Chapter 308: Bath Tub Filled with Oil

Li Daoxuan whistled cheerfully as he arrived home.He was in a rather good mood. A three-hundred-square-meter detached villa with a spacious garden atop Zhaomu Mountain would only cost over six million. With his current financial resources, he could easily afford it.

He planned to tear down all the walls on the villa’s second floor after buying it. He would turn the entire floor into one massive, empty loft—just spacious enough to hold the crate, one bed, and a computer desk. Nothing else would occupy this space. This would definitely provide enough room for the crate. Even if the crate expanded several more times in the future, it shouldn’t be a problem.

After all, the crate probably couldn’t expand indefinitely. Once it reached a certain size, the expansion would likely stop.

Thinking of this grand plan for his Tiny Kingdom’s development, he pulled out his keys. He unlocked the door and stepped inside, switching on the living room lights. The colossal crate sat right in the center of the living room. Before leaving earlier, he’d casually picked a spot to “create rainfall.” The entire day had thoroughly moistened the soil in that area.

Li Daoxuan put away the medical nebulizer. His fingers first tapped Gaojia Village, shifting his perspective back. Though night had fallen, Gaojia Village remained bustling and lively. Workers who’d finished their shifts gathered at the Gaojia Business Circle—watching plays, listening to songs, drinking tea, or hearing storytellers spin tales…

Next, Li Daoxuan casually tapped Bai Family Fortress. Peace and tranquility reigned there too. He then focused on the county town, specifically directing his “attention” to the Gaojia Bookstore.

That was when he immediately noticed something wrong.

Gao Yiye, Bai Yuan, and Mr. Wang were all still awake. They stood before a bed.

Ground Rabbit lay on that bed, eyes shut tight. Multiple parts of his body were bandaged with torn cloth strips soaked with blood. He appeared gravely injured.

Oh shit!

This was his tiny follower!

His own tiny follower was severely hurt!

Seeing it felt like watching his pet cat suffer an injury. Alarm surged through Li Daoxuan. He urgently asked, “Yiye, what happened?”

Hearing his voice brought immense joy to Gao Yiye. She looked up quickly. “Deity, you’ve come.”

Bai Yuan, hearing Gao Yiye speak like this, also instantly rushed with pride. He looked up immediately. Though they were indoors and couldn’t see the sky or the low cloud, he still offered a deep bow toward the ceiling.

Gao Yiye quickly reported, “Around dusk today, five vicious men sneaked into the Gaojia Bookstore. They killed two servants from Bai Family Fortress and two sentinels from the militia. They then tried to murder Mr. Bai. Thankfully, Ground Rabbit held off the attackers at the risk of his life, guarding Mr. Bai’s door.”

Hearing this—four tiny followers dead, and Ground Rabbit severely injured—Li Daoxuan felt furious flames instantly erupt inside him.

Good grief!

Four lives lost!

Since his arrival, Gaojia Village had never suffered such heavy losses. Even when fighting the rebel band in Guyuan earlier, they hadn’t paid such a steep price.

Li Daoxuan raged, “Were the killers captured?”

Gao Yiye swiftly recounted everything that happened. Five assailants total—one escaped, three were killed, and one was captured alive.

His fury transformed into a cold sneer. Li Daoxuan commanded, “Bring out the captured one for interrogation. I must see who has dared to target people of Gaojia Village.”

Bai Yuan bowed respectfully toward the sky, then hurried off to arrange matters.

Shortly after, Zheng Gouzi and two militia members dragged out the captured Forest Hero. They forced him to kneel in the bookstore’s central courtyard.

Setting aside his usual gentlemanly demeanor, Bai Yuan wore a darkened expression. “Beat him! We’ll interrogate after the beating.”

At precisely the same time, Li Daoxuan roared, “Pummel him! Beat him senseless first!”

Such orders were obeyed with absolute precision. Fists and kicks instantly rained down from Zheng Gouzi and his militia as they began beating him like a sandbag.

Only after the beating did Bai Yuan, with a grim face, demand, “Who ordered you to kill me?”

The forest hero truly embodied the “hero” title, displaying spine. He spat out blood. “Bah! That’s not happening. I’ll never confess to you lackeys of the magistrates.”

“You’re just lowlife thieves, why pretend to be heroes?” Bai Yuan said: “Hit him again!”

Zheng Gouzi and the others immediately started punching and kicking, attacking him once more.

Unexpectedly, after the beating, that guy still wouldn’t talk.

He was truly determined to act tough to the very end.

Bai Yuan frowned: This was troublesome! That bastard knew we wouldn’t kill him—killing him would cut off the clues—so he stubbornly refused to spill anything…

Just then, Li Daoxuan spoke: “Yiye, tell Zheng Gouzi and them to get a big wooden bathing tub.”

Yiye hastily passed on the message.

Zheng Gouzi took some people and went; soon after, they brought back an enormous bathing tub.

Li Daoxuan rummaged through a cabinet and pulled out a bottle of oil. He turned the bottle upside down and dripped a few drops; before long, that bathing tub was filled to the brim with oil.

This large tub of oil emitted an extremely pungent smell, making several Militia Soldiers standing nearby almost unable to open their eyes.

Though they didn’t know what it was, seeing its green color and smelling its strange odor, they knew it must be “poison,” and a big tub of “poison” at that.

Li Daoxuan said: “Throw that guy in, immerse every part except his head.”

The forest hero saw this “poison” tub and panicked: “Impossible! You couldn’t kill me—poison me to death, and you’ll learn nothing.”

Li Daoxuan said: “Don’t waste words on him. Throw him in, be careful not to splash it on yourselves.”

Zheng Gouzi scooped up the forest hero, hurled him into the large tub filled with oil, and leaped backward to avoid the green poison water splashing on him.

The forest hero splashed down into the oil bathing tub. That instant sensation was indescribable—every mucous tissue on his body burned with intense pain, even his anus felt terrifyingly full.

“Aaahhh!” screamed the forest hero. “What is this weird poison water… Aaahhh… Get me out… Get me out… Aaah, I can’t take it… Aaahhh, I’m melting in here…”

Everyone watched coldly as he struggled.

Li Daoxuan was usually a very gentle pushover, but now he showed no softness; his anger over four underlings’ lives burned his mind, leaving zero mercy.

“I’m dying… I’ll talk… I’ll talk… Please, get me out quickly…”

Only then did Li Daoxuan reach into a box, touch it with his finger, overturn the bathing tub, and spill out all the oil. The forest hero lay on the ground, writhing in pain.

Li Daoxuan said: “Douse him with water!”

Zheng Gouzi and the others fetched several basins of water, rushing it over the forest hero’s body. The burning sensation finally faded, but spots like his anus still hurt terribly…

“Speak, who sent you?” Bai Yuan pressed: “If you don’t want back in that tub, spill everything obediently.”