"There are so many ways to increase my strength; I wouldn't stoop to using this one. I refuse to believe this method comes without a price!"
Zhang Jinquan shook his head. "I'm not clear on the specifics. I only heard about it years ago from a wandering practitioner."
Cheng Zongyang said, "Then that settles it. Give him to me. There's no need to examine him."
As he spoke, Cheng Zongyang crushed Lu Yan's throat.
And so, the Patriarch of the Lu Family—one of the six families to arrive in Jade Peak County—died. Less than a month after his arrival, he was caught in a scheme and killed, an unwitting and painless death.
After tonight, the Lu Family would also be annihilated.
Cheng Zongyang left the Wilderness World with Lu Yan's body. Hoisting the corpse, which felt as light as a chick, he leaped from the house and made his way toward the He Family estate.
He had no interest in the thing inside Lu Yan's chest.
Of course, one possibility did occur to him.
