Meanwhile.
Long Aotian stood in an alley with his hands behind his back, his expression grave.
Behind him, Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu knelt on one knee.
Long Aotian slowly turned around. "So, you two were kidnapped these past few days?"
The two answered in unison, "Exactly!"
"The people who kidnapped you were three men. They took turns beating you once a day, but aside from that, they never asked you anything."
Tears streamed down their faces as the painful memories filled them with grief and indignation. "Yes!"
"Then they each slapped you once and let you go?"
The two said together, "Young Master is wise!"
Long Aotian glared. "Wise my ass! Who the hell would be full of boredom enough to kidnap you, make no demands, beat you for days, and then let you go? Tell me, where's the money?"
The two were overjoyed. "It's still there! It's still there!"
Long Aotian narrowed his eyes. "They... really didn't take your money?"
Dong Cheng said, "No. They really didn't."
Xi Jiu said, "They couldn't even be bothered to talk to us. They just hung us up and beat us. I told them I had money and asked them to take it instead of beating me, but they ignored me completely."
Long Aotian frowned deeply and began to think. "They didn't even want the money... then what did they want? If they could beat you two useless idiots like you were their sons, then they wouldn't expect to gain anything from you in terms of ancient martial arts either... They didn't want money, and you don't have any treasures or cultivation techniques..."
Long Aotian suddenly remembered that strange woman.
The masked woman with the sexy thighs who had forced Lu Chengwen to kill someone that day!
"Could it have been her?"