On the other side, Sun Ji was already terrified. He pushed one of his men off his horse, then spurred the horse hard and ran away as fast as he could.
The other guards also scattered like monkeys after the tree fell, fleeing in different directions.
The thick-browed Taoist snorted coldly and flicked his sleeve. The scattered weapons on the ground shot out like homing missiles, accurately hitting the backs of the guards. None of them survived.
Looking in the direction Sun Ji had fled, he took a step and appeared in front of him in the next moment.
"Hiss~" The horse was startled and stood up. The thick-browed Taoist snorted coldly and slapped the horse's head with his palm. The horse withered at a speed visible to the naked eye and died on the spot.
Sun Jize was thrown to the ground in a disheveled state. He tried to run but found his legs wouldn't obey him, and his body kept moving backward. He kept begging for mercy: "Senior, all you want is money. I'll give you the things. There's no need to kill me. This is Yi County after all. Making a blood feud with the Sun family will cause a lot of trouble."
At this moment, the thick-browed Taoist nodded: "You're right. Offending your Sun family in Yi County is very troublesome."
Hearing this, Sun Ji was overjoyed: "As long as you spare me, I promise I won't pursue this matter any further. Those guards who just died are dead, and our Sun family won't care. Here are the items, please be merciful, senior." As he spoke, he handed over the storage bag containing the items from the auction with a fawning smile.
Zuan sneered inwardly. Those guards had risked their lives to protect him, and this was the result.
After inspecting the bag and confirming that everything was in order, the thick-browed Taoist put it in his pocket, a mischievous smile on his face, and then slapped it directly on Sun Ji's head.
"You..." Sun Ji only managed to utter one word before collapsing limply to the ground.
The thick-browed Taoist sneered: "Offending the Sun family is troublesome, but if I kill you all, who will know that I was the one who did it?"
Seeing this, Yang Long sighed deeply: "There are no secrets that stay hidden forever. The Sun family will surely find you."
After saying that, he slapped his forehead and committed suicide. He knew he had no way out and didn't want to stay here and have his power drained by the other party, so he thought it would be more painless to end his own life.
The thick-browed Taoist came to his side and, after confirming that he was indeed dead, said mockingly, "Now that there is a ready-made scapegoat, how could the Sun family possibly find me?"
As he spoke, he tidied up the scene. He then took out a bottle and poured it on the people he had drained. The people died at a visible speed, and finally, with the cold night wind blowing, they all turned to ashes.
Zuan nodded secretly. This person was indeed cautious, worried that this kind of death would easily lead people to associate it with him, so he wanted to destroy the evidence.
Immediately afterwards, the thick-browed Taoist came to Yang Long's side and drew the words "three three three" on the ground with his finger. To make it look realistic, he deliberately only wrote half of the last "three" before covering Yang Long's hand with it.
Having done all this, he nodded in satisfaction and was about to leave when a sigh came from the side: "You're the kind of person who dares to do things but not to take responsibility, insisting on making innocent people take the blame. Doesn't your conscience hurt?"
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