He pulled the chain which then made a noise. His last memory was that he was drinking wine with his friends in the courtyard. But why was he tied up?

“You are awake?” A familiar voice sounded behind him, and then that person came up to him.

It was Ruan Zhizheng, his friend. He shook the chain, “What do you want to play this time?”

Ruan Zhizheng and he grew up together. They were as close as brothers. He could help him no matter what.

However, Ruan Zhizheng said seriously, “I only ask you once. Where is the secret book of Shadow Steal?”

“You should know that I don't have a book of Shadow Steal.” Frowned Wu Ruo.

The secret of Shadow Steal was on his mind. However, there was nothing but the two words “Shadow Steal”. The rumor said that anyone mastered Shadow Steal can dominate the world. And the rumor went crazier and crazier. Even people from great sects want the secret. Even Wu Ruo himself thought Shadow Steal was a great skill. But the reality was that he didn't master the skill.

He obtained the secret when he was 25 years old. Before that, he was a loser who was unable to cultivate. One day, he broke his Longevity Slab by accident. It was when he understood the reason why he had been unable to cultivate was because his power was sealed. The only way to unseal it was to break his Longevity Slab.

After he broke his Longevity Slab, a number of magic skills came up on his mind. And each skill came along with a detailed instruction and a learning method except for Shadow Steal. From then on, he began to cultivate.

Ruan Zhizheng commanded the guards by the door, “Take them out.”

“Yes.” Said the four guards, escorting a middle-aged couple who were stuck with white cloth in their mouths to Wu Ruo. They also kicked the couple and the couple fell to their knees.

“Father. Mother.” Wu Ruo was shocked and angry when he saw his parents, “Zhizheng, this is so not how we should play games. Let go of my parents.”

Wu Ruo's parents cried in excitement when they saw Wu Ruo who was tied to a crossbeam.

Ruan Zhizheng raised a big knife and cut off Wu Ruo's father's arm.

“Whoo…” Wu Ruo's father's eyes were suddenly wide open. There were sweats on his forehead. Obviously, he was in a great pain.

“Whoo…” Wu's mother cried loud as she saw what happened to her husband.

Wu Ruo froze there. He was too drunk to understand what was going on.

Ruan Zhizheng sneered and stamped on the other hand of Wu's father, “Wu Ruo, this is what you are going to take if you don't say anything about the secret.”

“Whoo…” Wu's father was so painful that he collapsed to the ground.

“Ruan Zhizheng, you…” Wu Ruo murmured.

“Still not saying anything?” Ruan Zhizheng swung the knife at Wu's father's neck.

At that moment, a head was cut off and blood splattered all over the places.

Staring at his father's body, Wu Ruo still couldn't believe that his friend would kill his father.

Before that, this friend had affectionately called his father uncle. But the few drops of blood on his face told him that it was all real, not that he was dreaming.

“Boohoo…” Wu's mother went crazy as she saw her husband being beheaded and got rid of the guards who caught her, threw herself at her husband and cried loud.

Wu Ruo finally came around. He pulled the chain crazily, angrily, and roared, “Ruan Zhizheng, how dare you kill my father! You b.a.s.t.a.r.d! I will kill you!”

Ruan Zhizheng looked at him with evil and ruthless cruelty I his eyes and put the knife onto his mother's neck, “If you are still not saying anything, your mother would be the next.”

Wu Ruo panicked although he was angry, “I've told you everything about me. Don't you know if I have the secret or not?”

“It seems that the secret skill is more important than your mother.” Ruan Zhizheng raised the big knife again.

Wu Ruo was startled. He raised his voice, “No! You can't do that! Ruan Zhizheng, isn't our friends.h.i.+p more important than a secret book?”

“Friends.h.i.+p?” Ruan Zhizheng snorted at him, “Do you really think I treat you as a friend? You know what? I get close to you just because you are a loser. You had no ability to cultivate. Only when I am with you, I feel I am useful. But for some b.l.o.o.d.y reason, you somehow managed to cultivate and you even get better and better. Compared with you, I am as stupid as a dog. People look down upon me and bully me.”

The more he talked, the angrier he became.

Wu Ruo cried with fear, “Don't! Don't kill my mother. I will give you skills you want. I will give you all. As long as you let go of my mother.”

“Fine. I will spare her life since she is so beautiful although she is over 50 years old.” Ruan Zhizheng took his knife and said to the four guards, “She is your reward.”

“Thank you, sir.” The four guards dragged Wu's mother and laughed, “She is incredibly beautiful as a woman at age of 50. As beautiful as a teenager girl.”

One of the guards kissed Wu's mother's face, one pulled open her outfit until her green girdle revealed, one torn apart her skirt and the other couldn't wait to take off his own pants to show his thing.

“Whoo…” Wu's mother cried and avoided, which, however, turned on the four guards. They pressed her down on the dinner table.

The guard who already took his pants off threw himself on her, inserted his thing inside her, and pushed into her fast.

From then on, the whole courtyard was filled with lewd laughter.

“How dare you lay a finger on my mother! I will tear you into pieces!” Wu Ruo shouted crazily, “Somebody! Help!”

“Save it! No one would come.” Ruan Zhizheng dared him, “The entire Wu clan wants you to die. How can they save you?”

“Impossible! They can't do that to me.” Wu Ruo didn't believe it.

But if Ruan Zhizheng was wrong, why did no one come to save them? After all, they were being loud.

“Your uncles are jealous of your father because they have been less excellent than your father. Your father lost all his power because of them. Do you want to know how your big brother Wu Zhu died?” Ruan Zhizheng sneered as he mentioned Wu Zhu who had died for many years, “The Wu family hired someone else to kill him during his cultivation because they are jealous of his talent.”

“I don't believe you. You are sabotaging our family bonding on purpose.” Wu Ruo didn't believe that his uncles could be so ruthless.

“And your sister Wu Xi. They persuaded your brother-in-law Ba Se to put a love curse on her. That was why your sister agreed to marry him. She died of an accident when Ba Se was making her a puppet.”

“You are lying. You made it up.” Wu Ruo shouted.

“Believe it or not. The Wu clan won't save you anyway. They might be hiding somewhere to watch me torture you.”

“Ouch!” All of sudden, a guard screamed.

Wu's mother, who couldn't take it anymore, kicked the guard in the crotch who was abusing her. Then she struggled to get rid of all guards and plunged onto the wall.

“No! Mother! No!” Wu Ruo cried in fear.

Bam! Wu's mother hit the wall.

“Mother! Mother!” Wu Ruo cried in despair.

“She is dead.” The guard felt her breath.

Wu Ruo shouted at the man who once was his friend, “Ruan Zhizheng, you are demon! You will go to h.e.l.l! I won't go easy on you!”

Ruan Zhizheng sneered, “Fine. You are welcome. In fact, I know you don't have the secret. But it is a good excuse to torture you. I am so amused when you are in such great pain. Shout! Shout louder! Only when you are loud could I know how much pain you are in.”

He raised the big knife and slashed off Wu Ruo's right leg.

“Ah!” Wu Ruo screamed in a pain that almost made him pa.s.s out.

“Haha…” Suddenly, someone was laughing crazily on the wall, “Wu Ruo. Wu Ruo. Now you know the pain.”

“Master s.h.i.+fu, are you happy now?” Ruan Zhizheng asked the person on the wall.

The person was wearing a black cloak. It was hard to see the face because of the shadow.

“I am happy. Very happy. Torture him even harder.” The person said bitterly, “Make him live but no better than die.”

“I get it.” Ruan Zhizheng chopped off Wu Ruo's right hand.

Wu Ruo pa.s.sed out.

Ruan Zhizheng woke him up by pouring cold water onto him.

“I hate his eyes. Gouge them out.” The mysterious person's voice was full of hatred.

“Who are you?” Wu Ruo squeezed a question.

He never knew that Ruan Zhizheng had a master s.h.i.+fu and also didn't know that he had ever messed up with someone like that person.

“You don't deserve to know who I am.”

Ruan Zhizheng took out a dagger and aimed it to Wu Ruo's eyes. Whoos.h.!.+ Two b.l.o.o.d.y eyeb.a.l.l.s flew out of the eye sockets, leaving two holes bleeding there.

“Ah!” Once again, Wu Ruo pa.s.sed out because of pain.

“Make sure he is still breathing.” The mystery person said.

Ruan Zhizheng fed Wu Ruo a pill and woke him up.

Wu Ruo confronted the mysterious person who he thought would be the key to all of these happened today, “What have we done to make you hate us so much?”

“What have you done?” The person sneered, “I will tell you in next life. Zhizheng, cut off his tongue. I don't want to hear his voice.”

“Yes.” Ruan Zhizheng clenched Wu Ruo's chin and ordered the guard to pull out his tongue.

At that moment, someone was screaming in distance, “Help! Hei Xuanyi! Hei Xuanyi is here!”

“Hei Xuanyi is here. Let's go.” The mysterious person was mortified.

Wu Ruo laughed in bitterness and silence.

Hei Xuanyi.

His husband he had never given a good look at was here.

Unfortunately, it was too late.

Ruan Zhizheng who didn't want to let go of Wu Ruo stabbed into Wu Ruo's heart and burnt his body.

Wu Ruo made a curse with his last breath although he was undergoing a lot of pain all over his body, “I, Wu Ruo, swear with my soul, that I will become an evil ghost after I die rather than reincarnate forever, and that I will make them live in great pain forever!”