Feng Yang didn't dare to hesitate any longer. He knew that although Fu Donglai was impressive, he still respectfully called Ye Xiao "Brother Xiao". This clearly showed Ye Xiao's identity and status to a certain extent.

"Xiao... Brother Xiao!" Feng Yang walked up to Ye Xiao, looking at him with awe.

Ye Xiao's gaze fell on Feng Yang. Suddenly, Ye Xiao raised a hand sharply—'slap'—a crisp sound of a palm striking a cheek resounded, and Feng Yang spun around in place from the force of the slap.

Ye Xiao still wasn't satisfied and delivered a sudden kick to Feng Yang's body.

Feng Yang flew two or three meters away.

At that moment, Ye Xiao hadn't used any Inner Power True Qi, so he wouldn't directly kill Feng Yang, but it was certainly painful.

"Brother Xiao, I'll give you all my assets, please spare my life!" Feng Yang fell to the ground, but got up quickly, looking at Ye Xiao and shouted loudly.

"Do you think that anything the Feng family has now still has the slightest connection to you?" Ye Xiao's voice grew colder, his eyes filled with icy severity.

Hearing this, Feng Yang felt a chill run down his spine.

"Do you know what punishment people who committed heinous crimes received in ancient times?" Ye Xiao looked at Feng Yang, speaking coldly.

Upon hearing this, Feng Yang trembled violently all over.

Heinous crimes!

The punishment received!

Two words immediately flashed in Feng Yang's mind: "Ling Chi"!

Feng Yang felt like he was about to faint, quickly saying to Ye Xiao, "Brother Xiao, we don't have such a big hatred between us, do we? You like Li Siqi, and I already backed out, didn't I?"

"Hmph, according to you, I ought to thank you. Alright, I'll thank you properly." Ye Xiao looked at Fu Donglai beside him and said, "Hit him, but don't use any True Qi!"

Upon hearing Ye Xiao's words, Fu Donglai immediately nodded in agreement. At that moment, Ye Xiao said not to use Inner Power True Qi, which obviously meant he didn't want Feng Yang to die immediately.

Fu Donglai understood the implication and quickly waved to the subordinates around, saying, "Hit him!"

Instantly, seven or eight burly martial artists restrained their True Qi and began to beat Feng Yang with ordinary punches.

Feng Yang had heard Ye Xiao, saying not to use True Qi, which secretly delighted him. If others didn't use True Qi to hit him while he defended himself with True Qi, the force on his body wouldn't be particularly strong.

Thinking of this, Feng Yang discreetly shielded his body with True Qi.

However, at that moment, Ye Xiao seemed to have seen through Feng Yang's thoughts and added, "If he uses True Qi, kill him directly."

Ye Xiao's final words were like a bucket of cold water poured over Feng Yang.

Feng Yang's little scheme had been seen through, and likewise, he dared not resist at all.

Although Feng Yang knew Ye Xiao was doing this to torture him, even suffering torture was much better than dying, right?

Feng Yang didn't want to die; he really didn't want to die!

So, Fu family's guards and the ones who had defected from the Feng family to Fu Donglai brutally beat Feng Yang. At that moment, Feng Yang was furious to the point of explosion. He thought, the Fu family hitting him was one thing, but the martial artists who were once Feng family guards were also attacking him, as if doing so could earn merit in front of the new boss!

Ye Xiao watched Feng Yang being beaten by a group of people. Compete for Li Siqi?

Ye Xiao didn't care about that at all. If it were a fair competition, Ye Xiao fully accepted it, believing it might indirectly allow him to showcase his talents. But now? Zheng Lingshan had been captured by Feng Yang?

Why capture Zheng Lingshan? Ye Xiao wasn't exactly sure, but one thing was certain—nothing good would come from Feng Yang capturing Zheng Lingshan.

Zheng Lingshan knew why Ye Xiao had people beat Feng Yang. She slowly lifted her head from Ye Xiao's arms, looking at him, she said, "I'm fine."

Zheng Lingshan's meaning was simple. She knew why Ye Xiao was so angry. Last time, at the place where they were buying a house, the supervisor tried to take advantage of her, and at that time, Ye Xiao had taught the supervisor a good lesson.

So, Zheng Lingshan knew, at that moment, Ye Xiao must have thought Feng Yang bullied her.

And now, Zheng Lingshan's words confirmed it all—Zheng Lingshan hadn't been bullied by Feng Yang.

Ye Xiao's gaze moved from the miserably screaming, beaten Feng Yang to Zheng Lingshan.

Ye Xiao didn't speak and instead wrapped his arm around Zheng Lingshan's waist, walking a dozen meters away, then stopped, looked at Zheng Lingshan, and said, "What exactly happened?"

Zheng Lingshan didn't immediately speak, lowering her head, as if there was something difficult to disclose.

Ye Xiao said immediately, "Is there something you can't tell me?"

Zheng Lingshan slowly raised her head. She was truly conflicted, not knowing if she should tell Ye Xiao about those matters.

"Ye Xiao, if I tell you, will you keep it a secret for me?" Zheng Lingshan lifted her head, tears wetting her entire face.

Ye Xiao gently wiped her tears and smiled at Zheng Lingshan, saying, "Of course, because I'm your Guardian."

Although Ye Xiao's words seemed playful, they deeply moved Zheng Lingshan. With reddened eyes, she looked at Ye Xiao and said, "Bird City once had a Four Seas Society, which was a very powerful yet deeply resented organization."

"That was a matter of more than a decade ago, wasn't it?" Ye Xiao said.

Though Ye Xiao didn't know much about the Four Seas Society, he knew that Bird City once had a very powerful force.

"The reason it was called Four Seas Society was because there were four bosses, and the leader among them was named Feng Xinming!" Zheng Lingshan said.

"Ah?" Ye Xiao, upon hearing Zheng Lingshan's words, couldn't help but be secretly surprised. He truly hadn't expected Feng Xinming not only to be the head of the Feng family but also to have once been a boss of a syndicate, moreover, the most powerful Four Seas Society in Bird City and even the entire Chu City.

Clearly, this was somewhat unbelievable.

"Does this have anything to do with you?" Ye Xiao said, realizing that was more than a decade ago, meaning Zheng Lingshan was only a child at the time. How could it be related to her? Ye Xiao suddenly recalled that Feng Jiao mentioned her father's mysterious death, which seemed connected to a syndicate, and Feng Jiao's father also died more than a decade ago. Ye Xiao then said, "Could it be related to Feng Jiao's father?"

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