"Hahaha, scared now, Liu Zhenfei Xu? You still have time to make a choice. My demands aren't high: sleep for three years, or five hundred times. Whichever comes first is what counts."
"Situ Meiman, you're shameless! Your strength isn't that weak, you're just pretending to be weaker." Liu Zhenfei Xu said angrily.
"I like it, I want to. What I love most is seeing people think they can easily defeat me, only to find out they're no match for me at all. Hahaha." Situ Meiman let out an excited laugh. This feeling of showing off was something ordinary people couldn't experience.
Zhou Hong couldn't help but smile wryly, feeling that Situ Meiman wasn't talking about him, but himself.
"You pretty boy, what are you smiling about? Don't tell me you like showing off too?" Situ Meiman scoffed disdainfully when he saw Zhou Hong smile.
"That's right, I like showing off too." Zhou Hong nodded.
"You? Worthy?" Situ Meiman didn't believe it at all.
"Situ ugly man, I'm giving you one last chance. Get lost immediately, and from now on, pretend you know nothing about the Dark Night Hero. Otherwise, you and your family will face disaster."
"Arrogant!" Situ Meiman's face immediately turned furious. Someone actually dared to show off in front of him.
Thus, Situ Meiman struck out with a palm.
However, in the next second, Zhou Hong reached out and, through his clothes, grabbed Situ Meiman's 'eggs'.
"Ah!" Zhou Hong squeezed hard, and Situ Meiman let out a scream of pain, seemingly unable to believe that Zhou Hong had instantly reached his 'eggs'.
"Now do you believe that I'm also someone who likes to show off?" Zhou Hong asked with a cold smile.
Situ Meiman's face was contorted in pain. He never expected to encounter someone who was even better at showing off than him, someone who could utterly defeat him in terms of strength. And just now, the aura he sensed from Zhou Hong was even weaker than Liu Zhenfei Xu's.
"Senior, spare my life, senior, spare my life!" Situ Meiman cried out, sweat breaking out on his forehead from the pain.
Liu Zhenfei Xu quickly turned her face away, as Zhou Hong's move was a bit vulgar at the moment.
"You know so many secrets. Give me a reason to spare your life," Zhou Hong grunted. This Situ Meiman was surely going to die.
Situ Meiman cried, as he couldn't think of a reason to be spared. His greatest regret now was that he had picked a fight with a tough opponent while showing off.
"Alright, time to go."
Just as Zhou Hong was about to crush him, Liu Zhenfei Xu quickly said, "Zhou Hong, if you kill him here, it will be quickly discovered that it was me."
Zhou Hong thought about it. The community was full of surveillance cameras now. If Situ Meiman died here, even an idiot would know who did it.
"Milo boji baji niu ji ya…!" Zhou Hong muttered a string of incomprehensible words, then placed a palm on Situ Meiman's forehead.
The next second, Situ Meiman's head suddenly ached.
"What's wrong with him?" Liu Zhenfei Xu asked.
"He's been hit by my Taoist magic. I can temporarily control his mind."
Zhou Hong immediately operated in his mind.
"Slap yourself." Zhou Hong commanded.
"Slap, slap, slap…!" Under Zhou Hong's control, Situ Meiman continuously slapped himself.
"No, no…" Situ Meiman shouted, feeling his mind completely out of his control.
"Go to the kitchen, get a knife, cut yourself, and then flush it down the toilet." Zhou Hong commanded again.
As expected, Situ Meiman obediently went to the kitchen. Although he yelled "no," he actually picked up a pair of scissors and went to the bathroom.
"Ah!" Then, a scream of agonizing pain was heard.
"Boom…!" A few seconds later, the sound of a toilet flushing was heard as Situ Meiman flushed away what he had cut off.
Liu Zhenfei Xu was stunned. No wonder Daoist Master Tianhong called Zhou Hong a senior and said that Zhou Hong's Taoist magic skills were no weaker than their Maoshan Sect's patriarch. It turned out to be true.
"Situ Meiman, bandage your 'thing' and come out. Don't let any blood drip on the floor," Zhou Hong commanded again.
Situ Meiman bandaged his 'thing' in the bathroom to stop the bleeding.
More than ten minutes later, Situ Meiman walked out of the bathroom.
"Wuwuwu…!" Situ Meiman sobbed uncontrollably, trembling as if he had been tormented by Zhou Hong's miraculous Taoist magic.
"Situ Meiman, I'll give you one chance to speak, consider it your last words." Zhou Hong said indifferently.
"Senior, please spare my dog's life. I was wrong. I swear I won't reveal Liu Zhenfei Xu's secret, and I'm willing to be her subordinate. Please spare me!" Situ Meiman pleaded repeatedly.
Zhou Hong's eyes lit up. He had originally planned to kill him, but what Situ Meiman said gave Zhou Hong a good idea. Liu Zhenfei Xu's strength was too poor, and if she could take a subordinate, it would indeed be better for her to protect herself.
"Fei Xu, you decide. If you don't need this subordinate, I'll let him go outside and drown himself in a latrine. If you do need him, then spare him and let him be your subordinate. He can be a helper in the future."
"This…!" Liu Zhenfei Xu was also conflicted.
"Liu Zhenfei Xu, I beg you, give me a chance. I swear to the heavens, I will never betray you." Situ Meiman pleaded with tears.
"Fine, fine, then let's spare his dog's life for now." Liu Zhenfei Xu hesitated and said.
"Alright, Situ ugly man, from now on, you are Liu Zhenfei Xu's subordinate. Do whatever she tells you to do, otherwise, your future suffering will not only be yours, but also your family's. Now, you can go. If you don't believe me, you can go home and tell the strongest person in your family, but the consequence will be the destruction of your family. Scram."
"Thank you, senior, for not killing me." Situ Meiman respectfully walked out of Liu Zhenfei Xu's house.
After leaving, Situ Meiman felt immense pain. He thought about how he had cut himself and flushed his 'thing' down the toilet, and a sense of hatred filled him.
Now he had to be Liu Zhenfei Xu's subordinate, and he couldn't tell his family, which made him feel extremely stifled.
However, Zhou Hong's words also instilled fear in him.
He didn't know if Zhou Hong's Taoist magic was really that powerful, nor did he know if he should immediately return to his family and report it to destroy Zhou Hong in revenge.
Therefore, Situ Meiman was struggling internally.
"Zhou Hong, do you think he… will go back to his family to report? Or will he truly obediently be my subordinate and do things for me?" Liu Zhenfei Xu asked.
"Hehe, we'll know the answer soon. He's already downstairs. He's struggling internally. Although he said nice things when he begged for mercy, now that he's truly let go, his heart is clouded with hatred." Zhou Hong smiled, as if he could hear Situ Meiman's inner thoughts.