Chapter 1368: Chapter 1368
"Sorry, sorry, got a bit too into character."
The burly man with a pig-like face hurriedly apologized and then shouted loudly, "Stop playing games with me, now go out one by one to get your wallets and phones, then transfer the money to the bank accounts I provide. Anyone who can’t come up with two billion can just go die."
Under the escort of a group of mysterious individuals, a group of wealthy people orderly walked out, paying before they were allowed to leave.
"Sister Cang, Ming’s move is too brilliant."
The man with the pig-like face excitedly looked at the person in the Chang’e mask, "Two billion per rich person, and there are over a hundred guests here. We can earn hundreds of billions from this one job, which is much faster than doing business."
"Tch, to think you are the master of a sect, and you get shocked by such a small amount of money. How can you mix with us this way?"
Chen Cang sneered disdainfully, "These unkind wealthy guys actually came here to buy women. My thought is to kill them all anyway since we have the Ming Group to take the blame for us."
"Ahem, ahem, these are all wealthy people from the country. Killing them all would cause social unrest."
Liu Bi awkwardly smiled, not daring to say more, truly fearing Chen Cang would go on a killing spree.
Subsequently, the guests present paid and left the club, and when they went out, their possessions were robbed entirely, even their clothes were stripped off.
Once these people escaped from the club, they felt like crying but had no tears!
They initially came to attend an auction, intending to buy a few female martial artists, but ended up not getting anything and losing two billion. Most infuriatingly, they were stripped naked, humiliated like a white pig.
They hurriedly fled the club, then gathered together to start researching what was going on.
The auction was hosted by the Sun and Moon Group, which has a powerful background, supposedly making it impossible for anyone to cause trouble at this event. Furthermore, security was tight upon entry; how were there so many armed personnel suddenly?
The only possibility left was that those bandits were actually from the Sun and Moon Group!
Also, although the Sun and Moon Group’s advertisement was for auctioning female martial artists, apart from the first one, Fang Yan, who showed strength, the other women were immediately auctioned, and no one knew if they were truly female martial artists.
Linking these things together, these victims concluded that they were deceived by the Sun and Moon Group, and the so-called auction itself was a massive trap.
With this thought, they returned to their respective territories and then united to lodge complaints with relevant departments about the Sun and Moon Group’s bandit behavior, ultimately leading everything to point at the Ming Group.
When Fu Tianyou heard this news, he was almost infuriated to death.
Although these wealthy individuals are not powerful in martial arts, they are the top people in the country’s wealth pyramid, and even the Ming Group and several big families rely on these people to do business.
Now, this group collectively complained about the Sun and Moon Group, demanding an explanation from the Ming Group, even the Ming Group had to take it seriously.
Forced into a corner, Fu Tianyou pinned all the blame on Lengzhan and the Ming Group Martial Arts Inspection Team, while simultaneously ordering the closure of the Sun and Moon Group.
From then on, the Sun and Moon Group, the most significant financial organization for external money-making of the Ming Group, declared bankruptcy. Additionally, the henchman department, the Ming Group Martial Arts Inspection Team, responsible for amassing wealth for the Ming Group and various Ming Group faction families, was also dismantled.
Furthermore, the Ming Group offended so many wealthy individuals at once, this time suffering a significant primordial energy loss, and Fu Tianyou, infuriated to the point of vomiting blood, ended up in the hospital.
The main issue is the grievance!
The matter had nothing to do with him; it was entirely Lengzhan acting on his initiative, and those mysterious individuals robbing the wealthy individuals were not sent by him.
The most infuriating part was, in the end, he didn’t even know who exactly robbed the rich, pinning the blame on the Ming Group, putting them completely on the spot with no grounds.
After driving away unrelated individuals, Tang Ming rescued the remaining people of the Heavenly Cloud Palace along with his team.
Bai Feifei reunited with her fellow disciples while crying, and the atmosphere was exceedingly sorrowful.
The Heavenly Cloud Palace used to be lively, but now only more than a hundred young and beautiful female disciples remained; the White Cloud Palace Master and some older, less attractive disciples were all killed.
The women left to participate in the auction were all of remarkable beauty, the only way to attract those wealthy individuals.
After the Heavenly Cloud Palace disciples were rescued, Tang Ming helped detoxify them from the poison on their bodies, then gathered in the club plaza.
Chen Cang contentedly stood behind Tang Ming with the Flowing Cloud Sect’s people, while Bai Feifei led the Heavenly Cloud Palace disciples in front of Tang Ming.
"Thank you, young master, for your great kindness and virtue. Our Heavenly Cloud Palace is deeply grateful."
Bai Feifei took the lead in kneeling and kowtowing to Tang Ming, followed by all the women of the White Cloud Palace kneeling down.
"We are willing to serve as slaves and servants in the future to repay the young master’s great kindness and virtue."
The crowd collectively kowtowed to Tang Ming in gratitude.
"Ladies, please rise quickly."
Tang Ming hurriedly helped Bai Feifei up, apologetically looking at the women before him: "The Heavenly Cloud Palace has already merged under my command; it’s my failure to protect you, it’s my fault."
"Wooo, this matter has nothing to do with you, young master. The Ming Group Martial Arts Inspection Team has always wanted to annex our Heavenly Cloud Palace. If it hadn’t been for the young master’s intervention, the Heavenly Cloud Palace would have met with disaster long ago."
Bai Feifei recounted emotionally while wiping her tears.
"Sigh, no matter what, it’s my lack of care. If I could have stationed people at the Heavenly Cloud Palace in advance, the Heavenly Cloud Palace wouldn’t have faced such a calamity now."
Tang Ming sighed, genuinely feeling guilty.
"Ming, the immediate priority now is how to settle these Heavenly Cloud Palace disciples?"
Chen Cang stepped forward, reminding worriedly.
"Well... do you all have any plans for the future?"
Tang Ming uncertainly looked at Bai Feifei and the others.
Bai Feifei and the others exchanged glances, finally shaking their heads with perplexity.
Currently, the sect’s location is already reduced to ashes, and they’ve lived in the sect since childhood, now without anywhere to go.
With their mentoring elders deceased, no one is there to help plan their future.
Moreover, some of these people had been violated by the Ming Group, and if not properly settled, they either wouldn’t recover from the trauma, their lives ruined, or would take extreme measures causing societal harm; none of these are what Tang Ming hopes to see.
"Ming, the Heavenly Cloud Palace is destroyed; they seem to have nowhere to go."
Chen Cang weakly said while looking at Tang Ming: "If you don’t care about them, their future life may become unbearable."
"So many people, how should I settle them?"
Tang Ming furrowed his brow; if these were ordinary people, he could arrange for them to work and live at Liu Family’s company.
But currently, these are all martial artists, including martial masters, thus not able to integrate into normal urban life.
"How about letting these people join our Flowing Cloud Sect?"
Liu Bi excitedly proposed: "Our Flowing Cloud Sect is male-dominated and female-deficient; if we could incorporate so many female martial artists at once, our strength could definitely double." (Moving house today, hence the late update.)