The seven Sub-hall Masters of the Dragon King Hall arrived at the tea house and knelt before Mu Jinyu, shouting "Dragon King"...
All the questions and disbelief from the crowd seemed pale and powerless before this scene.
Lady Zhou's somewhat plump face twitched slightly and she screamed inside her head, "How could this be possible? How could he possibly be the new Dragon King?!"
"He's just a seventeen or eighteen-year-old kid, what qualifications does he have to be the Dragon King? Among the Seven Great Hall Masters present, which one isn't more qualified to succeed as the Dragon King?!"
Lady Zhou's heart was filled with an unwilling roar.
At the same time, a deep fear was rising in her heart.
If Mu Jinyu was indeed the new Dragon King of the Dragon King Hall, then the threat issued by Su Zijin was no longer just a matter of fear and headache for them.
Once the Dragon King Hall was in Mu Jinyu's hands, if he chose to pursue personal vendettas with full force against them, then their great families could face not just the threat of losing tens of billions but possibly their entire fortunes, even to the point of their families being ruined and their lives lost!
How dare she take such a gamble?!
Wang Changge and members of the Li family, who were originally watching the drama unfold with interest, waiting for Su Zijin and Shen Cangsheng to tire each other out before they would ask Su Zijin if he still had the audacity to tout their ten-billion loss.
Now, they too fell silent, filled with despair and helplessness.
"Everyone, please rise."
Mu Jinyu looked at the seven people kneeling on one knee, calling him Dragon King and seeking punishment, feeling a bit strange before waving them to stand up.
The crowd then stood up as well.
Afterwards, Xiang Mantang turned around, his eyes icy as he stared at Wang Changge and others before looking down at the three pitiful Great Young Masters of the Capital, and spoke coldly, "The Dragon Master is too merciful. Insulting the king is always an absolute offense. Since these few dared to use foul language at the Old Dragon King's funeral, they should have been executed on the spot to serve as an example to others!"
With that, Xiang Mantang took strides towards Young Master Wang, Young Master Zhou, and Young Master Li.
His entire being radiated killing intent.
This not only sent chills down the spines of the three Great Young Masters as if they had fallen into an ice cellar, but Wang Changge and the others also felt a piercing cold.
Mu Jinyu had previously spoken of killing, which they somewhat disbelieved, thinking he wouldn't dare to kill so brazenly in the street and only took it as a threat.
But when Xiang Mantang spoke like this, they didn't doubt at all whether the Beidou Tianshu dared to kill!
If they didn't express their position quickly, they feared the tea house would soon be splattered with blood!
Wang Changge and the others hastily shouted, "Wait, wait... We'll compensate, we'll pay the ten billion compensation!"
As they spoke, they saw Xiang Mantang continuing to move uninterrupted, completely ignoring their words, and hastily turned their pleading gazes towards Su Zijin and Mu Jinyu, hoping they would stop.
Seeing this, Su Zijin also turned his questioning gaze towards Mu Jinyu, waiting to see his decision.
Mu Jinyu let out a light sigh, somewhat disinterestedly, "Let's leave it at that."
He, after all, was not someone who would press his advantage or bully others, still too merciful at heart.
If it were someone else, they probably would have killed all of them long ago or, even without killing, extracted much more in compensation!
Upon hearing Mu Jinyu's words, Xiang Mantang immediately stopped in his tracks, then swept a cold glance over the people of the three great families and said coldly, "The Dragon Master is merciful; you are lucky."
With that, he turned around and returned to Mu Jinyu's side, standing still and silent.
Wang Changge and the others sighed in relief at this.
Although they were known as the powerhouses of the Capital City, in reality, they seemed all too weak against an aloof and massive organization like the Dragon King Hall.
Just like a wealthy family dealing with a beggar.
For Dragon King Hall to clean them up and support another family in their place was simply too easy.
Initially facing Mu Jinyu and Su Zijin, they still dared to put on a strong front, wanting to question the billion-yuan compensation because, although they were the Old Dragon King's daughter and grandson, they could not represent Dragon King Hall.
Who knew what kind of attitude the new Dragon King would have toward them?!
Would it be friendly, or hostile?!
That's why they dared to stand their ground.
But now, with Mu Jinyu being the new Dragon King, naturally, they no longer had the courage to reason and resist against Mu Jinyu and Su Zijin.
The few of them then, all disheartened, took over pen and paper and wrote a hundred-billion IOU to Mu Jinyu with hearts full of humiliation.
After Wang Changge wrote this IOU, he, who had previously been full of vigor, suddenly aged by decades in an instant.
He knew that his son had caused a huge disaster today, causing the Wang Family to lose over a hundred billion, and as a father, he had failed to handle it in time; he feared that he would have to give up his position as the Head of the Wang Family.
Whether it was family members acting out of selfishness, already coveting his position with ambition, or acting out of public spirit, considering the greater good and asking him to resign, he was not going to keep his position.
Lady Zhou and the Li Family Member were equally ashen-faced.
And the young Wang, Li, and Zhou, lying prostrate on the ground, had a mental breakdown even more severe than theirs.
They had initially thought that their fathers and others would come and put Mu Jinyu in her place, only to find that in the end, the result was that they had been beaten up by Mu Jinyu for nothing, and their family had to compensate Mu Jinyu a hundred billion!
How utterly humiliating!
But more importantly, after this disaster, their days ahead would never again be as glorious as before.
No one would treat them as the Great Young Masters of the Capital and bow to them any longer!
If they had known that a moment of loose talk would lead to such a mess, they would have never dared to be so reckless yesterday.
But now, it was too late for regrets.
But the one who regretted the most was Young Master Wang!
Young Master Wang felt so regretful inside that his guts were turning green. If he had known this would be the outcome, he would have never gotten involved in this affair.
Now look at him, even though he wasn't the one who cursed at Su Zijin with foul language outside the mortuary, he had gotten himself trapped just because he wanted to curry favor with Young Master Zhou and the others.
The lofty status akin to the Capital City's Crown Prince would henceforth slip away from him!
After the few of them had written the IOU and handed it to Mu Jinyu, they turned to leave the place that brought them immense humiliation.
"Wait."
Su Zijin and Mu Jinyu spoke at the same time.
After speaking, they both paused for a moment, then said in unison, "You go first."
Mu Jinyu didn't want to argue with Su Zijin, so she nodded her head and said to them, "Don't be in such a hurry to leave, the account hasn't been settled yet."
"What other account?" Wang Changge clenched his fists tight and asked with an ugly expression.
Mu Jinyu ignored him and asked the shop owner hiding behind the counter, "Owner, we've disturbed your teahouse all morning, preventing business, how much is your daily profit? I'll have them compensate you!"