C28 The Ye Family

"Agh!"

"No!"

"Stop it! Kill me!"

"Show mercy! Just kill me!"

Within a few minutes, Teng Bao emitted a series blood-curdling screech, unable to withstand the torture.

At this point, his face, neck, and shockers had already been filled numerous fine wounds.

Blood flowed out and soaked back into his wounds, making him look like some sort of creature with red-edged scales.

In reality, the pain searing through his upper body was merely the appetizer of the course. The most tormenting feeling was the fear and unease within his mind.

As Teng Bao laid on the ground unable to move, the cold glint before him danced out his body like a picky snake, pondering where it should bite into next.

"This is just the beginning. Don't tell me you can't take it anymore...?"

Su Lang curled his lips and sneered, "Unfortunately, there is no way to stop it once it starts...."

"Please, stop! I will tell you everything you want to know!"

"Please give me a quick death! Don't torment me any future!"

His previous unyielding attitude had vanished entirely, quickly replaced by the wails of a stray dog.

The two other burly men from the Broken Axe Hunting Group kneeled helplessly at the side. Scared out of their wits, their bodies trembled uncontrollably like a shaking leaf.

"Alright, since you're in such a pitiful state..."

Su Lang said without any intentions of stopping his actions, "I will continue to torture you while I listen to what you have to say. If I find your answer satisfactory, I will give you a quick death."

"No! N-No... okay! I will tell you everything!"

Although Teng Bao's manner of speech had already turned incoherent, he nevertheless spoke to avoid suffering any further, "The reason I wanted to kill you was because of your parents!"

"Your parents became a guest elder of the Ye Family not long ago and were sent on a very dangerous mission in the territory of D-class Vicious Beast. Unfortunately, the two of them ended up dying on their mission."

"According to the agreement of the guest elders, the Ye Family was required to compensate 2000 gold coins per death. Those gold coins should have fallen into your hands."

"However, since the money isn't a small amount... in addition to you being an ordinary person with no talent.... the Sixth Young Master ended up wanting to get those gold coins for himself."

"After the order was passed down to me, I arranged for two of my men to kill you!"

"...."

" So that's how it is...."

Su Lang retracted his Tang Blade with an indifferent expression.

Although he looked as calm as a pond with a still surface, the hatred within his heart had already erupted like a volcano.

Why did his previous parents want to become a guest elder of the Ye Family?

Wasn't it to earn more money to allow their son to step into the path of martial cultivators?

Despite their good intentions, the Ye Family had actually sent both of them into the territory of the D-class Vicious Beast with power rivaling that of someone in the Martial Expert Realm, ultimately causing their unnecessary deaths.

As if that wasn't enough, those greedy bastards had even wiped out the roots of the problem in order to avoid paying the compensation for their deaths. They had truly licked their food clean, not even leaving behind a single bone.

"Oh, the Ye Family.... What an excellent family!"

Seeming to have lost his sanity, Su Lang lifted his sword and cleaning sliced off Teng Bao's neck in a flash.

Immediately after, he slowly twisted his menacing gaze towards the remaining two members of the Broken Axe Hunting Group who were kneeling on the ground in fear.

"Please spare my life!"

"Please show mercy! From now on, I will serve as your loyal dog!"

No longer possessing the temperament of bandits, the two men lowered their heads into submission and begged for their lives to be spared.

"Go and collect every single item of value in the stronghold."

Su Lang spoke in a calm tone, "Don't even think of playing any tricks. Otherwise, you will suffer an even worse fate than Teng Bao."

Since there were still plenty of materials and resources — amount up to at least 500 hundred gold coins — left behind in the unlooted parts of the stronghold, Su Lang did not plan to let any of those valuables go.

"Yes! Of course!"

"We will do so at once!"

Feeling both surprised and frightened at the same time, the two men scrambled up from the ground and began to loot the corpses of their past comrades before plundering the stronghold.

Su Lang stood still in thought and silently recalled every single piece of information about the Ye Family.

There were a total of four powerhouses in Red Maple City, each having a cultivator of the Martial General Realm guarding them. The Ye Family stood as one of them.

The other three powerhouses included the League of Martial Cultivators, the Yu Family, and the Bao Family.

With such powerful backings in the city, the Broken Axe Hunting Group would naturally have the confidence to act arrogant.

Ordinary martial cultivators without any background would probably not dare to kill Teng Bao.

From Su Lang's perspectives, however, he would stop at nothing to kill Teng Bao, even if the gods themselves showed up before him.

As the main culprit of this particular incident, the Ye Family had also become the target of Su Lang's revenge. His hatred was especially directed towards the Sixth Young Master of the Ye Family.

"It's such a pity that I don't have enough gold coins. Otherwise, I would have upgraded the functions of the system to exact revenge."

A cold light suddenly flashed in Su Lang's eyes. He then asked, "System, how much time would it take to break through to the next small realm of the Mortal Realm?"

[The Host will only need five hours to break through to the next small realm.]

"Hmm.... Five hours.... The effects of the pills should already have been taken into account."

With that in mind, Su Lang began calculating. Having already consumed four medicinal Body Tempering Pills, the final one would last him another three hours.

"Looks like I'm going to need to buy more pills."

Su Lang found a decent-sized rock before sitting down. All he needed to do now was wait for the two members of the Broken Axe Hunting Group to gather the remaining items.