Chapter 306: Willing

Li Miao carried the unconscious "No-Trace," Zheng Yi followed at his side with her head down, and the two followed behind Xue Hanmeng, moving forward all the way.

After walking for a while, Li Miao smiled. Because the direction Xue Hanmeng was leading them was exactly where Li Miao had come from—Mount Yi.

Li Miao's deduction was correct; before Xue Bangzhu moved to the righteous manor, she had indeed left clues on Mount Yi. And they were clues Li Miao hadn't discovered.

Actually, it was normal; Xue Bangzhu spent her life either practicing Wu Gong or raising children, and she didn't have the ability to leave behind overly obscure clues.

And to prevent the murderer from discovering them, she likely used another way to "encrypt" them, a method likely related to the Penglai inheritance. Li Miao and Cao Hanyan were not from Penglai, so it was normal they hadn't discovered them.

Thinking this, in no time at all, Mount Yi appeared in the distance.

Cao Hanyan and Yin Suqin knew Li Miao had gone, so the matter must have been resolved, and they knew Li Miao would definitely bring people back here, so they had been waiting at the foot of the mountain.

Seeing someone coming, the two ran over.

Zheng Yi's expression changed, she didn't make a sound, her feet stopped, and she prepared to rush forward.

Li Miao smiled, reached out to stop her, and without wasting words, tore a handful from "No-Trace's" head and threw it at Xue Hanmeng's head ahead.

"No-Trace" woke up in pain, but was suppressed by Li Miao's true energy inside his body, unable to even wail, and could only widen his eyes, his eye corners twitching.

Xue Hanmeng was scanning Cao Hanyan and Yin Suqin running over with her peripheral vision when, caught off guard, a gust of wind came from behind; before she could react, something soft and wet smashed into her head, forcing her to stagger.

She was confused for a moment, reached out to touch her head, and felt a wet patch. She grabbed the thing that had smashed into her, held it in front of her, and instantly turned pale.

It was clearly an ear with a portion of scalp attached!

And there was no need to even think about whose ear it was!

Li Miao's voice came from behind.

"Since you are an idiot, you should understand that playing mind games is not something you should be thinking about."

"Look, because you had thoughts you shouldn't have, your uncle has lived one stick of incense less—he's not young, his Qi and blood are exhausted, and he doesn't have much blood left to flow, oh."

Xue Hanmeng could almost imagine Li Miao's ferocious smile, which carried the scent of blood.

"You need to be... a little faster."

Xue Hanmeng was in tears.

She had indeed had crooked thoughts, thinking that when Cao and Yin arrived, she would find an opportunity to hold them hostage and negotiate with Li Miao. She hadn't expected that just as the thought emerged, the other party would tear off her uncle's ear and throw it over!

Even though she hadn't done anything yet!

She still wanted to argue a few words, sobbing as she ran.

"I clearly didn't think—"

"I don't care."

Li Miao's playful voice came from behind again, cutting off her words.

"Whether you were wronged, or your uncle's life, I don't care. Whether you had crooked thoughts or not, I just wanted to tear off one of his ears, so what?"

"Are you going to reason with me?"

Xue Hanmeng suddenly froze.

She finally understood that Li Miao was different from Zheng Yi.

He wouldn't give her any chance to turn the tables, nor would he even confirm her thoughts.

Regardless of whether she had ideas or not, as long as she had any possibility of acting, Li Miao would tear another piece of flesh off her uncle without hesitation and throw it over—he was even too lazy to open his mouth to test her!

Just "possibility," he wouldn't even wait for her to make any real move!

This meant she not only couldn't act, but had to actively avoid any chance of turning the tables!

What was she to do!

Xue Hanmeng's heart was in chaos; she could think of ways to deal with Zheng Yi, but facing an opponent like Li Miao, how could she save her uncle's life!

*Slap. *

With a light sound, another object fell on her head.

Xue Hanmeng's eyes widened, and she reached out to grab it in disbelief; it was wet again. She tremblingly held the object in front of her, and instantly collapsed, crying out.

"Why is this again!?"

In her hand, a pair of ears had been gathered. Especially the second one, with a large piece of scalp, "No-Trace" probably didn't even look human anymore.

"If you want a reason, I can say many."

Li Miao said with a smile.

"For example, you talk too much, run too slow, are too stupid, for example, the sky is too dark, the wind is too cold, the road is too long, for example, this trash is too heavy and my hands are tired from carrying it, and I want to 'lighten the load' for myself."

"In short—I'm willing."

While speaking, Cao and Yin had already run over, confused by this bizarre situation, and just as they were about to ask, they were stopped by Li Miao's hand.

Zheng Yi reached out and lifted the two, the corners of her mouth unable to stop curling up—Li Miao's methods were even more satisfying than the half-hour she had spent cursing! She should have just done this before!

For dealing with idiots, one shouldn't think about reasoning!

Xue Hanmeng ahead had been driven to the brink of collapse by Li Miao, her shoulders heaving, dots of tears constantly being flung into the air, but she didn't dare stop her steps, and could only run forward while crying.

"You, you—"

Xue Hanmeng choked.

*Slap. *

Two more twisted and bent fingers were thrown onto her head.

"No-Trace" had fainted again.

Li Miao stopped talking, just slightly parted his mouth, and spat out one word.

"Drive."

Just that one word, and Zheng Yi instantly couldn't hold it in. Even Cao and Yin, who were being carried, looked at each other, feeling a chill throughout their bodies.

Especially Yin Suqin, who felt that his previously severed shoulder was wronged—before, he thought he had heard rumors and wronged Li Miao, but now looking at it, what he said was likely a beautified version of the truth! Li Miao was probably even more brutal than he had described!

Especially the title "Tearing Corpse Battalion Commander," it was probably all true!

Not to mention how shocked the two were, Xue Hanmeng had been completely suppressed by Li Miao, no longer daring to speak, not even daring to let Li Miao hear her crying, covering her mouth, and running toward Mount Yi with all her might.

She was a Heaven-Man Realm expert to begin with; now that she had no thoughts of struggling, she exerted her light-body technique to the fullest, and her speed instantly increased, and in less than a stick of incense, she slowly stopped her steps.

Li Miao also stopped, looked left and right; this place was exactly the wooden hut where Xue Bangzhu had lived.

Zheng Yi reached out and placed Cao and Yin on the ground, also scanning the area. Before Xue Hanmeng could point it out, she frowned, fixed her gaze in a certain direction for a long while, and nodded.

She said to Li Miao.

"My lord, I know."

"This Xue Bangzhu really did leave behind clues that only Penglai disciples can see."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 307 =====