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Chapter 150

Chapter 150

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"Speak. If you can still hold out, I don't mind letting a bit more of your blood," Xu Ning said coldly. Huang Laizi's eyes were blindfolded, and his body was tightly bound to a chair with ropes. His hands were tied behind his back, and a wooden basin sat beneath him. A bamboo tube filled with water dripped continuously: "Drip, drip." This method of torture was known as the water-drop punishment, which Xu Ning had accidentally discovered in an ancient text chronicling past dynasties' penal codes.

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