Wu Chang Jie

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Chapter 269
A day passed as if it was a year in the heavenly prison. There were a few convicted Asuras in the heavenly prison, but most of them were evil demons and demonic beasts that were suppressed here. Although it was called the heavenly prison, no celestial beings were imprisoned here. He had heard that there was a hell in the underworld, which was the most sinister and terrifying place in the three realms, and this place was probably hell in the heavens.

Because he had offended a god, Ah Yun naturally had a hard time in the heavenly prison. He was locked up in the darkest and dampest cell and was blamed for whatever he did. He lacked water and food and was often dragged to the beast fighting arena to fight against demonic beasts for the prison guards' entertainment. He would be put into the water prison* or suffer punishment if he had the slightest resistance, and he suffered a lot.

His spiritual power was sealed. No matter how angry and humiliated he was, he could not revolt. He grew up to be laid-back and unruly, so he had never suffered such a crime. He regretted and suffered every day. He often thought of Lan Jiang. In fact, he did not want to think of that person at all, but he could not control it. He wondered whether all that he had suffered would leave no trace in Lan Jiang's heart, just like he said, "It has nothing to do with me."

The more pain he experienced, the more numb his heart became. His obsession with Lan Jiang, which used to burn fiercely, had already cooled down a lot.

He met a few fellow Asuras in the heavenly prison, who roughly had the same experience as his. For a hot-tempered race like the Asuras, those who couldn't tolerate the humiliation had already scattered their own souls, while the remaining ones could only endure strenuously. These prison guards were celestial beings in the Heavenly Palace that already had the lowest positions. They had no divine positions except for the prison wardens. The more they bullied the Asuras, the more pleasure they took in their humiliation. After all, only in this way could they compare their superiority to the Asuras.

Of course, not all of these prison guards deserved to die. He Mian, the prison guard who was bribed by an elder and gave him immortal medicine on the first day, helped him several times in secret. Unfortunately, He Mian had limited authority and could not let him have an easy time. What made him endure the humiliation and survive was the desire to escape from here and taking revenge on those prison guards. He wanted to live, at least longer than those prison guards.

He began to plan his escape, and He Mian helped him in every way he could. He gradually felt that He Mian was much more capable than he thought. He could always do something that Ah Yun felt was extremely difficult or smuggled in some incredible things for him. If it wasn't He Mian's contribution, then it should be from the elders'. It seemed that the elders had never given up on him.

There was one time, Ah Yun was testing him, saying that he wanted to eat snowberries from the snow mountains, and they must be pure white without red spots and with the burrs plucked clean. It turned out that He Mian really brought them to him. At that time, he thought that other than He Mian's lightweight words due to his humble position and being unable to stop the other prison guards from torturing Ah Yun, he almost became his servant who granted all of his requests.

When he joked brazenly like this, He Mian became silent. Ah Yun thought he was angry and teased him again, "I'm just joking, why are you angry? You can say I'm your servant too. We Asuras never cared about titles or statuses."

"We are......friends, right?" After the silence, He Mian said seriously.

"Hmm." Ah Yun tilted his head to think. He thought that this word was very new. New in the sense that Asuras and celestial beings could actually be called "friends", but they were really companions standing together now. Ah Yun smiled. "You are the only good celestial being I know. We are friends now."