As Yang Anlong’s words echoed in the hall, all the Yang Family mbers were extrely solemn, feeling a chill seeping through their bodies that made them involuntarily shiver. If Yang Anlong was correct, then Lu Tianxing was terrifying. In just a few months, he advanced from the early-stage Mythical to the middle-stage Mythical. Such a breakthrough speed is extrely rare. In ti, if Lu Tianxing reaches the late stage of Mythical, the Yang Family might truly fall into an irreparable abyss.
"Ring ring ring..."
Just at that mont, a loud ringing of a phone suddenly pierced the hall, sounding exceptionally jarring.
Hearing the ringtone, Yang Anlong frowned, his face sowhat unpleasant. However, upon seeing the caller ID, he hesitated not a bit and imdiately answered the phone.
"Hello."
"Family Head, we lost. We lost. We fell into the Bai’s Group’s trap. Our Dingtian Group has been utterly defeated, and the funds were completely swallowed. Moreover, the other side hacked our computers, leaving us totally defenseless. We lost, Dingtian Group is bankrupt..."
"What did you say? That’s impossible. What exactly happened?"
Yang Anlong’s pupils suddenly contracted, his face turning completely dark, so much so that it seed water could drip from it. Although Dingtian Group was not one of the Yang Family’s primary industries, it definitely held a very important position within the Yang Family, particularly an economic one.
The majority of the Yang Family’s economic sources co from Dingtian Group. Dingtian Group occupies three-fifths of the Yang Family’s economic sources. If Dingtian Group declares bankruptcy, the Yang Family’s economic sources would be severely impacted. After all, the Yang Family is vast, and you can’t sustain the family without money. More importantly, most Martial Artists in the Yang Family are recruited through funds. Without Dingtian Group’s support, there’s simply not enough capital to recruit so many Martial Artists.
After all, Martial Artists are people too. They can’t survive without money. Moreover, without money, there’s no way to buy dicinal materials to redy the hidden injuries from training. As for robbery, you’d better see if you can escape the Yanhuang Group’s pursuit.
"Bai’s... Bai’s Group laid a trap for us, deliberately releasing news of their inability to withstand, luring us in, continually enticing us to acquire their stock. We didn’t realize it was a trap. Just when we were about to succeed, a formidable fund suddenly appeared in the stock market, striking us without any ability to fight back. Additionally, the Shen Group, who had been collaborating with us against Bai’s Group, suddenly turned on us, launching an attack. Even the Xiangjiang Huang Family’s forces got involved, and they even used a hacker to breach our computer. Our hired hacker couldn’t compete with them. Dingtian Group is out of money, it’s bankrupt..."
A panicked voice on the other end of the phone explained in a rapid tone...
"Shen Group, Bai’s Group, damn it, damn it, you bunch of useless fools, useless fools, all of you are useless."
Hearing the explanation from the other end, Yang Anlong’s whole body exuded a chilling murderous intent, slamming the phone fiercely to the ground.
And at this mont, the entire hall sank into a bizarre silence. Although Yang Anlong did not turn on the speakerphone, the voice on the phone wasn’t low, and all the Yang Family mbers were Martial Artists. Even though the phone volu was small, it was still clearly audible to their ears.
At this mont, all the Yang Family mbers, like Yang Anlong, had their faces sunk to an extre. Dingtian Group comprised a major part of the Yang Family’s economic sources. Without Dingtian Group, the Yang Family might collapse. For a family, it’s not just sufficient martial power needed, but also financial power. After all, Martial Artists are people too. If you want to recruit Martial Artists but can’t give them what they want, no one would risk their lives for you.
They never expected to lose so miserably in this business confrontation.
"Ancestor, what should we do next? What should we do next? If we lose Dingtian Group, we’ll never have a chance to beco a top family again." One of the Yang Family mbers was the first to recover, looking at Yang Fengxing seated at the head and spoke.
"Revenge, we can’t swallow this anger, we must avenge this, otherwise all of China will think we’re easy targets." One of the Yang Family mbers spoke with murderous intent, eyes flashing with an extrely chilling coldness. If they could force Bai Zhiqing to transfer Bai’s Group to them, they wouldn’t suffer any losses.
"That’s right, kill them, and kill Lu Tianxing too, let him know what the price is for offending our Yang Family." Another Yang Family mber echoed.
Listening to the bloodthirsty utterances around him, Yang Fengxing spoke coldly: "Enough, all of you shut up! Don’t you think the Yang Family’s troubles aren’t enough yet? Kill Lu Tianxing? Yes, we can kill him, but do you know the consequences the Yang Family will face after killing Lu Tianxing? Can any of you withstand Lu Tiankuang? Do you want the humiliation from over twenty years ago to repeat, or do you want to see killed by Lu Tiankuang at the Yang Family?"
Hearing Yang Fengxing’s wrathful words, the once-aggressive Yang Family mbers imdiately shut their mouths instinctively, eyes scanning around fearfully as if afraid Old Sir Lu would suddenly charge in brandishing a bloodstained saber. They were indeed frightened out of their wits by Old Sir Lu.
Now all of them in their thirties or forties had, more than twenty years ago, in their teens or twenties, personally seen Old Sir Lu, holding a bloodstained saber, slaughter his way into the Yang Family, cutting down anyone who dared block him with a single stroke, paving a path of blood. It was only because Old Sir Lu didn’t harm innocents that they survived.
Now under Yang Fengxing’s words, they finally recalled the fear dominated by Old Sir Lu more than twenty years ago.
Moreover, knowing Old Sir Lu’s affection for Lu Tianxing, if they dared to move against Lu Tianxing, whether or not they succeeded in killing him, it would surely invite Old Sir Lu’s frantic revenge, and the nightmare of over twenty years ago would return.
Twenty years ago, Old Sir Lu could slay those at the late stage of Mythical. Twenty years later, he could easily kill three late-stage Mythical with no harm to himself. Who in the Yang Family could withstand such prowess? Should Old Sir Lu attack the Yang Family again, truly it could be the end of the Yang Family.
Yang Fengxing observed the Yang Family mbers’ expressions, let out a cold snort, but said nothing further. In his heart, he too harbored murderous intent towards Lu Tianxing and the Lu Family, but he clearly understood that while he might slay three mystical figures, he surely couldn’t do it as effortlessly, leaving himself unscathed, as Old Sir Lu could.
Even if he could kill the three mystical figures, he’d likely get injured. If caught in the Sealing Demon Three Talents Formation to kill the three mystical figures, he’d certainly get heavily injured or even perish alongside. Once Old Sir Lu appeared at the Yang Family again, he wouldn’t leave as easily as twenty years ago. This ti, no one in the Yang Family could do anything to Old Sir Lu.
With a deep breath, Yang Fengxing directed his gaze back to Yang Anlong, speaking: "Anlong, what is your view on this matter?"
Upon hearing Yang Fengxing’s words, Yang Anlong hesitated for a mont, finally taking a deep breath and saying: "Now the Lu Family is powerful and Lu Tiankuang isn’t dead. Moreover, his strength has vastly improved. We can’t do anything to him. If we confront him head-on, the outco is only one—that the Yang Family will be obliterated. So our imdiate priority should not be to trouble the Lu Family, but to dissociate from the Jiangnan incident. We can only discard Tianci as a pawn, claiming that Tianci acted on his own without any connection to us, and that those mystical figures were rallied by Liu Ang. Liu Ang held a grudge after having his arm severed by Lu Tianxing and sought revenge by trying to kill Lu Tianxing this ti."
Yang Anlong spoke slowly, a chilling malice flashing in his eyes, feeling no guilt over his words. To him, abandoning one Yang Tiansi was no big deal. After all, he was young and could have more children. He didn’t lack just one son Yang Tiansi.
"But Family Head, if we do this, will the Lu Family believe it?" a Yang Family mber hesitated to ask.
"Whether the Lu Family believes it or not is irrelevant to us. All we need is to state it publicly; whether they believe it or not is their issue. Anyway, it was all Tianci and Liu Ang’s doing. If the Lu Family dares to trouble us further, we’ll have a legitimate reason to ally with other Chinese families against the Lu Family. Lu Tiankuang wouldn’t act against us at this ti since he wouldn’t have a justifiable cause. Beijing isn’t his playground to act recklessly. Besides, he isn’t alone. He wouldn’t dare to risk mutual destruction without the resolve. If he had it, he would have killed his way into Shu alone long ago," Yang Anlong said, taking a deep breath.
"In that case, must we just swallow this defeat and declare Dingtian Group’s bankruptcy?"
"Bankruptcy is just bankruptcy. It’s rely Dingtian Group. The Yang Family’s hundred-year accumulation is enough to pull us through this crisis. Money lost can be earned back, but if lives are lost, no amount of money can buy them back. Our top priority must be to suppress our inner bloodlust and avoid further conflict with the Lu Family, especially with Lu Tianxing," Yang Anlong stressed heavily.
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