everyone locked up in Prison 749 is a Transcendent, so there's nothing to be surprised about. As for who I am... ahem... listen closely. My surname is Ba, and my given name is Ba. Just call me Ba Ba."

Hearing it was mind-reading, Yang Dongqing's expression grew gloomy again. In the past, meeting a Transcendent who could read minds might have piqued his interest. But right now, his mind was completely filled with Jasmine.

Why!? Jasmine was clearly a victim; she shouldn't have died like this! Why did the Chiyan Imperial Family have to eradicate her along with the rest?!

"Heh heh, do you think the Royal Family are the good guys? They don't care about innocence. Whoever they decide deserves to die, dies."

Ba Ba had read Yang Dongqing's thoughts once more, but Yang Dongqing paid him no mind. He felt pure hatred! It was extremely unfair. It was clearly Murong Yun's fault—these nobles oppressed commoner women as they pleased—yet when the time came for a reckoning, the Royal Family slaughtered the victims too.

"It's right to hate. It's precisely because nobles exist in this world that so many tragedies occur, and the Royal Family is the biggest noble of all. To tell you the truth, my wife and children all died because of the nobles. I wanted to avenge them, so I joined the Revolutionary Army.

"Damn it, I just had bad luck this time and got caught by those bastards. They'd better not let me out, or sooner or later, I'll overturn the rule of the nobles. I'll drag all those high-and-mighty nobles down from their pedestals, force them to their knees, and make them repent before all the commoners they've oppressed!"

A fervent light ignited in Ba Ba's dark, bright eyes, blazing like a raging fire.

"Hey, little brother, do you want revenge?"

Yang Dongqing slowly raised his head. He looked like a completely different person. The former passion and kindness in his eyes had been entirely replaced by deep-seated hatred. The moment he learned of Jasmine's death, his heart had died completely. Now, the only thought keeping him alive was revenge!

Looking at Yang Dongqing's hate-filled eyes, Ba Ba's playful expression slowly faded. "If you want revenge, then join the Revolutionary Army. Everyone in the Revolutionary Army is just like you—persecuted by the nobles and oppressed by this damned era. Join us, and help us overthrow the rule of the nobles!"

"I'm not interested in all that. I just want revenge. I'll kill whoever killed Jasmine!" Yang Dongqing said expressionlessly. His low voice had lost its former innocence, leaving nothing but bone-chilling hatred.

"What if the one who killed your girlfriend was King Chi?"

"Then I'll kill King Chi."

"Hahaha..." Ba Ba burst into a manic fit of laughter, laughing until tears nearly came to his eyes. "Little brother, wanting revenge is a good thing, but do you know who King Chi is? She is the supreme ruler of the Chiyan Empire. Even those lofty Gold-tier powerhouses have to obey her commands.

"And you? You're just Bronze?"

Yang Dongqing remained expressionless. Not even King Chi's name could shake his resolve.

Ba Ba slowly reined in his laughter. "Little brother, it looks like you're serious. I can read minds, so I naturally know what you're truly thinking. Good! You've got guts! The Revolutionary Army welcomes you."

"Can joining the Revolutionary Army get me my revenge?"

Ba Ba smiled mysteriously. "Not only can you get revenge, but you can even resurrect your little girlfriend!"

"What!?" Hearing the word 'resurrect', Yang Dongqing's expression suddenly grew frantic. "Are you telling the truth?"

"Do you know how your girlfriend and the rest of the Blood Clan died?"

The image of Jasmine fading away in his arms that day involuntarily surfaced in Yang Dongqing's mind, and he shook his head.