154: The value of stupidity

Lin Fan didn’t have time to complain about Nanny’s thought process. Seeing a guard pass by, he immediately started acting, crying out.

“Where is this?! Let me out, someone save me!”

Nanny and Yang Yi, who were beside him, felt embarrassed seeing this scene and continued to feign unconsciousness.

The passing guard heard the commotion and came to check.

He was used to seeing such scenes.

“The new kid is quite handsome, but it’s a pity he won’t last long. Stop yelling, you think you can get out after arriving here?”

Lin Fan suddenly cursed, “I f*** your xxx.”

This completely bewildered the guard.

Lin Fan thought he hadn’t heard, so he added, “Little scumbag.”

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The guard’s entire face began to contort.

“You f***ing say that again!”

“I f*** your xxx, little scumbag,” Lin Fan continued to provoke.

The guard was beyond his breaking point. He just wanted to drag out and teach a lesson to this dog who didn’t know what was good for him.

As soon as the guard approached the cage, Lin Fan struck through the bars with lightning speed. The guard collapsed without a chance to struggle, completely out of Qi.

“So troublesome. If I wasn’t afraid of alerting others, I wouldn’t have bothered with you.”

The cage, forged from Black Iron, was incredibly sturdy.

Lin Fan took a deep breath, his arm muscles bulging. He didn’t use a single bit of spiritual power, only pure Qi and blood force.

“Creak—”

The sound of twisting metal echoed.

The Black Iron bars, capable of trapping ordinary Void Realm Martial Artists, were actually pried open by him, creating a huge opening.

Yang Yi, who was no longer feigning unconsciousness beside him, watched, his eyes twitching. He muttered in a low voice, “Monster.”

After the three came out, they stealthily approached several dungeon guards from behind.

Hands up, palms down.

Several guards collapsed softly without even a sound, their life force extinguished.

“Done.” Yang Yi looked at the hundreds of dark, oppressive cages in the dungeon, a smirk forming on his lips.

“Brother Lin, want to play a big game?”

“Open all these cages and let this underwater palace truly liven up.”

Lin Fan’s face held a complicated expression.

His Divine Sense had long detected that, apart from a few individuals with some Martial Arts foundation, the vast majority of those in the dungeon were unarmed ordinary people, and there were even many women and children.

If all of them were released, in the ensuing chaos, these people would have no means of self-preservation and would ultimately become cannon fodder, suffering heavy casualties.

Lin Fan considered himself no saint, but he also couldn’t bring himself to use women and children as human shields.

“First, release those with Martial Arts,” Lin Fan said in a deep voice. “As for the rest, leave them for now.”

The three reached a consensus and began to act.

The commotion here quickly attracted the attention of all the prisoners in the dungeon.

Initially, they thought it was a guard change, and each of them huddled in a corner, not daring to make a sound.

But when they saw Lin Fan and the other two directly opening a cage that held Jianghu Martial Artists, the entire dungeon instantly erupted.

“Heroes! Brave men! Save me!”

“Please, release me too! I am from the Chen family of Haizhou. If I can get out, I will definitely repay you handsomely!”

“Let me out! My father is the City Lord of Yun’an City in Youzhou!”

For a time, pleas and promises rose and fell, one after another.

Lin Fan and the other two turned a deaf ear, only releasing those Martial Artists who had cultivation fluctuations on them, one by one.

As more and more people were rescued, the remaining ordinary people grew anxious.

Especially a few Young Misses, dressed in luxurious clothing, who clearly looked pampered. Seeing that Lin Fan and the other two completely ignored such stunning beauties, their somewhat shapely faces instantly filled with resentment and anger.

“Are you blind?! This Young Miss told you to let me out, didn’t you hear me?!”

“You commoners, do you know who I am? My father is the Prime Minister of the Great Wind Imperial Dynasty!”

“When I get out, I will surely dismember you and exterminate your nine generations!”

The foul language was unbearable. Time was pressing, and Lin Fan was too lazy to explain to these foolish women.

Yang Yi listened to the sharp curses, and instead of getting angry, he was amused.

He stopped what he was doing, walked to the cages of those Young Misses, and looked at them with interest.

“Oh? Young Misses, your tone is quite grand.”

A wicked smile hung on his face, “You, do you really want to come out?”

The foolish women, seeing Yang Yi speak, thought their status had worked, and immediately became even more arrogant, their chins almost touching the sky.

“At least you have some sense! Hurry! Open this Young Miss’s cage!”

“Also, when we get out later, you three must protect this Young Miss’s safety every step of the way!”

“Oh, and this Young Miss is hungry. Go get this Young Miss something to eat! I want the Eight-Treasure Duck from Tianxiang Restaurant!”

All sorts of absurd demands continuously poured out of their mouths.

Yang Yi glanced at Lin Fan, spreading his hands, his eyes seeming to say: It’s not that I want to release them; they’re seeking death themselves.

Lin Fan sighed inwardly.

Hopelessly foolish.

He nodded slightly, indicating his tacit approval.

In a corner of the dungeon, a young woman in green, watching this scene, a look of disdainful mockery appeared on her lips. She quietly mumbled something only she could hear.

“A bunch of fools who are sold out and still help count the money.”

The voice was very soft, but it was just heard by a Young Miss closest to her.

“You little slut! What did you say?!” The Young Miss exploded like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, “When I get out, I’ll be the first to tear your mouth apart!”

Yang Yi was too lazy to watch this farce any longer and casually opened the cages of those Young Misses.

“Thank you!”

The foolish women walked out haughtily, without even a proper word of thanks.

As soon as they came out, the ordinary people still confined in the dungeon instantly saw hope. Each of them, as if clutching at a life-saving straw, frantically begged them.

“Young Miss! Young Miss, save us!”

“Yes! We are all good citizens!”

The foolish women were surrounded by everyone like stars revolving around the moon, and their vanity was greatly satisfied.

“Everyone, don’t worry! This Young Miss has always been kind-hearted and cannot bear to see suffering. Today, I will definitely rescue all of you!”

Saying this, they actually began to imitate Lin Fan, one by one, opening the cages.

Yang Yi watched from the side, greatly amused, “Brother Lin, you see, sometimes, we don’t even need to exploit them. There are always some people who will rush to reincarnate themselves.”

Lin Fan silently agreed.

Soon, most of the cages in the dungeon had been opened.

Only in the corner, the young woman in green, and a dozen or so intelligent people with clear eyes who had clearly seen through Lin Fan and the others’ intentions, remained quietly in their cages, showing no intention of coming out.

Lin Fan glanced at them.

“There are still smart people.”