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"You underestimate me."

Lin Tian smiled calmly.

Bai Jie tightened her grip, staring into his eyes, trying to find a trace of fear, a trace of compromise, a trace of weakness within them.

But she found nothing.

Those eyes held only a cold calm.

Bai Jie's heart skipped a beat.

But she was already determined to go all out.

"You're quite a child, which is beyond my expectations."

He paused, then increased the pressure on his hand.

"But what can you do? The advantages are in my hands. If you don't want to become a hermaphrodite, you must swear to let me go and let me leave."

Otherwise… Hmph! Even if I die, I won't let you get away with it.

The entrance to the secret passage was eerily silent.

Only heavy breathing could be heard.

Lin Tian looked down at her and smiled.

"Woman, you've caught my attention."

Bai Jie was stunned.

She didn't know what those words meant.

But she knew that the leverage she held might not be as powerful as she had imagined.

Because there was still no fear in his eyes.

Lin Tian said softly, "Do you know what? The last woman who dared to treat me like this is long gone, her grave is overgrown with weeds."

Bai Jie's hand trembled slightly, but she still held on tightly.

His eyes were filled with madness, and a last glimmer of hope.

"but……"

Lin Tian changed the subject, his smile becoming more amiable: "Who told you to use the emperor to command the nobles? I'll make an exception and spare you this time."

Bai Jie was stunned.

She couldn't believe her ears.

Forgive yourself?

This evil spirit... wants to let me go?

"Is Zun Du fake Du?"

Bai Jie blurted it out, her voice filled with unbelievable joy.

Lin Tian nodded, his face sincere: "Really. I'm a very kind person, I would never kill a woman."

Bai Jie's face froze instantly.

Never kills women?

How did my daughter die?

Wasn't Lou Xiao'e a woman?

She was in the secret passage just now; she clearly heard that scream, she clearly saw the axe fall, she clearly...

How could I have believed such nonsense?

Don't you know it's all nonsense?

In that moment of distraction...

Lin Tian made a move.

The axe came crashing down with lightning speed.

"Pfft!"

Blood splattered.

Bai Jie felt a sharp pain in her right hand and looked down.

His right hand was cleanly severed at the wrist.

The hand that strikes the snake at its vital point lies alone on the ground, its fingers still twitching slightly.

"Aaaaaah!!!"

Bai Jie's screams echoed through the mountains and fields, startling a flock of birds.

She clutched her severed wrist, rolling on the ground, blood gushing out like a fountain, staining the ground beneath her red.

"My hand! My hand!"

"Lin Tian, ​​you're untrustworthy, shameless, you even deceive women, you're not human."

Lin Tian stood in front of her, flicked the blood off his axe, and still wore that innocent smile on his face.

"So noisy!"

He raised his hand and slapped her across the face.

"Snapped!"

A crisp slap.

A bright red handprint instantly appeared on Bai Jie's face, her head was turned to one side, and blood seeped from the corner of her mouth.

She was stunned.

The excruciating pain brought her to some clarity.

You called him inhuman, but is he even human?

Bai Jie looked up at Lin Tian and suddenly smiled.

His laughter was filled with despair.

"You...you never intended to let me go from the beginning, you've been playing me..."

Lin Tian did not deny it:

"Yes, you're right."

Bai Jie's tears of despair flowed down her face as she felt her life slipping away bit by bit.

Why?

"Why are you doing this to me? I didn't do anything..."

Lin Tian said softly, "Bai Jie, do you know that sometimes, doing nothing is the biggest mistake?"

"Who told you to be Lou Bancheng's woman, and Lou Xiao'e's mother? That's your fault. If you don't nip it in the bud, it will grow back in the spring."

Bai Jie was stunned.

Lin Tian raised his axe:

"Do you understand?"

Bai Jie opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but found that she couldn't say anything.

Yes.

I am their family…

"In your next life, remember to stay away from men with the surname Lou."

The axe fell.

"Pfft!"

Bai Jie's head rolled to the ground, her eyes still open, gazing at the sky, at the rising sun.

Lin Tian flicked the blood off his axe, glanced down at Bai Jie, and said, "I told you, I never kill women. But you're an exception. You're not female."

Lin Tian looked up at the sky. The sun had already risen, and the warm sunlight shone through the gaps in the leaves.

Judging from the appearance, it must have been around eight or nine o'clock in the morning. Looking around, I began to carefully examine the surrounding environment.

Dense forests, rugged mountain paths, and distant mountain peaks faintly visible.

This is the mountainside behind Xishan, and the exit where Lou Bancheng hid his treasure is hidden in this desolate wilderness.

"That old fox really knows how to pick a spot."

Lin Tian muttered something to himself, picked up his axe, and started walking down the mountain. He hadn't gone a kilometer when he suddenly stopped.

Not far ahead, three figures were sneaking around in the woods, all dressed in drab gray clothes and carrying guns.

He was carrying something in his hand and looking around as he walked, as if he was looking for something.

Lin Tian narrowed his eyes.

Hunting?

Not like.

He didn't bring any hunting dogs or carry any homemade guns; what he was holding looked like... a map?

Lin Tian suddenly became interested and silently disappeared into the shadow of a large tree, slowly approaching the three of them.

Nearly.

They were so close they could hear their conversation.

"Old Zhang, are you sure it's this area?"

A skinny man with a pointed face and monkey-like features, holding a map, frowned and asked, "We've been searching for four or five hours and haven't found a single hair."

Old Zhang, a burly man with a thick beard, snatched the map and examined it closely.

"Confirmed. The Lou family steward was referring to Xishan. The treasure is located in Xishan. He doesn't know the exact location, but it's roughly in this area."

"Probably, probably, probably again."

The skinny man grumbled in dissatisfaction, "We've been searching for half a month already. If we keep searching, we'll run out of food."

Another gloomy-looking middle-aged man spoke up; he had a scar on his face and didn't look like a nice guy.

"Old Zhang, can we trust what that butler said? Maybe he's playing a trick on us."

Old Zhang glared at him:

"You're playing us? What kind of gibberish are you spouting? His whole family is under our control. Do you have a death wish?"

He put the map away and looked around: "The reason we haven't found it is probably because there are too many trees and bushes."

The housekeeper said that the wealth Lou Bancheng had amassed over the years was enough to buy at least half of Beijing.

He didn't donate all that money; he hid most of it. If we can find it, hehe…”

Old Zhang rubbed his hands together, his eyes gleaming with greed.

Scarface also smiled, a smile that, combined with the scars on his face, was indescribably ferocious.

"If the three of us just hoard a little bit, it'll be enough for us to live on for several lifetimes."

The skinny man was still worried:

"But this mountain is so big, how long would it take the three of us to find it?"

Old Zhang patted him on the shoulder:

"What's the rush? The organization's mission is to find this treasure. If we don't find it, we'll die if we go back. If we do find it, we'll be heroes. So, tell me, are we going to search or not?"

The skinny man gritted his teeth:

"try to find!"

The three continued their search.

Lin Tian, ​​hiding behind a large tree, heard their conversation clearly and narrowed his eyes.

Enemy agents?

……