Chapter 979: Taking You Out

"You... who are you! How dare you utter my name!"

Ao Qian was greatly alarmed; he had been locked in the White Tiger Dungeon for who knows how many years, and yet someone still recognized him.

Moreover, Long Teng's words carried a tone of mockery, with a hint of condescension.

"I? Hmph, you little brat, you have no sense of propriety! Before me, you dare to call yourself 'I'!"

Long Teng's voice sounded faint, yet it exuded boundless authority.

"Stop playing tricks before me, Ao Qian! Who exactly are you?" Ao Qian was also a peerless powerhouse of his generation; how could he be intimidated by a single sentence?

"Back then, you were no stranger to my Quenching Dragon Whip. How... have you forgotten now?" Long Teng said indifferently.

"You... you are..."

Ye Yuan could not see Ao Qian's expression, but he knew that his face must be quite interesting at that moment.

Ye Yuan had not expected that a casual trip into the dungeon would allow Long Teng to run into an old acquaintance.

But someone from the same era as Long Teng must be at least tens of thousands of years old, right? He wondered how Ao Qian had managed to survive.

In fact, Ye Yuan also knew that there were some ancient relics in the Divine Realm who never emerged from seclusion, but they each had their own means of clinging to life, just waiting for the day when the Divine Path would descend again.

Once one broke through to the Divine Realm, a martial artist's lifespan would greatly increase; living for a hundred thousand years was entirely possible.

"You know who I am, so there's no need to say it!" Long Teng interrupted Ao Qian's words.

"G... Great One, Ao Qian never imagined that you... you were still alive!"

In an instant, Ao Qian's arrogance completely vanished, replaced by a tone full of respect.

"You little brat aren't dead yet, so how could I die? We'll talk later. Ye Yuan came here to find a woman from the Heavenly Demon Tiger Clan who was locked up a few days ago. You should know where she is imprisoned, right?" Long Teng said.

"Yes, Great One. She is in cell number fifty-two, section Ding." Ao Qian replied.

"Mm, now, keep quiet for me. We'll talk about your matters later." Long Teng said.

Ye Yuan quickly found cell number fifty-two in section Ding and indeed saw a girl with delicate features chained inside the prison.

Ye Yuan's figure flickered, and he directly penetrated the prison's禁制, entering the cell.

"Are you Fang Xiao?" Ye Yuan asked.

Fang Xiao was curled up in a corner of the cell. Hearing Ye Yuan's voice, she slowly raised her head to look at him, but her eyes showed no sign of life.

This Fang Xiao indeed gave off a pitiful impression.

The moment Fang Xiao's eyes met Ye Yuan's, she suddenly trembled violently, and her gaze gradually became unfocused.

"Now, I ask, and you answer!" Ye Yuan said calmly.

Fang Xiao, now like a puppet, nodded and said, "Yes."

...

A quarter of an hour later, Ye Yuan sighed and said, "Miss, have a good sleep. Things will soon pass."

Fang Xiao's head drooped, and she had already fallen into a deep sleep.

Ye Yuan's figure flickered, and he was already outside the cell.

"Senior, what about that Ao Qian?" Ye Yuan asked Long Teng.

It sounded like Long Teng and Ao Qian had a deep connection. Since they had run into him, Ye Yuan naturally wanted to ask Long Teng's stance.

"Gr... great one, I... I beg you, take me away!" Ao Qian said, his voice trembling.

"The White Tiger Dungeon was built in the Divine Path era, filled with countless restrictions of immense power. In my current state, I simply cannot save you," Long Teng said.

"Does the great one still hold a grudge from back then? Ao Qian has always been your follower! When you left back then, I was implicated and forced to defect. Otherwise, why would I have been locked in this sunless place for twenty thousand years?"

Ao Qian thought Long Teng was unwilling to take him away, and in his panic, he revealed the events of the past.

Long Teng was silent for a moment, then said indifferently, "The matters of the past are like passing clouds. I have long since let them go. The White Tiger Dungeon is one of the most terrifying prisons in the Divine Realm. Even at my peak, I wouldn't dare claim I could rescue you, let alone now."

Ao Qian was taken aback, but then Long Teng changed his tone: "However, I do know someone who can save you!"

Ao Qian shuddered, his breathing becoming rapid: "The great one means... this young man? How is that possible... Even if he has attained unity of heaven and man, he can't take me out!"

The dungeon was filled with countless restrictions. Ye Yuan could avoid triggering them, but Ao Qian could not.

Once the restrictions were triggered, they would face the pursuit of the entire White Tiger clan!

No matter how strong Ye Yuan was, he couldn't escape.

"Heh, believe it or not, it's up to you," Long Teng said noncommittally.

Ao Qian fell silent. He had been imprisoned in this dungeon for twenty thousand years. If things continued like this, he would eventually die.

As a senior of the dragon clan, Long Teng probably wouldn't deceive him.

But he simply couldn't understand how this young man could possibly take him out.

"Gr... great one! I am willing to pledge my loyalty to you. Please, save me!"

"Great one, I am willing too!"

"Me... and me!"

Ao Qian was hesitating, but the others had already lost their patience.

Each of them had been trapped here, barely surviving, only to eventually die of old age in the White Tiger Dungeon.

Now that an opportunity presented itself, they didn't care about anything else.

These people begged Ye Yuan for help, which left Ye Yuan silent for a moment.

Taking revenge on Ji Canglan would be quite difficult relying on himself alone. Having a major force behind him seemed like a good option.

"Alright, I can take all of you away, but on one condition—you must submit to me!" Ye Yuan declared.

At this, the entire dungeon erupted.

"Hmph! A bunch of fools! A mere wet-behind-the-ears brat—what makes him think he can take you away? I've never seen anyone leave this White Tiger Dungeon! If the White Tiger clan's dungeon were so easy to escape, they would have been wiped out long ago!" A discordant voice rang out.

Ye Yuan knew this was one of the several divine senses that had been probing him earlier, and its owner was equally unfathomably powerful.

"A bunch of ignorant fools! You actually believe the words of a snot-nosed kid! Don't forget, we are all heavy criminals of the White Tiger clan. Forget about escaping this dungeon for the rest of your lives!" Another voice sounded.

At these two voices, the cheers immediately died down. Clearly, these two held a status in the dungeon second only to Ao Qian.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "There are too many things in this world beyond your imagination. Frogs at the bottom of a well, that's all you are! I won't make grand claims, but when I am able to take you away, I hope you can still maintain this composure."

With that, the space rippled, and Ye Yuan vanished directly from the dungeon.