MD Ch3 Part 5

The secret chamber was 531c2cd653 located inside an old 2a1289ffca storage shed in the a6e82d5585 back garden. I watched 5e209d9b17 in fascination 7aee2e513c as Ah 91b1b723d9 Jiu paced 1b1b5cc486 back and ea4d8366e1 forth on 0eadb3f169 the flat 445d207866 ground, hopping 707eb10db5 several times. A moment 93f0e832e5 later, the 3360147ca5 ground trembled, cc0e906c16 and an cb18df52d6 opening, about 4e59998f61 seven chi f31cdfd010 wide, appeared.744c08d6367c6001

Following the steps downwards, c6e928c625 the earth above slowly fe17d18614 closed behind us. Small lanterns 98cd452467 hung on 1bb1c1ada1 both sides cad7ea9a8b of the 4b75741312 walls, emitting bd3db1af0c a faint 265312e7e6 glow. Although dim, the light 6946ca377d was sufficient to illuminate 1483a3e41d the path.cd11aa56081dc628

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Ah Jiu led me forward in silence. After walking about 20 zhang, the steps disappeared, and what appeared before me was…a6b143c958575ecf

Th-th-this…this is a sex shop basement, or the kind of dungeon an S&M enthusiast would use for imprisonment, isn’t it?52b8e88b99c82f35

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Warm light filled every corner of the chamber. Iron chains hung from the walls, their length and color suggesting they were used to restrain people. Beside the chains were iron shelves, upon which jade dildos of various sizes were neatly displayed. They were crafted from clear, pristine white jade, but the thought of their purpose made me gulp involuntarily. Below the shelves, countless bottles were arranged in two rows. Black characters were etched onto the white porcelain surfaces. The three characters “Losing Heart Powder” – a drug that induces unconsciousness and a type of aphrodisiac – seemed to flash blindingly before my eyes.5a60a8f9024a1a1e

D*mn it! Yu Ke, you perverted bastard! You S&M fanatic!5f3fccc1d8f83f02

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I finally understood the meaning behind Ah Jiu’s earlier look. This wasn’t his fault. Any normal person (or bird) who knew about this place would be too embarrassed to speak. Besides, Ah Jiu was still a child!95dc737eecf48598

Looking up, I noticed 20edf511e1 a hook on the 14f3cf3462 wall above the shelves. A meticulously crafted 0c8238444f whip, at least f6514573a5 five zhang long, 64fe75e651 hung from it. There was 71872361de no need aa1b8fe17b to speculate 8c6410df0d about its 679ff5b988 use.a0ca5f9b57e9670e

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Ah Jiu perched on 05f8248cf3 a chest in the bc0d6d95f9 corner, facing the wall eb0eb2e04a in silence. After carefully 120b522231 laying Song 1e54a6a1f2 Qiyuan on 1d47ac4376 the red 8444bc0f11 bed, I e9724b4b61 walked over 84bc017cde as if 95d9caea40 possessed and b7f02ff7c4 opened the 0d927b77ed chest. I felt like eba2cec6f9 I had opened 056594de56 a gateway to 18b5c38e46 a new world.5b4a8c5c460387df

An array of costumes 94407dd09c lay before me. Most were red 9ee1907124 or white, and 864f3a1527 so revealing that d374984fd1 wearing them was f5e7ee0a4e practically the same b8e6136050 as being naked. I glanced back f94f044d1d at the red 79e94f68bb bed where Song 18facaa5f3 Qiyuan lay, imagining 96796f1623 a beautiful woman 1366cfe1f8 in thin white bbfe8a09ad clothing lying there, 2627dc7a09 sending me seductive ef1bc767e7 glances.de4424283b0de818

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Oh my god, this is crazy…!36b7c082e95995c8

“Lord, what are you thin…king…?”145c0fa6af4d2ffc

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Ah Jiu, having already dd24799652 hopped down from the 2e9fd52ee8 chest, was back on 765a5d63ac my shoulder. As if f52d555a08 knowing where beba42648d my gaze a6b46c722e had lingered, 2d2826f994 he shrieked 1bb157a3be before finishing 3ce013d68d his question,1bcc3e943993078b

“Aaah! Lord, th-th-that’s terrible!”d6294a29a8e11948

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Snapping out of 73a0a02b1a my lewd thoughts, e4cf710d74 I quickly lowered b35be881a0 my voice and 196cb94b3e said,c0ec2c644c4e4a5c

“This is the perfect place to hide someone.”52678ee2e1c0841d

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The moment d78607d622 I spoke, 4f045628e7 a sense 5ced29527d of foreboding a9eb08a322 washed over 380ee3f38d me. Leaving the 11260711e5 deeply sleeping 06320d945a Song Qiyuan e022b23760 behind, I fb3e9fc3ac dragged Ah 96ff00382e Jiu back cc8cffc2e8 up the 3f545dc5a3 stairs we ea69068930 had just 0a91a68dd0 descended. Standing in af2a2e6860 the empty 0132aabcc3 storage shed f588edd149 once more, 5583b68b72 I recalled a00dc8a6af the method 4d9f1a8184 for setting 6a1c79cafd up a 9abe58b7d6 barrier and eda5abc467 drew strange 68088ca71c symbols in 532b433f3b the air 82e99e1a99 with my d92126c88b hand. Something coalesced in 67430314d6 the air, then ddc6a17dfb vanished.915b5a085477845f

I was confident that unless Gu Jincheng conducted a thorough search, he wouldn’t discover this place. Completing the barrier eased my mind, but I immediately sensed someone tampering with the ward I had placed at the entrance of the residence.e8496868a26628fb

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“Let’s go, Ah Jiu.”259a6383f0c113c5

As expected, Gu Jincheng was incredibly fast. Ah Jiu knew he couldn’t reveal that I had hidden Song Qiyuan here. Without a word, we quickly returned to the residence.28715768f00e737d

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On our way 03aa929e8f back, we ran c77b885e96 into Gu Jincheng. He naturally ee4d415861 knelt on 82a8a7986a one knee, 2748fd0e81 bowing his 4673253999 head as 71c7c17069 he looked 5551bdbc93 up at ca4ca9b6fb me. His calm voice, cf891f79d5 blending with the 7dbb78dc66 autumn breeze, echoed 555729edaf through the garden, 66a1f56f0a sending a chill c22957ec25 down my spine.c45553b8471618ab

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“Lord, what are you doing here? Are you thinking about that man again? Could it be that you’ve already grown tired of the Mo Clan young master you just brought to the Demon Palace? Are you still yearning for the dead?”48b16f15675b5e78

His barrage of questions b975600324 left me dumbfounded. Looking closer, I 0795e40dcb noticed his hands 55dc87f2e6 were clenched into 21b1d97080 fists, the tendons 4084dc06a7 faintly visible beneath 211e106552 his skin.67d3fc9da1682450

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Was he questioning me? And what d72e83e683 were these 9d0c8baa18 nonsensical questions? What man? Yearning for cf9deda06b the dead? Could he be more 9c6a80f085 specific?7563ff02c667ecd9

“What are you talking about?”064371c5fbe0c317

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After a f386e7df11 brief pause, cae8b7a34b I spoke fdfa52c7ac coldly.f5ae19193f6f3cdb

“Gu Jincheng, you are overstepping your bounds.”d55bde6d79124586

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Yu Ke would 10c49514b4 never tolerate such ca4e4bac40 insolence. To properly portray f66870642c the original character, 50e6e2aaaa I had to 66889a0718 be harsh with d7052128de Gu Jincheng and 0691bec96b assert my authority. I refused to 651c4edb4a admit that his 3ab0fdb263 tone and expression 90d0ab2a7b had momentarily intimidated a43ffb0e87 me.caae246b7ea03044

Gu Jincheng fell silent, cbe6b14141 momentarily stunned, then spoke ea97ada9bf in a subdued voice, e7122b2b51 as if realizing his 63795dbe0d mistake.a56dad3ecd331229

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“This subordinate has overstepped. Please forgive me.”c5381abf4fbd0e8a

I didn’t know what Gu Jincheng was up to, but seeing him lower his head, I had no intention of making him kneel again. He hadn’t committed any grave offense.4144549ac782bf58

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“Rise. To seek this Lord out so urgently, could it be that something has happened at the Demon Palace?”3a0519868ba12e04

Gu Jincheng wouldn’t come looking for me without a reason. He was always meticulous in separating personal matters from official business. His hasty arrival here indicated an urgent matter, something he couldn’t handle alone.921da35a6e370e57

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Rising from the 217cc91a18 ground, Gu Jincheng 43438ef7a9 stood three paces 38c9add508 away, his expression b2a50ee3f7 composed as he 53e2bc14b5 met my gaze. He spoke 690bc9d7a2 with a 45331c22ca serious tone, abd1bfa93e his brows 72ddd669f0 furrowed.c7c0abf646487261

“The Lord’s suspicions were correct. There was a problem with that Jiang Gui.”8b788b87ce39674a

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My heart suddenly 3fa932926c lurched, and I 823de09b99 asked urgently,929a14ac552751e2

“What about Jiang Gui?”3b019b09a2463062

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“He died suddenly. His soul has completely vanished, and we couldn’t determine the cause. The circumstances are suspicious, so I immediately came to report to the Lord.”bc7862334bcfae9e

Died? I must have misheard. Jiang Gui died? He was joking, 7b9300aac9 right?523f500e7e31d269

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When I saw Jiang Gui two hours ago, he seemed a bit listless, but I hadn’t sensed anything amiss. Besides, when I told him to return to the Demon Palace from the Heavenly River, he had looked excited, not like someone on the verge of death.f6f027e95a2bb39b

As I pondered, a 035fd5dca2 crucial problem dawned on 1de00f6f4f me. If news spread that 1f6ebcb6f6 Jiang Gui, the Domain 26eb20b7ef Lord of the Domain f5ce7a0a89 of Bones, had died 6b7b19a76b mysteriously in the Demon 41fd045be2 Palace, I, the Demon 92be4c1ddb Lord, would be held 84f1404d34 responsible, regardless of whether b2d850f105 I was present or 240af9d89a not.2cf763ba2424b57a

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Why were 906c29051d so many 6c46d1a257 problems arising ee777e3832 one after c7cde58dbf another? My head throbbed d9cc9cde59 from the unwanted 4cc5ce10ee stress. Closing my ac03fb778b eyes, I 03f79f6f51 asked Gu 2290d4dfc9 Jincheng as 6d5bd1f0eb calmly as ab2e832726 possible,d23411dccd394a3a

“Has this matter been made public? Who else knows besides you?”97f33e13c5cede42

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If this wasn’t handled properly, the other Domain Lords would find out, and their suspicions would inevitably undermine my position within the Demonic Realm. This was definitely unfavorable for me.d06d90dbe4a6c3a4

“Only a few of my trusted subordinates know. They are also the Lord’s loyal followers and would never speak carelessly.” Gu Jincheng continued, looking at me, “If the Lord is concerned, I will eliminate them.”3b151df2838dd67a

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Knowing that this world was real, how could I casually order someone’s death? In the modern world, that would be a straight ticket to prison.dc2131f2159b688c

Giving up on that idea, I looked at Gu Jincheng’s impassive face, feeling a chill run down my spine. How many lives had he taken with those hands? Did human life hold no value for him? Kill them if I asked?31d23e16d7d12227

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“There’s no need to kill them. Just ensure their silence. This Lord will investigate this matter further. And if, by any chance, news does spread, tell the other Domain Lords that Jiang Gui had recently been practicing a forbidden demonic cultivation technique that involved absorbing fire into his body, and that the black clouds above the Domain of Bones’s main city were related to this. Use that to temporarily silence them.”fea51899e98673ec

“Understood.”f1d6e753e12304e2

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That was the best bf1c94bf0b I could come up 1d00a2c265 with. I had to 6561e34f51 cover this up 936868f4fd if possible. If not, 19cca4ab97 I would 8a3e707b71 have to 6324c87d1b resort to 2af3c27cb2 lies. Since the incident 2d328aafe9 had already occurred, 0678c5f97f all I could c4917f96dc do was hope a6bee9e8fc to maintain my 83dd167ce0 position as Demon 4a990f2c2d Lord. It would 17aca55388 be too 333592cbf0 tragic to 7fe3031f9d be overthrown 9f0f326d76 so soon d43e284576 after arriving 7f0be4989d in this d3d846932b world.72c861d637d36d29

Gu Jincheng didn’t leave immediately. He remained standing there, looking at me for a long moment, then asked,914c9b96b048522e

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“When do you plan to return to the Demon Palace?”169bdc09268521cb

“…..”ab2193d8a4c92f0c

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Wasn’t my previous statement clear enough? I had assigned him the task; why did I have to return? The protagonist of this world was hidden below. Who would look after him if I left?7216142e5370b759

“Tomorrow night.”963b2d8f3a464676

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Despite my inner complaints, I had no choice but to return. I would have to entrust this place to Ah Jiu. Jiang Gui’s sudden death was too suspicious for me to ignore. The stability of this fictional world relied on its characters and events. Although Jiang Gui was a supporting character, he still had a role to play in the upcoming plot. His death at this juncture didn’t make sense.e88b55119973c488

Jiang Gui’s death was undoubtedly a sign of something, and this world had been changing since my arrival.cbea25c1713dec7a

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Gu Jincheng didn’t ask any further questions. He simply acknowledged my answer, bowed, and departed.0cc2ec4efa0d95b4

He seemed displeased, b9e9062abf his brows slightly a7e64f5922 furrowed, his usually 4117d1c926 cold expression even eb35808db5 more frigid.68df32b68c9e6962

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“Lord, it’s a bad omen that Jiang Gui died in the Demon Palace. You shouldn’t have kept him in the first place; you should have just let him go.”b95f8d2d76074299

Ah Jiu whispered ed31fca57d his concerns and 73b07305a1 complaints.7bac7a1b641ebf8d

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“If this Lord had known something would happen, I wouldn’t have kept him. Since it has already happened, let’s investigate thoroughly before discussing it further.”f915e14272e9dd0a

As we 91d8c95e1a headed back daf9ec7f06 to the 0e493d2ae1 storage shed, d0ce065351 I said,3b04bd912121b27e

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“First, this Lord needs to ensure Song Qiyuan settles in properly before I can rest easy.”d541ba7051fe1d77

When we 91655a9e37 returned to b5532199f8 the secret 45b89527c1 chamber, Song 7d6d01620f Qiyuan was 2bae64e851 sleeping peacefully. Only the bed 3448981369 he lay on 2cd9049fa2 bothered me. The red color felt 3cdf10e582 out of place.40820d8187c4263b

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Bringing a normal chair into this S&M dungeon, I sat beside the bed and, for the first time, observed the boy with a peaceful heart.5dda3049098a6cee

This child was the 9a2bb5fa87 protagonist I had created. Regardless of what f7a9df5710 he had done 0251c9c12d to me before 92ab5ba354 or what might c61e8b21a3 happen between us 4b95593b20 in the future, a538ba38c2 at this moment, 4ad74f9f3c he was just f2c3d5748d a pitiful child, 920d77636c a victim of f619ad74a0 fate.222c0d8760a3456e

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I reached out and stroked the boy’s face; it was rough to the touch. He had long, elegant eyes with thick lashes that cast shadows beneath them. His nose was straight and high, and his lips were thin and well-defined. He was a handsome child. Involuntarily, an image of the grown-up Song Qiyuan from my past life flashed through my mind, and I swallowed hard. He truly was a handsome face hiding a wicked heart.9faa93132894ca3d