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Chapter 208 Being Saved
Chapter 208 Being Saved
Xu Mochen suddenly remembered something and said, "Wait, I should handle this interrogation myself."
One of the team members tentatively said, "Captain, this is such a small matter, why do you need to handle it personally? Just leave it to us."
Xu Mochen said unhappily, "I have my own plans, and I don't need you to interfere. I will suppress him."
"Yes."
Huo Yuhao, handcuffed, didn't resist. He didn't even say another word, letting them push him backward.
The interrogation room was clearly not a pleasant place. Located in the backyard of the Royal Inspectorate, it looked like a simple bungalow from the outside. But as soon as the door opened, a faint smell of blood immediately filled the air.
Huo Yuhao was pushed directly inside. The interrogation room was filled with all sorts of torture instruments, many of which Huo Yuhao couldn't name, and judging from their appearance alone, they were all clearly not good things.
Xu Mochen moved a chair over, sat down leisurely, and directed his henchmen: "Tie him to the dragon-peeling pillar."
The two Soul Kings who were holding Huo Yuhao immediately carried him to a metal frame.
The handcuff chains on Huo Yuhao's wrists were separated, but this did not affect the restraint on Huo Yuhao's soul power. The two Soul Kings then tied him up directly.
This iron frame looks rather strange; it's shaped like a cross and has many holes.
Each of those holes contained metal spikes, each three inches long, and they were cleverly placed in non-vital areas.
The main point is to torture without killing.
However, after Huo Yuhao was tied up, Xu Mochen did not give any more orders. Instead, he took out a teapot and leisurely drank some tea, leaving his underlings looking confused.
"Captain, what's wrong...?"
"Noisy."
Xu Mochen snorted coldly, put down his teacup, took out a soul-guided alarm clock, and pressed the timer for one hour.
"Given Mingde Hall's power, if they want to interfere in this matter, they'll need at least an hour to go through the proper procedures. If someone comes to rescue you after an hour, then I'll personally let you experience the eighteen kinds of torture."
Faced with Xu Mochen's threat, Huo Yuhao laughed even more heartily: "Don't worry, if you really send someone to inform Lin Jiayi, Jing Hongchen will be even more anxious than you. I was specifically sent by the Pavilion Master of the Sea God Pavilion. His two precious grandchildren are still at Shrek Academy. If anything happens to me, and the news gets back to Shrek Academy, his two grandchildren won't have an easy time either."
Huo Yuhao was naturally happy to be spared from torture, since these things, while perhaps not as painful as fusing with the Ice Emperor's Soul Bone or the Blade of Life Watch, were still forms of torture.
Xu Mochen's hand holding the teacup trembled slightly. Although he was related to a level nine soul master, if Jing Hongchen got serious, that person might not necessarily step in to protect him.
This Wang Shaojie, didn't he even bother to check the other party's background before making a move?
However, Xu Mochen himself forgot that when he heard about Huo Yuhao's information from Wang Shaojie, he subconsciously believed that Huo Yuhao, who was only from the Third Ring Road, couldn't possibly be that important.
"That would be best."
While tied up and having nothing to do, Huo Yuhao scanned the structure of the surrounding objects and began to think about this part of the plot in the original work.
It's understandable that Ju Zi knew about the arrest before Jing Hongchen, but while Ju Zi still needed to go to the palace to find Xu Tianran, Xu Tianran actually arrived right after Jing Hongchen had just rescued Huo Yuhao.
In contrast, Jing Hongchen, a dignified level nine soul master, arrived so much later than the royal guards by carriage that he was good enough to give Huo Yuhao another round of torture.
The timeline here is written in a surprisingly messy way in the original work, and Huo Yuhao is too lazy to sort out these details.
However, these were not things that Huo Yuhao needed to care about. The most important thing for Huo Yuhao in this incident was to use it to blackmail him into entering Mingde Hall as a third-level Soul Master.
As for what benefits Shrek Academy can gain from this, that's Shrek Academy's business. Huo Yuhao wouldn't suffer for Shrek Academy's benefit.
"Damn it, who dares to stop me?"
A deep, angry roar suddenly rang out, causing the entire royal guard to seem to tremble in the powerful sound.
While the rest of the disciplinary team were still in a daze, Xu Mochen, who was sitting down, quickly got up, activated the Dragon-Stripping Pillar, and then looked at the door of the interrogation room with some doubt.
The next moment, a loud bang rang out, and the door was kicked open.
With a gloomy expression, Jing Hongchen barged in with Lin Jiayi, the Dean of Studies at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.
Jing Hongchen immediately spotted Huo Yuhao on the Dragon-Stripping Pillar and the sharp spikes that were emerging, and his pupils contracted sharply.
Lin Jiayi reacted quickly, rushing over to push Xu Mochen aside and stop the process of stripping the dragon pillar.
One of the disciplinary team members arrogantly said, "Old man, who are you? How dare you come here..."
However, before he could finish speaking, Xu Mochen, who had been pushed aside, quickly slammed a slam dunk on his head, interrupting him. The next moment, Xu Mochen respectfully greeted the newcomer, saying, "Greetings, Master of the Red Dust Hall!"
As he spoke, he glared fiercely at the men behind him: "Aren't you going to pay your respects to the sect leader?"
These idiots don't even recognize the Master of the Red Dust Hall.
The disciplinary team members, who had just been so arrogant, were shocked and bowed deeply, saying, "Greetings, Master of the Red Dust Hall!"
Jing Hongchen frowned deeply. If it were anyone else, he would have already killed them. But these members of the Royal Guard all had some connection to the royal family, so he couldn't be completely reckless.
Ignoring the others, Jing Hongchen stepped forward, stood before Huo Yuhao, and asked in a deep voice, "How are you?"
"Master of the Red Dust Hall, I need an explanation! Shrek Academy needs an explanation!"
Huo Yuhao coldly looked at Jing Hongchen, "I didn't pursue the matter of Wang Shaojie and the others actively ostracizing, attacking, and slandering me before, out of consideration for the Hall Master, and I also believed that the Hall Master could seek justice for me. But the Hall Master doesn't seem to care about us exchange students. Or is it that the dignified Hall Master of Mingde Hall can't even manage his own academy and protect his students?"
"Let's go back first. The academy will definitely give you an explanation for this."
Jing Hongchen suppressed her anger and turned to leave.
This is still royal territory, after all. Jing Hongchen didn't want to get involved in the royal family's trivial matters, nor could he linger here for too long.
However, before Jing Hongchen could even step out of the interrogation room, a voice came from outside, "The Crown Prince has arrived."
Huo Yuhao and Jing Hongchen's pupils contracted simultaneously.
Jing Hongchen paused, a hint of doubt in his eyes as he stopped.
Although Jing Hongchen was not involved in the struggle for the throne, she was still very clear about the spheres of influence of the princes.
This royal guard is not within the Crown Prince's sphere of influence, but rather supported by the Third Prince. The prince who controls the imperial clan, who is also Xu Mochen's father, is the Third Prince's strongest supporter.
Why is the Crown Prince here too?
(End of this chapter)