Chapter 49: Guo Zhe.
After Guo Jiahao left, the hunchbacked old man, Guo Zhe stepped forward and swept his gaze all over Yao Jun's body, an excited expression on his face. He reached out with his right hand, and gently caressed Yao Jun's chest with his fingers.
“Excellent material, you seem to have spent a long time training and perfecting your body. How wonderful.”
Guo Zhe's smile only grew larger as he was caressing Yao Jun, he even complimented Yao Jun as he was caressing him. Yao Jun simply ignored him, his mind moving at full speed in an attempt to find a way to escape.
Guo Jiahao said that they weren't going to kill him until Yun Yantian responded, and if Yun Yantian accepted their alliance, they would just let him go, but how could Yao Jun just trust his words? Yao Jun also didn't want Yun Yantian to be forced into an alliance because of him.
He tried to check how strong the cultivation of the two people in front of him were, but he could only see the cultivation level of the girl, Guo Luo. She had not even managed to reach the 1st Mortal Earth, so there was no need to worry about her. But Yao Jun was unable to see the cultivation level of Guo Zhe, which could only mean that he was either using a technique to hide it, or that he was stronger than Yao Jun.
“I am sure that you understood what Young Master Jiahao was implying, but allow me to make it completely clear for you. I am Guo Zhe, until Yun Yantian agrees to the alliance, it will be my job to torture you and produce some nice images for Yun Yantian.”
While Yao Jun's brain was working furiously, Guo Zhe took two steps backwards and gave a short bow as he introduced himself. After he finished talking, he stepped forward again. Grabbing onto Yao Jun's robe, he put some strength into his arms and tore off the upper part of Yao Jun's robe, revealing his bare chest.
“Absolutely marvelous. Now I personally believe that there are two different types of torture. The first type is the one where you put all your attention on the persons body, driving him mad with pain. The other type is the one where you put your attention on the persons mind, driving him mad in ways other than physical pain.”
Guo Zhe had an enraptured expression as he looked at Yao Jun's bare upper body. Guo Zhe had always been rather abnormal, liking things that others did not, he enjoyed seeing other people go mad with pain or rage, it brought him great pleasure.
The Guo clan could not let people know that there was such a person in their clan, so they quickly found a hidden use for his abnormal tastes, putting him in charge of torturing their enemies to acquire information. Guo Zhe especially loved torturing younger, more hopeful people. Seeing their hopeful faces crumple gave him the greatest of joy.
“I have always been partial towards the second type, but since Young Master Jiahao ordered me to make it very visual, I will be forced to work outside of my comfort zone.”
As Guo Zhe spoke, he rubbed the interspatial ring on his finger, a small stone table appearing in front of him. He put the table slightly to the side and covered it with a white cloth, before pulling out several different types of knives and pliers, neatly lining them up on the table.
“But don't you worry, there is no way I could just completely neglect your mind, I will make sure to get in at least a little bit.”
Guo Zhe gently pat Yao Jun on the head as he spoke with a reassuring smile. After speaking, he grabbed onto the lower parts of Yao Jun's robes and tore them off. After tearing off the rest of his robe, he also tore of the underwear that Yao Jun was wearing, forcing him to lay completely naked on the stone floor.
“Now now little girl, don't avert your eyes. If you avert your eyes, this will lose all meaning. I would personally prefer to have the entire town watch as I do this, but I will make do with having just you watch for now.”
Guo Zhe gave a small smile before stepping backward and forcing Guo Luo, who had turned away, to face Yao Jun. Guo Zhe wanted to humiliate Yao Jun and embarrass him, so how could he allow Guo Luo to turn away? Guo Luo's legs were trembling as she was forced to observe the spectacle, she knew just how vile Guo Zhe could be if she disobeyed. Yao Jun continued to observe everything with indifferent eyes so he was able to see the hazy fog within Guo Luo's chest shiver slightly as she trembled, seemingly in tune with her emotions. Yao Jun was rather curious about this fog, he felt his gaze drawn to it whenever he spotted it.
After he made sure that Guo Luo was watching, he gave a smile and returned to Yao Jun. He was rather disappointed when he saw that Yao Jun only responded by staring at him with indifferent eyes, but he was confident that he would be able to distort his expression eventually. He shook his head and grabbed onto Yao Jun, forcing him to sit on his knees to make it easier for him to perform his work.
Once Yao Jun was on his knees, Guo Zhe reached out with his right hand. A pale green light gathered in his right hand, quickly covering his index finger. The pale green light gave off a fishy smell, it was clearly poisonous.
Once the green light had completely covered Guo Zhe's index finger, he placed the finger on Yao Jun's chest. When the finger touched Yao Jun's chest, Yao Jun felt like a bolt of lightning flashed within his mind.
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It was just a finger gently touching him, but it felt like someone was taking hot coal and gently caressing Yao Jun with it. Yao Jun grit his teeth, refusing to let out a single sound. He was a stubborn person down to the marrow of his bones, he refused to give Guo Zhe the pleasure of hearing him scream. Guo Zhe ignored Yao Jun's lack of a response and started moving the finger around Yao Jun's chest, his strokes as soft and gentle as an artist's.
As Guo Zhe was moving the finger around on Yao Jun's chest, the flesh that was touched by the finger started rotting and scarring, turning into a pale green scar. Guo Zhe continued to move his finger around, slowly drawing a picture on Yao Jun's chest, his eyes glowing with a rapturous light.
After almost ten minutes of slow and methodical drawing, Guo Zhe removed his finger from Yao Jun's chest. Guo Zhe inspected his work for a short while before giving a pleased nod. The pale green scars on Yao Jun's chest formed the image of a dog raising it's head, trying to swallow a round orb hanging above it.
“This is called the Tiangou, it is the clan emblem of the Guo clan. My poison has already seeped into your flesh, so that scar will stick with you until the end of your days. You can look at that scar whenever you are lonely, it will remind you of the pleasant times we are going to share.”
Guo Zhe spoke with a smile, his eyes glazed over and distant, as if he could already imagine a more grown up Yao Jun facing himself in the mirror, shivering at the sight of the scar.
“Little girl, clean him up, if I do too much today, it might end too soon.”
Guo Zhe turned to the now pale Guo Luo and waved her over. He took out a bucket of water and a clean cloth from his interspatial ring and handed it to her, pointing at Yao Jun who was covered in his own sweat. After he finished speaking, he turned around to leave the room.
“I will come back later and you and I can spend some more time together.”