Chapter 74

Song Shuhang clenched his fists. The man's appearance matched exactly with the description Lin Tao gave of the person who had paid him to gather information on him.

Sure enough, it was these guys—this morning, he had told Jiang Ziyun that he would be prepared. Now, it was time to see just how prepared he was!

At this moment, the long-armed man suddenly turned his head and looked in the direction where Song Shuhang was standing.

Then he lowered his head, opened Zhao Yayi's phone, and dialed a number.

Song Shuhang's phone in his pocket rang; it was Zhao Yayi's number. He had been discovered.

This was to be expected, after all, he had only practiced the foundation-building technique for two days, and had just started practicing the mental secret technique today. It was also expected that the other party could sense him.

Song Shuhang answered the call.

The long-armed man revealed a strange smile and spoke in Zhao Yayi's voice: "I've found you, Song Shuhang."

After saying this, he hung up the call.

Immediately after, the long-armed man lifted the unconscious Zhao Yayi and quickly walked towards the dead-end behind the wedding photo studio.

Song Shuhang turned off the phone, closed his eyes tightly, and calmed his mind. After a moment, he left the Guoxin Building and followed the trail of the long-armed man.

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In a dead-end alley.

Zhao Yayi was softly leaning against the wall, seemingly uninjured.

Song Shuhang stood five meters away from the long-armed man.

The long-armed man looked up at Song Shuhang and laughed triumphantly, using Zhao Yayi's voice: "You've come, Song Shuhang. Oh, your face looks so terrible."

In reality, Song Shuhang's expression was blank.

"Interesting, in the building, you didn't seem surprised by my existence, only angry. Did you know about me already? That's unexpected, I was planning to give you a surprise," the long-armed man continued in Zhao Yayi's voice.

Song Shuhang's expression remained blank.

"Are you so concerned about my voice? Don't be so angry, changing my voice is just a small trick," the long-armed man said smugly. Then he resumed his deep, hoarse voice.

Not only his voice, but even his physique could be changed at will.

"But, I'm glad you came here. It shows that you care about the woman by my side. She's your cousin, right?" the long-armed man said in a strange tone: "Caring about the safety of an ordinary person, how amusing! So, Song~ Shuhang~ Senior! Answer me, are you undergoing 'Red Dust Training,' or are you just an ordinary person?"

Song Shuhang's expression was still blank.

"I've investigated all the information related to you. You're just a little ordinary person, all the information from your childhood to now indicates that you're a complete ordinary person!" the long-armed man suddenly screamed hysterically: "I can't understand why the Sect Leader would be wary of someone like you? He even thinks you're a senior practitioner undergoing 'Red Dust Training,' believing that all the information about you is false. He thinks that the people you claim to be close to are just strangers to you, and can't be used to threaten you. He even withdrew from the Jiangnan University City area!"

Song Shuhang's expression was still blank, but he had gained some interesting information.

"He completely denied my information, even the 'Body Tempering Liquid' that was supposed to be my reward is gone. All of this is because of you, Song Shuhang! You're just an ordinary person, why is the Sect Leader so suspicious?" the long-armed man raved: "Now, tell me, Song Shuhang. Tell me—you're just an ordinary person! Then, in this dead-end alley where no one will notice, let me kill you! Then, I'll tell the Sect Leader that you're just an ordinary person, and I'll get the Body Tempering Liquid that belongs to me!"

"Don't even think about escaping from me, I'm a cultivator who has opened the Eye and Nose apertures, you have no chance of escaping! No one will come to save you in this dead-end alley! I'll kill you, then use the Corpse Dissolving Liquid to dissolve you, you won't have any chance at all!"

The long-armed man took off his sunglasses, revealing bloodshot eyes.

He had already broken down. He had thoroughly investigated Song Shuhang, and the precious 'Body Tempering Liquid' that would advance his cultivation and open his third aperture, the Ear aperture, was almost within his grasp.

But at this moment, the Sect Leader accused him of providing false information. Not only did he lose the reward of Body Tempering Liquid, but he also lost his share of Body Tempering Liquid for the year.

More importantly, he had lost the Sect Leader's trust, and his future was bleak.

All of this was too much for him to bear, exceeding his psychological limits. So, he privately sought out Song Shuhang and kidnapped Zhao Yayi.

He tried to kill Song Shuhang to prove himself to the Sect Leader.

"I see, I understand everything now," Song Shuhang said in a deep voice, having been silent all along.

No wonder the Sect Leader, who was hiding behind the scenes, didn't directly try to take the spirit ghost from him. Instead, he went through the trouble of secretly investigating his information and sending subordinates to test him. Such caution.

It turned out that the other party, like Yurouzi at first, thought he was a powerful senior practitioner.

Song Shuhang guessed that when he and Yurouzi arrived in J City's Luoxin Street, they were already being watched by the Sect Leader's people. Because of Yurouzi's constant use of the term 'senior' and her display of formidable strength, the other party mistakenly believed he was a highly skilled senior practitioner undergoing 'Red Dust Training.'

The incident with the poisonous herbs further confirmed that he was a powerful expert.

More importantly, the Sect Leader 'withdrew from the Jiangnan area,' meaning he was previously in the vicinity of Jiangnan University City... so the person who was poisoned a second time might be the Sect Leader.

The other party's caution was good news for him.

"So now..." Song Shuhang stared at the long-armed man, wanting to use him to test his resolve—the resolve of a cruel cultivator world.

This was a dead-end alley where no one would notice, carefully chosen by the long-armed man. Additionally, he had Corpse Dissolving Liquid to dispose of the body.

As long as it was well concealed, no one would discover the murder in a short time.

The other party was a cultivator who had opened the Eye and Nose apertures. The 'Foul Odor Pill' given to him by the药师 (Pharmacist) might come in handy. Before using the Foul Odor Pill, he needed to make the other party reveal a weakness, at least to make him leave Zhao Yayi!

"Answer me, Song Shuhang!" the long-armed man, full of madness, pointed a handleless knife at Song Shuhang.

Song Shuhang said in a deep voice: "Body Tempering Liquid."

"What?"

"Is this what you want?" Song Shuhang took a small bottle from his pocket with his left hand and unscrewed the cap with his thumb. Immediately, the special pungent smell of the Body Tempering Liquid spread.

"Body Tempering Liquid!" The long-armed man's body trembled.

"Do you want it?" Song Shuhang asked calmly.

"Throw it to me!" the long-armed man shouted.

"Come and get it. I'm just an ordinary person, you have nothing to worry about. This Body Tempering Liquid can be yours, as long as you let my sister go, I can give you more."

The long-armed man's eyes widened: "More?"

"Yes, more. Enough to last you a very long time!" Song Shuhang's voice carried a devilish allure.

The long-armed man, who was already delirious, stared at Song Shuhang for a while, then cautiously approached.

Song Shuhang held the 'Body Tempering Liquid' bottle in both hands and offered it to him, looking harmless and cooperative.

Step by step, the long-armed man approached the bottle, his eyes shining. Suddenly, he stomped his right foot on the ground and lunged at Song Shuhang like an arrow, reaching for the Body Tempering Liquid with his right hand.

Regardless of whether Song Shuhang had any tricks up his sleeve, as long as he could seize the Body Tempering Liquid with his superior speed, he wouldn't fear any tricks.

If the Body Tempering Liquid was real and the other party could provide enough of it, he might consider letting them live—temporarily!

Greed blinded him, and the thought of many bottles of Body Tempering Liquid made him ignore why Song Shuhang had the Body Tempering Liquid and why he could provide so much of it.