AMSSO-Chapter 216: Get to Work Properly

When Wei Qingbing opened his eyes, he found himself surrounded.

He shot upright, staring in terror at the humans and spirit beasts around him.

Especially those massive spirit beasts, the sight made every hair on his body stand on end.

He thought he must be dreaming. Otherwise, how could he possibly be seeing so many spirit beasts?!

Then he heard a clear, bright voice.

“Alright, since you’re awake, get up and start working!”

He turned his head in shock, “Work?”

His mind throbbed and his thoughts were muddled, as if half of him was still in a dream, unable to react for a moment.

“Yeah, work!” Meng Fanzé stood with his hands on his hips, looking imposing. “You’ve already slept for a whole night, hurry up and get to work!”

The way he acted was exactly like a ruthless foreman, as if he might whip someone in the next second.

“Huh?” Wei Qingbing was still dazed.

“Up you go!”

Meng Fanzé directly took action, he grabbed him and hauled him up from the ground, “We’ve got a lot to do today, can’t keep wasting time!”

Wei Qingbing instinctively tried to resist, but suddenly realized that his spiritual power was gone!

His face changed instantly, and he finally snapped back to attention.

He immediately looked around and spotted the subordinates who had come with him.

They were still unconscious.

Aside from his own people, there’s another group as well.

A sharp pain struck his head, and his face turned pale as everything came back to him!

They had come here this time under Wei Xiyan’s orders.

Wei Xiyan had sent him to find a necklace.

Although Wei Qingbing was in peak Golden Core and was far stronger than Wei Xiyan, their statuses were as different as heaven and earth.

Wei Qingbing was merely a steward of the Wei Family, the surname “Wei” had been bestowed upon him by the family.

So naturally, he had to obey Wei Xiyan’s orders.

Besides, he didn’t think the task would be difficult, so he had readily brought a group of men with him.

But unexpectedly, before even reaching the target location, they were intercepted halfway by a group of monkeys!

Those monkeys had appeared out of nowhere, and who knew what they had eaten, every single one of them was acting like it had gone mad, tearing the area apart.

Wei Qingbing knew monkeys could be wild, but he had no idea they could be this insane!

They screeched and leapt around like they were possessed.

At first, when they saw the monkeys going berserk, they tried to avoid them and go around.

But who could’ve thought that those monkeys, despite being crazed, were unbelievably agile!

They had barely made a slight noise when the monkeys reacted like sharks smelling blood, charging straight at them!

They fled in panic.

But the monkeys grew even more excited, shrieking “wo wo wo” as they chased relentlessly behind them.

They tried to fight back, but although the monkeys were only third-rank, they seemed to be immune to pain. Their attacks had no effect at all, instead, they only stirred up the monkeys’ ferocity, making them even more frenzied!

Eventually, they didn’t dare fight back at all and could only run for their lives.

After who knew how long, when they were completely exhausted, the monkeys caught up and knocked them unconscious.

During that time, Wei Qingbing had briefly regained consciousness once, but before he could fully wake up, he was knocked out again.

Recalling all this, and feeling the throbbing pain in his head, Wei Qingbing’s face turned very grim, his heart sinking.

What was the relationship between those monkeys and these people?

Why were they here?

After he woke up, the others also began to regain consciousness.

Then, gasps filled the air.

“This…!”

“Where is this?!”

“My spiritual power?!”

“My spiritual power is sealed too!”

The colour drained from everyone’s faces, terror filling their hearts.

With their spiritual power sealed, weren’t they as good as dead?!

“Alright, stop shouting.”

Qin Yiwei stepped forward, holding a whip, a faint smile on her lips, “Get up and start working.”

When Wei Qingbing saw Qin Yiwei, his heart jolted.

Previously, Wei Xiyan had given him a portrait, the woman in it was Qin Yiwei.

But Wei Qingbing didn’t dare reveal anything. He only forced a smile and said, “Miss, there must be some misunderstanding. We were just passing through…”

“Whether it’s a misunderstanding or not, you know it yourself.” Qin Yiwei said with a smile that didn’t reach her eyes. “Steward Wei.”

The moment she said that, Wei Qingbing sucked in a sharp breath.

They had never met before, how did she recognize him?!

But Qin Yiwei had no time to deal with him any further. She tapped the end of the whip against her palm and said loudly, “Since you’re here, behave yourselves. Otherwise…”

Whoosh—crack!

With a flick of her wrist, the whip lashed out, splitting a large tree stump on the side cleanly in two.

“Hiss!”

Everyone inhaled sharply, eyes filled with fear.

It wasn’t just because of the whip’s power, but also because of her blatant threat.

The young lady looked gentle and refined, but her actions made it clear that she was not to be trifled with.

“There’s no need to beg me, just work properly. If you perform well, you might be allowed to leave. If you don’t…”

Qin Yiwei spread her hands and smiled, “I’m sure our spirit beasts won’t mind trying a different diet.”

“Roar~”

“Ang~”

The Soul-Devouring Tiger and the Iron-Eating Beast voiced their displeasure.

They didn’t like eating human cultivators, the taste was terrible.

“Moo~” I eat grass.

But no one understood what they were saying. , their sheer size and voices were enough to terrify everyone.

The two groups exchanged looks, faces pale.

They instinctively reached for their storage pouches—, nly to find them gone.

Of course, there’s no way their captors would leave those behind.

“Alright, get to work!”

Meng Fanzé cheerfully led them forward, bringing them to work.

When they learned that they were supposed to dig a moat, everyone was stunned.

They now don’t have any spiritual power, how long would it take to dig a river only relying on their bodies?

And it had to be at least ten meters wide and three meters deep, wasn’t that basically asking for their lives?!

Seeing their painful expressions, Chu Jingzhuo smiled slightly and tossed a bottle to Wei Qingbing, “This is a pill to recover spiritual power. After taking it, you’ll regain spiritual power for ten hours.”

Wei Qingbing stared at the bottle in his hand, unable to hide his shock.

Weren’t these people afraid that he’d take the opportunity to escape?

Chu Jingzhuo could guess his thoughts without even looking.

He smiled, “If you can escape, then we wish you a smooth journey.”

Wei Qingbing’s heart sank, his grip tightening around the bottle.

That’s right. If they could escape, would they have been captured in the first place?

And there were so many spirit beasts here.

—Just that fifth-rank Soul-Devouring Tiger alone could crush them all!

“Wo wo wo!”

They turned in alarm and saw the monkeys who had captured them appear again.

Wei Qingbing and the others trembled as they watched the monkey king hop over to a reclining chair, gesturing animatedly.

Only then did they realize that there was someone lying on that chair.

But that wasn’t the point. The point was that those monkeys were actually raised by these people!

Even if they somehow escaped from here, there’s still a whole group of monkeys outside!

At that thought, Wei Qingbing and the others’ faces turned ashen.

What kind of living hell had they fallen into?!