"?"
The old man tied to the pillar glanced at the pill in Xiong Gao's hand, momentarily stunned before bursting into laughter, his voice muffled but still audible through the gag in his mouth.
"Young friend, do you understand what the Body Integration Realm is?"
"Do you know what one must endure to reach the Body Integration Realm? I've traversed through mountains of blades and seas of fire. I've wandered between life and death countless times. Do you think I'd fear this?"
"It's just pulling out fingernails, inserting needles between the fingers."
"Come now, call me Grandpa, and I'll acknowledge you as my grandson!"
The old man's eyes were filled with mockery and contempt as he sized up Xiong Gao. As someone in the Body Integration Realm, he possessed his own pride. These so-called tortures were nothing new to him; he had faced them countless times in his life.
