Blood Food! Secret Envoys! Explosive Kill!

Zhang Chu carried Li Yuanhe.

The three quickly arrived at the rear courtyard of Li Mansion.

Under Li Minghuai's astonished gaze, Li Yuanhe stomped his foot at the rockery in the inner courtyard.

"Click, click, click!..."

A series of mechanical noises rose from underground.

The rockery before them actually split apart down the middle!

"What incredible Mechanism Arts. No wonder the County Yamen Patrol Guards could never find any evidence—the secret tunnel was actually here!"

Li Minghuai was, after all, a man of ancient times and had not seen much of the world. He could not help marveling at everything he saw.

Zhang Chu had no particular reaction to mechanisms.

This sort of thing was child's play in a nation built on infrastructure.

"Come on. Aren't you looking for someone? There are people inside. It just depends on whether you dare to go in!"

A vicious glint flashed through Li Yuanhe's eyes.

Zhang Chu smiled at this. "You'd better make sure my Junior Brother is unharmed. Otherwise, I'll chop every member of your family into pieces and feed them to you bite by bite."

After saying that, Zhang Chu patted his shoulder.

Li Yuanhe froze at those words. He had been so focused on Li Minghuai that he had nearly forgotten this baleful star.

He did not doubt for a second that Zhang Chu would truly do it!

Meanwhile.

Within the Dark and Deep Secret Tunnel.

Rows of iron-cast Cages stood tall.

Under the torchlight, people could be seen imprisoned in every Cage, all of them youths and able-bodied young men.

Inside one of the iron Cages at the center, Wang Yuan wore Fetters and kept pounding on the cell door.

"Wang Ping, Zhang Ju, you must be insane! You actually dared to traffic able-bodied young men in such numbers. Have you forgotten that you're Patrol Guards? The County Yamen will settle accounts with you sooner or later!"

Yesterday, he had received a secret report.

It said that the Missing Persons Case might be connected to the Li Family.

Just then, he happened to encounter Wang Ping and Zhang Ju, who had only just returned. After the three discussed it, they came to investigate.

He had never expected that the moment he entered the Li Family, he would be subdued and imprisoned here.

What shocked him even more was that the two men, who usually only possessed third-rate strength, were actually in the Second-rate Realm!

Either one of them could easily kill him.

At this moment, several dishes sat on a table in the corridor, while two exceedingly fat men drank wine nearby.

Hearing Wang Yuan's roar, one of them carried over a bowl of wine and squatted before the iron Cage.

"Brother Wang, you usually seem pretty sharp. Why are you still muddleheaded now? Take another good look—do we brothers really look like County Yamen Patrol Guards?"

After speaking, the man suddenly gave a sinister chuckle.

"You!..." By the dim light, Wang Yuan saw the clothes they were currently wearing.

"You're actually men of the Boat Gang!"

Wang Yuan could hardly believe it. Two official County Yamen Patrol Guards were actually spies planted by the Boat Gang.

"Figured it out? You really were courting death, sticking your nose into this matter. Your name wasn't on the list for this batch of able-bodied young men, but you just had to jump into the trap yourself."

"Enjoy your final days. Once you reach the Gang Leader, you won't even be able to beg for death."

The two laughed heartily and returned to the wine table, clinking cups and drinking without paying Wang Yuan any further attention.

Wang Yuan also fell silent. His thoughts were in complete chaos; this matter had shocked him too deeply.

The mastermind behind this Missing Persons Case was actually the Boat Gang. No wonder they had not found a single clue.

The Boat Gang had entrenched itself in Linjiang County for more than a decade.

Its roots ran deep and its branches spread wide.

When master had still been alive, he had once said that the Boat Gang's Gang Leader had the potential to enter the Middle Three Realms and possessed excellent talent.

Several years had passed since then. Even if the Boat Gang's Gang Leader had not entered the Middle Three Realms, he could not be far from it.

"Why would a master of that level, with such an eminent status, capture ordinary able-bodied young men?"

Just as Wang Yuan could not make sense of it no matter how hard he tried.

Footsteps suddenly echoed through the secret tunnel.

Tap, tap, tap! A crisp series of footsteps rang out on the distant stairs, exceptionally clear.

Wang Yuan had initially thought that someone from the Boat Gang had arrived, but Wang Ping and Zhang Ju suddenly rose to their feet.

"The footsteps are wrong. It isn't Li Yuanhe!"

"And there are three people."

As Second-rate Masters who had spent years undercover in the County Yamen, the two had cultivated the ability to identify people by sound alone.

Wang Ping and Zhang Ju each picked up their weapons. The next moment, three figures entered one after another.

The leader's body was tilted to one side. It was Li Yuanhe, whose arm Zhang Chu had broken. Following carefully behind him were Zhang Chu and Senior Brother Li Minghuai.

"Senior Brother! Second Senior Brother!" Wang Yuan cried out in surprise upon seeing the two enter the secret tunnel.

"Jumping around so lively. Looks like you're fine."

Zhang Chu also saw his Junior Brother Wang Yuan, shackled in Fetters, and inwardly sighed in relief. As long as he was unharmed, that was enough.

Though it seemed he had suffered quite a bit.

"Two Secret Envoys, these two are far too formidable. I had no choice but to bring them into the secret tunnel."

Seeing the murderous looks in Wang Ping and Zhang Ju's eyes, Li Yuanhe ignored even his pain and hurriedly explained.

He truly had been left with no other choice. Zhang Chu's methods were simply too terrifying. The nearly forty armed house slaves raised by the Li Family had all been killed by him in the blink of an eye.

He could only place his hopes on the two Boat Gang Secret Envoys, hoping to borrow their hands to avenge himself.

"Useless trash! If you ruin the Gang Leader's plans, do you know what fate awaits you, you waste?"

Wang Ping glared viciously at Li Yuanhe and cursed him. To cling to life, this man had actually exposed the secret tunnel.

Such cowardly, life-clinging behavior was no different from betraying the gang—bringing the enemy straight into their home.

Zhang Ju's gaze was equally gloomy, but he did not waste words. Instead, he said decisively, "Enough. It's useless to say more now. Since we've already been exposed, kill the intruders first, then hurry and move the Blood Food."

"Hide this before anyone in the gang finds out. Otherwise, when those above hold us accountable, neither of us will be able to bear it!"

As this involved major gang business, they dared not delay. Everyone who knew of this had to be buried here. Otherwise, if word leaked out, they would have no path to survival.

"Senior Brother, Second Senior Brother, run! Don't worry about me! There's something wrong with these two—they aren't third-rate martial artists, but Second-rate Realm masters! Run!"

After hearing their low voices, alarm bells blared in Wang Yuan's heart, and he hurriedly shouted for his Senior Brothers to flee.

Though he did not know how his Senior Brothers had tracked the matter here, there were two Second-rate Realm masters on the other side. Even if the Three Brothers were tied together, they would be no match for them.

The True Martial Temple lineage could not all perish here!

"This kid can still shout and yell. Other than suffering a little flesh-and-blood pain, it seems he hasn't gone hungry."

Zhang Chu glanced at the frantic Wang Yuan, then tossed Li Yuanhe aside.

Second-rate Realm masters?

They should be worth quite a few Merit Points!

The instant Li Yuanhe escaped the demon's grasp, he scrambled and crawled over to Wang Ping and Zhang Ju. "T-two envoys, this man is insidious and cunning. All the men below have met with disaster at his hands. Hurry and kill this thief!"

Wang Ping and Zhang Ju exchanged smiles at his words.

Then they looked at Zhang Chu.

"Is killing a few house slaves who were no better than trash your source of confidence? You truly do not know the height of heaven or the depth of earth!"

"Die!"

Without another word, Wang Ping attacked first. Terrifying brute force erupted instantly from his obese body.

The force was so great that it made the entire secret tunnel emit a mournful howl, as though it were about to collapse!