Xu Nan, Bai Jiao, and Ji Liangchuan looked in astonishment at Bianyi, who was smiling elegantly. Among them, Xu Nan and Ji Liangchuan were somewhat composed, but the sweetly smiling, delicately built Bai Jiao looked at Bianyi and her eyes clearly conveyed a hint of terror.

For she felt that there was nothing more terrifying in this world than what he had just achieved: he had coerced a man into begging for death, then struck him down swiftly, elegantly wiped his hands, and smiled softly as if he had merely performed a trivial act.

With such a person by one side, it was akin to a demonic presence in a nightmare.

Feng, from the Long Yan Group, passed away a few seconds later.

Watching all this with a calm expression, Shen Qiang asked, "Are you feeling better now?"

Bianyi smiled, "Thank you, my dear boss. I suddenly feel that doing certain things with you doesn't seem like a bad idea after all."

Shen Qiang smiled.

Then he addressed the terrified people of the Long Yan Group, "You can't move now, nor can you speak, but you can clearly hear what I'm saying. Since you cannot respond, I won't waste time speaking with you."

"The thing I hate most in life is when someone threatens me with harm to my loved ones, my friends, and my parents."

"I have absolutely no tolerance for such people."

Glancing at the now-deceased Feng of the Long Yan Group, Shen Qiang indifferently raised his eyebrows and said, "However, it's unfortunate that your Feng, having faced my merciful subordinate, escaped this otherwise certain doom."

Hearing this, Xu Nan, Bai Jiao, and Ji Liangchuan were all shocked.

They had never imagined that the Feng from the Long Yan Group, a formidable Mixed Element Realm cultivator, would die in such a stifling manner. They were taken aback that Shen Qiang regarded it as Feng escaping a disaster.

What exactly did Shen Qiang want to do?

Almost simultaneously, Shen Qiang calmly said.

"There's a peculiar mechanism within the human brain called the self-fulfilling prophecy. It's quite complex if discussed from an academic standpoint, so I'll just simplify it."

"Previously, you threatened to kill my entire family and leave none alive."

"Due to the human brain's self-fulfilling prophecy mechanism, having such thoughts is very dangerous and makes me very uneasy."

"Many ordinary people think that stocks will go up, so they buy stocks, and then the stocks do rise. Many think that real estate prices will increase, so they buy houses, and property prices go up."

"Also, many people believe they can become writers, so they start writing, and they become writers. Some think they can be scientists, so they conduct research and eventually become scientists. This is the self-fulfilling prophecy mechanism."

"So, when you mentioned killing my entire family, this thought lingered in your minds."

Raising his eyebrows slightly, Shen Qiang said, "But I am a good person, I am very merciful, I won't just kill you casually."

As he spoke, Shen Qiang stood up with a smile, walked to the front of the crowd, flicked his wrist, and in an instant, countless silver needles flew out and shattered the Qi Sea of everyone from the Long Yan Sword Sect.

Then Shen Qiang calmly said, "From now on, all of you are ordinary people. You can use a lifetime to repent for the mistakes you have committed or feel annoyed about your decision to come here. You may even spend the rest of your lives plotting revenge against me."

With a slight smile, Shen Qiang said, "But do not forget that around all my relatives and friends, there are cultivators. If you still foolishly continue on this path, then I assure you, next time, I will sever the tendons of your limbs, turning you into bedridden vegetables who can only watch helplessly but can do nothing at all."

Having said that, Shen Qiang led his people away.

After everyone had left, Xiu Ju sighed and then released the spell restrictions.

While walking back to Shen Qiang's office, Ji Liangchuan fell silent for a moment and then said, "Shen Qiang, you are too cruel. Those who have never possessed might not understand the feeling of loss. They, because of their status as cultivators, considered themselves superior to others and hardly regarded ordinary people at all."

"They even regarded them as ants."

Looking at Shen Qiang, Ji Liangchuan said, "But now they have become ants, and they will never have the chance to become cultivators again; they will become ordinary, they will be ordered around, and they will find no place for themselves."

Shen Qiang smiled and said, "Are you suggesting I should kill them to put an end to all this?"

Ji Liangchuan replied, "Yes, they were supermen; they had immense power. Without their power, they would rather be dead than alive."

Shen Qiang raised an eyebrow and said, "Killing them would provide only a moment of satisfaction and change nothing. Dead people don't feel pain. I want them to live and watch us succeed, powerless to do anything."

"Besides, their despairing appearances will put fear into the hearts of others in the Long Yan Sword Sect and serve as a warning to anyone else who thinks of crossing paths with the Shen family. Messing with the Shen family isn't as simple as just dying."

Xu Nan frowned and said, "While you haven't killed them, they are already dead. Used to leaping onto roofs and showing off their prowess, losing their lifelong cultivation has reduced them to a state worse than death. Considering the usual circumstances in the Cultivation World, at least half of them will fail to accept this reality and will choose to commit suicide."

Shen Qiang laughed, "But the other half will choose to live miserably. They will wake up from nightmares, they will live in fear, they will live humbly, because they deserve it."

Bai Jiao frowned and said, "Yes, some people will choose to live, but this is too cruel for cultivators, a hundred times crueller than death."

Shen Qiang calmly said, "They said they would kill my family and threatened my friends. There was a moment when I wanted to end their lives directly, but as you know, a significant portion of people in the Cultivation World are not afraid of death."

"They understand the cycle of life and death very clearly."

Looking at Bai Jiao with a slightly furrowed brow, Shen Qiang smiled and said frankly, "Actually, I truly wanted to shatter their Qi Sea, use silver needles to split their souls, and turn them into senseless fools. I could have done that, but at that moment, I had a change of heart."

"Because I knew that once I did that, those people would truly have no chance to repent and start anew."

After a calm sigh, Shen Qiang calmly said, "I am now giving them a chance to save themselves. If they are willing to give up their lives of bullying the common people and choose a simple, conflict-free life, they might actually be happy."

"If they cannot let go of the power they once had and always long for the ability to bully others, then let them spend their lives in regret and hatred."

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