Tick...... Tick...... Tick......

I heard the sound of something dripping on the water.

There was a dead silence all around, save for the very regular dripping sound and the low, faint wheezing sound.

Gao Yun gasped, slowly opened his eyes as heavy as lead, the scene in front of him was dim at first, and as his pupils gradually adjusted to the faint light, the surroundings became clear.

It was a small water dungeon, and the air was filled with a pungent and unpleasant smell of blood.

Gao Yun found himself naked, and the hems of his shabby trousers were also torn off.

The lower half of his body was soaked in the icy water, and the chill to his bones made him shiver slightly.

The mottled scars on his body were mixed with the traces of blood that had already solidified, and there was a tingling pain that made him tremble slightly.

The hands and feet were firmly fixed to the cold torture rack with iron shackles, and the wrists and ankles were strangled with purple-red bruises by hard objects.

Gao Yun felt his head ache and crack, as if there were huge waves rolling in his mind, and only vaguely remembered that he was knocked unconscious from behind when he was about to go out shopping.

A sharp "crunch" sound not far away interrupted his thoughts.

A gap slowly appeared in the darkness ahead, and bright light shone in.

Under the unprepared light, Gao Yun's eyes couldn't help but narrow.

In the direction of the light, there seemed to be a sound of conversation, and a familiar voice was heard.

"You're watching here, and no one is allowed to approach!"

"Okay, Brother Yan, what are you going to do with this kid?"

"Hmph, you don't have to worry about this!"

......

This familiar voice made Gao Yun judge that it was his second brother Gao Yan and the good brothers who revolved around him.

At first, he resisted, but he was inferior to others in every way, and the more he rebelled against them, the more brutal he was. After a long time, I don't know how much time has passed, it has become a habit for me to be beaten and abused, and I endure it silently, and I am obedient. It's like accepting the arrangement of fate.

He silently lowered his head, his eyes staring at the black mark on his body that stretched from his chest to his lower abdomen in the shape of a small curled snake.

His body was covered with old and new scars, some of which could be seen as signs of whipping, some of which were burns, but the skin around this birthmark was undamaged, and nothing seemed to be able to harm this strange mark.

It was because of this mark that he caused his mother to die, and he was despised and ridiculed by the vast majority of people in the palace!

It was because of this mark that he couldn't learn to cultivate like other children, so he could only silently do chores in the dining room!

It is because of this mark that his life has become dark!

Gao Yun's eyes were a little moist, his vision blurred, he blinked, swallowed back his tears, staring at the hateful mark that had brought him misfortune and disaster.

"Wow"!

A shrill and piercing sound pulled Gao Yun back to reality from his painful memories. He raised his head and looked at the man in front of him with his eyes slightly open.

His second brother Gao Yan stood in front of him with a smile on his face.

In his hand, carrying a red-hot iron brand, he slowly walked towards him.

The sound just now was made by the hot crumbs on the iron soldering falling into the water.

Gao Yan was two years older than him, with a strong and burly body, nearly two heads taller than Gao Yun.

His face is in the shape of a national character, his facial features are quite neat, and there is a fierce light in his thick eyebrows and big eyes, which can't help but make people tremble

He was wearing a purple-red cultivation suit, and the sleeves of his shirt were embroidered with four intricately patterned sun patterns.

This is the symbol used in the Kaiyang Palace to show the level of each cultivator's aura, and the four suns represent that his aura has reached the fourfold realm.

"My good brother, don't blame me, it's also for your good. Gao Yan raised the iron brand coldly with a smile and pointed at Gao Yun: "This mark of doom on your body is the shame of our Gao family, and it is also the shame of Kaiyang Palace, today I will help you completely free yourself and give this mark away!"

Gao Yun's face twitched violently, his upper and lower teeth clenched, and he unconsciously shook his head desperately.

His eyes were full of horror and fear.

His lips were tightly closed, and his languishing eyes couldn't help but reveal a hint of despair and pleading.

This look made Gao Yan show a cruel smile, he was very satisfied and proud.

Gao Yan snorted coldly, his face did not change, and with a twist of his wrist, the fiery red iron was imprinted on the black mark on Gao Yun's chest.

"Ahhh......h

Gao Yun's throat instantly let out a painful roar that was almost human-like.

His hands were clenched into fists, his muscles were bulging, his body shook violently, and the shackles and torture racks were shaken to the point of a crisp sound of metal clashing.

Gao Yun's chest was instantly burned by the soldering iron, and the scalded skin and flesh became blurred when he landed.

Hot, crimson blood dripped down the edge of the iron, and a pale red mist rose from the water.

After struggling weakly for a few moments, Gao Yun's head suddenly lowered, and his whole body collapsed.

The pain caused him to lose consciousness in an instant, and he passed out.

Gao Yan smiled evilly, looking at Gao Yun's painful struggle.

Suddenly, his expression froze.

I was shocked to find that the black mark on Gao Yun's body was still safe and sound!

A hint of fierceness flashed in Gao Yan's eyes.

"Hmph, I don't believe there is no way to cure you!"

Gao Yan took out another hot and red soldering iron from the furnace and walked to Gao Yun, who was unconscious.

"Brother, if you want to blame, you can only blame this mark on your body is too demonic!

Gao Yan raised his hand, and was about to imprint the soldering iron on the birthmark again, when suddenly the cell door behind him was slammed open.

The cell door slammed against the wall, and there was a dull thud.

"Stop!"

A cold drink came from the door.

It's her again!

Gao Yan's face showed a look of gritting his teeth as if he had touched a mortal enemy.

He put the iron down, turned around, and feigned a spitting motion.

A young girl appeared at the door of the water cell.

She was about fifteen years old, with long, shiny black hair draped over her shoulders.

The white and red pink face has slender eyebrows like a crescent, a small nose and a mouth, but there is a touch of charm in the childishness. Like a delicate lotus in the water at the beginning of a bud, it blooms with endless elegance.

The black and round eyes in her eyes seemed to contain a pool of autumn water, revealing an aura of intelligence and cleverness.

She was also wearing the same cultivation outfit as Gao Yan, but the difference was that the sleeves were embroidered, and it was a pattern of eight suns.

The delicate and delicate tight dress with a pair of petite soft shoes as green as jade exudes a youthful atmosphere.

"Yo! it turned out to be Senior Sister Yue'er!"

Gao Yan secretly scolded the guys guarding the door for being too useless, and at the same time showed a hypocritical smile and stepped forward.

However, in front of Liu Yue, an outstanding genius who is rare to see in Kaiyang Palace for a hundred years and has stepped into the eightfold realm of aura at the age of thirteen, several second- and third-tier opponents are simply mantis arms blocking the car and overpowering.

Liu Yue looked too lazy to take care of Gao Yan, quickly skipped past him, and walked straight to Gao Yun.

She saw that Gao Yun was covered with shocking scars all over his body, especially on his chest, where blood was flowing and bones were visible, so she turned her head and glared at Gao Yan fiercely.

"Senior Brother Gao Yan, as a member of the palace clan, you actually know the law and break the law and lynching without permission!"

Liu Yue turned her head, raised her eyebrows coldly, and shouted at Gao Yan.

On her immature and delicate face, there was a faint sense of righteousness and chivalry.

As the second young master of the Gao family of the Kaiyang Palace clan and the younger brother of the acting palace master, he has always done whatever he wants in the palace, and he has always been domineering and domineering, and the men and women in the palace are all obedient to him, and even a few elders have to be polite and polite when they see them.

Only this Liu Yue couldn't get along with herself several times in order to bully Gao Yun.

Gao Yan's heart moved, and he immediately put on a warm smile on his face, and said nonsense: "Senior Sister Yue'er, in fact, you misunderstood me. I'm just afraid that the mark on the third brother's body will bring misfortune to the rest of the palace, so I have to lock him up here. ”

Liu Yue stared at him, and the cold gaze in his eyes shook Gao Yan's heart.

With a hint of mockery on her face, she said, "Senior Brother Gao Yan, I didn't expect your lies to be so good, and there are many girls who have been deceived by your rhetoric, right?"

Gao Yan's face suddenly twitched, as if he had been slapped in the face.

He coincidentally deceived many senior sisters and sisters in the palace, and of course, there were many people who tended to be inflammatory, took the initiative to dedicate themselves, but in the end, relying on the identity of the clan, they all turned into small things and couldn't do it.

But the Liu Yue in front of him, who was held by the stars, didn't forget if he wasn't fooled, and exposed him in public several times, which made him lose face.