Chapter 863: Chapter 863

The death of Wang Jingzhong caused a huge stir in Yanjing and even throughout Huaxia, with some regarding him as a talented individual and mourning his death; others said he had committed unforgivable crimes and his death was well-deserved.

In response to the death of Wang Jingzhong, the Prime Minister assigned special personnel to conduct an investigation, which ultimately concluded that the death was a suicide due to fear of punishment.

Some observant people noticed that after the death of Wang Jingzhong, the Wang Family began to sell off a large amount of family assets, and the once aggressive and dominant members of the Wang Family also became noticeably more low-profile.

Several prominent clans in Yanjing that were on par with the Wang Family sensed something unusual about the incident and started using their networks and resources to gather information. Eventually, they discovered that the Wang Family had offended a major figure they shouldn’t have, Wang Jingzhong was forced into suicide, and the Wang Family had to make a hefty compensation to quell the anger of that powerful individual.

There were only a few who could pressure the esteemed Yanjing Wang Family to such an extent. Some guessed it was the Jiang Family of Yanjing, who often opposed the Wang Family, others thought the Lu Family acted from behind the scenes, and still others believed that the current Prime Minister was not pleased with the Wang Family’s actions and wanted to put them in their place.

Despite the speculation, very few would think of Fang Bai.

After all, no matter how formidable Fang Bai was, he was but one person, and although he had once defeated the Wang Family’s top expert, Wang Huashan, causing significant trouble for them, the Wang Family was still a behemoth with a hundred years of foundation. If the entire clan took up arms against Fang Bai, it would be difficult for him to come out on top.

Naturally, there were a few families who were well aware of the situation, such as the Yanjing Lu Family, Jiang Family, and Dongfang Family.

The Lu, Jiang, and Dongfang families were all on good terms with Fang Bai, and so he had warned these three major families before he prepared to take action against the Wang Family.

After planning their moves, the three major families gained tremendous benefits from the Wang Family’s ordeal.

Following the death of Wang Jingzhong, the "Sea-Calming Divine Needle" of the Wang Family, Wang Huashan, went mad due to too many distracting thoughts during a closed-door cultivation and became a cripple, dying in despondency not long after.

Wang Jingzhong’s wife, Jiang Fenglian, was reported for corruption and after an interrogation, she was cast into prison.

Wang Dong, whose legs had been broken by his grandfather, couldn’t withstand the blow of his father’s death and his mother’s imprisonment, and spent his days in a wheelchair, drowning his sorrows in alcohol at bars. In an accidental incident while drunk, he suffered a head injury, which left him insane.

Whether dead, mad, or punished, the members of Wang Jingzhong’s family met with dreadful fates, casting the entire Wang Family into a state of panic. Furthermore, with the other prominent clans seizing the opportunity to encroach on the Wang Family’s resources, the Yanjing Wang Family quickly declined and grew weaker by the day.

In just a few months, internal conflicts erupted among the Wang Family members, leading to a prolonged battle over the inheritance and eventually causing the disintegration of the Wang Family, which henceforth completely faded from the circle of Huaxia’s prominent clans.

Nobody expected that an entrenched clan with ample resources and extensive connections could fall from grace so swiftly.

To families like the Lu Family, although the Wang Family was not exterminated, it was hardly any different from being so.

And Fang Bai single-handedly brought down the entire Wang Family.

Through this incident, the Lu Family and other prominent clans also came to realize Fang Bai’s formidable nature. They started looking at him with new respect and repeatedly cautioned the younger generation in their families not to provoke Fang Bai, lest they bring about the potential disaster of clan extermination.

Fang Bai did not know that in the circle of the Huaxia’s prominent clans, he had been labeled as the "Tycoon Killer" and "Prominent Clans’ Nemesis," a nickname that struck fear into the hearts of others.

Shen Huanian of the Anxi Shen Family, Li Dongyang of the Donghai Li Family, and Xie Yifeng of the Yanjing Xie Family, who once had conflict with Fang Bai, all felt extremely uneasy, fearing that Fang Bai would come after them.

The conflict between Xie Yifeng and Fang Bai was just a trivial matter, not a major one. But after learning about this incident, Xie Yunrui, the head of the Xie Family, was frightened into a cold sweat. He took the initiative to approach Fang Bai and Continue reading more chapters on NovelHub for the best experience.

After the plot to frame Beauty Company was exposed, Shen Huanian and Li Dongyang were stripped of their rights to manage their family’s affairs by their respective families. Overnight, they went from being the lofty heirs of great fortunes to the laughing stock of their families, a situation they found difficult to accept. Their hatred towards Fang Bai was deep-seated.

To take revenge on Fang Bai and to erase the humiliation he had brought upon them, they, just like Wang Jingzhong of the Yanjing Wang Family, secretly hired assassins from Wrathful Beauties to target Fang Bai, not realizing that their identities as employers had been revealed to Fang Bai by Linghu Baimi.

Of course, neither Shen Huanian nor Li Dongyang knew that their identities had been disclosed to Fang Bai. While the fall of Wang Jingzhong and the Wang Family had made them recognize Fang Bai’s power, it had not instilled any sense of caution or crisis in them. They believed the fate of the Wang Family in Yanjing would not befall them.

Although Fang Bai was not bloodthirsty, he would not show mercy to his enemies. After dealing with Wang Jingzhong of the Yanjing Wang Family, he continued to raise the scythe of the Grim Reaper in his hand and swung it towards Shen Huanian and Li Dongyang.

One week after the incident with the Yanjing Wang Family, another shocking piece of news spread throughout Huaxia.

Shen Huanian of the Anxi Shen Family and Li Dongyang of the Donghai Li Family drowned in the Huangpu River in Donghai City after accidentally falling in while drunk at a gathering.

Shen Huanian and Li Dongyang were already cast-offs of their respective families. Their deaths did not attract much attention, but what was eerie was that, following their deaths, the Anxi Shen Family and the Donghai Li Family disposed of their assets and became exceedingly low-profile, much like the Wang Family had done earlier.

Overnight, the two great tycoon families went from prosperity to decline. Although they remained wealthy, their illustriousness was no more, and they also faced relentless attacks and encroachment from various hostile forces. Whether they could maintain their wealth was uncertain.

Given the previous incident with the Yanjing Wang Family and the "Beauty Company" product quality crisis, it was easy for people to associate the misfortunes of the Shen and Li families with Fang Bai.

The downfall of the Yanjing Wang Family, the Anxi Shen Family, and the Donghai Li Family elicited sighs of lament, but since they had brought their own doom, they garnered little sympathy.

The three great tycoon families had a complex network of relationships within Huaxia, and many people’s livelihoods depended on them. Their collapse implicated the interests of many, causing a series of disturbances in Huaxia.

To prevent similar incidents from happening again and causing further turmoil, the Prime Minister had no choice but to invite Fang Bai for a talk at the Prime Minister Palace through the leader of the Dragon Guard, Long Jingtian.