Mysterious Woman! What Was the Reason?

"Gasp~"

"Someone from Langya Hall was crippled just like that!"

"Something big has happened! Langya Hall is one of the continent's Lower Seven Sects, a top-tier power on the continent. Now that their people have been crippled by the Langya Auction House, it probably won't be long before Langya Hall's experts descend upon them!"

"I have to say, the Langya Auction House's new Guild Master is truly ruthless!"

"How is that ruthless? Those people were the ones throwing their weight around and bullying others. They just ran into someone tougher than them. They deserved it!"

"Come to think of it, what kind of strength did that person have? He didn't even summon his martial soul, yet he easily crippled the eight people from Langya Hall. One of them, judging from the tone of that young man leading them, seemed quite powerful, yet he was still crippled!"

At last.

Someone stepped forward and said:

"I know a little about this. I heard that man is the grandson of Langya Hall's Fifth Elder. He loves throwing his weight around, bullying men and women alike, and committing every kind of evil. He relies on that Uncle Tian by his side, who is said to be a Title Douluo!"

A Title Douluo?

Everyone was immediately shocked.

In Langya City, a Title Douluo was an absolute powerhouse.

Their word was law. They truly stood at the pinnacle, lofty and supreme.

If so, then the person from the Langya Auction House who had acted was far too terrifying.

He had crippled a Title Douluo without even summoning his martial soul. That was simply too strong!

Within the crowd.

At that moment, a woman watching everything smiled as well.

"Interesting!"

"I never expected that sneaking out would lead me to something so interesting!"

"Long Tian of Langya Hall may only be a level ninety-two Title Douluo, but he is still a Title Douluo!"

"To cripple him without summoning a martial soul, one would have to be a Super Douluo. And not merely someone who had just stepped into that realm!"

"My sister mobilized the Empire's power, gathered the Human Race's experts, and compiled the Title Douluo Ranking, yet she still missed such a powerhouse!"

She understood that the person who had acted had to be at least a level ninety-six Super Douluo.

A powerhouse of that caliber was a foundation for any faction, whether among the Human Race or soul beasts, anywhere on the continent. Yet one was actually hidden within such a small Auction House.

Soon, she seemed to think of something and walked toward the Langya Auction House.

Langya Auction House.

At that moment, the eight people from Langya Hall were dragged before Lin Shu.

Of the eight, seven were still wailing incessantly. Only that Title Douluo remained tough and silent. However, the disbelief in his eyes showed that his heart was far from calm.

He had discovered that it was not only Yu San, who had acted just now, but also the other four people with Yu San.

He could not see through any of them. He could vaguely sense that their strength was formidable, enough to make his heart tremble.

Clearly, they were all Title Douluos stronger than himself.

They might even be Super Douluos.

"No..."

"Impossible!"

"Five Super Douluos—Langya Hall itself doesn't possess such power!"

Long Tian kept shaking his head inwardly, finding it difficult to accept his own speculation.

Just then.

Lin Shu spoke.

"Stop howling. Who wants to tell me why you came looking for me?"

The Fifth Elder and Eighth Elder reminded him from the side.

"Guild Master, this man is Long Ao, the grandson of Langya Hall's Fifth Elder!"

The moment Lin Shu heard that, he understood that Long Ao was likely the core of this group.

Then he said directly:

"You're Long Ao, right? If you keep howling, I'll cut out your tongue!"

Hearing this, Long Ao immediately endured the pain.

His limbs had been crippled, but they could still be reattached.

It was just that his fifth limb could not be reattached.

However, he had indulged himself too much, causing it to shrink somewhat. Recently, he had been relying on special methods anyway, so losing it would not affect him much.

In any case, he had been with many women. Someone had probably already borne his child.

But having his tongue cut out was truly irreversible, and utterly unacceptable.

Long Ao immediately forced himself to say:

"You're Lin Shu? Do you know that you will bring destruction upon the Langya Auction House?"

"Slap him."

Lin Shu could not be bothered to waste words with him and casually ordered his subordinate.

Seeing the slap about to land on his face, Long Ao immediately said:

"We came mainly to investigate the current state of the Langya Auction House and whether its Guild Master had been decided!"

"Secondly, we came to collect the tribute!"

Lin Shu asked again:

"Anything else?"

After a pause.

Lin Shu threatened:

"You'd better not be leaving anything out. Otherwise..."

"My subordinate happens to know a soul-searching method specifically designed for this. It directly searches your spiritual soul. If used, at best it will tear your mind apart and leave you unconscious; at worst, it will turn you into an idiot!"

Of course, Lin Shu had made that up.

He did not know whether such a method existed in this world.

But in the novels he had read in his previous life, this was the most effective method for dealing with those who refused to talk.

Whether it worked or not, saying it would not hurt anything.

Second-generation heirs like this—or rather, useless second-generation heirs—were the easiest to frighten.

Sure enough.

The moment Long Ao heard this, he was terrified and spoke again:

"There's also this: Grandfather told me to investigate whether the Langya Auction House possesses some mysterious object!"

A mysterious object?

At that moment, Lin Shu seemed to understand.

Logically speaking, the Langya Auction House was extremely insignificant to a powerful continental faction like Langya Hall.

Even if it offered eighty percent of its annual profits as tribute, or even all of them, it would barely improve Langya Hall at all.

Langya Hall should not have set its sights on the Langya Auction House.

Even if the Langya Auction House joined the Empire and stopped paying tribute, it would have little effect on them.

On the contrary, if the Empire learned that Langya Hall had prevented the Langya Auction House from joining the Empire, Langya Hall might be warned by the Empire, or even forced to submit to the Empire under that pretext by dispatched experts.

Now it seemed that Langya Hall was after that so-called mysterious object.

"What is this mysterious object?"

Lin Shu's gaze turned sharp.

Long Ao immediately shook his head.

"I don't know!"

"If that's the case, there's no point in keeping you alive!"

At the side.

Yu San cooperatively took several steps forward.

The moment Long Ao saw Yu San, the shadow in his heart surged. Even his voice trembled.

"I really don't know! Even Grandfather was extremely tight-lipped about that mysterious object. How could I possibly know?"

Judging by this, he probably truly did not know.

Lin Shu was rather curious about what kind of mysterious object could make even Langya Hall covet it.

Unfortunately, his father had died suddenly and left no explanation behind.

Still, Lin Shu was not disappointed.

After all, he had the system. No matter what mysterious object it was, how could it compare to the system?

As long as he knew the reason, that was enough.

At worst.

The next time he visited Langya Hall, he could ask them properly!

Afterward.

Lin Shu directly said:

"Throw them out. And pass along a message: the Langya Auction House is severing its affiliation with Langya Hall. From this day forth, it will never depend on any faction!"

"Yes!"