With those words, he shattered the shackles on Lanyan through the birdcage with a single palm strike. The water level in the cage continuously dropped until it completely disappeared, and Baili An once again shattered the Fine Iron Cage with a palm strike.
Lanyan, now unbound, fell powerlessly to the ground, her eyes widened in shock, unsure of what Baili An was planning.
Separated from the seawater, her rfolk tail gradually bifurcated and took the form of two legs. Before her bare legs could fully transform, Baili An had already removed his clothes and draped them over her.
This courteous attitude left Lanyan montarily stunned, but she did not believe that a man who could casually throw ten top-grade spiritual stones would have no ill intentions towards her.
Quickly, Lanyan removed the iron ball from her mouth, letting out painful, low coughs. She took a mont to catch her breath, clutching the robe tightly around her as she hurriedly spoke: "I am Lanyan, the Commandery Princess, younger sister of the Empress of Ze Country. If you are willing to release now, I will be sure to reward you handsoly in the future."
This little Commandery Princess was actually quite sensible, having put away her usual arrogance and refrained from using her status to threaten people.
anwhile, she was also very much aware that the possibility of her being let go was extrely small.
Soone who could easily throw out ten top-grade spiritual stones wouldn’t care about her ’handso reward.’
Moreover, anyone who enters the Dark City is a person whose identity cannot see the light of day. If they were to leave the Dark City to claim their reward, would that not an exposing their identity?
Thinking of this, despair once again surged in Lanyan’s heart.
Slaves sold in the Dark City almost never see sunlight again; their fate for the rest of their lives would likely be to be confined in a basent, played with day and night.
This little Commandery Princess, who had always lived in luxury, clearly recognized this point and was on the brink of madness.
Seeing her trembling in fear with a pale complexion, Baili An couldn’t help but chuckle and said, "Relax, I won’t harvest or confine you, and you need not think of thanking . Once the auction ends tonight, you may leave on your own."
Upon hearing this, Lanyan abruptly looked up, staring at Baili An as if looking at a monster, clearly in disbelief: "You bought just to set free?"
Baili An replied, "I have no reason to deceive you."
"You’re saying you don’t require anything from in return?"
Seeing her anxious and uneasy appearance, Baili An thought for a mont and said, "If you’re really keen on repaying, could you let touch your small shinbone?"
"You..." Such an unexpected request made Lanyan very embarrassed. But on further thought, compared to being harvested and used as a furnace, rely touching the shin was indeed insignificant.
After hesitating for a long ti, she eventually blushed and slowly extended a smooth calf from under the robe.
Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a foot fetish.
Ye Shu crouched beside Baili An, listening closely. He understood that what Baili An wanted to touch was the shinbone, indicating that he was not interested in Lanyan herself, but rather in the Bone Swapping Secret Technique.
Indeed, seeing Baili An’s sincere deanor, he stretched out two fingers without a hint of wickedness, carefully pressing on her wrist bone, shinbone, and knee bone in succession.
The technique, resembling that of a traditional Chinese dicine practitioner, bore no lewd or suggestive aning, leaving Lanyan greatly astonished.
Baili An withdrew his fingers, slightly lowering his gaze as he said, "The rfolk Bone replaced in you by the Yu Tower Secret Technique Master seems to have been taken from an underage rfolk."
Ye Shu said, "That’s quite normal. rfolk live ten thousand fathoms beneath the sea, and their constitution is inherently cold. Given the Commandery Princess’s current cultivation level, if she were subjected to an adult rfolk’s bone swapping technique, her ridians and blood would beco instantaneously frozen, extinguishing her heart and pulse."
Baili An replied, "But this is a pure-blooded Black-tailed rfolk."
"Yes, a pure-blooded Black-tailed rfolk..." Ye Shu lifted his eyelids, the ink-black pupils reflecting inscrutable light and shadow: "The bloodline of Black-tailed rfolk is the most domineering, comparable to a Great Demon. Even if you carry the Changting Family’s blood, how can you withstand the invasion of this rfolk Bone?"
"It seems the Yu Tower’s public auction of Commandery Princess Lanyan tonight has ulterior motives."
Among the guests present in the Yu Tower tonight, seventy percent were ministers and nobles from Ze Country, all of whom, besides Baili An and Ye Shu, were aware of the domineering nature of the Black-tailed rfolk’s bloodline.
Even if they couldn’t purchase the little Commandery Princess to take her ho for careful study, the faction of the Ze Country Empress and the Changting Party would likely beco the target of everyone.
No matter how great the secret technique, it cannot completely change the fundantal nature of a species’ vessel, nor can any transformation secret technique avoid countless trials and failures.
However, since Yu Tower has acquired only one Black-tailed rfolk, how can they be certain that swapping this rfolk Bone into Lanyan’s body will necessarily succeed?
Black-tailed rfolk are inherently rare, and Baili An does not believe that a rchant profitably dealing in dark trade would take such a significant risk conducting a secret technique experint with rely a one-in-ten-thousand success rate.
The price is too high.
Unless, they knew from the beginning that this Bone Swapping Secret Technique would surely succeed.
The only one who could withstand the Black-tailed rfolk Bone would be the heir of a rfolk bloodline.
Rest assured, after tonight, the ministers are bound to reflect deeply.
A night auction seemingly tranquil on the surface had in fact stirred up turbulent undercurrents long ago.
"What do you an?" Lanyan obviously also grasped the deep implication in Ye Shu’s words, her face instantly turned pale as she anxiously said, "Are you suggesting that the entire Changting lineage descends from rfolk? Absurd, utterly absurd!"
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