Zhongcun Liangjie understood very well what Ye Xiao meant by "torture," and he clearly knew what it entailed!

"You lowly Yan Country people, I, Beihai Country..."

'Whack!'

That slap was delivered by Ling Shuya herself as she walked over!

Ling Shuya's slap startled everyone around her, after which they all wore bitter smiles on their faces. What was this sudden turn of events?

However, what Ling Shuya said next served as a perfectly good explanation for why she had slapped him.

"How dare you insult us on our own turf? Today, if you don't thoroughly curse your own country, I'm going to, I'm going to kill you!" Ling Shuya fumed loudly at Zhongcun Liangjie!

Zhongcun Liangjie glowered at Ling Shuya, furious: "You're going to regret this. By offending us, all of you will die miserably!"

Ling Shuya went to hit Zhongcun Liangjie again but was stopped by Ye Xiao, who cheerfully said to her, "What's the hurry, if you want him to talk, I'm going to make him speak today!"

Ling Shuya looked up at Ye Xiao, somewhat doubtful, "Really?"

"A gentleman's word, whip and spur!" Ye Xiao confidently replied.

"Are you a gentleman?" Ling Shuya contemptuously looked at Ye Xiao.

Ye Xiao quickly whispered to Ling Shuya, "Give me some face in front of this little squirt; after all, we're both noble Yan Country people!"

After hearing what Ye Xiao had said, Ling Shuya fell silent. It was because the Yan Country people had been too disunited back then that they had given those squirts an opportunity; otherwise, how could they have dared to bully Yan Country people!

Ye Xiao smiled at Zhongcun Liangjie and said, "They say the fingers are connected to the heart, but I've never tried it out myself. So today, I'm going to experiment on you!"

Zhongcun Liangjie, seeing Ye Xiao's chilling smile, couldn't help but feel fear inside and said, "What... what do you want to do?"

Ye Xiao chuckled, ignoring him entirely and instead said to Ling Shuya and others beside him, "Bring me some chili sauce, the hottest kind you can find!"

Everyone was puzzled to hear that Ye Xiao wanted chili sauce, but they followed his request nonetheless.

Meanwhile, Ye Xiao took out Zhongcun Liangjie's own dagger, which was not an ordinary one. Its blade was uncommonly sharp, which was precisely what was needed at the moment.

Ye Xiao reached out his hand with a smile and said to Zhongcun Liangjie, "Please give me your hand; I need to help you 'trim your nails.'"

Zhongcun Liangjie seemed to realize something, turning pale with shock, and said to Ye Xiao, "Get away, don't touch me!"

"Do you think I want to touch you? It's out of necessity!" Ye Xiao said with a helpless expression.

Just then, Ling Shuya and Zhou Yuyan brought over three or four cans of chili sauce and placed them next to Ye Xiao. Seeing Ye Xiao reaching for Zhongcun Liangjie's hand, Ling Shuya immediately said, "Ye Xiao, you haven't taken a fancy to this guy, have you?"

Ye Xiao broke into a sweat but didn't argue with Ling Shuya. Instead, he grabbed one of Zhongcun Liangjie's hands, and with the dagger in the other, a chilling glint flashed, followed by a terrible scream!

A fingernail was expertly prised off Zhongcun Liangjie by the dagger, turning his face deathly pale.

Seeing Ye Xiao remove the man's nail, Ling Shuya and Zhou Yuyan finally understood what Ye Xiao was doing. Ling Shuya swiftly turned around, her heart pounding, while Guan Xiaonan and Zhou Yuyan watched attentively.

Ling Shuya, noticing that Guan Xiaonan and Zhou Yuyan were at least pretending not to be afraid, didn't want to be seen as a coward, so she steeled herself and looked back at Ye Xiao and the others.

"Does it hurt already?" Ye Xiao looked at Zhongcun Liangjie while smiling, "This is just one; there are nine more to go, but don't worry, I won't touch your feet."

At this moment, Zhongcun Liangjie couldn't exert much force, because doing so would exacerbate the pain in his arm bone, so he could only watch Ye Xiao helplessly.

As soon as the nail was prised, Ye Xiao grabbed a can of chili sauce, the contents red and fiery.

Ye Xiao looked at Zhongcun Liangjie, smiling, "Tell me, what's the real purpose behind capturing Guan Xiaonan?"

Zhongcun Liangjie, seeing the chili sauce in Ye Xiao's hand, felt an enormous fear inside because he knew what Ye Xiao intended to do!

But the capture of Guan Xiaonan was a classified affair; how could he just speak of it?

"Just kill me!" Zhongcun Liangjie bellowed at Ye Xiao.

Sometimes, death truly is a blessing, like right now, Zhongcun Liangjie really wanted to die, but Ye Xiao was not that merciful.

"Want to die?" Ye Xiao laughed and said, "Prising off nails is just the overture. You must've heard of the punishment 'death by a thousand cuts,' right? Tied up tightly with fishing nets, sliced three hundred and sixty times without dying!"

Zhongcun Liangjie was breathing rapidly. He simply couldn't fathom how such a fresh-faced youth could harbor such vicious thoughts. Death by a thousand cuts was undoubtedly one of the cruelest punishments the world has ever known!

"You... just kill me, if you dare!" Zhongcun Liangjie roared again.

Ye Xiao decided that Zhongcun Liangjie would not go unpunished, and so, he immediately stuffed the finger from which the nail had been torn into a jar of chili sauce!

The pain from one finger alone made Zhongcun Liangjie's scalp go numb; if he could, he really wanted to die right away to at least escape the inhuman torture!

Zhongcun Liangjie's face turned deathly pale, his lips trembling from the pain.

Ye Xiao said, "This is just the beginning. If you tell the truth, these tortures will naturally stop!"

"You're not human!" Zhongcun Liangjie had always thought he was exceptionally cruel, but the Yan Country man before him was even more ruthless, and what's more, he was able to joke and laugh as if nothing had happened!

"Heh, fine, think of me as a demon then!" Ye Xiao said, "Now you have two choices, one, tell me, or two, we continue!"

"I won't talk, if you have the guts... kill me..."

Ye Xiao nodded and replied, "Good, it seems you still have some backbone!"

And with that, Ye Xiao repeated his previous actions!

'Ah—'

'Ah—'

'Ah—'

In the blink of an eye, there were six or seven fingernails on the floor, and nearly a whole bottle of chili sauce had been used!

"I'll talk! I'll talk! Just stop torturing me!" Finally, Zhongcun Liangjie couldn't bear it anymore and spilled the beans!

Ye Xiao looked at Zhongcun Liangjie's miserable state and let out a cold, faint chuckle, wondering if the same kind of thing happened in the Northern Territory or other places in Yan Country back in the day.

Ye Xiao never considered himself a good person; killing people was a common occurrence, so obviously, he was not a good person!

A demon, indeed, Ye Xiao regarded himself as a demon. It was natural to understand the inhuman acts of a demon!

Playing with the dagger in his hand, Ye Xiao said, "Speak!"

Zhongcun Liangjie, depleted of strength, said, "It was my superior who made me go after Guan Xiaonan!"

"I'm asking for the purpose, don't try to placate me. I want the truth!" Ye Xiao scoffed.

Zhongcun Liangjie hesitated, then finally admitted, "It was Songzhu Jianyi who sent me. The purpose of capturing Guan Xiaonan was to threaten her father into submission to Guan Chongshan!"

Ye Xiao couldn't help but be slightly surprised; this Songzhu Jianyi character was really quite intelligent. Guan Chongshan, being the president of Minghai City's Martial Arts Association, once he turned sides, all his disciples and martial brothers, along with the Martial Artists of Minghai City, would definitely come under Songzhu Jianyi's control!

Ye Xiao said, "Let me guess, you're trying to take control of the underground market of Minghai City?"

At Ye Xiao's words, Zhongcun Liangjie suddenly paled and exclaimed, "How... how did you know?"

"Don't ask me these things. And that young Martial Artist who fought me earlier, who is he?" Ye Xiao inquired.

Zhongcun Liangjie replied, "His name is Qiushan He, a promising Martial Artist from Beihai Country. He came here following the orders of the group leader!"

"The group leader?" Ye Xiao asked, "Which group?"

Zhongcun Liangjie hesitated before finally saying, "Mountain Wolf Group!"

Mountain Wolf Group?

That was a name Ye Xiao had never heard of, and he was puzzled as he looked at Zhongcun Liangjie. "If I'm not mistaken, Beihai Country has a major underground corporation called the Sang Group, what is this Mountain Wolf Group?"

Zhongcun Liangjie explained, "Mountain Wolf Group is the strongest organization under the Sang Group, and the one that the leader of the Sang Group trusts the most. They were sent here to expand into Yan Country's underground market!"

Ye Xiao said, "From what you're implying, Mountain Wolf Group isn't just in Minghai City, right?"

"There are many places, at least in a third of Yan Country!" Although Zhongcun Liangjie didn't want to divulge these secrets, he knew that if he didn't tell the truth, he would face the most cruel torture!

Lingchi, unquestionably the most inhumane form of punishment, though abolished, did not mean no one knew of its existence!

As Ye Xiao listened, astonishment flooded his heart. No wonder Ouyang Hua sought him out for the mission to eradicate those illegal forces; perhaps he was referring to this Mountain Wolf Group!

Over a hundred years ago, these troublemakers had attempted coups. Of course, the current strength of Yan Country ensured such events were unlikely to repeat, but this power infiltrating Yan Country's underground market was definitely harmful and offered no benefits to Yan Country!

Now Ye Xiao was beginning to understand the significance of the existence of the Flame Dragon Team!

Ye Xiao asked again, "So how many people do you have in Minghai City exactly, and where is your headquarters? What is your relationship with Black Dragon Company?"

Zhongcun Liangjie wasn't foolish; having told Ye Xiao the previous information, he might be released, but revealing the specific situation of their operations in Minghai City would mean a certain death sentence, regardless of whether Ye Xiao killed him or he faced his own superiors later.

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