While Shen Qiang was sharing an intimate moment with the incredibly beautiful Baihua Palace Master in her room, in a villa on the southern side of Baihua Palace, Sha Jianming raged hysterically.

"Zuo Lianghao is a bastard! He wants to take everyone from the Hidden Sword Villa and leave only two useless people here! This is betrayal, the Hidden Sword Villa is betraying us, just like the women of Baihua Palace!"

Upon hearing this, the Great Elder of the Qingyun Sword Pavilion said coldly: "Enough, you shut up! The Kunlun Sword Sect Leader already said this would happen, so I don't want to hear your screaming. Shen Qiang will leave here soon, and from here, it's only a bit over three hundred kilometers to his Heshenghe!"

"If he travels at full speed, he can be home in an hour, and then we won't have a chance to act against him!"

Sha Jianming shouted angrily: "Now that Baihua Palace admits defeat, and Hidden Sword Villa betrays us, what else can we do? Shen Qiang's poison skill is unparalleled, without the Evil Spirit Armor, we simply can't touch him!"

"We must act even if we can't!" the Great Elder of the Qingyun Sword Pavilion shouted: "This trip to Baihua Palace cost me the Qingyun Sword, Kang Luoying, and my grandson. Now, all five participating Immortal Artifacts are lost. If I don't kill Shen Qiang and reclaim those artifacts, I'll be nothing when I return to the Qingyun Sword Pavilion!"

"Do you understand? This series of failures has left me with no authority. If I return to the Qingyun Sword Pavilion, I'll have to take responsibility. Do you think the Pavilion Master will let me go? Will the disciples let me go? So now we can only go all in - success or death!"

Sha Jianming raged: "Don't you see? Shen Qiang wants to kill me, understand? If not for being lucky enough to have a stranger save me, I'd already be dead! Now the folks from Shen Qiang's Heshenghe have retrieved their magical treasure. They're clearly waiting for us to cause trouble so they have an excuse for a massacre!"

"Do you know how terrifying his poison skill is? Do you know how sharp his Black Blade is?"

Hearing this, the Great Elder of the Qingyun Sword Pavilion gave him a cold stare and then flipped his wrist, tossing a brand-new gas mask in front of Sha Jianming and mocking coldly: "Young man, read more books and use your brain. Shen Qiang's poison's most deadly aspect is that it can make us suffocate and die."

"It is indeed powerful, but that's in an unknown situation. Now, we already know his poisoning methods. It is terrifying, but against the latest high-tech products, his poisoning techniques are nothing."

Sha Jianming fell silent, his eyes brightening with happiness as he looked at the exquisite gas mask, excitedly saying: "Brilliant, the Great Elder indeed thinks ahead. Why didn't I think of such a simple solution!"

Listening to this, the Great Elder of the Qingyun Sword Pavilion sneered proudly, coldly humming: "Besides, I've dispatched two trusted individuals to Shen Qiang's hometown."

Sha Jianming was stunned, "I didn't understand."

The Great Elder of the Qingyun Sword Pavilion laughed coldly: "Shen Qiang's parents are in his hometown. Although he has precautionary measures, placing a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator by their side is enough for ordinary crises. But now, he is facing me!"

"The Great Elder of the Qingyun Sword Pavilion, my two confidants, one at the Nascent Soul Stage and the other at the Mixed Element Realm. The bodyguard Shen Qiang placed for his parents will absolutely not be able to stop them."

"Now that we have the gas masks, once we have the hostages in hand, we are already in an invincible position."

Sha Jianming's eyes lit up, looking at the Great Elder of the Qingyun Sword Pavilion with excitement, "Brilliant! With Shen Qiang's parents in hand, we can force him to return our magical treasure!"

His mind racing, Sha Jianming's expression became animated, "Not only that, we can use the hostages to make Shen Qiang hand over the Black Blade Youying, and then force him to destroy his own martial arts. If he dares disobey, we'll kill him."

"Wrong, whether he obeys or not, we must kill him," the Great Elder of the Qingyun Sword Pavilion said coldly: "He has shamed me, and I can absolutely not tolerate him. So, the ideal state now is to keep him occupied, prevent him from leaving quickly, and once things succeed on the other side, we will blackmail him through video calls."

Hearing this, a middle-aged man who had been standing silently behind Sha Jianming said respectfully, "Young master, please think thrice before you act, Shen Qiang is cunning as a fox and fierce as a jackal. He can eat anything but won't suffer a loss. If we can think of taking Shen Qiang's parents as hostages, he must have thought of it too, so this matter needs long deliberation."

"Deliberate, my ass!" Sha Jianming shouted harshly: "Shen Qiang thought of it, so he placed a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator there. For ordinary people, a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator is like a god, but before a Mixed Element Realm expert, he is nothing but an ant!"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man hurriedly said: "Young master, think thrice. In times when Heshenghe is besieged on all sides, protecting family safety is paramount. How could Shen Qiang possibly be comfortable with only one Nascent Soul Stage cultivator beside his parents? Such an abnormal arrangement must be bait on a deadly trap; don't take it, young master!"

Hearing this, Sha Jianming shouted: "Shut up. You always tell me to think thrice; you're useless. What's the point of having you around? Get out! I don't need any cowards around me!"

The middle-aged man was stunned, trying to speak again.

But Sha Jianming shouted angrily: "Get out now!"

The middle-aged man, teeth clenched, gave a helpless glance at the sneering Great Elder of the Qingyun Sword Pavilion, sighed, "Since things have come to this…"

"Didn't you hear me tell you to get out!" Sha Jianming glared, a cup crashing onto the middle-aged man's face with a bang.

The middle-aged man fell silent, wiped his face, bowed, and left without a word.

"Useless coward, never seen a cultivator so timid," Sha Jianming snorted, "We are well aware of Shen Qiang's capabilities. Almost all of Heshenghe's experts are here; it should be easy for the Mixed Element Realm expert to catch his parents, right?"

The Great Elder of the Qingyun Sword Pavilion laughed: "Of course, even if Shen Qiang has ambushes, they are nothing before absolute power. Right now, he should be worrying about how to protect himself and his wife, so how could he think about protecting his parents? Don't worry, today will be Shen Qiang's death day!"

Meanwhile, in Shen Qiang's hometown.

In a new three-story villa by the roadside near the outskirts of the town, Shen Qiang's mother, wearing an apron, sat down by the dining table, smiling at the young man drinking with Shen Qiang's father: "Xiao Hai, don't just focus on drinking with this old guy, come and eat, taste my braised pork with dried string beans. When Qiangzi is home, it's his favorite, he eats a big bowl of rice with just two pieces of meat."

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