Urban Seduction: Housewives Club-Chapter 2129 - 450: Pain Isn’t the Point 1

Back with Wang Yue—after hearing Zhang Lingtian’s explanation, he couldn’t help but let out a cold snort. "You’ve got some nerve. You even played your own father."

"Just survival instincts, Senior," Zhang Lingtian replied with a forced, sycophantic smile.

"Oh? And if I hadn’t intercepted you, and your father had checked that spatial ring later, how exactly were you planning to ’survive’ then?" Wang Yue asked, his interest piqued.

He had a sneaking suspicion the kid hadn’t actually hidden the resources "somewhere else" but was carrying them on him using some specialized method others couldn’t detect.

"The value of those resources is astronomical. Even if my father found out, he wouldn’t have dared to touch me because he’d need me alive to get his hands on them later," Lingtian explained.

Wang Yue narrowed his eyes slightly. This guy was deep—calculating and composed. It was impossible to tell if he was telling the truth or spinning a web.

You couldn’t really blame Wang Yue for being unsure. Although his soul had existed for eons in his past life, he had spent that time in total isolation. His actual life experience was tied to his current physical age—barely fifteen. He was more composed than your average teenager, sure, but that was about it.

Plus, those fifteen years had been spent in the warm, fuzzy embrace of the harmonious Wang family. He was a bit out of his league when it came to matching wits with a "snake" who had been raised in a nest of vipers.

But that didn’t matter. Wang Yue’s biggest strength was that he wasn’t blindly arrogant. He knew when to delegate. Professional tasks required professional people; he just needed to know how to use them.

Without warning, he struck out, knocking Zhang Lingtian unconscious with a single palm. He hoisted the limp body up, then waved his hand, stashing the damaged aircraft away as well.

The spatial ring he’d looted from the Zhang Family’s Third Ancestor was massive and mostly empty, so it just barely had enough room to fit the compact craft.

Wang Yue didn’t actually care about the ship itself—not with Yan Fangfei back home. She was the ultimate tech-geek goddess; she could take a budget drone and mod it into something that would outperform this high-tech toy in her sleep.

But since he still didn’t know where the 70% of the Zhang family’s hoard was hidden, he couldn’t afford to leave anything behind that might be connected to Lingtian.

With that done, Wang Yue hauled Zhang Lingtian away from the estate.

Throughout the entire ordeal, not a single soul from the Zhang family came out to investigate—not even their Ancestor. After witnessing those two terrifying blade strikes from a distance, the old man was more convinced than ever that he stood zero chance. He decided it was better to play it safe and plan for the long haul.

Besides, Jianyuan’s desertion had been a massive blow to the clan’s morale. As the Ancestor, he had his hands full just trying to keep his people from spiraling into total madness.

When they arrived at Zhang Hong’s safe house, Wang Yue handed Zhang Lingtian over.

In terms of raw power, Wang Yue and Zhang Hong were now worlds apart, but when it came to life experience and "interrogation" techniques, he couldn’t touch the old fox. It was better to leave the questioning to a pro.

The massive hole in the bedroom wall had been patched up haphazardly. Zhang Hong didn’t plan on living here anymore anyway, so he repurposed the room into a temporary interrogation chamber.

Wang Yue stayed behind, giving Zhang Hong a specific order: find out who was backing Zhang Jianyuan. His past life taught him that a mid-tier local player like the Tianhai Zhangs wouldn’t have the balls to move against the three great families of Jinling on their own. Jianyuan was just a pawn.

Zhang Hong dragged Lingtian into the bedroom while Wang Yue stayed in the main room with Li Yingying, Li Gang, and Wu Li, killing time with small talk.

By now, Li Gang’s strength had reached the Tianyuan Realm. A growth rate like that was bordering on the supernatural—honestly, it was comparable to the speed of Wang Yue’s own women.

Wang Yue was used to it, though; if anything, he felt Li Gang was moving too slowly. After all, the enemies he was facing now were at the Mortal Shedding Realm at the very least. Li Gang was currently dead weight in a real fight.

Wang Yue decided that once the dust settled in Tianhai, he’d leave Li Gang here to keep training under Zhang Hong.

Even if Li Gang never became a front-line fighter for him, he could act as his enforcer in Tianhai. With Li Gang’s unique physique, becoming the strongest man in this city wasn’t a question of "if," but "when"—and it wouldn’t take long.

At daybreak, after an entire night of "questioning," Zhang Hong finally emerged from the bedroom.

Zhang Lingtian’s mental fortess had indeed been deep; Zhang Hong’s psychological games hadn’t made a dent.

However, Zhang Hong’s toolkit wasn’t limited to mind games—he was a master of physical "persuasion." He’d never liked Lingtian anyway, so he hadn’t held back.

Lingtian might have been a brilliant strategist, but he was still a pampered young master who had never known real pain. Under Zhang Hong’s brutal torture, he had snapped pretty quickly and spilled everything.

There was indeed someone behind Zhang Jianyuan: a powerhouse faction known as the Kong Family of the Capital.

Wang Yue had heard the name—it was legendary. They were one of the four strongest families in the secular martial world, backed by Transcendence Realm powerhouses. They were one of the few elite groups capable of actually trading blows with the legendary Martial Arts Holy Lands.

With this intel, the puzzle pieces finally clicked into place. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

The Zhangs had been acting on the Kongs’ orders to take down the three Jinling families. This was likely why Wang Yue’s second aunt, Su Mengchen, had been so hesitant to intervene personally. The Kong family wasn’t any weaker than the Yang family of the Holy Lands, so she’d played it safe, only sending covert protection.

The Kong family was playing the same game—they were wary of the Yangs, so they stayed in the shadows, bribing Zhang Jianyuan to do their dirty work for them.