Chen Yuqi stood there, the icy chill seemingly seeping into her bones, causing her to tremble slightly.
The assistant's terrified eyes and the faint sound of fire truck sirens outside the window silently confirmed the horrific truth.
Qin Yang truly wiped out the Ye family, which had been passed down for hundreds of years, from Ninghai all by himself!
On the other end of the video call, several elders of the Chen family heard the assistant's report. Their faces turned pale, their lips trembled, but they couldn't utter a single word.
fear!
An unprecedented fear gripped everyone's heart!
This Qin Yang is so ruthless, cruel, and terrifyingly powerful that he has far exceeded their imagination!
This is no longer a simple feud between江湖 (jianghu, a term referring to the martial arts world); it is a crushing defeat, a god-like destruction.
Chen Yuqi forced herself to calm down and took a deep breath.
She waved for her assistant to leave first, then looked at the screen.
"Third Uncle, Fourth Grandfather, and all elders."
Her voice was slightly hoarse, but her eyes regained their light.
"Now, do you still think that returning to the capital is the only option?"
The elders on the other side of the screen looked at each other, their Adam's apples bobbing, but none of them could answer.
Return to the capital? The Ye family has been wiped out!
Does that mean the capital is safe?
If Qin Yang wanted to make a move, what did geographical distance matter?
Moreover, what will happen to the Chen family's business empire in Ninghai?
If they just slink away like that, how can the Chen family still have the face to stand up?
The refined middle-aged man, Chen Yuqi's third uncle, showed a bitter expression on his face.
“Yuqi, it’s Uncle San who’s short-sighted.”
"Mr. Qin's strength is indeed unfathomable."
He even subconsciously changed his form of address, from "that jinx" to "Mr. Qin".
This is the awe that comes with strength!
Another elderly man with white hair, Chen Yuqi's fourth grandfather, sighed.
"Well, well, things have come to this point, we have no choice but to believe Mr. Qin."
"Yuqi, you're in charge of everything in Ninghai."
"The family will fully support you. We only hope that Mr. Qin will show some consideration for the Chen family out of respect for you."
The old man's tone was filled with helplessness and an almost pleading quality.
Chen Yuqi felt a mix of emotions.
She knew that from this moment on, the fate of the Chen family in Ninghai, and even the future of the entire Chen family, was tightly bound together with that cold-hearted man.
She hung up the video call and rubbed her temples wearily.
The sky outside the window was gradually brightening.
A new day has begun.
However, the dark clouds hanging over Ninghai City seemed to grow even heavier.
The news of the Ye family's massacre spread like wildfire, reaching every corner of Ninghai at an astonishing speed.
From ordinary people to the wealthy and powerful, everyone was shocked and horrified.
Various speculations and rumors arose.
Some say Qin Yang is a powerful figure who has crossed the river from abroad, with an incredibly influential background.
Some say Qin Yang is the successor of a hidden sect, possessing profound strength.
Some even say that Qin Yang is not human at all, but a demon walking among humans!
Countless eyes, some open and some hidden, were focused on the Chen family, on the Chen Group, which had just experienced an internal turmoil and was quickly thrust into the spotlight.
Everyone wanted to know what Chen Yuqi, the newly risen head of the Chen family, and the mysterious Qin Yang behind her would do next.
And at this very moment.
Deep within a secluded and luxurious manor on the outskirts of Ninghai City.
A secret meeting is underway.
This is the ancestral home of the Feng family, one of the eight prominent families in Ninghai.
Six figures sat around the huge oval conference table.
They are the current heads or supreme rulers of the six remaining major families in Ninghai, besides the Zhao and Ye families.
The head of the Li family, a slightly overweight middle-aged man with a gloomy face, was the first to break the silence.
"Outrageous! This is utterly lawless!"
He slammed his hand on the table, causing the teacup to bounce and spill tea everywhere.
"The Zhao family! The Ye family! In just a few days, two families with hundreds of years of history have been wiped out!"
"This Qin Yang is simply rubbing our faces in the dirt!"
Sitting opposite him was the new head of the Sun family, a sharp-eyed and shrewd young man.
The Sun family originally depended on the Zhao family. After the Zhao family fell from power, although they were temporarily spared, they lived in constant fear.
At this moment, he said in a deep voice, "Patriarch Li, please calm down. Now is not the time to lose your temper."
"The most urgent task is to find out Qin Yang's background and his next goal!"
An elderly man dressed in a Tang suit, with white hair and beard, the head of the Zhou family, spoke slowly, his voice aged and solemn:
"This young man is ruthless and his strength is unfathomable. It is said that even the old ancestor of the Ye family could not stop him."
"I suspect he's at least at the peak of the Great Saint Realm, or even the legendary realm!"
The moment the words "the legendary realm" were uttered, the atmosphere in the conference room instantly became even more oppressive.
Everyone knows what that means.
That is an existence capable of sweeping away everything and ignoring the rules!
"Are we just supposed to sit here and wait to die?" The head of the Wang family, a burly man with a fiery temper, couldn't help but roar.
"What the Zhao and Ye families are experiencing today might be what we experience tomorrow!"
"With the six of us joining forces, plus the hidden power of our respective families, are we really afraid of him alone?!"
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