Volume 1, Chapter 56: The Great Purge of Junling Group Begins

The new head of the Tian family is dead!

The crowd erupted into a frenzy of shock and panic.

"Yin, everyone is watching here! It was your son who killed Tian Boguang. When the people from the Tian family descend upon Qinghai City, don't you dare drag the rest of us into this."

"That's right! This was done by your convict son, and it has nothing to do with anyone else!"

The scion of the top family in Shanghai had perished at the hands of a mere convict from the Yin family in the small town of Qinghai.

The Yin family was finished!

Everyone present fled in a panic, terrified that the wrath of the Shanghai Tian family would soon consume them.

Only Elder Yin and the Gu family remained behind.

"Well done, Fengjia," Gu Cangfeng said, walking over with Gu Qinghan's support. "A real man should act thus. Uncle Gu looks at you in a whole new light."

Elder Yin, however, let out a deep sigh. "Fengjia, now that Tian Boguang is dead, the Shanghai Tian family will undoubtedly come looking for blood. You..."

"What is there to fear? At worst, we'll go down together," Gu Cangfeng sneered coldly.

His daughter had been humiliated; he no longer had any reason to hold back.

Yin Fengjia remained entirely calm. "Don't worry, Dad, Uncle Gu. The mere Tian family is not something I take seriously."

"That's right, Elder Yin. Rest assured, with my sisters and me around, there's no need to pay any mind to a petty Tian family."

Two peerless beauties appeared outside the door.

They were Gusu Yanrou and Jin Linglong.

"Ah, so it's the Gusu girl," Elder Yin said with a gentle smile, before turning his gaze. "And this is..."

All eyes shifted uniformly to Jin Linglong.

Jin Linglong smiled and stepped forward. "Elder Yin, I am also Fengjia's senior sister. I am one of the Hall Masters of the Herb Hall."

"To think she is a Hall Master of the Herb Hall!" Gu Cangfeng gasped in deep astonishment.

The Herb Hall's network of influence slightly surpassed even the Sovereign Group, and the rank of a Hall Master was naturally higher than that of the Eight Elders.

Jin Linglong smiled soothingly. "Please don't worry about this matter. Fengjia's family is my family as well. If the Tian family dares to act presumptuously, my Herb Hall will deal with them directly."

"I am truly grateful to you, young lady. My Fengjia has caused you trouble," Elder Yin said, finally letting out a breath of relief.

He was secretly amazed that his son had indeed accomplished extraordinary things over the years, actually forging connections with such towering figures.

And Gusu Yanrou was no ordinary person either—could she too be a Hall Master of the Herb Hall?

"Dad, you all step outside for a moment. I have some private business to attend to," Yin Fengjia said, casting a grim look at Long Yiran.

Everyone understood the implication. Gu Qinghan patted Yin Fengjia on the shoulder to signal him not to go too far, and then led the others outside.

"Mr. Yin," Long Yiran said, looking utterly desolate as she approached with undisguised fear.

Yet, the next instant—

"Slap!"

Yin Fengjia raised his hand and struck Long Yiran squarely across the face.

Long Yiran groaned softly and collapsed hard onto the floor.

Yet she offered no complaint, remaining completely silent.

Yin Fengjia wiped his hand and calmly seated himself.

"Was it you who told him about my relationship with the Gu family?"

Long Yiran nodded.

Yin Fengjia's stern face was frozen in frost.

"Long Yiran, do you realize you crossed my bottom line? Did you genuinely think that because I slept with your daughter, I wouldn't dare to kill you?"

Long Yiran offered a bitter smile. "I believe you would."

He had intercepted and executed Tang Xinlong without hesitation, and killed Tian Boguang with a single palm strike.

In her heart, Yin Fengjia had become an entity akin to a god.

"Your scheme was to force me to act personally, to help you clear away the towering mountain that weighed upon your mind."

"You are clever, but you never considered that whether it is my family or the Gu family, they are my absolute scale, inviolable."

"If not for your daughter's connection to me, the first person to die today would not have been Tang Xinlong, but you."

Having said that, Yin Fengjia stood up.

"Mr. Yin, I am sorry. I know what I did was utterly selfish."

"But I weighed my options over and over, knowing that among all the connections I possess, you are the only one capable of standing against Tian Boguang."

"As long as you don't harm my daughter and return her to me, I... I am willing to die to atone for my sins."

"Death is easy enough, but only by living can one truly redeem oneself. Your abilities are passable, so I will give you a chance."

"A chance?" Long Yiran rose in stunned disbelief. Under the lights, her voluptuous, proud curves and fair thighs shimmered with a pinkish glow.

"I will handle the Tian family as soon as possible. From now on, you shall serve as one of the Eight Elders of the Sovereign Group's board of directors, inheriting five percent of the Tian family's equity."

"What?!" Long Yiran's mind exploded with a ringing roar.

"I am to serve as... one of the Eight Elders of the Sovereign Group, and inherit the Tian family's assets?"

"Mr. Yin, just... just who are you?"

Could Yin Fengjia truly manipulate the board of directors of the Sovereign Group at will?

Yin Fengjia sneered. "Your daughter is already more or less at the Shanghai Tian family's estate. Once you arrive there, you will understand."

With that, Yin Fengjia ended the call.

Only then did Long Yiran dare to call her daughter.

Yet when Long Xueer revealed the truth from the other end, Long Yiran was struck completely dumbfounded on the spot.

The man before her eyes could do far more than easily wipe out the Tian family; even the current Ye family of the Capital could be reduced to ashes by his hand alone, no?

Of course, the Ye family had already been destroyed as well, though Long Yiran was not yet aware of it.

A massive cleansing of the Sovereign Group was imminent.

"Mom, Yin Fengjia turns out to be the owner of the Sovereign Group! I'm currently under the protection of the Tang family."

"Oh heavens," Long Yiran's legs went weak. If she had truly offended Yin Fengjia earlier, the consequences were too terrifying to imagine.

...

Elsewhere, Yin Fengjia drove to a secret underground facility.

At that moment, Yan Qiluo was suspended in the air, covered in wounds.

Through a hazy blur, she slowly opened her eyes. When she saw Yin Fengjia standing before her, radiating the absolute authority of one who rules above all, Yan Qiluo smiled.

Yin Fengjia picked up the weak Yan Qiluo and carried her into the car.

It was only through questioning that he learned why Tian Boguang was still alive.

"You mean to say that just as you were about to burn him along with his ice coffin, a mysterious figure suddenly appeared at the critical moment, not only defeating you, but also rescuing Tian Boguang?"

"Yes. That person's strength was terrifyingly high. I didn't even manage to see his face before I was knocked unconscious."

Yan Qiluo was a martial arts prodigy with peerless talent; apart from Yin Fengjia, she had never regarded anyone with respect.

Yet that person was truly dreadful. Though she had yet to reach the Grandmaster realm, she hadn't even been able to perceive the opponent's movements.

Yin Fengjia knitted his brows tightly. "Could it be a force belonging to the Jiang family?"

If so, the situation had grown immensely complicated.

"Let's go. We're heading back first."

As Yin Fengjia drove away with Yan Qiluo, little did he know that parked in the distance was a black commercial vehicle. A man sat calmly in the back seat, slowly rotating a green jade thumb ring.

"Yin Fengjia, the second warden of the Phoenix Women's Prison. To think a figure of such caliber is hiding away in a tiny place like Qinghai City."

The driver spoke with an icy tone. "Master, this is the footage of him instantly killing Tian Boguang just now."

The man took the phone. Seeing Yin Fengjia effortlessly obliterate a peak Grandmaster martial artist with a single move, a flash of surprise crossed his eyes.

"To be capable of serving as the warden of the Phoenix Women's Prison, his personal strength is beyond question."

"Then what shall we do next? His power is so immense that he must already stand at the Great Grandmaster realm. How are we to complete our mission?"

"He is indeed strong, but that does not mean I cannot fight him. Wait a little longer. Give me an opportunity to understand him better, and then I will strike."