Lin Hao listened to Liu Yongchang and Lai Qingsheng, and looked at Zhou Bo, who was still kowtowing and begging for mercy.
He had originally intended to tell Liu Yongchang that one shouldn't be too merciful.
But after hearing Lai Qingsheng say the same, he immediately understood.
Having understood, Lin Hao agreed with Lai Qingsheng and Liu Yongchang's reasoning.
After all, Zhou Renjie and Zhou Bo were not from the cultivation world.
He could kill people from the cultivation world as he pleased.
But for ordinary people like Zhou Bo and Zhou Renjie, killing one or two was fine, but if he truly killed many.
Even if he had the ability to evade karma, he would absolutely not be able to evade the sanctions from the state.
At that time, people from the relevant departments would definitely come looking for him.
Although Lin Hao had never met anyone from Xuanhuang, he had heard some of their deeds.
Xuanhuang was specifically responsible for maintaining and safeguarding the stability of China's underground world, and for investigating underground forces of various countries to prevent their encroachment on China.
Among them, the four departments of Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise made cultivators' hearts tremble with fear.
Lin Hao thought about these things, then looked at Zhou Bo, who was kneeling on the ground and kowtowing incessantly, and said calmly, "I hope you keep your word."
Zhou Bo, who had been kowtowing desperately, suddenly froze when he heard Lin Hao's words.
Then, he immediately looked at Lin Hao, tears of joy streaming down his face as he kowtowed to Lin Hao again and said, "Please rest assured, I will immediately lead the Zhou family members to leave Modu!"
"Also, I will immediately compile all of the Zhou family's assets in Modu and then transfer them to your name."
Lin Hao looked at Zhou Bo and said indifferently, "These are not important. What's important is that Tang Ziyuan must not be harmed in the slightest."
"If she is even slightly harmed, then you can all crane your necks and wait to be buried with her."
"Oh, and Li Xue, where did you hide her?"
"Ah?"
Zhou Bo was stunned, then looked at Lin Hao and said, "Mr. Lin, this... we didn't hide Miss Li Xue."
"We... we only captured Miss Tang from beginning to end."
"Miss Li Xue, we truly don't know."
"Hmm?"
Seeing Lin Hao frown, Zhou Bo was so scared that he immediately fell to his knees and quickly kowtowed to Lin Hao, "Mr. Lin, Mr. Lin, I am telling the truth!"
"Really, we really didn't capture Miss Li Xue."
"If I lie to you, may lightning strike me and may I never be reincarnated."
"You may rise."
Lin Hao waved his hand.
He could tell from Zhou Bo's eyes that Zhou Bo was not lying.
However, Li Xue was indeed missing.
Moreover, when he interrogated Zhou Renjie using soul searching, he only found information about Tang Ziyuan.
There was absolutely nothing about Li Xue.
Originally, Lin Hao had thought that Li Xue must have been captured by other members of the Zhou family.
But now it seemed that the Zhou family had not captured Li Xue at all.
Lin Hao frowned as he thought about this.
At the same time, Li Qingyuan also looked at Lin Hao anxiously and said, "Xiao Hao, this... could something have happened to Xiao Xue?"
Li Qingyuan had also initially thought that his granddaughter had been captured by the Zhou family.
But now, Zhou Bo said they hadn't captured Li Xue at all.
He immediately became anxious.
"It's alright, don't worry." Lin Hao looked at Li Qingyuan and comforted him.
Although Li Xue did not have a deep relationship with him, if Li Xue were to be harmed because of him, he would absolutely not let the culprit go.
Lin Hao thought about these things, glanced at Zhou Bo, and then said to Xiao Hei and Liu Yongchang, "Let's go."
Liu Yongchang, Lai Qingsheng, and Li Qingyuan were stunned at first, then Liu Yongchang immediately said to Lin Hao, "Brother, we haven't asked them where Miss Tang is hidden yet."
Just as Lin Hao was about to reply, Xiao Hei preempted him and said to Liu Yongchang, "Senior Brother already knows."
"Ah? This..."
Liu Yongchang, Lai Qingsheng, and Li Qingyuan exchanged glances, and finally followed Lin Hao and Xiao Hei out of the Zhou family, looking somewhat bewildered.
And just as Lin Hao and Xiao Hei emerged from the Zhou family.
In the Zhou family's main hall, Zhou Bo, who had been trembling with fear and scared out of his wits by Lin Hao, suddenly had an extremely grim expression!
He looked at the vase in front of him and kicked it to pieces!
However, his actions immediately drew a burst of laughter.
Zhou Bo abruptly turned his head, his gaze following the source of the laughter.
When he saw that the person laughing was his elder brother's second son, he immediately walked over with a dark expression.
"Slap!"
Zhou Bo raised his hand and slapped the young man across the face!
"Useless trash!"
"Third brother, you!"
The young man's father, who was also Zhou Bo's elder brother, slammed the table and looked at Zhou Bo with a face full of rage.
Zhou Bo looked at his elder brother and sneered, "What? You also think I was scared witless by Lin Hao just now?"
Zhou Sheng, with his stubbly face, looked at his third brother, Zhou Bo, and wanted to say, "Isn't it obvious?"
But before he could speak, Zhou Bo looked at him with a sinister expression and said, "All of you are useless!"
"If I hadn't knelt and begged for mercy, pretending to be pitifully pleading, would Lin Hao have let me go?"
"That's right, if I die, the Zhou family will be yours."
"But have you also considered that if I die, can the Zhou family continue to remain in Modu?"
"Or do you all intend to leave Modu as Lin Hao said?"
"With you lot of trash, I'm afraid even if you leave Modu, you won't be able to make the Zhou family glorious again."
"Let alone make the Zhou family glorious, it's hard to say if you can even feed yourselves."
As soon as Zhou Bo said this, the faces of the Zhou family members in the hall turned grim.
Naturally, they did not want to leave Modu.
The Zhou family's roots were in Modu; leaving Modu would be like severing their roots.
However, what Zhou Bo said was also the truth.
If they were to leave Modu, without the foundation accumulated by their ancestors and their connections in Modu, it would indeed be difficult for them to make a comeback elsewhere.
"What? Did I hit the mark? Or do you think I'm speaking harshly?"
Zhou Bo looked at the silent Zhou family members in the hall and said sinisterly, "Since you think I'm speaking harshly, since I've hit the mark, then why didn't any of you step forward just now?"
"Why!?"
Zhou Bo roared at the Zhou family members.
He had originally thought that the Zhou family might have some internal squabbles, but when facing an external enemy, they would surely unite.
But today, he realized.
He was completely wrong.
What Zhou family?
A damn Zhou family!
All of them are useless gluttons and wine-bags!
Zhou Bo looked at the众人 who were as silent as cicadas in winter, and waved his hand listlessly.
"All of you get out. I want to be alone."
After saying that, Zhou Bo walked to Zhou Renjie, picked up his already cold body, and tears involuntarily welled up in his eyes.