Ning Dao Covered with Snow

Chapter 332 Despair
Next to the iron gate was a small window. Every day, someone would put three meals a day outside the window on time, and the black-clad guards in charge of the cell would bring the food in through the window.

Besides the sorcerer, only Danxiazi was qualified to freely enter and exit the dungeon.

Danxia knocked on the iron gate: "Ayao, open the door."

A moment later, the iron gate was opened from the inside, and a middle-aged man dressed in black bowed with his hands clasped: "Your subordinate pays respects to Daoist Danxiazi."

Danxiazi entered the dungeon, and Ayao immediately stepped forward to close the iron gate again.

The cell was quite clean, but because it was dark for many years, there was still an unpleasant musty smell in the air.

Danxiazi called over the man in black who was in charge of guarding the dungeon and asked, "Ayao, has anything unusual happened in the dungeon recently?"

Ah Yao answered truthfully, "No, everything is normal."

Danxiazi pointed to the prison door in front of him with his whisk and asked, "How is that old woman?"

Speaking of this, Ah Yao's expression became complicated. He said, "She was threatening to commit suicide before and even broke her head. I thought she didn't want to live anymore. But after she was rescued, she ate three meals a day without fail and even asked for more meat and vegetables. It's only been a few days, and she has already gained a lot of weight."

Danxiazi had dealt with Nie Xiayun before and knew that this old woman was very difficult to deal with. Upon hearing this, he did not comment much. Whether she was fat or thin, as long as she was alive, that was enough.

He told Ayao about his next plan, and then said...

"I will have my men set up a tight net outside the dungeon, and we will capture Yan Ciwan as soon as she appears."

Ah Yao was thrilled and asked expectantly, "Is there anything I can do to help?"

"You don't need to do anything. Just stay here and guard Nie Xiayun as usual."

Although Ah Yao was somewhat disappointed, he still honestly agreed: "I understand."

Danxiazi walked to the prison door, opened the small window on the door, intending to see what was happening inside the cell. But when he put his face close, he saw a big face suddenly pressed against the other side of the small window!
The other person was an elderly woman in her fifties. Although she was old, she had a rosy complexion, a round face, and her hair was neatly combed. Unfortunately, her forehead was wrapped in thick gauze.

She gripped the small window with both hands, trying to push her head out while yelling at the people outside.

"You bunch of sons of bitches, let me out right now!"

Danxiazi was startled. He immediately took two steps back, trying his best to remain calm, and put on a friendly smile again: "Madam, don't worry, we will release you, but not now. Please wait a little longer."

No sooner had he finished speaking than the old woman at the door spat at him.

"Pah! What utter nonsense are you spouting? Do you think I'm a three-year-old? You just want to use me to lure Aci into your trap, don't you? You want to capture Aci, you want to use her identity to usurp the throne. You heartless, rotten dogs, how many wicked things have you done? Heaven is watching from above. Sooner or later, you will all be punished, you will all die a horrible death!"

By the end, her eyes were bloodshot, revealing a deep hatred.

If the cell doors hadn't been closed, she would have already pounced on Danxiazi and fought her to the death.

Danxiazi didn't take the other party's threats seriously at all.

He calmly retorted, "What happened back then was an accident. We didn't want it to happen that way, and we regretted it afterwards. Actually, you yourselves also bear some responsibility. If you hadn't kept running away, we wouldn't have chased after you, and that tragedy wouldn't have happened..." "You're talking nonsense! You bunch of murderers! You killed my husband, you drove our family to ruin, and now you want to kidnap my granddaughter? I won't let you succeed! Even if I die and become a vengeful ghost, I'll drag you all down to the underworld with me!"

Seeing that the old woman was becoming increasingly agitated, looking like she wanted to devour someone, Danxiazi knew that continuing the conversation would only escalate the conflict. So he asked Ayao to close the small window, blocking out the old woman's hateful gaze.

Danxiazi originally intended to persuade Nie Xiayun to cooperate with their plan, but she ended up being verbally abused by the other party.

This result was within Danxiazi's expectations, so he was not too disappointed.

He turned and walked towards the dungeon exit. Since soft tactics didn't work, he would resort to hard tactics! He would send men in to knock out and tie up that ungrateful old woman, then set up an ambush around her. In addition, he would also arrange manpower around the dungeon. When they attacked from the inside and outside, Yan Ciwan would have no chance to escape even if she had wings.

The iron gate slowly opened, and Danxiazi, while thinking about her next plan, stepped out.

However, the next moment, a cold light flashed!
Danxiazi sensed the approaching danger. Before her mind could even process it, her body instinctively retreated.

The thin, sharp blade grazed his neck, leaving a thin line of blood.

Danxiazi felt a chill run down his spine; he was just a hair's breadth away from losing his life.

Because his view was obstructed, A Yao, who was following behind him, couldn't see what had happened to Danxiazi. When he saw Danxiazi suddenly retreat, he hurriedly asked, "Does the Taoist priest have any other instructions?"

Danxiazi hurriedly shouted, "Quick..."

Before he could finish speaking, the slender blade spun in the air like a serpent, and slashed at Danxiazi's neck again at an extremely tricky angle!

Danxiazi hurriedly raised his whisk to block.

With a crisp snap, the wooden handle of the whisk was cleaved in two by the blade!
The sharp blade sliced ​​smoothly across Danxiazi's throat, and bright red blood spurted out.

He suddenly opened his eyes wide, clutched his neck, staggered backward, and bumped into Ah Yao behind him.

At this moment, A Yao realized something was wrong. He saw Dan Xiazi fall to the ground and hurriedly reached out to support her. He saw that Dan Xiazi's neck had been cut off, and half of her face and chest were covered in blood. The scene was extremely frightening.

Ah Yao screamed in terror, "Kill..."

The word had just been uttered when it abruptly stopped.

Because he felt something cold against his neck.

The cold, hard touch sent chills down his spine. He slowly looked down and saw a knife against his neck. The blade was unlike any other sword; it was extremely thin, appearing to be only the thickness of a leaf. Four characters were engraved on the gleaming blade: "Heaven Blesses Eternal Peace."

Ah Yao's gaze moved upwards along the blade and saw a woman dressed in black standing there against the light. Her face was hidden in the shadows and was not clearly visible.

She held a knife in her right hand and closed the iron gate with her left.

Once the iron gate is completely closed, the dungeon is completely isolated from the outside world. Unless the iron gate is reopened, no one outside will know what is happening inside the dungeon.

As Ah Yao thought about this, he felt even more desperate.