Shocking! The female protagonist unlocked her powers by killing people!

"boom"

The head of the Lie family was thrown to the ground, and in front of him were the other members of the Lie family who were tied up.

Liejiu stood aside, watching them with a cold expression.

"Homeowner!"

"Master, help!"

"I don't want to die, I don't want to die!"

Some of the Lie family members who were tied up remained silent, some desperately pleaded for help, and some even cursed Liejiu with vicious words.

“I killed your backer, so why are you cursing Liejiu?” Ling Yi stared at the old man who kept cursing and smiled: “Cursing Liejiu is useless, curse me instead.”

The old man was stunned upon hearing this.

He dared to scold Liejiu because Liejiu was a child raised in the Lie family. They knew what kind of person Liejiu was. Although the Lie family later did things that wronged Liejiu, in their hearts, Liejiu was still a member of the Lie family and that upright child. As elders, they could insult him, but he wouldn't do anything about it.

But Ling Yi is different. She killed the powerful figure behind the Lie family, whose cultivation is unfathomable. She is also a stranger to them. If they curse her, she won't pretend not to hear like Lie Jiu did.

The Lie family all understood, so after Ling Yi spoke, the old man who had been cursing shut his mouth and dared not curse anymore.

Ling Yi's gaze swept over them, finally landing on the head of the Lie family, a red glint flashing in his eyes: "Tell me, how did you meet him, and what did you do after meeting him?"

The head of the Lie family had said some things before, but those were just to stimulate the liquor; no matter how they asked, the head of the Lie family remained silent.

Faced with Ling Yi's question, the head of the Lie family did not intend to speak, but for some reason, he began to recount the story uncontrollably: "About a year or two ago, I met Cheng Xu while I was out. He was seriously injured at the time. I did not want to save him, but he said that as long as I was willing to save him, I would reward him handsomely. So I took him back to the Lie family and let him recuperate there. He was so badly injured that it took him more than half a year to recover. During this time, he told me that he was not from Yunzhou, but came from outside. The reason he was so injured was caused by the beasts in the sea. After I learned about this, I asked about his cultivation level and found out that his cultivation level was far higher than that of the elders of the Lie family. So I wanted him to help me obtain the position of head of the Lie family."

As the head of the Lie family spoke, he tried to stop, causing his face to appear particularly distorted. Even so, he still couldn't control himself and continued, "After he recovered from his injuries, I took him to see my elder brother, hoping that he would relinquish the position of family head so that I could spare his life. But Cheng Xu has taken a liking to Lie An..."

Upon hearing this, the usually expressionless man's eyes reddened once again.

Lie'an is his younger brother, only five years old...

"Heh." Ling Yi sneered, "Continue."

The head of the Lie family continued, "That's when I learned he had such a hobby. My elder brother witnessed him kill Lie An and was heartbroken. He wanted to kill him to avenge Lie An, so he killed both my elder brother and sister-in-law..."

“I didn’t intend to do this at first, but Chengxu said that since my elder brother is dead, I am the new head of the family. With him around, no one else in the Lie family would dare to object, but on the condition that I help him collect cute children…”

"You didn't intend for this to happen in the first place?" Ling Yi looked at him with a half-smile. "If you didn't want your elder brother and sister-in-law to die, then why did you have someone trick you into bringing back the strong liquor?"

The head of the Lie family said, "He frequently contacts the family. If I don't have someone trick him into coming back, he'll soon realize something's wrong. It's better to trick him back. As for the truth about my elder brother and the others' deaths... Cheng Xu doesn't care, but the rest of the Lie family doesn't want that truth to spread. Therefore, after the incident, the Lie family elders quickly covered up the truth, saying that I killed my elder brother and sister-in-law for the position of family head. My elder brother's bodyguards were killed by Cheng Xu that day. The other subordinates didn't know the truth and believed what the elders said. So, after Lie Jiu returned, they rescued him and told him the truth was what the elders said, but that's not actually the case..."

"With him around, how could those subordinates possibly rescue the liquor?" Yan Wuxin asked.

Upon hearing this, the head of the Lie family fell silent, but soon lost control and continued, "Before Lie Jiu returned, he helped me control the rest of the Lie family. He believed I could handle it, so he didn't show up."

Yan Wuxin asked again, "Why didn't it appear?"

The head of the Lie family didn't want to say it, but he had to: "Child, back then I helped him collect a group of children, and he took those children into seclusion..."

"You deserve to die!" Yan Wuxin's face turned extremely ugly upon hearing this. "What about those children? How many children have you harmed?"

"They're all dead..." Li Jiu said helplessly, "They're all dead, Cheng Xu played them to death!"

"No children survived. The children you rescued were just brought here; Cheng Xu didn't have time to arrive..." If they had arrived two days later, those children would have been gone too.

Upon hearing this, the expressions of everyone present turned extremely ugly.

"In just over a year, nearly two hundred children..." As the head of the Lie family remained silent, the city lord spoke up: "When the first batch of children went missing, someone in the city reported it. I traced it back to the Lie family, but there was nothing I could do..."

If it weren't for encountering Ling Yi, Cheng Xu's cultivation level would be invincible not only in Liehuo City, but also in the entire Xiyan Empire. After the city lord of Liehuo City realized something was wrong, he originally wanted to ask the capital for help, but Cheng Xu placed a restriction on him, so he couldn't speak at all.

After listening, Yan Wuxin took a deep breath and looked at Liejiu: "What do you want to do with him?"

Lie Jiu looked at the head of the Lie family, his eyes filled with hatred: "I want him dead."

Upon hearing this, the head of the Lie family quickly said, "Lie Jiu, A Jiu, it wasn't your fourth uncle who wanted to kill your parents and brother. The culprit is Cheng Xu, not your fourth uncle. Please let your fourth uncle go!"

Liejiu grabbed the man and slammed his head against the ground, instantly drawing blood. Liejiu held his head and looked into his eyes: "It wasn't you! If you hadn't brought Chengxu back, my parents wouldn't have died, Xiao'an wouldn't have died. He was only five years old, only five years old!"

"And what about those children you captured and gave to Cheng Xu? How old is the oldest of them?" Lie Jiu asked sharply. "Cheng Xu is a devil, aren't you?"

"What's the difference between you and Cheng Xu?" After saying that, Liejiu grabbed his head and slammed it to the ground again.

With each screech and splatter of blood, the Lie family head pleaded for mercy: "Ajiu, your fourth uncle had no choice. Cheng Xu is so powerful; if I didn't do as he asked, I would die too..."

"Bullshit!" Liejiu said coldly, "Forced? Didn't you live a comfortable life because of his power?"

"Before he died, you weren't afraid even when you were caught, and you were still making threats. Now that he's dead, are you scared?" Lie Jiu slammed his head to the ground and got up to walk towards the Lie family.

The head of the Lie family fell to the ground, writhing in pain, but when he saw the direction Lie Jiu had walked in, he disregarded his pain and begged for mercy repeatedly: "Ajiu, the child is innocent!"

"Fourth Uncle, please, please don't touch them!"