Shen Xihua smiled. "Everyone, please don't be impatient. Please drink a few cups of wine. I'll go get the pills." Retreating into the darkness outside the hall, his smile immediately disappeared. It was obvious that he had a lot on his mind.
"Sir, Island Master invites you to the back hall." A servant respectfully said outside Li Qingshan's door.
Li Qingshan followed the servant down the long corridor. Two swift and fierce men jumped out of the dark thicket and blocked their way. "Who are you?"
The servant hurriedly said, "Two heroes, are you our Island Master's guests?"
The two looked Li Qingshan up and down. "How come I've never seen you before?"
Li Qingshan said, "It's not like they're all people you can see."
"What did you say!" The two were furious and wanted to draw their swords.
With two muffled thuds, the two fell back into the dark thicket, turning into two corpses.
"Go see the King of Hell!" Li Qingshan said to the servant. "Continue walking."
The servant trembled and hurriedly complied.
In the study, Shen Xihua rubbed his hands uneasily. Suddenly seeing Li Qingshan come, he quickly invited him to a seat and poured him tea.
Li Qingshan said, "Island Master Shen, what do you want to say? Hurry up and say it! I can't wait any longer. "With his hearing, he could clearly hear the clamor in front of him. His blood was faintly boiling.
Shen Xihua lifted his lapel and knelt in front of Li Qingshan. "I've already done as Sir instructed. I beg Sir to let this lowly one go!" Over the past few days, Li Qingshan had never been willing to promise him that he would spare his life, which made him unable to eat or sleep well.
Li Qingshan said, "How do you know I'm going to kill you?"
"Sir, are you really going to kill me?" Shen Xihua raised his head in shock and stared closely at Li Qingshan. His gaze faintly showed the determination of a cornered dog jumping over a wall.
Li Qingshan said, "It's not that I don't want to spare you. It's that what you've done cannot be forgiven. (《》) "
Shen Xihua said in a hoarse voice, "But this lowly one has already turned over a new leaf!"
Li Qingshan said, "Turn over a new leaf? Six months ago? Where are you? Do you think the Hawkwolf Guard can't find out? " The Hawkwolf Guard did not have many core members, but as an organisation of Qi Practitioners that did not care about money, they had countless informants and spies in the various major cities.
Although no one had asked about the mission to kill Shen Xihua for all these years, the information had never stopped changing. This was to ensure that any Hawkwolf guard who thought of him would know where he was and what he was doing on any given day.
Shen Xihua suddenly recalled that half a year ago, he drank some wine and saw a beauty passing by in Riverside City. He brought her to the island and forced himself on her, reminiscing the romantic days of his youth.
He argued, "But I've already taken her as my concubine."
"Then how many more concubines do you want to use this method? Why don't you tell us about it? " Li Qingshan's tone was very calm the entire time, but his anger was like scorching lava flowing beneath a frozen mountain, ready to erupt at any time.
Shen Xihua's expression changed again and again. He pressed down, and a tile sank in. A series of springs rang out from the ground, and a huge metal cage sprang out, trapping Li Qingshan inside.
The place where Shen Xihua had invited Li Qingshan to sit was actually a trap, and it was extremely well-designed. From the moment Shen Xihua pressed down on the tile to when the mechanism was activated, only the blink of an eye had passed.
Shen Xihua barked, "Li Qingshan, you've gone too far! Since you won't give me a way out, then I'll die with you!"
The bars of the cage were as thick as an adult's arm. They were forged into a single piece, and there were many inscriptions carved into them. When Li Qingshan's fingers touched the bars, he immediately felt as if he had been pricked by a needle. At the top of the cage, there was a strange beast that looked like a tiger, but wasn't.
Shen Xihua said, "This was made by a Mohist mechanism master. It's called the 'Bi An Demon Trapping Gate'. Even a powerful demonic beast can't easily escape. Just give up! I'll ask you again, are you willing to give me a way out? If you agree, I'll let you go, and I'll even help you kill people. "
"If I say I'll let you go, you'll believe me?"
Shen Xihua was also struggling. "I'm willing to gamble. I believe that you're a man. "Bi An". "
Li Qingshan was silent, and he slowly shook his head.
Shen Xihua shrieked, "Don't refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit. You're currently in my hands. As long as you nod, we can all sit down and make friends. Although your cultivation is high, there might be a time when you need me."
Li Qingshan laughed loudly, and his voice shook the entire room. It was as if a gust of wind had swept through the room. The calligraphy and paintings were swept to the ground, and the porcelain shattered.
Shen Xihua covered his ears and circulated all the internal energy in his body to resist. He was shocked. Was he really only at the second layer of Qi Refining?
The underworld experts in the front hall only stared at the wine cups on their tables. They couldn't stop trembling. The entire hall seemed to be swaying slightly, alarmed by the noise.
"What happened?" "Who's laughing?" "What a powerful internal energy!" "It came from behind. Didn't Island Master Shen go to the back to retrieve the pill? Could it be that he's here to steal the pill? "
As soon as he said this, no one could sit still. "Let's go and take a look!" "Let's see who's blind enough to dare steal food from the tiger's mouth."
Li Qingshan stopped laughing and said to Shen Xihua, "You're just a pig and a dog. Do you think you're worthy of making friends with me?"
Even bad people had dignity. Shen Xihua said, "You … you're going too far!"
A group of underworld experts rushed over and asked in shock, "Island Master Shen, what happened?" "Who is this person?" Those who could enter the study were all first-rate masters. Those with weaker martial arts, including their subordinates, could only watch from outside.
"You've forced me to do this." Shen Xihua's face twisted. He said to everyone, "Everyone, calm down. I want to talk about something that concerns everyone's lives."
Everyone fell silent. Shen Xihua said, "This person was sent by the Hawkwolf Guard to kill us."
Everyone paled in fright when they heard the three words' Hawkwolf Guard '. Although they regarded themselves as masters of the blacklist and acted as if even the Hawkwolf Guard could do nothing to their subordinates, they actually feared the terrifying organisation that controlled the blacklist the most.
"In other words, there aren't any pills!"
"Damned Shen Xihua, you've actually worked with the Hawkwolf Guard to screw us over!"
Everyone began to consider retreating. They looked at Li Qingshan like he was a man-eating tiger. The young man sat boldly on the armchair. His hair draped down, obscuring his face. Even though he was trapped in a cage, he gave off a terrifying sense of dignity.
Shen Xihua tossed down a stack of papers. "Take a look. These are the official documents of the Hawkwolf Guard. He's come this time to kill us. Which one of you doesn't know what happened to the Auspicious casino in Silver Mountain town? It was all because of this kid. Do you want to be next?!"
They all picked up the papers on the ground and found their names. Afterwards, they trembled in fright. The honour of being a master of the blacklist had now become a life-threatening talisman.
"Island master Shen, what do you want us to do?"
"In for a penny, in for a pound!"
"Kill a Hawkwolf Guard! You're mad! "
"If we don't kill him, he'll kill us!"
Just as everyone engaged in an intense discussion.
Li Qingshan coughed gently and attracted everyone's attention. He said, "Those who should be here are all here!"
"Tian Zhonghao."
A short, coarse, middle-aged man shuddered. "What do you want?"
"In the past, you learnt martial arts under the tutelage of the fist master Wang of Bamboo Willow village. It's all because he found you to be devious and refused to pass on all his martial arts to you, so you poisoned him, stole his secret manual, and became a bandit. Over all these years, you've blocked roads, killed people for their goods, and feasted on the hearts and livers of living people, isn't that right?"
Under everyone's gazes, and with Li Qingshan in the cage, Tian Zhonghao refused to lose face. He said rudely, "So what?"
Li Qingshan ignored him. He continued, "Zhao Ruyong, you like to kidnap the children of wealthy families the most and then force them to pay ransom. If they dare to report you to the authorities or refuse to pay the ransom, you'll cut off their ears or fingers and send them back. Am I right?"
Zhao Ruyong's eyes and ears were sharp. His expression was cold as he sneered, "Those little bastards were born luckier than others. Of course, they deserve to suffer."
Li Qingshan did not speak further with him. He continued to call out names one by one until the end. "Those whose names have not been called out, have joined the bandits, done evil deeds, committed countless crimes, or conspired against the law. According to the laws of Great Xia, their crimes cannot be pardoned and will be executed on the spot."
"And you, Shen Xihua, pay the price for what you've done!"
Everyone laughed. "You?" "Is he crazy?" "Yes, we have to kill him!" The laughter gradually faded.
Li Qingshan stood up from the armchair. He grabbed the railing of the "Bi An Demon Trapping Lock" with both hands and pulled forcefully. His blood and Qi surged, his muscles bulged, and his clothes were torn.
The railing flowed with a blue light that resembled electricity, all concentrated on Li Qingshan's hands. He felt as if hundreds of needles were pricking him. Of course, he did not care about such a small matter. However, under his enormous strength, the railing did not move at all.
Shen Xihua was shocked, but he relaxed. "It's useless. You can't break my Bi An Demon Trapping Lock."
A mocking smile appeared on the blacklist expert's face. He looked at Li Qingshan as if he was looking at a stupid beast.
Li Qingshan's long hair was scattered, covering his face. The corner of his mouth curled into a sinister smile.
"This is!" Shen Xihua was the first to sense the change in Li Qingshan's aura. This kind of change was something that only he, a Qi Practitioner, could sense.
However, immediately after, everyone saw the change in Li Qingshan's body. Li Qingshan's originally tall and sturdy figure seemed to have grown a bit taller. His jet-black hair flashed with a hint of scarlet under the light. His bronze skin seemed to have darkened. His arms, in particular, had actually become as black as iron.
Creak. The metal cage let out a painful squeak. The blue electricity became more and more intense, but it could not stop the arm-thick railing from being pulled apart.
Shen Xihua took a step back. "This … this is impossible. You … you are!" Then he shouted, "Everyone, attack together and kill him."
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