As Zhou Chu spoke, he opened the cage door and said, "Come out, you’re free."
"Go ahead, open all the cage doors!"
Hearing this, the junior members of the Fishing Guild opened all the cage doors, each of them utterly shocked. They were known for their ruthlessness in the Jianghu, yet not even in their darkest actions had they resorted to treating humans like animals, locking them in cages.
Not to mention stripping them of their clothes and dignity, leaving them utterly degraded.
Even with the cages open, the children inside dared not come out.
They had seen with their own eyes what happened to someone who tried to escape—the cruel keeper outside had caught the escapee, and then, in front of all the other children, severed their arms, legs, eyes, tongue, and ears, tossing the mangled body before their cages as a gruesome warning.
Now, even with the cages open, no one dared step out.
Zhou Chu, observing the situation, turned to a girl and said, "Come out, it’s all right now. We’re here to save you!"
The girl shook her head inside the cage and replied, "No, I won’t!"
Zhou Chu saw that none of them were willing to come out. At a loss for what to do, he was pondering solutions when suddenly Chen Jie’s voice rang out from outside the room.
"Old Zhou, have you found them?"
As he spoke, a man stormed in with a long spear in hand. It turned out that Wu Hong had taken charge of the fight outside.
Chen Jie rushed in, searching for Ruirui, but the moment he entered, his whole body froze. His eyes immediately turned bloodshot!
He could hardly believe the scene before him—Ruirui locked in a cage, treated like a dog. He turned to Zhou Chu.
Zhou Chu replied, "She’s not here!"
Chen Jie demanded, "Where did she go?"
Pointing to the girl in the cage, Zhou Chu said, "Let her tell you."
Chen Jie stepped in front of the cage, looked at the girl, and asked, "Tell me, have you seen a little girl about this tall?"
Upon hearing this, the girl began to recount her conjecture.
Chen Jie froze in place, especially when he heard about the insane cruelty inflicted on the girl. He seemed on the verge of exploding.
Just then, a timid voice spoke up. "Y-you... are you Chen Jiusi?"
Chen Jie turned to look, noticing a small girl clothed in a different cage staring at him.
He hurried over and said, "Yes, I am Chen Jiusi. I am. Do you know me?"
"I don’t know you, but I heard a little girl who loves to eat talk about her brother-in-law named Chen Jiusi. She said he’s very strong and would definitely come to rescue her. She even tricked the leader into giving her two meat buns!"
"Really? Where is that little girl? I’m her brother-in-law; where is she?"
"I don’t know; she was taken away by that leader!"
Hearing this, Chen Jie exhaled in relief. She was alive—that was good enough. If she had been taken away, then he’d just have to find her.
As he thought about this, he turned to look at the open cage doors and said, "All of you, come out! Why are you still inside?"
Hearing this, all the children trembled and refused to come out. Then, the little girl said, "The master said anyone who dared come out without his command would be chopped into pieces and fed to the dogs. We’re too scared to leave."
Chen Jie murmured, "Don’t worry; his days are numbered. Come out; I’ll protect you all!"
These children, treated like dogs, were utterly terrified and couldn’t even muster the courage to speak. Their heads hung low as they shrunk deeper into their cages.
Feng Si, the nightmare inside their hearts, kept them from ever daring to leave. So long as Feng Si existed, they would remain prisoners—both physically and mentally.
Even if Chen Jie forcibly dragged them out now, they would never escape the mental cage within their hearts.
Feng Si had ruined countless children.
Ruirui had almost been one of them.
*Chen Jie understood this; he didn’t try to persuade them further. Instead, he turned and left the room.*
In his grip, the long spear tightened. His gaze burned with the sharpest killing intent.
Outside the house, Wu Hong was still locked in a clash with Feng Si. Wu Hong was stronger than Feng Si, but his injuries still hadn’t fully healed. That limited his ability, leaving him locked in a stalemate.
Chen Jie emerged, standing at the courtyard gate, his long spear held tightly in hand as he roared, "Feng Si!"
At the sound of his furious shout, Feng Si turned to look, and Wu Hong paused. Chen Jie demanded, "Where did you send my sister?"
Feng Si burst into a wild laugh as he replied, "Oh, you want to know? I’ll tell you—no, I won’t! You’ll never see your sister again in this lifetime. Your sister will live forever in misery, becoming a plaything for countless men. Don’t thank me—it’s just what I ought to do!"
"Feng Si, I’ll ask you one last time—are you going to talk or not?"
"Talk? About what? Your sister is probably already warming the bed of a sixty-year-old man. You’re too late. Hahaha..."
"You’re courting death!"
Hearing this, Chen Jie’s eyes flared with killing intent as he shouted to Wu Hong, "Brother Hong, don’t interfere with this. Leave the rest to me."
As he spoke, Chen Jie charged forward. The Yang Chun Skill was operating at its peak, his long spear held firmly in his hands. He unleashed a deadly attack on Feng Si!
"Three moves—victory will be decided in three moves!"
With a piercing cry, Chen Jie thrust his spear forward. A flash of cold light preceded the strike, and then, the spear moved like a dragon.
[Dream Shattering Fifth Night, Horn Sound Blows Off the Moon—Wandering Soul!]
Chen Jie attacked, starting immediately with the second strike from the *Thirteen Breaking Tribulation Strokes*. He only knew three moves from this gun form, but these moves didn’t need to follow any sequence.
It was possible to initiate with any strike.
*The scene from the room had shaken Chen Jie deeply—the kind of mindset that regarded human lives as mere toys had enraged him, igniting a fierce desire for vengeance in his heart.*