CHAPTER 109: INMATE CLAIMED HE LOST HIS SANITY TO BE RELEASED FROM PRISON

Chapter 109 - Inmate Claimed He Lost His Sanity to Be Release from Prison

Pei Gui Hong couldn’t see or hear anything in the cage. He gave it his all, attacking the energy walls with every move.

The energy repelled his attacks, while the floor continued zapping him. Hadn’t Pei Gui Hong’s invincibility effect been protecting him, he would have disintegrated into dust long ago. Pei Gui Hong also realized it.

"Karma Prison. How many karma coins did that bastard splurge?!"

Pei Gui Hong stopped attacking the cube’s walls. He gathered his Qi and attempted to use a saint’s technique.

Instantly, his blood vessels and muscles ruptured. His physique couldn’t handle a saint’s power, even though it was immune to Fu Tong’s karma weapons.

"This trash body!!"

Giving up resisting, Pei Gui Hong sat cross-legged and recuperated. He cooked up an escape plan.

If he couldn’t break through using the orthodox way, he could still forcefully advance his cultivation base by consuming the karma Qi. He would be cursed, but his strength would rapidly rise.

He closed his eyes to meditate.

’...Father. Why did you kill me?’

Pei Gui Hong’s eyes snapped open. He heard the voice of his dead son from somewhere. Looking around, he found nobody but himself.

He scoffed.

"Must have been the wind."

Closing his eyes, he resumed meditating.

’I never wanted to have a son like you! Why were you born?!’

Again, another voice echoed in his head. This time, he recognized it. The voice came from his mother when she was alive. She gave birth to him while she was working in a brothel.

Recalling his abusive mother, Pei Gui Hong gnashed his teeth. He remembered her lashing out at him when her favorite customer ignored her. She blamed him for ruining her life by existing.

The pain, anger, sadness, and loneliness gnawed at his heart. An old memory of Pei Gui Hong and Pei Guihong mixed together. Unable to contain his rage and confusion, he screamed.

"GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!"

Qi from Karmic Prison came from karma coins. As Pei Gui Hong gathered Qi from the prison, his heart demons got stronger. Illusions of his former enemies emerged in his sea of consciousness as they attempted to steal his body.

Pei Gui Hong could no longer cultivate. He thrashed around while he held his head, fighting the illusions in his mind.

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DING

Complete one of the following objectives:

- Rescue sexual harassment victims. (3/10) (58 Total)

- Disable Pei Guihong’s mysterious power. (6/10)

Reward: NPC Clothing Mod

Penalty: None, but the story may change according to your performance.

Not long after Lu Liang had departed from the Celestial Fox City to deliver a message, the system notified him that the quest was updated.

"What the hell?"

Fu Tong tilted his head. He didn’t know how, and he didn’t remember doing anything to Pei Gui Hong. He wondered which plot armor Pei Gui Hong had lost.

Still, the current situation required Fu Tong to maintain the Karmic Prison. He couldn’t keep it in the city or the mansion, since it might zap a passerby.

He brought the cage to an isolated place on the cloud continent and rested it there. Sitting down, he set up an array and arranged a pile of karma coins. They could act as a backup power source if the Karmic Prison was compromised.

Since it would take a while for the message to reach the second princess, Fu Tong decided to kill time by cultivating. While sitting on an array and maintaining the Karmic Prison, he piled spirit stones on the ground around him and absorbed Qi.

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Three months passed by.

The entrance examination exam went in full swing. The new prospects, who went through the terror of Pei Guihong together, banded together. 90% of them didn’t bother fighting during the race to the top, except children from the noble clans.

The number of foundation establishment cultivators who joined the sect this year was thirty. Ten commoners passed the exam, the same quota as last year, while the standard Qi Condensation bracket’s quota increased to 50.

Still, 500 candidates were listed as reserves. As Huli Jiubai had a different viewpoint and management policies, he considered it a waste to let these nice candidates go to other sects or return to being commoners.

A new division, Initiate, was formed. The Divine Cloud Village was chosen as the Initiate Division, and it would accept every new prospect as long as they had reached level 9 of the Qi Condensation stage.

However, this division was not allowed to enter the sect’s premises yet, but new shops and a new contribution hall were built in the village, allowing the initiates to earn cultivation resources by working for the organization.

Immortal foxes under Huli Jiubai also disguised as humans, joining the sect as guest elders. They would be in charge of managing the inner and outer sects while the Yin and Ouyang Clan’s elders were demoted to manage the Initiate Division.

The heaven-grade cultivation methods that Fu Tong written and donated to the sect during his free time were mass-produced. The foxes quickly learned them and began lecturing out and inner disciples.

The news of the changes quickly attracted young cultivators from far away. The other sects and clans also kept an eye on the expansion, being wary of their growth.

Meanwhile, another change occurred within the Karmic Prison.

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Pei Gui Hong couldn’t eat, sleep, or cultivate. He couldn’t even blink, or his heart demons would attempt to take over his body again.

Unable to cultivate, he grew thin. His fissure skin was so dry, and his blood lacked fluid to sustain the system. His chest was in pain, and his brain was about to break.

The torture was inhumane. If he hadn’t absorbed Qi from the Karmic Prison, dehydration or amnesia would have killed him long ago. Unfortunately, he reached his limits.

With his meager strength, he sent a voice transmission to Fu Tong, who had been monitoring him 24/7.

"I give up. I surrender. Stop this madness, please!"

Fu Tong heard the message. He opened his eyes and glanced at his system panel.