Do You Dare Kill Me?

Yang Linghu stepped forward and tore off his mask, asking coldly, "Who are you? Who sent you?!"

Wang Lie opened his eyes and saw two children barely in their teens. Fury immediately surged into his chest.

He was a man in his thirties who had cultivated for so many years, yet he had actually fallen into the hands of two little brats!

That Yang Family was truly hateful as well. They had actually hidden a First Level of Qi Gathering cultivator within their household.

However, he was not too panicked at the moment. In his eyes, Linghu and Lingrui were merely two children who had never seen much of the world, easy to fool.

Just as he was about to open his mouth and quibble, Yang Lingqing walked out of the room and struck first.

"You are Wang Lie, the second-in-command of the Wang Family in White Stone Town."

"Uh..."

Wang Lie was caught off guard by this sudden turn of events and stood there dumbfounded.

Yang Lingqing had originally only meant to test him, since she had merely seen Wang Lie's portrait and had never met the man himself.

Besides Wang Lie, Elder Yu had also brought her portraits of cultivators from the major surrounding factions, and she had committed them all to memory.

Judging from Wang Lie's reaction now, it was undoubtedly him.

Wang Lie's mind had crashed at this moment.

Three?

Was this real?

Three young Qi Gathering Realm cultivators, every one of them younger than Wang Weiyang!

What incredible fortune had the Yang Family stumbled into!

The enormous flood of information left him unable to accept it for a time.

Before he could recover, Yang Lingqing grabbed a handful of dirt and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Tiger, go to the mines immediately and call the ancestor back."

"Alright!"

Yang Linghu swiftly leaped down the cliff and raced toward the Yang Family's mines.

Wang Lie was completely dumbfounded. Were these three really children?

Why could he not see even a trace of panic on their faces?

Yang Lingqing and Yang Lingrui guarded him like that until Yang Guanfeng and Yang Linghu returned from the mines.

Yang Guanfeng's expression was terrifyingly grim at that moment. He merely glared at Wang Lie once, and the latter began shivering all over.

"Lingqing, release him."

"Yes, Ancestor."

Yang Lingqing withdrew her technique, and Wang Lie shakily rose to his feet.

"Heh... hehe, greetings, Yang Family Patriarch!"

"Did Wang Xiong send you?" Yang Guanfeng asked.

"No, no, no! This was my own idea. The patriarch knows nothing about it."

Upon hearing this, a smile curled across Yang Guanfeng's lips.

"Oh? He knows nothing about it? Then this will be easy."

"It is easy. I offer you my apologies here. I am willing to return to White Stone Town with you and accept my guilt and punishment!"

When Wang Lie said this, he had yet to realize the gravity of the situation. He naively believed that as long as he admitted his mistake, the Wang Family could simply offer compensation.

Little did he know that the moment he saw Yang Linghu and Yang Lingqing, he had already lost any chance of leaving the Yang Family alive.

Only after he noticed that the gazes of the four people present were somewhat wrong did he belatedly realize that something was amiss.

"Yang Family Patriarch, you... ah!!!"

Before he could finish speaking, Yang Guanfeng broke all four of Wang Lie's limbs.

He howled as he collapsed to the ground, curling up in agony.

Yang Guanfeng looked at Yang Lingrui and gave him a meaningful glance.

Yang Lingrui understood and nodded. Then, with an icy expression, he stepped forward and slowly raised his right arm.

A mass of sharp Gale Wind immediately began gathering in his palm.

"What?! You dare kill me?"

"Have you gone mad?! Do you know that my Wang Family has a sect backing us? You are courting death!"

"If anything happens to me, all it will take is one letter, and your Yang Family will be razed to the ground!"

Wang Lie screamed madly, yet the expressions of the four people around him did not change in the slightest. Instead, they looked at him as though he were a fool.

If that was the case, then all the more reason not to let you return alive.

Wang Lie was truly afraid now. He hurriedly looked at Yang Lingrui again, forcing a fierce and terrifying expression onto his face.

"Little brat, you dare kill me? You will dream of me every night from now on. Even as a ghost, I will not let you go!"

He wanted to intimidate Yang Lingrui with his words, but all he received in return was an even firmer gaze.

"The road to the Yang Family's prosperity is about to begin. I, Yang Lingrui, will become the sharpest blade of the Lineage! If anyone dares block the way, I will kill them! If ghosts come to disturb us, I will slay ghosts!"

With that, Yang Lingrui swung one hand down. The Gale Wind spiraled forth and directly severed Wang Lie's head.

No matter how hard Wang Lie tried, he could not understand why someone so young possessed such ruthless resolve, killing so easily.

What he did not know was that, in order to temper the three of them, Yang Guanfeng had long since led them in wiping out every last bandit around Little Pine Mountain.

Between the three of them, their hands had already taken more than thirty lives. What did one more amount to?

"Ancestor, how should we deal with this man's corpse?" Yang Lingqing asked.

Originally, Yang Guanfeng had wanted to take Wang Lie's corpse to White Stone Town and demand an explanation. But on second thought, if the other side adamantly refused to admit it, there was nothing he could do.

If, as Wang Lie had said, the Wang Family truly had a sect backing them, it would instead bring trouble upon himself and the Yang Family.

As he considered it, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Such a perfectly good Qi Gathering Cultivator corpse could not be wasted. Was it not excellent fertilizer for the spirit fields?

He might as well destroy the corpse and erase all traces, treating it as though nothing had happened. Could the Wang Family really come knocking on their door themselves?

Having made up his mind, he said, "Leave the corpse to me. You have worked hard this time, so get some rest early."

"Yes, Ancestor!"

Yang Guanfeng brought Wang Lie's corpse to the spirit fields west of the Forbidden Ground.

Two small formations had been specially set up there separately. Since they were at the Qi Gathering Mid-stage level, they had not been affected by the lodestone.

Yang Guanfeng searched Wang Lie's body thoroughly. Unfortunately, this fellow had only brought a jet-black lodestone with him on this trip and nothing else.

He then spent some effort processing Wang Lie's corpse, crushing it into pieces, before burying it evenly beneath the spirit fields.

When he returned to the courtyard, he found Yang Lingqing waiting for him.

"Lingqing, is something the matter?"

"Yes, Ancestor."

As she spoke, she took out Chen Yang and handed him to Yang Guanfeng.

Yang Guanfeng revealed an approving expression. "You are still the meticulous one. You knew to put this treasure away safely."

"Ancestor, when Wang Lie entered, the warning formation failed."

"Oh?"

As though realizing something, Yang Guanfeng took out the lodestone he had just searched from Wang Lie's body.

With a slight circulation of spiritual power to activate it, the formations around the Forbidden Ground began fluctuating violently.

"So that is how this treasure is used. Not bad. He used this item to interfere with the formations."

Yang Guanfeng continued, "Without the formations, how did you discover that he had intruded?"

Yang Lingqing pointed at Chen Yang.

"I was in a half-meditative state at the time. The Spirit Gathering Stone released fluctuations and woke me?"

"What? You are saying it was this Spirit Gathering Stone?"

Yang Guanfeng stared at Chen Yang in disbelief, his eyes filled with astonishment.

Lying in his palm, Chen Yang thought, That's right, Old Yang. I did it. So? Impressive, right?

Naturally, Yang Guanfeng could not hear Chen Yang's thoughts. He only felt puzzled.

This spiritual treasure had been found in the Secret Realm. Elder Yu had personally identified it as a Spirit Gathering Stone, so that should not have been wrong.

Could the special environment within the Secret Realm have given this stone some other function?

"Alright, I understand. Go back now."

"Yes, Ancestor!"

Yang Guanfeng could not figure out the secret himself, so he could only wait until tomorrow to visit Elder Yu in White Stone Town and confirm it.

On the Wang Family's side, Wang Xiong and Wang Weiyang stayed awake all night, waiting until dawn, yet Wang Lie never returned.

During the first half of the night, they had both been extremely optimistic, thinking that once the matter succeeded, they would swallow up the Yang Family's several shops.

But as they waited, they increasingly felt that something was wrong and began growing anxious.

Now that the sun had risen, Wang Xiong's brows were tightly furrowed.

Wang Weiyang stood beside him. He had thought of a possibility, but he did not dare voice it.

The two waited another day, yet still no news came back.

By the third day, Wang Xiong stopped waiting. With a dark expression, he returned to the Wang Family's secret chamber, while Wang Weiyang followed after him with panic in his eyes.

They both knew that Wang Lie would not be returning.