Unexpectedly, Ye Xingchen saw through his intentions at a glance: "You're stalling for time, aren't you? Don't waste your time. All your underlings have been taken down. As for the officials, who dares to show their face?"
"You..." Li Jianye was as if he had been choked, and he couldn't say a word.
The club above had been cleared out today. In the club's lobby, nightclub thugs lay sprawled on the floor. Su Jin, waving a silver bell in her hand, poisoned everyone until they were knocked to the ground.
Ning Qingyan led a group of people, their faces filled with murderous intent, into the elevator and went down to the basement.
Upon seeing Ning Qingyan approach, Li Jianye was speechless.
"Is there anything else you want to say?" Ning Qingyan asked.
"There's nothing to say, Ning Qingyan. Just tell me what you want," Li Jianye said coldly.
"You said Elder Zhongmen was in a neighboring city, tricked me into leaving the city, and then I was attacked on the highway," Ning Qingyan said calmly. "Do you dare say you have absolutely nothing to do with this?"
"Heh, what the hell does your attack have to do with me? You're spouting nonsense and using this as an excuse to suppress fellow disciples of the Zhongmen. I'm going to report you to the Council of Deacons. Don't think you can do whatever you want just because your ancestors were the founders of the Zhongmen." Li Jianye said coldly.
"You've got a tough tongue." Ye Xingchen grinned, then suddenly raised his knife and chopped off one of Li Jianye's fingers.
Snap, ah...
Li Jianye screamed in agony as Ye Xingchen severed one of his little fingers, causing it to bleed profusely.
"Ye Xingchen..." Li Jianye's eyes were bloodshot: "I swear, I will definitely kill you."
"That depends on whether you have the chance." Ye Xingchen smiled slightly, pulled out a cloth, and wiped the bloodstains from the machete: "You have ten fingers, I can chop them off one by one."
“If you’re stubborn, I can cut off your toes. Besides that, you still have arms and legs. Don’t worry, I’m a good doctor. You won’t die until I cut off all your parts.”
Ye Xingchen suddenly slammed his sword down heavily on the table, and with a crack, the table was split in two.
He leaned closer to Li Jianye and said coldly, "But you can only watch helplessly as your body is dismembered bit by bit until you die."
“You’re not human, you’re a devil… a devil…” Li Jianye was jolted awake. Ye Xingchen’s words directly shattered his last line of defense: “Ask whatever you want, but there’s one thing: spare my family.”
"Do you have the right to make conditions?" Ye Xingchen asked.
“I know the rules of the Loyal Sect. Those who betray the Loyal Sect will have their entire family wiped out…” Li Jianye said with a grim expression, “If you don’t agree, no matter how much you torture me, I will not tell you.”
Click...
Ye Xingchen swung his knife and severed another of Li Jianye's fingers. Li Jianye's eyes widened suddenly, and he let out a painful, suppressed roar.
Even though this guy was determined to protect his family, he eventually gave in to Ye Xingchen's torment.
"No...don't cut me anymore, I'll talk, I'll tell you everything." Li Jianye was already half dead, his head drooping like a dead dog.
In less than ten minutes, everything that needed to be asked had been asked.
"So, Sato Matsuichi asked you to provide false information, and then you gave him my whereabouts so he could ambush and kill me on the way?" Ning Qingyan asked.
Now everything is clear: the reason Ning Qingyan was attacked by the Japanese was all this guy's doing.
“Yes, he promised me… many benefits, and he used my family as leverage, so I had no choice.” Li Jianye gave a bitter laugh: “Give me a quick death, please, spare my family.”
“I won’t touch your family; they are innocent. But you betrayed the Loyal Sect and must die. Will you take your own life, or will we send you on your way?” Ning Qingyan asked.
"I'll end it all. Thank you for sparing my family." Li Jianye nodded.
"I'm curious, what benefits did the Japanese offer you that would make you betray the Loyal Sect even at the cost of your life?" Ye Xingchen asked. "You're not short of money, are you? You have status too. You should have everything they can offer."
“They told me they had a plan to make them bigger and stronger, and that they possessed something no one could refuse: life extension.” Li Jianye smiled. “Tell me, people like us, with status and money…”
"But the one thing we can't change is our own birth, aging, sickness, and death. They can extend my life, so..."
"You actually believe this nonsense?" Ye Xingchen sneered. "Extending lifespan does exist. Give me ten years, and I can do it. But those Japanese know their own limitations."
"Do you regret it?" Ning Qingyan sighed.
"Regret? What's the use of regretting now?" Li Jianye shook his head with a smile: "Remember what you said. I'll end my own life. You, spare my family, or else..."
At this point, Li Jianye stopped talking. He grabbed the machete from the ground and slashed his own neck.
Thump... Li Jianye fell to the ground, dead.
Looking at Li Jianye's body, Ning Qingyan sighed and instructed, "Clean up the situation here and notify the Zhongmen Qinglu Hall to handle these matters."
"What about his family?" Ye Xingchen asked. "According to the rules, those who betray the loyal sect must have their entire family wiped out."
"But you just promised him that you would spare his family."
“Of course I will keep my promise to him, and I will not make things difficult for his family. I will explain these things to Qinglutang,” Ning Qingyan said.
"Sis, why didn't you tell me about this serious thing?" Ning Xin said with some resentment, "Although we don't have the same mother, I've always considered you my own sister."
“There are some troublesome things I don’t want you to get involved in. You should stay out of my business and just stay in Tianhai and be a playboy.” Ning Qingyan glanced at Ning Xin.
“I’m not a playboy,” Ning Xin protested.
"Alright, go back now. And one more thing, don't have any contact with the Japanese," Ning Qingyan said.
"Okay, I understand." Ning Xin nodded.
Ning Qingyan and Ye Xingchen left together, with Ning Qingyan sitting in the passenger seat, looking preoccupied.
"Still worried about these things?" Ye Xingchen asked.
"The Japanese want to take my blood. What exactly do they want?" Ning Qingyan asked.
"There are many secrets in the Jade Slip Heavenly Book, which can only be unlocked with your blood," Ye Xingchen said. "Their true purpose is to restart the Dragon Locking Array in the Dragon Vein and rise up by taking advantage of the fortune of China."
"After all these years, they still haven't given up their evil intentions." Ning Qingyan said bitterly, "Since they've been haunting me like a ghost, then I won't hold back anymore. Starting today, Jinghong Club will use all its resources to fight Sato Matsuichi to the death."
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