Chapter 0399 – Dark Shadows of Kidnapping – Absolute Returns

“It’s not the ‘who’ that matters, it’s the ‘why’.”

It was a woman’s voice, a very beautiful voice.

Yang Zhong roared:

“Who are you?”

Surprisingly, they didn’t realize that there was another person, hiding in the darkness.

Zhou Kui said in a hurry:

“As long as you let us go, we’ll pretend nothing happened. We don’t interfere with each other.”

The woman, laughed. Her laughter, grew louder and louder, and then, she stepped out of the darkness. She was wearing a bucket hat and a veil, and it was none other than Li An.

“Who are you, warrior woman?”

Zhou Kui asked. Li An replied:

“I was entrusted by someone to save her husband. I came from far away, and I never thought that I would come to the North Sea.”

“Who are you saving?”

“What? You know him?”

Zhou Kui was silent, he had harmed too many people, he had no idea, who Li An was going to save.

“You use high salaries and trick those people into going all over the Middle Kingdom.”

Lee Ann did a lot of research and she realized that this was not a simple kidnapping case. What they kidnapped, were some special people.

“They, all of them, possess special physical qualities, what exactly do you want to do with them when you capture them? Refining pills? Or practicing evil arts?”

Yang Zhong and Zhou Kui, both did not answer.

“I’ve already notified the Northern Blood Sect, so as long as you release those people, I’ll let you go.”

Yang Zhong’s face, became ugly. This matter, which was done in secret, his father, in order to keep the secret, might not release the person. His father, was a person who valued his family’s interests more than anything else.

He feared he would be abandoned and shouted hysterically:

“Do you know what will happen if you kill us? The Northern Blood Sect, will definitely find you and kill you. Not only you, but your family, your relatives and friends, even your neighbors, everyone who has spoken to you, will be killed. Only in this way can we make an example of you. So, do it now!”

Li An looked at him quietly and did not say anything. Yang Zhong thought that his threat, worked. But he was wrong.

Liam took off his bucket hat and veil.

“Don’t pick it!”

Zhou Kui exclaimed and closed his eyes.

He was afraid to see Li An’s face, and he was worried that he would be silenced. Huang Qiu also closed his eyes.

Yang Zhong, however, opened his eyes wide and stared angrily at Li An.

He just wanted to curse, but suddenly froze. Because he realized that the woman who had kidnapped him was so beautiful.

Li An said something that all three of them, could not understand.

“Thank you, thank you for letting me hear, such a wonderful threat.”

She remembered many images.

-You’re the best with her? Who are you?

-The Young Master of the Heavenly Demon Sect.

-You do!

-Master of the Yellow Springs Pavilion.

-What about you? I heard that you even had a drink with her?

-Monster.

-You do!

-granddaughter of the Martial Arts Alliance.

-And you? Aren’t you her stepfather?

-……

She couldn’t help but laugh.

“And thank you all, for giving me the opportunity, to say this.”

Her smile, disappeared as she coldly looked at Yang Zhong and said:

“Go back and tell your father to come kill me so he can avenge you all. Remember to write a suicide note and let him know who killed you all.”

“I, for one, value the reasons of my friends over the interests of the sect.”

Cold Snow didn’t believe my words, she felt that I was saying pretty words, and that I would definitely choose the sect’s interests at the critical moment. I am the young sect master of the Heavenly Demon God Sect, how could I possibly say such words? She couldn’t have taken me for a fool, could she?

“My men would not do something like this just because they have been wronged. He must have encountered something unfair or seen something he shouldn’t have.”

Cold Snow couldn’t understand it, she couldn’t understand why I was defending my men, or why my men, for the sake of others, would do such things. Why do they have to live such a hypocritical life?

“Are you saying that you trust your men so much that you can’t turn him over to me?”

“Exactly.”

I remained calm.

“My subordinate, for me, has suffered a lot of pain and exhaustion. I have to let him, feel a little, the value of working for me.”

Cold Snow said calmly:

“The Northern Blood Sect, has asked for help from our Ice Palace, so we can’t just stand by and watch.”

“Then help them.”

“Aren’t you afraid that your men, will die?”

I asked, looking at her:

“If my men, were right, and the Second Prince of the Northern Blood Sect, were wrong, would you kill him too?”

Cold Snow looked at me expressionlessly and asked rhetorically:

“What if your men, were wrong, and the Second Prince of the Northern Blood Sect, was right? Would you still defend him then?”

I said with a smile:

“Then I’m going to save him and get him out of here.”

Cold Snow froze for a moment, she didn’t seem to expect that I would answer like that.

“I’m done, you guys talk.”

She stood up and prepared to leave. She already knew that this matter, was related to the Demon Cult, and that was enough.

At this point, I said:

“Actually, we came to the North Sea for another purpose, we want to visit a deceased person.”

“Who?”

“Dean of the Hundred Wine and Snow Academy.”

The Drunken Devil came to the North Sea this time to meet her. I have to tell Cold Snow in advance so as not to cause any misunderstandings.

Cold Snow’s face, suddenly changed.

“What’s wrong?”

She looked at Drunken Devil and I with some strange eyes, and then, she uttered a shocking news:

“The headmaster of the Hundred Wine and Snow Academy, has passed away.”

Drunken Devil’s body, trembled violently. His face was filled with sadness. He had come all the way here, only to hear such news? When was the last time he saw her?

“When and how did she die?”

Instead of answering my question, Coldsnow looked at us with skepticism in her eyes.

“Why are you all, at this time of the day, coming for her?”

If we don’t explain clearly, we will definitely be misunderstood by her. The Drunken Devil didn’t say anything, so I had to explain for him:

“Every year, she sends some wine to the Drunken Devil. But this year, no wine was received from her. That’s why we wanted to come and see if something happened to her.”

Cold Snow was silent for a moment, then said:

“She killed herself, a while ago.”

Snap!

The wine glass in the drunken devil’s hand, fell to the ground and shattered, spilling wine all over the table.

Cold Snow looked at me and said:

“Have your men, release the Second Prince of the Northern Blood Sect.”

With that, she left.

The Drunken Devil and I, sat there, silent. The wine, from the table, dripped down to the floor. After a while, Drunken Devil broke the silence.

“She couldn’t have killed herself.”

He said in a firm tone.

“She was passionate about making wine, and she was proud of her work. Her wine, she knew, brought joy to people. There was no way she was going to kill herself.”

He knew that dean, like the back of his hand. Therefore, he believed that she had not committed suicide, but had been murdered.

I nodded and drank the rest of the wine in my glass.

“It’s a pity that I’ll never be able to drink, such a good wine again.”

I put my glass down and folded my hands in a moment of silence for her.

The Drunken Devil drank all of the wine in the gourd, then took the rest of the ice wine and poured it into the gourd. He was careful not to waste a single drop.

The clear, icy wine flowed from the mouth of the gourd into the gourd, and it was as if I saw the face of the Drunken Devil, whose face was filled with sadness and anger.

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