The bald, overweight man stared at Ye Ling with a pale face, a flicker of fear in his eyes. His body was stiff, his previous anger and indignation gone.
He had engaged in some shady dealings privately and had interacted with cultivators. He had even hired cultivators as bodyguards and knew exactly what kind of beings they were!
Ye Ling had casually summoned a wind blade just moments ago. His strength was definitely at least third-grade. Killing him would be as easy as flipping his hand!
The bald, overweight man stared at Ye Ling, who was smiling broadly, and broke out in a cold sweat.
Ye Ling glanced at the bald, overweight man and asked, "Are you the principal of this school?"
"I... I am..." the bald, overweight man stammered. "How much did that lunatic pay you? I'll pay you double. Go kill him for me!"
The lunatic was his rival in the underworld. Now that Ye Ling had shown up, the bald, overweight man immediately assumed Ye Ling was a killer hired by the lunatic!
Contemporary laws simply couldn't restrain cultivators. Hiring cultivators to kill people was a common practice within their circles.
Cultivators had too many ways to take a life, and contemporary forensic science couldn't investigate them. The Dragon Department, which was responsible for managing the cultivator circles, had already been heavily occupied by the Red Dust Pavilion, leaving them with no extra energy to deal with cultivator assassinations.
This was precisely why the cultivator circles had become increasingly chaotic. Numerous rogue cultivators, seeking cultivation resources, accepted jobs on the Red Dust Pavilion website, and they particularly enjoyed taking jobs from ordinary people!
To them, even with only first-grade cultivation, assassinating ordinary people was a safe and risk-free endeavor, and it brought in money very quickly!
Previously, the bald, overweight man had also hired cultivators to eliminate his rivals. For him, this kind of thing had no other drawbacks besides being quite expensive, and he didn't have to worry about being approached by righteous people.
It was a win-win situation for both parties.
Ordinary people, unaware of the existence of cultivators, were utterly defenseless against cultivator assassinations. The bald, overweight man had used this tactic with unfailing success, but he never expected to be targeted by a cultivator himself!
'That idiot lunatic! How could he possibly know about cultivators? Where did he get his information?'
The bald, overweight man pondered this, but outwardly, he maintained a pretense of composure. He looked at Ye Ling and said, "What do you think of my offer? If you're not satisfied, you can name your price. I just want the lunatic's head!"
"As long as the lunatic is dead, I'll hire another assassin to be the scapegoat. No one will know you broke the rules of the trade, and with the employer dead, your contract is automatically void, which won't affect your reputation at all!"
The bald, overweight man was already a frequent visitor to the Red Dust Pavilion. He was quite familiar with the rules of cultivator assassins. He immediately launched a barrage of tactics, offering temptations that ordinary cultivators couldn't refuse.
Ye Ling smiled at the bald, overweight man, ignoring his words. He then looked at the eight-tenths beauty hiding behind the desk and said, "If you're smart, you'll disappear from here immediately."
The eight-tenths beauty was utterly terrified. Upon hearing Ye Ling's words, she didn't even bother to put on her clothes and fled outside in a panic.
Seeing the eight-tenths beauty leave, Ye Ling's gaze returned to the bald, overweight man. He instructed Yang Qi behind him, "Close the door."
Yang Qi hadn't expected Ye Ling to be so direct. He abandoned all thought at this moment and immediately became a tool. He followed Ye Ling's instructions, closed the door, and stood quietly behind Ye Ling.
When the bald, overweight man saw Ye Ling tell someone to close the door, he realized Ye Ling was about to make a move. His expression could no longer be maintained, and he retreated step by step, slowly backing towards the window.
The bald, overweight man exclaimed in shock, "You, you don't be rash! As long as you don't kill me, I'll give you whatever you want!"
Ye Ling chuckled, "Don't panic. I'm not interested in your life. I just have a few questions for you. As long as you answer them honestly and satisfy me, you'll live."
"Gulp!"
The bald, overweight man swallowed nervously, staring at Ye Ling and stammering, "What, what do you want to ask?"
For some unknown reason, when the bald, overweight man heard that Ye Ling wasn't there to kill him but to ask questions, he didn't relax. Instead, he felt an even greater fear!
He had a premonition that if he dared to lie to Ye Ling, he would suffer a fate worse than death!
Seeing the bald, overweight man's fear, Ye Ling didn't play coy. He got straight to the point, "Thirteen years ago, this was still a cemetery. Later, you leveled the cemetery and built this school. Where were all the graves from that year relocated to?"
The bald, overweight man had been trying to guess what Ye Ling wanted from him, but upon hearing Ye Ling's words, his expression changed drastically, and his whole body began to tremble!
The bald, overweight man stammered, "Why, why are you asking this?"
Ye Ling shook his head, "I don't recall giving you the right to ask questions."
As Ye Ling finished speaking, demonic energy surged around him, transforming into a sharp claw that gripped the bald, overweight man's neck and pushed him out the window!
With half his body hanging out the window, the bald, overweight man was terrified and screamed, "Help, help me!"
If he remembered correctly, it should be break time now, and there were many students active in the school. His administrative building wasn't very tall. As long as he screamed loudly and attracted the attention of teachers and students, he would be safe!
Even if cultivators were rampant, they wouldn't dare to easily reveal their strength in front of ordinary people. This was a red line!
As long as any relevant cultivator crossed this line, the Dragon Department would go to any lengths to eliminate them!
The bald, overweight man had a deep understanding of the cultivator circles and knew what he needed to do to have the greatest chance of survival!
But...
He hadn't expected that Ye Ling wasn't from the cultivator circles at all!
Even though there were many students active downstairs, no matter how much the bald, overweight man screamed and roared, not a single student reacted. Some students even looked towards the administrative building. Their gazes swept over the windows on the top floor, but they acted as if they didn't see their principal.
"It seems you're still not being completely honest..."
Ye Ling chuckled softly and slowly walked to the window, dangling the bald, overweight man's entire body outside. The demonic claw tightly gripped his neck, preventing him from breathing.
"Help, help me..."
The bald, overweight man's legs flailed in the air, revealing his unsightly state. The intense suffocation made him extremely uncomfortable, and his brain began to lack oxygen, his consciousness becoming blurred.
He seemed to see the gates of hell.
"I, I'll tell you everything... please... spare me!"
The bald, overweight man begged weakly, finally facing reality.
In front of Ye Ling, he had no chance to struggle. If he didn't cooperate, his only option was death!
Ye Ling had no intention of letting the bald, overweight man off the hook so easily. If one instance wasn't enough to deter him, the bald, overweight man might cause trouble again later.
What Ye Ling wanted was the absolute fear of the bald, overweight man!
With Li Xiaomei's device in place, Ye Ling didn't trust soul-searching methods for anyone who might have come into contact with the device. Therefore, the interrogation method would revert to more traditional torture.
In this regard, Ye Ling was a professional.
Ye Ling used his spiritual power to keep the bald, overweight man alive, allowing him to experience the prolonged agony of oxygen deprivation, before finally flinging him into the office, smashing through the desk.
The bald, overweight man's body was covered in scratches from the wood splinters!
Yang Qi, seeing the miserable state of the bald, overweight man, was also scared into silence and stood stiffly in the office, not daring to move.
At this moment, Yang Qi was immensely grateful that he had ultimately not opposed Ye Ling.
If he had tried any little tricks with Ye Ling earlier, his fate would likely have been a hundred times worse than the bald, overweight man's!
Yang Qi didn't even dare to imagine the consequences of offending Ye Ling!
The bald, overweight man cried out in agony on the ground, the intense pain tormenting every nerve in his body!
Just then, he suddenly felt a shadow covering his vision.
He looked up in a panic and saw Ye Ling's foot stepping on his face!
*Crack!*
The bald, overweight man heard the sound of his own skull cracking!
Ye Ling, standing on the bald, overweight man's head, said softly, "Are you awake now, old friend?"