"That should do it. The Third-grade Binding Rope should keep her struggling for a while."

After tying a dead knot, Lin Heng continued to sort through the spoils he had scavenged.

The hairpin was just an ordinary item, not a magical artifact.

Of the three bottles of elixirs, only the Wood Element Pill was of the highest grade and somewhat useful to him.

"Oh! You're awake!" He looked at the beautiful woman who had just opened her eyes, smiling as her eyes spun around, seemingly plotting something mischievous.

As clarity returned to Jiang Caiyan's vision, she noticed the ropes binding her and exclaimed in panic, "What did you do to me?"

"Bastard! How dare you tie me up? Let me go now!"

Jiang Caiyan was both ashamed and angry; this binding position was truly unspeakable.

Lin Heng leaned in close, slightly lifting her chin, "Now, I ask, you answer. If you don't answer well, don't blame me for being rude."

"I can tell you, I'm no gentleman. You're at my mercy now, so you have no right to shout at me."

"You call yourself a young master, so tell me your name! Which sect's young master are you? Are you in cahoots with the City Lord's Mansion of Golden Horse City?"

Jiang Caiyan turned her head in disgust, avoiding Lin Heng's touch.

"Blood Moon Cult, Jiang Caiyan."

[Blood Moon Cult? The one ranked eighth among the evil cults?]

[What nonsense! Are you telling me the young master of the Blood Moon Cult came to the Flower House to absorb Yang Essence from middle-aged men?]

[Has the Blood Moon Cult fallen so low that the young master needs to hunt outside?]

"So you're not telling the truth, huh!"

Slap!

A hard slap left Jiang Caiyan stunned, disbelief written all over her face, "You... you dare hit me!"

"Damn it! You think you can fool me, huh? Using your little bit of power to scare me with the Blood Moon Cult!"

"If you're the young master, then I'm the holy son of the Azure Pavilion Sect!"

"You bastard! I am the young master of the Blood Moon Cult, you..."

Slap!

Another slap landed.

Jiang Caiyan was on the verge of tears, too angry to speak.

She had thought that upon hearing her name, Lin Heng would treat her with some respect.

But he didn't believe her at all, and she had taken two slaps for nothing.

"Don't be upset. Hitting you is already lenient. If my senior sister were here, your head and neck would be separated."

"Now, my second question: do you know how to use this beast seal?"

"Teach me how to use it, and I might spare your life."

Seeing the iron seal in his hand, Jiang Caiyan gritted her teeth, "That's mine, you can't take it!"

She hadn't expected Lin Heng to recognize the beast seal.

It was one of the few sixth-grade magical artifacts of the Blood Moon Cult. If an outsider took it, the cult leader would skin her alive when she returned.

"Miss Caiyan, at this point, I know this rope won't hold you for long."

"But you must understand, killing you now would be as easy as pie for me."

"My sect mission is to capture the culprit in Golden Horse City. Let's assume you're the young master of the Blood Moon Cult. Do you think you can go back alive?"

Lin Heng chuckled, shaking the iron seal in his hand as he continued, "If you don't let me gain some benefits, how can I let you go?"

With his persuasive words and a mix of threats and promises, Jiang Caiyan finally realized her predicament.

As Lin Heng said, she needed time to break free from the ropes, and during that time, she was powerless to resist.

Disobedience would lead to a dead end, and she didn't think Lin Heng would kindly let her go.

"Will you really let me go? Aren't you afraid that if you release me, I'll seek revenge?"

[Hahaha... this foolish woman, still thinking of threatening me.]

"Not afraid."

Lin Heng replied confidently.

"Hope you keep your word!"

Jiang Caiyan listened to the laughter echoing in his mind, feeling disgusted.

"You need to drip your blood into the seal to establish a connection with it, then activate the spell to place the beast seal on the demon beast's forehead."

Following the instructions, Lin Heng dripped his blood onto the beast seal, and sure enough, he could control it.

With his extraordinary talent, mastering the spell was easy.

In no time, he could control the beast seal in his hand.

Jiang Caiyan watched in shock as he quickly erased her control over the beast seal.

[Demon beasts range from first to ninth grade, corresponding to the nine levels of Qi Refining for human cultivators. This seal can control fifth-grade demon beasts, so it should also be able to control this enchantress, right?]

[Though beast seals and slave seals have different names, they are essentially the same kind of binding contract...]

Lin Heng glanced at the beast seal and then at Jiang Caiyan lying on the bed, lost in thought.

!!

What!!?

He actually had such a beastly idea!

"What are you going to do?"

Seeing his malicious expression, Jiang Caiyan backed away in fear.

"You promised to let me go, are you going back on your word?"

"Don't worry, I will let you go... but before that, I at least need to test how effective the beast seal is!"

Lin Heng controlled the beast seal, stepping forward with a clear intention.

Jiang Caiyan was terrified.

"Bastard, you dare use the beast seal on me..."

Before she could finish her sentence, a scream replaced her words.

Lin Heng showed no mercy. Even if Jiang Caiyan hadn't told him how to use the beast seal, he could have thrown it into the System Space to read the description.

But that would have been too time-consuming; it was quicker for her to explain directly.

Without the beast seal as a second layer of insurance, Lin Heng would never have promised to let her go.

From her eyes, it was clear she was someone who would seek revenge for the slightest grievance.

"Beast! I won't let you go, I won't let you go!"

Jiang Caiyan shouted.

This was undoubtedly the most humiliating moment of her life, a Golden Elixir stage cultivator branded with a beast seal.

The beast seal and her divine soul merged under the influence of spiritual sense, and no matter how she tried to resist with her spiritual sense, she couldn't fend off the invading force.

Indeed.

Her cultivation had regressed to the Qi Refining stage, her weakest point.

Even at the Foundation Establishment stage, she would have had some means of counterattack.

Ultimately, under Lin Heng's manipulation, the beast seal was successfully imprinted on Jiang Caiyan's forehead.

The pattern flashed briefly, as if it had penetrated her skin and disappeared.

Jiang Caiyan lay on the bed, eyes empty, like a puppet with its strings cut, filled with numbness and resentment.

Lin Heng sat beside her, pinching her cheek to force her to look at him, "What's the matter? I didn't erase your consciousness, so this should be considered a success, right?"

"Don't look at me like that, I had no choice. If I don't control you, how can I safely let you go?"

"Now! Stay put for now. When my senior brother and sister send word, and we return to the sect, you can leave. Otherwise, if they track you down, they won't be as kind as I am."

Jiang Caiyan remained silent, biting her lip and glaring at him.

Damn beast, I will personally kill you!

She swore in her heart.

Seeing that she didn't understand his good intentions, Lin Heng couldn't be bothered to explain further.

The Grade B mission required capturing the culprit, and just because he was willing to let Jiang Caiyan go didn't mean Ye Tian and Yun Yao would.

Releasing her now might cause chaos in Golden Horse City.

To be safe, it was better to keep her detained a bit longer.

Judging by the time, the critical plot point was approaching.

It wouldn't be long before he received Yun Yao's distress signal.

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