23: Chapter 23: Li swallows Li, they're all Li anyway!

"...Who is Li Youfu?" Feng Yifan was puzzled.

Zhang Qianlü's stroke of genius was beyond his expectations.

He hesitated for a moment, then prepared to open his mouth to ask why.

The surrounding members of the Li Clan also showed expressions of confusion.

Then they all looked at Old Loach.

"Request to kill? Is it to kill me?" Old Loach was very confused. "Why kill me?"

He scrambled up and rushed over, shouting and questioning. When had he ever offended this Young Master Zhang?

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"Even if I have offended you in some way, there's no need to take my old life!"

"Ah? Uncle Mudfish, it's a misunderstanding, not *this* Li Youfu!" Zhang Qianlü was almost deafened by his loud shout and hurriedly explained, "Uncle Mudfish, I'm talking about the Old Master Li from the Li Residence in the city."

"Huh? Why does that Old Master Li have the same name?"

Now Old Loach understood; it wasn't about him after all.

"Then why do you want to kill him?" Old Loach asked. "Did he offend... right, he did offend you. He even wanted to kill you."

Zhang Qianlü had said he didn't dare return to the county town because he feared the Old Master from the Li Residence would come back to kill him to silence him.

The members of the Li Clan once again showed expressions of understanding.

So that's how it was.

Putting it that way, it made sense.

They just felt this kid was a bit unfathomable.

Call him kind? He really was quite kind, trying desperately to make amends for his mistakes, and he seemed very amiable during these past two days of interaction.

Call him ruthless? He was indeed ruthless. Look at him now, opening his mouth and talking about killing someone.

"That Li Youfu is the Old Master of the Li Family in the city. If you want to kill him, it's probably difficult," Old Loach couldn't help but say. "He has servants, he has guards. You can't win against him."

The others nodded.

The young man's temper is quite big.

Being tricked and wanting revenge is also human nature.

Since they've become enemies, and it's this kind of life-or-death enmity, wanting to strike first isn't unreasonable.

It's just that the other side is strong, you can't win, so it's better to endure for now.

"Qianlv, are you worried that if you don't enter the city, he'll still send people to kill you?" the Old Clan Leader asked.

Zhang Qianlü nodded: "I'm just afraid of implicating all of you. Also, I'm worried he still has evil designs on our clan."

Hearing this, the Old Clan Leader frowned and didn't speak.

"Evil designs? That can't be, right?" Li Feiyu interjected. "Just for those few wolf pelts?"

This Li Residence in the city was a wealthy household. From what the Clan Leader meant, it was the family they went to buy grain from, the one that bought the wolf teeth.

It was that time when they revealed their wealth, and later when they went to buy meat, they were noticed, which gave rise to malicious intent.

But for such a small thing, to harbor murderous intent once, fail, and then come again?

"That would be too short-sighted. Looking at their high gates and large compound, they don't seem like the type to disregard everything for such a trifle."

The other Li clansmen also had varied expressions, not quite believing it.

But some couldn't help but worry.

"What if they do it like this time again, tricking others to lure beasts to kill us? What then?"

As soon as the words fell, someone said: "We have the Mountain God's protection! What are you afraid of?"

"Exactly! People as easy to trick and as capable of luring demonic beasts as Brother Qianlv aren't common!"

"..." Zhang Qianlü's face instantly flushed crimson.

"That Li Youfu in the city, harming us, wasn't it for the wolf pelts, was it?" the Old Clan Leader asked.

Recalling, Li Er and the others hadn't said why the people from the Li Residence tricked Zhang Qianlü into luring the Demon Rats horde to harm them.

It seems he had been mistaken.

"Yes, he wanted the Sword Sect tokens in your possession," Zhang Qianlü said. "To be precise, it was to replace you."

Saying this, he briefly explained the goals of the Li Residence in the city.

"How did you know all this?" the Old Clan Leader asked, his brow tightly furrowed after listening. "Since you were tricked into coming, you shouldn't know these things."

If he had known earlier, it couldn't be considered being tricked.

Li Feiyu and the other youths immediately assumed defensive postures.

"...I lived in the Li Residence for over two years and heard some gossip," Zhang Qianlü, completely unaware of this, said with his head bowed, looking very dejected. "This kind of behavior, devouring fellow clansmen, Old Master Li has done it more than once. It's just that before, I didn't believe it."

As the saying goes, he who eats another's food is beholden to them, he who takes another's gifts is indebted.

Besides, he was placed in the Li Family by his own mother.

"Mother said she had calculated my fate, that my rise would depend on the Li Clan," Zhang Qianlü sighed. "So of course I didn't believe the people of the Li Residence were such evil people."

Now thinking about it, he lived in the Li Residence and could still hear others saying those things. It was evident that the Li Family's conduct in Xinan County probably involved more evil than just this.

If the gossip he had heard before was all true, then the people of the Li Residence all deserved to die!

Such evil people, everyone has the right to punish them!

"Mountain God!"

Having said this, Zhang Qianlü suddenly knelt back down, facing Little Yao Mountain, and said, "Mountain God, Old Master Li tricked me; I must repay my grudges! Help me, and I'll help you kill him, using the flesh and blood of his entire family as an offering to you!"

"Good lad!" the Old Clan Leader nodded. "Cruel enough! And straightforward enough."

He only spoke of avenging himself.

If he kept saying it was for the sake of their Li Clan, it would instead seem hypocritical.

If they could really kill the Li family in the city, it would also remove a hidden threat for them.

But would the Mountain God agree?

"The Mountain God just bestowed a great boon. Is it not good to trouble him again?" Li Feiyu couldn't help but say. "Otherwise, Clan Leader, my brother and I could take a few people, sneak in at night..."

"Ahem!" The Old Clan Leader glared at him. "What nonsense are you talking! We are good, law-abiding people, not mountain bandits!"

Li Feiyu immediately understood and shut his mouth.

Right, right, their Li Clan were good, law-abiding people.

So when necessary, they had to pretend to be mountain bandits and great robbers.

Otherwise, if the County yamen found out, they would definitely come to cause trouble.

That's why they say, having an elder at home is like having a treasure.

The Old Clan Leader really knows more!

"Mountain God! I have another plan!"

Seeing that there was still no response, Zhang Qianlü continued, "Since his Li Youfu can use Li to devour Li, why can't we also use Li to devour Li? They're all Li anyway!"

"Kill Li Youfu, and inside the Li Residence, there's not only grain and money but also stockpiles of Body-refining medicinal herbs!"

"Perfect to take and use on our Li Clan!"

Once these words were spoken.

Whether the Mountain God was moved or not, no one knew.

But the Li Clan Members were certainly moved.

Other things were one thing.

But these Body-refining medicinal herbs were essential things for martial arts cultivation.

If they went to rob others for no reason, that might not be good.

But if that family first wanted to kill them and seize their benefits, then them striking back wasn't excessive, right?

Li Feiyu's eyes rolled, starting to ponder what mountain bandits and great robbers looked like.

He had seen them a few times on the migration journey; he still had some impression!

At this moment.

Feng Yifan's voice came.

"How do you wish for this deity to assist you?"

"I ask the Mountain God to permit me to plan this matter, to have the Li Clan cooperate with me in putting on a show," Zhang Qianlü, hearing this, immediately said. "The Li Residence people tricked me; I want to trick them once!"

"I just don't know, Mountain God, what is needed to make those people in the Li Residence obey your every word?"