Long Xiao controlled the four short guns with the five-element vital energy, bringing endless fear to Hu Ling. Was this still human? It wouldn't take him long to slaughter the entire Hu family.
Fear spread, and the Hu family father and son, along with the old gentleman, were enveloped by an endless dread. They looked at Long Xiao as if he were a monster.
"Young Master Long, Young Master Long, don't, don't do it, we were wrong," Hu Ling stammered.
"To know one's mistakes and correct them is good. To persist in one's errors is stubbornness; such people should not live in this world."
Long Xiao's voice was cold yet magnetic. Upon hearing it, the Hu family father and son and the old gentleman felt a chill run through them, and they involuntarily knelt before Long Xiao.
The four short guns landed on the coffee table. Long Xiao said, "Now, tell me the truth. I want to know what really happened."
While secretly observing Long Xiao, Hu Ling recounted what he knew.
The entire matter had been arranged by a foreigner named Jack. Jack was an old acquaintance of Hu Ling. When Hu Ling was still dabbling in gangs, he had met Jack.
Jack introduced him to influential people, helped him secure loans to buy land and enter the real estate business, earning him his first pot of gold. It could be said that Jack was his benefactor, and Hu Ling obeyed him implicitly.
A while ago, Jack told him to bid for that piece of land, but only to raise the price and not to actually win the bid.
He knew there was something wrong with that land, but since Jack arranged for him to bid, he went through the motions at the site.
"What's wrong with that land?" Long Xiao asked.
Hu Ling shook his head and said, "I'm not sure. It's just my guess that there's something wrong."
"Were the islanders involved in this matter?" Long Xiao asked again.
Hu Ling shook his head and said, "No. As far as I know, the people involved were just a few real estate developers, and we only know a small part of the situation."
"Do you have Jack's address?"
Hu Ling shook his head again. "I don't have any contact information for him. Jack is very mysterious. He always contacts me when there's business, he's never even called."
Long Xiao had expected to find useful information but didn't expect that Hu Ling knew so little. Even Hu Ling's own situation was described to him by Jack.
Long Xiao sighed and said, "You know too little. To me, your family is of little value."
Hearing Long Xiao say he was of little value, Hu Ling shivered and quickly said, "Young Master Long, I can help you, I can really help you. Please spare my whole family."
Long Xiao stood up, chuckled, and said, "You watch too many TV shows, don't you? What era is this? I don't kill entire families casually, but making sure your line ends in extinction is still possible."
Hearing Long Xiao say this, Hu Xinglai, who was kneeling beside them, suddenly remembered that Long Xiao had crippled him at the restaurant.
After leaving the restaurant, he had called two women he knew. Just as Long Xiao had said, no matter how hard he tried in bed, it was useless.
He went to a clinic run by a traditional Chinese medicine doctor he knew. The doctor said he had blood stasis in his kidney meridians, but all their efforts failed to clear it.
"Young Master Long, I know I was wrong. Please, please cure me," Hu Xinglai crawled to Long Xiao, hugging his leg and begging.
Long Xiao patted Hu Xinglai's head and said, "Behave yourself. After this matter is resolved, I will help you clear your meridians."
Long Xiao left his contact information and prepared to leave the Hu residence. As he stepped out of the main building of the villa, the old gentleman caught up and whispered, "Young Master Long, those two masters who went to the Huo family are still in Port City."
Long Xiao stopped and looked at the old gentleman curiously. "Why did you suddenly decide to tell me this?"
The old gentleman said, "Those two are swindlers. They're arrogant in Port City, and they don't understand metaphysics at all."
Long Xiao smiled and said, "Old sir, do you understand feng shui and metaphysics?"
The old gentleman nodded. "Of course, I do. I am Xuan Ji Zi..."
"Stop. Old sir, talking too much is useless. I'll draw you a spiritual charm. If you can learn to draw one, I won't bother you again."
Long Xiao returned to the living room and asked the old gentleman to take out the yellow paper, brush, and cinnabar he carried. He casually drew a Five Thunder Talisman.
"It's just a Five Thunder Talisman, I can do that too."
The old gentleman picked up the brush and, in one fluid motion, drew a Five Thunder Talisman that looked much better than Long Xiao's.
Long Xiao smiled, held the talisman between two fingers, and reached into his clothes. "Light it."
As smoke rose, the talisman was lit. Before the three of them could understand what was happening, Long Xiao threw the talisman out.
With a loud bang, the living room door of the Hu residence was blown to smithereens.
The Hu father and son and the old gentleman were stunned. Long Xiao was also stunned. Long Xiao rarely used talismans, and this was his first time using a Five Thunder Talisman. He never expected it to be so powerful.
Long Xiao thought to himself that he should carry more talismans from now on. This thing was more effective than a hand grenade.
"Heh heh, my apologies, Old Hu. Please clean this up yourselves. It's getting late, I should be going."
Before the Hu father and son could react, Long Xiao quickly left the main building of the villa and drove away from the Hu residence.
The three of them stood on the steps, dumbfounded, watching Long Xiao leave.
"This is real metaphysics. The Xuanmen Five Thunder Talisman is actually this powerful. I've learned it all for nothing," the old gentleman said, slapping himself and staring blankly.
Xuan Ji Zi was utterly impressed with Long Xiao. He had met many masters of metaphysics. Being able to use spiritual particle manipulation to manifest spiritual particles was considered an expert move. Long Xiao could control apple seeds to kill people with a wave of his hand, a feat that no spiritual particle manipulation could match.
Long Xiao left the Hu residence and went to the cemetery. The old couple living there had already received his call. They not only cleaned a room for him but also prepared tea and fruit.
As soon as Long Xiao entered the room, he smelled alcohol. Knowing that the old man enjoyed drinking, he gave the driver some money and asked him to find a place nearby to buy several cases of wine and some snacks.
Seeing the driver carry several cases of wine into the room, the old man became emotional and repeatedly thanked Long Xiao.
After the driver left, Long Xiao and the old man set out the food and drinks and began to eat and drink.
After a few cups of wine, the old man became more talkative and gradually began to recount some past events of the Huo family.
The Huo family's rise to prominence began during the war. At that time, resources were scarce, but Huo Tianyi's great-grandfather was intelligent, diligent, and daring.
After the war ended, the Huo family gradually grew stronger. After his great-grandfather married, he had his grandfather. The old man who watched the cemetery was a childhood friend of Huo Tianyi's grandfather.
The old man came to watch the graves voluntarily ten years ago. At that time, the Huo family was already one of the top families in Port City. The old man felt he had fallen behind and couldn't help much, so he chose to live in seclusion here.
The Huo family treated the old couple very well, providing them with everything they needed. However, Huo Tianyi's grandfather hoped the old man would drink less, so he bought him fewer alcoholic beverages.
After listening to the old man's narration, Long Xiao chuckled and chatted with him about feng shui. The old man told Long Xiao that the Huo family's ancestral grave was arranged by Master Lai, who was said to be a descendant of Lai Buyi and was very powerful.
"I heard that the feng shui of this cemetery is called 'Golden Phoenix Facing the Sun.'"
Long Xiao was greatly surprised upon hearing 'Golden Phoenix Facing the Sun.' The *Dragon Scripture* only covered the basics and principles of feng shui. When Long Xiao had surveyed the cemetery, he had discovered that the Huo family's ancestral grave was well-protected, gathered qi, and accumulated wealth, but he didn't know its name.
To compensate for the shortcomings in the *Dragon Scripture*, Long Xiao bought a batch of books related to feng shui. He didn't read medical books, only books on feng shui.
The *Dragon Scripture* originated from ancient times. Although the foundation had not changed, the principles had largely been lost by now. However, many of the names had completely changed. Long Xiao read books on feng shui and traditional Chinese medicine to correspond to the current nomenclature.