74: Chapter 74 Spending Money to Avoid Disaster

Zhang Family

"My son!"

Upon seeing Zhang Zhihui's corpse, the middle-aged woman threw herself onto it, wailing in grief.

She could not accept what was happening before her eyes.

"Who was it?!"

Zhang Yucheng said, his face showing anger.

He had originally thought that Bureau Chief Sun Xiuwen taking his son away was merely to give him a warning.

But he hadn't expected that he would return as a corpse.

Although he didn't care much for this son, and was even a bit annoyed by this rebellious child, he was still his son, and they shared a Bloodline.

Now that his son was dead, he had no doubt that this was the City Patrol Bureau declaring war on the Zhang Family.

"You must avenge my son."

The beautiful middle-aged woman also looked at Zhang Yucheng with a resentful expression and said.

"It was my doing."

Deputy City Lord Zhang Yukun looked at this scene and said coldly.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yucheng looked at Deputy City Lord Zhang Yukun in disbelief.

He wondered if he had misheard?

It was Deputy City Lord Zhang Yukun who had personally killed Zhang Zhihui, his own nephew.

The middle-aged woman also looked at Deputy City Lord Zhang Yukun in disbelief.

"Brother, why did you do this?"

Zhang Yucheng asked.

Based on his understanding of his brother, he knew that Deputy City Lord Zhang Yukun must have had his reasons for doing so.

What reason could force Deputy City Lord Zhang Yukun to kill his own nephew?

"If he doesn't die, it will be our Zhang Family that dies."

Deputy City Lord Zhang Yukun glanced at Zhang Zhihui and said coldly.

"Slandering the Peak Master Zichen of Yuanxu Mountain, a Disciple of the Nirvana Ancestor—you certainly raised a fine son."

Deputy City Lord Zhang Yukun continued.

Peak Master Zichen? A Disciple of the Nirvana Ancestor?!

After his brother's explanation, Zhang Yucheng finally understood the ins and outs of the matter. Knowing that his now-dead son had offended a Disciple of the Nirvana Ancestor made him feel even more disgust toward Zhang Zhihui.

"It's all because of you, pampering this piece of trash every day, nearly bringing a catastrophe upon our Zhang Family."

Zhang Yucheng said, not concealing his disgust at all.

"But he is also your son."

The middle-aged woman still wore a look of heart-wrenching pain.

"He is not anymore."

Zhang Yucheng said unceremoniously.

For this disaster that almost brought ruin to his Family, Zhang Yucheng did not recognize him as his son.

"Prepare one hundred thousand medium-grade origin stones and send them to him quickly."

Deputy City Lord Zhang Yukun said.

"Also, some of the trash in the Family should be dealt with, so they don't spend all day causing trouble."

To prevent similar things from happening, Deputy City Lord Zhang Yukun felt it was necessary to reorganize the Family.

It was fortunate that Lin Ming didn't hold it against them too much, otherwise their Zhang Family would have vanished from Tianyuan City entirely.

Compared to that, what were one hundred thousand medium-grade origin stones?

"Also, my Great Senior Brother is likely going to make a move against us. You should be careful; some things should be let go when it's time."

City Lord Ji Ze taking advantage of this matter was basically a certainty, especially after those words from Lin Ming; City Lord Ji Ze would likely strike at these Families.

They had to be prepared for this.

"I understand."

Zhang Yucheng nodded.

The City Lord striking at them was something they had long expected; it was only a matter of time.

But now, because of the appearance of Lin Ming, there might be some complications.

They would likely have to be prepared for further losses.

Deputy City Lord Zhang Yukun didn't say anything more and turned to leave.

"Someone, take this trash and dispose of him in some random mass grave."

Zhang Yucheng said, looking at Zhang Zhihui's corpse expressionlessly.

"This is your son, how could you be like this?"

The middle-aged woman shrieked.

Zhang Yucheng, however, appeared to turn a blind eye.

From the moment this trash almost brought a catastrophe upon their Zhang Family, he had ceased to consider him his son.

Song Family

The situation in the Song Family was much the same.

Although Song Lin hadn't slandered Lin Ming, he had still offended Lin Ming; otherwise, Bureau Chief Sun Xiuwen wouldn't have come to make an arrest.

He had been directly beaten by his father, his legs broken, his cultivation crippled, and thrown into a remote courtyard of the Song Family, imprisoned there forever.

As for the one hundred thousand medium-grade origin stones, it certainly stung, but as long as it could appease Lin Ming's anger, it was all worth it.

Otherwise, there would be no Song Family left in Tianyuan City.

Outside Tianyuan City

In the vein of Flowing Brilliance Stones

In the dark, sunless mining tunnel, a faint glimmer of firelight appeared.

"Those guys from the Blood Fiend Sect didn't get the job done and lost quite a few people."

A sinister and sharp voice rang out.

"If it weren't for those guys, we wouldn't be in this state now."

"The people from the Yongzhen Sect are arriving soon. Their goal is also the Flowing Brilliance mine. We need to hurry; if they find out about that thing, we'll be in trouble."

"Also, we received word that the Disciple of Old Ancestor Yun Hua is also in Tianyuan City."

"What? Are you planning to make a move on him?"

The sinister voice said.

According to their intelligence, part of the reason for the Blood Fiend Sect's failure was Lin Ming.

Now Lin Ming had appeared in Tianyuan City.

Slashing a Disciple of the Nirvana Ancestor would surely be interesting.

At the same time, they could also mock those trash from the Blood Fiend Sect.

"Do not create extra complications. The Elder has ordered us to find that thing as quickly as possible and withdraw from this place."

Another voice said.

Because of the large-scale sweep by Yuanxu Mountain, some of their Demonic Path forces lurking in Yuanxu Mountain had to temporarily leave the location of Yuanxu Mountain.

Of course, there were also those like them who were still staying within the bounds of Yuanxu Mountain to carry out special missions.

If it weren't for those guys from the Blood Fiend Sect acting on their own, they wouldn't have been forced into a passive state.

What was even more laughable was that those guys from the Blood Fiend Sect tried to steal a chicken only to lose the rice used to bait it.

"The people from the Yongzhen Sect are not so easy to deal with."

Especially since they were still on the territory of Yuanxu Mountain.

Once the people from the Yongzhen Sect and Yuanxu Mountain discovered them and joined forces, it would be unknown whether they could escape alive.

Let alone killing Lin Ming.

A Disciple of the Nirvana Ancestor—how could he be so easy to kill?

The flame extinguished, and the mining tunnel plunged back into darkness.

The next day

In the inn

Lin Ming was enjoying a table full of delicacies.

Now he only needed to wait for the two hundred thousand medium-grade origin stones to arrive and wait for the people from the Yongzhen Sect to come.

There was nothing else to do.

"Bang..."

At this moment, a knock on the door sounded.

"Come in."

Lin Ming said.

He saw a middle-aged man walk into the room with a look of respect.

He naturally knew of Lin Ming's identity and did not dare to be negligent.

"Superior, I am from the City Lord's Mansion. The people from the Yongzhen Sect have already arrived in Tianyuan City."