Hongye Town.
Watching Meng Hongsheng's figure disappear into the distance.
Liu Yuanshan withdrew his gaze, his eyes falling on Tian Song's corpse on the ground, a cold smile appearing on his face.
"Someone, burn this place. Burn it completely clean."
"Yes, Second Master."
Not long after he finished speaking, the small courtyard was engulfed in roaring flames.
And Liu Yuanshan's figure had already turned and left.
He walked into a dark alley several hundred meters outside the courtyard.
As he approached, two Ya Gang members soon dragged a figure out of the alley.
The figure was small and petite, with long hair disheveled. It was Xie Chunniang, but she looked quite disheveled at the moment.
Seeing the flames rising from the small courtyard not far away, her eyes became slightly unfocused.
"Tian Song is dead. Now, take me to the hiding place you know about."
Looking at Xie Chunniang, Liu Yuanshan spoke indifferently.
"Okay... okay..."
Hearing Liu Yuanshan's words, Xie Chunniang's consciousness returned, and she nodded repeatedly.
At this moment, her heart was filled with fear towards Liu Yuanshan. In her eyes, he was no different from a devil. She no longer had any courage to resist.
After all, she had watched Zhou Tong being sliced little by little in front of her by the other party. That's right, he was sliced into pieces, little by little, and fed to the dogs.
This was what made her completely surrender and reveal all the information she knew, including Tian Song's hiding place.
Xie Chunniang stood up from the ground and walked quickly in the opposite direction of the courtyard.
She didn't stop until she reached a dilapidated small temple dedicated to the Earth God.
"This is it... I saw Tian Song come to this small temple at night."
"Oh?"
Liu Yuanshan's gaze fell on the dilapidated temple in front of him, which was only about half a person's height. He swept out a leg and directly collapsed the temple.
The two Ya Gang confidantes beside him quickly stepped forward and searched through the rubble. Not long after, they found a package within the damaged statue.
He took the package and opened it. Besides a few night pearls the size of quail eggs, at the very bottom was a blue-covered book. Seeing the monkey pattern drawn on it, an unconcealed look of joy appeared on Liu Yuanshan's face.
"Haha... Ape Embryo Skill is indeed here."
He tightly gripped the package and let out a loud laugh.
After witnessing Tian Song's powerful strength, he had longed for this martial art technique for a long time.
One must know that this was a top-tier Cultivation Technique even among second-rate martial arts. It was precisely what he lacked at the moment. Although he also had a second-rate martial art besides the White Ape Leg Technique in his hands.
But that was an incomplete scripture that could only be cultivated to the Forging Tendons Late Stage, and it was obtained from Meng Hongsheng.
It would be extremely difficult to obtain the cultivation method to enter the Blood Transportation Realm in the future.
Perhaps he would be controlled by the power behind the Ya Gang for the rest of his life. Now with this Ape Embryo Skill, he would undoubtedly be much more relaxed and wouldn't have so many reservations. Once his Cultivation Technique achieved something, it wouldn't be impossible for him to leave the Ya Gang.
Especially since he had already cultivated the White Ape Leg Technique to Great Completion, and it also had the word 'Ape', this Ape Embryo Skill was undoubtedly more suitable for him, and he thought the difficulty of cultivation would also be reduced.
Thinking of this, his mood couldn't help but become very good.
He put away the package, and his gaze fell on Xie Chunniang on the ground again.
Noticing Liu Yuanshan's gaze, Xie Chunniang seemed to realize something and quickly spoke.
"Gang Leader Liu, I have led you to find what you wanted. My brother was not killed by us. Please let me go... let me go..."
"Let you go..."
Liu Yuanshan raised his eyebrows and sneered.
"Who ever let my brother go?"
Saying that, he had already walked slowly towards her. Now that her value was used up, he naturally didn't plan to keep her. After all, Meng Hongsheng absolutely couldn't know about this matter.
"My brother's matter really has nothing to do with us. We only wanted to kidnap your brother at that time. There was absolutely no need for us to kill your brother... The killer... The killer is someone else. I can help you find the killer!!"
At this moment, Xie Chunniang's eyes were full of fear, and she kept pleading.
"Hmm!?"
Hearing this, Liu Yuanshan's steps also stopped, and he narrowed his eyes, staring at her intently.
These two Ya Gang people kept saying that his brother was not killed by their hands, but by someone else.
Although he didn't quite believe it, it was indeed not impossible. After all, he didn't find the White Ape Leg Technique that was passed to Liu Ergou on her, and compared to killing Liu Ergou, kidnapping Liu Ergou was obviously more valuable.
Hearing this, he couldn't help but feel suspicious in his heart.
Seeing Liu Yuanshan stop, Xie Chunniang seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and quickly continued.
"I put fish oil grass liquid on your brother's body. The killer's body must also be stained with it, and it will definitely leave a trace. As long as the killer is still in Lin'an County, I will definitely be able to find him!!"
"Since that's the case, then I'll give you a chance. If you can find the killer in half a month, you live. If you can't, 哼..."
Liu Yuanshan didn't continue speaking, but the meaning in his words was clearly expressed.
Soon, their figures disappeared into the night.
...
Three days later.
Yangping Town, medical hall.
"I never expected Zhang Ding would have this day. Although I had anticipated this day, I didn't expect it to come so quickly..."
In a separate room, Zhang Ding was looking outside through the window, his eyes somewhat lost.
"Don't think so much. At least your life is saved, and it's not like there's no chance of recovery..."
Lin Sheng stood beside him, his gaze sweeping over the other party's injured leg. He put the food and wine he brought aside and spoke to comfort him.
"I know how serious my injury is. Recovery is probably difficult."
Zhang Ding shook his head slightly, but soon smiled freely, feeling quite relieved.
"This is also good. This time, I can be considered retired from the Hunting Beast Hall, and I still get a monthly salary. A life without fighting and killing is better than yours, and luckily, my lifeblood is fine this time, so I can still show my might in the future..."
Seeing that Zhang Ding was getting a bit off-topic, Lin Sheng quickly took out a small box from his 懷裡.
"Zhang Ge, this is your blood nourishment pill. You contributed a lot this time, and the higher-ups gave you an extra blood nourishment pill. As for the remaining reward money, you'll get an extra share after Chief Wang recovers from his injury."
Taking the small box, a look of emotion appeared on Zhang Ding's face.
"This trip wasn't in vain. I can live a carefree life for the rest of my life..."
Lin Sheng stood beside him, quietly watching Zhang Ding. Since he entered the Hunter's Hall, the other party had treated him quite well.
So he came over to see him. Because of his severe injury, although Zhang Ding's leg was barely saved, he was also a cripple and obviously couldn't stand guard in the Hunter's Hall anymore.
Physical defects also have an impact on martial arts cultivation. With this injury, Zhang Ding probably no longer had any chance of breaking through to the Forging Tendons Realm.
Life is so cruel, and martial arts is even more so.