Old Liu gradually felt that heart-rending pain, squeezing out from his entire body and constantly resurfacing. It was like a rusty drill bit, slowly drilling by hand.
The pain contorted his features. He stared intently at Lin Xiaotian, his eyes a mixture of pleading and anger, his expression constantly shifting.
Lin Xiaotian smiled and said, "Your gaze now expresses your inner thoughts very clearly. Even without me saying it, you can feel it yourself."
"Do you hate me very much? Do you want to jump up and bite me?"
"You say, for a vicious dog like you, don't you need to be leashed?"
Old Liu couldn't speak. From his initial rage and desire to roar, to his current contorted state, his mentality had completely collapsed.
Lin Xiaotian's smile became even more radiant. "Old Liu, I know what you want to say in your heart. You just want to deny it, right? I'm telling you, this is just the beginning. Once those worms burrow into your bone marrow, I'll slowly administer medicine. Don't worry, the medicine is most effective at that point."
"I will definitely help you control the Ten Thousand Poison Spider Silk, so those worms don't actually kill you. After all, finding a obedient dog isn't easy."
"Moreover, a dog like you will definitely be of great use in the future."
"Of course, if you feel that these Gu worms might take your life in the future, you can also slowly chop off your own limbs. You can feel it, those poisonous worms are in the bone marrow of your limbs. At that time, you can still keep a shell. Although your life will be completely ruined, at least you'll be alive."
Old Liu's mentality had completely broken down. The pain was intensifying. If he were given a chance to die, he would immediately kneel and call his tormentor "ancestor."
This pain was simply beyond his psychological endurance.
Lin Xiaotian lit a cigarette and slowly drew on it, a cold glint flashing in his eyes. For someone like Old Liu, under normal circumstances, he would have slapped him to death long ago.
However, the people from the Heavenly Net were hiding deeper than mice. It wasn't easy to ferret them out, so he could only make these people investigate themselves.
Only by inflicting enough pain on Old Liu, leaving him with sufficient psychological trauma, would Old Liu not dare to betray him. At the very least, before betraying him, he would understand the price he had to pay.
Making someone like Old Liu a cripple would likely make him prefer death over doing it. Without his strength, he would be completely useless. Within the Heavenly Net, even living would be a luxury.
After finishing the cigarette, Lin Xiaotian casually extinguished it and turned his gaze to Old Liu. "Now those worms should have burrowed into your bone marrow. The pain of scraping the bones and sucking the marrow must be like this, right?"
"Seeing your tear-filled eyes, you should have realized how wrong you were before. I'll give you one chance. Eat this pill, and those little worms will slowly calm down and fall into a dormant state. This medicine is only effective for one month."
"In other words, those little worms will be suppressed by this medicine for about a month. You can consider this medicine to put those little worms into a state of anesthesia."
"After a month, if you can't get the medicine, think about the consequences yourself."
"By the way, the lifespan of this Ten Thousand Poison Spider Silk is about thirty years. If you can keep suppressing it, these larvae probably won't even survive thirty years. They'll die in twenty years at most."
Old Liu's mentality had completely collapsed. He writhed on the ground like a maggot, picked up the pill with his mouth, and, disregarding the dust on the ground, swallowed it directly.
At this moment, he had completely and utterly accepted himself as a dog.
He now truly regretted it. Lin Xiaotian's power could kill him with ease.
Moreover, he had now been afflicted with a Gu worm, and only Lin Xiaotian could remove it. This shackle was around his neck, and he couldn't escape even if he wanted to. The only relief he could hope for was a swift death.
At least he had never imagined that Lin Xiaotian would spare him. Living another day was a gain.
When he felt the worms in his body quiet down completely, he breathed a long sigh of relief. Then, he flipped over and knelt before Lin Xiaotian, saying earnestly, "Young Master, whatever your command, just say it."
"As for information about the Heavenly Net, honestly, I don't know much. The higher-ups of the Heavenly Net have always been very cautious. Even I am considered merely loyal. Although my strength is high, I'm not in their eyes. They train successors through generations, with fathers passing down their positions to their sons."
"Even an ordinary person around us might be a high-ranking member of the Heavenly Net. They are too mysterious. They control a group of death warriors, and those death warriors are the true elites of the Heavenly Net. This is the information I know."
"And I can only be considered an outer member at most. I can't get into their core."
Hearing this, Lin Xiaotian narrowed his eyes slightly. "Is it that they have committed too many heinous crimes themselves, and they are afraid of being wiped out once they are found?"
Old Liu nodded. "That's right. Two hundred years ago, the Heavenly Net was unbridled and extremely arrogant. Apart from the experts who couldn't hide their abilities, very few people dared to do anything to them."
"But with the development of modern weapons becoming more powerful, they have completely restrained themselves. Because once they are caught, it's certain death. They are like rats crossing the street now. If I hadn't committed a crime and was forced to a dead end, I wouldn't have chosen to join them."
Lin Xiaotian said with a half-smile, "After saying all this, it's still equivalent to talking nonsense. Do you know the consequences of concealing information from me?"
Old Liu kowtowed heavily on the ground. "Young Master, for those insignificant figures I know, you don't even need to act personally. I can twist my head off and present it to you."
"Those people can at most cause some trouble for you in business. And those guys have actually been mostly dealt with by you before. The Heavenly Net is spread all over the world, and they have too many members. I'm only slightly useful in this area. If I leave this city, others won't even look at me. The Heavenly Net is too mysterious."
Lin Xiaotian looked at Old Liu and knew he wasn't lying. His brow furrowed slightly.