Song Jiacheng suddenly turned around, then knelt down with a thud, crying out, "Spare me, Brother Lu, no, Brother Lu, please spare my life. I have an elderly mother and a three-year-old child. If I die, what will they do?"
Lu Yan leaned over, drawing Song Jiacheng's sword and holding it to Song Jiacheng's neck, saying, "I'll ask, you'll answer."
"Yes, yes, Brother Lu, please ask. I will answer truthfully, not daring to withhold a single word."
Song Jiacheng, who had already been terrified, nodded repeatedly.
Being clearly over a decade older than Lu Yan, he still called him 'brother' naturally and without hesitation.
"The Green Bamboo Gang is involved in child trafficking. You must be involved, besides Meng Qi, who else is involved?"
Lu Yan asked.
Captain Sun Xiang, Deputy Captain Wang Hai, and Meng Qi."
Song Jiacheng said.
"Besides them, are there other people involved, like, other team captains?"
Lu Yan asked.
"No, other teams are not aware of this."
Song Jiacheng honestly answered.
Lu Yan pondered for a moment, then asked, "What about Wang Lin? Was he involved?"
Having partnered with Wang Lin for five months, Wang Lin had taught him a lot and was an honest man. Truthfully, he hoped that Wang Lin had not been involved in this matter.
"No, Wang Lin doesn't know about this. The reason why the team leaders arranged for you and Wang Lin to be responsible for this area of the Green Bamboo Gang is just in case the news leaked. They can blame you two and make you scapegoats."
Song Jiacheng said.
"Sun Xiang, you're a piece of work."
Lu Yan's eyes turned even colder.
"Who does the Green Bamboo Gang sell the children to?"
"To the Wu Family, but I really don't know what the Wu Family buys children for."
Song Jiacheng said.
It turns out it's the Wu family, they have a huge nerve. It's well known Liu Family and Wu Family are mortal enemies. If the Liu Family finds out, Sun Xiang and the others will meet a terrible end.
Unsurprisingly, Meng Qi was in such a hurry to kill the witnesses.
"Lastly, how strong is Fang Xiong, the leader of the Green Bamboo Gang? How many masters are there within the gang?"
Lu Yan asked.
"The gang leader of the Green Bamboo Gang, reached the fourth limit breaking two years ago. There are also two deputies who have reached the third limit breaking, two at the second limit breaking, four at the first limit breaking, a total of nine limit-breaking warriors. The other members are all insignificant."
"Brother Lu, I've told you everything I know without omission. Please, spare my life. I have an elderly mother and a three-year-old child..."
Slash!
As the long blade cut across, Song Jiacheng grabbed his own throat which was bleeding profusely. He stared at Lu Yan, seemingly questioning why?
After struggling for a bit, he dropped dead.
"You have a family, what does that have to do with me?"
Lu Yan said faintly.
They were all adults and should be responsible for their actions.
Did having a family give you a license to commit terrible crimes? And afterwards, use your family as a means of moral blackmail?
Ridiculous!
Next, Lu Yan began to think about how to clean up the aftermath.
Zuo Yi and the others were still missing. Sun Xiang, Meng Qi, and others must know something was wrong by now, and would likely try to kill Lu Yan themselves.
If this was the case, it would be better to make the first move.
Of course, Lu Yan had another option, which was to report it to the Liu Family.
However, he had no evidence proving the collusion between Sun Xiang and others with the Green Bamboo Gang. It is possible that they could be accused instead.
Sun Xiang and others had been operating in the Red-clad Guard for many years and had a vast network of contacts, while he was just a first limit-breaking warrior. Would people believe him, or would they believe Sun Xiang and the others?
Even if the Liu Family believed him and wanted to investigate thoroughly, his secret of killing Zuo Yi and others would surely be revealed.
A first limit-breaker killing a third limit-breaker and two second limit-breakers?
Could his secret be kept then?
Reporting to the Liu Family had too many uncertainties, and Lu Yan disliked uncertainty.
Therefore, he chose the simplest way.
Lu Yan looked around the alley.
The surroundings were full of rundown houses that hadn't been demolished for renovation, with few people living around. It was a perfect place for burying a corpse.
Originally, Zuo Yi had picked this place specifically for Lu Yan.
Now, it served their purpose instead.
Lu Yan found a dilapidated courtyard with a dry well. He threw the bodies of Zuo Yi and the other three into the well.
The bloodstains on the ground, Lu Yan washed them away with water.
The later the deaths of Zuo Yi and the others are discovered, the better.
After ensuring everything was in order, Lu Yan went out to buy some materials and then returned home to put on some makeup.
With slightly darkened skin and a bit of stubble applied, he looked much older. Combined with his tall stature, he bore the semblance of a man in his thirties, unrecognizable from his original appearance.
Then, Lu Yan directly headed towards the Green Bamboo Gang headquarters.
"Inform your Gang Leader, that Captain Meng Qi sent me to see him."
At the entrance of the Green Bamboo Gang headquarters, Lu Yan told the guard.
Clothed in a Red-clad Guard uniform, the gang members at the gate didn't dare to show any negligence. They immediately went to inform their leader, and very soon, Lu Yan was taken to see Fang Xiong.
"This gentleman, I've never seen you before."
Fang Xiong stared at Lu Yan.
"I have always been helping Captain Meng Qi with other matters, so naturally you haven't seen me."
"Captain Meng Qi asked me to inquire, how are the children doing? Everything's alright, correct?"
Lu Yan calmly posed the question.
Seeing that Lu Yan knew about the children, Fang Xiong instantly relaxed, thinking that Lu Yan was truly one of Meng Qi's men. He said, "Don't worry, everything's ready. The handover can be done in a couple of days."
"By the way, did Captain Meng Qi send you all the way here to just ask about this?"
"Certainly not, Captain Meng Qi has a letter for you, which he asked me to personally hand over."
Speaking thus, Lu Yan glanced at the two deputy leaders of the Green Bamboo Gang next to him, "'This letter is top secret. Ask them to step out."
"No need."
Fang Xiong shook his head, saying, "They are my brothers, absolutely trustworthy. There is no need to hide anything from them."
"This guy, he's really cautious."
Lu Yan secretly thought.
He had originally thought of separating the two deputy leaders to single-handedly deal with Fang Xiong, which would be a lot easier.
However, it doesn't matter. Lu Yan will not change his plan because of this.
"Alright then, Gang Leader please read the letter..."
Lu Yan stepped forward, reaching into his cloak, pretending to get the letter.
Swish!
A handful of fiery red chili powder was thrown at Fang Xiong's face.
Caught off guard, Fang Xiong took a direct hit.
"My eyes, Ah, kill him, kill him for me."
Fang Xiong roared in fury while quickly retreating.
The two deputy leaders reacted quickly and threw themselves at Lu Yan.
But Lu Yan was faster. At the moment of throwing the chili powder, he launched the Liuhe Kick with powerful force, his leg muscles swelling, and like a bolt from a crossbow, he charged toward the leader of the Green Bamboo Gang.
His Qi-blood surged as he executed the Iron Thread Fist to the extreme. His fists and arms were tightly wrapped in black lines, as if he were wearing a pair of iron wire gloves.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
His fists hammered out fiercely.
With his eyes disabled, Fang Xiong could only surge his Qi-blood and randomly throw his fists attempting to fend off Lu Yan's onslaught.
However, after only two moves, he was hit in the chest by Lu Yan's punch.
As a limit breaker who had broken through four times, his Qi-blood was thick and refined, his flesh body was very solid due to four rounds of tempering. It was difficult to breach the Qi-blood defense and cause fatal damage even if an ordinary second limit breaker were to hit him.
But Lu Yan wasn't an ordinary second limit breaker, his Iron Thread Fist, with its unity of man and martial arts, was extremely destructive. The terrifying fist broke through layers of Qi-blood, causing Fang Xiong's chest to collapse inward, leaving a bloody hole.
The leader of the Green Bamboo Gang stumbled backwards, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
By this time, the two deputy leaders had already arrived.
Lu Yan moved swiftly, evading one of them and striking hard at the other.
Crack!
The deputy leader's hand bone broke and Lu Yan's leg, like a steel whip, swept across his head, causing his head to explode like a watermelon.
Lu Yan didn't stop, his legs swirling like a whirlwind, continuously kicking out. The deputy leader barely managed to block a few attacks before Lu Yan's fist pierced through his chest.
In a few breaths' time, Lu Yan had killed the two third limit-breaking deputy leaders.
Whew!
Summoning his remaining strength, Fang Xiong threw a table at Lu Yan, intending to shatter the window and escape.
Bang!
Lu Yan shattered the table with a punch, quickly caught up with Fang Xiong, and landed a punch on his head, instantly ending his life.
The commotion inside had alerted the Green Bamboo Gang members outside. More than twenty gang members, under the lead of a few limit-breaking warriors, swarmed in like bees.