Chapter 949: Chapter 954: Lin Feng’s Way of Doing Things
Lin Feng only now realized that when he became the leader of the Hong Sect’s thirteenth martial arts school, he was already a big shot in the martial arts world. Small disturbances like this, where some unknown Xinyi Gang came to cause trouble, no longer required him to act. His many subordinates would take the initiative to help him resolve the issues.
The Hong Sect brother named Li Yi continued to beat Jin Hu for more than a minute, leaving him unable to stand. After delivering two more heavy kicks, he gently wiped the sweat from his forehead and gave Lin Feng a sincere smile, asking, "Brother Feng, what should we do with this guy?"
As Li Yi asked this, nearly a thousand people in the Longfeng Martial Hall were staring at Lin Feng. Almost no one dared to speak; each person was quietly waiting for Lin Feng’s response.
"Brother Feng... I, I was wrong. I didn’t recognize your greatness. It was my foolish eyes that led me astray to your place. Please, be the bigger person and spare me this once!"
Beside him, waiting for Lin Feng’s decision, Jin Hu was already crying and begging for mercy. He finally realized how foolish he had been. In broad daylight, he had come to the Longfeng Martial Hall with just over thirty people to extort them. Now it seemed that without three hundred people, he probably couldn’t even touch a hair of the Longfeng Martial Hall.
"What are you crying about? Today is the opening of Brother Feng’s martial arts school. You better put a smile on your face. If you dare cry again, I’ll have someone chop you down, understand?" Li Yi’s eyes widened in anger as he glared at Jin Hu, shouting fiercely with his large hand raised high, as if ready to give Jin Hu another beating.
"I... I..." Jin Hu opened his mouth with a grievance, but he didn’t dare ignore Li Yi’s words. After a brief frozen expression, he didn’t dare to speak while crying.
"Enough, Li Yi, don’t pressure him anymore..." Lin Feng waved his hand, signaling Li Yi to step back. There were still hundreds of onlookers, and Li Yi’s aggressiveness could damage the image of the Longfeng Martial Hall.
"Okay, Brother Feng..." Li Yi retreated a few steps. Suddenly, his eyes swept over the thirty-odd followers behind Jin Hu, and his face turned cold. He turned, pointed at the gang members of the Xinyi Gang, and said to Lin Feng, "Brother Feng, these guys are oblivious, holding weapons in their hands. Should I take the brothers to deal with them?"
As soon as Li Yi said this, before Lin Feng could respond, there was the clattering sound of weapons being dropped. The Xinyi Gang members had all thrown down their weapons, filling the ground with steel knives and pipes.
Lin Feng waved his hand, directing Dachen, who led the security team behind him, "Round those guys up, and for those brainless ones, just kick them out. Don’t make things difficult for them..."
"Brother Feng..." Li Yi spoke again, his slightly darker complexion filled with puzzlement. He approached Lin Feng, lowered his voice, and said, "Wouldn’t it be too easy on Jin Hu? He came to extort us! If we don’t teach him a lesson, others might follow his example and start trouble, damaging our martial hall’s prestige..."
Li Yi’s thoughts were typical of the martial world. He believed that the Longfeng Martial Hall, being part of the Hong Sect, should operate like other branches of the Hong Sect: ruthlessly dealing with enemies to set an example and deter others from acting recklessly.
However, Lin Feng’s mindset was clearly different. His goal was to ensure the Hong Sect no longer operated in darkness, and he wouldn’t blend with other martial halls of the Hong Sect...
This was an opportunity, and I should let these guys know that Longfeng Martial Hall is different from other branches of the Hong Sect! Lin Feng thought with a smile as he looked at the twenty-some Hong Sect brothers who had transferred to join him.
"Li Yi, I understand what you mean..." Lin Feng nodded.
That’s good... Li Yi smiled, thinking Lin Feng had understood his intention and was ready to authorize him to teach Jin Hu a lesson. He rolled up his sleeves, preparing to act.
"But... I don’t want to bother with these minor characters..." Lin Feng smiled lightly and said in an indisputable tone, "If you consider yourself my subordinate, don’t trouble them!"
Li Yi’s actions froze for a moment. Lin Feng was actually letting off a guy who brought men and weapons to challenge them—had he gone mad?!
"Brother Feng, what... did you just say?" Li Yi doubted if he had heard correctly, wondering if Lin Feng meant to take them down?
"Didn’t hear clearly?" Lin Feng smiled and glanced at Li Yi, then turned to look at the formidable Hong Sect brothers, pointing to the Xinyi Gang members, and said loudly, "I’m now declaring, don’t make things difficult for this group. Do you understand?"
The Hong Sect brothers exchanged looks among themselves. Having joined the Hong Sect, each was known as formidable in different territories. Even though they didn’t always pursue total annihilation, they never expected someone like Lin Feng, who was so magnanimous, to let off someone who dared to cause trouble.
In the martial world, do you think being kind to others means they’ll be grateful?
"Kindness invites exploitation" is the real truth...
With such thoughts, nearly all the new Hong Sect brothers looked at Lin Feng with suspicion. They were concerned about whether Lin Feng wasn’t ruthless enough and whether they had chosen the wrong leader. Could they really have a future with such a leader who wasn’t fierce enough?
"I’ve made my stance clear..." Lin Feng said calmly, "To avoid any misunderstanding of my intention, I’ll explain again: from now on, if anyone dares to disobey my command and acts against others wilfully, I won’t acknowledge him as a brother..."
Lin Feng’s words caused another uproar among the Hong Sect brothers. Was the boss losing his mind? Why would he issue such a command? We are brothers in the martial world, how can we not engage in fights? If we can’t enjoy fighting, we might as well go back home and plant sweet potatoes?!
Li Yi, who had just beaten Jin Hu, showed a dramatic change in expression. He wondered if Lin Feng’s words were targeted at his earlier actions. If Brother Feng was already dissatisfied with him, how could he continue to hang on?
Noticing Li Yi’s expression, Lin Feng happily patted his shoulder and said casually, "Li Yi, don’t overthink it. I wasn’t implying anything about you. In fact, I wanted to act myself earlier. You did the right thing!"
Of course, Lin Feng wasn’t someone who liked being bullied. Which martial artist would not retaliate against someone who came knocking on their door to provoke? His words were simply to restrain those guys; upon stepping outside, they shouldn’t wantonly cause trouble, especially not under the banner of the Longfeng Martial Hall, as it would have terrible consequences.
Having explained himself to this extent, the Hong Sect brothers basically understood Lin Feng’s intentions. Each was deliberating and questioning whether they should find another place...
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