Doomsday: Gain experience by hunting

As Zhao Zhe entered, he was immediately surrounded.

Startled, he was about to bristle when a hand gently pressed on his shoulder. Turning his head, he saw Deputy Gang Leader Zhao and couldn't help but shout:

"What's going on? Old Zhao, what do you mean by this?"

Could it be that the Gang Leader's faction was about to purge the ranks?

Deputy Gang Leader Zhao said, "Enough nonsense! The entire Juyan Martial Hall has mobilized for you. Ganshan City's four gates are sealed off, and they've deployed four Rank 5 experts, twenty-three Rank 6 experts, and countless Transcendent individuals."

Zhao Zhe was dumbfounded. "You, you, you're not kidding me, are you? Where did the Juyan Martial Hall get so many experts?"

This lineup sounded comparable to the three great families.

Shui Yun saw the two of them and exchanged a glance with Tang Wen before loudly proclaiming, "Don't panic! The entire Blackwater Gang stands with you. No one can wrong you!"

"Well said, Third Miss!"

"The Third Miss is generous!"

"Truly, she has the bearing of a leader!"

Stolen goods had been found in Zhao Zhe's courtyard.

His involvement was a foregone conclusion. At this moment, for the Third Miss to still speak up for him, what was that if not generosity and the bearing of a leader?

Zhao Zhe:?

"No! I didn't do anything!

I was in a carriage with my wife, eating snacks, just returning from the inner city.

The moment I arrived home, you people seized me!

Is there no law? Is there no justice?"

With countless Rank 6 and Transcendent individuals before him, he estimated that escape was impossible. Thus, he mustered all his cultivation and shouted his grievances so loudly that they soared into the sky.

"Alright! No one can wrong you."

The crowd parted, and Gang Leader Shui, Shi Lei, and various other prominent figures arrived together.

Zhao Zhe knew the words were true when he saw this scene.

Shui Qianjun didn't ask others to leave.

He had just finished exchanging information with Shi Lei.

Shi Lei had revealed a core secret about the Juyan Martial Hall.

Sensing his sincerity, Shui Qianjun said, "Unnecessary people, step aside. Zhao Zhe, come inside. With me here, there's nothing to fear."

Martial instructors and leaders consciously led their people out of the courtyard.

Unnecessary people, huh!

That meant anyone below the Transcendent realm.

Those who came from various gangs and factions were at least Transcendent, so there was no need for them to leave.

The bewildered Zhao Zhe, along with his relatively calm wife, Lin Shi, were led into their own master bedroom.

Tang Wen's cultivation hadn't yet reached the Transcendent realm on the surface.

But that didn't stop him from joining in the fun.

Zhao Zhe calmed himself and recounted everything he had done that day.

In summary, it boiled down to one sentence: "I went to the inner city, to the Huang family, and met with Huang, the head steward. We ate, drank, and had a good time."

The experts from other factions looked at Shui Qianjun with mocking gazes:

'Old Shui, is your Blackwater Gang really okay?'

'The Eldest Young Master actually ran to the Huang family?'

'You really found a genius to be your young master!'

Shui Qianjun, being the gang leader, had long since discarded any sense of shame. Fire flared in his heart, but he didn't show it.

Shi Lei saw his awkwardness and said, "Ask someone to inquire at the Huang family, and you'll know. Zhao Zhe shouldn't be lying about this."

"Yes, yes, I don't know anything."

Zhao Zhe didn't care about anything else and nodded repeatedly.

"You don't know anything? Then who is living in the secret chamber under your bedroom?" Shui Qianjun asked lightly.

Zhao Zhe, who hadn't shown any sign of guilt until now, broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this.

Zhao Zhe's eyes darted around, and he remained silent for a long time before saying, "This, I don't know. What happened in my house?"

Pfft!

Feng Sanniang burst out laughing.

The faces of Shi Lei and the others were also filled with thick sarcasm.

Tang Wen chuckled inwardly: This Zhao Zhe only has petty cleverness. At this point, with several Rank 5 experts standing beside him, he still wants to find out the extent of the situation before deciding whether to betray the person underground.

Shui Yun transmitted her voice: "Why didn't I realize he was so stupid before?"

"Senior Sister, quickly create momentum," Tang Wen replied.

Shui Yun immediately transmitted her voice to Deputy Gang Leader Zhao.

The latter didn't hesitate and spoke as if muttering to himself, his tone full of disappointment: "What is this guy thinking? It's a good thing the Blackwater Gang won't fall into his hands."

The Blackwater Gang members' expressions became subtle.

The elders of the Eldest Young Master's faction, who had originally wanted to interject, hesitated again and again before sighing deeply.

At this moment, they should be decisive and make a clean break!

Young Master!

Either protect that Rank 6 expert at all costs!

Or abandon him decisively and clear yourself. Only by standing on the shore can you save people, right?

What a stupid question to ask?!

A commotion erupted outside the door, and it sounded like someone else had arrived.

Hope ignited in Zhao Zhe's eyes as he was surrounded by the crowd, and he looked towards the door: The Huang family, the Huang family must be here to protect me!

Gang Leader Shui's face completely darkened.

He stopped looking at Zhao Zhe and turned to arrange for all the Rank 5 experts to sit down.

"Yun'er, Little Wen, come behind me," Shui Qianjun stated his position.

Zhao Zhe's heart skipped a beat as he looked at the gang leader with trembling eyes, filled with fear. He also knew that he had made a bad move, but he really didn't dare to trust Shui Qianjun!

Tang Wen calmly looked at him and then at the always quiet and beautiful young woman, Lin Shi.

Fool, you are about to lose everything except your life.

In this situation, no matter what you think in your heart, you should bet everything on the gang leader protecting you!

If the gang leader doesn't protect you, the entire gang will have grievances.

But now, you are clearly hoping to be rescued by someone else.

Even a god can't save you.

"Everyone, the people the Juyan Martial Hall was tracking have returned."

Swish!

Tang Wen's heart rose, like before a card game when the hole card is about to be revealed, secretly shouting: Not caught, not caught, not caught!

Martial arts techniques are rich and diverse.

If they were caught, they could distinguish whether a person was telling the truth or lying.

But if they weren't caught.

They would definitely bear the blame.

"Was the person caught?" Shi Lei, who had just sat down, stood up and asked.

"No! Damn it! Peak Rank 6 strength, a Wind Department expert who came out of nowhere, ran faster than a rabbit, and even seriously injured two brothers!" The Rank 6 expert who had just entered, covered in dust, spoke somewhat urgently.

He was the first person from the Juyan Martial Hall to find this place.

He was also the first to discover the mysterious Rank 6 person in the underground chamber.

The two sides clashed briefly, and the mysterious Rank 6 escaped.

At that time, the Juyan Martial Hall's Rank 5 experts hadn't yet been able to mobilize.

Shi Lei said angrily, "The Red Bee King will track him down, even to the ends of the earth!"

Shui Qianjun took the opportunity to clear his relationship:

"All of my Blackwater Gang's Rank 6 experts have their places to be. Did you see his face clearly?

Is he one of my people?

Can you confirm that it was the escaped person who did it?"

The Juyan Rank 6 expert thought for a while and said, "I know all the Blackwater Gang's Rank 6 experts, and it definitely wasn't him. Moreover, this person seemed determined to go all the way. As soon as he saw me, he immediately attacked, and after forcing me back, he desperately fled. It can be seen that he had been preparing for a long time to escape! When the Red Bee King chased after him, he found that the scent on his body was very faint, and he could control the wind, making it impossible to track him!"

"Damn it! He was prepared! No, give me the order to chase, keep chasing!" Shi Lei smashed the tea table beside him into pieces with a palm.

Tea and cups were scattered all over the floor.

Shui Qianjun advised, "Even you and I wouldn't dare to say that we could steadily take down a peak Rank 6 Wind Department expert."

"Old Shui! Stop pretending to be a good person! The person was found here, and your eldest disciple is stuttering, you have to give an explanation for this!"

Shi Lei's anger turned towards Shui Qianjun.

The atmosphere in the room also became heavy.

Only Tang Wen felt a huge weight lifted from his heart.

It was good that the Rank 6 had escaped.

With him gone, the blame was firmly pinned.

With the blame shifted, other questions also surfaced in his mind, impossible to suppress:

Why was the purple pearl honey that he had taken away on a whim so important?

The Juyan Martial Hall deployed four Rank 5 experts, each carrying a Transcendent Red Bee Bird.

And the others, even peak Rank 6 experts, didn't have Transcendent Red Bee Birds with them.

Why was that?

Was it just because of the small number?

Tang Wen keenly felt that there might be a big secret here.

Shui Qianjun knew that he couldn't avoid responsibility and didn't care about the other party's attitude: "Old Shi, don't worry, but wasn't a jar found just now?"

Before they arrived, the scene had already been controlled by the Juyan Martial Hall's Rank 6 expert.

The specific situation wasn't clear.

"Not enough, not nearly enough," Shi Lei suppressed his anger: "I'll take you to see it later, and you'll know how much was lost. We're definitely not trying to slander anyone with such a large mobilization! Old Shui, you and I are friends, this matter is really serious!"

Shui Qianjun nodded solemnly.

Shi Lei was in charge now. If it were a Rank 5, the two sides might have to fight on the arena first.

With the Rank 6 gone and no one from the Huang family coming, Zhao Zhe knew he was afraid: "Gang Leader, Senior Shi, I didn't know, I didn't know! It's a misunderstanding, it's really a misunderstanding!"

Shi Lei's eyes flashed sharply: "Misunderstanding?! Then tell me, who lives underground?"

Logically, he should give Shui Qianjun face and not question Zhao Zhe directly.

But now that another person had run away.

The Red Bee Bird couldn't even catch up, and the hope of catching him was slim.

The Zhao Zhe in front of him was the only breakthrough.

Zhao Zhe opened and closed his mouth, like a person who had suddenly lost his voice.

Tang Wen understood something and transmitted his voice to the gang leader: "Master, Zhao Zhe is obviously hesitant, that person's identity is probably a big problem."

Shui Qianjun was stunned and replied, "You kid broke through to the Transcendent realm?"

"Yeah, not long ago. My Senior Sister knows. I wanted to stabilize before telling you."

Shui Qianjun's irritable heart finally received a trace of comfort: Zhao Zhe is disappointing, but there are still those who are promising!

He opened his mouth and shouted, "Zhao Zhe, do you have any concerns? Are you afraid you'll die if you speak?"

Zhao Zhe looked bitter and nodded frantically: "Gang Leader, save me."

"Damn it!" Shi Lei raised his hand, wanting to slap him again.

His palm landed on empty air, remembering that the tea table was already broken.

Shui Qianjun said, "Everyone, leave two people from each faction, and the rest wait outside! Deputy Gang Leader Zhao, entertain the guests outside."

The people from the Horse Gang, Boat Gang, and Chamber of Commerce Alliance withdrew one after another, leaving only Rank 5 or Rank 6 experts.

The Blackwater Gang and Juyan Martial Hall also left only elders and deputy gang leaders or higher.

Only Tang Wen and Shui Yun were exceptions.

With everyone leaving, the bedroom space became slightly spacious.

"Speak!"

Zhao Zhe gritted his teeth: "Huang Shiqi Lang!"

This name seemed to have a kind of magic.

Shui Qianjun, who was sitting in the chair, swayed and roared, "What? How dare you, how dare you!"

"Gang Leader! This disciple has no choice! The Huang family pressured me, and I could only accept!"

People from the Huang family were also present and, feeling the gazes of everyone, immediately cleared their names:

"Huang Shiqi made such an ugly thing, can my Huang family tolerate him?

Zhao Zhe, who put pressure on you to accept that beast?

You say a name, and I will immediately bring someone to confront you.

As for revenge, you don't have to worry!

Except for the unfilial descendants, my Huang family wants to kill him more than any of you!"

Huang Shiqi?

Tang Wen rubbed Shui Yun's smooth back as he watched the show.

Shui Yun: "Huang Shiqi, hmm, a traitor to the Huang family.

Stole his aunt, concubine, murdered five brothers and cousins, and killed his uncle and granduncle.

He destroyed dozens of people from the other two major families.

He also had conflicts with the Juyan Martial Hall and the Chamber of Commerce Alliance.

That's all we know, there may be other evil deeds that were covered up by the Huang family."

Tang Wen: ...Good fellow.

He is a ruthless person.

No wonder he wanted to leave with a scarred face.

If his identity was discovered and he was still in Ganshan City, he would indeed be shouted at by everyone.

The Huang family would be the first to not spare him.

But he was able to be free for so long, with only Zhao Zhe behind him?

Tang Wen didn't believe it, and no one in the room believed it.

"New hatred and old hatred! Very good, very good!" The air temperature rose rapidly. As a Rank 5 expert who practiced the Fire Department's cultivation method, Shi Lei couldn't hold back his anger.

Shui Qianjun waved his hand to suppress the temperature: "Let's use the Questioning Heart Stone!"

At this point, the situation was out of control, but fortunately, it was the Huang family that Zhao Zhe was colluding with, which was not very harmful to the Blackwater Gang.

"Ah?" Zhao Zhe trembled: "What I said is all true, all true!"

Shi Lei restrained his anger: "You Old Shui are still fair! Take the Questioning Heart Stone!"

[Questioning Heart Stone], Tang Wen understands.

It is a strange object that can identify whether the person speaking is lying.

But the conditions for use are very harsh, requiring the person to hold the stone and answer questions unconsciously.

If the stone changes color, it is the truth; if it does not change color, it is a lie.

The difficulty of this matter lies in how to make people lose consciousness.

Getting him drunk to the point of complete unconsciousness is not applicable to Zhao Zhe, a veteran Transcendent.

With his Transcendent physique, he couldn't get drunk even if he drank two vats of wine.

To lose most of his consciousness and still be able to answer questions.

It is necessary to cruelly subject him to mental attacks!

Let his spirit be nearly broken, close to becoming an idiot, and then pour strong wine and anesthetics to make him forget the pain, reaching a state of confusion.

In this way, [Questioning Heart Stone] can be effective against Transcendent experts.

This way, it can naturally be guaranteed that Zhao Zhe is telling the truth.

The cost is—

Lightly, a splitting headache for half a year, unable to move, unable to act.

You can only lie in bed, using rare spiritual strange objects to nourish and repair.

If there are no spiritual repair strange objects, then you have to rely on your own struggle to meditate.

This is still light. If it is heavy, Zhao Zhe will be left with a demon in his heart, a headache for the rest of his life, and no progress in martial arts, becoming a cripple from then on.

In addition, there are people who have used the [Questioning Heart Stone] who have experienced various sequelae such as "crooked mouth and eyes," "blindness and deafness," and "impotence and urinary leakage."

In short, once you've used it, there's no going back.

You're bound to be left with some lingering issues.

The kind that sticks with you.

So, when Shi Lei heard Shui Qianjun planned to use the "Heart-Questioning Stone," he knew he was giving up on Zhao Zhe.

As long as he wasn't killed, as long as the truth could be found.

Use any means necessary.

Zhao Zhe swore oath after oath.

But no one believed him anymore.

"You two, take Lin Shi away and join up with the people from Juyan, ask her some questions," Shui Qianjun assigned Tang Wen and Shui Yun new tasks.

Tang Wen's interest was immediately piqued.

Lin Shi walked in front, like a docile lamb.

Shui Yun was like a proud and aloof tiger.

Tang Wen was a wolf, drooling and wanting to devour the lamb!

Shui Yun transmitted her voice: "You fancy her?"

"A few days ago, someone was watching my other courtyard, and later investigation revealed that Zhao Zhe wanted to kidnap the mother and daughter in my courtyard," Tang Wen didn't hide his interest in Lin Shi, otherwise Shui Yun wouldn't have noticed.

"That Zhao Zhe, he just loves to do sneaky things."

Tang Wen continued to transmit his voice: "I hadn't even thought about how to retaliate against him, and then this happened to him."

"Then just take Lin Shi as your own."

"Senior Sister is so good."

"Just a plaything," Shui Yun didn't take it to heart at all.

"Senior Sister is mighty and domineering!"

Shui Yun curled the corner of her mouth, her playful nature rising: "I'll play the villain later, you protect her."

"Sounds interesting, how are we going to do it?"

"You want to do it today?" Shui Yun was an experienced driver.

"...Senior Sister, my reward, should be given out today, right?"

Hall Master Shui's pretty face paled, and she walked two steps faster, pretending not to hear.

Tang Wen, from behind, admired her swaying figure, looking at the round, moon-like curves under the slightly tight training suit.

As he watched, he couldn't help but feel regret in his heart, blaming himself for being too impatient last time, performing the 'Backyard Flower' when she wasn't comfortable.

Violently blooming the flower, clearly leaving a shadow on Senior Sister.

She doesn't even mention this kind of thing now.

No, this concerns a major matter of happiness, I have to find a way to salvage it.

He quickly caught up and walked side by side with Senior Sister.

Coming outside, the female transcedent from Juyan Martial Arts Hall first looked at Tang Wen and said:

"Madam Zhao, there are people inside and out, let's find a quiet place!"

Lin Shi's eyes darted around, her arms crossed, squeezing her pair of honey peaches out of shape.

Shui Yun said coldly: "What are you afraid of! Could it be that you also participated?"

"No! No! I'm just a martial artist, I don't know anything?"

"Hehe, that secret passage is right under your bedroom," Shui Yun's voice was cold and without any warmth.

Her attitude was not good, but the people from Juyan Martial Arts Hall could understand, Zhao Zhe single-handedly dragged the entire Blackwater Gang into the water.

It can be said that he is a proper traitor.

As the next successor, they wouldn't even object to Shui Yun hanging Lin Shi up and beating her.

Now it's just a little cold in speech, it can be said to be very classy.

Lin Shi knew that she was involved in no small matter, and regretted why she had to focus on climbing the social ladder and marrying Zhao Zhe.

But if she didn't climb the social ladder, where would her parents and brothers get their current good life.

Fortune and misfortune depend on each other, that's all.

Several people prepared to find a quiet side room to interrogate her.

Suddenly someone came to report:

"Third Young Master, Seventh Young Master, just searched a secret room and found some gold and a painting."

Lin Shi's face changed drastically: "The painting is mine, it has nothing to do with this matter."

Shui Yun glared at her, her eyes containing murderous intent.

Mental pressure descended, and Lin Shi was as if a basin of cold water had been poured over her head, trembling and unable to move.

She watched helplessly as Shui Yun and Tang Wen passed her family portrait back and forth.

"Talk about it?"

Lin Shi bit her lip and remained silent.

Shui Yun snorted: "Come on, make ten copies of this painting. Send the transcedent Liu Bing to investigate, if he can't find anything out, execute his entire family!"

Lin Shi's pretty face was pale, without a trace of blood.

Tang Wen understood that the opportunity to play the good guy had arrived: "Lin Shi, what's going on with this painting? Hurry up and explain, if it really has nothing to do with this matter, maybe there's still room for maneuver."