Volume Three: The Way of the Ten Directions, Chapter 89: News

The city was already in utter chaos, with countless conglomerates surging into the second-tier market and launching a massive campaign of war. This time, the primary target was the Bai family’s entire business empire, which suffered a devastating blow across the board.

The scandalous video of the Bai family’s two young masters from the night before was still spreading wildly online, and many people had even saved copies of it. The Bai family tried to suppress it, but there was no way to contain the damage.

The city bureau was completely bewildered. So much capital had poured in with astonishing ferocity, even more terrifying than the previous attack on the Xinghai Investment Group.

Everyone wanted to carve out a piece of flesh from this operation.

Gong Hai approached Qin Yang, but Qin Yang did not care. He casually tossed out ten billion and handed it to Ye Meier, telling her to keep an eye on things and do some business with it.

There was another matter that surprised him: the Yao Yao Beauty Group had implemented private ownership, and Wu Yao Yao’s father had wiped out all shares, settling everything in cash.

Su Ying received as much as two hundred and thirty million, while Qin Yang’s share came to a staggering three billion. In truth, he did not care about the money at all; what he could not understand was why a girl as independent as Wu Yao Yao was so determined to go to Jiangnan now.

Su Ying planned to start her own business, and Qin Yang did not try to stop her. He knew that if he said a single word, she would certainly stay. But he did not, because what filled his heart more was the pursuit of the peak of the martial path.

Then he stuffed all this money into Ye Meier’s hands and let her handle the operations. After all, Ye Meier was highly capable, and he recruited the old hands who had once worked under him, bringing them all into the new company.

Heavenly Sun Group, with registered capital of thirteen billion, was a private enterprise.

And Tianhai Investment Group formally changed its name that same day, becoming Heavenly Sun Investment Company, now holding cash reserves of ninety billion.

All of this money belonged to the company itself; he had already repaid every borrowed sum.

That meant that in less than a year, Qin Yang had become the owner of a conglomerate worth over a hundred billion.

And this time’s campaign had only just begun. With so much capital entering the field, even if the profits were not enormous, making over a billion would still be easy.

None of this had anything to do with Qin Yang, because by then he, the enchantress, and Leng Qianyou had already left the city.

The one now in charge of the Bai family was the old matriarch. Too many scandals had been exposed online.

The affairs of Bai Guijun and Bai Rujun need not even be mentioned. As for several daughters who had already married out, all sorts of sordid and adulterous photos had been leaked as well. Now Ye Meier had issued a statement severing all ties with the Bai family, and had begun striking at every one of their industries.

This only made an already grim situation even worse.

The old matriarch’s face was ashen, dark with fury. Such things might have happened and been endured, but to have them exposed in public was an unparalleled humiliation for the Bai family.

“A disgrace.”

“This is the Bai family’s disgrace.”

“Our eldest grandson’s wife worked diligently for the Bai family for so many years, striving with all her strength. Why did she never marry out? It was not because she coveted the Bai family’s wealth. She intended to carry the burden of this household and care for it in place of Tian Jun.”

“And now? She was nearly violated by those two beasts. You want me to go out there and speak for them? Do I have the face to do that?”

“Where am I supposed to put this old face?”

After she finished speaking, the old matriarch walked straight outside, looking at the villa before her without the slightest attachment.

If not for the memories of the old man tied to this place, she would never have remained here.

“Let’s go. To the ancestral hall.”

When the Bai family members heard this, their expressions changed drastically. They had never imagined that the old matriarch would simply wash her hands of it. If that happened, the Bai family would have no way to withstand these attacks.

No one dared stop her when she insisted on leaving, and they all followed after her.

It was not that the old matriarch had not sought help. She had. But to this day, she still did not know who her enemy was.

Heartbroken, she left.

Not far away, around a corner, Ye Tian watched her receding figure. On his originally sullen face, a trace of coldness appeared.

Ye Meier was his goddaughter. Very few people knew this; only the Bai family’s old matriarch knew. When she had gone looking for help without success, she had once come to him as well, only to be driven off by Ye Tian’s furious rebuke.

Damn it, they had bullied his girl and now wanted him to help them? He had seen shameless people before, but never anyone this shameless.

Back then, if not for Ye Meier’s mother giving him a bowl of thin porridge, he would already have starved to death.

The marriage alliance with the Bai family had already left a thorn in his heart; now they still wanted his help. It would already have been generous of him not to kick them while they were down.

Three days. Under relentless pressure for a full three days, the Bai family had completely lost all ability to resist, and the colossus that had stood for so many years collapsed in an instant.

In this battle, Heavenly Sun Group and Heavenly Sun Investment Company reaped a direct windfall of ten billion.

Wang Hao was the first to learn the news. He hurriedly mobilized a huge amount of funds, and in the end his earnings barely reached the threshold of ten billion.

He could not help feeling deeply emotional: never, ever offend that man.

The other party was still young. When his standing in the ancient martial world grew even stronger in the future, the influence that followed would surely become even more terrifying.

Deep within the vast mountains, thorny bushes grew thickly on all sides.

The three of them traveled together. Qin Yang moved in strides of more than ten meters at a time, his speed astonishing. Leng Qianyou kept pace beside him without the slightest strain, while the enchantress was a little lacking in strength.

She had already reached the middle stage of the Dao Entry Realm, yet Qin Yang’s strength was only at the Heaven Awakening Realm, which left her extremely frustrated. Why was her own strength so much greater, and yet she still could not keep up with this fellow?

Leng Qianyou was secretly amused. Right now, Qin Yang had already comprehended five or six kinds of Dao intent, and that was without unleashing them. If he did unleash them, even if she wanted to follow behind him, it would probably not be easy.

“There it is up ahead.”

“This is the Dragon Elephant Base, also known as the rookie base. A full hundred people have been selected from the major military districts, all elite talents, sent here to provide fresh blood for the Dragon Group. And every one of them has an ancient martial foundation; their strength is extraordinary, and some have even reached the peak of the Heaven Awakening Realm.”

The three of them arrived at a flat stretch of ground and looked ahead. What appeared before their eyes was a base resembling a fort.

Massive trees and high mountains concealed the place, and landmines were laid all around it.

If an ordinary person came here, they would die without a doubt.

With a single glance, Qin Yang could see the differences. He gave a cold snort and walked inward.

The people around did not know Qin Yang or Leng Qianyou, but when they saw the enchantress, they all greeted her warmly, after all, she was the Dragon Group’s famous rose.

She was fiery to the extreme, but these people only dared to think about it. Anyone who let their eyes wander would surely be beaten black and blue.

After the three of them went in, the onlookers began to discuss it.

“Damn, who is that young man? He’s treating our Dragon Group rose so gently she looks like a little kitten.”

“Shit, is he the enchantress’s boyfriend, here specially for an inspection?”

“Damn it, have you ever seen anyone come to see his girlfriend while bringing along another beauty? Isn’t that just courting death?”

“Yeah, that’s true.” The burly man scratched his head and grinned honestly.

Looking at the people training in the square, Qin Yang asked, “Are they the ones?”

“Yes, they are.”

“All right, let’s go over.”

“Now?”

“Of course. I’m very busy. After watching them train, I still have to go inspect the medicinal herbs. Battle Dragon told me there are quite a few valuable herbs here, or else why do you think I came all the way to this miserable place?”