Silence returned to the dead end, with only the muffled groans of pain from the two assassins echoing in the air.

Just then, Li Qing, who was standing next to the SUV, took a deep drag on his cigarette.

The cigarette flame flickered briefly in the dim light, then he threw the cigarette butt, which had already been pulled down to the filter, on the ground and casually stomped it out.

He rubbed the cigarette butt with his toe while stretching out, his bones making a few soft cracking sounds.

Then, he strolled over to me, glanced down at the two people on the ground who were no longer able to resist, and asked:

"What should we do with these? Should we just ask here?"

I looked at the two men on the ground, writhing in pain and covered in cold sweat from the evil energy entering their bodies, and slowly gathered the last bit of turbulent evil energy back into my dantian.

"never mind."

I shook my head and said.

"I've done enough of this kind of interrogation work today, from Old Zhang's house to the antique shop, and then to that stinking pig farm. I'm too lazy to waste my breath any more."

Let's call it a day. Just pack it up and take it with you.

I turned to look at Li Qing and continued:

"Lu Yan is currently in the underground command center, where she has professional interrogation personnel and equipment."

"It'll be much more efficient for Lu Yan to handle this than for us to ask here."

After listening, Li Qing nodded in deep agreement:

"That's true. Professional matters should be left to professionals."

"Alright, let's do some manual labor then, load these dead pigs onto the truck."

After saying that, he turned around and strode towards the rear of the SUV, opening the trunk with a "click".

He leaned his upper body into the trunk and rummaged around for a while.

With a rustling sound, he pulled out several rough, dark red hemp ropes that looked quite old from the inside.

Not only that, he also casually pulled out two yellow talisman papers covered with cinnabar runes from his pocket, held them in his hand, and walked back.

Then, he walked up to the two Dan Realm assassins, shook the dark red hemp rope in his hand, and prepared to start binding them.

I stood to the side, and by the dim light of the streetlamp at the alley entrance, I looked at the few hemp ropes in his hand that emitted a faint, fishy smell. I raised an eyebrow slightly and asked with some curiosity:

"Li Qing, how come there's this thing in my car?"

Without even looking up, Li Qing skillfully looped the rope around the ankle of one of the assassins and tied a tight knot.

He answered casually as he worked:

"Hey, isn't this the time when you went to Beijing on a business trip?"

I took your car out to run some personal errands, and I just casually tossed it in the trunk, then forgot to take it out.

I remained silent upon hearing this explanation.

He simply crossed his arms over his chest, deliberately pretending to be deep in thought.

Then, with a curious and inquisitive look in her eyes, she stared intently at the dark red hemp rope in his hand, and then looked at him.

The dead end was quiet for a few seconds.

Li Qing felt uncomfortable under my gaze. He stopped what he was doing, suddenly looked up, and met my ambiguous smile.

He was stunned for a moment, then, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, he suddenly became agitated, stiffened his neck, and shouted loudly:

"What are you doing! What kind of look is that!"

"Old Chen, what kind of dirty thoughts are you having on your head?!"

He forcefully raised the hemp rope in his hand, as if trying his best to prove his innocence:

"This thing is a legitimate ritual implement!"

This is a hemp rope soaked in black dog blood for more than three years to ward off evil spirits. It has a very strong yang energy and is specially used for setting up formations!

Do you think this is some kind of shady prop? I, Li Qing, am a legitimate successor of a geomancer!

Seeing his anxious and desperate attempt to explain, I finally couldn't help but burst out laughing.

The chilling aura that had been building up from the series of battles dissipated considerably during these few casual banter.

"Alright, alright, I'm not teasing you anymore."

I waved my hand, a relaxed smile on my lips.

"Let's get to work, Lu Yan is probably getting impatient."

Li Qing then pursed her lips and gave me a disgruntled look.

He muttered "dirty thoughts" under his breath, then lowered his head and continued tying people up.

It must be said that Li Qing is indeed skilled at tying people up.

He seemed to be using some special knotting technique specifically designed to deal with people from the martial arts world. The rope was wrapped around the assassin's wrists and ankles several times, forming several complicated knots.

With this method of binding, the knot will tighten as soon as the person being bound struggles.

After binding the two men tightly like rice dumplings, Li Qing straightened up and slapped the two yellow talismans he had just taken out of his pocket onto their foreheads with a "smack".

The moment the talisman was applied, I could feel that the already chaotic internal energy within the two assassins, caused by the intrusion of malevolent energy, was completely suppressed by the energy contained in the talisman.

This means that they have been deprived of even the last shred of room for resistance.

After finishing all this, Li Qing dusted off his hands and let out a long sigh of relief:

"Done. Now even if they are Sun Wukong, they can't escape the Buddha's palm."

I nodded and stepped forward.

Instead of picking them up directly, I squatted down and looked at the two people calmly.

Under their horrified gaze, I stretched out my hands, one on each side, and precisely pinched their jaw joints.

Then, I gently pressed my thumb on a certain acupoint below their ears, then pulled down sharply with both hands and pushed forward.

"Click! Click!"

Two crisp sounds of bones dislocating rang out in the quiet alley.

I instantly dislocated the jaws of these two people.

This tactic had been used before in western Hunan, with the aim of preventing them from committing suicide.

Incidentally, I bent down and quickly searched the pockets of both of their clothes.

Besides the short spikes that had just fallen to the ground, I also found two cell phones and several bank cards on them.

I gathered all these things together, preparing to hand them over to Lu Yan along with her in a little while.

Li Qing couldn't help but give me a thumbs up as she watched my smooth and professional movements.

Then, he turned his head and pointed a few meters away to the unfortunate guy whose spine had been broken by my knee strike and who had been unconscious ever since.

"What about that one? Are you just going to leave it here and not care?" Li Qing asked.

I glanced in the direction he was pointing.

At this moment, the man was lying on the hood of the van like a lump of mud, with more air intake than exhaustion, but at least he still had a breath left.

"Of course, we'll pack it all up and take it with us."

I said in a deep voice.

"With one more person, Lu Yan might be able to get more information."

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