172: Chapter 171 Night has fallen! 10 million Federal Credits!

"Damn it, you traitor. To think you'd go behind my back and hook up with this thing!"

"No wonder you were working two jobs and teaching at a school, even though you aren't short on money."

"And to think I actually trusted you!"

Before long, Yan Dabao arrived from Shi City with his men, seething with rage.

He had clearly received the news and sped all the way here; his suit and tie were crooked, and his eyes were bloodshot.

He pointed at Teacher Bai Jie and started cursing, his voice loud enough for everyone on the scene to hear.

Beside them, when Principal Gao Yi saw Yan Dabao, he collapsed to the ground, his legs turning to jelly from fear.

He recognized that face—it belonged to someone from the Shi City officialdom, the kind of person he couldn't even get in line to offer a toast to during meetings.

"Get up and say something!"

"Stand up to him!"

Teacher Bai Jie hit Principal Gao Yi, tears streaming down her face.

"Didn't you say you were tougher than him?"

"Isn't he inferior to you?"

"How come you can't even stand up now?"

Teacher Bai Jie shoved him, her voice urgent and shrill, tears pouring down.

On the other side, Yan Dabao heard these insulting words, especially coming from his own wife, and nearly exploded with rage!

"I'm inferior to him?"

"You're actually comparing me to this beady-eyed loser?!"

Yan Dabao couldn't care less about his status anymore; he rolled up his sleeves and jumped into the fray, throwing punches.

The young men he brought were all fiercer than the last—they were his usual followers—and seeing this, they swarmed forward to slap Teacher Bai.

Slap! Slap! Slap! Crisp sounds rang out, one after another.

Teacher Bai Jie was knocked about, her hair disheveled, her face covered in red welts.

Even a delivery guy in a yellow uniform passing by ran up and slapped Teacher Bai.

Smack!

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Teacher Bai Jie was stunned. She covered her face, eyes wide, and pointed at the delivery guy, cursing: "You're slapping me too?!"

No sooner had she finished speaking than Yan Dabao lunged at her: "What if he did slap you?!"

The scene descended into chaos again.

Principal Gao Yi was the main target; he had been kicked to the ground, his glasses sent flying, his face bruised and battered.

He looked nothing like a principal anymore; he had become a total pariah.

In Daxia, such illicit affairs were not socially accepted, and in reality, anyone who saw it would step up to curse them.

Especially in this High Martial World, it wasn't just cursing—it was straight-up physical assault.

"Brother Lin, should we stop them?"

Wang Gu leaned in to ask, looking worried at the chaotic scene.

"No need. I recall Yan Dabao holds some position; he knows his limits."

Chen Lin said calmly with his arms crossed, watching the farce with an indifferent gaze.

"But we already captured Yan Dabao's daughter, and now we've got his wife..."

Wang Gu paused, his tone subtle: "Won't that be a bit problematic?"

Chen Lin listened, feeling even more confident: "Don't worry, not only will Yan Dabao not say anything, he'll even thank us."

No sooner had he finished speaking, Yan Dabao, who had been kicking Principal Gao Yi in the distance, looked up, sweating profusely, and shouted at Chen Lin: "Thanks, buddy!"

He actually looked genuinely grateful.

"Alright! That feels good."

Chen Lin waved his hand and led everyone away.

"Brother Lin, what about the practical combat class..."

"What practical class? Look, haven't all the students gone over to join in on beating up Principal Gao Yi?"

Meanwhile, at an energy mine in the suburbs of Qing City.

In the High Martial World, martial artists cannot cultivate without natural energy ores.

Many people are naturally slow at absorbing Source Energy from the air, so they have to pay high prices to buy energy ores to absorb.

Because of this, the ore industry is booming.

Take the mine before them, for example.

It mainly mines Fire-type Source Energy ores; a small private mine like this is almost like a money-printing machine.

But today, the person in charge's room was suddenly knocked open.

"Section Chief Li, we're screwed! Something big happened!"

"There was a gas explosion underground."

As soon as the words fell, Section Chief Li, who had been lying on his office desk, sat right up.

He put on his exotic beast tiger-skin coat: "Damn it, are you all brainless? I've only been on paid leave for a month, and you're already causing trouble? A gas explosion, you say?"

The subordinate nodded hurriedly: "Yes, Section Chief Li. The problem is, you're on leave, and so are the safety inspectors."

"Damn it, where are the safety inspectors? Get the safety inspectors over here!" Section Chief Li demanded anxiously.

"Chief, you forgot, the safety inspectors are all your relatives. You're on paid leave, so they're on paid leave too. No one dares to manage them," the subordinate said in a low voice.

"Damn it!" Section Chief Li froze for a moment: "So what's the situation now? The gas exploded, were there any deaths?"

"Yes!" The subordinate pulled out a small notebook, which was stained with blood.

"20 people died in total. One is seriously injured—his balls were blown off."

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Section Chief Li shuddered: "Damn it, what a nuisance. I really want to punch him to death. If you're going to die, at least find a decent place to do it! What the hell am I supposed to do now?!"

Section Chief Li was momentarily panicked. Twenty dead, plus that seriously injured guy—if this got reported, the energy mine would be finished!

It's over! The critical issue was that the safety inspectors were all his relatives.

He shouldn't have accepted those two boxes of tea and brought his damn relatives in.

Forget it, better them than me. Relatives or not, it's better than taking the blame myself.

Thinking of this, a fierce look flashed across Section Chief Li's eyes.

Just as he was about to pin the blame entirely on the safety inspectors, an idea suddenly crossed his mind.

Section Chief Li's eyes lit up, and he asked: "By the way, where were those twenty dead people from?"

"Reporting to the Chief, they're all from out of town. Our locals are smart; as soon as they saw something was wrong, they didn't go down. It was just those few from out of town who went down."

Out of town? Upon hearing this, Section Chief Li let out a long sigh of relief.

The color returned to his face, and he smiled with relief.

"Then it's fine."

The subordinate looked puzzled: "Section Chief Li, why is it fine? Even if they're from out of town, people still died!"

"Let them die, why are you making such a fuss? Our energy mine has a quota every year. As long as it doesn't exceed 50 people a year, it's fine. This year, it's being used up damn fast; it's only summer, and 20 of the quota are already gone."

Speaking of this, Section Chief Li sneered and instructed: "Find someone smart, hurry up and take them to the crematorium, cremate them, and just say it was an accident. When the families come, give them an urn and 30,000 Federation Dollars each. Send them away quickly. Our energy mine needs to keep mining; don't delay the progress."

"What?" The subordinate was stunned. "Section Chief Li, last year when someone was seriously injured, didn't we pay 10 million Federation Dollars? Why is it only 30,000 now that people have died?"

As soon as these words were out, Section Chief Li sneered as if looking at an idiot: "They're outsiders, right? Even if they have heaven-defying skills, when they come to our turf, they have to follow our rules. Haven't you heard that a strong dragon doesn't suppress the local snake? Besides, how many capable people come to work and suffer in an energy mine? They're all penniless people; what can they do? If they don't listen, I'll unleash the dogs on them."

The subordinate was still worried: "But what if they come to make trouble? Our energy mine might have problems."

"Make trouble?" Section Chief Li smiled: "I'll scare them to death. If they don't agree, have the gatekeeper detain the family members. When they stop making trouble, then we'll let them out."

The subordinate was stunned, then nodded: "I understand, Section Chief Li." Saying this, he retreated.

Section Chief Li walked to the window, watching the mine outside with a sneer.

"In this High Martial World, my mine can't stop. Otherwise, how will I make money? Someone, bring me that wine I bought for 10 million Federation Dollars last time. I need a drink to calm my nerves."