Chapter 352: Two Headlines
Jiang Xinghai had originally intended to slaughter every last one of the Shentu Family’s treacherous and unrighteous members.
He would then seize their assets, use them to continue compensating the families who suffered from the allergic poisoning, and donate the remainder to welfare homes.
Now, the entire upper echelon of the Shentu Family was dead.
Jiang Xinghai could only proceed with his plan by dealing with the remaining family members.
He opened the doors to the assembly hall, pulled up a stool, and sat down in the doorway.
It was the middle of the night.
The family members had been on edge all day and were just about to rest, but the sounds of fighting from the assembly hall had drawn them over long ago.
The moment Jiang Xinghai opened the door, the overwhelming stench of blood poured out.
"The smell of blood is so strong!"
"That’s... Little Chef!"
"My God! When did Little Chef get to our Shentu Family?"
"Oh no, it looks like the Patriarch and the others have all been..."
As many as fifty to sixty Shentu family members, and forty to fifty family guards, had all gathered here, their eyes filled with varied, chilling expressions.
’This is bad!’
’Tonight might very well be the night the Shentu Family is annihilated!’
"I don’t want to implicate the innocent. Who can step forward to speak now?" Jiang Xinghai said, his face impassive as he surveyed the crowd before him.
"I can. I am Shentu Hongyun."
A white-haired, elderly man slowly stepped out from the crowd.
"You were once a martial artist, but someone destroyed your Dantian, and now you’re just living on borrowed time?" Jiang Xinghai discerned Shentu Hongyun’s condition at a glance.
"Er..."
Shentu Hongyun was aghast. This was a secret known only to the highest echelons of the Shentu Family. ’How could this Little Chef possibly know?’
"Old Master, you’re the only one who can stop him now! Don’t hesitate."
"That’s right, Old Master! The Patriarch and the others are all dead. The pillars of our Shentu Family are gone..."
None of the family members had seen Shentu Hongyun in action for many years, but now they pleaded with him one after another.
"I want all the assets of the Shentu Family. How long will it take for you to transfer them?" Jiang Xinghai asked, flicking a card forward.
WHOOSH!
The card shot through the air at an incredible speed, coming to a stop and hovering right in front of Shentu Hongyun.
"Void Capturing Object!"
Even though Shentu Hongyun had lost all of his cultivation, he could still recognize the profound power behind such a technique.
’This is enough to prove that his strength is at least at the Creation Realm!’
’He’s far beyond what the Shentu Family can handle.’
’Otherwise, my sons would never have died in that assembly hall.’
That was right—Shentu Shan and the others were all his sons!
If a powerhouse from the Provincial City hadn’t destroyed his Dantian all those years ago, he would still be the one leading the Shentu Family today.
"This... This is a Dragon Scale Card!"
Staring at the card floating before him, Shentu Hongyun’s mind went completely blank.
"Old Master, what are you waiting for? Act now!"
"Old Master, you can’t hesitate any longer..."
"All of you, shut the hell up!"
Shentu Hongyun accepted the Dragon Scale Card with both hands, then turned and shot a fierce glare at the crowd.
They were all his juniors. How could any of them dare to utter another word?
"Sir, the Shentu Family has less than a billion in liquid assets. I can transfer that to you immediately. As for the fixed assets from our dozen or so subsidiary companies, they’re worth about another billion, but they will need to be sold off. Would it be possible for you to wait a few days, sir?"
Shentu Hongyun stated his position almost without hesitation.
This made his family members want to spit up blood in frustration.
’Has the Old Master gone senile?’
’Or is he still asleep and talking in a dream?’
’The man clearly killed your sons, and you’re here trying to curry favor with him?’
’You’re even going to sell off the family businesses?’
’Isn’t this the very definition of squandering the family fortune!’
"Old man, you don’t think I’m extorting you, do you?" Jiang Xinghai asked with a faint smile.
He really wanted a cigarette right now.
But he had already promised Shen Lingxue that he would quit.
Even though he had cultivated to the late stage of the Creation Realm, the nicotine craving was still intense.
"Of course not. After all, the Shentu Family has suffered a great downfall today. It’s only right that we be punished." Shentu Hongyun had made up his mind the moment he recognized the Dragon Scale Card.
The others might not have known how prestigious the Dragon Scale Card was, but he knew all too well.
"In that case, make the transfer. As for the Shentu Family’s businesses, someone will come to handle the handover with you later," Jiang Xinghai said indifferently.
Shentu Hongyun nodded solemnly.
"One more thing. By dawn, the Shentu Family is to disappear from Central State." With a wave of his hand, Jiang Xinghai turned and left.
’He suddenly had an idea. If he transferred the Shentu Family’s businesses to the Shen Family of Jizhou, wouldn’t that kill two birds with one stone?’
’The Shen Family’s position in Jizhou was already unassailable.’
’But that was only within the small confines of Jizhou.’
’Besides, Shen Lingyin was studying at a university in Central State. If the Shen Family also had businesses in Central State, it would be much more convenient to look after her.’
「Half an hour later.」
Yan Qingshan, the President of the Central State Martial Arts Department, arrived with his men.
Only then did the members of the Shentu Family finally understand just how powerless they were before Little Chef.
「The next morning.」
Two headlines out of Central State once again swept across the internet.
First: "In the wake of the Anti-aging Gel allergic poisoning incident, core members of the Shentu Family have committed suicide in fear of their crimes, while the rest of the family has relocated..."
Second: "Little Chef Donates One Billion to Give Back to the Community..."