The Master and His Wealthy Fiancée

Chen Dong was speechless. To think he'd been wondering what trump card or backing made these people so brazenly arrogant.

And it turned out to be this joke of a man.

Before Chen Dong could speak, Master Luo licked his lips and said, "Kid, cut off your own limbs and beg me to spare your life, and I'll forgive you for ruining my fun!"

Liang Zhihong also said arrogantly, "Don't think you're so great just because you beat up a few dozen thugs. Those guys wouldn't last two or three minutes against Master Luo. If you know what's good for you, release my relatives and hand over the compensation money. Otherwise, you die here today."

Young Master Yang also lectured Yang Chao, saying, "See that? This is the kind of presence a true expert should have. With Master Luo's help, even the great and powerful families of Jiangzhou and Tianjiang will have to answer to us. The Four Great Families? Xiao Shishou? They'll be less than nothing!"

Chen Dong finally understood what it meant to be a frog in a well. He said lightly, "A single cultivator in the mere True Qi Realm is enough to make all of you this confident?"

Master Luo's expression tightened. 'This kid can see my Realm?'

He looked at how young Chen Dong was. 'To have cultivated Inner Strength by this age, he'd have to have started training at birth to be considered a genius. Even if he were a prodigy who had reached the True Qi Realm, I would still have nothing to fear.'

And so, he lifted his chin and sneered at Chen Dong, "You've got a bigger mouth than you have sense, courting death like this. It's too late to beg for mercy now. Let's see how arrogant you are after I personally break your limbs!"

With that, he leaped into the air and thrust a claw-hand toward Chen Dong, the attack carrying an astonishing presence.

Faced with the piercing strike, Chen Dong remained motionless, as if he were scared stiff. The hearts of Wang Hao, Wang Caifu, and Liang Shiyu leaped into their throats. Even though Chen Dong had displayed strange and unpredictable techniques earlier, they couldn't help but worry in the face of such a terrifyingly powerful move.

Young Master Yang and Liang Zhihong looked thrilled. Master Luo was truly worthy of his title as a True Qi expert; no matter how skilled this kid was, he would be taken down in a single move. The stronger Master Luo appeared, the more it proved they had bet on the right horse, making their painstaking efforts to invite him worthwhile.

The fierce, talon-like attack was now inches away from Chen Dong, poised to tear his head open. Everyone held their breath.

The piercing wind from the claw strike stirred the hair on Chen Dong's forehead. At that exact moment, Chen Dong moved. With no warning, he ducked and threw a punch. He had struck second, but his attack landed first. The eagle claw didn't touch a single hair on his head, yet Chen Dong's fist slammed into Master Luo's face. With a colossal THUD, Master Luo was hammered straight into the earth, leaving a large crater in the ground.

In the crater, Master Luo was bleeding from his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. He was no longer breathing.

Not only had a mere True Qi cultivator dared to attack him, but he also planned to act like a tyrant and bring disaster to the region. Naturally, Chen Dong saw no reason to hold back.

As Wang Hao, Wang Caifu, and Liang Shiyu breathed a huge sigh of relief, the jaws of Young Master Yang, Liang Zhihong, and their many subordinates hit the floor.

That Master Luo, who had seemed invincible to them, had been killed with a single punch was something they had never even considered possible.

"Weren't you going to cut me to pieces? Well, what are you waiting for?" Chen Dong said faintly. His tone was utterly calm, as placid as still water, as if punching Master Luo to death was the most trivial of matters.

Young Master Yang and Liang Zhihong were trembling from head to toe. Even with more than thirty men armed with cleavers behind them, they couldn't manage to utter a single arrogant word.

Seeing Chen Dong approaching step by step, his harmless appearance now seemed like that of a demon from Hell. Liang Zhihong was the first to break, collapsing to his knees. "G-Great Master… don't kill me!"

"The money?" Chen Dong asked quietly.

Shaking in fear, Liang Zhihong fumbled for his bank card and offered it to Chen Dong with both hands.

"How much is left?"

"Three million," Liang Zhihong replied in a small voice.

Chen Dong frowned. Thirty million down to three million this quickly? 'You probably couldn't burn through cash that fast even if you were literally setting it on fire.'

Sensing Chen Dong's displeasure, Liang Zhihong explained, "Gambling… I gambled it away."

Chen Dong's eyes turned cold. He flicked two small stones at Liang Zhihong's arms.

Blood sprayed into the air. Liang Zhihong's arms went limp, unable to be lifted again.

Thinking Chen Dong didn't believe him, Yang Chao said, "Mr. Chen, Liang Zhihong really did lose a lot of money these past few days. Otherwise, he wouldn't have started getting ideas about Liang Shiyu, hoping to curry favor with Master Luo and make a comeback."

Chen Dong shot Yang Chao a cold glance.

Yang Chao instantly felt a chill run down his spine and hurriedly begged for mercy. "Mr. Chen, we truly had no intention of making an enemy of you! We were forced into this by that Master Luo. He… he likes to toy with innocent young women. We had no other choice. Please, for Xu Qing's sake, let us go!"

'Chen Dong is Xu Qing's boyfriend,' Yang Chao thought. 'As long as I mention her name, he'll definitely let me and my cousin go. As for Liang Zhihong, I couldn't care less if he lives or dies. If it weren't for him, we wouldn't have ended up as Chen Dong's enemies today.'

When Wang Hao heard Xu Qing's name, he was surprised. 'Does Xu Qing have that much pull? Is there something going on between her and Brother Dong that I don't know about? Are they already together? No wonder Xu Qing is always bringing Brother Dong tea and water, buying him snacks, and tidying up his desk.'

For a moment, all sorts of strange speculations filled Wang Hao's mind.

Chen Dong ignored Yang Chao completely. He found the situation troubling. 'This isn't so simple,' he thought. 'There must be someone pulling the strings from behind the scenes.'

And so, he turned to Liang Zhihong and asked, "How did you find out about Liang Jiaceng's compensation money?"

Liang Zhihong said fearfully, "Some guy, you could tell he was rich just by his clothes, came and told me."