Chapter 301: I Have a Song

"This guest, I will say it again: no matter what kind of wish it is, my Ping Pavilion can help you realize it, but the premise is that you can also realize the requirements of our Ping Pavilion."

"We can certainly kill Shen Yu, but can you afford the price?"

Staring straight at the other party with both eyes, it was as if he wanted to pierce through to the depths of his soul. That gaze made one feel cold from the inside out just by looking at it.

"I, I..." Taking a deep breath, although that person's mind was trembling, he still forcefully suppressed his shivering.

"I understand the rules of Ping Pavilion. I want you, Ping Pavilion, to kill Shen Yu. Feel free to state your requirements; how do you know I cannot do it?"

"Good, very good. It has been a long time since I encountered such a courageous young man. Our Ping Pavilion accepts this business of yours!"

With a cold laugh, Bai Song changed the subject and continued, "The requirement of Ping Pavilion is very simple: you only need to personally slaughter over a hundred cities and kill over ten million people, and the entire process cannot be done by anyone else."

"As long as you complete these, then the matter of killing Shen Yu, our Ping Pavilion can do for you!"

"Slaughter a hundred cities, kill ten million people?" Once Bai Song's words were out, there was a continuous sound of gasping from the surroundings. Ping Pavilion really dared to set such conditions; wasn't this asking someone to seek their own death?

With this method of killing, perhaps before even slaughtering a few cities, the whole world would rise up to attack him. If things went poorly, it could even directly draw Shen Yu to destroy him on the spot.

This wasn't going to kill someone; it was just going to commit suicide.

"Why, are the conditions of our Ping Pavilion too excessive?" Looking at the other party with a smile, Bai Song shook his head, his expression remaining indifferent.

"You should know that if you want to kill Shen Yu yourself, the probability is zero. And although the probability of completing the conditions set by our Ping Pavilion is not high, it is definitely much easier to achieve than you going to find Shen Yu to throw your life away."

"Fine, I agree!" Gritting his teeth and stamping his foot, the other party nodded and agreed to the matter directly. They were right; relying on himself, it was fundamentally impossible to kill Shen Yu. On the contrary, slaughtering cities and killing people still held a sliver of possibility.

"Truly a heroic soul!" Unable to help but nod at the other party, Bai Song then said, "The moment you slaughter a hundred cities and kill ten million people will be the moment our Ping Pavilion executes Shen Yu!"

"If you cannot complete it, Ping Pavilion will leave you to be dealt with as we please!"

"Manager Bai!" Just at this moment, someone in the crowd suddenly squeezed forward and said loudly, "I want to know, where is Du Xiyin, the daughter of the former Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Du Wenchang, now? Has she already reached the pinnacle and stepped onto the summit?"

"So it is the third young master of the Xingbei Marquis, Fang Ziying. Nice to meet you, nice to meet you!"

The person who spoke suddenly was none other than Fang Ziying, who had once met Shen Yu. At this moment, his face was flushed red and his fists were tightly clenched, appearing particularly nervous; he must have struggled for a long time before daring to call out.

"Young Master Fang wants to know where Du Xiyin is now? This request is very simple, but my Ping Pavilion wants your life. From this moment on, your life will belong to Ping Pavilion. I wonder if you are willing to trade?"

"Fine!" He had originally thought Fang Ziying would refuse flatly; after all, to trade one's own life just to find the whereabouts of one person, this deal looked like a huge loss no matter how one viewed it.

Yet he did not expect Fang Ziying to nod and agree directly. This action also caused the group of people around to gasp and discuss it heatedly.

At this time, even Bai Song could not help but ask one more time, "Young Master Fang, are you truly certain?"

"I am certain!" Nodding affirmatively again, Fang Ziying walked forward with large strides, as if he did not care about his own Life and Death in the slightest.

"I just want to know if she is doing well now, and if she has already lived the life she wanted!"

At this moment, Fang Ziying urgently asked the question that had been buried in his heart for a long time. He just wanted an answer that she was doing well.

Including his daily desperate search for various experts, it was not for any fortuitous encounter, but merely to inquire about the whereabouts of one person from them.

But after such a long time, he hadn't met any experts, but had encountered a whole bunch of swindlers. As for the person he was obsessed with, there had been no news until now.

However, sometimes no news is good news, proving that the other party should be fine.

He had comforted himself this way more than once, but he still couldn't help wanting to know where the other party actually was, and whether she had met with misfortune.

Coming to Ping Pavilion this time, he asked for nothing else, only wanting to know an answer—an answer that had troubled him for a long time.

"So that's how it is!" Smiling and shaking his head, Bai Song looked at him with profound meaning. "Childhood sweethearts in the past, but now they have drifted apart. A young man yearning for love in his youth—love that cannot be attained is always a lingering regret!"

"Fine, since you have decided to trade, I will tell you the answer: Du Xiyin is right here in my Ping Pavilion!"

"What? Impossible!" Such an answer clearly could not satisfy Fang Ziying. At this moment, his face full of disbelief, he stopped in his tracks.

"It seems Young Master Fang does not believe me. Xiyin, come out and meet Young Master Fang!"

Following Bai Song's words, a beautiful woman draped in light gauze slowly walked out from behind, never once looking at Fang Ziying from beginning to end.

And when he saw this young girl, Fang Ziying was as if struck by lightning, his entire person frozen right there.

"Xiyin, why are you here? Didn't you already obtain a fortuitous encounter and leave with an expert? Shouldn't you be roaming the world with your sword? Why are you inside Ping Pavilion?"

"No wonder I haven't received a shred of news about you all these years. I thought..."

"The reason Xiyin appears here is naturally because she has sold herself to Ping Pavilion!"

Glancing at Du Xiyin, Bai Song directly opened his arms and pulled her into his embrace, one hand even stroking up and down her body, and throughout the entire process, the young girl did not struggle at all, as if she had long since accepted her fate.

"Speaking of which, Xiyin was actually the first customer of my Ping Pavilion!" The other hand pinched the girl's pretty face, two fingers hooking her lips and pulling upward with force.

"Xiyin, why don't you smile when you see an old lover!"

"Let her go!"

"Let her go?" Laughing disdainfully, the look in Bai Song's eyes as he gazed at Fang Ziying was filled with pity. "Young Master Fang, you perhaps have forgotten: Du Xiyin is now the private property of my Ping Pavilion."

"By the way, not only her, but you are also the private property of my Ping Pavilion, subject to our Life and Death to be taken as we please!"

"Back then, in order to make you give up completely, my Ping Pavilion arranged a so-called fortuitous encounter for Xiyin, letting you cut off your romantic ties completely. As the price, she has been a person of my Ping Pavilion ever since."

"And now, you have sold yourself without blinking just to know news of her. What a pair of miserable souls; you tell me, why must you be like this?"

"But I'm sorry, in Ping Pavilion, we don't talk about feelings. I sympathize with you too, but rules are rules!"

"Then for the rules of your Ping Pavilion, if I want her to regain her freedom, what price must I pay?"

"Young Master Fang is truly worthy of being a romantic fool!" He revealed a cruel smile, a smile as if seeing prey take the bait.

"Letting her go is naturally possible, but since you don't even belong to yourself anymore, what else can you trade with us? How about this: I will give you one chance. As long as you can personally kill your father and brothers, she will be free!"

"Young Master Fang, on one side is your lover, on the other are your kin. I know this is very hard to choose, but our Ping Pavilion never forces anyone; how you choose is your own business!"

While speaking, Bai Song directly stripped the light gauze from Du Xiyin's body; her crystalline skin exposed seemed to hold a different kind of temptation, and many people seeing this scene were already feeling dry-mouthed.

"Everyone!" Ignoring Fang Ziying, who was already filled with rage on the side, Bai Song's gaze instead looked toward the surroundings.

"Everyone has worked hard to come from afar after receiving the invitation from my Ping Pavilion. As a reward, my Ping Pavilion's maid Du Xiyin, the once-famous talented woman of the Capital, is now available for everyone to enjoy. You may do anything you wish to her!"

In the crowd, someone clearly recognized Du Xiyin and asked loudly in surprise, "Really, anything is okay?"

"Of course. Just like the merchant last time who offered up his wife and daughter, even if she is tortured until only one breath remains, my Ping Pavilion will not care!"

"Since you have entered Ping Pavilion, then Life and Death, honor and disgrace are naturally determined by our word alone!"

While speaking, Bai Song glanced at the conflicted Fang Ziying beside him, the smile at the corners of his eyes no longer able to be concealed.

"Why struggle? In the end, everything will be in the pockets of my Ping Tower."

"I want this person!" Suddenly, a voice rang out from the crowd, and immediately after, Du Xiyin was pulled away to a distance by a force.

"Who dares to disrupt the order of my Ping Tower? Do you know what the price is?"

"I don't know, but I am very curious, what kind of price can your Ping Tower make me pay?"

From within the crowd, Shen Yu, who had been watching the show from the sidelines, strolled out and looked straight at the Ping Tower manager before him.

Although that trace of killing intent was not obvious, it seemed to be perceptible to everyone; for a moment, it actually made the surroundings deathly silent.

"Shen, Shen Yu!"

"What? Didn't you just say that your Ping Tower has the ability to kill me? I also want to know, can you really kill me?"

"So it is Lord Shen Yu in person, this lowly one pays his respects!" Upon seeing that the person who arrived was Shen Yu, Bai Song immediately bowed and saluted, something that had never happened before.

It was just that the other party's face remained calm, without a single trace of unnaturalness, as if the person who had just boasted about killing Shen Yu was someone else entirely.

Based on this courage alone, this Bai Song was definitely no ordinary person.

"Doesn't Ping Tower say it can accomplish anything? Then what about killing me? Can you really do it?"

"Also, I want this person, and I don't want to pay anything. Tell me, what should be done about this?"