When Nini’an arrived before Chieftain Constantine, covered in wounds, her clothes torn and her body exposed.
This chieftain nearly exploded with rage. He directly delivered a fierce slap across her face.
“Slut, you slut.” Constantine flew into a rage.
One could hardly blame him for his anger. His daughter had clearly said she was going to defeat Lanling, to conquer her own desire.
Yet in the end, she had debased herself to the point of going to be ** by Lanling again in such a state.
The crucial point was that he had gone to great lengths to recruit an elderly female shaman to repair Nini’an’s body, and now it was ruined once more.
Not only that, but he would have to silence witnesses yet again.
The tribal warriors outside the prison cell must be secretly executed. They might have already heard the sounds of Lanling and Nini’an’s illicit affair.
“I will go castrate him right now.” Constantine grabbed a knife and headed straight for the dungeon.
“I was the one who took the initiative to mount him.” Nini’an said calmly.
Constantine looked at his daughter in disbelief, then delivered another slap.
“Then I will still go castrate him.” Constantine roared.
Nini’an said, “Lanling said he is willing to use one hundred thousand gold coins to exchange for Ali’s life.”
Constantine said, “Where would he get one hundred thousand gold coins? Has your brain been flooded by him?”
Nini’an tossed the leather bag in her hand onto the table.
Immediately, a table full of gold coins, several dozen gems, and a pitch-black dagger.
Constantine’s gaze trembled. His breathing grew heavy. Then he hurriedly picked up that dagger and weighed it in his hand.
That’s right, it was a pure dark gold dagger. Just this one bag of items was worth several thousand gold coins.
“Where did he get these things?” Constantine asked.
“Obtained them from the Ghost Domain world.” Nini’an said, “Over the past many years, many people who entered the Ghost Domain world illusion lost their external possessions, including the gold coins on their bodies, weapons, and so on.”
Constantine’s breathing immediately grew heavy. His gaze towards these gold coins also released a bright, intense light.
In the barbaric world, money was actually not very useful. Many things could not be bought with money.
But right now, he was in extremely, extremely desperate need of money. To ensure that Nini’an could be married to the Little Barbarian King, he had to pay an enormous dowry.
Eighty thousand gold coins was merely the basic figure. To ensure that Nini’an could be married to the Little Barbarian King as a concubine, eighty thousand gold coins was still not secure enough, because there were simply too many competitors.
And Lanling had actually said he would use one hundred thousand gold coins to ransom Ali’s life.
“What a madman, what a fool.” Constantine said, “For the sake of a woman, he really went all out. He’s willing to spend one hundred thousand gold coins.”
Nini’an fell into silence.
Constantine somewhat understood why his daughter Nini’an would take the initiative to push Lanling down. The impact she had received was truly too great.
She, Nini’an, had to pay eighty thousand gold coins to deliver herself to the Little Barbarian King’s **.
While Lanling, for a fox clan young married woman not worth a single coin, was willing to pay one hundred thousand gold coins.
The disparity between the two sides was truly too shocking! This jealousy was sufficient to destroy a woman’s rationality.
Constantine said, “Do you believe him?”
Nini’an nodded.
Constantine said, “Then is it possible that we could send our own people to retrieve the gold coins?”
Nini’an said, “Send whom?”
Constantine was stunned. Yes, send whom?
Leaving aside the fact that so far only Lanling had walked out of the Ghost Domain world alive. Everyone else who entered the Ghost Domain world immediately fell silent, became spiritual captives, and could never walk out again. And even if one could come out alive, when he obtained so many gold coins, would he still be willing to hand them over?
No one would be willing!
Moreover, Constantine would likely have great difficulty finding someone willing to enter the Ghost Domain world.
That was a death forbidden zone. A death forbidden zone that made countless people tremble with fear at the mere mention of it.
“I will personally investigate the Ghost Domain world.” Constantine said.
Then, he climbed onto the flying platform of the chieftain’s castle, mounted a griffin beast, and flew towards the Ghost Domain world.
A distance of over two hundred li, for a griffin beast, was merely a little over an hour.
Constantine very quickly arrived at the periphery of the Ghost Domain world.
Exactly the same as before. Inside the Ghost Domain world, it was still another world.
At this moment, spring flowers were blooming inside, and sunlight was shining everywhere.
Outside was night. Inside was day. Moreover, flowers were in full bloom, breathtakingly beautiful.
At this moment, Constantine even felt an impulse to directly ride the griffin and charge into the Ghost Domain world, to see whether it was truly as Lanling had described, and even to find the one hundred thousand gold coins himself.
But this thought only arose for a brief moment.
Very quickly, Constantine regained his rationality.
Impossible. He was not like Lanling, who had a cheap life. He was the dignified chieftain of the Chimera Tribe. A body of immense worth. How could he possibly take such a risk?
Heaving a deep sigh, Constantine rode the griffin beast back to the tribe.
…
Constantine appeared inside the dungeon.
His gaze was filled with killing intent. His arms were twitching with the urge to act.
He was truly struggling to control himself. Otherwise, he really would not be able to resist killing Lanling.
“You want to use one hundred thousand gold coins? To exchange for the life of Goufu’s wife, Ali?” Constantine said.
“Yes!” Lanling said.
“I will give you seven days. Present one hundred thousand gold coins, and I will release Ali.” Constantine said coldly, “Otherwise, I will publicly try you, then strip you naked and parade you through the streets. Finally, I will have the entire tribe stone her to death.”
“I need half a month.” Lanling said.
Constantine said angrily, “Why?”
Lanling said, “Because if I enter the illusion again, I cannot guarantee how many times I will have to die before I can ascend to the top of the pyramid.”
Constantine pondered for a moment, then said, “Fine. I will give you half a month.”
Lanling said, “Also, send Ali home. Place her under house arrest, but do not keep her in the dungeon.”
Constantine’s face twitched. He sneered coldly, “You are quite the tender protector of beauty. Fine.”
Lanling said, “Then it is a deal. In half a month, I will give you one hundred thousand gold coins.”
“It is a deal.” Constantine said, “Release the prisoner!”
…
While the sky was not yet bright, Lanling was released and returned to the foreign army camp.
After returning home, Dina was still not asleep. She was sitting at the doorway waiting. Uncle Suomo was also not asleep.
Lanling clearly saw that there was a deep whip mark on Dina’s face, still carrying traces of blood.
“Nini’an hit you?” Lanling asked.
Dina nodded and said, “It will fade very quickly. It probably won’t leave a scar. This is the benefit of being a demon descendant.”
Lanling said, “For this whip, I will chop off one of her arms.”
Then, Lanling caressed her face and said, “Wow, it really is so white. I completely cannot see any difference between you and a human woman.”
“You nuisance…” Dina was overjoyed in her heart, but cursed outwardly.
Suomo said, “If you two are going to flirt, don’t act as if I don’t exist.”
Dina immediately ran off and said, “I will go heat up the food.”
Then, only Lanling and Suomo remained.
Lanling said, “Uncle, the first step and the second step have both gone very smoothly. We have half a month to prepare. Once the time comes, we will rebel and establish our independence, fight our way out of the Chimera Tribe, and establish our own tribe.”
Suomo took a deep breath and said, “No matter how thoroughly one prepares for this kind of thing, there will still be unease. But the arrow is already on the bowstring. It must be fired.”
That’s right. The arrow is on the bowstring. It must be fired!
Lanling said, “Everything will proceed according to the plan we discussed!”
At this moment, Dina was still inside heating the food when Du Yan’s voice came from outside, “Lanling, the chieftain summons you.”
Constantine truly was eager. The sky had barely brightened and he was already having Lanling go to the Ghost Domain world to retrieve the gold coins.
Dina hurriedly ran out, distressed, and said, “Won’t you eat first? I will be very quick.”
“Hurry up. Are you going to make the chieftain wait for you?” Du Yan said fiercely.
By now, he had completely torn off all pretence. He completely did not care how the brothers of the foreign army viewed him. In any case, he no longer had any possibility of inheriting the foreign army.
“What are you looking at?” Du Yan said coldly, “Keep looking, and I will gouge out your eyes.”
Suomo immediately said coldly, “Du Yan, what great authority you have.”
Du Yan said coldly, “Foster father, no matter what I have become, it is all forced by you, all caused by you.”
Suomo’s face twitched. He said nothing more.
The current Du Yan, after experiencing the humiliating defeat at Lanling’s hands, had become like a mad dog, biting whoever he saw.
Seeing Dina so distressed she was nearly crying, Lanling could not resist reaching out to pinch her face. Then he bent down and kissed the little girl who was sleeping sweetly.
At this moment, he truly longed for the day when his own tribe would be established.
A truly belonging tribe. No longer living under someone else’s roof, being humiliated by others, without freedom, without even the guarantee of life.
“Uncle, wait for my return. I will lead everyone to fight our way out and create our own tribe.” Lanling said in a low voice, then left the cave.
…
Leaving the foreign army camp, he arrived at the main gate of the Chimera Tribe.
At this moment, Constantine was already waiting there with an elite cavalry unit. This was one hundred thousand gold coins after all. He would definitely bring his most trusted armed escort.
And apart from himself, he trusted no one. He must personally supervise the transport of this one hundred thousand gold coins back to his chieftain’s castle.
This elite cavalry numbered approximately eight hundred men.
Besides Constantine, a woman was also riding on a warhorse beside him. She was a beautiful mature woman who still retained her charm. She somewhat resembled Nini’an. If there were no surprises, she should be Constantine’s first wife.
Despite her advanced age, appearing somewhat plump, she was still extremely gorgeous. Especially the curves of her magnificent chest and fierce hips, they could completely rival Tuling Si’s.
Riding on the horse, her magnificently ample twin peaks thrust forward aggressively, trembling slightly. Just looking at them felt overwhelmingly imposing.
“You are Lanling?” Nini’an’s mother asked coldly.
“Yes, I am.” Lanling said.
Nini’an’s mother directly shook the reins and spurred her horse towards Lanling.
Lanling’s face changed. He was about to dodge.
But Du Yan’s hand pressed down fiercely on Lanling’s neck, making him completely unable to move.
The warhorse that Nini’an’s mother rode was different from others. It was at least two or three times larger, incomparably fierce and robust, weighing at least three or four thousand jin. Added to the acceleration of its galloping charge, the force of this impact was far more than ten thousand jin.
“Crack…” Lanling’s ribs were alive broken, seven or eight of them. His entire person was sent flying over a dozen metres, vomiting fresh blood.
Then, this woman turned her horse around and took out her horsewhip, whipping him fiercely, wishing she could directly beat Lanling to death.
Clearly, she was venting anger for her younger brother, Goufu.
“Good, good…” The surrounding Chimera tribespeople watching all cheered loudly. Even though Lanling had just yesterday put on a spectacular martial arts display for them.
Lanling’s mouth was full of blood, yet he stared at this woman and smiled.
“What are you looking at?” Nini’an’s mother pointed her sharp finger directly at Lanling’s eyes, about to gouge them out.
“Enough, don’t beat him to death.” Constantine said.
This woman stared at Lanling and said coldly, “When you return, I guarantee I will make you unable to seek life or death.”
Then, she directly rode away with a swagger.
Lanling looked at her retreating figure. In his heart, he said coldly, “Half a month from now, on the day I rebel and establish my independence, I guarantee I will ** you ten thousand times!”
Constantine said coldly, “Let’s go, Lanling. Your time is running out. Only half a month. If you cannot obtain sufficient gold coins, I cannot guarantee what my wife will do to Ali.”
Lanling possessed the Golden Demon Body. The broken ribs on his body rapidly recovered and healed. He directly flipped onto a warhorse.
“Depart!” At the command.
Five hundred cavalry escorted Constantine and Lanling, leaving the Chimera Tribe and galloping towards the Ghost Domain world.
After running fifty li!
Constantine ordered a brief rest to eat breakfast.
After eating breakfast, the group set off once more on the trade route.
“Du Yan, Lanling is entrusted to your watch.” Constantine said.
Du Yan suddenly said, “Chieftain, I will definitely watch him closely. But just in case, why not use iron hooks to pierce through his shoulder bones? That way, even if he wants to run, he cannot.”
This person had already become frenzied. Just as Lanling had said, he did not possess sufficient wisdom to adjust his own state of mind. He fundamentally could not turn over a new leaf. He could only continue down this extreme and narrow path.
Constantine’s face twitched. He truly had the urge to agree. But Lanling was related to his one hundred thousand gold coins.
“Use an iron chain to bind his neck.” Constantine said.
Thus, Du Yan took an iron shackle, placed it around Lanling’s neck, then forcefully tightened it. He grasped the chain in his hand, constantly leading Lanling along.
Then, he sneered coldly, “Lanling, so what if you won against me by trickery? Aren’t you still like a dead dog, held in the palm of my hand?”
Lanling smiled and shrugged his shoulders.
For him right now, the plan to rebel and establish independence was the most important.
Everything was for the day when he would lead the brothers of the foreign army to break out of their cage and establish a tribe.
As for Du Yan, this clown jumping on a beam, Lanling had a hundred methods of torture waiting for him.
The current Lanling was vindictive to the extreme. When the time came, he would definitely make Du Yan unable to seek life or death.
Constantine was worried that thoroughly enraging Lanling would cause his one hundred thousand gold coins to go down the drain. Thus he said, “Enough, continue on our way!”
Then, the group continued to travel quickly and discreetly, rapidly shuttling through the dense jungle paths.
…
Five hours later, Constantine brought five hundred cavalry to the outside of the Ghost Domain world.
He was very afraid of death. He stopped several li away from the Ghost Domain world.
But he could still see the Ghost Domain world. Inside, it had become summer. The blazing sun was high in the sky. Green trees were like cushions. The scenery was magnificently beautiful. While the outside world was gloomy and overcast. They were completely two different worlds.
However, many people had heard of the terrifying aspects of the Ghost Domain world. They did not dare approach at all, only gazing from afar several li away.
Undoing the shackles on Lanling’s neck, Constantine said, “Remember, you have fifteen days. If I do not see one hundred thousand gold coins, I will strip you and Ali naked and parade you through the streets. Then I will have the tribe stone her to death.”
Lanling nodded. Before everyone’s eyes, he walked into the Ghost Domain world!
The third step of rebelling and establishing independence was smoothly completed! Next, the fourth step would immediately begin!