Then, he said word by word: "Hang him at the entrance of the villa to keep bleeding, and notify the Gu Family to come and save him... After that, send the child's corpse to the Lin Family!"
Chapter 6 The Old Marshal's Decision
Great Xia Country, War Department.
The Old Marshal finally managed to get in touch with Chen Junlin.
"Chen Junlin, you better explain what is going on here?! Why are all those people rushing to Jinling?!"
"Do you realize... more than half of these people are banned from setting foot on the territory of Great Xia Country, and some of them even have thousands of human lives on their hands!!"
"And you, Chen Junlin, you mobilized 100,000 troops to Jinling without authorization! Have you ever considered the consequences?! What on earth are you trying to do?!"
The Old Marshal slammed the table in anger, wishing he could execute Chen Junlin on the spot.
"Marshal, please don't lose your temper just yet... First of all, I can guarantee that my fellow apprentices harbor no ill intentions toward Great Xia Country!"
Chen Junlin took a deep breath and explained, "The reason behind this is that my master's daughter was subjected to having her heart dug out and her blood drained by villains in Jinling City... A four-year-old little girl was strapped to a cold operating table, and bag after bag of blood was drained from her. When her chest was cut open, those villains didn't even administer any anesthesia!"
At this point, Chen Junlin's voice began to tremble.
"Marshal, I have fought wars on the frontier for eight years. What kind of villains haven't I seen?! Yet... when I witnessed what the Gu Family did, my fingertips still couldn't stop trembling... In our vast Great Xia, there are actually villains with such venomous, scorpion-like hearts!!"
"This is the country I protect with my life... Are we risking our lives just to protect scumbags like these?!"
"This time, no matter how you punish me... I, Chen Junlin, will demand justice for my master!! I will also demand justice for the ordinary people who were once bullied and humiliated by the Gu Family!!"
"The Gu Family!! The Lin Family!! I will send them to hell with my own hands!!"
Listening to Chen Junlin's passionate and stirring words, the Old Marshal felt a shock in his heart.
*Could it really be because of that person in Kunlun... that such a massive mobilization has been stirred up?*
*That's right! In this world, only he alone possesses such immense influence!*
Just as the Old Marshal was frowning deeply, a general with three stars on his shoulders rushed in, looking anxious. "Marshal, news has come in... News from the Jinling side!"
With that, the general hurriedly placed the documents in front of the Old Marshal.
In the photographs, a cute little girl was tied to a cold operating table, and a doctor in a white lab coat was in the midst of excavating her heart.
Beside the operating bed stood a man with a ferocious expression, and Xia Qingyue, who was crying her heart out...
Looking at the second photograph, a gorgeously dressed little boy was lying in the arms of a pretty nurse, looking with utter indifference at the scene inside the room. He was waiting for the little girl's heart...
The third photograph showed the miserable condition of the little girl when her blood was drained previously...
And there were, and many more, photographs of Xia Qingyue and Xiao Ningning being bullied and humiliated by the Gu Family!
To prevent Xia Qingyue from fleeing with Xiao Ningning, Gu Nanfei had sent people to keep her under constant surveillance. Furthermore, he had made a ruthless threat: if they dared to run, Xiao Ningning would be killed on the spot!
It was precisely this threat that "locked" Xia Qingyue in Jinling City, preventing her from daring to escape again!
Boom!!!
Looking at photograph after photograph, along with the text explanations in the documents, the Old Marshal was enraged!
With a single slap, he fractured the solid wood desk before him, and then roared with fury, his eyes splitting at the corners: "No wonder... No wonder Chen Junlin led 100,000 troops to surround Jinling!! No wonder tens of thousands of assassins from Yama Hall rushed to Great Xia!! No wonder the old monsters of the Medicine God Valley poured out in full force!! No wonder those mercenaries... world leaders and warlords, risked their lives to rush to Great Xia!!!"
"Pass my order: the 300,000 border troops are to make way for them..."
"Let them enter Great Xia Country!!"
"Let those monsters all go to Jinling to demand... justice for that person in Kunlun!!"
By the time he uttered the final word, the Old Marshal could no longer hold back his tears.
He never imagined that in the vast Great Xia Country, such a heaven-defying and outrageously wicked atrocity could possibly take place!
Hearing the Old Marshal's words, everyone in the room felt a shock in their hearts. Several generals even dropped to their knees directly, saying, "Marshal, please reconsider... If you grant passage like this, our Great Xia Country will be thrown into turmoil!! Nie Wuji of the God of Slaughter Palace, known as Yama Nie, has thousands of human lives on his hands! His subordinates are a bunch of cold-blooded individuals... And then there is the Poison King of the Medicine God Valley, as well as foreign mercenaries!"
"Once they enter, it will be extremely difficult to expel them!! And Jinling City will fall as a result!!"
Before they could finish, the Old Marshal waved his hand and said, "I trust Chen Junlin... and I believe that person in Kunlun will not let his disciples run amok."
"As for the Jinling Gu Family, they deserve to die in the first place! Let alone the fact that she is the daughter of that person in Kunlun... Even if that girl were merely the daughter of an ordinary citizen, she should never have been subjected to such bullying!!"
"These military uniforms we wear are meant to protect ordinary people in the first place!! This time, since we failed to protect them, we will grant passage and let that person in Kunlun resolve it himself!!"
At this point, the Old Marshal's eyes were filled with tears. He then closed his eyes with incomparable self-reproach, the pain in his heart beyond description!
The soldiers in the room also fell silent because of the Old Marshal's words.
Indeed, the military uniform they wore was originally meant to protect the ordinary people!
Yet such a heaven-defying atrocity had occurred in Jinling...
How could they possibly have the face to stand in the way of Ye Chen's disciples as they sought justice for their teacher!?
"Go, pass down the order: as long as they are disciples of that person in Kunlun... our 300,000 Great Xia troops will no longer obstruct them. Let them pass unhindered!!"
This move... was tantamount to placing the destiny of Jinling City entirely into Ye Chen's hands!!
Furthermore, every single one of Ye Chen's disciples was more terrifying than the last. If they were to turn against Great Xia Country... then the consequences... who could bear them?!
"Marshal, is this really wise...?"
Upon hearing the Old Marshal's command, the officers in the room felt their hearts tremble once again.
"Wise?"
The Old Marshal said with a heavy gaze, "You must remember... that person in Kunlun has countless disciples. If he wanted to act against Great Xia Country, his disciples in the business world could directly choke off the economic lifeline of Great Xia! His disciples in Yama Hall could enter the country in batches to assassinate anyone! His disciples in the Medicine God Valley—if the Medicine King and the Poison King joined forces... who could possibly stop them!?"
Saying this, the Old Marshal's expression grew increasingly solemn.
"And besides, those 100,000 Kunlun disciples are already within Great Xia Country. If they were to riot... who could possibly stop them!?"
"This..."
The crowd's hearts trembled once again!
Indeed, if Ye Chen wanted to overthrow Great Xia Country, he could have done so long ago!
Why wait until now?
"Furthermore, you must not forget! Chen Junlin, the Five-Star God of War of our Great Xia Country, was also trained by that person in Kunlun!"
"......Whether it is his closing disciple or his opening disciple, none of them has ever done a single thing to harm the interests of Great Xia Country!"
"Even whenever Great Xia Country faces disasters, his disciples always lend their utmost assistance... As for those disciples who are banned from setting foot in Great Xia, the ones they killed were all scum who committed evil in their localities.!!!"
At this point, the Old Marshal had already made up his mind in his heart.
"Therefore, this time, not only must we let his disciples pass unhindered through Great Xia Country, but we will also join them to help seek justice!!"
"Lei Chong, Northern Territory General, you are to lead 3,000 elite troops to Jinling immediately, and notify the local Ministry of War, War Department, and Public Security Bureau... No one is permitted to obstruct any decision made by that person in Kunlun!!"
"And tell Chen Junlin that his fellow disciples no longer need to have any reservations... Go ahead and boldly demand justice for their teacher!"
Chapter 7 The Winds and Clouds Rise
Tannán Province, Jinling City.
When Gu Tianhao received the news, he flipped the office desk over in a fit of rage.
"Such audacity! Who... who dares to touch my son?!"
Looking at the photograph on his phone, Gu Tianhao split the corners of his eyes in fury.
Gu Nanfei was hanging from the entrance of the villa, covered in injuries, with two hollow steel pipes jammed into his legs, and fresh blood continuously flowing out along the pipes.
The iron basin underneath was already filled to the brim with blood!!
"Who is it? Who on earth dares to touch my son?! I will make him pay with his blood for this!!!"
Seeing this scene, Gu Tianhao instantly plunged into violent rage!
He had obtained a son late in life, and this was his sole precious boy... yet now, he had been toyed with and tortured to such a miserable state.
"Steward Liu, quickly assemble everyone. I'm going to rescue Nanfei... and my grandson as well!! I will skin and cramp the ones who harmed Nanfei and my grandson, and hack them into a thousand pieces!!!"
"Yes!!"
Before Gu Tianhao, an elderly man with graying hair answered with trembling trepidation.
He had served the Gu Family for decades and had never seen the family head fly into such a rage!
One had to know that the reason the Gu Family was able to develop into a tier-one family in just a few decades was because of Gu Tianhao's underworld background... The number of human lives stained on his hands alone was no less than three digits!!
Although the Gu Family was now a top-tier major family, Gu Tianhao had never let go of those underworld forces!
He was still secretly cultivating his own faction...
And precisely because of this, in this Jinling City, very few people dared to provoke the wrath of the Gu Family!!
Now, not only had this person offended the Gu Family, but he had also tortured Young Master Gu Nanfei into a cripple... His legs were definitely beyond saving... And as for Gu Nanfei's son, that sole-surviving little young master, who knew what had become of him?!
As Steward Liu was secretly pondering this, a sudden burst of ringing sounded...
It was Gu Tianhao's phone ringing!
At that moment, Gu Tianhao had no mood to answer calls, but upon seeing the caller ID, he couldn't help frowning slightly.
It was the number of Lin Yuanhong, the head of the Jinling Lin Family.
The moment the call connected, Gu Tianhao heard Lin Yuanhong's furious roar:
"Gu Tianhao!!! What is going on here... Who killed my grandson!?"
As soon as those words were spoken, a chill immediately rose along Gu Tianhao's spine. "Are you saying my grandson... Tian'er, something happened to Tian'er...?"
"Ten minutes ago, someone dumped Tian'er's corpse at the entrance of the Lin Family."
Over the phone, Lin Yuanhong took a deep breath, desperately trying to control his erupting emotions, and said word by word: "Shouldn't Tian'er have been with Nanfei? Why did something like this happen!!"
"I don't know either..."
Gu Tianhao said through gritted teeth, "I just received the news too. Nanfei was beaten all over, with steel pipes jammed into his legs... A whole basin of fresh blood spilled out!! I've already told Steward Liu to gather all our forces, and we are heading to the mountainside villa right now!!"
"Damn it!!"
Lin Yuanhong raged, "I'll go with you... I want to see who has the nerve to kill my grandson, Lin Yuanhong... and torture my son-in-law like this!!"
"Fine!!"
Gu Tianhao gritted his teeth. "Then I'll see you at the mountainside villa. We must hack the people who harmed my son and grandson into a thousand pieces!!"
The call ended!
The Jinling Gu Family, the Jinling Lin Family... these two top-tier major families residing in Jinling City.
Gathering a full several thousand people altogether, they marched imposingly in a grand procession toward the direction of the mountainside villa!!
......
Meanwhile.
Ye Chen's disciples also received an order.
Those disciples who had already rushed to Jinling were to proceed to the mountainside villa immediately and reunite with their teacher!
Those disciples who had not yet reached Jinling were to withdraw from the territory of Great Xia Country immediately and return from whence they came...
This was an order issued personally by Ye Chen!!
To deal with a mere two small families, there was no need for all his disciples to mobilize in full force.
In fact, Ye Chen alone could completely annihilate these two families!!
However, since some of his disciples had already arrived in Jinling City, Ye Chen knew they meant well and ordered them to assemble swiftly at the mountainside villa!!
Just as Gu Tianhao and Lin Yuanhong led thousands of men in black, marching imposingly to surround the mountainside villa, Ye Chen's disciples were also rushing over one after another...
Even if it was only a portion of his disciples who had arrived, that overwhelming dark mass was already enough to make anyone's complexion drain of color with terror!
The 100,000 Dragon Cavalry of Ye Junlin, along with armored vehicles, tanks... and fighter jets, rolled forward like primordial iron beasts—rumbling as they came...!
Tens of thousands of assassins from Yama Hall also arrived in Jinling City, carrying all kinds of equipment as they rushed and galloped toward the mountainside villa...!
The Medicine Kings, Poison Kings, and countless disciples of the Medicine God Valley were also rushing over frantically...!
Even a batch of overseas mercenaries appeared in a grand procession within Jinling City...!
The Jinling City War Department also received the news, and the moment Ye Chen's disciples set foot in Jinling City, they locked down the city entirely.
All roads were completely blockaded, and no one was allowed to conduct business!
All shopping malls were also shut down, prohibited from continuing operations for the day!
All citizens were urged to return to their homes and were not permitted to go out until the alert was lifted!
When hundreds of thousands of troops rushed in from all directions, everyone in the entire Jinling City could not help feeling panic-stricken and trembling with fear!!
Though they did not understand what was happening on the outside.
Yet they could sense a feeling of heaven collapsing and the earth shaking!
The entire city was already churning with rising winds and scudding clouds, boiling with murderous intent, as if it intended to flip the very skies upside down!
And almost at the same time, the people of the Gu Family and the Lin Family also arrived at the mountainside villa.
"Surround the place tightly for me, don't let even half a mosquito escape!"
Gu Tianhao said through gritted teeth, then turned to Lin Yuanhong who had hurried over and asked, "Where is Wanwan? Is she alright?"
Lin Wanwan was none other than Gu Tianhao's daughter-in-law and the apple of the Lin Family's eye.
"Wanwan fainted several times after seeing Tian'er's corpse!! But I promised her that I would cut off the head of the person who killed Tian'er and bring it back for Wanwan to see!!"
Lin Yuanhong ground his teeth, saying viciously, "Let's go, up the mountain, prepare to make a move... I'm going to sever that fellow's head with my own hands!!"
In an instant, thousands of thugs wearing black clothing tightly surrounded the mountainside villa layer upon layer!!
Murderous intent boiled over!!
After surrounding the villa, Gu Tianhao saw Gu Nanfei hanging at the main gate, covered in blood with injuries too horrifying to look upon...
"Father... save me, save me!!"
Gu Nanfei's complexion was pale, seeming as though he might die at any second! His legs were already ruined, hanging limply and shriveled, without even a single drop of blood left in them!
The fresh blood in the iron basin underneath had overflowed, staining a large expanse of the ground red!!
Beside Gu Nanfei stood an exquisite red sandalwood grand master chair, on which Ye Chen sat in a leisurely manner, quietly watching Gu Tianhao and Lin Yuanhong...
Behind Ye Chen stood the God of War Ye Junlin, the God of Slaughter Nie Wuji... and countless closing disciples who had rushed to Jinling.
"Son!!"
Gu Tianhao's eye sockets split with fury as he roared, "You are the ones who harmed my son... and destroyed my grandson. I will hack you into a thousand pieces, a thousand pieces!! Do it, hack them to death!"
Instantly, the thousands of men in black from the Gu Family gripped their weapons tightly, preparing to charge forward!
At the same time, Lin Yuanhong also gritted his teeth and said, "Go, chop off that man's head. I want to use his head to comfort Tian'er's spirit in heaven!!"
Following that, the thousands of men in black from the Lin Family also flashed their weapons in unison, stirring with restless anticipation!!
"Heh!"
Facing this massive, overwhelming crowd holding weapons, Ye Chen merely gave a cold chuckle and pointed lightly toward the distance: "The two of you... before you make a move, take a look at the situation down the mountain first!"
"What?"
Gu Tianhao and Lin Yuanhong were slightly stunned, and then they heard the roaring sound of fighter jets, followed by tanks and armored vehicles... these primordial iron beasts kicking up plumes of dust as they roared toward them!!
Boom boom boom!!
Glancing around in all directions once more...
Countless Dragon Cavalry soldiers in camouflage uniforms, Yama Hall assassins in black uniforms, and mercenaries carrying heavy weapons—a full several hundred thousand people—had unconsciously surrounded this mountain from all directions!!
Chapter 8 Reinforcements from the War Department
The 300,000 Dragon Cavalry were commanded by Chen Junlin.
As for Xia Qingyue and Xiao Ningning, Chen Junlin had already sent them to a five-star hotel.
Before leaving, Chen Junlin had also arranged for 3,000 fully armed Dragon Cavalry soldiers to be responsible for the safety of his teacher's wife and little junior sister.
Aside from the 3,000 Dragon Cavalry, Hua Yuntian, the Valley Master of Medicine God Valley, also remained inside the hotel.
At this moment, Hua Yuntian and the Medicine Kings of the Medicine God Valley were attentively conditioning Xiao Ningning's body.
Watching silver needle after silver needle being inserted into Xiao Ningning's emaciated little body, Xia Qingyue's tears fell continuously like broken pearls: "Is my daughter going to be alright? Why... why hasn't she woken up yet!?"
"Please rest assured, Teacher's Wife. Little Junior Sister is no longer in critical condition, and we are helping her condition her body."
As Hua Yuntian was speaking, Xiao Ningning, lying on the bed, slowly opened her eyes.
"Mom... Mommy..." she called out weakly.
"Mommy is here, Mommy is here!"
Seeing Xiao Ningning wake up, Xia Qingyue hurriedly grasped her daughter's little hand, repeating continuously: "Mommy is here, Ningning don't be afraid, Mommy will protect you! You... you will definitely get better, Mommy cannot live without you!!"
As she spoke, soybean-sized tears kept rolling down.
Her daughter was only four years old, yet she had her blood drained, her heart dug out, and suffered such inhuman treatment!!
Thinking of these scenes, Xia Qingyue's heart felt as though it was being pierced by tens of millions of sharp knives, causing her incomparable pain. "Be a good girl, Ningning. In the future... Mommy will definitely protect you well, definitely protect you well!!"
Looking at Xia Qingyue's tear-stained face, Xiao Ningning struggled to raise her hand.
Because of her severe injuries, lifting her hand was extremely difficult for Xiao Ningning!
Yet she still persisted in using her little hand to wipe away the tear stains on Xia Qingyue's face, saying listlessly, "Mommy, don't cry! Mommy, don't cry anymore!"
"Mommy won't cry, Mommy won't cry!"
Xia Qingyue hurriedly wiped away her own tears with the back of her hand, putting on a strong front.
Then, Xiao Ningning suddenly said, "Mommy... Ningning dreamed of Daddy."
"Ningning dreamed of Daddy beating the bad guys away... He was like a heavenly deity, jumping down from an airplane to beat the bad guys away!"
"Ningning also dreamed that Daddy hugged Ningning..."
"But, Ningning can't open her eyes, no matter how hard she tries, she just can't open them..."