Ding Bo thought for a moment, "Earlier, it seemed like she went to the City God Temple with Miss Xue Jian and hasn't returned. Boss, do you think it could be?"
"Good, good. I originally didn't want to get involved in their family matters, but now they dare to plot against me. Jing Tian! Take the Demon Sword, and I'll take you to be a hero."
As soon as he finished speaking, Swain released a swarm of Ravenous Flocks to start searching.
A quarter of an hour.
Sure enough, Tang Xue Jian and Hua Ying were both controlled by people from the Tang Clan.
At this moment, they were being transported to the Tang Clan dungeon.
"Boss, calm down. We don't have any proof."
Swain coldly snorted, "Who says we don't have proof? The Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus, a hidden weapon passed down in my family, is missing. In the entire Yu Zhou City, they're the only family who plays with hidden weapons. If they didn't take it, who else did? Jing Tian! What are you dawdling about? We're going to get something back, definitely not to ask for people, understand?"
Jing Tian reluctantly rushed back to his courtyard and changed into that more handsome outfit.
"Hehe, a hero has to look like a hero."
Swain coldly snorted, "Pretentious."
Then he also changed into the appearance he had designed before.
Jing Tian secretly nodded in admiration in his heart. Look at his level, he doesn't even leave a trace when showing off.
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Tang Clan Dungeon
Xue Jian slammed the dungeon door and shouted, "Let me out! Hua Ying belongs to Young Master Hu! Not yours! It was given to Young Master Hu by Grandpa!"
Tang Tai coldly snorted, "The Five Poison Beast has always been a treasure of the Tang Clan. That kid tricked it away. Besides, the old Clan Leader is already dead. Whatever you say is right."
Hua Ying was bound by chains, struggling with all her might, but she couldn't break free.
Metal overcomes wood; it's the law of nature.
"You shameless scoundrel! You're the one who killed Grandpa! And you're still pretending to be a good person here!"
Tang Tai chuckled, "Keep shouting. No one will hear you, no matter how loud you shout. Everyone here is my man."
Suddenly, a Tang Clan disciple walked in, looking like something bad had happened. "Clan Leader, Hu Ge is here."
Tang Tai smiled calmly. "He's here? So what? My Tang Clan is a professional in making poison."
"Prepare the poison mist. Release it when you see my signal."
"Yes."
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Reception Hall
Tang Tai looked radiant and full of smiles, showing no trace of the coldness from just now.
As soon as he saw Swain, he bowed with his fist in his palm, "Young Master Hu, long time no see. What brings you to our Tang Clan today?"
Swain admired people with such deep schemes, but he didn't like them at all. He coldly snorted and, ignoring Tang Tai's gestures, directly said, "The Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus, a treasure passed down in our Hu family, a top-grade hidden weapon, is missing. According to insiders, they saw people from your Tang Clan frequently entering our Yong An Pawnshop. Is there such a thing?"
Tang Tai smiled calmly, "No, no. Young Master Hu, don't be anxious. Bring tea for our guest."
Jing Tian impolitely took it and was about to drink it, but Swain snatched it away and threw it on the table. "You dare drink tea from the Tang Clan? Aren't you afraid of being poisoned to death?"
Tang Tai's face twitched. "Young Master Hu is joking. We really haven't seen your family's treasure, the Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus."
"That's strange. Why would rumors spread for no reason? If Clan Leader Tang believes he's innocent, would you dare let me search the place?"
Tang Tai's face changed. "Don't push your luck! What kind of place is my Tang Clan? Is it a place that someone like you can search as you please?"
Swain slowly took a sip of tea. He didn't care if it was poisoned. What ordinary poison could poison a demon?
This was where Jing Tian's role came into play. This was the biggest reason Swain brought him along. He knew how to assess the situation. Swain's favorite thing was to toy with his opponents, completely breaking down their mental defenses.
"I said, you old geezer, you're clearly feeling guilty. Our boss hasn't even said anything, and you're already acting like this. You must be the ones who stole it."
Tang Tai was furious. "You!" Then he shouted, "Release the poison mist!"
The doors and windows of the reception hall suddenly closed, and a green poisonous gas rushed in.
Jing Tian was a little panicked. "Boss, what about us?"
Swain waved his hand, pretending to teach Jing Tian a lesson. "You just haven't seen enough big events. I also have some knowledge of poison. It just so happens that Clan Leader Tang wants to learn a thing or two from us, so let's exchange some ideas."
"Wood Release! Advent of a World of Flowering Trees!"
Suddenly, huge vines surged out from the ground, completely surrounding the inside and outside of the Tang Clan courtyard in just a few seconds.
Each protruding flower bud bloomed into a beautiful and thorny flower with the arrival of the poisonous gas.
Pollen was released along with it, mixing with the green poisonous gas.
Swain snapped his fingers. "Wind Release, Tornado!"
The poisonous gas in the air seemed to have eyes, gathering toward Tang Tai under the control of the wind.
Tang Tai screamed in terror, but when he saw Swain drinking half a bowl of tea, he immediately grabbed it as a lifeline. "You, you drank the poison I put in. Let me go, and we can talk."
Swain spread his hands. "I didn't grab you. It's just that the wind doesn't seem to like you. Look at these beautiful poisonous pollen and gas. Do you think they're deadly?"
Tang Tai shouted, "You, you can't do this! If you kill me, you won't get the antidote, and you'll die too!"
Swain pretended to realize something. "Oh! So Clan Leader Tang put poison in my tea? Why don't I feel anything at all? Don't joke around, Clan Leader Tang. Didn't we agree to exchange some ideas about poison? Stop shouting. The more you shout, the faster you'll absorb it!"
Jing Tian felt a chill run down his spine. The boss actually had this side to him? It was too scary. He could never be enemies with the boss in the future.
Tang Tai helplessly wailed. "Someone! Someone!" But his voice became quieter and quieter.
Swain stretched lazily and smacked his lips. "You're too boring. You gave up so quickly? I haven't even enjoyed myself yet! I'll give you three days to hand over my Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus. Here is a three-day antidote, which is enough for everyone in your Tang Clan. If you can't hand it over? Then there's nothing I can do. I can only let you be muddleheaded every day, not knowing whether you're alive or dead, and occasionally dream of falling into the eighteenth level of hell for a walk."
"Jing Tian, let's go."
Jing Tian didn't understand why they didn't directly ask for Hua Ying and Xue Jian, but he didn't ask while they were in the Tang Clan. It wasn't until they left the Tang Clan and looked back at the mansion wrapped in huge vines that he swallowed hard and asked, "Boss, why don't we just ask them for the people?"
Swain smiled faintly. "What people? My Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus was stolen. If they don't hand it over, how can that be allowed?"
Jing Tian suddenly understood. The boss was trying to kill their spirits. Once Tang Tai and the others took the antidote and sent the people back, they would discover that Swain didn't want the people, but the Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus. The despair would be frightening just to think about.
But where would the Tang Clan find something that the boss had made up?
At that time, they would pitifully guard the antidote that the boss had given them, which would only be effective for a few days, and try their best to find something that didn't exist.
In the end, the boss would say it was a joke... it was terrifying to think about!
...
Tang Tai felt a piercing pain all over his body. A force erupted from somewhere, and he stuffed the antidote that Swain had left behind into his mouth.
The pain did stop.
And he wasn't the only one.
There was one thing that Jing Tian got wrong. Swain didn't leave an antidote at all. What the world of flowering trees secreted wasn't poison, but illusion. He just made a small adjustment to make everyone in the Tang Clan think they were poisoned.
In the end, Tang Tai only cared about Swain's poison and ignored his own poison, and was killed by his own poison. He had an antidote but didn't know how to use it. That was the most tormenting method.
It was fake to say that Swain didn't care about Xue Jian and Hua Ying. He still had some feelings for them, but the most important thing was that they actually dared to challenge his authority.
In Konoha, no one dared to do that. Although the aura of someone in a high position wasn't revealed, in his heart, he had already reached that height.
I can be kind, but you can't really think that I'm kind.
Jing Tian did the best in this regard.
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"Quick! Quickly release Xue Jian and Hua Ying! This evening, we'll bring gifts to apologize!"
Tang Tai's mental defenses had collapsed. Swain's astonishing power left him in despair. Killing himself with poison made him wail. In the end, deliberately drinking the poisoned tea but still being unharmed completely took away all his hope and pride.
So the Tang Clan was so insignificant.
Evening
The Tang family prepared ten cartloads of generous gifts and respectfully invited Xue Jian and Hua Ying into a sedan chair.
Tang Tai took the initiative to lift the sedan curtain, inviting them with a face full of smiles.
"Oh dear, I can't handle it. The Tang Clan's great Clan Leader is personally inviting me? What do you think, Hua Ying?"
Tang Xue Jian just wouldn't get into the sedan chair, making Tang Tai bend over there.
Hua Ying was even more angry, her chains binding her so painfully.
Tang Tai cursed in his heart, but he didn't dare to show any dissatisfaction on his face. "Miss, please get into the sedan chair."
Tang Xue Jian naturally didn't appreciate it. She had never wanted to fight for the position of Clan Leader in the first place, forcing her to cut off relations and say goodbye to Grandpa.
Now they were kidnapping her and Hua Ying, and they even dared to hit Xiao Yi. It would be best if the entire family was wiped out. "I dare not, I dare not! Didn't I already cut off relations with you? Why are you admitting it now? I can't handle it. Who burned, robbed, and took my things before?"
Tang Tai held back his anger and finally said that sentence, "Your grandfather wouldn't want the Tang family to be wiped out, would he?"
Tang Xue Jian was silent. After hesitating again and again, she thought of Grandpa and pulled Hua Ying into the sedan chair.
People were originally returning home.
From this, everyone thought it was a wedding.
Swain smiled faintly with an Imperial perspective.
Good Tang Tai, his face-saving skills were really good. I don't know if it was for the Tang Clan or for his own dog life.
"Jing Tian, go greet our Tang Clan Leader from Yu Zhou City. By the way, ask if my Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus has been found."
Jing Tian felt a little sorry for that Tang Tai. Although he wasn't a good person, the boss was really ruthless.
The doors of the Yong An Pawnshop opened, and Jing Tian appeared with a playful look, congratulating Tang Tai with his fist in his palm. "Oh? Clan Leader Tang? Congratulations on getting rich and good luck! How is it? Was the Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus found?"
Tang Tai's face twitched, and he smiled. "Brother Jing, don't joke around. I'm here to apologize. I've already sent Miss and the Five Poison Beast back to you."
What kind of person was Jing Tian? His face turned stern. "What Miss? What Five Poison Beast? What our boss wants is the Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus. You haven't prepared it yet? Even now, you're still greedy for treasures? Clan Leader Tang, then I can't help you. Go back where you came from."
Saying that, Jing Tian turned around to leave, and the door was about to close.
Tang Tai slammed the door with a loud sound, pleading, "Brother Jing, Grandpa Jing, please help me. Look, we've also prepared some small gifts, it's just a token of our appreciation."
Jing Tian didn't answer, but Swain strolled out as if he was taking a walk. "Knowing they're small gifts, why not go back? The Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus is a treasure, a top-grade hidden weapon in the world. It can even kill a god general. I'm really disappointed that you're still greedy for it at this point."
"Go back. Remember, it's only three days, ah no, it's only two days now."
Tang Tai gritted his teeth, pointed at Swain, and shouted angrily, "Hu Ge! Don't push your luck! Be careful, I'll fight to the death, and don't forget that Tang Xue Jian and Hua Ying are still in my hands!"
Swain's expression didn't change, but he advised with the calmness of a high level. "Clan Leader Tang, look at you, what's the rush? I'm just asking for my treasure back? When did I talk about Tang Xue Jian? When did I talk about Hua Ying? Besides, do you think I really care about them?"
Tang Tai's anger hit cotton; there was no rebound at all. The determination that had just gathered collapsed again in an instant.
With a thud, Tang Tai knelt on the ground. "Young Master Hu, Grandpa Hu! Ancestor Hu! I beg you, please spare me. I really know I was wrong. The old Clan Leader is watching from heaven, and he doesn't want to see the Tang family wiped out."
Swain was unmoved. Instead, he helped Tang Tai up again, revealing a devilish smile. "Clan Leader Tang is joking. What old Clan Leader? How could the family be wiped out? Aren't we just exchanging some ideas about poison?"
"I don't want any gold or silver. Just return my original things to me, that's all. That's settled, Jing Tian, see our guest out!"
"Clan Leader Tang, this way please."
Tang Tai bit his silver teeth so hard that they were almost broken, and let out an animalistic roar from his throat. "Someone! Please bring Miss and Hua Ying down from the sedan chair!"
Jing Tian pities Tang Tai. Heaven can forgive sins, but self-inflicted sins cannot be forgiven... who told you to provoke our boss?
"Yo, Piggy! Where have you been?"
"Hmph! You stinky tofu! You said you were looking for me, but you were having an affair with a girl! I, Tang Xue Jian, am ashamed to be with you!"
Hua Ying hopped into Swain's arms. "Master! Hua Ying missed you so much."
Jing Tian looked angry. "When did I have an affair with a girl?! Explain yourself!"
"You still don't admit it?! I'm telling you, you stinky tofu , that's not a person, it's a monster, and it can turn red! If she hadn't hurt me, Hua Ying and I wouldn't have been caught by these people."
Hua Ying hugged Swain tightly, looking wronged. "Master, their chains were tied so tight, it hurt so much."
Tang Tai was sweating profusely, afraid that Swain would do anything else.
Swain ignored Hua Ying and said to Tang Tai, "Take your things and go back. Remember, hand over my Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus the day after tomorrow."
Xue Jian and Jing Tian were fighting fiercely, and Hua Ying innocently asked, "Master, what is the Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus?"
Swain said without blinking, "That's a hidden weapon passed down in my family. It's very powerful and was stolen by the Tang Clan, hey? Why haven't you left yet?"
Tang Tai felt as if his heart was dead. "Let's go."
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