C479 Before the Destruction

The other elders were stunned and immediately understood what Yue Zhenyang meant.

That’s right. With the status of the Yue Family in Ning Province, how could they not hand over some money to those small families? Whoever didn’t hand over money would be destroyed.

All the treasures of a family would be theirs if they were destroyed.

The Patriarch was indeed wise.

That afternoon.

Two elders of the Yue Family took dozens of disciples and started to collect protection fees from the streets.

There were indeed no shops that dared to not hand over money because of the status of the Yue Family. Half of the money was handed over, and these small bosses didn’t know how painful it was.

However, none of them dared to say anything. Compared to the treasures, their lives were more important, right?

It was unknown whether the Yue Family had not seen the situation clearly, or if they were thinking that a strong dragon couldn’t suppress a local snake. They actually received the protection fees from the Phoenix Palace.

Feng Yu sat in a special room on the second floor of the association. She held a teacup in her hand and looked at the Sixth and Seventh Elders of the Yue Family who stood opposite to President Zhao with cold eyes.

Beside her was Lei Lie, who was dressed in black. Speaking of which, Lei Lie had already cultivated to the peak of the Origin Realm and was only one step away from breaking through to the Transformation Void Realm.

The thunder stone that Feng Yu gave him back then could be said to be a great contribution. That thunder stone was definitely a fortuitous encounter for Lei Lie.

Downstairs.

President Zhao’s assistant stood next to him and smiled as he looked at the Sixth and Seventh Elders with an unfriendly face. He said, “You two, I didn’t hear what you said clearly. Please explain it to me.”

Back when the Phoenix Palace was developing in the Ning Province, the Yue Family had been trying to stop them. If it wasn’t for the situation, they wouldn’t have allowed the Phoenix Palace to take root in the Ning Province.

Now, they actually came to collect protection fees. Did he hear it wrong?

Thinking that the highest ruler of the Phoenix Palace was sitting upstairs, President Zhao was confident. He couldn’t embarrass the Palace Lord. Otherwise, if the Palace Lord wasn’t satisfied with him, maybe the Hall Master of the Lightning Palace would send him a lightning ball.

The Sixth Elder sneered and said, “President Zhao, the Phoenix Palace hasn’t been in the Ning Province for long. You might not know the rules of the Ning Province. If you want to do business in the Ning Province, you can’t not build a good relationship with the Yue Family.”

The entire Northern Wasteland knew how rich the Phoenix Palace was. The newspaper had made a lot of money and attracted many families.

The Yue Family had been eyeing the Phoenix Palace for a long time. If they didn’t care about their reputation, why would they attack the Phoenix Palace now?

Before, they cared about their reputation, but since the treasury was emptied, they didn’t care anymore. They couldn’t even eat anymore. Who cared about that?

President Zhao was the president of the branch of the Phoenix Palace. He was a cunning old fox.

He smiled and said gently, “You are wrong, Sixth Elder. Although the Phoenix Palace hasn’t been in the Ning province for long, we have a good relationship with the three big families. How can we not build a good relationship?”

They had talked for almost half an hour, but they still hadn’t come to an agreement. The patience of the Sixth Elder and the Seventh Elder had almost been worn out. They had already paid the protection fee for the whole afternoon, but they had never seen the Phoenix Palace so difficult to deal with.

No matter what they said, they would kick it back like a ball, as if they didn’t put the Yue Family in their eyes at all.

The Seventh Elder snorted and said, “Chairman Zhao, you seem to be very unreasonable. Let me ask you again, do you want to pay or not?”

Chairman Zhao smiled and said in a daze, “It seems that the two elders haven’t made it clear yet. What do we have to pay? How do we pay?”

The Sixth Elder didn’t want to waste time with Chairman Zhao anymore. This person was a businessman, and he was good at talking. The two of them were cultivators, but in terms of talking, they were far from being his match. They could only fight him directly.

They would use force to conquer him.

In this world, they relied on their fists, not their mouths.

“Somebody, since Chairman Zhao is so unreasonable, we will smash this place and make Chairman Zhao understand.”

The Sixth Elder gave an order, and more than ten months old disciples rushed out from behind. Each of them had a stick in their hands, and they looked fierce.

Chairman Zhao’s expression changed slightly, and his eyes turned cold. He sneered and said, “Are you two elders bandits? I have broadened my horizons.”

The Sixth Elder and the Seventh Elder humphed and turned their heads away. None of them spoke. It was true that bandits and thieves were bad, but they weren’t doing such a thing right now.

Chairman Zhao looked away from the two elders and said, “In that case, I won’t be polite.”

After saying that, he clapped his hands and a dozen guards with blades in their hands came out from the back door. The Phoenix Palace was doing such a big business, so how could they not have guards?

Apart from the Hall of Souls, they also had a group of guards. The Hall of Souls wouldn’t usually take action.

Fortunately, the customers who were visiting the shops had already left when the Yue Family came in. Otherwise, this scene would scare countless people.

The Sixth Elder and the Seventh Elder looked at the guards and their expressions became ugly. They had never thought that the Phoenix Palace would resist the Yue Family so brazenly. They were really bold.

Because of the sudden appearance of the guards, the two sides started to confront each other. Because of this, they didn’t have the time to smash anything yet.

Feng Yu put down her teacup and said, “Brother Lei, I’ll leave those two old men to you.”

Lei Lie’s handsome face didn’t change at all as he said, “Yes, Palace Master.”

Just as the two sides were confronting each other, a dark and slender figure walked out with a black lightning staff in his hand. There was a resplendent crystal embedded on the tip of the staff.

A powerful aura was released.

The Sixth Elder and the Seventh Elder turned around at the same time and saw a figure wearing a black ghost mask. Behind him were twenty-something figures wearing silver masks.

A strong sense of fear rose in the air. The Sixth Elder and the Seventh Elder subconsciously stepped back.

“Palace Master.”

Guild Leader Zhao bowed deeply and expressed his respect to Lei Lie. Lei Lie faintly nodded and said in a cold voice, “Close the door.”

“Yes, Palace Master.”

Guild Leader Zhao was slightly stunned. He took out a token and fiddled with it a few times. Then, the door of the guild slowly closed and a heavy sound was made.

The Sixth Elder and the Seventh Elder were suppressed by the atmosphere and they swallowed their saliva. They said nervously, “What do you want?”

Even the disciples of the Yue Family who were holding sticks couldn’t help but feel their legs go soft. They retreated toward the Sixth Elder and the Seventh Elder in fear. Finally, they gathered together.

“Didn’t you want to cause trouble in the Phoenix Palace?”

Lei Lie’s footsteps moved slightly. He took a step and said, “Then leave your lives here.”

The last sentence was like the death sentence of a god from hell. The Sixth Elder and the Seventh Elder’s eyes were wide open. They swallowed their saliva and said in fear, “If you dare to touch us, the Yue Family will not let you go.”

Lei Lie said carelessly, “Since they dare to touch you, they are not afraid that the Yue Family won’t let us go.”

He moved his arm and the lightning staff in his hand started to glow with black lightning. The lightning staff was as thick as a wrist and it was like a snake as it charged toward the twenty people.

The staff in his hand was made by the top weapons forgers of the Palace of the Phoenix. Although it was not a Saint Weapon, its power was close to a Saint Weapon.

The lightning swept across and the twenty people of the Yue Family couldn’t resist at all. They fell to the ground and stopped breathing. They were as black as charcoal and the air was filled with a burnt smell.

Lei Lie looked coldly at the dead people of the Yue Family on the ground. He walked up to the second floor and stood next to Feng Yu. He said, “Palace Master, how do we deal with their bodies?”

Feng Yu’s eyebrows twitched and she said, “Send them back to the Yue Family after dark, but the Yue Family won’t let it go. They will come to the Palace of the Phoenix for revenge. So, I need to ask the two ancestors of the Li Family and the Lin Family to come out and destroy the Yue Family before dark.”

Pausing for a second, Feng Yu continued, “Senior Brother Lei, tell President Zhao that I don’t need to sell the newspaper that I printed. I will let the people of the association distribute it for free. Send it to anyone you see. Make sure that everyone in Ning Province has a copy before you go to the Yue Family to send the bodies.”

“Especially the Lin Family and the Li Family.”

The Feng Palace was far from being a match for the Yue Family, and the news of the Sixth and Seventh Elder’s death wouldn’t be kept for long. At most, it would be kept for the night before the sky turned dark.

Once Yue Zhenyang got the news that the two elders were killed, he would lead the others to the Feng Palace to take revenge. So, she had to make the Lin Family and the Li Family stay away from the Yue Family and destroy the Yue Family before the sky turned dark.

Although it was a bit difficult, she would do it.

After all, the Lin Family and the Li Family were both selfish. As long as the Yue Family was destroyed, the Feng Palace would be the only dominant force in the Ning Province.

Of course, the other new competitor was the Feng Palace.

The Feng Palace would eventually return to the situation of the three parts of the world. Of course, if the two families couldn’t accept the Feng Palace, then the Feng Palace would turn against them.

After Lei Lie accepted the order, he left and passed Feng Yu’s order to President Zhao.

Hearing that it was the order of the Supreme Palace Master, President Zhao didn’t dare to neglect it. He quickly took out the newspaper that he had just printed and gathered all the guards in the association. There were about forty people in total.

He gave the newspaper to the guards and told them to distribute it for free.

After only two hours, a piece of news that could shock the entire Ning Province spread. It was the truth about the death of the proud daughter of the Lin Family, Lin Qianxiao, and the Li Family’s Young Master, Li Xiaoran.