Jiang's expression remained unchanged, and he didn't stop her, knowing that Senior Sister already knew about it and tacitly approved of Qingzhu's actions. He then sighed inwardly, got up, and left. There was nothing he could do to help. Senior Sister Xuan Qingxuan was the strongest among them; even if they all attacked at their strongest, they wouldn't be a match for her. Therefore, Xuan Qingxuan held absolute authority among them.
Besides, Qi Hui is truly looked down upon by everyone. He must have done something to displease the senior sister, and it must have been something unreasonable.
As soon as Zhou Xie went out, Lin Hongwu quickly followed. Han Peng, the burly man, shook his head and sighed, glanced at Qi Hui, whose face looked somewhat uneasy, and also went out.
In fact, while Lin Hongwu invited Xuan Qingxuan to participate in this matter, carrying the decision of the old man and the family, Zhou Xie was the one who actually made the decisions. Lin Hongwu was merely an assistant.
Then Feng Nie and Xu Ming followed Ji. Then came the others.
Suddenly, only six people remained in the huge, luxurious room. Xuan Qingxuan, Qingzhu, Qin Lina, and Li Yun formed a group of four. Qi Hui, feeling uneasy, lowered his head, while Li Lizheng, dumbfounded, didn't know whether to leave or stay, feeling both ashamed and angry at Qingzhu's rude scolding and contempt.
Indeed, he overestimated the importance of the Li family and Old Master Li in the eyes of Xuan Qingxuan and others. If the Seventh Elder of the Li family were still alive, perhaps these people would have given him some consideration and shown him some respect.
But with the Seventh Elder's death, even though Old Master Li inherited the Seventh Elder's King-Rank Demon Seed, the Lightning Vine, he's now just a low-level plant cultivator below level five, and nobody takes him seriously. After all, how can distant water quench immediate thirst? Potential is potential, but reality is reality; who can wait for you for a hundred or two hundred years?
The spiritual energy outside is scarce. There are no crystals produced there either, so even for a king-grade demon seed, the cultivation speed is extremely slow.
"Senior Sister, I... I didn't know Li Yun was your disciple. If I had known, I would absolutely not have agreed to the Li family's arrangement!" Qi Hui raised his head and said with shame and trepidation.
Especially with younger colleagues like Li Lizheng, Li Yun, and Qin Lina present, Qi Hui felt his head go blank after admitting his mistake.
However, denying mistakes is unacceptable. Qi Hui and his fellow disciples all knew that if you sincerely admitted your mistakes in front of the senior sister, she might forgive you; but if you continued to make excuses, she would definitely embarrass you.
"Senior Brother Qi, you—" Li Lizheng panicked. He hadn't expected Qi Hui to apologize so humbly. This cold-hearted woman was really going too far.
"Shut up! Don't call me Senior Brother Qi anymore. You're just a sixth-generation outer disciple of the Qingxuan Sect, five generations below me in seniority. If I hear such disrespectful words again, hmph!" Qi Hui interrupted him and shouted coldly.
He usually calls him "Senior Brother" when they're having a good time together, which is an honor. Now he's so arrogant and doesn't know his place. He talks nonsense in front of Senior Sister without any respect. How can he not be worried?
Li Lizheng was being insulted and humiliated, and for a moment he couldn't process it. He cursed inwardly, "Qi Hui used my money for everything – drinking, gambling, whoring, and now he's turned on me like this!"
"Hey, Senior Brother Qi! You're actually calling a sixth-generation outer disciple 'brother'?" Qingzhu exclaimed in surprise. As if to say, "This place isn't chaotic enough!"
But Qi Hui dared not offend Qingzhu again and pretended not to hear what she said.
"Let him expel the poison!" Xuan Qingxuan said calmly.
He didn't even glance at Li Lizheng's embarrassed and angry expression.
"Did you hear me?" Qi Hui shouted at Li Lizheng. "Get out!"
"Why should I leave?" Li Lizheng shouted without thinking.
"Get out! Stop babbling!" Qingzhu didn't give him a chance to ramble on any longer and kicked him out, smashing the door of the private room.
Li Lizheng was no match for the force of the impact and fell onto the corridor, where he immediately lost consciousness.
The commotion startled Lin Hongwu and the others outside. Li Lizheng's strength was about the same as theirs, so why was he beaten out like this?
Zhou Xie and his companions, on the other hand, simply sighed, as if they were used to it.
"Now it's peaceful! Hehe! I've disliked that kid for a long time, his shifty eyes are just like ours!" Qingzhu clapped her hands and said with a grin. She also dragged Zhang Guodong into it; if Zhang Guodong heard this, he'd probably be furious. This girl was really slandering his reputation! Was his image really that bad?
Li Yun and Qin Lina were dumbfounded, staring in astonishment at Qingzhu's violent outburst. A hint of admiration flickered in their eyes; this was true power!
"Amazing!" Qin Lina muttered.
"Sister Qingzhu, is Li Lizheng dead?" Li Yun asked.
"He won't die. At most, he'll lose an arm or a leg and be bedridden for a few months!"
Everyone broke out in a cold sweat. They'd almost been finished after just one retort. Qingzhu's violence truly proved the saying, "Don't judge a book by its cover." And "The sea cannot be measured by a bushel." When Qingzhu really got physical, he was absolutely brutal.
"This person is also surnamed Li. And he came with Senior Brother Qi, so he's not related to you, is he?" Qingzhu suddenly frowned and looked at Li Yun.
That's a slow reaction.
“He’s my second uncle’s adopted son. It’s good that he’s not dead!” Li Yun breathed a sigh of relief and said unexpectedly.
As for family ties, aside from a few members of the Li family, Li Yun and some others, with whom she had a strained relationship, wouldn't genuinely care about Li Lizheng's life or death. Instead, she was afraid that if Qingzhu kicked Li Lizheng to death, it would cause trouble.
Besides, this is Wang Lin's hotel, and Li Tu doesn't want to cause any trouble here.
"Uh, never mind!" Qingzhu opened her mouth, then...
He thought to himself, "I should know better and kick the harder targets!"
Meanwhile, the waiters outside heard a loud crash and the door flew open, startling them so much they screamed for help. However, the security guards and Vice President Liu who came up were blocked by Lin Hongwu and his men.
"Vice President Liu? This is none of your business, just pretend nothing happened! Oh, by the way, this door is broken, open a new deluxe room!" Lin Hongwu ordered. Vice President Liu was immediately in a dilemma. He craned his neck to look at the person on the ground, who was motionless. He cursed inwardly, knowing that these spoiled brats were difficult to deal with, and now that trouble had indeed occurred. He hoped that no one would die.
No, I have to tell President Ye. Zhuo really can't handle this.
"Aren't you going yet? Do you still want to keep this hotel open?" Xu Ming glared at him and said coldly.
Vice President Liu forced a smile and said, "Gentlemen, shouldn't we call an ambulance? If anything goes wrong, our store can't afford the consequences."
He was inwardly resentful of Xu Ming's arrogant and domineering attitude. What a boastful tone! He knew his boss's capabilities perfectly well. In this territory, no one dared to be so arrogant.
However, the customer is king. There's no need for a direct confrontation.
"I told you to go and engage in combat. Why all this nonsense?" Xu Ming immediately became impatient. This Vice President Liu was really... long-winded. If this were in Beijing, there would be no need for such trouble, for him to repeat himself twice.
If Xu Ming hadn't heard that Jiahao Hotel had exquisite dishes, and if he hadn't been entertaining these elders and disciples, he really wouldn't have come to Xiqin Province.
Lin Hongwu pulled Xu Ming aside. He waved to Vice President Liu, whose face looked grim, and said, "This is none of your business. We won't involve you. Arrange a deluxe room immediately. Also, there's no need to call an ambulance. We have a doctor here. He just fainted!"
Seeing Zhou Xie frown as he fed Li Lizheng something, Lin Hongwu knew that Li Lizheng wouldn't die.
He was incredibly envious of those pills. They were life-saving treasures!
Having received this assurance, Vice President Liu nodded and instructed the waiter to prepare a room for Li Lizheng. Xuan Qingxuan and the others were then moved to a deluxe room.
But Vice President Liu immediately went to President Ye's office afterwards.
Clearly, he wouldn't listen to these spoiled brats; otherwise, he wouldn't even know how he died. He'd seen plenty of things like this before, so he couldn't pretend it hadn't happened.
At the very least, shift the blame and see how the boss handles it.
Once everyone had left, Xu Ming muttered discontentedly, "Is the vice president of just a small hotel this arrogant? Humph!"
"Hehe, you've misjudged this time. This isn't just a small hotel; it's owned by the daughter of the municipal party secretary," Lin Hongwu said, squinting his eyes.
The capital city of Xiqin Province is a nationally designated special economic zone. The city's Party Secretary is a member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, already a powerful vice-ministerial level official, carrying considerable weight. Another step forward could lead to the position of Governor. Generally, while the top official of a provincial capital concurrently serving as a member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee ranks lower in the provincial ranking, their actual influence is comparable to that of the Executive Vice Governor. In reality, it's rare for a city Party Secretary concurrently serving as a member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee to rise to the position of Vice Governor. Typically, they can directly run for Governor.
If it's a Standing Committee member and Vice Governor, or an Executive Vice Governor, compared to a Municipal Party Secretary who is also a member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, it's really hard to say who has more real power; it depends on the specific circumstances of each province. Therefore, the Municipal Party Secretary here shouldn't be underestimated.
"Wang Yunyi?" Zheng Haixing asked in rare surprise.
"Which organization does Wang Yunyi belong to?" Xu Ming asked, puzzled.
Lin Hongwu nodded and smiled, "It seems you're quite familiar with this place, Haixing! Wang Yunyi is rather unusual; he's fifty-one years old now, and I hear he has a good reputation upstairs. He's already served as the municipal party secretary for three years, and perhaps he can go even further."
The next step is the ministerial level. The position of provincial governor is a truly high-ranking official, and no one will underestimate it.
Zheng Haixing chuckled and changed the subject, not wanting to delve deeper into it.
Generally speaking, among this group of spoiled brats, some were in business, some in politics, but regardless of their background, they all had some understanding of high-level politics. It wasn't surprising that Zheng Haixing knew about Fatty's father.
Xu Ming's ignorance of the fat man's father wasn't due to ignorance, as his father was merely a vice-ministerial-level official. How many vice-ministerial-level officials are there nationwide? Not many, not few.
"Hmph, even if he advances further, he'll just be a mortal at the ministerial level!" Xu Ming said.
Indeed, from the perspective of cultivators, mortals are just mortals. Although they may possess considerable power in the secular world, cultivators hold them in contempt and consider themselves superior.
Lin Hongwu and Zheng Haixing didn't say anything, but Xiao Ruonan frowned slightly. It wasn't that Xu Ming was stupid or arrogant. It was just that everyone's attitude had changed so much.
"Well!" Zhou Xie glanced at Xu Ming and snorted coldly.
"Shut up!" Feng Nie also scolded.
Realizing he had let something slip, Xu Ming immediately shut his mouth in fear.
“Junior Brother Feng, you need to discipline the people you brought. If Senior Sister finds out, she probably won’t let them off easily! Do you still remember the warnings from the Grand Elder and the other elders?” Hu Yanqingtong, who was extremely cold and stern, frowned and said.
Zhou Xie and the others' expressions changed instantly. They glanced at the five behind-the-scenes figures with unfriendly eyes, as if issuing a warning.
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