Six fingers danced where spring returned, four strings stirred and wondrous music flowed

Flames surged around Mo Chen, a cold gleam flashing like lightning in his eyes as he delivered a vicious slap to Yu Hongyi with his blazing palm!

"You bastard! You poisoned a mother fresh from childbirth, harmed innocent children, and now you won't even spare a blind old woman! You money-grubbing beast, you're worse than pigs and dogs!"

With every sentence Mo Chen spoke, the flames around him swelled higher.

"Ah! Immortal lord, spare me! I know I was wrong! Please spare my life!"

Ignoring his pain, Yu Hongyi scrambled up and kowtowed, his scorched skin flaking onto the floor like chaff shaken through a sieve.

Mo Chen swept his Divine Sense through the fireplace and discovered that Mad Xiang had already been burned to charcoal, still clutching his pipa.

Even if he emptied the fireplace of flames, Mad Xiang's injuries were beyond saving now. Only Xiang Su'an crawled over to extinguish the embers on his body, sobbing too hard to speak.

"Spare you?"

Mo Chen sneered. "With such wicked deeds, do you deserve a name that speaks of great righteousness? If I don't put an end to you today, Heaven itself would not tolerate it!"

With that, Mo Chen pressed his blazing palm against Yu Hongyi's face, digging his fingers into the sockets that no longer held eyes.

"Aaaaaah!"

Yu Hongyi's agonized screams mingled endlessly with sizzling sounds. Finally, he rolled and struggled a few times within a ball of fire before becoming a heap of charcoal.

Mo Chen turned toward the trembling crowd in the hall. "From this day onward, this place belongs to Xiang Su'an of the Xiang Household, but it must never operate as a gambling den again! Do you understand? If anyone objects, this will be your fate!"

"Yes! Yes!"

"We understand! We obey your