Douluo Continent: Heavenly Pill Demon Tiger

Chapter 62 The Persecution of the Slave Lingya Xuanming Sect

"Why are you staring at me like that?" Dai Youheng broke the silence first, her tone flat. "Have we met before?"

"Heh." Ling Ya let out a hoarse, cold laugh, his hands gripping the iron bars of the cage so tightly his knuckles turned white. "So what if I don't recognize you? Every single one of you nobles deserves to die! You all deserve to die!!!"

He suddenly became agitated, shaking the iron cage frantically, making a loud clanging sound, and the shackles rattled.

Dai Youheng seemed to ignore his roar, not even flinching. Compared to the roars of Little White from the Far North and the Abyss Ice Tiger, this noise was like a mosquito's buzz.

Once Ling Ya had calmed down a bit and was glaring at him while panting heavily, Dai Youheng slowly spoke, "Calm down. Although I don't know why you hate nobles so much, at least, I'm not the one who brought you to this state. Are you interested in telling me your story? Perhaps I can help you."

"Help me?" Ling Ya seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world, his face full of sarcasm. "You nobles are all about protecting each other, a den of snakes and rats! Why would you help a commoner like me?"

"My status as a nobleman is rather special," Dai Youheng said, his voice low yet strangely persuasive. "At home, I'm an illegitimate son, holding only the title but no real power. In a way, like you, I'm not favored by true nobles. How about we talk? If your story satisfies me, I'll sell you. Leaving this godforsaken place with me is better than rotting here, isn't it? You carry a deep-seated hatred, don't you want revenge? Would you rather stay here in shackles and wait to die?"

Ling Ya's breath hitched, the madness and hatred in his eyes fading slightly, replaced by a struggle and weighing of options. Dai Youheng's words struck at the deepest part of his resentment. Yes, here there was only death; going out with this person, even if the future was uncertain, at least… at least there was a glimmer of hope for revenge! Even if that hope was slim, even if the other party might have ulterior motives, it was worth the gamble. The worst outcome was nothing more than death!

He remained silent for a long time, then, as if all his strength had been drained, he slowly released his grip on the bars, slid down against the cage wall, and began to speak in a hoarse voice…

He was originally a citizen of the Heavenly Soul Empire. Both his parents were Soul Masters, and his family's martial soul was the Ice Feather Eagle. Although he did not receive a noble title because he did not join the national forces, his life was still quite good.

Later, he and his sister awakened the Ice Feather Eagle Martial Soul. He possessed a level four innate soul power, while his sister was even higher at level six, which was quite outstanding. Their parents used their connections to send them to an academy.

His younger sister was exceptionally talented and gradually gained some fame, while he was not as talented as her. Although he didn't feel jealous, he was still somewhat resentful.

Later, he and his parents went to watch a continent-wide elite soul master competition, where he was captivated by the soul tool technology displayed by the Sun Moon Empire.

After returning home, he thought that since he couldn't compare to his younger sister in terms of Soul Master skills, he might as well try becoming a Soul Master himself.

Unfortunately, he was from the Heavenly Soul Empire. Among the four great empires on the continent, the Heavenly Soul Empire had the weakest soul tool technology. The people of this country had somewhat outdated ideas, believing that soul masters should rely on their own strength, and that soul tools were just external objects.

In this country, it is impossible to learn advanced soul tool technology.

In the present world, the country with the most powerful soul tools is undoubtedly the Sun Moon Empire. However, the Sun Moon Empire will always be considered an enemy country by the people of Douluo Continent. His parents are old-fashioned and do not want him to go there, but he is obsessed with soul tools and insists on learning them. Helpless, his parents can only send him to a soul tool academy in the Star Luo Empire.

In recent years, the development of soul tools in the Star Luo Empire has been quite impressive.

Unexpectedly, after going to Xingluo, Lingya showed quite good talent in soul tools. He studied from the age of twenty to thirty. After graduation, he chose to stay at the school as a teaching assistant to his soul tool teacher. Except for going home once a year for the Spring Festival, he usually studied at the academy.

After breaking through to the Soul Master level, his Soul Master level also reached level four. When he sparred with his sister, who had already reached the Soul King level, they were evenly matched.

With two such outstanding children, this is the happiest and most prosperous time for this family.

Unfortunately, a sudden change in circumstances destroyed the entire family.

My younger sister has exceptional talent and a special physique, which caught the eye of a powerful family in the Heavenly Soul Empire—the Xu family of the Xuanming Sect.

The Xu family has more than just Xu Sanshi as a descendant; they have many descendants, many of whom need a second awakening.

Then we need to find a woman with considerable talent to help us.

With many disciples in a sect, there are naturally both good and bad ones.

Xu Sanshi, standing out among the shorter individuals, is actually quite a decent person. At least his relationship with Jiang Nannan wasn't one of coercion. Jiang Nannan agreed on her own initiative to obtain the Xuanming Sect's pills, making it a transaction where money and goods were exchanged.

In order to successfully awaken their martial souls, there are quite a few girls who are forced into it. Ling Ya's sister was targeted by one of Xu Sanshi's cousins. When he failed to bribe her with benefits, he directly chose to use force and sent experts from his sect to kidnap her.

A talented young girl was ruined like this. Afterwards, she wanted to take revenge, but was casually beaten to death by Xu Sanshi's cousin's protector.

Afterwards, in order to eliminate any future threats, he sent people to kill Lingya's parents.

When Ling Ya returned home from the academy to visit his family, he learned that his family had been destroyed and his people had died. Overwhelmed with grief and anger, he did not go directly to the Xuanming Sect to seek revenge, after all, there were Title Douluo there, and he was no match for them.

However, he was always studying and had little experience. Although he did not seek revenge himself, he went to the local city lord's mansion to ask for help, hoping that the country would help him uphold justice.

As expected, how could a city lord dare to offend such a behemoth as the Xuanming Sect? Not only did they not help him, they also detained him and sent someone to report the matter to the Xuanming Sect.

Xu Sanshi's cousin didn't care about this nobody at all. He simply ordered the city lord to kill him and then left him alone.

The city lord originally intended to resolve the matter with Ling Ya, but then he realized that Ling Ya was both a Soul Master and a Soul Instructor, and that such slaves were very expensive on the black market. So he sold him to the Ordinary Alliance on the black market and made a profit.

Dai Youheng listened quietly, her face expressionless, after all, she was just listening to a story that had nothing to do with her.

After listening, Dai Youheng clapped his hands lightly. "No wonder you hate every nobleman so equally. Your family was destroyed, you were betrayed by the city lord you trusted, and you have fallen to this state. You certainly have reason to hate."

He stood up, walked to the cage, and looked down at Lingya, whose eyes held a complex mix of hatred, sorrow, and a sliver of hope.

"That's interesting. You... I'll buy it."