"Hmm..."

"Hmm~"

Two elderly people, whose combined weight is nearly 500 pounds, are naked and tied to a large tree.

Upon seeing Shen Zhao approach, the two groaned incessantly, but because their mouths were stuffed with rags, they couldn't utter a single sound.

Upon approaching the two men, Shen Zhao first untied the rope binding the blond-haired man.

"ha……"

After escaping, Huang Mao was panting heavily.

When Niu Shiren saw that it was Shen Zhao, his pupils shrank and he looked extremely frightened.

"Thanks, bro, I was so suffocated."

Shen Zhao stared coldly at the blond-haired man, the darkness concealing the chilling intent in his eyes.

"Hey bro, have you seen a beautiful woman, the kind whose skirt's been mostly pulled up, leaving her legs bare?"

Huang Mao was still unwilling to accept that he had failed to reach base. The first thing he wanted to do after escaping was to bring Gu Ningye back.

At that moment, he was completely unaware that death was lurking nearby.

"If you see her, you absolutely must tell me. I'm telling you, she's incredibly beautiful. If you'd like, you can join in too, if..."

Before he could finish speaking, Huang Mao felt an overwhelming pressure from Mount Tai pressing down on his head.

The next moment, his entire body, except for his face, was buried in the ground.

"What are you doing? Let me out right now!"

Bang~

His response was a hard kick from Shen Zhao, who was wearing leather boots, right in his face.

In an instant, all of Huang Mao's teeth shattered, and his slanted eyeball was kicked out, causing him to faint from the pain on the spot.

Then, he turned his attention to Niu Diren.

"Mmm...mmm~mmmmmm..."

Feeling the killing intent shooting from those cold eyes, Niu Shiren frantically twisted his fat and disgusting body.

Upon closer inspection, it looks like a maggot magnified tens of thousands of times, wriggling incessantly on the tree.

When Shen Zhao walked up to Niu Shiren, he didn't say a word and just stared at him expressionlessly.

Niu Diren immediately shook his head repeatedly, his facial expression quite interesting.

It seemed like a plea, or perhaps a defense; in short, it was utterly ridiculous.

After a long while, Shen Zhao removed the rag from his mouth.

Catching his breath, Niu Dairen immediately said, "Master Chen, it's me. Do you still recognize me? I'm Niu Dairen..."

"Did you instigate the matter concerning Empress Dowager Gu?"

Niu Shiren was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself: Oh no, I've kicked a hornet's nest. How could Empress Dowager Gu of the current dynasty be associated with him? If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have dared to take this job even if I had a hundred lives!

So he quickly shook his head and denied it: "No, no, Master Chen, please listen to me, I really didn't know she was the Empress Dowager of the Great Yin Kingdom."

I'm just a loan shark, and I also do some human trafficking on the side. That's all...

Before he could finish speaking, Shen Zhao grabbed his neck.

"Tell me, who told you to do it?"

"I...I really didn't...I didn't know..."

"Then you can die."

Feeling the immense pressure from Shen Zhao's iron palm, Niu Diren instantly cowered.

"No, no, no, please have mercy, Master Chen! I'll talk, I'll talk..."

Shen Zhao then released his hand and looked at him expressionlessly.

Two months ago, a major client in Chang'an commissioned me...

They told me to take the person to the Southern Region and sell them to Rouge Lane, saying it was so that I would have some security in the future.

Furthermore, as long as I bring the person to the Southern Region, I'll receive a staggering three thousand high-grade spirit stones, so...

"Mr. Shen, I really didn't mean it, please forgive me this time."

"Who is this person? What do they look like?"

"I've never seen this before. The guy I met with was this blond guy. He's never seen who the real employer is either. He only knows that he hangs out with a guy who wears a half-face mask."

Shen Zhao fell into deep thought.

What major events have occurred in Chang'an recently?

"I really don't know. I'm new here too, and I've never even been to Chang'an before."

However, along the way, I heard that the Empress of the Great Yin Dynasty had emerged from seclusion and was preparing for her wedding ceremony.

Furthermore, Li Minshuang, the master of the Taibai Tower in the Dao Domain, visited the Xuanjian Pavilion in Chang'an to pay respects to the spirit tablet of his former mentor.

"I really don't know anything else, Mr. Shen. I've said everything I needed to say, please let me off this time."

Shen Zhao pondered for a moment, a cold smile appearing on his lips.

"One last question, how are Yin Jiao'e and Su Xuejiao doing?"

"Don't worry, Master Chen, their lives are completely ruined. They've been reduced to sluts who can't live without a man, like Mu Gou!"

Shen Zhao patted Niu Shiren on the shoulder with satisfaction.

"Okay, thank you very much."

After saying that, he turned and left.

As I passed by Huang Mao, I casually kicked him in the head.

Niu Diren shifted his body, letting out a sigh of relief, and called out to Shen Zhao, who was gradually walking away, "Master Shen, why don't you help me untie myself? It's so uncomfortable being tied up like this, Master Shen, Master Shen..."

puff--

Suddenly, a hissing sound.

Niu Shiren was startled. He saw the yellow-haired man's head suddenly separate from his shoulder, spin into the air, and explode.

Instantly, a cloud of blood mist spread out and landed on him.

"Ah~ Ah~ Ah~"

The next moment, he screamed in agony, his face contorted in pain.

Before long, Niu Shiren began to smoke, and finally his whole body was enveloped in a ball of azure flames.

When Shen Zhao patted his shoulder just now, he sent a wisp of Nanming Li Fire seed into his body.

The yellow-haired man's blood was gasoline, and when it landed on him, it instantly ignited a fire.

And so, Niu Diren was burned alive, inside and out, to ashes.

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