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Chapter 439. What drives people to work better than profit is life
As soon as Tushan Qingxuan arrived at the place where she had agreed to meet her younger sister, she immediately realized something was wrong.

In an inconspicuous corner, a small piece of pastry was scattered on the ground.

"This is Xiantao Cake, a gift my father's students brought from Yongzhou. It's not available in Guangzhou."

Theoretically, only something that belonged to Tushan Qingxuan's family in Guangzhou fell here, so the answer is obvious. Tushan's little sister might have been kidnapped.

The question is who did it.

"Calm down, could it be a coincidence? For example, someone else also had a fairy peach cake and it just happened to fall here."

"Impossible." Tu Shan Qing Xuan shook his head and explained, "The taste of the fairy peach cake will deteriorate within half a day after it is made. Unless it is frozen with an ice spell, the shelf life can be extended to two months. The price of the ice spell is more expensive than ten portions of fairy peach cake."

"My senior brother is a chief accountant in Yongzhou. He came back to visit my father. My father doesn't like luxurious and expensive things, so my senior brother bought a box of cakes."

I stretched out my fingers and crushed the remaining pastry, and it did feel cool.

Although it is not clear why Tushan Xiaomei took the pastries with her when she ran away, considering what Tushan Qingxuan's family had encountered recently, it is not a big problem for two girls who have never traveled far to panic and take some things that they don't need much with them.

After confirming that this was the fairy peach pastry brought from Yongzhou, the whereabouts of Tushan Xiaomei could also be confirmed, and she was 100% captured.

Mo Hao couldn't help but sigh. He knew this wouldn't be that easy.

"Do you have any ideas? If not, relax and let me take over."

"Sir, please."

Tu Shan Qingxuan knew that he had no other options, but fortunately there was someone willing to help him. At the same time, Mo Hao's previous behavior showed that he was very professional in this matter.

Professional matters should be left to professionals.

He took over Tushan Qingxuan's body, and his pupils, one black and one red, looked extremely weird.

"When it comes to finding someone, you naturally have to go find a professional."

As he spoke, the slender figure stepped on the ground and disappeared without a trace, leaving only a footprint several inches deep.

On the street where Tushan Qingxuan and her younger sister had agreed to meet, gamblers in a gambling den were shouting out numbers enthusiastically, while the thugs in the den would occasionally throw out the unlucky guys who had lost all their money.

The gambling dens here are obviously protected by gangs, or it can be said that they are one of the ways for gangs to make money. People who cause trouble here will be beaten and thrown out at the least, or...

That is, after leaving people's sight, it never appeared again.

However, today, this gambling den encountered a disaster.

Before anyone could react, several golden blade beams chopped the powerful thugs into pieces. At the same time, one hand grabbed the gang boss who came for the monthly audit, and the other hand grabbed the most powerful and best fighter on the scene.

Then the gang leader saw that a hand as slender as a woman's directly broke the neck of his most capable general. In just a few breaths, his general turned into a pile of bones.

The distance between him and the skeleton was less than the width of a fist.

"There is a shabby house at the end of this street. I want to know what happened there in the past three days within half an hour."

After finishing her words, the girl threw the gang leader in her hand aside like trash, then walked out the door ignoring everyone.

After the boss stood up, he didn't even dare to show his anger, and immediately called all his brothers to investigate the house at the end of the street.

The other party did not say what would happen if no answer was given in half an hour, but the gang leader knew very well what the consequences would be for him.

Because his generals had already set a good example for him, the other party did not need to use words and could directly threaten him with the most clear facts.

The most direct and deadly intimidation and threat.

After visiting several gangs in the surrounding area, Mo Hao found a place to sit casually, watching the surrounding area being fully mobilized, and couldn't help but sigh, "Sure enough, it's easier to do things with local gangs. Look how hard they are working now."

The sense of crisis that one's life hangs on a thread is enough to make people risk their lives to complete the task.

Mo Hao knew very well that if he asked for something or simply used benefits to control these people, what he would get would most likely be concealed.

Firstly, these gangs may not want to get into trouble, and secondly, they intend to gain some benefits from themselves.

But if he directly threatens someone's life and takes action, the other party will do his best to meet Mo Hao's demands.

What can best motivate people to work hard is a wallet balance of less than three digits.

What can motivate you to work harder than insufficient wallet balance is that the countdown to your work acceptance is completely linked to the length of your life.

Intelligent creatures are all afraid of death, especially when the thing involving their life and death is just a trivial matter, which will make them even more afraid of death.

Because it's not worth it.

Half an hour later, each gang sent in the news.

Looking at the words written on the paper, Mo Hao smiled and said, "It seems that people from your family are really popular. The Chiyan Lin family wants to snatch you, and the government officials also want to snatch you."

According to information obtained by the gangs, a team of detectives stayed here for a long time in the past few days, and someone saw them arrest someone when they left.

As for who it was, we couldn't see clearly. According to eyewitnesses, we could only confirm that she was wearing women's clothing and her head was covered with a black veil, so her face could not be seen.

"What should we do next?"

Tushan Qingxuan's voice was filled with anxiety. Not only had her brother been beaten to death and her parents disappeared, but her only remaining younger sister was also captured by the government. This was too much of a shock for anyone.

If Mo Hao didn't have the control over her body now, Tu Shan Qingxuan would probably cry out of anxiety.

"It's simple. Go to the governor of Gwangju and ask him about your parents' whereabouts. Then ask him for your little sister."

Mo Hao didn't say it explicitly, but Tu Shan Qingxuan subconsciously thought of the Chi Yan Lin family being wiped out and the gangs whose members had been killed just now.

Although there was no evidence, Tushan Qingxuan felt that the words "ask" and "find" from Mo Hao's mouth were probably not neutral words.

Every single one of them involves human life and blood.

Before she could say anything, Mo Hao had already set off towards the governor's mansion.

As he walked, Mo Hao suddenly seemed to think of something:
“Come to think of it, this place seems to be called [Gwangju], right?”

A ferocious smile suddenly appeared on his face, ferocious, fierce and vicious.

On Tushan Qingxuan's face, the smile was like a poisonous rose.

It has thorns and will kill you instantly.

"Then it's time for a Gwangju Unlimited Fighting Tournament!"

The state government office, today is not a holiday, even the governor has to go to work. However, the gate of the state government office is open, and few people dare to walk in casually.

It is true that the governor has to go to work and handle government affairs, but anyone who dares to disturb the governor without a certain status is playing with the future and lives of everyone in his family.

After all, the county magistrate who ruined the family and the prefect who wiped out the clan, these are real statements.

But today, these rules that have always been strictly followed are no longer effective.

A gust of black wind broke through the gate of the provincial government office, rushed into the lobby and smashed everything in the hall.

“Bold…Ah!!”

Someone noticed that this strong wind was not natural, and immediately shouted to try to stop it, but before he could finish his words, a strange suction force sucked away his blood, flesh and strength, leaving only a pile of ashes that flew away with the wind.

In front of the Heavenly Demonic Power, there is never any waste, even bones will be sucked into bone particles.

After the strong wind dissipated, the governor rushed to the lobby and looked at the people sitting in his seat with a dark face.

To be precise, it is a fox, a fox demon.

He squatted in an extremely arrogant posture and stepped on the table, which symbolized the power of the governor. He even threw and caught the official seal, which represented the power of the governor, in his hands casually.

The governor recognized this fox demon as the descendant of the Tushan fox clan.

"Tushan Fox Demon, do you know your crime?"

"You think you are capable of committing atrocities and disturbing the peace of the state. Why don't you surrender immediately?"

The governor's voice was loud and clear, and his words carried an infinite pressure-like force, trying to suppress Tushan Qingxuan.

But Mo Hao just moved his body slightly, completely ignoring the heavy pressure.

"You are the governor of Gwangju, right?"

Not only did he ignore the governor's authority, he even said in an almost commanding tone, "Okay, where are Tushan Qingxuan's parents and little sister? Don't say you don't know, that would cause very troublesome consequences."

"presumptuous!"

Seeing that Tushan Qingxuan completely disregarded the authority of the official and the law, the governor was furious. As soon as he finished speaking, he was about to capture this ignorant Tushan fox clan member.

But Mo Hao's actions were faster than his opponent's. The golden blade light poured down like raindrops, and in an instant, the provincial government that had set up a protective formation was chopped into pieces.

The blade of the Heavenly Demon did not move in a completely straight line. It seemed to have life and transformed into a pack of wolves that surrounded the governor.

The governor used his magical power and a long roar was heard. Suddenly, a cold wind blew violently and the June weather actually condensed into ice on the ground.

With a sound of freezing, all the light from the demon's sword was frozen and shattered. The moisture around Mo Hao was forcibly frozen and was sealed in a piece of dark blue ice in an instant.

But this is not the end. The governor's right arm suddenly swelled, and his tendons and veins protruded like a dragon. His fist was like a dragon, and there was an extremely cold fist intention in the frosty sky.

Obviously, the governor had no intention of leaving any survivors of the bandits who attacked the provincial government office.

For the sake of the governor's face and dignity, the thieves who attacked the provincial government must die.

No matter what the reason or what the hardship, the only fate of the thief will be to be mutilated and thrown into the market to be exposed to the sun for three days to feed dogs.

The governor's frosty cold air can freeze even a cultivator at the Yuanshen realm, or even kill him, but if he wants to face the Heavenly Demon Art, it will still be quite difficult.

Why did Mo Hao kill some of the people in each gang first to force them to do things?

Why did they attack the provincial government and kill many people there?
It's just that he anticipated there would be a battle with the governor, so he stored up some energy in advance.

He could see that many people in this world didn't speak human language and didn't do human things.

It was obvious that thanks to the Heavenly Demon Art's ability to sense blood, Little Sister Tushan was already inside the provincial government office, but this guy in front of him didn't even mention it.

Moreover, Tushan's little sister had something on her body to conceal her aura. If it weren't for the fact that the Heavenly Demon Art had a very strong ability to distinguish blood relatives, it would have been concealed.

Of course, the ability of the Heavenly Demon Art to distinguish blood relatives is not for any good purpose. It is simply that when the Heavenly Demon Art absorbs the power of blood relatives, the conversion efficiency is frighteningly high.

If the blood relative has also practiced martial arts such as the Heavenly Demon Slaying God Technique, then after using the Heavenly Demon Skill to devour the blood relative, it can also achieve [the unity of demon and devil].

At the beginning, the Twin Dragons Demon Li Yuanji wanted to devour the Double Heavenly Demon Li Jiancheng, but unfortunately he was defeated by his own elder brother in the end.

Golden light burst out from all around Mo Hao, and the golden body of the devil shattered the ice that was imprisoning him.

The ice shattered into thousands of sharp fragments, which all rushed towards the governor like a storm. There was even an imperceptible amount of golden energy attached to the sharp parts of the fragments.

That was the blade of the Heavenly Demon. If one was careless and got hit by it, then the governor would become another victim of the Heavenly Demon's Four Eclipses after the ancestor of the Chiyan Lin family.

"You want to stop me with just a few ice spikes? Break them for me!"

The governor let out a loud roar, which immediately vibrated the air and formed ultrasonic waves, shattering the oncoming ice crystal storm. Then the broken ice chips rubbed against each other at high speed, and the heat generated directly evaporated into water vapor, which was then blown by the wind from the fist, forming a roaring lion's head that rushed towards Mo Hao.

With every move he made, he not only neutralized Mo Hao's killing move, but also added more power to it and returned the favor. Every action he took was impressive in its own way.

That was a completely different way of fighting from Mo Hao's. It made use of the weather, terrain, timing, magic, and tools, and emphasized [time, magic, and tools], using the environment and everything around.

If this fighting method is used well, one can even fight against many enemies alone without being at a disadvantage.

But the governor's luck was very bad, because the person he met was Mo Hao.

"Hahaha, interesting trick! Let me see how capable you are, old man!"

The fighting method used by Mo Hao is the simplest and most direct violence.

Abandon all the fancy things and destroy them with the most violent means.

A ray of golden light shot up into the sky, and the demon rushed towards the governor in anger. When the two of them were fighting with their fists, the governor was shocked to find that his own power was actually being absorbed by him continuously.

In just a few seconds, his cultivation level actually fell back a small level.

"Ah, this is it!"

Angry, terrified.

What made him angry was that he had fallen back a level in such a short period of time despite his hard practice. That was the result of years of practice.

What was terrifying was that as time went by, the governor's cultivation was like a flood that broke through a dam. Not only was he unable to stop it, he could only watch as the skin on his arms began to sag and age spots appeared.

For a cultivator whose vital energy has not leaked out, this means only one thing - his vital energy is beginning to leak out, and he is not far from death.

(End of this chapter)