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Lu Chen now has Wang Xiong and Wang Dong, father and son, on his feet.

Wang Xiong's internal organs trembled. Lu Chen threw him to the ground like a snake, his spine almost breaking. He lay on the ground, breathing heavily and groaning in pain.

Wang Dong curled up, clutching his broken leg and howling in pain.

Lu Chen really didn't want to listen to the noise, so he kicked him on the back of the head, knocking him unconscious again.

"Wang Xiong, I gave you a chance, but you didn't seize it!"

Lu Chen, holding the knife, tapped Wang Xiong's face with the flat of the blade: "I'll ask you one more time, what are you doing looking for Hao Cheng? If you don't tell me, your son might be dead!"

Wang Xiong struggled to lift his head, looked at the pitiful Wang Dong, and his eyes showed pain.

"I told you," he said, his face visibly pale and ashen, "I asked him to help me gather 50 children. He's like the Black Gang; he specializes in child trafficking."

"Very good, if you had done this earlier, your son wouldn't have had to be disabled!" Lu Chen nodded. "What do you need 50 children for? To make money? Someone of your status wouldn't be short of money, would they?"

Wang Xiong gave a bitter smile: "What is my status? Just a registrar, what can I do? Aren't I just someone else's dog?"

He had completely lost the will to resist.

With just one simple move, he was brought down; the difference in skill level was too great!

He even felt that the man in front of him was not much weaker than Qingzhu!

With only the Marrow Cleansing Realm, what can he use to compete with the Innate Realm?

"Like Zhao Defu and Hao Cheng from the Black Gang, I'm a member of this organization. We don't know what it's called, and nobody dares to investigate. If they do, it will disappear. Zhao Defu was originally in charge of the goods, but he suddenly died, so the task was handed over to me. I could only ask Hao Cheng for help."

Wang Xiong, with his hair disheveled, continued, "It's mainly for Qing. As for what it's used for, well, I don't know either."

Lu Chen pressed further, "Who is the Azure Lord? What does he look like?"

"The Azure Lord is the Azure Lord. That's all I know about him. I don't know anything else. I haven't seen him closely either, but I know he's a tall and thin person."

"No other characteristics? You're still not honest enough! Someone like you, don't you have any curiosity at all?" Lu Chen's face turned cold, and he placed the steel knife on Wang Dong's other good leg.

"You wouldn't want your son to grow up without a good leg, would you? Think about it carefully!"

Wang Xiong was being pressed down by Lu Chen's large foot, making it hard for him to breathe.

Cold sweat streamed down his forehead, his eyes darted around, and his mind raced: "Right, his voice is a bit high-pitched, and his hands are quite white."

"That's it?"

"Oh...right! He has a very faint fragrance on him, you can't smell it unless you look closely."

"Scent? What scent?"

"I don't know, I've never smelled it."

Lu Chen thought for a moment, then lifted his foot from Wang Xiong's body: "What else do you know about the Azure Lord? Or rather, how much do you know about this organization? Where are the captured children sent? What do you use these children for?"

"I really don't know. Like I said, no one dares to investigate these things. Anyone who even considered it ends up dead!"

Wang Xiong gasped for breath, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and shook his head.

"You know nothing? Do you even want to live? Even if you don't want to live, where's your son? Where's your daughter and son-in-law? If I can find you, surely I can find your family?"

Lu Chen really looks like a villain right now; it's hard to tell which of the two is the good guy.

Wang Xiong's face was extremely pale, and he looked hesitant.

Seeing this, Lu Chen slowly moved the blade toward Wang Dong's neck.

Think carefully before you answer. You only have one chance!

Lu Chen's voice was icy.

Wang Xiong suddenly looked up at Lu Chen: "You guarantee my son will live?"

"I promise, if you give me any useful information, I will not kill your son this time! I swear on my honor!"

Lu Chen's face was full of sincerity, and although his face was completely covered by a cloth, Wang Xiong still believed him.

He had no choice but to believe it.

"All I know is that there is a Qingjing Temple outside Shanyang Prefecture, which may be related to Qingzhu. I really don't know anything else." After Wang Xiong said this, his body trembled unconsciously, as if he was terrified of Qingzhu to the core.

"As for the children, they're captured for a few purposes. First, they're used for begging; you should know what the Black Gang does. Second, the slightly better-looking ones might be sold as slaves or to brothels. Third, those with some talent are sent to be trained as assassins. Finally..."

Wang Xiong paused for a moment.

"Finally, some individuals with special constitutions may be sent to other places for...cultivation or life extension."

Lu Chen's pupils contracted slightly.

Used for cultivation and longevity!

Were they captured and forced to make elixirs?

brute!

He was furious.

"Is there anything else?"

Suppressing his anger, Lu Chen asked in a deep voice.

"That's all I know! Kill me or torture me, it's up to you. But my son wasn't involved in any of this; he knows nothing. Could you spare his life?"

Wang Xiong knelt down and begged.

"Spare his life? Didn't he benefit from your evil deeds? Didn't he abduct women? There's still a woman tied up in his room right now. If you let him go, wouldn't all the people he killed have died in vain? Why didn't he release those unfortunate people?"

"You!" Wang Xiong's pupils suddenly widened, his hatred blazing as he tried to attack Lu Chen.

Lu Chen, his face grim, slapped him on the head.

"Snap!"

[Under the host's influence, Wang Xiong's fate has changed.]

[Hit Value +460]

[Luck value +5]

"I only told you I would let him go this time! But I really didn't kill him this time; I killed you. I wasn't lying!"

Lu Chen stood up, went to the unconscious Wang Dong, and pushed the tip of the knife forward.

Pfft!

Fresh blood spurted out immediately.

[Under the host's influence, Wang Dong's fate has changed.]

[Hit Value +210]

After killing the two men, Lu Chen began to loot the place.

He quickly found the martial arts manual that Wang Hu had been longing for.

White Ape Staff Technique.

However, Lu Chen had already obtained it from Hao Cheng.

After rummaging through the desk, Lu Chen suddenly narrowed his eyes.

He pulled a piece of paper out of a book.

I looked at it repeatedly under the light.

"This paper, this pattern... it's the same as the paper we found at Hao Cheng's place, with patterns of cranes, lingzhi mushrooms, and turtles, as well as three flames."

Lu Chen looked at the contents of the paper.

"See you at the usual place on July 21st, between 3 PM and 5 PM."

July 21st? Isn't that tomorrow?

Lu Chen looked at the handwriting on the paper.

Where will the old place be?

Who gave him this note?

Lu Chen thought of the Qingjing Temple that Wang Xiong had mentioned and decided to go and take a look tomorrow.

Perhaps there will be other gains as well.

Lu Chen put the note away and continued his looting.

He skillfully found and collected some banknotes and medicinal herbs.

To Lu Chen's delight, Wang Xiong seemed interested in medicine; he had stuffed all the medical books and pharmacological texts in the room into sacks.

"Hey, what's this?"

Lu Chen discovered a box containing leather items, which looked like clothes.

When he unfurled it, he discovered that it was a leather armor. Inside was a layer of cotton cloth, and in the middle were multiple layers of thick leather, which was very hard and tough. Some key parts on the outside were inlaid with iron plates, painted with patterns. The whole thing was black and had a metallic sheen.

Lu Chen's lips curled up.

"I didn't expect such a pleasant surprise, I'll take it!"

After looting the room, Lu Chen returned to Wang Dong's room.

The woman he knocked unconscious was still in a coma.

Lu Chen poured a pot of water on her face, waking her up.

"what……"

"Shut up!"

Lu Chen's voice was deep: "Who are you, and what is your relationship with Wang Dong?"

"I... I was kidnapped by him! Waaah!"

The woman burst into tears, her expression terrified, her body trembling uncontrollably, her eyes filled with tears.

"My husband and I were walking down the street when he... he sent his men to kidnap me, and they beat my husband so badly he vomited blood and died! Waaah! That beast!"

She choked out, her face filled with pain, sorrow, and undisguised hatred.

Lu Chen cut the ropes binding her, then threw her a few pieces of clothing. After she put them on, he gave her a silver note worth one hundred taels of silver, and then took her out of the Wang family.

On the dark street, Lu Chen found a place to put the woman down.

"You should leave now, you're safe."

"Oh, thank you so much, my benefactor!"

The woman couldn't help but burst into tears, kowtowed several times to Lu Chen, glanced in the direction, and then disappeared into the darkness.

[Under the host's influence, Li Cui's fate has changed.]

[Hit Value +10]

"Go back and rest. We'll visit the Qingjing Mosque tomorrow!"

Lu Chen carried the sack home.