After the oil was poured, everyone gathered around the burly man at the head of the group. This man was covered in tattoos and had extremely well-developed muscles. He lit a cigarette and took a deep drag.
"Brother Long, they've surrounded us." A henchman ran over and said, "The oil's been poured in."
"Is there anyone else around?" Brother Long exhaled a smoke ring.
“There’s no one else here. This is the Liu family’s ancestral home. The village is about to be demolished, and almost all the villagers have moved away.” The younger brother replied, “The Liu family also knows that they’ve gotten into trouble these past few days, so they didn’t go back to the community. After Liu Jun was released, he moved here directly with the old man, his wife, and his daughter.”
"Kill everyone who comes out." Brother Long flicked his cigarette butt onto the ground.
Sparks from the cigarette butt landed on the spilled oil, and with a whoosh, a raging fire broke out.
The Liu family's ancestral home was an old-style house, mainly built of wood. When oil was poured on it and a spark was added, the fire in the place immediately ignited.
Brother Long's expression grew increasingly cold as he looked at the raging fire before him and exhaled a smoke ring.
This guy was another henchman hired by Liang Chenghu, and he specialized in murder and robbery.
Seeing that the fire had been burning for a long time and no one had come out, Brother Long sensed that something was wrong.
He said in a deep voice, "Rush in and see if there's anyone inside."
"Impossible. I personally watched from here and saw three generations of a family, four people in this house." One of the henchmen waved his hand: "Go in and take a look."
Brother Long grabbed a machete, kicked open the door that was almost burned to rotten wood, and went inside first.
Inside the courtyard, only one person was sitting there leisurely drinking tea; that person was Ye Xingchen.
"Who are you? Where is the Liu family?" Brother Long's heart skipped a beat, sensing something was wrong, but he still mustered his courage to ask.
"I am Ye Xingchen." Ye Xingchen said calmly, "Go back and tell Liang Chenghu that I have protected the Liu family."
"You guaranteed it?" Brother Long roared in anger, cursing, "Who do you think you are? Second Master wants to take their lives, and you think you can just guarantee it?"
“That’s right, when I said I’d protect these people, I meant it.” Ye Xingchen nodded. “I don’t want to kill anyone right now, because killing these cannon fodder wouldn’t do any good; it would only increase my bloodlust.”
"Protect your mother! I've got plenty of lives on my hands. Hand over the Liu family right now, or I'll kill you!" One of Long's hot-tempered henchmen roared as he stepped forward to threaten him.
Ye Xingchen gently flicked his right hand, and a fallen leaf on the stone table in front of him suddenly floated up.
Whoosh... The sharp leaves, enhanced by true energy, transformed into hidden weapons, piercing through the younger brother's throat.
A cloud of blood mist burst from the back of the henchman's neck. The henchman was thrown back several meters by the powerful impact of the leaves. His eyes widened, and then he collapsed to his knees with a thud, dead.
"Go! Chop him down!" Brother Long roared, leading dozens of his henchmen as they charged forward.
Ye Xingchen flashed and circled the scene. Wherever he went, he was invincible. Accompanied by screams and howls, the battlefield quickly came to an end.
Amidst the scattered limbs and broken bodies, Ye Xingchen swept his gaze around before stopping. He raised his hands and looked at them; they were spotless, yet to him, they appeared to be covered in blood.
He sighed. He had promised himself not to kill, so why did he act impulsively again?
Of the dozens of people, only Brother Long remained. He was stunned and stood there, holding the knife in his hand, looking at Ye Xingchen helplessly.
"Did Liang Chenghu send you?" Ye Xingchen asked.
Brother Long swallowed hard, then nodded in horror.
"Did he send you to kill this whole family?" Ye Xingchen asked again.
"I...I was just following orders. My life is worthless." Brother Long gritted his teeth.
Just then, his phone rang again. It was Liang Chenghu calling. He held the machete in his hand and didn't dare to move, let alone answer the phone.
"Receive," Ye Xingchen said calmly.
Brother Long quickly picked up his phone and answered the call.
"Ah Long, how's the matter going?" Liang Chenghu asked slowly and deliberately.
Brother Long looked at Ye Xingchen, unsure how to answer. Ye Xingchen nodded at him and then made a killer gesture.
Brother Long understood, and he tried to make his tone sound calm: "President Liang, everything has been taken care of. None of the four family members were left alive, and their ancestral home was burned to the ground."
"Okay, Ah Long, I always trust you to get things done. Come over here." Liang Chenghu was very satisfied and hung up the phone.
"Where is he?" Ye Xingchen asked, looking at Brother Long with a smile.
"In a private villa in Hedong," Brother Long said helplessly.
“Very good, take me there.” Ye Xingchen nodded.
"He'll kill me," Brother Long said with a bitter smile.
"You should know that if you don't send me there, you'll die right now," Ye Xingchen sneered.
Brother Long nodded helplessly, accepting his fate, because this matter was beyond his control. He obediently got up and led Ye Xingchen out.
Gu Manyun brought a group of people over and added fuel to the fire inside the old house, burying all the dozens of corpses in the sea of fire.
Brother Long was so scared that he was trembling as he walked.
Because he almost became one of that group.
In a riverside villa in Hedong, Liang Chenghu sat on the villa's terrace, swirling a glass of red wine in his hand and gazing at the river view.
Although the villa is located outside the city and in a relatively remote location, it is halfway up the Qinhuai River. There are only about thirty villas in this community. The location and feng shui of the first villa were surveyed by a master. It has the layout of a tiger dwelling halfway up the mountain and overlooking the vast river.
After admiring the river view for a while, Liang Chenghu felt bored. He took a glass of red wine downstairs and had just entered his room when the doorbell rang.
Liang Chenghu was deep in thought when his thoughts were interrupted, which displeased him.
However, the doorbell kept ringing, which infuriated Liang Chenghu. He shouted, "Get in here!"
Bang... The door was slammed open from the outside, and a blood-covered man rolled in. This man was none other than Brother Long.
Liang Chenghu's eyelids twitched. The moment the door was smashed open, he realized something was wrong. He quickly stepped back, then reached for his waist with his right hand, and a pistol appeared in his hand.
The person who rolled in was none other than Brother Long. He was covered in blood, and it was unclear whether he was alive or dead. Liang Chenghu's face was terribly gloomy. He raised his head and stared intently at the entrance.
A moment later, Ye Xingchen slowly walked in.
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