There was no shortage of spineless cowards among the Sun Household's cultivators.
With just a little torture from Lin Changsheng, they fell to their knees and begged for mercy. Unfortunately, he could get no useful information out of them.
Only the head of the Sun Household and its two elders knew the inside story.
The head of the Sun Household truly had an iron backbone, preferring death to surrender.
In the end, Lin Changsheng broke all five of his limbs, shattered every bone in his body, and took him into the Hundred Ghost Banner.
The Second Elder and Third Elder, however, had only half a backbone each.
Lin Changsheng gave them a chance to live. After weighing the pros and cons, the Second Elder finally became the first to defect and submit to Lin Changsheng.
Seeing this, the Third Elder had no choice but to defect as well, becoming another of Lin Changsheng's pawns.
After escorting the Second Elder and the others back to Mysterious Constancy Island, Lin Changsheng began considering his next move.
The Sun Household alone was not enough. He had to take down the Liu Household too.
Later, he adopted Duan Tianya's suggestion and sent the Liu Household an invitation in the Second Elder's name, inviting them to discuss the division of certain mining interests.
The invitation was couched in high-sounding terms. When the head of the Liu Household read it, he saw that it involved considerable interests of his lineage, so he dared not take it lightly and brought a party to attend the meeting.
Once the head of the Liu Household and his party arrived, Lin Changsheng first activated the first-tier supreme-grade Restricting Formation Su Zixuan had given him. After a flash of light, the entire Liu Household was enveloped by the Restricting Formation.
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