Chapter 147: Prodigal

Ling Xiao glanced sideways at President Xu, who was kneeling nearby, and let out a cold hum. President Xu instantly trembled with sheer terror.

"Mr. Ling, spare my life! I... I was wrong, I was wrong!"

He kowtowed frantically, his head slamming heavily against the floor with loud thuds.

However, Ling Xiao paid him no mind.

"Family Qi, he is yours to deal with!"

Master Qi nodded quickly in agreement.

"Yes, Mr. Ling, please rest assured."

President Xu fell into complete despair, his eyes turning dull and lifeless.

He knew that he was utterly finished! At that moment, he desperately wanted to lift his head to the heavens and roar:

*You unfilial brat, you've truly screwed your old man over to hell and back!*

Ling Xiao prepared to leave, and the members of the Qi family hurriedly followed behind him.

Upon stepping out of the cafe's main entrance, the air rippled, and Feng Wu materialized out of thin air.

This eerie and supernatural feat sent a shiver of dread through the Qi family members.

Even the seasoned martial artists of the Qi family, such as Elder Tie, were far from matching methods like Feng Wu's!

As expected, martial arts sects were by no means comparable to ordinary cultivators!

Feng Wu cupped her fists toward Ling Xiao. Ling Xiao remained silent, while she quickly stepped forward and murmured a few words in a low voice beside his ear.

Ling Xiao's eyes narrowed slightly, two flashes of cold light darting out, and the atmosphere in the air suddenly turned somewhat sinister.

The Qi family members dared not even draw a deep breath. A moment later, Ling Xiao finally spoke.

"Family Qi, take me to Jiangnan Shady Avenue!"

"Yes!"

Master Qi immediately offered his own Rolls-Royce to Ling Xiao, while he himself boarded another vehicle. A convoy of cars sped rapidly toward Shady Avenue.

Shady Avenue was Jiangnan's most prestigious and expensive boulevard!

Though this avenue was only a mere five thousand meters long, both sides of the street were packed with the flagship stores of every luxury and high-end brand in Jiangnan!

Chanel, Louis Vuitton... Mercedes-Benz, Bentley... alongside all sorts of top-tier five-star restaurants, everything you could possibly imagine was right here.

There was a saying that went well:

The impoverished enter not Shady, the wealthy provoke not Shady.

Without wealth, one wouldn't even dare to cast a glance at Shady Avenue. And even the wealthy dared not casually provoke the people residing within Shady Avenue.

Because you never knew what kind of terrifying background the people here possessed.

The Qi family naturally owned some properties on Shady Avenue, but it amounted to no more than a mere one percent of the whole.

This place not only housed the local elite families of Jiangnan but also accommodated truly top-tier figures hailing from other territories.

For instance, prominent noble families from Yanjing, or those influential and renowned figures from Hong Kong, all held assets on Shady Avenue.

Inside the car, several heirs of the Qi family wore deeply solemn expressions.

"Dad, you just handed our Qi family over to him like that on a silver platter. Isn't this a bit too rash?"

Master Qi, however, remained unfazed. Instead, a mysterious smile played on his lips as he looked meaningfully at his sons.

"You fools, you simply have no idea how terrifying that person is! In his eyes, our Qi family is nothing more than a colony of ants."

"Dad! Isn't that a bit of an exaggeration? The Qi family's assets exceed two hundred billion! Surely that must rank us at least in the top thousand across the entire nation of China, right?"

"Heh, heh, heh..."

Master Qi chuckled softly.

"Money? Your understanding is still far too superficial! It's true that the Qi family holds two hundred billion, but what if every single member of the Qi family were dead? Would those two hundred billion still exist?"

Pausing for a moment, he spoke again:

"A person like Mr. Ling is someone who can dictate whether our Qi family lives or dies. To him, our Qi family is merely a group of ants!"

"Father, we still don't believe it!"

Master Qi's sons shook their heads slightly, reluctance written across their eyes as they refused to buy into their father's words.

Martial arts cultivators might be formidable. Someone like Elder Tie could even resist ballistic weapons like firearms!

However, above martial arts cultivators, there was still the Dragon Group!

Was the Dragon Group just sitting around doing nothing? How could they ever allow martial arts cultivators to run amok?

Master Qi closed his eyes slightly, offered a calm smile, and shook his head.

"Someday, you will understand!"

...

By this time, the car had already arrived at Shady Avenue. Through the car windows, from far away, the members of the Qi family saw that both sides of the road were completely jammed with luxury cars!

Right in the middle section of Shady Avenue, a massive crowd was gathered, packed so tightly that not even a drop of water could leak through!

The members of the Qi family could not help but wear puzzled expressions.

"Strange, what is going on here? Why is Shady Avenue so congested?"

"And parking isn't even allowed along this road. Are these people out of their minds?"

Master Qi said meaningfully:

"Let's get out. Go down and witness what true worldly sophistication looks like!"

Everyone looked at one another in confusion before following Master Qi out of the vehicles.

Led by Master Qi, the group approached Ling Xiao.

"Mr. Ling, what is this...?"

Ling Xiao did not answer. With his hands clasped behind his back, he walked forward. As he reached the rear of the crowd, his gaze shifted slightly, and the crowd was instantly parted down the middle by an invisible force, carving out a three-meter-wide pathway in the center!

The Qi family members squeezed in from behind, and only then did they see what lay inside.

Right there on Shady Avenue sat a red sandalwood table measuring over twenty meters in length!

The table alone was worth at least two hundred million!

That in itself wasn't the main issue, as every establishment on Shady Avenue could afford such a table. The real problem was that this table was placed right in the dead center of Shady Avenue!

It was currently morning, prime business hours for Shady Avenue. Yet at a time like this, someone had actually managed to blockade Shady Avenue, set up a long table right here, and lay out playing cards on top of it! Were they seriously planning to play a game of cards?

The sheer authority required for this feat was already far beyond what the Qi family could ever hope to attain!

Seated on two opposite sides of the long table were a pair of young men, neither looking older than thirty. Standing respectfully behind each of them was a woman possessing goddess-level beauty—clearly, their status was merely that of handmaidens!

Master Qi patted Qi Xue's delicate shoulder and said:

"This is a great opportunity for you to shine. Go on over."

"Ah?"

Qi Xue was stunned for a second, then realization dawned on her. She nodded hastily, gathering her dress as she hurried over.

"Oh, oh."

Watching the retreating figures of Qi Xue and Ling Xiao, the members of the Qi family felt their hearts begin to pound wildly.

Those two young men were obviously extraordinary; at the very least, they were figures who stood supreme even above Shady Avenue! Otherwise, it would have been impossible for them to blockade Shady Avenue out in the open just to play cards!

And since Ling Xiao had walked over, he undoubtedly possessed the qualifications to sit at eye level and share the table as an equal with those two!

A layer of cold sweat had already beaded on everyone's foreheads.

By this point, they were beginning to faintly grasp the true meaning behind Master Qi's words!

This young man was simply too monstrously powerful!

Ling Xiao walked over and took a seat on one side of the table. Opposite him, a young man with a pair of phoenix eyes smiled calmly.

"Young Master Ling arrived just in time. This young master just won eight hundred billion from Young Master Ouyang. How about I present it to Young Master Ling as a greeting gift?"