"What?"
Ling Feng's expression turned instantly cold, and even the temperature around him dropped sharply.
His elder brother Ling Yan was already dead, yet someone would treat him like this, not even sparing the corpse.
What were these people's intentions?
Yang Fei didn't know what had happened, but seeing Ling Feng's murderous glare, he knew something big had occurred!
"Prepare the car, the funeral home!"
Ling Feng said coldly, his voice making Yang Fei tremble.
Yang Fei dared not delay, nor even ask questions. He immediately turned and drove away.
They sped along and soon arrived at the funeral home.
Inside the funeral home, all the staff were as anxious as ants on a hot pan.
As Ling Feng and Yang Fei entered, a white-haired old man wearing reading glasses greeted them and asked, "Are you Mr. Ling Feng?"
"Speak. What happened?"
Ling Feng said coldly.
The director was startled by Ling Feng's aura. He swallowed nervously and said helplessly,
"I don't know what happened. Your elder brother's body vanished into thin air from our funeral home. I've already sent people to search everywhere, and I've also reported it to the police..."
Ling Feng didn't want to hear more. He pushed the director aside and walked directly into the morgue.
Inside the morgue, the crystal coffin that held his elder brother's body was now empty.
Ling Feng frowned, walking around the coffin.
However, despite his keen observation, he found nothing.
It couldn't be that the body had truly disappeared into thin air.
Someone must have deliberately stolen his elder brother's body, wanting to conceal something.
Recalling Qin Xiao's earlier words that someone else was responsible for his brother's death, Ling Feng's brows furrowed.
After a moment's thought, he turned to Yang Fei and said, "Check the surveillance."
Yang Fei nodded without a word and turned to leave.
At this moment, the funeral home director walked in, apologizing profusely, "Mr. Ling, on behalf of our funeral home, I offer you our sincerest apologies. We are truly sorry!"
With that, he bowed deeply to Ling Feng.
Having such an incident occur, he, as the director, was undeniably responsible.
Ling Feng did not reply or show any reaction, but the chilling aura emanating from him was enough to send shivers down one's spine.
The director knew Ling Feng was displeased. He gritted his teeth and said, "To express our apology, the funeral expenses for Ms. Jiang will be borne by our funeral home. We ask for your understanding, Mr. Ling."
In this era, funeral expenses were frighteningly high, ranging from tens of thousands to over a hundred thousand.
Completely waiving the funeral expenses for someone was a significant compensation.
Ling Feng still ignored the director. For him, finding his elder brother's body was the top priority.
As for compensation?
Heh, as one of the four great Heavenly Kings of Da Hua, the Zhen Bei King, would he even care about such meager compensation?
Even if the entire funeral home were compensated to him, he wouldn't be moved in the slightest.
He had never sought any compensation from the beginning.
But while he remained silent, someone else couldn't help but speak up.
"Why are you acting like this? Our director has offered you such good compensation. Don't be ungrateful."
The speaker was a heavily made-up woman with an arrogant expression, full of disdain and anger.
"What did you say?"
Ling Feng's gaze suddenly swept over, his eyes chillingly fixed on the woman.
If he remembered correctly, this woman was a funeral attendant at the funeral home, named Xu Jie.
A funeral attendant was, in essence, a service worker. He wondered where her arrogance came from.
As soon as Xu Jie felt Ling Feng's sharp gaze, she was startled and took two steps back. But then she remembered Ling Feng's identity from the information she had and felt her pride was wounded.
She was, after all, a collateral descendant of the prominent Xu family in Hanjiang, yet she was intimidated by a pauper.
She immediately puffed out her chest, stepped forward, and said maliciously, "Why are you shouting? It's just a dead person. If it's lost, it's lost. What's the big deal?"
Such incidents had happened before at the funeral home. In the past, a little money was usually enough to appease the family.
Therefore, she was accustomed to this attitude!
The director's heart sank upon hearing this. "Oh no, this is going to be bad!"
But before he could react, he felt the temperature in the morgue drop by more than ten degrees, as if they had suddenly entered an arctic ice cave.
Then, with a swish, an afterimage flashed past him.
He instinctively looked in the direction the afterimage had moved. When his vision refocused, he saw that Ling Feng had already reached Xu Jie, his hand around her throat, lifting her up.
At this moment, Ling Feng was like a demon emerging from hell, exuding boundless malevolence.
Even though the director had worked in the funeral home his entire life, seen countless lives and deaths, and was no longer afraid of anything, he was still trembling at Ling Feng's appearance.
"Mmm..."
Xu Jie's face turned red, feeling like she was suffocating. Her hands clutched Ling Feng's wrist, and her legs flailed wildly.
But her strength was like that of an ant before Ling Feng, utterly useless.
"Mr. Ling... Mr. Ling, let's talk calmly. She's just a child who said things she shouldn't have. I apologize on her behalf."
The director said fearfully, terrified that Ling Feng would end Xu Jie's life on the spot.
This was because he could feel an overwhelming killing intent from Ling Feng.
Ling Feng glanced coldly at the old director. The director immediately felt a bone-chilling coldness surge from his head into his body. He couldn't help but shiver, swallowing the words he was about to say.
"Let... let... go of me!"
Xu Jie weakly slapped Ling Feng's arm. Feeling the breath of death drawing closer, she was extremely frightened.
Ling Feng looked at her coldly. After a long while, until fear completely consumed her, he uttered two icy words.
"Apologize!"
Xu Jie dared not hesitate any longer and quickly said with difficulty, "I... I... I'm sorry!"
Only then did Ling Feng release his iron-like grip.
Xu Jie crashed to the ground with a thud. She felt intense pain but dared not make a sound, gasping for air.
She kept glancing at Ling Feng, her eyes filled with terror.
"If you don't want to die, keep vigil for my brother and sister-in-law for seven days and seven nights."
Ling Feng's cold, domineering, and irrefutable voice rang out again.
"I..."
Xu Jie instinctively wanted to retort, but upon seeing Ling Feng's eyes, all her confidence crumbled.
This man before her was truly capable of killing!
So, she could only endure her unwillingness and anger, gritting her teeth and saying, "Okay."
How could Ling Feng not see her inner thoughts? He said indifferently, "Whatever means you have, use them on me. Just be prepared to bear the consequences of angering me!"
Hearing this, Xu Jie swallowed nervously, no longer daring to feel any anger.
As soon as Ling Feng finished speaking, Yang Fei walked in.
"Heavenly Venerate..."
Yang Fei was about to continue but suddenly realized something and quickly corrected himself.
"Brother, I just checked the surveillance, but the person in charge of monitoring told me that all the surveillance inside and outside the funeral home, and even on the nearby streets, was malfunctioning today, leaving no footage.
"I've also questioned the funeral home staff, and most of them have been cleared of suspicion."
Ling Feng nodded, his brows furrowed even tighter.
He had actually guessed this situation earlier, but he wanted Yang Fei to try his luck.
It seemed the opponent was quite capable, with a master overseeing them.
However, this only ignited Ling Feng's fighting spirit. If the opponent were too weak, it would be truly meaningless.
"Issue an order. Retrieve all surveillance footage within a one-kilometer radius for the past three days and thoroughly investigate all suspicious individuals!"
"Yes!"
"I need to stay in Hanjiang for a while. Send a telegram to those old fellows, explaining the reason."
"Yes!"
"Contact the relevant personnel to strengthen the security of the funeral home. If any similar incidents occur again, bring their heads to me!"
"Yes!"
"Find me a new place to live. It's inconvenient to keep staying in hotels."
"Yes!"
Ling Feng issued four commands to Yang Fei in quick succession, then turned and left the morgue without another word.
Clean and efficient, without any hesitation.
The old director watched Ling Feng's retreating back, and a storm of emotions surged within him.
He had been a funeral home director for a lifetime, seen countless dignitaries and extraordinary individuals, but none had left such a profound impression on him!
A peerless gentleman, as refined as jade!
Perhaps this was the kind of person they were talking about!