Genius Trainee: My Husband Isn't Human - Chapter 23

Vampires possess excellent vision, and even under dim lighting, it wasn’t difficult to see that this was the corpse of a vampire whose heart had been hollowed out.

The gathered vampires fell silent for a moment, then finally someone spoke up, “Second Master Mo, what do you mean by this? You called us over just to show us the corpse of our kinsman?”

Mo Wangchu held a noble status and was the only one who could control their life and death. Even though they were extremely dissatisfied with his actions, they dared not show him the slightest disrespect.

But Mo Wangchu simply said, “What I’ve said before—don’t make me ask a second time.”

His words carried a heavy warning. Several vampires exchanged glances before saying, “This should be one of Cao Liang’s subordinates. We don’t know what offense he committed to anger Second Master, causing you to take such drastic action?”

Mo Wangchu swept his gaze across the entire bar but didn’t see the Cao Liang they mentioned. Mo Qi asked, “Where is he?”

The vampires avoided answering. After a while, a voice came from the doorway, “I’m here!”

A burly man walked in from outside, glanced at the corpse on the ground and said, “Although I don’t know what my subordinate did to anger Second Master, I still hope that considering the person is already dead, Second Master will let bygones be bygones. We pledge to follow Second Master to the death!”

“Follow to the death?”

Mo Wangchu let out a cold laugh, suddenly looked up at him and said, “Hong Zhang came to see you yesterday, didn’t he?”

When these words came out, a flash of panic crossed Cao Liang’s eyes, but he quickly covered it up and changed the subject. “Speaking of this matter, I should be asking you about it. This time when you returned, you killed over ten vampires under Hong Zhang’s command without asking what was right or wrong. Our clan has already been decimated since that great war two hundred years ago. With you going on such a killing spree, aren’t you afraid of clan backlash?”

After he finished speaking, Mo Wangchu gave him a cold look. Before Cao Liang could react, his leg was broken by Mo Wangchu’s stomp.

Although vampires have extremely strong healing abilities, the pain they suffer from injuries is no less than that of ordinary people. Moreover, after Mo Wangchu broke his leg, he didn’t lift his foot but kept stepping on the broken bone. Cao Liang couldn’t bear the pain and cried out.

Mo Wangchu pressed down harder with his foot, grinding it, and said, “Think carefully about what I asked you.”

“Yes, yes, yes!”

Cao Liang finally didn’t dare to be arrogant anymore. Breaking out in cold sweat, he said, “After you injured him yesterday, he came to my place for refuge. But he lied to me, saying he was injured like that from fighting with other vampires over territory. I only learned when I woke up at night that he had offended you. As soon as I heard the news, I immediately drove him away. You have to believe me—Hong Zhang and I really aren’t in cahoots!”

Upon hearing this, Mo Wangchu directly broke his other leg as well, saying coldly, “Still not telling the truth?”

“Ahhhhh——!”

Cao Liang screamed miserably. “I’ll talk, I’ll talk!”

“Hong Zhang had come to me before. He told me that humans had approached him for cooperation. As long as he helped them with their work, every week he could bring me and my subordinates to feed on fresh human blood. Moreover, these people were all willing to be fed upon, so it wouldn’t cause any trouble for our existence.”

He paused, drew in a cold breath and continued, “You also know that since you signed the alliance agreement with humans and werewolves two hundred years ago, we vampires have had to completely retreat into the darkness. Although you regularly supply us with blood, it still can’t compare to fresh blood full of energy.”

“Moreover, werewolves have people monitoring us from the shadows every night, making it almost impossible for us to pose any threat to humans. Any suspicious movement and the werewolves’ venom can easily kill us. If this continues, what hope do we vampires have of ever rising again?”

“So I made an agreement with Hong Zhang. I would lend him my subordinates to work for him, and he would provide me with fresh blood. He forbade me from asking about the source of the blood, and if he found out I was inquiring, he would stop cooperating with me. But I truly didn’t know he would be disrespectful to you!”

Mo Wangchu snorted coldly and kicked him aside. “How grandiose you make your selfishness sound.”

“Where is Hong Zhang now?” Mo Qi stepped on his head and asked.

Cao Liang said, “I don’t know. He came to see me once last night and then disappeared. I can’t contact him. He only told me before leaving that if I didn’t want to die, I had to go find you and deliver a message.”

“What message?” Mo Qi continued asking.

“He said that if Second Master doesn’t want your secret to be known by the three great families, then at 4 PM on the 27th, go to the Guojin Tower in the city center. He’ll be waiting for you in the dining area on the fourth floor!”

When Mo Qi heard the word “secret,” he became somewhat anxious, pressing down harder with his foot and saying harshly, “Did he tell you what the secret was?”

Cao Liang cried out in pain and quickly said, “No, no! He didn’t even tell me who he was cooperating with—how would he tell me something like that! I’ve told you everything I know. Second Master, please spare me.”

“Hmph!”

Mo Qi kicked him flying into the wall and said to Mo Wangchu, “Second Master, do you think his words are credible?”

Mo Wangchu lowered his eyes and said, “Half of them.”

“Should we still keep him alive?”

“Keep him alive?”

He walked forward two steps, approaching Cao Liang, laughed softly twice, then suddenly reached out and directly pierced through his chest.

He gripped his heart tightly and lifted Cao Liang up entirely. His purple eyes were filled with cruelty and bloodlust as he said, “Do you still remember what I told you all at the very beginning?”

Cao Liang was held in mid-air, unable to move. With just a little force, that heart would crumble to pieces in his hand.

All the vampires present were shocked by this action. No one dared to respond to his words. He continued, “Don’t forget—you were already dead to begin with. The existence of vampires is this world’s curse upon us: ageless, immortal, forever existing in darkness, disappearing from history. This is the way of survival. If you wish to covet things you shouldn’t covet…”

As he spoke, he suddenly ripped Cao Liang’s heart out violently, then casually threw it at their feet, saying softly, “Then annihilation is the backlash!”

“I know some of you have had dealings with Hong Zhang over the years, but before choosing sides, you’d better think clearly about who still rules the vampire world!”

Mo Wangchu took the handkerchief Mo Qi handed him and meticulously wiped the blood from his hands clean. Under the gaze of all the vampires, he slowly walked out of the bar.

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Guojin Tower, Sky Garden on the Top Floor

“Second Master, Hong Zhang did such things to you and instead of hiding, he dares to arrange a meeting with you. Isn’t his courage a bit too great?” Mo Qi stood behind Mo Wangchu and said.

“Him?” Mo Wangchu scoffed lightly. “Without someone behind the scenes fanning the flames, he wouldn’t have the ability to dare challenge me.”

“Then who could it be?” Mo Qi pondered. “If he wanted to save his life, shouldn’t he immediately tell the three great families about this secret to gain their protection? Yet he’s using this to threaten you through Cao Liang.”

Mo Wangchu said, “Because he knows that I’m more valuable alive than dead. And once he tells this secret to the three great families, he’ll have lost his trump card, and his real death won’t be far away.”