Li Qiang took the initiative to raise his wine cup and toast Fang Yuan. “The Little Beast King’s words are truly worth thousands in gold. This cup celebrates your killing of that scum of Strength Path, Baisui Tongzi!”
People leave, tea grows cold. Just moments ago, Li Qiang was chatting amiably with Baisui Tongzi. Now that Fang Yuan was in charge, he immediately changed his tune, branding Baisui Tongzi a degenerate.
“Hahaha, well said, well said.” Fang Yuan didn’t raise his cup. Instead, he looked at Baisui Tongzi’s adopted children and waved his hand impatiently. “Today I executed the culprit, and I’m in a good mood, so I’ll spare your miserable lives. Those of you who don’t want to stay, get the hell out. Go on, go on! Stop annoying me!”
With Baisui Tongzi dead, his adopted sons and daughters were already panicked inside. Hearing this, they looked at each other in dismay.
“What? Want to stay so I can kill you?” Fang Yuan gave a faint, cold laugh.
Instantly, the crowd stirred. Many scrambled away, and the banquet emptied by half.
But a small number of Baisui Tongzi’s adopted children remained.
“Lord Fang Zheng! You are my lifesaver!” A burly adopted son suddenly knelt, crying bitter tears. “I was forced by that Baisui Tongzi to call my enemy father! Little Beast King, your might spreads across the seas, your spirit covers the earth! You saved me from this living hell! You are my great benefactor!”
“Little Beast King, your strength has completely conquered my heart. Please let me stay by your side and serve you,” a pretty adopted daughter pleaded in a honeyed voice.
“Little Beast King, you saved this humble one from calamity! Your great kindness, I will never forget! You are like a father to me! Please let me call you godfather!” An old man of seventy or eighty knelt on the ground, weeping emotionally.
Plop, plop, plop.
In an instant, a whole row of people knelt before Fang Yuan.
The moment Baisui Tongzi died, this clique lost its head and immediately fell apart. Most of them fled. The other part decided to switch sides and try to latch onto Fang Yuan.
“Hahaha…” Fang Yuan laughed loudly. “What sweet words. Not bad, not bad.”
Joy appeared on the faces of the adopted children.
But then Fang Yuan’s laughter stopped abruptly. His expression darkened. “A bunch of sycophants! Killing is killing, evil is evil. What great kindness? I have never cared for such hypocritical praise. I *like* killing. I *like* evil. Listen, how straightforward. How pure. All of you, get lost too. Want revenge? Go build up your strength. I’ll be waiting for you to challenge me!”
The adopted children were both shocked and terrified, frozen in place.
“Hmph?” Fang Yuan gave a faint snort from his nose. With a thought, beast shadows pounced down, killing one of them on the spot.
Everyone snapped back to reality as if waking from a dream. They screamed in unison and scrambled out of the cave in a panicked stampede.
The remaining Gu Masters had grim looks on their faces.
Fang Yuan was moody and killed on a whim, putting a lot of pressure on those around him. Though Baisui Tongzi was detestable, compared to Fang Yuan, he was a hundred times more lovable.
Only Bai Ning Bing sat at Fang Yuan’s left hand, her blue eyes half-lidded, her face as calm as ice.
Li Qiang’s wine cup was still in his hand. He had forgotten his embarrassment and forced a smile. “Little Beast King, you must pull out the weeds by the roots. What if these people make something of themselves in the future? To be safe, it’s best to kill them all. Even if you can’t remember them all, I do. Let me do it for you, as a thank-you for the intelligence I just gave you.”
“No need, no need.” Fang Yuan leaned back in his chair and smiled faintly.
He had his own plans for letting them go, but he couldn’t say them out loud.
Thinking for a moment, Fang Yuan said, “I walk the Demonic Path, and I’ve never been afraid of making enemies. As long as I keep getting stronger, what is revenge? If ten want revenge, I’ll kill ten. If a hundred want revenge, I’ll kill a hundred. If the whole world wants revenge, I’ll kill the whole world! And if someone does manage to take revenge on me, it means I wasn’t strong enough, I wasn’t hardworking enough, I slacked in my cultivation. I deserve to die!”
As Fang Yuan said this, a fierce light flashed in his eyes. He looked around like a ferocious tiger, and no one dared to meet his gaze.
“The Little Beast King is cruel to others, but he is even crueler to himself!”
“This Fang Zheng has too strong a demonic nature! He doesn’t fear retribution, doesn’t fear death, and acts as if life and death don’t matter…”
“Fang Zheng is insane, his psychology is abnormal. Having such a person as an enemy is an absolute nightmare!”
Listening to Fang Yuan’s words, everyone’s heart turned cold.
Fang Yuan had successfully intimidated everyone. Knowing when to stop, he showed a smile. “Let’s drink.”
The others raised their cups cautiously, feeling as if they were accompanying a man-eating tiger. Worried about their own safety, the fine wine tasted bland.
But then Fang Yuan brought up the Three Kings’ Inheritance again, revealing many secrets.
Everyone’s minds were completely captivated. Secret after secret fell on their ears, and many were breathing heavily with excitement.
Only Li Xian was worried and puzzled. “What is the Little Beast King up to? He’s voluntarily exposing this precious intelligence. What exactly is he trying to do?”
An hour later, the banquet ended.
Fang Yuan had killed Baisui Tongzi, taken over his nest, and hosted the banquet. As for the others, they were still not satisfied, feeling that the trip had been profitable.
When they walked out of the cave entrance, they were even somewhat reluctant to leave, wanting to hear more news from Fang Yuan’s mouth.
As for the true host of the banquet, Baisui Tongzi, his body, torn in two, was still lying on the ground. The blood had already seeped into the soil. His pale bones emitted a cold light under the moonlight.