"Conditions? What qualifications do you have to negotiate terms with me?!"
The young man mocked, his eyes full of disdain.
"Didn't I already tell you that I can remove the mark of divine punishment from you!"
Ye Xiao's face darkened and his words became much tougher. Situ Yanlan, Sun Jie and Zhu Ting were inexplicably confused when they heard this.
As for the young man, he was also slightly stunned. Looking at Ye Xiao's expression, he couldn't help but feel a little timid in his heart.
"Is it because of the influence of the God's Punishment Brand that I feel afraid of him?"
The young man thought to himself, his eyes wandering and his expression a bit erratic. Although the changes were very subtle, Ye Xiao could still see them clearly.
"Have you thought about it carefully? Do you want to answer my question?"
The young man has not been abnormal for a long time, and Ye Xiao is a little impatient. Even though his face is pretending to be calm, the emotions deep in his heart are already turbulent.
It has to be said that at this time, Ye Xiao was completely betting on his own life and the lives of Situ Yanlan, Sun Jie and Zhu Tingcen.
The key to this bet is that the young man will not take decisive action against the four of them until the mark of divine punishment is removed from his body.
Otherwise, Ye Xiao would never dare to say such nonsense as quid pro quo. After all, the strength of the young man is obvious to all.
As the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Even if it is seriously injured, Ye Xiao believes that young men can easily take their lives with a raise of their hands.
"you say!"
Finally, under Ye Xiao's strong stance, the young man gave in. Even though there were millions of reluctances in his heart, he had no choice but to passively accept Ye Xiao's proposal.
"very good!"
Seeing the young man's abnormality, Ye Xiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and there was a faint light in his eyes.
"The first question is, I want to know what the God's Punishment Brand is?"
"What? You don't know?" The young man was surprised, "You don't even know what the God's Punishment Brand is, so why are you talking about helping me solve it!"
Ye Xiao just asked the first question. The young man knew that he was being plotted, and immediately he became angry. He exuded a violent spirit and wanted to explode, but when he saw Ye Xiao's calm demeanor, he became violent again.
Qi converges.
"I don't know what it is, how can I help you solve it? Besides, if this thing is really born because of me, then I must have a solution!"
Ye Xiao was so eloquent and well-founded that the young man was half convinced.
"Forget it, I'll believe you for now. If you can't figure it out, the consequences will be... hum!" The young man snorted coldly and continued:
"The so-called Divine Punishment Brand is a secret technique created by the Gods, and only the Gods can cast it. It is specifically targeted at those who are hostile or disrespectful to them, using their own blood as the basis to forcibly conclude a contract with the other party. From this,
Let the other person establish a subordinate relationship with you, where you are the master and the other person is the servant."
"God clan? Contract? Subordination?" Ye Xiao frowned and thought.
"To put it simply, it's a contract!" the young man said, "The people of the God Clan are the ones who form the contract, and the people who form the contract with them are the ones who are contracted."
"Then what's the use of this thing?" Ye Xiao asked.
"this…"
The young man hesitated for a while, as if he didn't want to say more. He thought for a long time, then spat out a mouthful of bloody phlegm and spoke again.
"Let me tell you clearly, anyone who is contracted will have a flame-shaped mark on their body. This mark is the mark of divine punishment!" The young man spread his palm and placed the mark on his palm in front of several people.
"With the existence of the Divine Punishment Mark, the person being contracted cannot go against any of the wishes of the contracted person, let alone have any murderous intention or betrayal towards the contracted person, otherwise the mark will backfire and the body will explode and die!"
"Moreover, for those who are contracted, the contracted person can decide whether they live or die at will. Even if the contracted person dies, it will not have the slightest impact on the contracted person. But once the contracted person dies, the contracted person will die.
The contractor can only die along with it."
"So the existence of the God's Punishment Brand has both advantages and disadvantages for those who form the contract, but for the vast majority of those who are contracted, life is worse than death!"
"From what you said, a contract has been made between me and you inexplicably, and then I became the master and you became the servant, right?"
Ye Xiao tentatively spoke, and the young man's face instantly turned red with anger, but he did not open his mouth to refute, as if he acquiesced.
Seeing his silence, Ye Xiao felt even more relieved. Although he still had many questions about the God's Punishment Brand, he already knew the basics. If he continued to ask, he wouldn't be able to get much information that he could understand.
"I have a general understanding of the issue of the God's Punishment Brand. Now I want to know who you are? What is this place? Why are you here?"
After asking three questions in a row, Ye Xiao blurted out what he was most concerned about at the moment.
"Who am I?" The young man put on a proud posture, "Boy, please listen carefully, I am the strongest of the demon clan, and the spirit master respects me!"
"The demon clan is the strongest, the spirit master respects me?"
Ye Xiao was frightened and secretly wrote down that first there was a god clan, and now there was a demon clan. This information was unbelievable to him who lived in an era of rapid technological advancement.
But then I thought about it, since cultivators already exist, it is not unusual for there to be gods and demons, and looking at the young man named Gong Shang, it is not like he is just making it up.
"This place is a prison specially used by the Gods to hold prisoners. It is called Netherworld Prison. Look at the bones on the ground next to it. They are all left behind by the prisoners after they were imprisoned. As for why I am here."
"It's not because you are one of the prisoners!"
Sun Jie interrupted, causing Gong Shang to give him a cold look, and immediately shut up and did not dare to say more.
"Don't compare me with those wine bags and rice bags. Who am I? Spiritual Lord! Have you seen the name of this hall? Zhenling Hall! I am the one who suppresses. Don't look at the piles of bones on the ground here. I really have to say that this place is nothing.
It’s a strong cage designed by the gods specifically to suppress me!”
Gong Shang emphasized loudly, fearing that others would not know the identity of his spiritual master.
"Then during these long years, you never thought about leaving?" Ye Xiao questioned.
"Get out? Who doesn't want to!" Gong Shang gave a helpless smile, "I have been thinking about getting out since the first day I was imprisoned, but can I get out?"
"What do you mean? You are so strong that you can't even break through a cage, right?" Ye Xiao asked back.
I saw Gongshang looking around the hall and letting out a long sigh.
"This place has been banned and cannot be touched by me. Unless the gods lift the ban, no matter how powerful I am, I will never be able to step out of here! Damn the gods, I can't wait here enough.
Ten thousand years! Do you know how I spent these ten thousand years!"
Gong Shang You resented, but soon the conversation changed and he looked at Ye Xiao with his eyes wide open.
"I thought I would spend my whole life alone in this dark cage until I ran out of energy, but your appearance rekindled hope in my dull heart. You can help me, take me out, and let me completely get rid of this...
place!"
Gong Shang became more and more excited as he talked, with a strong excitement on his face. He actually forgot for a moment his original intention of letting Ye Xiao remove the mark of divine punishment from him.
"Don't be excited!" Looking at Gong Shang's expression, Ye Xiao was stunned and said quickly, "I never said I would take you out, and according to what you said, this place is banned. How can you be sure that I can get out of here?
Are you going out here?"
"Why can't you get out?" Gong Shang shouted softly, "You are a descendant of the God Clan. This place has no restrictions on you. You can come and go at will. You can also decide whether the prisoners here will stay or go, so why can't you take them with you?
I am going out?"
"Descendant of the Gods?"
Gong Shang's words made Ye Xiao confused. He instantly thought of the divine punishment brand mentioned at the beginning and understood it immediately.
The God's Punishment Brand will only appear after the God Clan mentioned by Gong Shang has concluded a contract with the person being contracted.
If the mark of divine punishment on Gongshang's palm arises from Ye Xiao, then there will be no doubt about his identity as a descendant of the divine race.
There was just one thing, Ye Xiao still didn't understand. If he was a member of the God Clan, then why he didn't even have the slightest consciousness of being a descendant of the God Clan, and instead became what cultivators call an ant and a mustard.