The full moon hung high in the sky, and the night was deep.

While Qin Heng was playing games with Qin Yun and Song Ningran, a tumult stirred by the change in leadership of the Chens sent ripples through Tianhai!

Chen Qingzhu, a woman from a collateral branch of the family—reportedly with a questionable bloodline—had unexpectedly become the new Family Head of the Chens. Meanwhile, Chen Xigui, Chen Ximing, and Chen Youfang seemed to have vanished into thin air!

This was terrifying!

The Chens, one of Tianhai's four great families, had managed their businesses for hundreds of years. For them to suddenly change leadership like this was astounding!!

「The Wangs.」

An old man wore a worried expression. The Wangs were also one of Tianhai's four great families, not much stronger than the Chens. Seeing the Chens' fate, he couldn't help but feel a sense of shared sorrow.

"Go and summon Wang Quan," the old man said, his expression grave. "Remind him that he absolutely must forge a good relationship with Qin Heng. There's news from the Chens that Qin Heng might not only be the Crown Prince of Daqin Group, but he might also be a Martial Arts Grandmaster!"

"What!? A Martial Arts Grandmaster?" The middle-aged man beside the elder looked horrified, his face a mask of disbelief. He exclaimed, "Qin Heng just turned eighteen! How could he possibly be a Martial Arts Grandmaster?"

"True or false, who can say for sure?" The old man shook his head. "I told you to call Wang Quan, so go quickly. What are you still standing there for?"

"Yes!" The middle-aged man nodded hastily and left.

"The winds of change are stirring!" the old man sighed, looking up at the sky.

「The Lis.」

Li Tianlong and Li Tianhu, who had been preparing transfer procedures and documents, were completely stunned after receiving the news.

They almost thought they were hallucinating!

The Chens had changed leadership, and the new Family Head was Qin Heng's secretary, Chen Qingzhu!!

Incredible!

It was utterly incredible!!

That was the Chen family, after all! A premier family that had dominated Tianhai for hundreds of years, with assets worth hundreds of billions! And now it had fallen into Qin Heng's hands!!

"Too terrifying! Truly, far too terrifying!" Li Tianlong murmured, looking at Li Tianhu beside him. "Thank goodness for Xu Chong's warning. Otherwise, we'd likely be dead with no place for burial right now!"

"A Martial Arts Grandmaster! So that's what a Martial Arts Grandmaster is capable of!" Li Tianhu exclaimed, fear still gripping him. "Exactly! We're lucky we conceded early. Otherwise, we would have been finished!"

In this day and age, firearms could threaten a Grandmaster. However, not everyone possessed guns, and even if they did, a small number would be ineffective. It was generally accepted that if a Grandmaster wanted to kill someone, as long as the target lacked protection from a Grandmaster of equivalent power, they could kill whomever they pleased! Truly terrifying!!

「Su Martial Arts Center.」

News of the Chens had also reached them. Su Mingli and Su Yiyi were so terrified that they collapsed to the ground, their bodies limp and their faces etched with absolute horror.

Qin Heng actually beat Monk Tianfang to death! And Monk Tianfang was a Half-step Grandmaster!

"A Martial Arts Grandmaster! That fellow is a Martial Arts Grandmaster!" Su Mingli exclaimed, then added with self-derision, "And I actually considered challenging him before. I must have had a death wish!"

Even someone at the peak of Hidden Force would struggle to last three moves against a Half-step Grandmaster! And when facing a true Grandmaster of Transcendence, a Half-step Grandmaster might not even withstand a single blow; it would feel as if all their muscles and bones were being shattered and torn apart. Qin Heng... he truly is Tianhai's uncrowned king!

「The next morning, as the Golden Crow rose in the east.」

Qin Heng and Song Ningran left home together, heading towards Donghua Normal University. Song Ningran needed to go to the university first to handle some procedures and would then depart with her teachers and classmates. So, Qin Heng had already sent the helicopter to Dongpu Airport the previous night. He planned to accompany Song Ningran to the university and then take her directly to the helicopter at Dongpu Airport.

However, Qin Heng had been careless the previous night and had left the keys to the home garage in the helicopter. Consequently, they couldn't open the garage in the morning and, naturally, couldn't drive. Therefore, he and Song Ningran called a regular ride-hailing service to Donghua Normal University.

The car stopped at the entrance of Donghua Normal University. Just as Qin Heng and Song Ningran stepped out, a luxurious yellow Bentley, worth over two million, pulled up and stopped beside them.

"Next to a beautiful flower, why is there a pile of dog shit?"

A mocking voice drifted from the Bentley. Then, the window rolled down, revealing the handsome, sunny face of a young man in his early twenties. The young man glanced at Qin Heng, his face filled with disdain and contempt. He snarled, "I order you to get lost right now! Stay away from Ran Ran, or I'll make your life a living hell!"

"Jia Youqian, what do you think you're doing!" Song Ningran recognized him, her fine brows knitting slightly. "Qin Heng is my friend. What are you trying to pull? And don't call me Ran Ran."

"You're saying this pauper is your friend!?" Jia Youqian's eyes instantly turned bloodshot, his gaze fixed on Qin Heng, filled with hatred as he ground his teeth. "You damn pauper! I initially thought you were just hitching a ride with Ran Ran. I can't believe you actually dare to be her friend! You're courting death!"

Qin Heng glanced at the young man as if observing an insignificant ant and said calmly, "Do you have any idea who you're speaking to?"

"Fuck! You broke bastard, still acting arrogant! Believe it or not, I'll fucking kill you right now!" Jia Youqian slammed the car door open, stepped out, and confronted Qin Heng. "What's your major? Dare to tell me, and I'll make you disappear from this university by this afternoon!"

"Heh." Qin Heng chuckled, sizing up Jia Youqian before saying indifferently, "If you don't want to lose the life you currently have, get on your knees and apologize to me immediately. Then, slap yourself a hundred times."

To Qin Heng, someone like Jia Youqian was merely an ant, easily crushed with a single slap and not even worth mentioning. He couldn't even be bothered to lift a hand against him. There's no pleasure in crushing an ant.

"What did you say!?" Jia Youqian's face turned ashen upon hearing Qin Heng's words. He stared in disbelief and said in a heavy voice, "You damn pauper, you have no idea who you're talking to! You and your entire family will pay a terrible price for your disrespect towards me!"

His gaze became incredibly dark as he turned to Song Ningran beside him. "Ran Ran, this friend of yours is too ungrateful, too ignorant of his own insignificance!"

"Price?" Qin Heng sneered. "I'm rather curious. What kind of price can you make me pay? What kind of price can you make my family pay?"

"Kid, you're courting death!" Jia Youqian stared at Qin Heng, took a deep breath, then stepped closer. He glared into Qin Heng's eyes, pointed a finger at his nose, and said in an extremely contemptuous tone, "You little bastard! A pauper like you daring to get close to Ran Ran means you've stepped through the gates of hell! There's no escape for you! Just wait for death!"

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