The rebel's question stunned Hongyuan Haili for a long time. He really couldn't figure out why the rebel knew about his Reishi-Gathering Pill.
He even had a sense of luck that these people might be here to defraud him.
"You... what medicine are you talking about?" He pretended to know nothing. When he said this, he calmly pressed his chest closer to the ground - there were still two remaining Reishi-Gathering Pill in his chest.
"You don't want to say that, do you?" The soldier stood up and twisted his neck from side to side, "Well, this is why I don't want to take on a task like yours - it's troublesome and there's no profit to be made.
Originally, you could have fun with your wife and children, but unfortunately, you are pressed for time. So..."
He stretched his waist and recalled the name of what he was looking for in his mind. Then he bent down again and looked down at Hongyuan Haili's face. "I only give you one more chance! Well, Reishi-Gathering Pill, where is the formula?"
He stared straight into Hongyuan Haili's eyes, as if he wanted to see the real answer in his pupils.
Hongyuan Haili felt a sense of fear for no reason. The formula must not be handed over easily.
That was his most cherished research result; and he had a hunch that once the formula was handed over, his family might die. He
He pursed his lips and tried hard to control his voice from trembling. "I don't know what you are talking about."
The soldier smiled strangely, and then waved behind him.
Taking his hint, the soldier standing behind casually threw the torch in his hand towards the roof. A ball of flame instantly burned on the thatched roof.
"It will take some time for the fire to spread. You can delay it, or you can say it now. It's up to you to decide." The soldier said to Hongyuan Haili in a friendly manner.
Before setting off, the order they received was to force them to find out the formula for Reishi-Gathering Pill, and then kidnap Hongyuan Haili.
Therefore, everything in the Hongyuan Hai family will be a tool to threaten him.
"Why... why are you doing this..." Hongyuan Haili was twisting on the ground, trying hard to raise his eyes to look at the roof behind him.
The red flames grew bigger and bigger on the roof and began to pulse with light.
"Now, it's not that we want to do this. It's that the adults above us want us to do this. Only if you hand over the formula can our rebel army produce Reishi-Gathering Pill in large quantities, right?" The rebel soldier still maintained his rationality and insisted on his patience and explained to Hongyuan Haili.
"But... how do you know..." Hongyuan Haili murmured in confusion. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind. "That wealthy businessman from Verdant Forest Haven is also a member of the rebels?"
Bang! A loud slap across his face.
The rebel soldier shook his hand and cursed, "How dare you use the word rebel in front of the men? Let me tell you, you have indeed been cooperating with the rebels for a long time. But now we are in urgent need of a large amount of Reishi-Gathering Pill, so just use the lives of your family members in exchange for the prescription!!"
Hongyuan Haili hesitated for a moment. He has now figured out the connection between things.
If his Reishi-Gathering Pill had really become an accomplice of the rebels unintentionally, then the men in black must have also used his Reishi-Gathering Pill on the night when Lin Nan and the others were attacked.
Because Lin Nan mentioned it later, he suspected that those powerful men in black belonged to the rebels, and their spiritual pressure could increase a lot instantly. Although Reishi-Gathering Pill's medicine is not that powerful, Hongyuan Haili believed that there must be some connection.
"In this case, Reishi-Gathering Pill cannot be handed over to them. My medicine can only be used to save people and cannot be an accomplice in the war." Hongyuan Haili thought to himself.
"It's useless even if you have a prescription, you can't do it."
"Haha, do you think Soul Society is the only one who likes to tinker with things? There are still people in the rebel army who are good at tinkering with new things... what are they called? Oh, inventor!" The rebel soldier sneered, "The formula is just to save time!"
The fire gradually grew stronger. The rebels who were originally in the room also escorted Hongyuan Haili's wife and daughter out of the room.
Seeing that Hongyuan Haili was still hesitating, the soldier's patience gradually ran out, and he waved his hand behind him again.
With a scream, Ronghua's mother was choked and carried out of the room. Two rebels tied her arms to the pillars on the left and right, and then slashed both her wrists with a knife.
Blood dripped down her wrists and exploded on the wooden board beneath her, like a red albizia flower.
Hongyuan Haili looked at his wife helplessly, his heart aching like a knife. However, thinking of the casualties that would result if Reishi-Gathering Pill fell into the hands of the rebels, he forced himself to close his eyes tightly.
"Hezi, I can't give the formula to the rebels, many people will die! Maybe many people have died because of my medicine! I can't let them succeed again. Hezi, please forgive me!..."
Hongyuan Haili couldn't bear to see his wife suffer, so she could only press her face tightly to the ground in pain, with tears streaming down her face.
Hezi looked at Hongyuan Haili's back weakly and smiled softly, "It's okay. I believe you. But in the future, you have to take good care of your daughter..."
The blood flowed more and more, forming two large pools of blood under her body. Her face gradually turned pale.
The fire is getting bigger and bigger and has engulfed the entire roof. Several people next to the house can already clearly feel the heat.
In the neighbor's room next to him, the uneasy murmurs became louder and louder. A few brave people had quietly opened the door and walked out. They watched from a distance, but did not dare to approach.
The soldier who was the leader saw that Hongyuan Haili was still silent and said impatiently, "You still don't speak?"
He turned to look at his companions behind him and waved his hand. "Isn't there still his daughter?! Do it!"
Hearing these words, Hongyuan Haili, who was crying silently, and Hezi, who was already extremely weak, opened their eyes at the same time, and let out a sharp roar, "No!!"
Along with the miserable cry, Ronghua's two wrists were also scratched. There were many more blood-red albizia flowers on the ground.
The couple was furious, but they struggled desperately to no avail.
"There isn't much blood in a child's body, so you have to hurry up. Otherwise, it may be too late to save your precious daughter." The rebel soldier looked coldly at Hongyuan Haili, who was twisting on the ground, and said without emotion.
The little girl's screams made more neighbors come out. Everyone gathered around from a distance, not daring to get close. They looked here in horror and whispered to each other.
Hongyuan Haili desperately raised his head, wanting to take a look at his daughter. However, his body was tied tightly, so that he could not see what was happening behind him. He could only look at the neighbors not far in front of him, and kept pleading:
"Please, help me save my daughter! She's too young and shouldn't have to go through this...
Please save her! I beg you! I make medicine just to save Rukongai residents like us. Today I beg you to also save my daughter... save her!..."
When the rebel soldiers heard his plea, they held the swords in their hands disapprovingly and looked at the surrounding residents with unkind eyes.
Under the gaze of these ferocious gods, no one dared to take a step forward. The greatest courage of people is to stand here and stare at this evil scene to support Hongyuan Haili.
"Do you think any of them dare to step forward? As long as they dare to step forward, their heads will fall to the ground!"
Hongyuan Haili continued to roar and repeated the words for help. Ronghua's cry gradually became deeper; behind him, Hezi, who had been calling Ronghua's name, gradually became weaker and eventually disappeared...
The fire is getting bigger and bigger.
The soldier closest to Hongyuan Haili was extremely impatient. Unexpectedly, the guy at his feet still refused to say anything. He raised his foot and kicked this annoying guy:
"I'm telling you, if you don't reveal the formula, your daughter will die! Can you really bear it? Don't expect the trash around you to save you, they will die if they step forward!"
The roaring sound gradually covered Ronghua's inaudible cry and Hongyuan Haili's gradually hoarse cry for help.
Suddenly, a sudden curse broke through all the noise, like thunder exploding in everyone's ears:
"You bastard, who do you think will die?"
The soldier raised his head in surprise and looked in the direction of the sound.
But before he could see the face of the visitor clearly, a Asauchi blade reflecting the firelight had already covered his entire field of vision.
Then, there was darkness in front of him.