"Please, have mercy..."

The village chief was now dazedly pleading.

He had not a shred of doubt about what Lord Dog had said about them being crippled and having their limbs broken.

Even taking their lives, he felt, was a mundane affair for Lord Dog.

With him leading by example,

Li Shurong and Li Tao also "thump" fell to their knees.

Following,

Seeing this, the others also knelt down one after another, begging for mercy from Lord Dog, from Yu Xiaolong, "Yes, it's our fault, we dare not speak recklessly again, we shouldn't have spread rumors, we dare not bully Sister-in-law Meizhen, we beg you to be magnanimous and not hold our actions against us, forgive us just this one time..."

"That won't do."

Lord Dog said with a smile, "If apologies were useful, then after we break your arms and legs, we could just apologize to you. How would that be?"

Yu Xiaolong also chimed in: "Exactly, apologizing is useless, we haven't even hit you yet!"

The crowd looked at each other in dismay.

"I, I... I..."

Li Shurong, at this moment, was shaking uncontrollably, her forehead drenched in cold sweat, stuttered, "I'll hit myself..."

Saying this,

She "smack" slapped herself across the face.

Clearly,

She knew all too well one slap was far from enough; she kept slapping her face tirelessly, slapping hard.

Seeing this,

The others followed suit hastily saying, "Yes, yes, we'll hit ourselves..."

Smack!

Smack!

They all started hitting themselves non-stop.

There was no choice.

Hitting themselves was far better than letting their limbs be broken by someone else.

Granny Niu, seeing this,

Bit her lip, smacking herself across the face!

But she was only pretending to hit hard, trying to muddle through.

Yu Xiaolong was right beside her, looking down at her and said, "Granny Niu, I heard that those rumors mainly spread from your mouth."

"Ah? No, not me..."

Granny Niu nervously responded.

Li Longjun, hearing Yu Xiaolong's comment, strode towards Granny Niu's direction.

Frightened, she collapsed to the ground, quickly pointing at Second Aunt Li nearby and said, "It was her, I only heard it from her!"

Second Aunt Li, hearing this, also trembled in fear and retorted, "You're lying! It was you who always told me about Xiao Lian being a prostitute, and even said you had relatives in the North who personally saw Xiao Lian making transactions with men in a hotel room!"

"Nonsense, that's your doing!"

"It was you!"

"You!"

"..."

The two women were quarreling and began to physically fight and tear at each other!

Soon they were pinching each other to the point of leaving bloody marks all over.

Granny Niu ripped Second Aunt Li's clothes apart, and Second Aunt Li, not to be outdone, fiercely tore at her hair, scratching her face until it was scarred.

They were like two dogs fighting.

There was no way out.

Neither of them dared to admit to the wrongdoing.

Meanwhile, the rest were still slapping their own cheeks.

Their faces turned red and swollen, yet they still dared not stop.

After a while,

Qin Feng looked towards Xiao Lian and Lin Meizhen, and they both nodded to signal it was enough. He then turned to Yu Xiaolong and said, "Let's go! Such a waste of our time during the New Year to spend on these trash."

Yu Xiaolong scanned the crowd. This chapter is from the collection at *.

Seeing their swollen faces and their abject appearances, he also lost interest and nodded in agreement.

"Thank you for forgiving us, thank you for forgiving us..."

The people finally stopped slapping themselves, expressing their gratitude repeatedly.

Until Qin Feng and his group walked far away.

They still didn't dare to get up.

On the road.

Qin Feng, Xiao Lian, Lin Meizhen, and Yu Xiaolong stood at the very front.

Beside them stood Lord Dog.

The Xinan Qi stayed slightly behind.

Mr. Gu, Gu Zhongquan, President Wang, and President Lu stood in the third row.

The remaining people followed at the very end.

The crowd filled the already narrow road, walking and chatting.

Lin Meizhen looked at the big shots behind her, following like younger brothers, still feeling bewildered, as if in a dream.

Xiao Lian also gratefully said to Qin Feng, "Thank you, everything has been clarified..."

"Why so formal? I've told you not to worry about those rumors, they will definitely believe in the end," replied Qin Feng with a smile.

He had long thought that to dispel rumors, showing strength, not explaining, was the most effective way.

Once they recognized the strength on his side, the rumors would fall apart.

No one would think that a man of his level would be with a "lady of the night".

And nobody would think that Xiao Lian would still be working as one given how wealthy he was.

Strength cannot be concealed.

They will eventually know.

The rumors will eventually be dispelled.

When they realize it, they will feel the burning shame on their faces.

"Brother-in-law, I had no idea you were so powerful!"

Yu Xiaolong was full of admiration and said, "Just like the bosses in the movies!"

"Hahaha..."

Lord Dog laughed, "Mr. Qin isn't just like a boss, he is the boss...no, he should be called the boss of bosses, hahaha..."

He then pointed to Liang Jiuxiang, Tan Zhanhu, Yu Wanli and others behind him and told Yu Xiaolong, "Do you know who they are?"

Yu Xiaolong shook his head.

"They are the most top-notch people in the entire Five Southwestern Provinces," Lord Dog said with a smile, "and your brother-in-law here is their boss!"

"Really?!"

Yu Xiaolong looked even more admiring.

Qin Feng looked back in doubt and asked Lord Dog, "What's going on?"

Initially.

Qin Feng had defeated six of the Southwest Eight Kings.

But he only took half of each of their family wealth as compensation and then had Lord Dog integrate it to establish the Fengxi Group.

He did not bring them completely under his command.

"This is the situation."

Lord Dog smiled and explained, "They have decided to join the Fengxi Group, agreeing to let the Fengxi Group hold their family businesses' shares at an extremely low price."

"Why?!"

Qin Feng was extremely surprised.

Even though they had lost half of their businesses in the struggle against him, they were still the "Eight Kings", and even with half their fortunes gone, they were still out of reach for ordinary people and remained the very top individuals in the Southwest.

Why did they suddenly want to join the Fengxi Group?

"Here's what happened..."

Lord Dog walked and briefly explained.

It turns out that the disorder in the Hidden World seemed to be starting to impact the Mortal World now.

Many from the Hidden World had begun to expand their territories in the Mortal World, establishing their own forces.

Originally, this was something that mortal business tycoons were happy to see because they also longed for the backing of big shots from the Mortal World.

But now.

Now it's different from before, as the powerful individuals who never used to care about mortal affairs, merely accepting sacrifices, and would only get involved when necessary— prioritizing their focus on the Hidden World and cultivation, have started to take control of mortal industries.

Those businesses were built up bit by bit by mortal bosses.

And to these Hidden World powerhouses, they were just tools.

For instance, Bai, who created the Angel Group, did it to compete with Qin Feng's Luo Hongyan, without caring for the group's subsequent development.

Of course.

Many people from the Hidden World are doing it for wealth acquisition!