Junior Brother Pays Respect to You: Chapter 76 - Be Under Someone Else's Control
Chapter 76: Be Under Someone Else's Control
After the man jumped into the Demon Realm passage, Qin Zheng's vision went completely dark, and he could no longer hear any sound.
At that moment, he had no time to care about his surroundings — he couldn't help but worry about Xiao Hua.
Given Xiao Hua’s personality, he would definitely follow him in.
Qin Zheng remembered that the old man guarding the spiritual pillar in Nanchuan had said that Xiao Hua was a tool created by the Demon Realm to dominate both the Human and Immortal Realms.
It was only because the demons’ experiment failed that Xiao Hua managed to escape from the Demon Realm.
But overall, Xiao Hua was still considered the most successful of their experimental subjects.
That was why Yu Jingchen had sealed the passage to the Demon Realm — to prevent the demons from interrupting Xiao Hua’s purification.
Because he knew they would do everything they could to recapture him and transform him into a truly useful weapon.
The demon carrying him now clearly came prepared.
Qin Zheng was sure that the other side of the Demon Realm passage was a trap designed to catch Xiao Hua.
When Xiao Hua was with him, he’d always let Qin Zheng bully him — he'd only seen him fight once.
Qin Zheng hoped Xiao Hua was really as powerful as he seemed, strong enough to deal with these mad demons.
When he finally heard the sound of footsteps hitting the ground, he realized there was no bright light ahead as he’d expected.
They seemed to be in a dimly lit cave.
The demon still carrying him walked toward the cave entrance.
Qin Zheng squinted, trying hard to see his surroundings clearly.
But the change from darkness to light happened too fast.
Before he could adjust to the darkness, he was carried out of the cave.
“Welcome, Lord Qiu Shi!”
A chorus of voices rang out around him.
But since Qin Zheng couldn’t see what was ahead, he could only look up at the cave entrance he’d just exited.
The cave’s mouth was neatly built with stone, forming a stone platform.
The demon called Qiu Shi walked a few steps out of the cave and then stopped.
Then Qin Zheng was tossed to the ground.
Qiu Shi gave his orders: “Take him to the dungeon, then inform Lord Ling Yan.”
Because he was immobilized and had been thrown at a bad angle, Qin Zheng landed directly on the stone steps and rolled all the way down to the bottom.
His bones ached from the impact with the stone.
But before he could even cry out in pain, he was stunned by what he saw.
Above the cave entrance was a giant golden seal glowing.
If he guessed correctly, this seal was meant to trap Xiao Hua.
“Xiao Hua! If you’re already in the cave, I order you to go back! Do not come any closer!”
Qin Zheng ignored everything else and shouted toward the cave entrance.
Since the demons went through the trouble of setting this up, the seal likely worked against Xiao Hua.
If Xiao Hua was captured, he’d be used for further experiments.
He was still just a child.
Thinking of this, Qin Zheng felt a wave of pain in his heart, unsure if it was from genuine emotion or the influence of Wen Lun’s mark.
Qiu Shi, standing above on the steps, seemed surprised that Qin Zheng was shouting at a time like this and frowned.
The next moment, Qin Zheng opened his mouth — but no sound came out. He had been silenced.
Then some demon guards came forward and dragged him away.
Qin Zheng stared unblinking at the cave entrance, only looking away once it was out of sight.
He still worried that Xiao Hua might charge out recklessly.
Even if he didn’t see it happen, he couldn’t rest easy.
Xiao Hua usually listened to him, but he was still just a naive child and could be impulsive.
After the demon guards brought Qin Zheng into a Demon Realm prison, they locked the door and left.
Once they were gone, the immobilization and silencing spells on him disappeared.
After all that, Qin Zheng’s already uncomfortable body felt even worse.
He lay on the ground and didn’t want to get up.
These demons hadn’t just captured him to lure Xiao Hua — they were definitely also after the Spirit of Time inside him.
Frustrated, Qin Zheng scratched his head.
He didn’t know whether Xiao Hua had listened to him.
He didn’t know whether Qin Su would notice he was missing and come to rescue him.
Why was he always getting captured, dragged from place to place?
Why couldn’t he ever save himself?
Just because he was Yu Jingchen in his past life?
Suddenly, he heard the sound of a door opening.
Qin Zheng immediately sat up, alert, and turned to look.
It was Qiu Shi — the same demon who had captured him.
Logically, they should be focused on waiting for Xiao Hua. Why had he come so quickly?
Seeing the smug smile on Qiu Shi’s face, Qin Zheng’s heart sank.
Had Xiao Hua really come?
Qin Zheng immediately stood up and demanded, “What did you do to him?!”
Qiu Shi shrugged smugly and said, “Not much — just brought him back to wait for Lord Ling Yan to modify him.”
“He’s a defective product right now. But our wise Lord Ling Yan will turn him into a perfect weapon.”
Qin Zheng glared at Qiu Shi and said, “Aren’t you afraid it’ll turn bad again?”
“I heard that back then, after it went berserk, it wiped out a lot of your demon race.”
Qiu Shi laughed heartily. “Of course we’re afraid.”
“That’s why—we need you to hand over the Spirit of Time!”
Qin Zheng stared blankly at Qiu Shi in shock. “Don’t tell me... you plan to use the Spirit of Time to go back to the past!”
“Hahaha.” Qiu Shi clapped his hands. “Pretty smart, aren’t you?”
Hearing Qiu Shi admit it, Qin Zheng began to scheme in his mind.
That meant if there was no so-called Spirit of Time, Xiao Hua would be safe.
Qin Zheng originally wanted to deny having it, but instantly changed his mind and said with a smile, “The Spirit of Time is with me—but I’ll never give it to you!”
Qiu Shi nodded with satisfaction.
“I knew it was on you.”
He looked at Qin Zheng with a smirk. “You think being stubborn will work?”
“With your mere mortal body, making you talk will be much easier than with the others.”
“Besides, you don’t seem like someone who’s that hard to tame.”
As he finished speaking, Qiu Shi clapped his hands again.
The cell door swung open once more.
Two demon guards walked in, one of them carrying an iron basin.
From a distance, Qin Zheng could already see flames in the basin and what looked like a branding iron glowing red-hot inside.
His palms were already starting to sweat.
Faced with something like that, he wasn’t sure he could endure it.
But he had already admitted the Spirit of Time was on him.
Now, if he changed his story and claimed he didn’t have it, would they still go through with this horrifying torture?
The iron basin was set down inside the cell.
Qin Zheng looked at the glowing branding iron and couldn’t help but take a step back.
Qiu Shi glanced at the instrument on the ground and chuckled. “I recall this being the most common torture method in the human realm.”
“Since you’re an ordinary person, we’ll use an ordinary person’s method.”
He bent down and picked up the branding iron, held it up to inspect it, and slowly walked toward Qin Zheng.
As Qiu Shi approached, Qin Zheng kept backing away until he hit the wall.
Seeing the branding iron getting closer, fear overwhelmed Qin Zheng. He panicked and shouted, “Actually, the Spirit of Time isn’t on me! I lied to you!”
“It’s on my junior brother! The current sect leader of the Tianque Sect!”
Qin Zheng realized he had overestimated himself.
These demons could easily torture him to death.
He was just a normal person—he couldn’t withstand this kind of cruelty!
Hearing Qin Zheng confess, Qiu Shi’s expression turned scornful.
He waved his hand, and the two guards stepped forward and grabbed Qin Zheng’s arms on both sides.
Qiu Shi slowly approached with the branding iron and said, “This thing will help jog your memory about where the Spirit of Time really is.”
Qin Zheng stared at the branding iron in terror. The smell of burning cloth was already drifting to his nose.
The two guards held him firmly in place; he couldn’t move at all. All he could do was close his eyes and wait for the pain to hit.
However, after a long time, no pain came. Qin Zheng couldn’t help but peek open his eyes.
The branding iron was still pressed near his chest, but it seemed to be blocked by something invisible.
Though the heat had scorched a large section of his clothes, his chest was completely unharmed.
A weight lifted from Qin Zheng’s heart.
He looked up to see Qiu Shi staring at him in surprise.
Qiu Shi tossed the branding iron back into the basin and said, “Is this the power of the Spirit of Time on your body?”
“I didn’t even sense any artifact on you!”
He turned to the two guards beside Qin Zheng and ordered, “Search him!”
“Looks like I can’t treat you like a mere human after all.”
Qin Zheng looked at Qiu Shi with an innocent expression.
The guards thoroughly searched him from head to toe, finally pulling out some silver notes from his clothes and handing them to Qiu Shi. “Sir, he doesn’t have anything else on him.”
Qiu Shi flipped through the notes with a frown. “Impossible!” he said, standing up.
He was going to search Qin Zheng personally.
Suddenly, a memory flashed through Qin Zheng’s mind.
He suspected this protective power might have been left by Qin Su.
It seemed Qin Su had cast some kind of spell on him during that moment last night.
Qiu Shi was roughly tugging at Qin Zheng’s clothes, clearly about to strip him completely for a full search.
Just then, the cell door opened once more.
A man in ornate robes walked in.
“Qiu Shi, what do you think you’re doing?”
That voice was familiar.
Hearing it, Qiu Shi immediately turned around and knelt.
“Lord Ling Yan, the Spirit of Time seems to be on him!”
“Oh?”
The man slowly stepped out from the shadows.
Qin Zheng finally got a clear look at his face and muttered in disbelief, “Qin Shuang?”
Qin Shuang’s face lit up with a familiar smile. “Senior brother.”
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