The group approached Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han's bedside. Leng Ruo Li had already stored the two small oxygen tanks in her system space. At this moment, both were feigning sleep.
One burly man among them violently threw aside the quilt on the bed. Fearing Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han were pretending to sleep, he raised his hand and slapped their faces a few times.
"Haha, Big Brother, they really are drugged unconscious," the burly man said with a laugh.
As he finished speaking, a thin, pockmarked man scurried onto the bed. Upon seeing the stunningly beautiful Leng Ruo Li and the incredibly handsome Jun Mo Han on the bed, his mouth began to water uncontrollably.
"Heavens! I, Wild Monkey, have never seen such handsome men and beautiful women in all my life," Wild Monkey exclaimed.
"Indeed! Brother, this woman makes my heart ache with longing! How about... we enjoy ourselves first before handing her over to..." the burly man said, his face filled with lust.
Leng Ruo Li, still pretending to sleep, was so enraged by the burly man's words that she nearly sprang up from the bed to give him a severe beating. Jun Mo Han, on the other hand, wanted to kill every man in the room who dared to covet his wife's beauty.
But just as they all crowded around the bed attempting to paw at Leng Ruo Li, a man in black suddenly entered from the doorway and stopped them, saying, "No!"
"Boss, why not? She's going to die anyway, so why don't we brothers enjoy her for a bit?" the burly man asked, completely bewildered.
"If she's been violated by you, her human skin won't look good. The Skin Puppet Lady might not want her then," the man in black said calmly.
Upon hearing this, the burly man and Wild Monkey deflated. Their Skin Puppet Lady was truly terrifying. If they angered him, he would flay them alive. The thought alone sent shivers down their spines.
Despite the woman on the bed being impossibly beautiful, they decided not to risk such a great danger to enjoy her.
The man in black approached the bedside and pressed a switch beneath the bed. The bed board tilted, and Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han on the bed slid down the incline, falling into a dark abyss. The bed board immediately returned to its original position.
After falling into the dark chamber, Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han immediately opened their eyes and sat up.
"Damn it! What kind of hellhole is this?" Leng Ruo Li cursed under her breath.
She then retrieved a flashlight from her sleeve and illuminated the surroundings.
It turned out to be a basement!
While the basement wasn't very large, it was at least ten meters high. The walls were smooth, and there was only a skylight overhead. Outside was pitch black, and nothing could be seen.
Currently, only she and Jun Mo Han were locked here. They had no idea how Yin Chen and Chu Ming and the other four were doing.
Their martial arts skills were not weak; they should be safe, right?
The two leaned back to back, waiting until dawn. As light from outside filtered into the basement, a flurry of chaotic footsteps could be heard from outside.
With a "click," a stone door slowly opened in the wall.
A bald, burly man with a large earring dangling from his left ear walked in.
"Wild Monkey, last night Lü Dong Yang (the man in black) said you captured a pair of exceptionally beautiful man and woman. I came to take a look," the bald man with the large earring said to the men beside him.
"Yes, Lord, our inn truly had a pair of top-tier looking individuals last night. Look!" Wild Monkey said respectfully, pointing at Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han on the bed and smiling.
As he finished speaking, the bald man with the large earring looked up towards Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han in the corner and was instantly stunned.
The skin on these two was truly perfect. Their skin was as fair as jade. The man was exceptionally handsome, and the woman was incredibly beautiful. The Skin Puppet Lady would surely be pleased with these two perfect skins.
"Hmm, excellent. I will take them with me now," the bald man with the large earring instructed those behind him.
"Yes, Lord!" Immediately, the men respectfully replied to the bald man with the large earring.
They strode up to Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han and produced two pieces of black cloth, intending to cover their eyes.
Seeing these people approach them, Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han immediately put on looks of panic, retreating into the corner pitifully.
"You, you... don't come any closer!" Leng Ruo Li said defensively, feigning fear.
"Haha, don't be afraid, we're taking you to a fun place," the men said, laughing heartily.
The two were half-pushed, half-persuaded into having their eyes covered and their limbs bound. They were then led out of the basement through a secret passage.
Outside, gusts of cold wind swept across Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han's faces. They were escorted by the men and, after standing in the snow for a few minutes, were taken into a carriage. The bald man, however, rode in a separate carriage, leading the way. The two carriages slowly ascended the mountain.
At this time, Leng Ruo Li secretly took out a handful of black beans from the storage room of her system space while the person guarding them in the carriage was not paying attention. She then dropped the black beans out of the gaps beneath the carriage along the way to mark their path.
Afterward, the carriage traveled along the mountain road for about the time it takes an incense stick to burn, before slowly arriving at the foot of a mountain and stopping.
As soon as the carriage stopped, the bald man jumped off and, with a few of his subordinates, helped Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han down. They walked towards the cave entrance of the mountain.
Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han allowed themselves to be led into the cave, but the further they walked inside, the stronger the smell of blood became.
The group twisted and turned through several passages, and the two arrived at a spacious underground hall.
"Madame, I have brought you two sets of prime human skins from the Qingyun Inn down the mountain," the bald man said respectfully.
"Oh? Then quickly remove the black cloths covering their eyes for this Madame."
A rough male voice suddenly entered Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han's ears, leaving them utterly bewildered.
Wasn't the Skin Puppet Lady a woman?
Hearing the voice, why did it sound like a man?
How strange!
Just as they were filled with questions, the black cloths over their eyes were suddenly removed by someone.
Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han blinked and looked up at the man seated at the head of the hall.
"Oh my heavens!" Leng Ruo Li whispered.
She and Jun Mo Han glanced at each other. The person seated above them was wearing a pale pink, floor-length dress embroidered with a peacock. A large pink peony was pinned to his hair, and his face was caked with thick makeup. However, the Adam's apple on his neck was unusually prominent.
What the heck!
Leng Ruo Li hadn't expected this Skin Puppet Lady to be a man disguised as a woman.
It truly overturned their understanding of the world!
The Skin Puppet Lady, noticing Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han's gaze, covered his mouth and chuckled with a delicate finger. He slowly stood up, allowing two maids to adjust his long skirt. Then, with elegant, small steps, he approached the two.