Lin Chen felt a burning sensation in his chest, which jolted him awake from his stuporous state. He then discovered that his right wrist was shackled by iron cuffs, and around him were a dozen or so fellow new disciples from Mo Zhu Mountain, all strung together by magic-infused steel chains stuck to the cave walls, their inner energy completely sealed.
If he were an ordinary child, he might have screamed in shock and burst into tears at this moment. But Lin Chen had already matured beyond his years, having experienced the devastation of his family, being hunted, and fleeing for thousands of miles, thinking, "What haven't I seen in this world?"
Noticing that his fellow junior and senior disciples were lying next to him and that everyone seemed to be still unconscious, with their storage jade taken away, Lin Chen guessed this was not some surprise test from Mo Zhu Mountain to evaluate the disciples' qualifications and reflexes but rather a kidnapping.
