"Bang!"
Luo Xuanzhong, in a fit of rage, overturned the incense table and hurled it at the great Buddha statue in the center, a stark contrast to his previous "piety" and "sincerity"!
"You scoundrel Bai Zihe, how dare you!"
"How dare you!!!"
Still not sated, Luo Xuanzhong even stepped forward and kicked the Buddha statue in its belly, toppling it to the ground with a crash.
"Benefactor!"
Just then, the abbot of Nanming Temple, hearing the commotion, rushed over.
"Amitabha..."
The abbot chanted a Buddhist invocation, pleading, "Benefactor, please do not be angry. Everything is already destined by fate..."
*Swish!*
But before he could finish speaking.
Luo Xuanzhong drew the sword from the waist of a nearby martial arts bodyguard and slashed at the abbot's neck, roaring hysterically, "My grandson is dead, and you tell me not to be angry!"
"Then if I kill you now, is that also fated by destiny!"
"Ah—tell me!!!"
But the abbot, dead from a sword blow and bleeding profusely, could no longer answer him.
Luo Xuanzhong vented his fury on everything he saw.
After a long while, he finally regained his senses, glared at Lü Shun with a grim expression, and asked in a deep voice, "Feng'er is dead, and Hong Tianyin and Chen Zhennan have no reaction?"
"N-not a… single bit of movement."
"Good, good!"
Luo Xuanzhong laughed in his rage, his dragon-headed cane smashing the toppled incense burner to pieces: "Pass it down, within ten days, I will make the economy of Suzhou and Hangzhou collapse and the people's lives chaotic!"
"Send word to Chen Zhennan and Hong Tianyin."
"If the murderer of my grandson escapes Suzhou and Hangzhou, then their heads will be forfeit!"
...
Suzhou and Hangzhou Karate Dojo.
Yata Tanaka-ichi's face turned extremely grim as he looked at the pathetic state of Yata Ichiro, his mustache beneath his nose twitching.
"Who did this!"
Yata Ichiro, with half his teeth knocked out, spoke with a lisp, his voice muffled, "It was, it was Bai Zihe!"
"Bai Zihe?!"
Yata Tanaka-ichi's eyes widened in fury.
It seemed the incident with the Ling family was also due to Bai Zihe.
Truly, enemies often meet.
"Don't worry, I will help you kill him!"
Yata Tanaka-ichi consoled Yata Ichiro for a moment before instructing a subordinate, "Go and tell the Ling family that we, the warriors of the Rising Sun, will fully support the Ling family in killing Bai Zihe!"
Meanwhile.
The Zheng family.
Zheng Ding Tian's face showed a rare smile.
"Father, has there been news from that lord?" Zheng Haoxiong guessed, asking quickly.
"Mm."
Zheng Ding Tian nodded with a smile, but his grin looked chilling. "That lord said he will be lurking nearby on the day of the memorial ceremony."
"When necessary, he will strike down Bai Zihe in one fell swoop!"
As he spoke, the previously somber Zheng family suddenly became lively.
"That's great!"
"With that lord making a move, Bai Zihe is bound to die!"
"Our Zheng family is saved!"
On the streets of Suzhou and Hangzhou...
Traffic continued to flow as usual, no different from any other day.
But beneath this calm and prosperous facade, undercurrents had already formed, spreading throughout Suzhou and Hangzhou, centered around the three great families.
A single misstep could engulf one, leading to death without even knowing how.
The storm was gathering, the winds were filling the tower.
...
Tenglong Bay.
The night air was cool, the sunset unparalleled.
After Bai Zihe administered acupuncture to Bai Zhanhong once more, the medicinal power of the Golden Thread Qilin Marrow had been mostly absorbed.
Bai Zhanhong's legs were also essentially healed.
This put both of them in a good mood.
On the other side.
Bai Ruoyi and Liu Qianxun, though similar in age, had experienced far less than Liu Qianxun, the poison master.
Therefore, as she listened to Bai Ruoyi recount her bizarre stories with vivid detail, she was soon captivated. The two quickly became close friends, calling each other sisters.
Xue Er suddenly arrived at the doorway, looking at Bai Zihe.
Bai Zihe understood her meaning and voluntarily walked onto the balcony.
Liu Qianxun watched Bai Zihe's retreating figure, making faces, "The devil is going to cause trouble again!"
"My brother isn't a devil!"
Bai Ruoyi immediately retorted, "He's the best brother in the world!"
"Tsk!"
Liu Qianxun scoffed, "That's because you haven't seen your brother when he's ruthless, tsk, he's so decisive and brutal..."
"That's when dealing with bad people!"
Bai Ruoyi pouted, "No matter what he's like outside, as long as he's good to me at home, he's a good brother!"
Huh?
That actually makes sense.
For the first time, Liu Qianxun found herself unable to refute Bai Ruoyi.
On the balcony.
Xue Er reported, "Young Master, the Luo family from the provincial capital has made their move."