Interrogation (Please Recommend and Favorite)

Chapter 46: Interrogation (Please Recommend and Favorite)

Just as he was about to hit the ground, Liu Laosan reacted at once. He planted one hand hard against the ground, flipped over, and landed on his feet.

Before he could steady himself, Ye Yun closed in. A fist carrying an onslaught like crashing waves smashed viciously into Liu Laosan's chest.

Liu Laosan was instantly blasted several meters away by the tremendous force. He crashed to the ground and spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Who exactly are you? This... young master, we have neither grievances nor enmity between us. Could you spare me? I can give you money—lots and lots of money!"

Liu Laosan lay sprawled on the ground, staring fearfully at Ye Yun as he slowly approached, endlessly begging for mercy.

Looking at Liu Laosan groveling before him, Ye Yun said expressionlessly, "Do you want to die, or do you want to live?"

"I want to live, I want to live! Young Master, please show mercy and spare my life! Above me is my eighty-year-old mother, below me is a child not yet a month old..." Hearing Ye Yun's words, Liu Laosan seemed to have seized a lifeline. He babbled nonsense, hoping some sentence might move Ye Yun to spare him.

"Enough! You will say whatever I ask you to say. If you utter one extra word, I'll break one of your arms." Liu Laosan's gibberish made Ye Yun want to slap him to death.

"Yes, yes, yes. Young Master, ask away. As long as I know it, I'll tell you everything. I absolutely won't dare hide a single word." Ye Yun's words were like a bucket of cold water poured over his heart, leaving him afraid to speak another word of nonsense.

Watching Liu Laosan kneeling on the ground, humble and helpless, utterly unlike how he had forced Manager Luo earlier, Ye Yun gained a deeper understanding of the principle that the strong were revered.

Returning to the matter at hand, Ye Yun looked coldly at Liu Laosan on the ground. "Tell me, exactly how many people does Clearwind Stronghold have? How many Qi Refining Realm martial artists are there, and what are their cultivation levels? Tell me everything in detail. If you dare deceive me by even one word, I'll show you what it means to be worse off than dead."

After hearing Ye Yun's questions, Liu Laosan trembled as he raised his head and said in a shaking voice, "Young Master, Clearwind Stronghold has sixty-three martial artists in total. The rest are ordinary people who have never cultivated.

"Among those sixty-three martial artists, there are nine Qi Refining Realm martial artists. Excluding the two young hero killed earlier and me, only six remain. My eldest brother, Wu Heihu, is at the Seventh Level of the Qi Refining Realm. The second boss, Zhang Bao, is at the Qi Refining Realm Sixth Layer. The other four are all at the second or third level of the Qi Refining Realm.

"Young Master, that is everything I know. Every word is the truth; there is not half a lie in it."

After listening to Liu Laosan, Ye Yun's mind raced. The information about Clearwind Stronghold was completely different from the rumors outside. Wu Heihu was actually at the Seventh Level of the Qi Refining Realm, and there was also Zhang Bao, the second boss at the Qi Refining Realm Sixth Layer.

It seemed he would have to carefully consider how to wipe out Clearwind Stronghold. He could not afford to fall into the pit himself.

"This young master... if you want to attack Clearwind Stronghold, I have a way to help you. I only ask that young hero spare this worthless life of mine." Seeing that Ye Yun said nothing after hearing him out, Liu Laosan, still kneeling on the ground, grew deeply panicked. He offered a way to help Ye Yun attack Clearwind Stronghold, hoping to catch his attention.

"Hm? You say you can help me attack Clearwind Stronghold. How? Explain it clearly. If it truly works, sparing your life is not impossible." Ye Yun's eyes flickered as he looked at Liu Laosan and asked.

"Yes, I have a way to help you, young hero. As long as you do not kill me, I can lead you into Clearwind Stronghold. Once you get inside, with your strength, wouldn't killing whoever you want be as easy as turning your hand over?" Seeing Ye Yun speak, Liu Laosan poured out his entire plan in one breath.

After hearing Liu Laosan's proposal, Ye Yun considered it repeatedly. What Liu Laosan said was not without reason. The greatest difficulty in wiping out Clearwind Stronghold was how to break into it. Now that Liu Laosan had offered a method, this mission could be completed easily.

But how could he ensure that Liu Laosan would not betray him? That was a major problem. Ye Yun thought for a long time before suddenly coming up with an idea.

Looking at Liu Laosan, who gazed at him fearfully from the ground, Ye Yun said icily, "Your method may work, but how can you guarantee that you'll lead me into Clearwind Stronghold to kill enemies rather than prepare to surround and kill me inside?

"But I don't care about that. Right now, I'll inject a unique force of mine into your heart. If you dare harbor any crooked thoughts, then even if I die, without me to remove that force, just wait for your entire body to slowly stiffen until your five viscera and six bowels freeze into blocks of ice and you die."

Having said that, Ye Yun did not wait for Liu Laosan to react. He struck Liu Laosan's chest with his palm, sending a stream of icy force through his body, where it settled around his heart.

When Liu Laosan came back to his senses, he felt a trace of chill in his heart. Whenever the true qi in his body circulated near his heart, he discovered that the chill was growing larger. Frightened out of his wits, he hurriedly stopped circulating his true qi.

"Oh, right. There's something I haven't told you. This force can only remain stable for three days. Once the three days are up, it will erupt on its own." Ye Yun casually added another reminder.

"Please rest assured, Young Master! I, Liu Laosan, will absolutely never betray you. I will definitely help you enter Clearwind Stronghold smoothly. I only ask that when the time comes, you keep your promise and spare this worthless life of mine." Liu Laosan had already stopped entertaining crooked thoughts the instant he sensed the force inside him. When he heard that it would erupt in three days, his face turned even paler.

"Enough. Get up. Whether you live or die will depend on your performance over the next three days. Now go clean up the battlefield. If you want to run, then pray that you can actually escape." After speaking, Ye Yun gave Liu Laosan a meaningful look before turning and walking toward the campsite.

"Young Master, I'll clean up the battlefield honestly. I absolutely won't dare run." Liu Laosan followed after Ye Yun, bowing and scraping as he spoke.

Back at the campsite, everyone still had the scene from before playing over and over in their minds.

From the moment the bandits charged over to the moment Ye Yun acted, less than a minute had passed. He had wiped out around twenty Body Tempering Realm bandits and then chased after Liu Laosan and the others in the direction they had fled.

What had happened in that brief instant left everyone stunned. None of them had imagined that, at the moment of life and death, someone they had never even considered would step forward to save them.

After Manager Luo came to his senses, he looked at everything that had just happened before his eyes and could not help muttering, "Thank heavens! I never expected Young Master Ye to be so powerful. In just a few moves, he dealt with that fiendish bunch led by Liu Laosan. He must be one of the experts on the Hundred Strong Ranking in the Purple Extreme Sect's inner sect."

Once everyone had recovered, Manager Luo directed the guards to begin cleaning up the battlefield Ye Yun had left behind.

While giving orders, Manager Luo kept glancing toward the direction Ye Yun had gone, watching to see whether anyone would appear.

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