I bought a secret manual of the Hehuan Sect for ten yuan.

"Ignorant child!"

Li Yanyun laughed in anger again, "Do you think you can decide who becomes the head of the Li family?"

"Even I wouldn't dare say something like that!"

He glared fiercely at Li Shuyan. "I admit I was careless for a moment, and I admit I was afraid of death. I never expected to raise such an ingrate, someone who would betray his own father and help outsiders scheme against him!"

"It is true that I have fallen into your hands, but don't think that you can threaten the Li family with my life."

"The Li family has its own rules. Even if I die here today, a new family head will take over tomorrow. This is not something you can control!"

"And the first thing the new head of the family will do upon taking office is to find out the truth about my death, the death of the previous head of the family, and then avenge me!"

"You really think you can make the entire Li family obey you by threatening my life? How naive!"

Li Shuyan panicked, "Dad, it's not like that, I also..."

"No need for further words!" Li Yanyun interrupted her. "Kill me if you want, but don't try to threaten me! Dream on!"

Before Li Shuyan could explain, Qin Ge spoke first, "Li Yanyun, don't be so sure of yourself!"

"You'll definitely be willing to help me."

He said with great certainty, "However, even if you admit it now, it's too late. The head of the Li family has already changed."

"Shuyan, from this moment on, you are the head of the Li family!"

Having already dealt with Wu Zhaonan before, he was already very familiar with this tactic.

"Me?" Li Shuyan's mind was in a complete mess. "Stop messing around! What kind of family head would I be?!"

"And let me tell you, with me here, you can't hurt my dad, or you can kill me too!"

"How could I bear to!" Qin Ge said to Li with a gentle smile. "Don't worry, your father will be willing, and he will wholeheartedly support you!"

"I'll assist her?" Li Yanyun roared. "Kid, did you come here today just to disgust me and have fun?"

"As I just said, who becomes the head of the Li family isn't up to anyone to decide, not even me!"

"Even if I had the will, do you think Shuyan could easily become the head of the family?"

"Do you know how many people are in the Li family? If Shuyan becomes the head of the family, everyone below will have to obey her!"

Do you think it's possible?

Li Shuyan nodded to Qin Ge, "What my dad said is true, so stop fooling around."

"I know he's telling the truth," Qin Ge said firmly, "but what I said is also true!"

He looked at Xiao Xinghe, "Li Yanyun, do you know who he is?"

"You really don't know?"

"You've been cooperating with Moyitang for so many years, and you've never even met the person in charge of guarding the northern part of Liuguang Island. That's pathetic."

"You must have heard of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Ink Robe Hall, right?"

"Let me introduce you. This is Xiao Xinghe, the previous Azure Dragon Heavenly King of the Moyi Hall!"

"Let me introduce myself again. My name is Qin Ge, and I'm the head of the Jiangcheng branch of the Shadow Martial Arts Hall!"

"If you are unwilling to cooperate with what I said earlier, then I will have to proceed officially."

"Your Li family has been cooperating with a notorious assassin organization for many years, engaging in smuggling activities, including many contraband items. Do you know how serious that crime is?"

"As the person in charge of the Li family, whether you were aware of it or not, you cannot escape blame!"

"I can drag you back to the Shadow Martial Hall right now, or I can just kill you on the spot!"

The barrage of words and the information they conveyed bombarded Li Yanyun's brain, making him feel like his head was about to burst into flames.

Is it true that Qinglong Tianwang of Moyi Hall is the head of Jiangcheng branch of Yingwu Hall?

That doesn't make sense. Even if what Qin Ge said is true, how can the Black Robe Hall and the Shadow Martial Hall, one black and one white, one a Heavenly King and the other a branch hall master, be mixed together?

The only thing that is certain is that Qin Ge discovered the cave in the northern part of Liuguang Island where smuggled goods were transshipped!

Xiao Xinghe was also dumbfounded. This guy was actually a branch master of the Shadow Martial Hall?

He knew Qin Ge's strength; he was more than capable of being a branch hall master, but something still felt off.

How can such an unreliable person sit in such a position that requires reliability?

If Qin Ge were truly a branch leader of the Shadow Martial Hall, how could he possibly recruit members of the Ink Robe Hall under his command? This is utterly absurd!

Li Shuyan was even more confused. She understood every word Qin Ge said, but when they were put together, her mind went blank.

What nonsense is this? How did it suddenly become encrypted while we were talking?

"Judging from your expression, you don't seem to believe it?" Qin Ge continued, "Old Xiao's identity is hard to verify, but the identity of the Jiangcheng branch leader of the Shadow Martial Hall is not exactly a secret."

"With the Li family's capabilities, you could easily find out by making a few phone calls!"

"But I don't have the patience to wait for you to verify it. I don't care whether you believe it or not."

"Now I'm giving you two choices: either step down to Shuyan and wholeheartedly support her, or I'll drag you back to the Shadow Martial Hall and handle this officially!"

"Don't tell me things are difficult to handle, or that the other members of the Li family are dissatisfied. That's your problem; you have to figure it out yourself!"

"Qin Ge, I..." Li Shuyan didn't know what to say.

Qin Ge gently held her hand in his palm, "Listen to me, I'll make the decision for you."

"Your mother died young, and your father remarried, which is not a problem, but he shouldn't have allowed that woman Xu Mingyu to move your mother's grave out of the Li family cemetery."

"They even threw your mother's memorial tablet out of the Li family ancestral hall. Is this what a father should do?"

"Once you become the head of the Li family, you can seek justice for yourself. Anyone who dares to stop you, just have Old Xiao kill them!"

"You even know all this?!" Li Shuyan's beautiful eyes widened, her nose tingled, and she almost burst into tears.

Qin Ge smiled gently, "Of course I'll pay more attention to your affairs!"

"Qin Ge! Even if you really are the branch leader of the Shadow Martial Hall, you can't act so lawlessly!" Li Yanyun's eyes were filled with despair.

If he really did as Qin Ge said, putting everything else aside, Xu Mingyu alone would give him a huge headache.

How can he explain such a drastic change to the rest of the Li family?

"How am I lawless?" Qin Ge retorted. "Don't go around accusing people randomly. I've always been a law-abiding citizen!"

"Didn't we say we were going to bring you back to the Shadow Martial Hall to investigate your collusion with the Ink Robe Hall and your smuggling activities?"

"I'm giving you a chance out of consideration for Shuyan, but since you don't appreciate it, I'll have to handle this strictly by the book."

"You're the one who colluded with the Black Robe Hall!" Li Yanyun exclaimed angrily. "As the branch leader of the Shadow Martial Hall, you colluded with the Black Robe Hall's Heavenly King to injure people and even resorted to threatening me by any means necessary!"

"Law enforcers who knowingly break the law deserve even harsher punishment!"

Qin Ge rolled her eyes. "Do you have any proof?"

"Old Xiao is an undercover agent I planted in the Black Robe Hall. He just accidentally climbed too fast and ended up in the top position. Is there a problem?"

Li Yanyun was speechless; he had never seen such a shameless person before.

Xiao Xinghe looks to be at least ninety years old, if not a hundred. Back when he was the Azure Dragon King of the Moyi Hall, he was a powerful figure, Qin Ge, he wasn't even born yet, was he?

How dare you say that you arranged for him to go undercover?