Chapter 779: Chapter 310: The Leader Is Still the Best, The Consequences of Losing the Bet
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Li Tiancheng tightly closed his eyes, his face filled with pain, ignoring the cries of his descendants.
Li Xuanling pretended not to hear and stubbornly bit into Xia Hong’s tiger mouth, refusing to let go no matter what.
Seeing that both his father and Li Xuanling ignored him, Li Xuanping urgently turned his pleas to Xia Hong: “Leader Xia, since Xuanling married you, we are now family. Why must you attack your own kin? We sincerely wish to join Great Xia; we only ask the leader to grant us a way to live…”
“Grant you a way to live?”
With a slightly mocking retort, Xia Hong interrupted him, his eyes suddenly filled with murderous intent as he said solemnly, “Who will pay with blood for Huang Yong, Zhu Ling, Ying Xuan, the three thousand wronged souls of Beehive, and the Cloud Dragon Army soldiers who died attacking Long Mountain?”
After speaking, he immediately gave a gesture to Yuwen Dao.
Yuwen Dao and his men understood, swiftly gagging Li Xuanping and the others, then piercing their collarbones with iron hooks to drag the twenty-plus people away.
But soon, Liu Yuan returned from outside.
“Leader, Meng Ying, Jiang Ping, Sun Yan, along with eight other non-family Cold Resistance Level individuals from Long Mountain, are outside seeking an audience.”
“Let them meet with the family members detained in the main building first. I will see them after nightfall.”
“Yes, Leader!”
Hearing Meng Ying and eleven others requested an audience, Xia Hong wasn’t surprised at all, arranging for Liu Yuan to take them to see their families, then lowered his head to look at the stubborn Li Xuanling with a contemptuous smile: “Let me tell you, that basement in the North District, your second uncle already informed me about it. You’re not completely foolish, coming tonight only with the Li Family people. If you had brought Meng Ying and the eleven others, it would have harmed them.”
Upon hearing this, Li Xuanling suddenly understood that Xia Hong’s severe injury last night was merely an act to lure her into the trap.
Her second uncle must have known that Xia Hong wasn’t seriously injured, hence he told Xia Hong about the basement in the North District. Why did her second uncle not let her lead the Li Family disciples to surrender proactively, but instead bet that she wouldn’t bring people to assassinate him at the end?
Though confused in her heart, Li Xuanling still refused to release her bite, only rolling her eyes towards Li Tiancheng, her face full of bewilderment.
“Don’t look at your second uncle, gambling or not is up to me, not him!”
I told him that if you came looking to surrender with people, I won’t kill any Li Family disciples, and I’ll leave some space for you to develop freely in Longyou; but if you came with people to assassinate me, then besides you four, not a single Li Family disciple on Long Mountain will be spared.”
Not a single Li Family disciple spared……
Upon hearing the last eight words, Li Xuanling’s body trembled, hatred sprouting from her heart, she bit down even harder.
Xia Hong didn’t mind her, just pointed at Li Xuanyan and Li Xuandu on the ground, signaling to Li Tiancheng:
“Alright, take these two out, I want to talk to her alone!”
Li Tiancheng wanted to say something, but seeing Xia Hong already raising his hand to send guests out, he sighed softly, stepped forward to lift Li Xuanyan and Li Xuandu up from the ground, and slowly left the hall.
“Let go!”
Xia Hong took a deep breath, seeing Li Xuanling still stubbornly refusing to let go, anger flared in his eyes, he raised his hand and slapped her beautiful face again.
Smack…
“Do you think your face is that valuable? If it weren’t for the tens of thousands on Long Mountain integrating into Great Xia sooner, you are no different from other Li Family clansmen in my eyes.”
Smack…
“A loss is a loss, you should have been mentally prepared before the assassination. You should be grateful that some people on Long Mountain are still loyal to your Li Family, or there would be no need to spare the lives of you three siblings.”
Smack…
“I want to see how tough you are, still won’t let go?”
Rip…
Li Xuanling’s defiance and tenacity caused Xia Hong’s anger to rise to a boil, as a peculiar sound rang out, Li Xuanling, who had refused to let go, suddenly opened her mouth in a startled cry.
Then, the noise inside the hall became increasingly strange.
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