Chen Xiao also walked over and treated Qi Qingfei's injuries. She was no longer in danger.
He casually brought Jiang Zhenlin over and slapped him twice, waking the man up.
The moment Jiang Zhenlin woke up, he saw Chen Xiao and immediately tried to attack him again. Without a word, Chen Xiao delivered two more slaps, completely subduing the young man.
"I don't want to waste words. I ask, you answer!"
Chen Xiao addressed the two of them in a commanding tone.
"Who sent you? And who taught you two this amateurish kung fu?"
Jiang Zhenlin turned his head away and snorted.
"Hmph, you want me to talk just because you asked? You think too highly of yourself!"
Gongsun Yi sneered, rubbing his fists and saying, "Kid, you're asking for another beating, aren't you?"
Jiang Zhenlin flinched, but Chen Xiao said, "Even if you don't tell me, I can guess. It must be that old beggar in the Daoist robe, right?"
Chen Xiao thought about it and concluded that only the old beggar was highly suspicious.
Furthermore, only he had the ability to see through and neutralize Chen Xiao's tracking talisman, and in such a short time, train Sun and Jiang to be so formidable.
As expected, upon hearing this, the two were greatly alarmed and said almost in unison, "How did you know it was Master Xuanmingzi?"
Chen Xiao sneered, "So his name is Xuanmingzi! Xuanmingzi, Xuanqingzi. It seems he's here to avenge his junior brother!"
Chen Xiao instantly deduced the cause and effect.
Sun Li and Jiang Zhenlin, realizing they had spoken out of turn, immediately shut their mouths tightly, as if they wouldn't answer anything Chen Xiao asked.
However, Chen Xiao's questions continued.
"Where is that old beggar? And my mother, and Uncle Gu, and everyone else he captured, where are they, and are they alright?"
Jiang Zhenlin twisted his nose and snorted again, "Chen Xiao, I advise you not to waste your energy. Even if you beat me to death, I won't say anything today!"
Chen Xiao was silent for a moment, then asked, "If I beat you to death you won't speak, does that mean if I don't beat you to death, you will speak?"
Jiang Zhenlin was stunned. Before he could understand Chen Xiao's words, Chen Xiao grabbed his hand and squeezed it hard.
Crack crack crack—
A sound of bones breaking echoed. Jiang Zhenlin cried out in agony, his face instantly turning pale.
Chen Xiao had just crushed the bones in his hand into dust, making them impossible to reconnect.
"Stop howling, you bastard. If you don't answer, I'll crush every bone in your body, inch by inch!"
Chen Xiao said fiercely.
His words were not a threat; he meant what he said.
Jiang Zhenlin finally felt fear. The terror instilled by Chen Xiao returned.
"Chen Xiao, it's not that I don't want to tell you, it's that Xuanmingzi forbade me from speaking. He planted a blood curse in my body. He knows everything I say and do. If I reveal even the slightest bit of information about him, he will kill me!"
Jiang Zhenlin pleaded, squeezing out two tears from his eyes.
Chen Xiao sneered, "Heh, weren't you not afraid of death just now? Why are you scared now?"
As he spoke, Chen Xiao's hand reached for Jiang Zhenlin's other hand.
Jiang Zhenlin's heart tightened. He quickly said, "No, no, no, I'll talk, I'll talk… Chen Xiao, please don't make things difficult for me. I can only say, your mother is still alive…"
Before Jiang Zhenlin could finish speaking, his eyes suddenly became vacant, and he slowly lost focus.
At the same time, his stomach began to swell violently, like an inflated balloon, growing larger at a visible rate.
Chen Xiao sensed something was wrong and quickly dodged.
Gongsun Yi also quickly retreated to the side.
Bang—
A sound like a gas tank exploding echoed. It was Jiang Zhenlin's stomach that exploded.
Poor Sun Li, lacking the agility of Chen Xiao and Gongsun Yi, couldn't dodge in time.
The blood and flesh from Jiang Zhenlin's explosion splattered all over her. A section of his large intestine, still containing excrement, even hung around her neck.
"Ah, ah… ah————"
Sun Li was terrified and screamed like a madwoman. She was so scared she couldn't move, standing there rigidly as if under a immobilization spell.
She knew that Xuanmingzi had placed a blood curse on Jiang Zhenlin, controlling his life and death. She never imagined Jiang Zhenlin would die so miserably!
What was even more tragic was that she herself had the same blood curse from Xuanmingzi.
Looking at the shocking scene before him, Chen Xiao couldn't help but sigh, "This old beggar's methods are truly ruthless!"
However, he felt no sympathy for Sun Li because of it.
"Since Jiang Zhenlin is dead, I can only ask you now."
Chen Xiao's gaze fell on Sun Li.
"Are you trying to get me killed?"
Sun Li asked bitterly.
Then, she began to play on emotions, "Chen Xiao, we were together for three years. As the saying goes, a day of marriage is a hundred days of kindness, and a hundred days of kindness are as deep as the sea. We spent more than a hundred, even a thousand days together. You wouldn't just watch me die, would you?"
"Sigh."
Chen Xiao sighed helplessly, "Believe it or not, if you say one more useless word, I'll make you die more miserably than Jiang Zhenlin!"
It was a joke. How could Chen Xiao fall for Sun Li's act of self-pity?
The mention of their three years together by Sun Li only made Chen Xiao feel nauseous.
Sun Li finally realized that this tactic was ineffective on Chen Xiao.
She considered for a moment, thinking that since Xuanmingzi doted on her so much, it shouldn't be a problem if she revealed just a little bit.
So, she said cautiously, "Chen Xiao, I can't reveal more to you. I can only say a little bit…"
However, before she could reveal any useful information, her stomach began to swell.
Her eyes immediately went blank. "I haven't said anything yet, and I'm going to die too?"
As soon as she finished speaking, with a bang, Sun Li's stomach exploded.
With Sun Li's death, the only clue was lost.
However, Jiang Zhenlin had mentioned earlier that his mother, Liu Zhen, was still alive. This meant that Xuanmingzi would not make a move anytime soon.
Chen Xiao thought that the old beggar might be using his family as leverage to threaten him.
But it was impossible not to be anxious. He had a premonition that the old beggar's prolonged absence meant he was plotting something.
At Qi Qingfei's request, Chen Xiao helped Qi Tianhu detoxify him, allowing him to wake up.
Chen Xiao instructed Qi Tianhu to dispatch all personnel to search for his mother's whereabouts. If they found any suspicious locations, they were to report to him immediately, but they were not to act rashly to avoid alerting the enemy.
Afterward, Chen Xiao returned to his villa in Shanhai Yipin. Even if the old beggar had captured everyone else, there was one 'person' he might have overlooked!