Six months later, a sudden sob echoed from within the prison on Celestial Gate Mountain. Chai Miao's eyes were bloodshot as tears streamed down his face.
It's said that a man doesn't cry easily, but only because he hasn't been pushed to his breaking point. Someone had just informed him that the Spirit Wood Alliance had sent people to pay his ransom. In other words, he was finally going home to see his family.
Chai Miao was overcome with emotion, and Chai Wenzhai, beside him, was in no better shape. His body was covered in injuries, and his beard and hair were wildly overgrown. He had completely lost the dignified air of the Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator he had been six months prior.
Over the past six months, people from the Southern Border Beast Taming Sect had come to torture them every few days. But since they couldn't get any information out of them, the torture sessions eventually became less frequent.
