Slaying demons and eliminating evil, a martial saint among mortals.

When Zhang Erniu saw Qin Lie's gaze turn towards him, he immediately panicked.

He braced himself on the ground with both hands and struggled to crawl toward Qin Lie.

"Brother Qin, don't listen to his nonsense. How could I do such a thing? There must be some misunderstanding."

As he spoke, he grabbed Qin Lie's trouser leg.

Whether it was fear or a feeling of unease, that hand was trembling violently.

Qin Lie looked down at him, his eyes showing little pity.

"Misunderstand?"

"What misunderstanding could there be?"

Zhang Erniu's lips moved.

Qin Lie continued, "If it has nothing to do with you, why did you sneak out of the house in the middle of the night?"

"And why climb up into the City God Temple to check if the things in the hole in the wall are still there?"

Zhang Erniu's face turned even uglier.

He opened his mouth, but for a moment he couldn't say a word.

After a long while, he hurriedly spoke.

"Brother Qin, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry. I just lost my temper for a moment."

"But I really didn't want to kill you, I just wanted to scare you."

Upon hearing this, Qin Lie's disappointment became even more evident.

Even at this point, Zhang Erniu still tried to argue his way out of it.

"Trying to scare me?"

Qin Lie looked at him.

"You think you can scare me with the Misty Rain Pavilion?"

"If I remember correctly, you just said that as long as Yanyu Tower accepts a mission, the target will definitely die."

"This shows that you know very well what Yanyu Tower does and how they do things."

"So, the way you're scaring me is by trying to kill me?"

Zhang Erniu lowered his head and did not immediately defend himself.

His hand was still gripping Qin Lie's trouser leg, his fingers tightening in waves.

After a moment, he said in a low voice, "I really didn't think that much about it at the time."

"I was so angry that I lost my mind. Brother Qin, please forgive me this time. I will never dare to do it again."

Qin Lie stared at him.

"A moment of confusion?"

"In a moment of folly, you put the blood-written petition into the City God Temple."

"After waiting for so long, I found out I was still alive."

"Later tonight, you deliberately avoided your family and came to check on things yourself."

"With so many things connected, you still say you were just confused for a moment?"

Zhang Erniu's breathing became increasingly rapid.

He wanted to continue explaining, but the man in black standing next to him had already started laughing.

"Alright, alright."

"I originally thought that people who dared to spend money to save someone else's life must have some guts."

"I never imagined that when something really happened, he was just a coward."

As the man in black spoke, he pulled a dark red invitation card from his pocket.

"The target you wrote on the blood petition was Qin Lie, and you even wrote down his height, appearance and position clearly."

"Here you are, the blood oath. Would you like to take a look?"

Zhang Erniu suddenly turned his head and looked at the man in black.

"You're lying! I never wrote that! The blood-stained note you have is fake; you forged it to frame me!"

The man in black chuckled again after hearing this.

He simply held the blood-stained note between his fingers and gently shook it.

Looking at Zhang Erniu, Qin Lie felt his disappointment growing deeper and deeper.

"Zhang Erniu, I don't believe I've done anything to wrong you, so why are you determined to kill me?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Erniu lowered his head and did not speak immediately.

The City God Temple was quiet for a while.

After a moment, Zhang Erniu suddenly laughed.

The laughter carried a pent-up resentment that had been building up for a long time.

"You haven't done anything wrong to me?"

"Qin Lie, how dare you say you haven't wronged me?"

He slowly raised his head.

The pleading look on his face had completely vanished, leaving only barely suppressed resentment.

"Everything has changed since you came into this house."

"Although this family was poor before, I was still the head of the household."

"Whether it's Yunniang or the two children, they always ask for my opinion first when it comes to family matters."

"But what happened after you arrived?"

Zhang Erniu became more and more excited as he spoke, and his voice grew louder and louder.

"You have cultivation and status."

"That slut Liu Yunniang, now she listens to you no matter what she does."

"The two children were even happier to see you come back than to see their own father."

"You said to go to Dongxuan City, so they went to Dongxuan City."

"You said you wanted the two children to go to school, so they have to go to school."

"In this family, who else has ever asked me a single question?"

As he spoke, he braced himself on the ground with both hands, his chest heaving, and his eyes turned bloodshot with anger.

"I am Liu Yunniang's husband."

"I am Hu Zi and Xiao He's father."

"I should be the one to call the shots in this house."

"But what about now?"

"I sat there, unable to utter a single word."

"Everyone who looks at me thinks I'm a useless person."

Qin Lie looked at Zhang Erniu.

"So, you want me dead?"

Zhang Erniu gritted his teeth.

"Yes, I want you dead."

"As long as you're alive, there's no fucking place for me in this house!"

Zhang Erniu braced himself on the ground with both hands, his expression becoming increasingly distorted.

"On what grounds?"

"Why do all the good things happen to you?"

"You used to be a fucking idiot, an idiot who couldn't even eat properly."

"Why is it that you now possess cultivation, have joined the Demon Suppression Division, and even the Misty Rain Pavilion dares not kill you?"

As he said this, he pointed at Qin Lie, his voice filled with a gritted-teeth tone.

"I want to skin you alive, pull out your tendons, and eat your flesh!"

"I want to see you suffer a terrible death with my own eyes!"

"Once you're dead, that slut Liu Yunniang and her two children will naturally listen to me again."

"This home will return to how it used to be!"

Looking at Zhang Erniu, who was already somewhat insane, Qin Lie felt only an indescribable weariness.

He sighed softly.

"I came back this time to take you to Dongxuan City so that your family can live a more stable life."

"The house has been rented, and Hu Zi and Xiao He can go to school."

"I didn't actually plan to live with you."

"The Demon Suppression Division has provided me with accommodation, and I also have a mission to complete, so I can't stay in Dongxuan City indefinitely."

"At that time, you and your family will live your own lives, and I won't have much to do with you."

Qin Lie paused for a moment at this point.

"Consider this my way of repaying you for your previous help."

These words were indeed Qin Lie's original plan.

He was willing to be associated with the Zhang family partly because the Zhang family had previously helped him out.

On the other hand, it's also because the family business system requires family business value.

But from beginning to end, he never thought of taking control of the Zhang family, let alone replacing Zhang Erniu.

But Zhang Erniu just sneered after hearing this.

"hypocritical!"

"Even at a time like this, you're still fucking pretending!"

He stared at Qin Lie, his eyes filled with resentment and venom.

"You dare say you have no feelings for that bitch Liu Yunniang?"

"That night, she even crawled into your bed!"

"After sleeping with her, are you willing to let go?"

Mentioning Liu Yunniang, Zhang Erniu's expression became even more ferocious.

"That slut is no good either!"

"After my leg was crippled, she said she was willing to take care of me."

"But when they run into someone as cultivated as you, they immediately fawn over you!"

Qin Lie's face gradually darkened.

"I didn't touch her that night."

"She was just sleeping in bed, and I didn't do anything out of line from beginning to end."

Zhang Erniu immediately shook his head.

Do you think I'd believe that?

"She changed after that night."

"She used to listen to whatever I said, but now she dares to talk back to me to my face."

"He even discussed going to Dongxuan City with you behind my back."

"It's all because of you!"

"Qin Lie, even as a ghost, I will not let you go!"

Qin Lie did not offer any further explanation.

He reached out and grasped the hilt of the Snowbreaker Blade, slowly drawing the blade out a section.

The blade left its sheath with a clear, soft sound.

Qin Lie looked at Zhang Erniu, his voice now calm.

"Tiger and Xiaohe are also your children."

"When you asked Yanyulou to kill me, did you ever think about it?"

"If I really die, how will they live?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Erniu showed no hesitation whatsoever.

"That's a matter for the Zhang family; it's none of your business."

"Whether they live or die, that's their fate."

The word "fate" had just been uttered.

Qin Lie had already unsheathed the Broken Snow sword in his hand.

A flash of light.

Zhang Erniu's voice stopped abruptly.

The next moment, his head rolled to the ground, and his body fell down as well.

Qin Lie stood still and flicked the blood off his knife.

Qin Lie had only one thought in his mind when it came to this kind of person.

kill.

He didn't kill Zhang Erniu because Zhang Erniu resented him.

It's not uncommon for someone to harbor resentment, bitterness, or jealousy.

But Zhang Erniu really went to Yanyu Tower to buy his life.

Qin Lie is still alive, not because Zhang Erniu left room for maneuver, but because something unexpected happened.

If Yanyulou hadn't stopped for some other reason, he would have faced assassination attempts time and time again.

What's the point of keeping someone like that around?

The masked man next to him watched this scene and clapped twice.

"You acted decisively. No wonder the boss personally spoke up to protect you."

"I'm starting to like you a little bit now."

After he finished speaking, he took out a not-so-large plaque from his pocket and casually tossed it to Qin Lie.

Qin Lie caught it with his hand and glanced down at it.

The sign has a picture of a mouse lying on the ground.

The patterns are not complicated, but they are carved very clearly.

Isn't this little mouse adorable?

"My name is Fushu. If you ever have any trouble that you can't solve, you can take this sign to Wanjin Trading Company."

"As long as you hand the sign to the shopkeeper, the message will naturally reach me."

Qin Lie rubbed the token in his hand for a moment, then put it into the Demon Suppression Token.

He wasn't thinking of making friends with the person in front of him; instead, he wanted to take this thing back and ask Xu Qinghe what exactly happened.

At that moment, a sudden change occurred.