Curtain Call

"Your daughter didn't come to save you."

Li ChunJun said.

He had kept Jin Guangming alive until now, waiting.

Waiting for Jin Zhiya to show herself.

But he hadn't expected that, up until now, this favored daughter of heaven, who was said to have already become a nominal disciple of the Red Sun Sword Sect, hadn't appeared.

Hearing Li ChunJun's words, Jin Guangming seemed to have thought of something, and his heart suddenly trembled.

"You disappeared for seven days, and only reappeared today, were you waiting for my daughter to return from the Red Sun Sword Sect!?"

He glared at Li ChunJun.

But immediately afterward, he gnashed his teeth and said, "My daughter is like a true dragon among men, her future prospects are limitless, do you think you can compare? When she returns from the sect, there will definitely be cultivators skilled in tracking accompanying her, and when the cultivators take action, you will have nowhere to escape, no matter where you go! Just wait, it won't be long before you come down to be buried with us!"

"She didn't even attend her mother and brother's funeral, do you think she, who has already embarked on the path of immortality, would care about you?"

Li ChunJun said indifferently.

"Hahaha, in the end, you're afraid! You're afraid of her!"

Jin Guangming couldn't help laughing loudly.

This laugh immediately aggravated his wounds, causing his face to turn pale.

To prevent him from escaping, his thigh had been pierced by Li ChunJun's sword.

"It seems you didn't tell your precious daughter about what happened here."

Li ChunJun looked at Jin Guangming and said calmly, "Anyone with a Spirit Root will be selected to go to the Red Sun Dao Institute under the Red Sun Sword Sect for a six-year cultivation! In these six years, if they don't pass the assessment, they will be assigned to local areas or serve as handymen. If they pass one assessment, they will be a probationary disciple, also known as a nominal disciple. Only after passing both assessments will they become a formal disciple... Calculating the time, there isn't much time left for Jin Zhiya to test to become a formal disciple."

These were all common knowledge.

Anyone who yearned for cultivators would remember this information by heart.

"If I'm not mistaken, you suppressed the news here to avoid disturbing Jin Zhiya's cultivation, so she wouldn't miss this greatest opportunity in her life... That's why she didn't even show up for her mother and brother's funeral."

Li ChunJun paused, "But, I really want to know, if you weren't here suppressing things, would those other people who are full of hatred for me pass the news here to Jin Zhiya through various channels, so that this immortal disciple of hers would personally come and fight me to the death? After all... they don't care what future Jin Zhiya has, they just want to vent the anger in their hearts."

These words made Jin Guangming's pupils shrink.

With how much his daughter valued her family...

If she really knew what happened in Guangzhou City, she would definitely leave the Red Sun Dao Institute and come to Guangzhou City herself.

"Li ChunJun, are you in such a hurry to die!?"

The helmsman of this Jin Corporation said in a deep voice.

Having been in a high position for many years, his eyes sank, and he exuded authority without anger.

"Truly... father and daughter have deep affection."

Li ChunJun sincerely praised.

"The father is unwilling to inform his daughter even when the mother dies, so as not to affect his daughter's future, and the daughter, once she learns of an accident in the family, will risk ruining her future to go to Guangzhou City to take revenge. This kind of family affection... is touching."

Saying that, he looked at Jin Guangming with a somewhat empty gaze: "But... why, why is it that you father and daughter are so deeply affectionate, while other people's families are happy and dependent on each other, yet you can be so cruel and merciless in crushing them?"

"My daughter is a person who has passed the first test of the Red Sun Dao Institute. To pass this test, she must step into the Qi Refining realm! And the Qi Refining realm is comparable to the Innate stage of Martial Arts! If she wields magic, even the Innate stage of Martial Arts will not be her opponent! If she comes to Guangzhou City in person, Li ChunJun, you will surely die!"

Jin Guangming completely ignored Li ChunJun's sarcasm and said in a deep voice, "If I were you, I would run as far as possible after killing the culprit and never return to Guangzhou City."

"A very rational judgment."

Li ChunJun nodded, but then he said, "You really want me to do that? But you also said that once she invites immortal cultivators, no matter where I hide, I will have nowhere to escape! So... you never intended to give me a way out."

A trace of bitterness appeared on Jin Guangming's face.

Li ChunJun laughed, a laugh that frightened Jin Guangming: "Since that's the case... then let's try it out and see if I can take down Jin Zhiya, this Qi Refining cultivator, and see if I will be killed by your proud daughter Jin Zhiya, or if I will kill the last member of your family and send her to reunite with you in the Yellow Springs."

"You..."

Jin Guangming opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end, he couldn't say a word.

He had absolute confidence in his daughter and didn't think that Li ChunJun could do anything to his daughter who had embarked on the path of cultivation.

But...

He knew his daughter very well.

Once Li ChunJun hid for a period of time, even if she risked not taking the final assessment, she would definitely fight to the death in Guangzhou City and would not give up until she had avenged them.

Therefore, in any case, it would affect his daughter's future.

But precisely, as Li ChunJun said, they had never given him a way out.

Since he couldn't survive, it was not surprising that he would retaliate madly.

Especially since Li ChunJun still had violence in his hands.

So...

The impact on her future was already inevitable.

His death was also inevitable.

Why...

Why did it become like this!?

"Bang!"

At this moment, there was a sudden loud noise from the main hall door!

It was as if someone had kicked the door hard.

And the power erupted from this kick was extremely fierce!

If it were the Jin Family's old door, it would have been kicked open long ago.

But seven days ago, the Jin Family had completely replaced the door, and the quality was so high that it could be called the top in the industry.

As a result, the door, which should have been kicked open with one kick, only vibrated for a moment and remained firmly closed.

Realizing this, Li ChunJun stopped talking nonsense and raised his sword to finish off Jin Guangming.

But at this moment, the corner of his eye seemed to catch something, and his head jerked to the side...

A scorching stream of air whistled past his cheek.

"Bang!"

A gunshot!

The wall behind him sprayed with stone chips.

Outside the window, a figure suddenly appeared, holding a gun, pointing directly at Li ChunJun.

Fang Lieyun.

Without the slightest hesitation, Li ChunJun quickly picked up Jin Guangming and held him in front, almost completely shrinking behind him. Immediately afterward, he dragged Jin Guangming's body and moved sideways, quickly shifting towards the other side of the room.

Jin Guangming wanted to struggle, but due to excessive blood loss, he couldn't muster any strength.

He could only place his hopes on Fang Lieyun, the number one expert of the Security Department, and looked at him with longing.

"Save... save me..."

Fang Lieyun held the gun, aiming at Li ChunJun through the window.

Looking at his face, which still seemed to carry a hint of youthfulness, and his cold, emotionless eyes, he was somewhat shaken.

Young!

Too young!

The murderer...

Was actually such a young boy!?

Amidst the shock, he did not forget his duty.

"Release the hostage!"

Fang Lieyun shouted sternly.

But Li ChunJun's rapidly moving figure did not change at all.

He always made sure to keep Jin Guangming's entire body in front of him.

From the main hall, across the study, and then across a bedroom.

Since all the windows had been opened by the people who had fled earlier, he was almost constantly exposed to Fang Lieyun's gun during this process.

He didn't dare to stop even when he occasionally passed by a wall.

Because, with the door jammed shut, more Security Department elites were climbing in through the windows on the main hall side.

He didn't know if these people had guns.

At this time, Fang Lieyun could also choose to climb in through the window, but this would inevitably delay his aiming.

By then, Jin Guangming, this hostage...

There was no "by then."

After Li ChunJun dragged Jin Guangming and moved horizontally for dozens of meters at an almost frantic speed, a wall blocked Fang Lieyun's path.

His path had come to an end.

In the next moment, Li ChunJun's figure disappeared behind the wall.

At the same time...

A sharp sword blade extended from behind Jin Guangming, instantly slashing across his neck.

Under Jin Guangming's unwilling and desperate gaze...

"Chih!"

Fresh blood...

Gushed out.