61: Damn it, who would do such a thing!
Tang Gao tapped his cheek with a finger, a gentle smile on his face: "How did you find out, Senior Leng?"
Leng Yue gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and gambled his life for a chance at survival, using his clever mind to prove his continued usefulness: "Clones! Those two beside you are Clones!"
When the Clones grew stronger, he also grew stronger.
This was clearly a feedback to the main body.
There was no mysterious powerful being.
He was the powerful being.
Tang Gao was even more surprised: "What are you thinking? Maybe I'm just an ordinary Cultivator with a bit of Aptitude. How can you lose your fighting spirit?"
Leng Yue cried uncontrollably: "You want to re-walk the Demonic Dao, and I can definitely help! I still have use!"
He had heard of such things as powerful beings undergoing Reincarnation to re-Cultivate.
He just hadn't expected to encounter something even less reliable than winning the lottery.
Controlling the Reincarnation of time, manipulating everyone's memories, repeatedly extracting their Souls, and taking pleasure in slaughter.
This could only be the promotion ritual of the Demonic Dao.
Who on the Righteous Path would do such a thing?
Tang Gao felt a slight regret, a sense of pity: "Alright, I have a question for you to answer."
It seemed the other party had misunderstood him, but whether it was a misunderstanding or not, it didn't make much difference.
He couldn't escape from here.
"I am here."
Tang Gao pointed at Li Yuan beside him, his voice flat: "My little brother's mother was used as a ginseng tree and lived a rather miserable life. Not long ago, I sent her through the Yellow Springs to Reincarnation.
And my little brother, his Aptitude and cultivation were forcibly plundered. Do you know who did it?"
Li Yuan's Aptitude was High Grade, the kind with potential to Cultivate to the fifth rank.
Leng Yue swallowed: "The Zhao Family, it was a certain Disciple of the Zhao Family who plundered it using a secret technique.
The Zhao Family is the leader of the Three-Leaf Clover Group. That's all I know."
To guide a Soul through the Yellow Springs into Reincarnation, this must be done by a powerful being.
Tang Gao felt a bit regretful: "It seems they aren't here, but I'm quite angry now. How about this: whatever suffering my brother endured, you, as an onlooker, will endure the same. How does that sound?"
Leng Yue suddenly looked up, his face pale, his voice trembling: "I... I... good... good."
Tang Gao raised a finger, motioned Li Yuan to come over, and pointed at Leng Yue: "Go, learn how to plunder Aptitude and cultivation."
Li Yuan was slightly puzzled and asked: "Brother, I don't know secret techniques, nor do I understand surgery."
Tang Gao's expression was calm as he said faintly: "It's fine, you can learn slowly."
Leng Yue's pupils constricted into pinpricks from fear, cold sweat poured from his body, and he collapsed onto the floor.
Li Yuan looked at Tang Gao in confusion, not understanding why his big brother wanted him to torment this fourth-rank Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
Tang Gao calmly took a sip of tea: "Your mother suffered, and he stood by and did nothing. He's an accomplice."
In an instant, Leng Yue felt a chill through his body and mind, his face completely devoid of color, and he trembled as he said: "You'll let me go, right...?"
Tang Gao threw a scalpel in front of Li Yuan and said indifferently: "Begin."
Leng Yue provided military protection to the Three-Leaf Clover Group; his crimes were heinous and needed no further explanation.
Li Yuan's eyes turned bloodshot. He picked up the scalpel, and his body erupted with Evil Qi, shattering the decorations in the room. The scalpel fiercely stabbed towards Leng Yue's heart.
"Bang!"
The scalpel was snapped in half, and blood flowed from Li Yuan's tiger's mouth.
Li Yuan ignored the pain, holding the broken scalpel, and fiercely stabbed at Leng Yue's heart, scaring Leng Yue into frantically crawling backward, but he dared not escape, nor dared to resist.
Violent Justice grabbed his wrist, stopped his movement, handed him a new scalpel, imbued it with Punishing Flames, and said seriously: "Use this; this one is sharp."
Li Yuan gripped the scalpel with its pitch-black flames and furiously stabbed at Leng Yue.
Leng Yue dared not resist, his face filled with extreme fear, his pupils reflecting the scalpel burning with pitch-black flames.
"Pfft!"
Blood splattered, Leng Yue's brain instantly burned into a charred mess, and the pitch-black Punishing Flames furiously burned on his head.
Tang Gao didn't even look at the charred corpse. Instead, he opened the System and changed the reset location to here, so he wouldn't have to make another trip later.
After changing the settings, Tang Gao pressed the reset button.
Time flowed backward. Leng Yue knelt on the floor, looking at Tang Gao with a terrified expression, cold sweat pouring from his body. The fear of impending death made him lose all fighting spirit.
Tang Gao chuckled: "Li Yuan, you learn first. The rest of us will rest for a bit. When you're done, we'll interrogate him."
Li Yuan gripped the scalpel burning with Punishing Flames, his eyes bloodshot, repeatedly and fiercely stabbing into Leng Yue's body.
With Punishing Flames, the defense-breaking and special attack effects were excellent.
Tang Gao hummed a tune, and amidst Leng Yue's screams, he set the reset trigger condition to Leng Yue's death.
Again and again, repeatedly, over and over.
Leng Yue's screams never stopped. The room was accompanied by the piercing 'pfft' sounds, and blood splattering was a constant.
Tang Gao found it a bit annoying to listen to, so he walked out, closed the door, stood in the hallway, and watched the sun repeatedly return to its fixed position outside, feeling that the whole world had become much quieter.
Violent Justice and the Shennong Alchemist also came out.
Violent Justice kicked the Shennong Alchemist twice, and the Shennong Alchemist took out a lollipop and handed it to the main body.
Tang Gao rolled his eyes but still took it and put it in his mouth: "Once Li Yuan's mindset has calmed down, we'll begin the perfect clear, aiming to finish it in one go."
The Shennong Alchemist said seriously: "Your Excellency, I don't think we should let them off easily. We can cripple them, blur their key memories related to us, and then hand them over to the Guardian Bureau."
Violent Justice nodded: "That's a good idea. Death doesn't truly punish these people. They need to face a fair trial and also die socially."
At first, everyone was furious, thinking that only death could settle accounts with them.
But after killing them so many times, the two Clones felt that simple death was too easy for them; they should face a fair trial before dying.
Everyone should know the crimes of the Three-Leaf Clover Group branch. The world should know every single crime of these villains, and then sentence them to death.
Tang Gao nodded: "I agree, but before that, I want Li Yuan's pain to be alleviated."
The true culprits were still at large, but they could use Leng Yue to quench their thirst for now.
The three of them leaned against the railing, looking at the scenery of the warehouse base, appreciating the world repeatedly flowing backward in time, their bodies and minds greatly relaxed.
To be honest, grinding this much in one go was indeed very tiring.
But among the four, Li Yuan was the most intense in grinding his evolution bar.
Because Li Yuan's path to becoming stronger was very limited. He had no Cultivation Technique to Cultivate, no professional path to improve, he could only hone his moves and evolution bar, and the benefits of the evolution bar were visibly strong.
Therefore, among the four, Li Yuan was the one with the most evolutions.
Although Li Yuan only had first-rank cultivation now, he had the combat power of an Early Stage second-rank, which was considered a very diligent grinder.
"Tap tap..."
Footsteps came from behind Tang Gao. Li Yuan walked out with a calm expression, covered in blood, the malevolence in his eyes mostly dissipated, and his whole demeanor seemed much gentler.
It was evident that his mindset had calmed down a lot, approaching a normal range.
"Big Brother, I didn't learn it. I don't understand surgery."
Tang Gao waved his hand: "It doesn't matter. Did he say anything?"
"He didn't say anything."
Tang Gao turned his head, looking surprised: "He's that stubborn?"
Truly worthy of being a fourth-rank Foundation Establishment Cultivator; his Heart-Nature is actually this strong!
Killed so many times, yet he didn't utter a single sound!
How much money did the Three-Leaf Clover Group give him? His lips are so sealed.
Li Yuan looked at him blankly: "No, Big Brother, did you ask him any questions?"
Tang Gao suddenly realized, then remembered that he hadn't asked any questions at all: "Oh, I forgot to ask. It's fine, no big deal. We can ask next time."