"At least over three hundred cultivators!"
"And among them, those in management positions are at least at the Creation Realm cultivation!"
"Such terrifying strength!"
"Worthy of being called one of the five great families of Shangjing City!"
Upon hearing Qin Wan'er's answer, Zhou Xuan maintained a calm demeanor outwardly.
However, behind the scenes, he was already drenched in a cold sweat!
Although from the fragmented pieces of information he had gathered during this period,
Zhou Xuan could roughly infer that the strength of the five great families of Shangjing City was bound to be extraordinary.
It was just that he hadn't expected this extraordinariness to have reached such a level!
"It seems Xie Feng's warning was correct!"
"Before I possess the strength to absolutely contend with your Qin family!"
"It's best not to have too many direct conflicts with these people!"
"I can run if I can't defeat them myself!"
"But if this were to implicate the Lu family and others!"
"That would truly be disastrous!"
With this thought, Zhou Xuan no longer posed a death threat to Qin Wan'er.
He merely stared at her with indifferent eyes and then asked his final question.
"Do you know about the major operation your Qin family undertook ten years ago?"
"Ten years ago?"
"Major operation?"
"What are you talking about?"
"What do you mean by that question?"
"I was only seven or eight years old ten years ago!"
"How could I possibly remember anything clearly!"
"You're not telling me the specific matter now, so how can I answer you!"
Hearing Zhou Xuan's question, Qin Wan'er appeared somewhat bewildered.
Zhou Xuan's nonsensical question made her very uncomfortable.
"It's about your Qin family ten years ago!"
"Was there any significant event or major operation?"
"For example, did you suddenly summon your Qin Guard Army or something similar!"
Seeing that Qin Wan'er didn't know what he was asking about, Zhou Xuan had no choice but to prompt her.
"Was there any significant event?"
"Oh, right!"
"Now that you mention it, I seem to recall something!"
"I remember that ten years ago, just before the New Year!"
"It seems some things did happen!"
"At that time, because I was still young, I pestered my grandfather to watch fireworks with me!"
"My grandfather had already agreed!"
"But he suddenly received instructions saying that the previous family head wanted him to attend a meeting in the main hall!"
"Then that night, I saw my grandfather leave with a large group of people."
"He didn't return until three days later."
"At that time, I resented my grandfather for this matter for a long time."
"I asked him why he went out when it was near New Year's."
"But my grandfather never gave me a direct answer."
"Once, when he was annoyed by my questioning, he just said he was on official business."
"And then he didn't say anything more!"
"As time went by, I stopped asking him."
"Oh, and I also remember that after that,"
"Important figures from the army and influential people from the central government visited our Qin family."
"As for what they came to our Qin family for, and what they discussed with our old family head,"
"That's not something I could know!"
"Handsome sir, I've been so cooperative!"
"Can you please not kill me!"
"My grandfather is somewhat of an elder in the Qin family!"
"As long as you don't kill me, I can give you whatever you want!"
"Cars, houses, money, even beautiful women are all possible!"
"How about it?"
"Are you going to consider it?"
After saying this, the young girl Qin Wan'er suddenly had an idea and winked at Zhou Xuan.
It was unclear if the beautiful women she mentioned included herself.
However, it was unfortunate that such a beauty trap, which might be effective on others,
Had no effect on Zhou Xuan.
This was because he already had a girlfriend as beautiful as a celestial being at home.
Constantly gazing at Lu Ling'er's exquisite face,
Zhou Xuan had long since become indifferent to these "common charms" of the outside world!
"Don't try to charm me!"
"I won't fall for that!"
"If you want to live, it's simple!"
"Eat this!"
"Then immediately take your people and get out of the Li family!"
"And from now on, do not ever set foot in Cangyun City again!"
"Otherwise, the next time we meet!"
"It won't be resolved by just asking a few questions!"
Ignoring Qin Wan'er's flattery, Zhou Xuan wasted no more words.
With a wave of his hand, he produced a wooden box from his void ring.
Opening the wooden box, he revealed a jet-black pill.
He directly tossed the pill into Qin Wan'er's hand and ordered her to swallow it.
Only then would he consider sparing her life.
"What is this?"
"What will happen if I eat it?"
Looking at the pill thrown into her hand, Qin Wan'er hesitated for a moment.
She was currently on opposing terms with Zhou Xuan, and she didn't believe that anything Zhou Xuan gave her would be good!
"This pill is called the Soul Devouring Pill!"
"After consuming this pill, under normal circumstances,"
"It will not cause any harm to your body!"
"However, as long as I activate it using a special method,"
"The toxicity of this pill will immediately spread throughout your body!"
"At that time, your body will bleed from all seven orifices and rot all over!"
"But don't worry, as long as you obey obediently!"
"And do not set foot in Cangyun City again in the future, nor allow your family members to seek retaliation against me!"
"Then I naturally will not activate the toxicity of this pill!"
"After all, I'm not doing this for no reason, nor do I want to attract powerful enemies for myself!"
"This is merely a means to prevent you from retaliating against me!"
"Of course, you also have the option not to eat it!"
"However, if that is the case!"
"For the sake of my own safety, I must kill you here today!"
"After all, I don't want to be a soft-hearted person!"
"And end up putting myself in a dangerous situation!"
After hearing Zhou Xuan's explanation, Qin Wan'er's face turned completely grim.
She truly did not expect this fellow Zhou Xuan to be so ruthless.
She considered herself to be quite beautiful!
Just now, if it had been someone else with a bit of gentlemanly demeanor,
Seeing her beg for mercy like that, they would at least have felt a little pity.
And then they would have let her go directly.
How could they be like Zhou Xuan, who would directly resort to killing if they disagreed,
And even made her choose? Damn it, did she have a choice?
"Okay!"
"I'll eat it!"
After struggling internally for a long time, Qin Wan'er ultimately chose to preserve her life first.
With that, she directly pinched the black pill and casually popped it into her mouth.
"Now can you let me go!"
After swallowing the Soul Devouring Pill, Qin Wan'er turned around.
She roared at Zhou Xuan in front of her with a furious expression.
"Yes!"
"You don't need to look at me with such deep hatred!"
"If you hadn't provoked me earlier, you wouldn't have ended up in this situation!"
"To put it bluntly, this is all your own doing!"
"Pfft!"
Hearing Zhou Xuan's words, Qin Wan'er, who was already extremely angry,
Could no longer hold back. She suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and then slowly collapsed onto the ground!