Zhao Shuning turned around with a fierce look on her face again.
Xie Jing immediately shut his mouth.
Really, in all his years, it was the first time he was so afraid of a woman. Even when his mother was around, she wouldn't just stab a dagger into his thigh at the slightest disagreement.
"Don't worry. He won't die. It's just that this young man won't be able to do any heavy work with his hands for three to five months. But his daily life won't be affected."
"That's good."
Chu Chu let out a sigh of relief.
Zhao Shuning said, "Little beauty, it's okay now. Hurry up and get dressed."
Only then did Chu Chu remember her situation. She quickly and shyly put on her clothes.
Zhao Shuning gave a gentle smile.
She turned around.
And looked at Hou Lin.
By now, Hou Lin knew his situation.
He said, "Do whatever you want, kill or torture. I've lived a long time and I've had my fill. It's just bad luck that I fell into the hands of a brat like you."
Zhao Shuning said, "Speaking of which, in terms of spiritual power, you should be a senior to these two kids. But as a senior, you seem to have been a bit too heavy - handed."
"It's not my fault. If that kid hadn't kept talking about the Xie family, I wouldn't have beaten him so badly."
Xie Jing's mouth was really asking for a beating. Now that he had been properly taught a lesson, it remained to be seen whether he would improve in the future.
"If Xie Jing's words offended you, I'll accept that you beat him to a serious injury. That's what he deserved. But you also beat Xie Buyan. Isn't that a bit too much?"
"That's because as soon as he rushed in and saw his younger brother in such a state, he wanted to fight me. I thought that since I was going to beat one, I might as well beat both. It would be better to get rid of this scourge for Yunmengze."
Hou Lin spoke righteously.
He didn't deserve to die. But he was not a useful person. It was a pity for his good spiritual power all his life.
"Do you want to destroy your own spiritual root, or should I do it?"
"You want to destroy my spiritual root? You might as well just kill me."
Zhao Shuning gave a charming smile.
She slightly raised her hand.
The flame in her palm burned brightly red.
There was a crackling sound in the air.
"If I wanted to kill you, it would be as easy as flipping my hand."
However, if she really killed Hou Lin in the Flower Blossom Tower, the reputation of the Xie family would be greatly affected.
The second young master of the Xie family was lingering in the brothel. He had a dispute with a guest over a courtesan in the brothel. Finally, relying on the power of the Xie family, he killed another guest.
Although this was not the case. But the power of rumors was extremely powerful.
The Xie family, the courtesans... Just by connecting these words, without Zhao Shuning having to say anything, the common people could probably stage a big drama in their minds.
"I don't understand, Miss."
"Speak."
"I see that you, Miss, are so young but have such great achievements. You should be an extraordinary person. Why are you standing up for such a playboy?"
"So, you think you're not wrong?"
"Of course I'm not wrong."
Zhao Shuning first smiled.
Then she said, "I've always been protective and unreasonable. But now, I also know how to be a bit more measured. If these two kids from the Xie family are wrong, we'll discipline them well ourselves. Even if they end up losing a limb or two, we won't let outsiders touch them. Although Xie Jing is annoying, he far from deserves such treatment from you. His limbs were all broken. Are you getting rid of a scourge for Yunmengze or just venting your own anger?"
"Also, I'll overlook the matter of Xie Jing for now. Even if we assume, for the sake of argument, that you crippled Xie Jing today, I'd accept it. This kid has grown up. If he doesn't bump into some walls, he'll think the whole world belongs to him. But Hou Lin, the smashed Flower Blossom Tower was also your doing, right?"
"A brothel is not a clean place anyway. It's only reasonable for me to do this."
Zhao Shuning was almost laughed at by anger.
Reasonable? This man was extremely double - standard in his words.
"Then what were you doing in this brothel?"
"Looking for fun."
"If you were looking for fun, you could have just found those prostitutes. Why did you have to pick on Chu Chu, who only sings and plays the pipa?"
"I just took a fancy to her. I can't stand those other common women."
"So, you were going to force yourself on Chu Chu?"
Hearing this, Chu Chu shed tears.
Zhao Shuning just couldn't stand to see a beauty cry. She herself was reluctant to make these beauties cry, but they were crying because of these rude and stinky men.
"Since she's selling herself here, she should be prepared for this."
Zhao Shuning was speechless.
It seemed that Hou Lin was even more despicable than she thought. There was a fundamental problem with him. He was simply a scoundrel.
Since that was the case.
When dealing with a scoundrel, you had to be more of a scoundrel than him.
"Have you ever thought that today you relied on your high spiritual power to hurt people and even wanted to force yourself on a girl. If you met someone more powerful than you, they could just as easily kill you when they were in a bad mood."
When Zhao Shuning said this, her eyes showed a fierce light.
"You—"
He paused, swallowed his saliva.
Hou Lin then said, "You're from the right - way sects. You can't just find an excuse to kill me."
"Who said I'm from the right - way sects?"
Zhao Shuning then said, "I've killed many people like you. Do you know what I like the most? I like to disembowel spiritual pharmacists like you and then hang you on the city wall for the vultures to feast on."
"You—"
"Also, I gave you a chance. Considering that it's not easy for you to cultivate, but you're seeking your own death. You can't blame me."
"You want to kill me? You want to kill me in the Flower Blossom Tower?"
Zhao Shuning said, "It would be beneath me to deal with a scum like you with my own hands."
"You—"
Zhao Shuning gave a charming smile.
She put her hand to her mouth and whistled.
Not long after, there were many exclamations outside the room.
A Talking Beast flew in from the door of the Flower Blossom Tower.
When Zhao Shuning came to Yunmengze for tea, she had let the Talking Beast roam in the mountains, planning to call it back after finishing her tea.
"Miss."
Zhao Shuning waved her fair hand.
Hou Lin's head buzzed. Then with a thud, he felt as if a string in his mind had snapped.
Then, as if realizing something, he tried to use his spiritual power. Sure enough, he couldn't mobilize a single bit of spiritual power in his body.
"You vicious woman."
Zhao Shuning turned around and said, "You just realized that now?"
"You'll die a bad death."
"Thank you for your kind words."
"You, you—"
"I'm fine."
Hou Lin was so angry that he couldn't say a word.
Zhao Shuning looked back.
She said to the Talking Beast hovering in the Flower Blossom Tower, "Xiaoyu. Take him outside and kill him. Anyway, don't soil this place in Yunmengze."
"Yes, Miss."