Half an hour later, Gu Xicheng and Lu Qing arrived at the Chu family's house.
At this moment, the Chu family villa was completely silent, as if shrouded in a layer of black mist.
The moment they stepped inside, the voice of the Wrathful King rang out:
"You've finally arrived!"
The tyrannical king's soul possessed the steward and slowly walked out.
"Where are my parents?" Lu Qing asked sternly.
With a gentle wave of his hand, the Wrathful King sent out some people possessed by the Wrathful Clan, leading members of the Gu and Chu families.
Apart from Chu Qianjin, who was with Helian Shi, whom they couldn't harm, everyone else was here.
They were all unconscious, but they shouldn't be injured.
"Well? Now that you've seen it clearly, hand over the demon core!" the tyrannical king sneered.
Lu Qing lowered his eyes and frowned, then took out the demon core.
"Release them first, otherwise I won't give you the demon core!"
The tyrannical king scoffed lightly:
"Lu Qing, do you think I'm stupid? I've already been fooled by you once, and I won't fall for it a second time."
"Give me the demon core first, and I'll release them!"
"Heh~" Lu Qing sneered:
"What if I give you the demon core and you change your mind?"
The tyrannical king frowned and said angrily, "The person is in my hands now, you have no right to negotiate!"
"Alright! Let's die together then!"
After saying that, Lu Qing and Gu Xicheng unleashed the Nine Nether Lotus Flame together, surrounding the area as if they were about to burn everyone to death.
"Anyway, if you go back on your word, they'll still die, so the outcome is the same."
The King of Li was surprised that Lu Qing would say such a thing.
According to the plot he saw in the TV series, Lu Qing should have agreed to give him the demon core first in order to ensure the safety of his family!
Seeing that the Nine Nether Lotus Flame was about to burn in, the Wrathful King panicked.
Without these hostages, he had no leverage to negotiate with Lu Qing.
Actually, he didn't want to die together with Lu Qing; he still wanted to live.
He wanted to delay for a while, to give him more time to absorb enough malevolent energy before breaking through the Heavenly Heart Bottle.
They would only not activate the Demon-Slaying Array so quickly if the demon core were destroyed and Lu Qing's safety could not be guaranteed.
He must destroy the demon core today!
"Fine! I'll count to three, then you throw the demon core over here, and I'll release the person," the Wrathful King roared.
Lu Qing: "No! You have so many people under your command. If you go back on your word, we can't guarantee everyone's safety."
The Wrathful King: "Then what do you want?"
Lu Qing: "Leave one hostage and release the others first."
"Anyway, these people are all equally important to me, and I don't want anything to happen to any of them unless absolutely necessary."
After careful consideration, the King of Li agreed:
"Okay, we'll do it your way!"
The tyrannical king glanced at the hostages, his gaze finally settling on Gu Xicheng's grandmother.
Grandma is old and frail, and seems to be the easiest to manage among this group.
Lu Qing and Gu Xicheng hurriedly said:
"Grandma isn't feeling well, you should ask someone else to help."
Seeing their tense expressions, the tyrannical king's lips curled into a sinister smile:
"No! I want to choose her!"
The more nervous you are, the more at ease I am!
As he spoke, Li Qi ordered his Li Clan subordinates to set everyone else aside.
Gu Xicheng immediately set up a barrier to ensure their safety.
"Alright! Now you can give me the demon core!" the tyrannical king said coldly.
Lu Qing looked at the demon core in his hand, gritted his teeth, and threw it away.
The tyrannical king immediately pounced over, grabbed the demon core, and crushed it violently.
At the same time, a member of the Li clan, under the instruction of the Li King, plunged his knife into the old woman's body.
"grandmother!!!"
Gu Xicheng and Lu Qing ran over at the same time and helped the old lady up.
The old woman was bleeding profusely from her chest and died before she could even open her eyes.
"King Li! You have broken your promise!" Lu Qing pointed at King Li and shouted angrily.
The tyrant laughed loudly, his face full of smugness:
So what if you break your promise!
"Lu Qing, the demon core has been destroyed. If I am to disappear, you must perish with me!"
After saying that, the tyrannical king grinned and left the steward's body.
The others who were possessed by the Li Clan also left with the Li King.
Lu Qing and Gu Xicheng held the old lady's body and wept bitterly.
However, the sound did not last long.
Lu Qing: "Waaah... Have all the Li Clan members left?"
Gu Xicheng: "Waaah... We should... be gone by now!"
"Let me see!"
Gu Xicheng opened one eye and looked around.
Once he was sure there were no more members of the Li Clan nearby, he immediately stopped crying and wiped away his tears.
"You can stop crying now, they're all gone!"
Lu Qing's crying stopped abruptly, and she took out a tissue and blew her nose hard.
"Finally, they're leaving! If they hadn't left, I wouldn't have been able to keep up the act!"
The two of them almost couldn't hold back their tears, burying their faces in their hands to avoid being seen.
At this moment, the 'old lady' lying on the ground also opened her eyes and said coldly:
"I didn't expect this King Li to be so stupid; he was fooled by such a simple trick!"
The old lady raised her hand and waved it, and she returned to her original state.
It was Helian Shi.
Meanwhile, the real old lady is sleeping at Helian Shi and Chu Qianjin's house!
The others who had been drugged by the Li Clan also woke up one after another.
"Qingqing, Xiao Gu, is everything resolved? Are you both alright?"
Lu Qing replied with a smile:
"We're fine! It's all been resolved, and everyone cooperated very well!"
"Where is the demon core?" Helian Shi asked.
Lu Qing took it out of his pocket:
"Here it is! The one we just threw was a fake!"
When Lu Qing and Gu Xicheng realized that the King of Li might use her and Gu Xicheng's family and friends to threaten her into destroying the demon core, they began to plan.
The fake demon pill was made by my brother; it was just finished last night.
On the way back to the Chu family, Gu Xicheng contacted Wang Yanjun and secretly handed it over to them while waiting at a traffic light.
Then he instructed the two families that the Li Clan might take action at any time in the next two days, and that they did not need to resist. They just needed to be dizzy and do nothing.
As for the old lady, Helian Shi had already brought her to his and Chu Qianjin's home early in the morning. Then he transformed into the old lady's appearance and stayed at the Gu family home, quietly waiting for the arrival of the Li Clan.
After that, Lu Qing guided the King of Wrath step by step to choose a hostage to exchange for the demon core according to her plan.
As for the selection of hostages...
An elderly woman who appears frail and weak is naturally the best choice.
Lu Qing also knew that even if the King of Li took the demon core, he would definitely not let the hostages go.
That's why Helian Shi was dressed as an old lady beforehand.
The knife wound inflicted by the Li tribe was nothing more than a superficial injury to Helian Shi, and it has already healed.
"Although we fooled the King of Wrath today, there is still one day before the Evil Extermination Array is activated. Right now, the outside world is full of Wrathful Clan members, so we still have to keep up the act."
Gu Yan was taken aback: "What do you mean? We really have to hold a funeral for your grandmother?"
Gu Xicheng nodded: "That's right! Not only do we have to do it, but everyone has to actually cry!"
Nan Qian: "But your grandmother is still alive and well, and all your relatives and friends have been invited. How are you going to explain this later?"
"There's no need to actually tell everyone. Just find a few actors and put on a play!"
Lu Qing looked at his fifth brother, Chu Qianjue: "Fifth brother, I'm leaving this matter to you."
Chu Qianjue smiled and nodded: "No problem."
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