237: Chapter 237 A Stunning Beauty Without Disguise!

Creak—

The heavy vermilion gates slowly closed, completely sealing off the blood and clamor of the outside world.

The moment the gates shut, the entire No. 44 Courtyard in Locust Tree Alley seemed to transform into a fairyland independent of the mundane world. A Spiritual Qi so thick it wouldn't disperse rushed toward them, even condensing into wisps of white mist in mid-air.

"Whew... I'm roasting! I'm suffocating!"

Just as they stepped into the courtyard and confirmed there were no more outsiders watching, Mary was the first to impatiently tear off the oversized black trench coat she was wearing.

The trench coat hit the ground.

That incredibly explosive, sexy body clad in a black lace bikini was instantly revealed without reservation.

Mary took deep breaths of the pure Spiritual Qi in the courtyard. Her proud, fair, and full breasts rose and fell violently with her breathing; the deep cleavage looked as if it could suck a person's Soul right in. She kicked off her high heels and, with her long legs as white as frost and snow, pounced directly onto Su Yang's back.

"Boss, you're way too overbearing. Making me wear such a thick trench coat on such a hot day, I almost got heat rash!"

Mary pouted her rosy lips like a spoiled cat, wantonly rubbing that startling softness of her chest against Su Yang's back.

Ji Ruxue also elegantly unbuttoned her trench coat, casually tossing the heavy garment onto a nearby stone table.

Underneath, she was still wearing only that oversized white shirt of Su Yang's.

The collar was open, exposing a large area of skin as delicate as mutton-fat jade to the air. Because it had been tightly wrapped in the trench coat just now, those two magnificent snow peaks finally seemed to find liberation, swaying slightly under the cover of the shirt with a natural, bone-deep, and ultimate temptation.

"Sister Mary, you don't understand."

Ji Ruxue swayed her exaggerated water-snake waist as she walked over to Su Yang, naturally half-kneeling by his leg. Her dark red peach-blossom eyes were filled with an inseparable spring-like tenderness.

"Master is being protective. Our bodies are for Master's eyes only. If those filthy Mortals outside get even a single glance, it would be defiling Master's private property. Personally, I think the way Master got angry and burned those people's eyes blind just now... was simply captivating~"

As Ji Ruxue spoke, she extended a slender finger tipped with red lacquer and lightly traced circles on Su Yang's thigh.

This hundred-thousand-year-old vixen had long since figured out a man's possessiveness. The more overbearing Su Yang was, the more reassured and thrilled she felt in her heart.

"Only you, you little vixen, know how to talk like that."

Su Yang unceremoniously reached out and pinched Ji Ruxue's fair and tender cheek; the texture was incredibly smooth.

"Since you know the rules, wrap yourself up tight when we go out from now on. If anyone dares to show an inch of flesh outside, this young master will throw her into Da Hei's septic tank for solitary confinement."

"this servant remembers, Master~" Far from being afraid, Ji Ruxue took the opportunity to rub her cheek against Su Yang's palm.

At this moment, Qin Xueji also entered the courtyard.

Unlike Mary and Ji Ruxue, Qin Xueji did not take off the high-end custom black women's suit she was wearing. She only removed her long trench coat, hanging it over her arm, maintaining her appearance as an abstinent ice queen.

The buttons of her white shirt were meticulously fastened to just below her collarbone. Her black pencil skirt hugged her perfect hip line, and her long, straight legs, accented by ultra-thin black stockings, exuded a cold aura that warned others to stay away.

But in front of Su Yang, the gaze of this multi-billionaire female CEO was as docile as a sheep.

"Boss, please rest first. I'm going to handle the matter of the Wang Family of Jiangzhou City."

Qin Xueji bowed slightly to ask for permission.

"Go ahead. Before dawn, I don't want to hear the words 'Wang Family' again." Su Yang waved his hand and lay down on the rocking chair in the center of the courtyard.

"Xueji understands."

Qin Xueji turned around and, stepping in ten-centimeter red-bottomed black heels, walked quickly into her exclusive office area in the east wing.

The moment the door closed.

The docility on Qin Xueji's face vanished without a trace, replaced by the absolute coldness and iron blood belonging to the richest person in Jiangnan and the queen of the business world!

She took out a satellite phone with the highest level of encryption from her drawer and directly dialed the emergency line of the Qin Group headquarters.

Ring... Ring...

The phone rang only twice before being answered instantly.

"CEO! You finally called!" On the other end, the voice of the Qin Group's Chief Executive Officer was filled with excitement.

"Immediately wake up all executives from the legal, M&A, and finance departments. I'm giving you five minutes to start a top-level online meeting." Qin Xueji's voice was as cold as falling ice shards, without a hint of nonsense.

"Yes! CEO!"

In less than three minutes, over a dozen video windows lit up on the computer screen. The core think tank of the Qin Group sat before their cameras in suits and ties; even though it was 3:00 AM, not a single person dared to show a trace of fatigue.

"Listen to my instructions clearly."

Qin Xueji stood before the screen, both hands propped on the mahogany desk, her gaze as sharp as a blade.

"Initiate the 'Whale Swallow' plan. Target: the Wang Family of Jiangzhou City."

"I want you to use all of the Qin Family's cash flow and resources over the next four hours to comprehensively snipe all listed companies, gambling operations, logistics ports, and underground gray industries under the Wang Family's name."

"The head of the Wang Family, Wang Jianguo, and his core immediate relatives all met with accidental deaths ten minutes ago. The current Wang Family is leaderless, a piece of fat meat on the chopping block."

As soon as these words were spoken, the dozen or so executives in the video conference all gasped.

Wang Jianguo is dead?!

He was the preeminent local tyrant of Jiangzhou City! Moreover, he had the backing of the hidden Iron Fist Sect! To think he was just gone like that?

But Qin Xueji gave them no time to think; her instructions crashed down like a storm.

"Legal department, immediately take over all of the Wang Family's debts and pledge contracts, and forcibly initiate bankruptcy liquidation procedures."

"M&A department, contact the leaders of Jiangzhou's underground banks. Tell them that if anyone dares to reach out for the Wang Family's operations tonight, I, Qin Xueji, will make sure their Family is ruined tomorrow!"

"Before dawn, those thirty billion in assets of the Wang Family must be stripped clean without a cent missing and packed into our Qin Family's pockets."

"Anyone who can't do it, submit your resignation tomorrow. Understood?"

"UNDERSTOOD!!!"

A unified roar came from the other side of the screen.

This was the power of capital; these were the thunderous methods of a hundred-billion-dollar financial magnate!

Under Su Yang's absolute suppression of force, once Qin Xueji's massive commercial machine started running, crushing a leaderless ten-billion-dollar Family was easier than squashing an ant.

Having arranged everything, Qin Xueji hung up the phone.

She took a deep breath, her tense nerves relaxing slightly.

Recalling Su Yang's invincible posture outside the alley—like a deity descending to the world, crushing a Half-step Grandmaster in one move—Qin Xueji's heart, which had been frozen for over twenty years, began to throb uncontrollably.

She looked down at the strictly professional attire she was wearing.

"Boss seems to... quite like looking at maid outfits..."

This ice queen CEO bit her rosy lip and, as if possessed, walked toward her wardrobe and took out a black-and-white French lace maid outfit from a hidden box at the very bottom.

...

At the same time.

Hundreds of kilometers away from Jiangzhou City, deep within the continuous wild mountains.

The hidden martial arts Sect—the Iron Fist Sect.

This place was different from the prosperity of the secular world; it was filled with ancient-style buildings of blue brick and gray tile, and the air was thick with the scent of medicinal herbs and the masculine blood-Qi of martial arts practice.

In the deepest part of the Iron Fist Sect's complex, there was a heavily guarded Sect Ancestral Hall.

Inside the hall, no gods or Buddhas were worshipped; instead, rows of crystal-clear Jade Slips were displayed. These Jade Slips were called "Life Soul Jades." As long as the essence blood of the Sect's core Elders and True Disciples was dripped into them, their life-and-death status could be sensed at any time.

The hall was quiet, with only two rows of ever-burning lamps flickering with dim light.

An inner-Sect night-watch Disciple in gray training clothes was sitting cross-legged on a prayer mat, dozing off.

Crack.

An extremely subtle crisp sound suddenly rang out in the deathly silent hall.

Though the sound wasn't loud, it was particularly piercing in the quiet night.

The night-watch Disciple opened his eyes groggily, muttered an unhappy complaint, and looked toward the direction of the sound.

With that one look.

Every hair on the Disciple's body stood on end with a "shua," and a chill rushed straight to his crown!

Among the row of Jade Slips on the highest level of the hall, the Life Soul Jade representing the Inner Sect Grand Elder, "Elder Lei"...

Had actually split open with a deep crack right down the middle!

Immediately after.

Bang!

Under his terrified gaze, that Life Soul Jade exploded, turning into a pile of white powder that scattered over the shrine!

The Soul Jade shattered, the life ended! And it was the kind of total annihilation where even the Soul was completely erased!

"Elder... Elder Lei... is dead?!"

The night-watch Disciple was so scared his legs went weak, and he slumped directly onto the ground.

Elder Lei was a Half-step Grandmaster! Even in the entire ancient martial arts world of southern China, he was a top-tier powerhouse who could be ranked! He had only gone to a small secular place like Jiangzhou City to avenge his Disciple; how could he possibly be dead?!

"Something huge has happened! The sky has fallen!"

The night-watch Disciple scrambled out of the hall, stumbling as he bolted toward the Forbidden Ground in the back mountains.

"Someone! Quickly report to the Sect Leader!"

"Grand Elder Lei Wanjun... has fallen!!!"

The shrill roar exploded over the silent Iron Fist Sect, instantly waking countless sleeping martial arts experts.

A few minutes later.

In the back mountain Forbidden Ground, that ten-thousand-jin steel Dragon-severing stone gate was forcibly smashed from the inside by an extremely sinister and terrifying blood-colored Protective Aura!

Amidst the rolling dust.

A giant man, standing two meters tall with a bare upper body covered in eerie blood-colored demonic patterns, walked out from the depths of the Forbidden Ground like a demon god.

What was hair-raising was that his right arm had completely mutated, turning into a Yao Beast claw covered in green scales and emitting an ancient, fierce aura!

With every step he took, the hard rock beneath his feet was crushed into black ash, and the surrounding vegetation withered instantly, losing all life.

Sect Leader of the Iron Fist Sect—Hua Tianxiong!

In order to Breakthrough the limits of Mortal martial arts, he had actually gone to the insane length of Fusion with a severed arm of an ancient Yao King that had been suppressed in the depths of the Forbidden Ground by generations of the Iron Fist Sect's Ancestral Masters!

At this moment, his eyes were blood-red. Feeling the terrifying demonic power within him that was comparable to a Golden Core Stage Great Perfection of the Immortal Realm, he believed himself to be invincible under heaven and let out a wild howl that didn't sound human!