Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains

Chapter 227: 139?Qinglong Association (7)_2

Zhao Mansha, Tong Yun, and Yu Guixin were all from Ding Dian's side and had naturally been on his kill list for a long time.

But the situation with these three was not so certain.

Bai Yunfan had always had a good relationship with the Hou Clan. Nie Xinchuan's Hongdao Gang was on Fan Longhe's side and had no conflicts with the Hou Clan either, and the last one, Li Sanyun, was the only third-rate Pharmacist in Tongling County.

Master Hou Yuxiao stared at the three men, his expression flickering for a long time before his tone softened slightly. He said, "Actually, Mister Fang is not a person who kills indiscriminately, but since you all have pushed me too far, Mister Fang must kill the chicken to warn the monkey, lest the martial arts world in the four counties thinks my Qinglong Association is easy to bully."

This sudden explanation made the three of them startled, and then a guess arose in their hearts; they looked up at Hou Yuxiao with subtly changing expressions.

Could it be that Mister Fang... wanted to subjugate them...

"The three of you are notable figures in Tongling as well, so Mister Fang won't beat around the bush. Since you're now in my hands, there is no way you can just walk away. All three of your powers join the Qinglong Association and obey my orders, and I shall spare your lives. How about it?"

Just as they had guessed, the three of them fell silent immediately.

Logically, since their lives were in danger, they should have had no room for consideration. But in reality, there were many things more important than life.

The appearance of demons in this secret realm had confirmed the Qinglong Association's collusion with demons; joining them now meant siding with demons.

If it was just the three of them joining to save their lives, they could have done so without hesitation. But as Mister Fang had just said, it wasn't just about them joining, but also about bringing their entire homes—Hongdao Gang, Bai Clan, Medicine Dust Sect—into the Qinglong Association. That was impossible!

Even for these three to join the Qinglong Association for their own survival was a deadly risk, and resistance was still present in their hearts. Dragging their families into it would truly be a disaster.

If Mister Fang captured a handle on them and later exposed that all three of their forces had joined the Qinglong Association and sided with demons, it wouldn't just be the Rakshasa Holy Sect laying blame; they and their families would immediately become public enemies of the world.

Although the three feared death, they knew they couldn't implicate their sect members, yet they dare not outright deny it, and so they remained frozen in place, silent.

Seeing their expressions, Hou Yuxiao narrowed his eyes slightly. He could naturally guess their concerns. In fact, bearing the guilt of collusion was something that neither these three nor even he dared to shoulder. Otherwise, he wouldn't have secretly sought to submit to Moxuzi.

He did not continue persuading them, but turned his gaze toward the tiger demon, Xiao Lin, who was lying on the ground recovering from his injuries, his dark eyes flickering several times.

The hundred-meter-long Green-Maned Spotted Tiger Demon, even while lying down, looked ferociously incomprehensible. It had been wounded already and had just fought with six top experts for so long, and its injuries had worsened. Naturally, it hadn't recovered yet.

Xiao Lin's true form was a tiger demon; I wonder what the other four are. Yang Xin and Lv Luo, along with Song Yang, have higher cultivation and are likely even more ferocious, aren't they!

This thought flashed through Hou Yuxiao's mind, and his gaze gradually became cold.

Demons have sharp senses; the moment Hou Yuxiao's gaze fixed on him, Xiao Lin immediately sensed it. He looked up directly at Hou Yuxiao, realizing something was wrong, and his eyes instantly showed a hint of fierceness.

"Brother Xiaolin, speaking of which, I'm still unclear why you all brought these people into this secret realm. If you know what Maiden Hong has planned, I hope you can enlighten me, so that I can better coordinate with all of you!"

From the moment he entered, Hou Yuxiao had been puzzled. All of Yang Xin's actions were surely instigated by Maiden Hong; she lured these people here and let Yang Xin and his subordinates, the demons, hunt them in the secret realm, definitely for some purpose.

He entered the secret realm and helped the demons kill many people, partly to paralyze Yang Xin and others, and partly because eliminating these top experts from the four counties' martial arts world would help the development of the Hou Clan later on. Now that he was helping the demons, going with the flow wasn't a problem.

But he had always been mindful and wanted to understand why Maiden Hong did this. At the time, he was not far from Yang Xin and Lv Luo, and he did not dare to think otherwise. Now that Xiao Lin was severely injured and far from Yang Xin and Lv Luo, Hou Yuxiao's thoughts naturally started to run fast.

He had never intended to follow the demons to the end. Besides, he hadn't forgotten that the five great masters and Master Fanyin were still waiting outside!

Xiao Lin did not answer his question, but the fierceness in his eyes and the increasingly upright stance of his limbs were already emitting a dangerous aura.

Behind him, Bai Yunfan, Nie Xinchuan, and Li Snayun, had already found the first question asked by Hou Yuxiao somewhat strange, and seeing the tiger demon's rising posture, their expressions shifted immediately.

What's going on?

Mister Fang isn't genuinely with the demons…

"Master, have you thought this through? The Lord has been generous to you!"