Hyper-Dimensional Player

Chapter 796 66: Reopening the Mortal Realm (Part 2)

Duncan walked expressionlessly through the crowd, pausing in front of Lu Qiongxi for a moment. He lifted her chin with the tip of his shoe, looking down at her from above, and then said in a deep voice, "Rise."

This woman is not simple.

If she hadn't switched sides in time, Liu Chang might have had a chance to escape from the Xing King Mansion. She is a true opportunist.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Lu Qiongxi rose respectfully, her attitude humble to the extreme.

The entire palace city was stabilized by her. Even in the midst of chaos, no one could steal palace treasures and escape, including what Liu Chang tried to take—all was intercepted by her.

This counts as a merit.

Before Liu Chang fled, he wanted to set fire to the imperial city. It was she who stopped him, preserving most of the Southern Han's assets.

This is also a merit.

Thus, Duncan can tolerate Lu Qiongxi and others. In this era, even a piece of straw paper has its use, let alone a living person with a five-star golden mark of strength.

These eunuchs have executed the worst of the wicked, and the rest are handed over to the virtuous mothers to retrain, directly controlled by spiritual Secret Technique.

Many among them have practiced the sunflower techniques, with strengths ranging from three to four stars, similar to Lin Pingzhi who practiced the Evil Resisting Sword Manual. Whether it's in the martial arts world or the army, they can be useful, and slightly organizing them to establish East and West Factories would be sufficient.

Liu Chang castrated more than ten thousand eunuchs, and Duncan simply couldn't use them all.

As he strode into the luxurious palace, on Lu Qiongxi's right, the Li sisters were panic-stricken because His Majesty didn't even glance at them. In an instant, their status seemed to plummet to dust, and even Lu Qiongxi didn't bother looking at them anymore, directly dismissing them to stay outside the palace.

Their beauty failed to please His Majesty, so naturally, they lost most of their usefulness.

Lu Qiongxi had already decided how to settle these concubines of Liu Chang—they couldn't be let out of the palace, but their status and treatment would certainly be diminished by several degrees, as long as they weren't starved to death in the palace.

The palace ahead was extremely luxurious. As Duncan entered it, he saw more than a dozen bright luminous pearls; the sides of the palace were decorated with pearls and tortoiseshells, even the walls were adorned with colorful pearls. Expensive coral and rare treasures were everywhere. Once the palace lamps were lit, the entire palace dazzled with brilliance.

However, this grand hall did not have any screens, but instead, space was left vacant, where Liu Chang's position should have been encircled by a group of naked women, known as a human screen.

"That bastard sure knew how to enjoy life."

Back when Duncan reigned over the whole of Europe and was revered as the King of Kings, he didn't live as excessively and indulgently as Liu Chang, knowing that the Southern Han was just a small place.

"Remove all those pearls and tortoiseshells."

"Sell those coral treasures for money and grain," Duncan said casually.

Lu Qiongxi immediately bowed her head respectfully, "Yes, Your Majesty."

He pushed open a door to a side hall and was instantly stunned by the scene before him. What the hell, it was actually an execution room, equipped with punishments like forcing water through the nose, cutting tongues, dismemberment, burning, steaming and so on, even for an emperor like him who emerged from Corpse Mountain and Blood Sea, he couldn't imagine so many cruel punishments.

"What is going on here?" Duncan asked.

Lu Qiongxi's figure trembled slightly, her face showing a hint of fear, and she whispered, "These were private punishments of the emperor, used to discipline disobedient palace attendants."

"Liu Chang occasionally would watch personally."

Their family was more or less sick, and there were even historical records of emperors drooling over watching punishments.

Liu Chang was mostly lecherous, but he often watched punishments with seductive pigs for entertainment.

He even invented a punishment, where snakes were raised in the Blackwater Prison, and then living people were thrown in.

"What is that over there?" Duncan exclaimed again.

He circled around the execution palace and entered another adjacent side hall, pushing the door open, he was once again amazed because it was full of bizarre devices of depraved skill and art, with various strange tools, and beside them were exquisitely carved apparatuses, in the center was an extremely luxurious large bed, draped with curtains on both sides, measuring a full ten meters wide.

"This is the Hall of Joy."

Lu Qiongxi lowered her head and said, "Liu Chang and the seductive pigs often, after watching executions or at the height of passion, arranged for palace people to serve here."

On one side, there were even punishment tools like wooden horses, also used to discipline disobedient palace attendants.

For example, palace maids who didn't show enough engagement during passionate sessions.

Liu Chang loved entertainment, and had even selected palace maids through methods like "car racing competitions."

"That sly dog truly made it artistic."

After glancing around, Duncan pushed open the front door. What lay before him was a meticulously decorated garden, one of the settings for the double bodies, featuring pavilions, gardens, rockeries, Liu Chang along with seductive pigs and over ten concubines proceeded along the stone path, the entire way was designed for convenience, whether it was pavilions, rock pools, or rockeries, offering ample space and conveniently placed within the line of sight along the route, one glance would reveal almost every corner of copulation.

"Tear it down!"

Disinterestedly, Duncan waved his hand, glancing at the side hall said, "Leave this side, move all the torture devices away."

Many have petitioned to impose castration punishment on Liu Chang.

Duncan was still hesitating initially.

After what he saw today, castrate it is; the man deserved it.

Further on was a pavilion deliberately arranged by Lu Qiongxi, even with traces of blood on the windows before the hall which hadn't been cleaned,

Her expression bore a slight hint of accomplishment, respectfully said, "Your Majesty."