"Yes..."
"Stop, shut up."
Just as Tang Shaoqing was about to explain, Yan Lin interrupted him directly.
"Buddy, come here for a moment."
Yan Lin turned his head and glanced around, then waved at a person standing relatively close.
That person was still a bit bewildered at being suddenly called by Yan Lin, and subconsciously looked left and right.
"Don't look around, yes, you."
After repeated confirmation, the person reluctantly came before Yan Lin.
Adding the five Dao Protectors following Yan Lin, there were now five Emperor-rank grand cultivators gathered here. As he approached Yan Lin, he felt as if a great mountain was pressing down on him.
He just wanted to get closer to watch the show; he wouldn't get dragged into it, would he?
He was just a Professional from an ordinary family; even the Tang Family, who were scared witless, was not someone he could offend.
Seeing his hesitant manner, Yan Lin didn't rush him.
When he finally came closer, Yan Lin tapped his smart ear stud, and a message notification sounded on the boy's smart wristband.
The boy opened his smart wristband, and after seeing the content, his pupils sharply contracted.
"One, two, three... five zeros, a full 500,000 credit points."
Seeing such a large credit points transfer, the boy's breathing became heavy.
His family might not even earn that many credit points in a year.
"Hey, buddy, tell me what he said just now, and this will be your reward."
Yan Lin continued speaking only after the boy gradually recovered from his shock.
"Ah, oh, okay, okay..."
At first, when he was called out, he felt unlucky, but this young master was simply too generous.
Immediately after, the boy recounted everything he had heard to Yan Lin in meticulous detail.
Of course, it had been processed countless times, making Tang Zhi and Tang Shaoqing, who were not far away, fume with anger.
However, with five terrifying figures standing beside them, they dared not act rashly.
"Oh, is that so?"
After listening to the boy's narration, Yan Lin approached Tang Shaoqing with a strange smile.
But the smile didn't reach his eyes, making Tang Shaoqing feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave.
"Young Master Lin, it's, it's not like that..."
Seeing Yan Lin approach him, Tang Shaoqing quickly tried to explain.
"Oh, no, no, no, I don't deserve it, Young Master Tang."
Tang Shaoqing's words were cut off halfway by Yan Lin again.
He slapped Tang Shaoqing's face with one hand; it wasn't a hard slap, but a clear smacking sound could be heard.
With each slap, Yan Lin uttered a sentence.
"The most arrogant young master in the Central District."
"Trampling over the four great families of the Central District."
"What is the Jing Family of Tianyuan City?"
"Tang Laosan, you're quite arrogant."
Yan Lin kicked Tang Shaoqing back to the ground, then bent forward, looking down at the terrified Tang Shaoqing.
"Misunderstanding, really a misunderstanding, I really didn't say these things, Young Master Lin."
Despite being humiliated by Yan Lin, Tang Shaoqing felt no anger, only endless fear in his heart.
"I don't care if you said it or not, I heard it, so you said it."
Yan Lin wasn't a fool; after hearing the person's narration, he had pretty much figured it out.
So Yan Lin didn't come to reason with Tang Shaoqing at all; he wasn't worthy.
Seeing Tang Shaoqing's cowardly state, he originally wanted to kick him again, but the foul odor that wafted over ultimately made Yan Lin stop.
"Xiao Yuan, how should we deal with these two guys?"
Yan Lin turned around and pointed at Tang Zhi and the other.
Ultimately, this was a Jing Family matter; he could help vent anger, but it wasn't appropriate for him to overstep.
"Take them back and let the Tang Family ransom them."
The matter still needed to ferment; there was no need to crush them so urgently.
"Alright, Elder Wen, lend a hand."
Hearing Jing Yuan's words, Yan Lin turned to call out to his Dao Protector.
Elder Wen nodded, flashed in front of Tang Zhi and Tang Shaoqing, and with a wave of his hand, a rope constructed of spiritual power appeared, directly binding the two.
Tang Zhi still wanted to open his mouth to continue arguing, but his mouth was directly sealed by a spiritual force. He couldn't even open his mouth and could only make "whimpering" sounds.
"Let's go, let's head back."
With the people captured and having been exposed here for so long, the objective had been achieved. The rest was to wait for the aftermath to unfold.
The Tang Family's status wasn't particularly high, but it certainly wasn't low either. The desired effect had been achieved.
"Let's go to Xiao Yuan's place. Everyone broke through today, we should celebrate together."
Yan Lin waved his hand, directly hanging Tang Zhi and the other on the bumper of the hovercar.
He called Ye Tianying and the other two, and they drove towards the Jing Residence.
Outside the Jing Residence, five hovercars stopped and were parked in the aerial parking lot one after another.
"Ah, Xiao Yuan, your family is still the most magnificent."
Arriving in front of the Jing Residence and looking up at its imposing gate, Yan Lin couldn't help but exclaim.
Among their five families, only the ancestral homes of the Jing Family and the Ye Family were ancient Eastern-style buildings.
However, compared to the Jing Family's grand and imposing style, the Ye Family's mansion was built with the graceful and elegant style of the south.
Speaking of which, the Liu Family's mansion was more rugged; looking down from above, it even resembled a collection of giant training grounds.
As for the Xiao Family, there was no need to mention it. As excellent mechanics, their mansions were full of sci-fi elements, like a dream.
So, it seemed only their family was the most ordinary.
Just an ordinary manor of over 50 million square meters, simple and unadorned. (Referencing Goodwood Estate)
After returning to the Jing Residence, Gu Xiao and Lu Li went back to wash up. Ye Tianying and the others' Dao Protectors followed Guan Heqing, taking Tang Zhi and the other two away. Yan Lin and the other three followed Jing Yuan back to the Piaomiao Residence.
Wutong Courtyard
"Xiao Li, I'm done washing, you go ahead."
Gu Xiao emerged from the bathroom wrapped in a bath towel, her long hair loose. The tightly wrapped bath towel accentuated her graceful figure, and a pair of plump, long, fair legs swayed beneath the towel, making one dizzy.
Picking up the hairdryer handed to her by artificial intelligence butler, Gu Xiao began to dry her hair.
Looking at Gu Xiao, who had just come out of the bathroom, Lu Li remembered her intention to "punish" Gu Xiao upon returning from the secret realm.
"Okay."
Lu Li first responded, then, while Gu Xiao wasn't paying attention, Lu Li quietly came up behind Gu Xiao.
Her hands reached in from both sides of Gu Xiao's body, two fair, jade-like hands with palms facing up, scooped upwards, and then grabbed tightly.
"Lu Li, what are you doing!"
"Hehe, I'm going to take a bath first."
Meanwhile, at Piaomiao Residence.
"Crack."
Jing Yuan, who was chatting with Ye Tianying and the others, his hand trembled, and he suddenly crushed the teacup he was holding. The crisp sound drew the attention of all four.
"What happened?"
Looking at the teacup in Jing Yuan's hand, covered in cracks and faintly leaking tea, the four looked at Jing Yuan, puzzled.
"Nothing, I just broke through, and my aura hasn't fully stabilized yet."
Jing Yuan calmly poured out the tea, threw the broken teacup into the trash can, and then took another teacup to pour himself some tea.