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197: Crushing Qi family! Incomplete map!“Wh... what’s going on?”

The group of people looked up at the armed helicopter circling above, and were immediately stunned!

Their Qi family... they hadn’t done anything truly heinous, had they?

How... how did the military’s helicopter show up?

Wait!

The military?!

“Damn it!”

The Third Uncle, who was seated in the secondary position, was instantly enraged, looking at the young man named Fourth Brother with both shock and anger, standing up and pointing directly at his nose, scolding loudly!

“You damn Fourth Brother!”

“These people were all brought here by you!”

“The trouble you caused is making our entire family clean up your mess!”

“I really want to kill you!”

“...”

“Third Uncle...”

Unexpectedly, enduring the enormous wind pressure from the helicopter and the Third Uncle standing up and pointing at his nose, this young man named Fourth Brother showed no fear and also stood up directly, speaking to the Third Uncle with disdain.

“I say, what time is it now?”

“They’re already at our doorstep, and you’re still scolding me?”

“If scolding me could solve the problem, then scold me more!”

Fourth Brother sneered coldly.

“But it can’t!”

“Third Uncle!”

“Quickly think of a solution. The treasure map is on me, and I can be considered a meritorious servant to our Qi family, you all...”

Fourth Brother glanced left and right.

Amidst everyone’s dark faces, the latter half of his sentence came out of his mouth.

“You can’t possibly hand me over, can you?”

“...”

“You!”

The Third Uncle’s eyes instantly widened, so angered by Fourth Brother’s words that his blood pressure nearly burst his cerebrovascular system, almost dying on the spot!

“You little bastard!”

The Third Uncle’s eyes were full of murderous intent.

He declared loudly.

“I’ll spare you for now; I’ll deal with the problem here first. Once this matter is resolved, I will definitely throw you into the family’s Black Nether Snake Pit!”

“Everyone!”

“Today, the patriarch is not in the clan, so I am now in charge of clan affairs!”

“The military helicopter is about to land!”

“This meeting, we’ll postpone it!”

“First Brother!”

The Third Uncle turned his head and roared sternly at a steady young man who was seated relatively close to the front among the younger generation.

“Hurry up!”

“Lead your uncles and elders to leave here first!”

“Fourth Brother!”

“You stay!”

The Third Uncle shouted loudly.

“You caused this, you have to face it with me!”

“...”

Fourth Brother was stunned.

Then he lowered his head, his eyes flickering with resentment!

“...”

“Yes!”

First Brother nodded, then calmly stood up, gathering the uncles and elders around the conference table to orderly leave the conference table and walk into the small courtyard behind the main hall. As they passed a screen wall behind the main hall, a junior member of the family eagerly asked First Brother.

“Are we just leaving like this?”

“There are many treasures inside this screen wall; what if a fight breaks out...”

“Shut up!”

First Brother immediately turned his head and glared at the young man who had just spoken.

He sternly said to the latter.

“Is this something you should be worrying about?”

“Hurry up and leave!”

“...”

“But... but...”

The young man was scolded by First Brother, lowering his head and not daring to say a word, while quickly leaving the screen wall, he softly mumbled to himself.

“Stubborn and unyielding!”

“I was kindly reminding you, and you told me not to worry!”

“Damn it!”

“When a fight breaks out and this screen wall is destroyed, where will you all go to cry?”

“...”

...“Oh, really?”

The fatty on the armed helicopter pushed up his goggles, watching the Qi family members retreating to the back, and immediately said disdainfully to Wu Tian, who was beside him.

“Brother Tian!”

“These damn Qi family members want to slip away!”

“So many have run off; only an old one and a young one are left in the main hall!”

“This isn’t enough!”

“...”

“Heh heh...”

Wu Tian smiled coldly, his tone filled with intense killing intent as he said.

“Run?”

“You want to run without asking me, Wu Tian?”

“Is that possible?”

“Pilot!”

Wu Tian shouted loudly to the armed helicopter’s pilot without turning his head.

“Lower altitude!”

“Fly towards the screen wall behind their main hall!”

“I want to stop them!”

“...”

The pilot nodded, directlymanipulate the helicopter to fly over Fourth Brother and the Third Uncle, who had walked out of the main hall and were standing outside, smiling amiably, waiting for Wu Tian and his group to land.

It flew towards the screen wall behind them.

“Commander!”

“Open fire to block them?”

After reaching the screen wall’s location, as the helicopter circled in the sky above the screen.

The machine gunner beside him asked Wu Tian.

“No need!”

Wu Tian smiled coldly.

He reached out and took the semi-automatic rifle handed to him by the fatty. After cocking it with a ‘click,’ he directly grabbed the edge of the aircraft door with his other hand, turned his head, and said lightly to the machine gunner.

“You only have one mission!”

“If any Qi family member below makes any unusual move, you just shoot them directly; no need to report to me!”

“Understood?”

“...”

“Understood!”

The machine gunner was stunned, then tightened his grip on the machine gun in his hand, nodding heavily at Wu Tian.

Although he understood what Wu Tian said, he still had some doubts in his heart.

For example... Wu Tian wouldn’t let him shoot, but he himself took a gun and stood by the plane door.

What was he trying to do?

One must know that at a distance of nearly thirty meters, only the machine gun on the plane could provide enough deterrence to the Qi family members below.

Using a semi-automatic rifle for deterrence here... it wasn’t impossible, but the effect would be very mediocre!

However... the next second!

This naive machine gunner knew what Wu Tian was about to do!

“Let’s go!”

The two words fell.

Wu Tian’s two feet instantly pushed off the helicopter behind him with great force!

Clang!

A crisp sound!

Under Wu Tian’s immense force, the helicopter suddenly swayed violently backward, then quickly stabilized under the pilot’s superb skill.

And Wu Tian... had already left the plane, jumping down towards the ground!

“Holy crap!”

“Holy crap!”

“Damn it!”

“Oh my goodness!”

“Oh my mom!”

“My goodness gracious!”

“...”

Except for the fatty and Zhang Meng, everyone inside the armed helicopter gasped in astonishment, their eyes wide as they watched Wu Tian’s rapidly descending figure in the air!

“Quick!”

“Tell me!”

“Our Commander Wu Tian must have already put on a parachute before jumping down; this is all done deliberately to achieve a deterrent effect on the people below!”

The female soldier directly pinched the male soldier’s arm beside her.

She asked everyone.

“Hiss...”

The male soldier beside her immediately gasped, wincing and covering his arm, looking at the female soldier beside him with a mournful expression, saying.

“What nonsense are you talking about?”

“This damn thing is only about thirty meters above the ground; if I gave you a parachute, could you even open it?”

“The commander didn’t wear a parachute!”

“...”

“Then this...”

The fatty beside him chuckled.

Accustomed to such sights, he smiled and said to the people around him.

“This wave, ah...”

“This wave is justice descending from the heavens!”

“Brothers, don’t worry, everything is under my Brother Tian’s control!”

“...”

...Whoosh!

Just as everyone on the plane was discussing, and Fourth Brother and the Third Uncle, who had been chasing from the front hall to the back, were dumbfounded... “Boom!”

A loud bang!

Wu Tian’s figure flashed across the sky, directly smashing onto the huge, exquisite screen wall behind the main hall!

Instantly!

The screen wall was shattered into pieces by the immense impact force carried by Wu Tian’s body, with pieces of smoke scattering everywhere!

And all sorts of rare antiques, calligraphy, and paintings hidden within this screen wall, even priceless corpse-setting jades, were scattered and miserable from Wu Tian’s immense impact force!

“Cough cough...”

“Cough cough cough!”

“Damn it!”

“...”

Just as everyone was stunned, in a cloud of smoke at the original location of the screen wall, Wu Tian slowly stood up.

He coughed a few times softly.

He cursed loudly.

“Damn!”

“You Qi family members are like squirrels, aren’t you?”

“Damn it...”

“There are so many antiques in this screen wall?”

“Heh heh...”

As he spoke.

The thick fog slowly dispersed, and Wu Tian’s figure gradually became clear in the eyes of the Qi family members.

“...”

“Holy crap?”

“Is this even human?”

“He just jumped directly from the helicopter; isn’t this like filming a movie and going to the wrong set?”

Bang!

The person who spoke was immediately slapped by an elder beside him.

Then he asked the latter faintly.

“Nephew, does it hurt?”

“...”

“It hurts!”

“Why wouldn’t it hurt?”

The young man who was slapped covered his face, looking at the elder beside him with bitter resentment, unable to express his feelings.

“Ow ow!”

Only then did the elder nod.

He continued faintly.

“So this is all real!”

“This person...”

“He can actually jump directly from a height of over thirty meters and be completely unharmed!”

“This...”

“What kind of monster is this?”

“This is even more impressive than that person from the Zhang family back then!”

The elder’s eyes flickered with a look of reminiscence.

However... within this look of reminiscence... there was a strong sense of fear!

“...”

“No!”

“Your focus seems a bit strange. I don’t know if you noticed, but although this man is wearing a military uniform, why does his face look exactly like a Host I like?”

“...”

“Host?”

“Holy crap?”

“If you hadn’t said anything, it would be fine, but now that you mention it, I also think he looks very similar!”

“Could it be...”

“This person is that exploration Host?”

“Wu Tian?”

“...”

“Nonsense!”

“How is that possible? That exploration Host, Wu Tian, is just a Host. This person who came clearly has a military background, and he’s here to demand justice!”

“Can they be the same?”

“This is a soldier!”

“Can he be the same as that Host?”

“...”

While everyone was discussing... the latter bent down slightly!

He casually picked up a still intact ceramic bottle from the ground.

Looking at the exquisite craftsmanship on it, Wu Tian slowly wiped off the dust from the bottle, placing it under his nose.

Then he sniffed lightly.

“Chh chh...”

“Oh?”

After a sniff, Wu Tian grinned, looking up at the nervous Qi family members.

He raised the porcelain in his hand and said with a smile.

“This is a good item!”

“A Song dynasty official kiln.”

“It’s just...”

Wu Tian looked at the exquisite white porcelain in his hand with a look of disgust, then reached out and threw the porcelain bottle directly onto the ground!

“The earthy smell on it is too strong!”

“The baleful aura is too dense!”

He sneered disdainfully.

Wu Tian said coldly.

“It must be something brought out of a tomb, ill-gotten gains!”

“Smash it!”

“...”

Watching the various valuable antiques, most of which were already damaged by Wu Tian’s impact, he now reached out again to pick up other intact antiques and began to destroy them.

The Third Uncle, who had arrived at the back of the hall, could no longer hold back.

Suppressing the anger in his heart, the Third Uncle bowed to Wu Tian.

Then he said in a cold voice.

“I am Qi Jiaxiang, the current manager of the Qi family.”

“Can Your Excellency please stop what you are doing!”

“If there has been any offense, we are willing to compensate!”

“Your Excellency!”

“You have already destroyed our Qi family’s priceless screen wall, and now you have destroyed so many antiques!”

“You...”

“Please be merciful when you can be!”

“...”

“Antiques?”

As Wu Tian listened to Qi Jiaxiang, who claimed to be the Qi family’s manager, the smile on Wu Tian’s face grew more disdainful, and he curled his lips as he asked the latter.

“You call these things antiques?”

“Do you think I’m completely ignorant, or are you treating me like a fool?”

“You still haven’t understood what I said earlier about the earthy smell!”

“...”

Wu Tian’s voice fell.

Qi Jiaxiang’s eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at Wu Tian, who only showed him his back, and asked loudly.

“A fellow traveler?”

“...”

“No!”

Wu Tian gave a cold laugh.

He didn’t stop what he was doing, continuing to smash various priceless antique items, and disdainfully said to Qi Jiaxiang.

“I am the official, you are the bandit!”

“Our paths diverge...”

“Essentially!”

“I should be considered your grandfather’s generation!”

“I...”

“Am your natural enemy!”

“...”

“Natural enemy?”

“Presumptuous!”

“My friend, may I ask your name?”

“In both military and political circles, I know some people. Tell me your name and let’s see if I’ve heard of it!”

“No matter what your purpose is today?”

“At least...”

Qi Jiaxiang’s face was cold.

He pointed at the antique fragments scattered on the ground and sternly said to Wu Tian.

“You must settle the losses on this ground with us!”

“...”

“So arrogant?”

Wu Tian glanced at Qi Jiaxiang not far away and raised an eyebrow at him.

Then he continued his actions without stopping.

He tore up famous paintings one after another and smashed all kinds of valuable artifacts.

“These things were all brought out from the tomb; they are not clean!”

“I am helping you lighten your burden!”

“Compensate?”

“Currently, no one in this world can make me compensate!”

“Are you sure!”

Wu Tian gave Qi Jiaxiang a cold look.

“Does your Qi family have this ability?”

“...”

“Arrogant!”

Qi Jiaxiang’s eyes widened at the words, and he immediately cursed loudly at Wu Tian.

“What do you think you are?”

“How vast is this world?”

“Have you seen all the hidden families and forces, that you dare to say such things?”

“You truly don’t know how to write the word ’death’?”

“...”

“Heh heh...”

“If I don’t know how to write ’death,’ does your Qi family want to teach me?”

“Just like how you killed those three soldiers under my command?”

“On your Qi family’s territory.”

“On your sphere of influence, do you want to kill me too?”

“...”

“Heh heh...”

Qi Jiaxiang gave a cold laugh.

“It seems you really came to cause trouble for those three dead soldiers!”

“How about this...”

Qi Jiaxiang raised his head.

He extended his hand and made a fist towards Wu Tian, saying arrogantly.

“You possess some strength.”

“Our Qi family doesn’t want to cause any more trouble. After all, killing soldiers is indeed a grave offense!”

“You only need to compensate us for half the losses, and we will also do our best through our connections to have your fallen soldiers recognized as martyrs who died during anti-drug operations, and hand over one or two culprits for you to apprehend!”

“How about it?”

Qi Jiaxiang chuckled.

“In that case...”

“You, us!”

“Both sides will save face!”

“...”

“Heh heh...”

Wu Tian immediately sneered at the words, looking at Qi Jiaxiang, who stood not far away with an arrogant expression, confident that he had him cornered, and gave a cold laugh.

“You!”

Wu Tian pointed a finger at the latter.

“Should I say you’re too smart?”

“Or should I say you’re truly stupid!”

“Do you think that after causing such a big commotion at your Qi family today, all I want is to save face?”

“Today!”

Wu Tian smiled grimly.

“Not a single one of your Qi family will escape!”

“Click!”

As soon as Wu Tian’s voice fell, the loaded semi-automatic rifle in his hand was instantly raised, and he began firing at the group of Qi family members behind the screen wall.

“Bang bang!”

“Da da da...”

“Bang!”

Pfft!

Pfft!

Pfft!

The sudden volley of gunfire immediately threw the Qi family members into disarray. After a brief moment of disbelief, they frantically scattered and fled in the sparsely covered courtyard!

However... Wu Tian was not using a spray of bullets!

But single shots!

With Wu Tian’s body control and dynamic vision, these fleeing Qi family members, running with all their might, were like living targets.

One bullet, one head.

It wasn’t just hitting the chest or other vital points!

Instead, every single person was truly shot in the head by the gun in Wu Tian’s hand, dying with their brains splattered!

“...”

“You dare?!”

Wu Tian’s sudden attack stunned Master Xie the Fourth and Qi Jiaxiang, and then seeing their family members falling one by one in pools of blood, the two men immediately became furious.

They pulled out their pistols.

And fired at Wu Tian’s back!

However!

Just as the two of them raised their pistols... Boom!

Boom!

Two orange trajectories instantly streaked across the sky.

Fired from the machine gun cannon on the aircraft, they directly hit the arms holding the guns of the two men!

Crack!

Crack!

Two crisp sounds!

Before the two could react, even before the expressions on their faces could change...

Their right hands, holding the guns, were severed at the root!

Blood splattered!

Bone fragments flew!

The arms of both men flew into the air!

A few seconds later... “Ah!”

“My arm!”

“My arm!”

“What the hell did you do?!”

“You actually dare...”

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“Dare to break my arm!”

Master Xie the Fourth looked at his severed right hand with horror, frantically tearing off his clothes and using one hand and his teeth to wrap it tightly, barely stopping the bleeding from the broken arm, muttering with a pale face.

Meanwhile, Qi Jiaxiang’s expression was as dark as water.

He silently used his clothes to stop the bleeding from his severed arm and slowly sat on the ground.

Looking at Wu Tian, who was still continuing the slaughter, he said loudly.

“...”

“My friend!”

“Right now, our Qi family is indeed no match for you. You can certainly act recklessly in my Qi family, but...”

“He who often walks by the river is bound to get his shoes wet.”

“Our Qi family’s influence throughout Changsha is extraordinarily vast!”

“...”

“Everyone present today!”

Qi Jiaxiang’s voice suddenly became impassioned.

He pointed at Wu Tian with his remaining hand and roared loudly.

“Everyone!”

“You must engrave his face firmly in your minds! If any of you can escape!”

“To the ends of the earth!”

“Our Qi family will kill him!”

“Do you understand?”

“...”

“Yes!”

“To the ends of the earth... we will kill him!”

“We will kill him!”

“Kill him!”

“Da da da...”

“Bang bang!”

The echoing roars gradually faded, then slowly fell silent.

The smoke dispersed... leaving behind only ruins.

Bloody and mangled!

“...”

“You!”

Qi Jiaxiang’s eyes were wide and bloodshot, staring intently at Wu Tian, who was calmly changing his magazine, and with his only remaining hand, he pointed at Wu Tian and stammered, questioning him.

“You actually killed everyone present from my Qi family?”

“You...”

“You have such gall!”

“Do you know what our Qi family represents here in Changsha?”

“Do you know how vast the family behind us is?”

“You lunatic!”

“You butcher!”

“There were clearly better solutions. If you weren’t satisfied, you could have proposed your own conditions, so why?”

“Why did you kill so many of our Qi family’s descendants?”

“...”

Rustle rustle... Wu Tian did not speak, but carried his semi-automatic rifle, his face grim, and slowly walked to Qi Jiaxiang’s side.

Then... Wu Tian slowly bent down.

He whispered into the latter’s ear.

“Why ask so many ‘whys’?”

“Don’t tell me your Qi family only has influence in Changsha; even if your Qi family were one of the top families in the world, I would still kill without hesitation!”

“As for...”

Wu Tian narrowed his eyes and smiled slightly.

“You said if I wasn’t satisfied with the conditions, I could propose new ones?”

“I’m sorry!”

“If I remember correctly, our three soldiers also had a chance to discuss things properly with you, didn’t they?”

“This opportunity...”

Wu Tian reached out and pressed the muzzle directly against Qi Jiaxiang’s head.

He shouted sternly!

“Did you give it to them?”

“Ah?!”

Bang!

The gun fired.

Qi Jiaxiang fell to the ground with a look of deep unwillingness and grievance on his face, and blood gushed out, seeping onto Master Xie the Fourth, who was next to him.

“As for you...”

Wu Tian turned his gaze to the latter.

He said with a smile.

“If I remember the portrait correctly, you are Master Xie the Fourth, the junior of the Qi family who ordered the killing of our three soldiers, aren’t you?”

“Qi Fang?”

“...”

Qi Fang was stunned.

Afraid to meet Wu Tian’s gaze, he lowered his head, his face pale, his eyes filled with horror and fear.

Clap clap!

Wu Tian reached out and patted the latter’s face.

Then he asked.

“I’m asking you a question!”

“Qi Fang?”

“Were the people... killed by you?!”

Wu Tian shouted sternly, and the latter immediately shivered violently, then trembled all over as he frantically nodded at Wu Tian.

“Yes!”

“I killed them!”

“But...”

“But they insisted on having the things in my hand! If I didn’t give them, they would stick to me like a plaster, impossible to shake off!”

“How am I supposed to do business like that?”

“How am I supposed to contact people to go to Soul-Bewitching Cave?”

“...”

“Oh?”

Wu Tian raised an eyebrow.

“Just because you found them annoying!”

“It affected your business!”

“It affected your tomb raiding, so you...”

“You just killed them directly?!”

“...”

“No... no...”

Qi Fang immediately shivered!

“It wouldn’t be like that!”

“I didn’t mean to!”

“It was an accident!”

“Yes!”

“It really was just an accident. I truly didn’t mean to kill them. They are soldiers, how would I dare... how would I dare to kill them?”

“Heh heh...”

“I don’t have that much guts!”

Qi Fang looked at Wu Tian with a pale face, shaking his head frantically as he explained to the latter.

“Ah...”

“Is that so?”

Wu Tian frowned slightly.

He showed a thoughtful expression.

“It was an accident, not intentional...”

“Then...”

Wu Tian smiled slightly.

“Can I also have an accident?”

“Where is your family’s place for punishing people?”

Wu Tian’s face turned cold.

He grabbed the latter’s neck and asked sternly!

...Half an hour later.

Wu Tian sat in a chair in the middle of a secret room, flipping through the treasure map in his hand, and listening to Qi Fang’s screams as he was being bitten by ten thousand snakes in a pool, slowly frowning.

“Damn it, something’s not right...”

“This map has a problem!”

“...”

“A problem?”

Zhang Meng was stunned, then leaned her head closer, frowning as she carefully examined the map, and asked Wu Tian.

“What problem?”

“Why don’t I see it?”

“...”

“Here!”

“Here!”

“And here!”

Wu Tian’s finger pointed out more than a dozen places on the map, saying to Zhang Meng and Fatty beside him.

“I remember these places very clearly when I previously checked the satellite map of Hongya Soul-Bewitching Cave!”

“These few places clearly have small mountain ranges!”

“But on this map...”

Wu Tian slowly shook his head.

“They are absent!”

“I estimate...”

“This map is incomplete; it’s fragmented!”

“...”

“Fragmented?”

“No way?”

Zhang Meng looked at Wu Tian with a shocked expression and asked.

“This map looks like it covers all the mountains and streams of the entire Soul-Bewitching Cave in detail, and it even marks the location of the treasure!”

“This should be correct!”

“And...”

Zhang Meng said with a frown.

“Didn’t Master Wu and that man in the cage find some things using this map before?”

“At least...”

Zhang Meng continued.

“They encountered danger!”

“...”

“Right!”

Wu Tian nodded at Zhang Meng.

“You’re right!”

“Master Wu and that man in the cage did discover something in Soul-Bewitching Cave, but!”

“Precisely because this map has a problem!”

“That’s why they encountered danger, causing that man in the cage to directly turn into a zombie!”

“...”

“This...”

Zhang Meng’s eyes immediately lit up.

“Brother Tian...”

“Now that you put it that way, this map is indeed fragmented!”

“But...”

“Aside from what you pointed out, the terrain, mountains, and rivers recorded on this map are all complete. Where exactly is it fragmented?”

“...”

“Hehe...”

Wu Tian smiled faintly.

He slowly raised the map above his head, and said to Zhang Meng and Fatty beside him with a smile.

“Right here!”

“...”

As the two followed Wu Tian’s gaze, Zhang Meng and Fatty saw the anomaly on the treasure map through the light behind it!

“This...”

“Did the person who made this treasure map have a shortage of sheepskin at home?”

“How could such an important treasure map be made from sheepskin that’s thin in one place and thick in another?”

“So stingy!”

After a glance, Fatty immediately blurted out.

His eyes were full of contempt as he looked at the treasure map.

“Idiot!”

Zhang Meng, standing nearby, cursed at him.

“Can’t you use your brain?”

“Could this thing really be due to low cost when they made it?”

“Damn it!”

“Brother Tian has already spoon-fed you the answer, and you’re still spouting nonsense!”

“It’s obvious!”

Zhang Meng pointed to the thinner parts of the treasure map and said to Fatty beside him.

“Look at these thinner spots!”

“Aren’t these the places Brother Tian just mentioned that are different from the map in his memory?”

“Think back carefully?”

“...”

“Hiss...”

Hearing Zhang Meng’s words, Fatty, who was nearby, immediately gasped, and looking at the map Wu Tian held up, he suddenly felt a moment of enlightenment!

“Sister Meng, you’re right!”

“With your reminder, I really did have a sudden enlightenment!”

“...”

“Get lost, you idiot!”

Zhang Meng cursed at Fatty in annoyance.

“Is that called a sudden enlightenment?”

“It’s called ’Suddenly enlightened’ (máo sè dùn kāi - sudden enlightenment)!”

“...”

“Oh, oh!”

Fatty quickly replied in a low voice.

“So it’s ’Suddenly enlightened’, hehe...”

“I’ll remember that!”

“’Suddenly enlightened’!”

“...”

After glaring at Fatty beside her, Zhang Meng turned her gaze back to the treasure map in Wu Tian’s hand, and analyzed with a frown.

“It’s a bit of a coincidence...”

“These weak points on the map happen to be the places where some mountain ranges and water veins on the map disappear!”

“Clearly!”

“These missing places are crucial!”

“They are the key to whether or not we can find Zhang Daoling and Li Xiong’s tombs in Soul-Bewitching Cave!”

“...”

“Isn’t that simple?”

Fatty interrupted, listening to Zhang Meng’s analysis.

“As long as we use a satellite map to fill in these missing parts, wouldn’t we know what secrets are hidden within?”

“No!”

As soon as Fatty’s words fell, Wu Tian, who was beside him, frowned and interjected.

“Since this treasure map has been encrypted, the means to restore these hidden secrets cannot be this simple!”

“However...”

“Although we can’t completely uncover the secrets, if we restore it, we might discover something!”

“Come on!”

Wu Tian spread the treasure map on the table and waved at Fatty and Zhang Meng.

“Let’s complete this map first!”

“Alright!”

“Done!”

“...”

...“What’s going on?”

“Since everyone from the Qi family at the suburban manor has been killed, where did you get this information?”

“Is the information reliable?”

“...”

At the same time, in a small shop in an underground antique trading market in Changsha, an old man and a young man were sitting face to face, secretly plotting something.

“Of course!”

Clang!

The young man took a big gulp of water and put down the cup.

He said to the middle-aged man.

“I’ve told you everything in one breath. Please analyze it for me. Are there any loopholes in my statement?”

“If I were making it up, could I speak so smoothly?”

“...”

“So that means.”

“Roughly one-third of the Qi family’s influential figures died at that manor in the suburbs?”

The middle-aged man frowned and asked the young man.

“Heh-yo!”

Hearing this, the young man quickly chuckled.

“Master Xie the Fourth, please don’t corner me with your words!”

“I only heard gunshots and screams from afar, and from a distance, I saw that the manor was indeed strewn with corpses!”

“As for whether there are still living people in that house, as you asked?”

“I can’t guarantee that!”

“...”

“Good!”

The middle-aged man, called Master Xie the Fourth, nodded, pushed a grayish-yellow oil paper package on the table towards the young man, and then smiled slightly.

“This is your reward!”

“Would you like to count it?”

“...”

“No need!”

The young man smiled faintly, picked up the oil paper package from the table, and tucked it into his pocket, then cupped his hands at Master Xie the Fourth.

“Alright!”

“Master Xie the Fourth always handles things reliably, so I won’t check!”

“I trust you!”

“Hehe...”

The young man smiled faintly and waved goodbye to Master Xie the Fourth.

“I’m leaving!”

“Next time you have a job requiring such extensive intelligence, remember to call me!”

“Hehe...”

“Next time, definitely!”

Master Xie the Fourth’s eyes were cold, and his gaze flickered.

Finally... just as the young man was about to step out of the small shop.

Master Xie the Fourth suddenly asked.

“...”

“Oh, right!”

“Little Loach, you said you saw a helicopter from afar, and that the people causing trouble this time were from the military. I know the whole story, I just have one more question!”

“Did you clearly see the face of the person you said jumped out of the helicopter?”

“What did he look like?”

“...”

Shhh!

Little Loach, who was asked, paused in his steps, then lowered his head and began to ponder.

After a few seconds.

Little Loach turned his head and said to Master Xie the Fourth with a frown.

“This person didn’t say his name, but I feel like I’ve seen his face somewhere before!”

“Where was it...”

“Where?”

“Hmm?!”

Suddenly!

After Little Loach muttered to himself for a few seconds, his eyes lit up, and he slapped his right fist into his left palm.

He excitedly said to Master Xie the Fourth, as if seeking credit.

“That’s right!”

“I really have seen this person!”

“And...”

“Not only have I seen this person, but you have too, Master Xie the Fourth!”

“...”

“Oh?”

Master Xie the Fourth raised an eyebrow, looking at Little Loach with an unreadable smile, and asked.

“Who is this person?”

“Tell me!”

“Let’s see if I’ve really seen him. Perhaps... as you said, he might even be an acquaintance?”

“Hmm!”

Little Loach nodded, his excited expression undiminished, and he said to Master Xie the Fourth with a smile.

“This person, ah...”

“Is Wu Tian!”

“The Host who does exploration, who is very popular globally, our Dragon Kingdom’s hero!”

“Wu Tian!”

“...”

“Wu Tian?!”

Master Xie the Fourth was startled, then raised an eyebrow, and the look in his eyes suddenly turned sharp.

He had originally thought this was just a bloody revenge by a young man in the army!

He didn’t expect... that even Wu Tian, whom everyone in the world avoided, was involved!

It seems... the matter of Soul-Bewitching Cave needs careful consideration!

“...”

Thinking this, Master Xie the Fourth slowly raised his head and looked at Little Loach, who was standing at the doorway, smiling at him.

Then he smiled faintly.

His eyes gradually filled with murderous intent.

“Little Loach!”

“You know, you’re quite good at gathering intelligence. I appreciate you very much, and I rely on you heavily!”

“But you have one fatal flaw!”

“That is, you talk too much!”

“Coincidentally, ah...”

Master Xie the Fourth looked coldly at Little Loach and continued.

“The information about this matter is extremely important to us, and we do not wish for this small piece of information to be revealed to a second party!”

“Therefore...”

“...”

“I’ll shut up!”

“Master Xie the Fourth!”

“I’ll shut up, I can shut up, I really... really am not the Little Loach who couldn’t keep his mouth shut anymore!”

“Now...”

“Now I’m very good at keeping secrets!”

“Master Xie the Fourth!”

“Please don’t kill me!”

“If you kill me...”

“There will be no one else like Little Loach to diligently gather information for you!”

“Master Xie the Fourth...”

Looking at Master Xie the Fourth walking towards him step by step, Little Loach was so scared that he slumped to the ground, and couldn’t help but cry out, begging Master Xie the Fourth for mercy.

“...”

Rustle... Thud!

Master Xie the Fourth stopped his steps and came directly in front of Little Loach.

Then he slowly bent down.

He whispered into the latter’s ear.

“Actually...”

“I’m also quite reluctant to part with you, but this matter, ah... is very important, so important that even I don’t have the right to make a decision, so, ah...”

“Little Loach, I’m sorry!”

“I can only make you suffer a bit!”

“...”

“No...”

Crack!

The scream had just escaped Little Loach’s throat when it was immediately interrupted by the sound of bones cracking. Master Xie the Fourth slowly released his hand from Little Loach’s neck and straightened his clothes.

He said to a black-clad attendant nearby.

“Go!”

“Clean up his body.”

“Then...”

“Call Old Third over for me, I have something to discuss with him!”

“Go!”

“...”

The black-clad attendant nodded.

Dragging Little Loach’s body, he disappeared into the depths of the room.

Master Xie the Fourth remained standing, looking at the quiet courtyard outside, watching the cherry blossoms slowly drifting away in the wind.

After a long while... a trace of worry flashed in Master Xie the Fourth’s eyes.

“Wu Tian...”

“What exactly do you mean?”

“Are you representing the country or yourself?!”

“Do you want to...”

“Or does the country want to?”

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