Chen Mo was barely alive. Fengyu looked at him with extreme hatred. Although Yuwen Jing was utterly depraved, without Chen Mo as his blade, there were many things he would have been powerless to accomplish.
Inside the side hall, Chen Mo had been subjected to cruel torture. He was drenched in blood, his flesh mangled, and tied to a pillar in the hall, guarded jointly by the Emperor's Guard and the Forbidden Army. Xie Xun harbored bitter hatred for both Chen Mo and Yuwen Jing, and he repeatedly drained their blood only to treat them and prolong their suffering, leaving them utterly wretched.
When Xie Xun and Fengyu arrived, the guards from the Emperor's Guard and Forbidden Army stood vigilant nearby, wary of Chen Mo launching a desperate counterattack.
