Chapter 331: A deal with Dai Zhangye

He was almost a middle aged man now, way older than he was when he went into prison. All of his youth was gone, having spent the entirety of it within these walls. There were traces of silver in his hair and wrinkles on his forehead.

Time, life and prison had taken its toll on him. Despite all this, his physique was still impressive, it seemed like he still kept up the habit of training his body even in prison.

He was roughly forced to sit down across from her by the guard who brought him in. As he did so, the handcuffs on holding his hands together forcefully jingled like a dozen metallic bracelets being banged together. 

"Take the handcuffs off." She told the guard.

The guard looked at her with disdain and answered, "Ma'am, this prison is home to thousands of the most dangerous criminals in this empire, prisoner 10082 inclusive. As long as he is out of his cell, the handcuffs stay on."