Chapter 796: Accumulate Some Virtue for Yourself

Li Qing was about to call for backup as he spoke; as the king of the underworld across several streets, he had never been slapped like this before, and now he was beyond furious, swearing to kill Chen Yu.

"Stop trying to drag your Senior Brothers into this. Is Zhang Er Mazi of the Diamond Fist your Sect Master?" Chen Yu glanced at Li Qing.

"You've heard of my master?" Li Qing was stunned.

"I've heard of him. Judging by your posturing, you probably haven't even met your master, have you? How about this: why don't you make a call to one of your Inner Sect Disciple Senior Brothers and ask him who I, Chen Yu, am." Chen Yu sneered, "It won't be too late to make a move after you've asked clearly."

"Who exactly are you?" Li Qing looked at Chen Yu's powerful aura and began to feel uneasy; he felt that Chen Yu's name sounded somewhat familiar.

"Who am I? Why don't you ask and find out?" Chen Yu said.

"Brother Qing, don't believe his nonsense. This brat is just an ordinary person," Zhu Lingxue sneered.

"If you really believe the words of this brainless woman, then do as you please," Chen Yu said indifferently, "Just don't implicate your sect when the time comes; no one will be able to save you then."

"Senior Brother Wang, someone has come to me here who seems to have some background. I want to ask you if you know him." Li Qing finally made the call; he glanced at Chen Yu and called his Senior Brother.

"What's his name?" The person on the other end had clearly been drinking, and his tone was somewhat slurred.

"He says his name is Chen Yu," Li Qing said, "I seem to have heard this name somewhere before, and it was from you Senior Brothers."

"Chen Yu? Is he a young man?" The person's drunkenness vanished in an instant.

"Yes, he is a young man, looks quite ordinary, he..."

"Li Qing, you damn bastard, show him some respect! He is the newly appointed Martial Alliance Leader." On the other end of the receiver, a man jumped up from his sofa with a start, cold sweat instantly breaking out on his forehead.

"Senior Brother Wang, you... what did you say?" Li Jing's forehead was beaded with fine sweat; he looked at Chen Yu in disbelief. Reminded by his Senior Brother, he finally understood why Chen Yu's name sounded familiar.

This Chen Yu was the newly appointed Martial Alliance Leader. Just yesterday, while drinking with his Senior Brothers, he had heard that Chen Yu had defeated three Martial Ancestors in a single move and had also beaten a Half-step Dharma Cultivator Elder of the Tiance Sword Mansion to a pulp.

"Li Qing, did you offend him?" The person roared in a rage, "If you offended him, then end your own life! Our Diamond Fist sect has nothing to do with you. If you dare to expose your identity as an Outer Sect Disciple, the sect will kill you and wipe out your entire clan."

"Senior Brother Wang, I haven't offended him yet, not yet. I know what to do, thank you, Senior Brother." Cold sweat instantly broke out on Li Qing's forehead. He looked at Chen Yu in terror, and suddenly, he walked to the front and fell to his knees before Chen Yu with a thud.

"Alliance Leader Chen, I am a blind man. I had eyes but failed to recognize you in person. Please forgive me for my previous offenses, Alliance Leader Chen." Li Qing's voice was trembling.

He knew how strong those in the Martial Dao were. While he claimed to be a man of the pugilistic world, he knew in his heart that he was just gilding his own lily with money; a high-level martial arts expert could kill him with a single slap.

That Chen Yu was actually that newly appointed young Alliance Leader made him feel it was incredible; the slap Chen Yu had given him earlier had truly been a display of great restraint.

"Brother Qing, what are you doing? Why are you kneeling to him?" Zhu Lingxue was dumbfounded. She looked at Li Qing with a blank expression, not knowing what he was doing.

"Shut up! This is the new Alliance Leader of the Martial Alliance, Alliance Leader Chen. Zhu Lingxue, why aren't you kneeling yet? Are you trying to get me killed, you damn woman?" Li Qing was scared out of his wits. He had finally seen just how brainless this woman Zhu Lingxue was; she had brought a massive disaster upon him.

"Brother Qing, you must be mistaken, right? How could he be the Alliance Leader of the Martial Alliance?" Zhu Lingxue was stunned, unable to process the situation.

"Are you still not kneeling?" Li Qing was furious. He kicked Zhu Lingxue to the ground and then forced an ugly smile onto his face: "Alliance Leader Chen, I... I actually have no relationship with her."

"Is that so? As far as I know, the only reason she is so arrogant is because you are backing her behind the scenes. You've cleaned up many messes for her and pulled many strings for her—don't you have any idea yourself?" Chen Yu leaned down: "Li Qing, do you think it's any harder for me to kill you than it is to kill an ant?"

"Spare my life, Alliance Leader Chen! I won't dare to do it again. I was truly wrong, please let me go." Li Qing was terrified to the point of losing control of his bowels. Chen Yu's words were not a joke; truthfully, if Chen Yu wanted to kill him, it was indeed simpler than killing an ant.

"Then you should know what to do, right? First, admit that the foundation matter was something you intentionally smeared, and admit that you extorted three hundred million from Tang Xinyi. Third, confess all the people you have blackmailed in the past. I'll give you half a day; if you don't confess yourself, I will publish it for you. But if you really make me take action, you know the consequences." Chen Yu said coldly.

"Brother Qing, help me, I can't do this. If I really do this, I'm finished," Zhu Lingxue cried out.

She knew in her heart what she had done. Relying on her status as a reporter and her fame, she had smeared many people in the media. Any enterprise she targeted would be maliciously slandered, with fabricated stories made out of thin air.

These enterprises would often suffer heavy losses. If they didn't pay to resolve the disaster, Zhu Lingxue would add fuel to the fire, causing the enterprise to completely collapse. If she voluntarily admitted to these things, she would truly be finished, and she would also face imprisonment.

Moreover, if those enterprises pursued the matter now, she might end up in jail.

"Shut up." Li Qing was only concerned with saving his own life now; how could he care about Zhu Lingxue? He shoved Zhu Lingxue aside and then put on a fawning smile: "Alliance Leader Chen, rest assured, I guarantee that the Tang Clan matter will be reversed by tomorrow morning. Please rest assured."

"That would be best. But if you fail to do it by tomorrow, watch out for your own head," Chen Yu said indifferently, then he turned his head and pulled Tang Xinyi: "Let's go, Xinyi."

After the two left, Li Qing collapsed onto the ground with a thud. His face was deathly pale, and his back was drenched in cold sweat.

"Brother Qing, help me. I've been with you for so many years; you can't just watch me die," Zhu Lingxue pleaded.

"Zhu Lingxue, I don't want you to die either, but there's no way around it. You offended someone this time. Do you know what kind of existence the Martial Alliance is? Do you know how strong someone like Chen Yu is? Crushing you and me is as simple as crushing an ant," Li Qing sighed.