Chapter 416: The Magic on Your Body? Did You Kill Su Kang?

Zhao Xian didn't understand why Su Yang was so excited over an ordinary carpet.

But he had never seen him show such an expression before, so he didn't dare to be careless and hurriedly rolled up the carpet from the edge.

Hearing the sounds from downstairs, Liang Shu and Feng Yan curiously went down to take a look.

"Hall Master, what's up with this carpet...?" Liang Shu asked curiously.

"How long has this thing been here?" Su Yang asked.

"It's been several years," Liang Shu recalled, saying, "I guess it was about five years ago, and the former Hall Master bought it himself to lay down."

"He said a red carpet looks grand and festive, and a longer one adds more style."

Sure enough...

A flash of insight flickered in Su Yang's eyes, indicating his guess was correct.

Su Kang indeed had hidden a secret beneath his own house.

If it weren't for that letter, and if Zhao Xian hadn't made a snarky comment, Su Yang would never have thought of this layer.

"Are you planning to wash this?" Feng Yan asked.

"It's getting late, let's all rest," Su Yang said without explanation, his gaze fixed on the exposed wooden floor.

Liang Shu and Feng Yan exchanged a glance, harboring doubt as they returned to the room.

After a while, Zhao Xian was drenched in Sweat; he simply took off his coat, revealing a shirt soaked with Sweat and clinging to his skin.

"Su Kang really is something, why buy such a long carpet for no reason? How much time does it take to maintain it each time?"

Despite the snark, Zhao Xian's hands moved without delay.

He quickly rolled the red carpet into a bundle and pushed it against the wall.

Su Yang crouched, examined the wooden board, and tapped it with his hand.

"Tap tap—"

When that failed, he tried several other spots.

Seeing this, Zhao Xian couldn't help but ask, "Is there something underneath...?"

"You won't know until you try," Su Yang replied.

The Warlord Leader's corpse buried within the wall suddenly gave him inspiration.

If a corpse can be hidden in a wall, why can't a Gold Mine be underground?

"Whatever it is, I'll look for it with you," Zhao Xian asked.

Su Yang said nothing, merely kept tapping.

Seeing his expression intensely focused, Zhao Xian shut his mouth and didn't disturb him further.

Not long after, when Su Yang reached the spot where Su Kang's spirit platform had been placed, his finger struck the wooden board, producing an odd sound.

"Dong dong—"

"Found it..." Su Yang's pupils narrowed slightly.

He scratched a mark on the board with his fingernail, then tapped the adjacent area.

Sure enough, the surrounding area emitted faint hollow sounds.

Su Yang, having obtained the result, rose slowly, feeling both joy and a bit of worry.

First, a puzzlement surfaced in his mind—why didn't Su Kang mine the Gold Mine he found?

Second, another question—did they find the mine first and then build a house on it, or build the house first and later discover the mine?

The order changes the significance dramatically.

"Zhao Hall Master, when was this house built?" Su Yang asked.

Zhao Xian didn't think much and replied directly, "Ten years ago, I remember clearly; back then I was the one carrying the cement."

The house was built ten years ago.

The carpet was laid five years ago.

Su Yang combined the existing Luoshi and found many inconsistencies.

To get to the bottom of it, he planned to dig it open and see!

"Call two brothers with civil engineering experience to come to me at first light, and bring the tools," Su Yang instructed.

"Alright," Zhao Xian nodded in agreement.

After a few instructions, Su Yang sent him back to the Warehouse to guard.

Late at night, when the world was quiet, Su Yang sat beside the fireplace in the first-floor living room, looking up at the massive portrait.

It was Su Kang's portrait; he had noticed it the first time he entered, but hadn't examined it closely.

Now that so much had happened, Su Yang had to reassess this former Hall Master.

In appearance, they indeed shared several similarities: a similarly high Nose bridge, a pair of bright, spirited eyes, and the Brow area was filled with fierceness yet retained a touch of softness.

The Mouth was thin, appearing somewhat sharp at a glance, but in the whole it seemed fitting.

The whole face seemed a contradictory amalgam, yet this obscure man was the mastermind behind the murder of the Warlord Leader!

"The Six Harmony Society bows to you completely; what kind of magic do you have on you?"

Su Yang knew well that the reason the brothers below obeyed was largely because the rewards were generous enough.

Who would turn down money?

Secondly, his physical condition was beyond ordinary.

In the underworld, a hard fist naturally comes first.

And Su Kang had been in charge for so many years; the Six Harmony Society had almost no development, the brothers' lives were not exactly poor, but they were far from modest either.

When it comes to fighting, he couldn't match the lion-like Zhao Xian.

When it comes to ruthlessness, he couldn't compare to Feng Jingchu, who treats people like livestock.

When it comes to socializing, he can't match the affable and smooth Lei Cheng.

When it comes to making money, he falls short of the meticulous Ceng Yunzhong.

When it comes to coordination, he can't compare to the keen‑sensed Zi Huai.

At first glance, aside from his sense of loyalty, Su Kang seems to have nothing worth showing off.

Yet precisely such a person is deeply beloved, and his subordinates obey his every word.

It's as if…

He possesses a kind of magic that can charm people.

Su Yang stared for a long time, shook his head, and said, "I can't see through it, nor can I understand it…"

Having slept for a day, he now feels no drowsiness, so he goes to the study and looks at the Jinshan City map.

The Liuhe Gang is located at the southernmost part of South City District, with the Pin Min Ku right beside it.

To the west it borders Donghai Hall's territory, and to the north lies Mingguang Building.

Its location is indeed terrible; over the years it has only had friction with those two gangs, while everyone else completely disregards this broken land.

At first Su Yang didn't understand why the site was chosen here, but now he has guessed a third of the reason.

"Guarding a Gold Mine yet remaining unruffled—could there be something strange underground?" Su Yang thought to himself.

After observing for a long while, he took out his notebook and redrew the plan.

This time as well, he listed every possible subsequent event using a mind‑map.

Unconsciously, the sky had already lightened slightly.

Su Yang was so immersed he couldn't pull himself out, completely unaware of the passage of time.

It wasn't until a faint sound came from the window that he snapped back to reality.

He looked up and saw a masked silhouette standing by the window, a pair of bright eyes staring straight at him.

"You are the Hall Master of Shadow Hall, aren't you? Please sit," Su Yang gestured with his hand.

"Shadow Hall's tasks are heavy, so there's no need for small talk; the gang leader may speak plainly," the Hall Master of Shadow Hall said, his voice low and somewhat magnetic.

"I called you here today to discuss expansion. Other halls have similar plans; I'd like to hear your thoughts," Su Yang said straight to the point.

"There's no need for expansion. Though Shadow Hall's numbers are few, each member is an elite; training a killer takes a long time, and we don't have that much time."

He spoke without any courtesy; politely it could be called neither humble nor arrogant, bluntly it was outright contemptuous.

Nevertheless Su Yang didn't mind, for Shadow Hall is tasked with monitoring, and the Hall Master's status is no different from that of a gang leader.

"Then the second question…"

Su Yang rose slowly, leaned against the desk, and with a fierce gaze said, "Did you kill Su Kang?"