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nA hundred thousand taels for Little Zhou and two hundred thousand taels for Xiao Ran.

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n“Brother Xiao, are you accepting it?”

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n“Yes! Why not?” Xiao Ran asked him in return.

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n“What if something happens?”

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n“Take the money but don’t do anything. Don’t make promises. Keep it so that they can feel at ease,” Xiao Ran said.

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n“Brilliant!” Little Zhou gave a thumbs up.

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nHe quickly pocketed the money.

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n“Brother Xiao, where did you buy your house?”

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n“Jingwen Square.”

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n“I’ll buy a house when I go back this time and not go home anymore. As long as my father can’t find me, he won’t be able to force me to go on blind dates again,” Little Zhou said.

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n“Aren’t you afraid that your father will come with a stick and block the entrance of the Divine Sword Guards headquarters?”

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nLittle Zhou was at a loss for words.

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nAt nightfall,

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ntwo Divine Sword Guards carried a lunch box and entered the rest chamber to deliver food to Qian Yi.

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nThis was Xiao Ran’s special instruction to prevent any accidents from happening to him. Before the news from the Imperial Court arrived, no matter who delivered the food, there had to be two people.

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nSetting the lunch box on the floor, he looked at his colleague. “Old Liao, it’s your turn this time.”

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n“Are you trying to be lazy, you rascal?” Old Liao scolded him jokingly.

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nHe laid out the food and walked up to Qian Yi with a pair of chopsticks. “Open your mouth.”

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nQian Yi glared angrily at first, then looked behind him in fear. He hurriedly warned, “Be careful!”

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nHowever, it was too late.

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nThe dagger slid into his body, then it was pulled out and pushed back in again.

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nAfter a dozen stabs, he had turned into a leaking sieve.

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nOld Liao turned his head with difficulty and looked at Little Wei. His mouth was open as if he could not believe what he was seeing. He had died at the hands of his comrades. He tried for a long time but could not say a single word.

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nHowever, from the movements of his mouth, he seemed to be asking, “Why kill me?”

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n“Old Liao, I’m sorry! I don’t want to kill you, but they captured my parents. If I don’t kill you, my parents will die! Don’t worry, I’ll burn more paper incense for you every year on this day!” Little Wei uttered with a tortured expression.

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nPushing his body away, he gripped the dripping dagger.

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nHe looked at Qian Yi with a ferocious expression, like a demon. “You deserve to die! If it weren’t for you, he wouldn’t have died.”

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nHe raised the dagger and went for his heart.

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n“Help…”

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nClang!

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nThe dagger fell and was blocked by an iron net formed from spiritual soul energy. It sent out a flash of sparks and the huge recoil sent him flying.

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nThe people outside heard the commotion and kicked open the door and rushed in.

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nLooking at the dead Old Liao and Little Wei with a dagger in his hand that was still dripping blood, they quickly subdued him.

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nQian Yi shouted, “He killed your people and tried to kill me.”

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nXiao Ran walked in from outside and looked at Little Wei with a steely gaze. “Who instructed you to do this?”

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n“Just kill me! I won’t say anything.” Little Wei begged for death on his own volition and closed his eyes.

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n“Did they use your parents’ lives to threaten you?” Xiao Ran asked.

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nEver since Qian Yi was locked in the rest chamber, Xiao Ran’s spiritual soul energy had been protecting him.

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nAs long as someone tried to harm him, his spiritual soul energy would be activated and he could rush over immediately as well.

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n“How did you know that?” Little Wei asked with a look of horror.

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n“You’re too naive. If your parents have fallen into their hands, it does not matter whether this mission succeeds or not, they will still be killed. If you tell me everything now, you may still be able to avenge them,” Xiao Ran said.

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n“Impossible! They promised me that as long as I kill Qian Yi, they will let my parents go. They will also give me another sum of money and let us escape from here.”

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n“How ignorant!” Xiao Ran ridiculed him.

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nLittle Wei struggled and shouted, “Let go of me! I’m going to look for them!”

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nPow!

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nLittle Zhou gave him one punch on the chest and sent him flying. He then said sternly, “Behave yourself.”

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n“The longer we delay, the greater the danger they will be in. You have to think carefully,” Xiao Ran reminded him.

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nLittle Wei panicked, and forgot about the pain in his chest.

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nHe did not dare to think further. If what Xiao Ran said was true, then his parents would be in danger.

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n“I’ll tell you! I’ll tell you everything!”

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nAfter listening to him,

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nXiao Ran quickly ordered, “You stand guard here. I’ll go over there.”

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n“Brother Xiao, you’re okay on your own?” Little Zhou asked worriedly.

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n“Cut the crap,” Xiao Ran retorted.

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nAfter leaving the rest chamber, he was about to leave the base station when he felt uneasy. If he left and a Grand Master arrived in his absence, everyone here would be wiped out.

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nHe took out a grain of Stars Sand and activated the Spawning Soldiers from Beans technique. He transformed it into a golden-armored figure and made it stand guard here.

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nIn this way, even if a powerful enemy appeared, this place would still be safe.

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nBased on Little Wei’s confession, he rushed to a residential house in the north of the city.

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nOnce they arrived,

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nthe air was filled with the smell of blood. Xiao Ran had a bad feeling that he was too late.

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nAfter entering the room,

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na middle-aged man and a woman were lying on the ground with their heads cut off. It seemed that they were Little Wei’s parents.

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nAfter checking the whole place over,

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njudging by the time of death, they had been dead for half a day.

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nHis parents had probably been killed the moment Little Wei agreed to their request.

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nBack at the base station of the Divine Sword Guards,

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nhe put away the golden-armored figure and entered the rest chamber.

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nLittle Zhou hurriedly asked, “Any results?”

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n“They had been dead for almost half a day,” Xiao Ran said.

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nLittle Wei screamed at the top of his lungs. “That’s not possible!”

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n“Shut up,” Little Zhou berated.

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nHe slapped him on the head and knocked him out. Then he asked someone to take him away to await his punishment.

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n“Are you still going to be stubborn at this point?” Xiao Ran turned to Qian Yi and asked.

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nIf not for the fact that a Forbidden Spirit Technique had been planted in his brain, Xiao Ran would have used the Spirit Shifting Soul Control technique a long time ago.

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nDuring the interim from Old Liao’s death until Xiao Ran’s return, Qian Yi thought through many things seriously.

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nNow that Xiao Ran asked him again, he was not as stubborn as before.

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n“It’s not that I don’t want to talk. I’ve never even seen their faces! Every time they contact me, it’s always at night. They keep their faces covered and either hand me the stuff or simply give me a direct assignment.”

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