"Also, I can pass on my cultivation techniques and heritage to you!
My strength might not compare to Guhuang Great Emperor's, but back in my day, I was a renowned figure throughout the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds. Countless young people dreamt of becoming my disciple!
Moreover, I founded several major factions across the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds back then. With my token, you could go and take control of those factions, becoming overlords yourselves.
I also left behind several treasuries in different worlds. I can give you the locations so you can go find them.
In short, if you release me, the rewards I provide will definitely satisfy you."
The middle-aged man spoke again.
He had been imprisoned by Guhuang Great Emperor inside this Heavenly Dao Tower for an extremely long time. His deepest desire now was to leave this place and regain his freedom.
"We won't let you out.
However, if you can give me those treasures, I have a way to spare you from that torment that strikes every three months."
Ye Yunfei glanced at the treasures scattered on the ground inside the iron cage and the more than one thousand space rings floating before the middle-aged man, then spoke.
"No way!" The middle-aged man angrily retorted.
"Alright then.
If my estimation is correct, tomorrow is the day the seal inside you activates.
I'll come ask you again tomorrow."
Ye Yunfei smiled.
"Right!
We'll come back tomorrow!" Hun Lao chuckled as well.
"Ye Yunfei, let's go, let's check out the other palaces!
Other palaces probably have many creatures imprisoned as well. Let's go see if anyone's internal seal is due to activate today!" Hun Lao said with ill intent.
Then, Ye Yunfei and Hun Lao turned and left the palace.
"You two little bastards, get back here!" The middle-aged man roared angrily, shaking the entire palace with his voice.
Next, Ye Yunfei and Hun Lao went in and out of palace after palace.
Every palace held a single imprisoned creature!
Moreover, these creatures all possessed considerable strength.
Within the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds, they must have all been major figures dominating their respective territories!
Of course, 'strength' here was relative to Ye Yunfei's current combat power.
From the perspective of a Heavenly Emperor, these creatures were negligible.
The creatures imprisoned in these palaces shared the same circumstances as the middle-aged man before: all confined inside iron cages, suppressed by Guhuang Great Emperor's imperial seals.
Ye Yunfei counted them. Within the second tower layer, there were a total of one hundred palaces!
This meant the second layer imprisoned one hundred creatures!
"Aaaaah...
Guhuang Great Emperor, spare me!
I submit, I dare not provoke you again!"
Ye Yunfei and Hun Lao had just stepped into one of the palaces when they saw a creature writhing, struggling, and howling in pain inside an iron cage.
"The seal inside him has activated!" Both Ye Yunfei and Hun Lao understood what was happening.
"Ye Yunfei, you have a way to relieve his pain?
You wouldn't know how to break the seals Guhuang Great Emperor placed, would you?
You are a mysterious brat; it's possible you actually can break them.
I'm warning you, you cannot release the creatures imprisoned by Guhuang Great Emperor."
Hun Lao said to Ye Yunfei.
"Don't worry.
I know what I'm doing. I won't release them."
Ye Yunfei smiled.
"Who are you two little vermin!
Did Guhuang send you?
Go and report to Guhuang Great Emperor immediately! I submit to him! I won't oppose him anymore, let him release me!"
As soon as Ye Yunfei and Hun Lao entered, a sturdy man with explosively shaped muscles in the iron cage shouted at them.
At this moment, the man was in a state of extreme agony.
"Let's keep it brief. Hand over your possessions. If you satisfy me, I can make your pain disappear immediately."
Ye Yunfei walked up to the cage and spoke directly.
"Little bastard! Asking for my valuables? I'll slap you dead!" The sturdy man roared furiously.
But he was suffering horrific pain; right after saying this, he started groaning in agony again.
"Consider it. Hand over your valuables, and I'll make your pain vanish immediately."
Ye Yunfei repeated.
Aaaaah...
Inside the cage, the sturdy man screamed miserably.
This kind of pain, he had to endure for one day, every three months!
Ye Yunfei and Hun Lao stood quietly beside the iron cage, waiting.
Finally...
An hour later.
"Young man, what you said earlier about making my pain disappear immediately... is that true?"
The sturdy man finally asked Ye Yunfei.
He'd truly had enough of this terrifying suffering.
"Of course it's true.
But it depends on whether the valuables you provide can satisfy me."
Ye Yunfei nodded.
The sturdy man waved his hand, and ten space rings flew out.
Ye Yunfei sensed them with his Soul Power. The ten rings were filled with all sorts of crystals, herbs, elixirs, magical artifacts, and various treasures.
And their grades were all quite decent.
"Not enough."
Ye Yunfei shook his head.
Ye Yunfei already understood. Although Guhuang Great Emperor had imprisoned these creatures here, he hadn't taken their possessions.
Ye Yunfei could understand this point.
Because ordinary worldly possessions couldn't move the heart of a Great Emperor.
"Brat, don't get too greedy!
That's it. Take it or leave it.
I've endured this pain countless times already. Suffering through it once more isn't anything special!"
The sturdy man was furious, but he still took out another ten space rings.
Ye Yunfei sensed them.
"Alright.
Now, follow my instructions. Adjust the circulation route of the spiritual power within your body, and the rhythm of your breathing. Your Soul Body must also follow my instructions."
Ye Yunfei said.
As he spoke, Ye Yunfei stretched out his hand and sucked in, drawing all twenty space rings taken out by the sturdy man into his palm.
Then, Ye Yunfei began instructing the sturdy man on regulating his breath and circulating his spiritual power, and having his Soul Body perform a series of strange movements.
Ye Yunfei currently lacked the ability to break the seals left by Guhuang Great Emperor, but he *could* manage to temporarily calm these seals down.
A moment later.
"It really works!
All my pain is gone!"
The sturdy man was overjoyed. The terrifying pain he had just been suffering from had vanished in an instant.
"Let's go.
Let's check other palaces."
Ye Yunfei and Hun Lao walked out of this palace.
"Hey, little brother, come back! I have something to tell you!"
The sturdy man called out loudly.
"I'm busy now. I'll come find you again in three months."
Ye Yunfei said.
"Find me again in three months?
That little brat... still wants to extort more from me!"
The sturdy man was stunned for a moment, then furious.