"This is great. I thought this Li Yang was supposed to be very powerful, but it turns out his strength is nothing special."
Jin Wei Wu breathed a long sigh of relief. He had thought defeating Li Yang would be very difficult today, and he had even made backup plans, sending people to lie in wait outside the door and closing the room door.
He never expected all these preparations to be in vain. A mere cup of tea was enough to take him down!
"No matter how great this kid's abilities are, he can't use them now."
Qing Hu smiled sinisterly, his eyes almost narrowed into slits. He said calmly, "As long as I control him with my Gu techniques, he will obediently follow my orders for the rest of his life!"
"Then, Master Qing Hu, can you wake him up now and have him mutilate himself on the spot? Patriarch Situ has explicitly ordered that this kid should never be seen alive and kicking in Jinling again." Jin Wei Wu inquired.
"Of course, no problem!"
Qing Hu readily agreed. He then turned to look at Li Yang, facing his palm towards the spot where the poisonous scorpion had entered. He muttered a spell, causing Li Yang to wake up. Li Yang actually sat up!
Jin Wei Wu watched from the side, filled with excitement!
He had never witnessed such powerful mind-controlling abilities!
"Li Yang, I, your master, now command you to immediately sever your own legs and then chop off one of your arms." Qing Hu stared deeply into Li Yang's eyes and commanded.
"Yes, Master!"
Li Yang's expression was vacant. He nodded in agreement, found a pair of scissors behind the office desk, slowly turned around, and looked down at his legs.
Jin Wei Wu watched with great anticipation, eager to see Li Yang mutilate himself.
However, in the next second, Li Yang raised the scissors high and swiftly plunged them fiercely into Qing Hu's thigh.
"Ah!"
To everyone's surprise, Qing Hu screamed in pain on the spot!
He knelt on the ground, clutching his leg, his face filled with rage. He looked up at Li Yang and said, "Don't you understand what I'm saying? I told you to mutilate yourself, why the hell did you stab me?"
"Do you think your Gu techniques are fun?"
Li Yang suddenly regained his composure. He casually touched his neck, and the poisonous scorpion instantly appeared in Li Yang's palm. With a gentle squeeze, he crushed the scorpion into a mist of blood.
Qing Hu's face contorted in shock. His heart sank. He hadn't expected this kid to be acting all along.
Li Yang gently patted Qing Hu's shoulder with his blood-mist-covered hand and sneered, "With such crude Gu techniques, no wonder you needed someone to drug him to help."
"It's a pity your scheme failed. Your Gu technique career is also coming to an end."
"How is that possible? My poisonous scorpion was painstakingly refined with immense effort. No one in this world can break it. How did you do it?"
Qing Hu was utterly shocked and found it unbelievable.
Li Yang scoffed, "Your Gu techniques are child's play to me. You want to kill me? Try again in your next life."
As the words fell, Li Yang slammed his palm fiercely onto Qing Hu's head!
Black blood seeped from the corner of Qing Hu's mouth, and he died on the spot!
"Come, someone!"
Jin Wei Wu was so terrified he sat on the ground, utterly panicked!
He quickly called for his hidden subordinates outside to deal with Li Yang. However, the moment the men rushed in from outside, Li Yang killed them all with a single move!
At this moment, Jin Wei Wu trembled all over and hastily begged for mercy, "Brother Li Yang, don't kill me. This wasn't my idea. It was all Situ Jue's doing. If you want revenge, go find Situ Jue."
"Who are you to Situ Jue?" Li Yang turned around and asked coldly.
"I'm just his business partner. This jade gambling stone shop was opened by Situ Jue and me. But the plan to kill you was truly a scheme devised by Situ Jue and Tang Yi Long. I was merely cooperating with them. Please spare me."
Jin Wei Wu saw Li Yang's methods were extremely brutal. A moment ago, he felt death was far from him, but in an instant, death was about to descend upon him.
He trembled all over, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed to Li Yang repeatedly.
Li Yang grabbed him by the collar and said coldly, "You reap what you sow. Who told you to be in league with Situ Jue, and you even helped him? The outcome today is all your own doing."
"Brother, please don't kill me. I know Tang Yi Long and Situ Jue's next plan. I'm willing to leak it to save my life."
Jin Wei Wu, having wet himself in fear, quickly begged Li Yang again.
"Next plan? I am a little interested in hearing that. Why don't you tell me."
Li Yang suddenly stopped his actions and said coldly, "If you dare to lie to me, your fate will be the same as Qing Hu's just now."
"I would never dare to lie to you, Brother. Situ Jue and Tang Yi Long are going to invite a more powerful Gu master to deal with you next. The Gu master from earlier was just that master's disciple. Last time Tang Yi Long went to find the master, but the master had just emerged from seclusion, so he only brought back a disciple."
"Tang Yi Long thought that with Master Qing Hu and my acting skills, we could definitely kill you, so they set up this trap. Tang Yi Long was responsible for locating you, and I was responsible for hosting the banquet and eliminating all your suspicions."
"But we didn't expect your strength to far exceed Qing Hu's, and even Qing Hu's Gu techniques couldn't control you."
Jin Wei Wu revealed almost everything he knew.
After hearing this, Li Yang finally understood. It seemed letting Tang Yi Long go last time was a mistake. He should have pursued and killed him directly.
The next time he sees him, he must leave him no chance of survival.
"Besides this, what else do you know? With just these clues, do you think it's possible to save your life?" Li Yang regained his senses and continued to threaten Jin Wei Wu.
"Brother, I really don't know anything else about Situ Jue. I'm not very familiar with him, just a business partnership. If you feel my sincerity isn't enough, I can give you a gambling stone shop. I have three such shops under my name."
"This one isn't the largest. Jin Shi Gambling Stone Shop is the one I've developed on the largest scale. I'm willing to give you Jin Shi Gambling Stone Shop," Jin Wei Wu said, trembling.
"Oh? I have heard of that gambling stone shop. It's quite well-known in Tian Jiang. Are you truly willing to hand it over?" Li Yang saw his strong will to survive and thought about it carefully. It wasn't impossible to give him a way out.
With this fellow's abilities, killing him was a pipe dream. If he could exchange it for some profit, it wouldn't have been a wasted trip.
"I am absolutely willing. As long as Brother Li Yang is willing to spare my life, that gambling stone shop will be yours. I'll transfer the ownership to you immediately," Jin Wei Wu said with full sincerity.
"Good. Seeing as you are so sincere, I will give you a chance to live. Prepare the contract now. Don't try any tricks, or I'll make you bleed on the spot," Li Yang threatened coldly.