Chapter 1093: Chapter 1093

"No, you can’t kill me!" Watching Li Changlin’s actions, Huo Honglong’s eyes filled with desperation as he shouted fiercely, "I am the eldest legitimate son of the Huo Family. If you kill me, Huo Hongxing will never be able to take the position of the Family Head!"

Huo Honglong knew that the reason Li Changlin was helping Huo Hongxing was simply to assist him in ascending to power.

At this critical moment of life and death, Huo Honglong’s only hope was that Huo Hongxing would have some reservations in his heart and not act rashly.

"Brother Changlin, please wait." Sure enough, upon hearing Huo Honglong’s words, Huo Hongxing tensed up and quickly ran over.

"What, do you want to keep him around to cause trouble for yourself?" Li Changlin looked playfully at Huo Hongxing, thinking that since the two were not biological brothers, killing him would be the best option.

This way, there would be no competitors left in the Huo Family, and Huo Hongxing’s rise to power would be just a matter of time.

"Brother Changlin, it’s not what you think," said Huo Hongxing moodily shaking his head, then he quietly began to explain to Li Changlin.

It turns out, large families have their own rules, and generally, the qualifications to inherit the position of Family Head are not limited to just one person.

Just like Huo Honglong and Huo Hongxing, although most of the senior members of the family strongly supported Huo Honglong, the rules were rules. As long as the Family Head had not abdicated, all outstanding descendants of the family were eligible to compete.

Actually, in the Huo Family’s primary branch which Huo Honglong belonged to, and the secondary branch which Huo Hongxing belonged to, they were not the only ones eligible to inherit the position of the Family Head, but they had the upper hand in each of their branches.

If Huo Honglong died this time, the primary branch would definitely push forward a new heir, and Huo Hongxing would still face fierce competition, an outcome he did not wish to see, as the supporters from the primary branch had the advantage. In the end, for the position of Family Head, could Huo Hongxing possibly eliminate all his competitors?

If he really did that, the Huo Family would definitely abandon him because killing one’s own brother was a taboo.

"So it seems, we really can’t just kill him outright." After listening to Huo Hongxing’s explanation, Li Changlin came to understand the ways of noble families and clans better, as he will need to take over the Li Family in the future and such rules are crucial to heed.

"Yes, killing him is useless, but the problem now is, we can’t kill him nor can we let him speak recklessly; I’m afraid Huo Honglong will simply not compromise!" Huo Hongxing scratched his head in frustration, which was actually where his dilemma lay.

Huo Hongxing knew in his heart that killing Huo Honglong would only give the primary branch the opportunity to nominate a new contender. If there was a way to avoid killing Huo Honglong yet keep things as they are, preventing the primary branch from nominating a new contender, that would be truly the best of both worlds.

However, Huo Hongxing also understood that, not to mention the lack of such a method, even if there were one, it was probably useless because Huo Honglong was unlikely to cooperate with them.

"In that case, it’s simpler!" Li Changlin’s eyes flickered, and a plan immediately formed in his mind.

The third needle of Returning Yang Nine Needles could make a person selectively forget some things, while the fifth needle was even more powerful, allowing one’s consciousness to be imposed on the other’s mind, thus achieving control over the other.

However, each exchange of the Returning Yang Nine Needles requires one hundred thousand Popularity Points, and learning one needle consumes ten sets, which equals one million Popularity Points. Currently, the Popularity Points in Li Changlin’s System were not abundant, so it was not optimal to directly learn the fifth needle.

Li Changlin had learned one needle previously while treating Yan Xueyi. Now, learning two more needles would erase the memories of the events that just occurred from Huo Honglong, requiring two million Popularity Points in total.

Li Changlin could still afford two million, so after a brief moment of contemplation, he immediately called Ling’er to help him exchange twenty sets of Returning Yang Nine Needles and then proceeded to use them.

After continuous use of twenty sets of Returning Yang Nine Needles, Li Changlin’s medical skills immediately advanced to the level of the third needle. He then reached out and grabbed Huo Honglong’s shoulder, while his other hand rapidly began to tap on Huo Honglong’s head.

"Brother Changlin, you..." This action was too bizarre, leaving Huo Hongxing completely stunned.

And lying on the ground, Huo Deting was also utterly baffled, having no idea what Li Changlin was doing at all.

After tapping for about five minutes, Li Changlin stopped. He then flicked his fingers, knocking Huo Honglong unconscious, and said to Huo Hongxing, "Take care of these people. This uncle of yours and the other, Yan Lao Liu, can’t be left alive, have them all killed and sent to the crematorium!"

"Yes, Brother Changlin," Huo Hongxing dared not resist, and immediately waved to beckon Huo Fangming to handle the matter.

Huo Fangming looked at Huo Deting with pity, did not express any objection, and with a raise of his hand, extinguished the life of this elder of the Huo Family.

Huo Deting was killed by his own younger relative, gasping with wide-open eyes, truly dying with grievances.

Then, Huo Fangming went to kill Yan Lao Liu and dragged all the bodies in the area into a van and drove off.

"Brother Changlin, he..." At this moment, only Huo Honglong was left on the ground. Huo Hongxing glanced at his competition with a trace of worry on his face.

"You’d better figure out how to deal with those people before anything else." Li Changlin gestured towards the entrance with his mouth, and immediately, over ten socialites there trembled, hastily giving him ingratiating smiles.

The event that just unfolded was witnessed by everyone present; these socialites were naturally not fools. They knew that the other party was a legendary Ancient Martial Artist, a ruthless killer.

Now as Li Changlin’s eyes swept over them, their hearts immediately leapt to their throats, scared that Li Changlin would slaughter them as if slaughtering chickens.

"Brother Changlin, rest assured, this matter is easy to handle."

With these so-called socialites, Huo Hongxing was naturally adept. He answered affirmatively and immediately turned to walk towards the main entrance.

Soon, Huo Hongxing approached the crowd, and although it was unknown what exactly he said, the people all nodded repeatedly like chickens pecking at rice, without a hint of dissent in their expressions.

In fact, by now these people were all full of regret. Had they known that this place would turn into a scene of death, they wouldn’t have stayed out of curiosity.

Now that Huo Hongxing came over, speaking to them kindly and hoping they could keep this incident to themselves, naturally, no one refused.

Afterward, Huo Hongxing menacingly added a few words, then waved his hand for the crowd to disperse. The socialites, as if receiving a royal decree, immediately hurriedly rushed into the club’s main door.