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"If I punish you according to the village rules, what do you plan to do then?"

Ding Ye's eyes gleamed as he stared directly into Elder Yuan's cold gaze, showing no sign of backing down.

Seeing this, Erniu quickly said, "Master Ding, please don't! Boss is your adopted son, and the reason he joined forces with Xue Jiu is to resist Qiaonan and Qiaodong, so—"

"Erniu! As a junior, I will naturally do as my godfather instructs!"

Despite saying this, Elder Yuan suddenly sprang into action, pulled a dagger from his waist, and charged towards Master Ding.

"Boss!"

By the time Erniu reacted, Boss Yuan had already rushed up to Master Ding with a dagger in hand. "Old man, you're old and senile. It's time to retire!"

Then, he plunged the knife into Master Ding's heart!

"don't want!!!"

Erniu let out a heart-wrenching roar; he never imagined things would escalate to this point.

If Master Ding dies, Nanxiang will be completely without a leader.

At that time, it is feared that the three-way horse racing event will be unable to take place, and the event will directly enter an era of great chaos.

By then, the once-unified Nanxiang will inevitably be completely divided up by the county town's epilepsy, the city's Beihai Dragon King, and the powerful Xue family!

However, the next second, Erniu was stunned.

Because Elder Yuan's dagger did not pierce Ding Ye's chest as expected.

On the contrary, apart from tearing a little bit of clothing, the dagger was used to hold Yuan Laoda's entire wrist tightly by Ding Ye!

Before Elder Yuan could react, Master Ding let out a cold snort.

With a "crack" sound, a flash of pain crossed the elder's face.

Immediately following was the metallic clang of a dagger falling to the ground.

Then, he was flung away by Master Ding.

"thump!"

The elder statesman smashed the table and chairs, throwing them violently to the ground.

"Xiao Yuan, your godfather is old, but not as old as you think."

Ding Ye narrowed his eyes, a cold glint flashing in a light that seemed out of place for his age.

"Ahem!"

The elder coughed for a while, and a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth. "My godfather is indeed worthy of being the ruthless Ding Ye who unified the southern countryside and suppressed the ruthless people of the villages back then."

"I thought you were old, but I didn't expect you to be in your prime."

"Still going strong in his old age?"

Master Ding snorted coldly, "If I were still as vigorous as ever, would you three bastards dare to join forces with outsiders?"

"Whether it's you, Erdan, or Lao San, aren't they all treating me like I'm senile, secretly plotting against me!"

"Since you know why we resort to such underhanded tactics, why don't you stop us? Could it be... that you're deliberately waiting for us young people to turn against you, so you can use righteousness to punish us?"

The eldest brother got up from the ground, wiped the blood from his mouth, and said, "I knew you old codger, you couldn't bear to give up your position as the leader. You said you were retiring behind the scenes, but which Three-Party Horse Racing Association has you, this old geezer, not here!"

"This Nanxiang claims that the three of us take turns making decisions based on our strength, but in reality, you're still the one in charge!"

"To be old and not die is to be a thief! You should have died long ago!"

"Boss! What are you saying?!"

Erniu tried to step forward to cover her mouth, but Yuan Laoda pushed her aside. "Erniu, this is none of your business, get out of the way! Anyway, I'm about to die, and there are some things I just have to say!"

The elder glared at Master Ding with deep resentment, "Back then, those old fogies who were even older than you were fighting each other endlessly. You broke through and suppressed the surrounding villages so much that they all recognized you as their leader."

"Yes, you have done a very good job during your years in office, making everyone, even the city, know that we people from Nanxiang are not to be trifled with."

"Even when we go outside and mention our Nanxiang people's name, no one dares to say anything."

"But what era are we living in? If we don't interact with the outside world and do business, how will we make money? How will everyone survive? Are we really going to be kings and tyrants in this small place forever?"

Erniu couldn't help but say, "Boss, stop talking! Master Ding set this rule for the good of Nanxiang!"

"Is he doing this for the good of Nanxiang? He's doing it for his own good! He just wants to be a local tyrant!"

The elder statesman said indignantly, "In the past, this would indeed have been a good choice, but what use is it in today's society!"

"At first, I couldn't stand seeing Erdan and Lao San collude with outsiders, but as someone who strictly adhered to these outdated rules, I could only watch helplessly as they grew stronger and more powerful!"

"If this old man had sided with me out of consideration for my integrity, that would have been fine. But did he side with me? Knowing full well that they were colluding with outsiders, he still insisted on holding some kind of three-way horse race to decide the matter."

"Pah! That's why I cooperated with Lao Jiu, and even decided to offend you, you old bastard! Unfortunately... I didn't expect you to still be so strong."

As the eldest elder spoke, he suddenly laughed, "But that's the most ironic thing. A group of us have admired you since childhood, wanting to learn martial arts from you, but you won't teach a single one of us!"

"If you had children, I could understand that you were trying to keep them to yourself, but you have no offspring and you won't pass them on to us."

"They keep spouting that bullshit nonsense about lacking talent, but I refuse to believe that among the two generations of people in our southern village, there isn't a single person with talent!"

"I think you're just afraid that after we've mastered the skills, we'll rebel against you! That's why you're keeping it all to yourself; you want to stay in that position of leader of Nanxiang until the day you die!"

For the first time, Ding Ye, who had remained completely calm, showed a change in expression. "Er Niu, lock Xiao Yuan up!"

"yes!"

Erniu quickly responded and was about to escort Yuan Laoda out.

The eldest elder broke free, shouting, "Why lock me up? I've broken the village rules anyway, and I deserve to die, so just kill me right here!"

"Boss! Stop talking!"

Erniu was extremely anxious, but Yuan Laoda was still shouting.

Seeing that Master Ding was about to show anger, Erniu gritted his teeth and knocked Yuan Laoda unconscious, then hurriedly took him away.

Watching the two figures disappear into the distance, Master Ding sighed helplessly with his eyes closed.

He had foreseen this day when Li Erdan and Zhang Laosan began to collude with outsiders.

Unexpectedly, the first person to turn against him and harbor evil intentions was actually the most obedient elder.

However, what hurt him the most was Elder Yuan's statement that he would not pass on his martial arts skills to them.

These are all children he watched grow up. How could he possibly keep them from passing on his power for the sake of a so-called local tyrant status, thinking of taking them to his grave?

The elder's words were undoubtedly the most hurtful to him.

Unfortunately, explanations are pointless now; we can only wait until the three parties meet and let the facts speak for themselves.

A moment later, Erniu came in. "Master Ding... are you alright?"

Ding Ye picked up his pipe and took a puff. "I've lived this long, what storms haven't I weathered? It's just my adopted son rebelling, what's the big deal?"

Erniu remained silent. Having followed Boss Yuan and Master Ding for so many years, how could he not see that Boss Yuan's last words clearly hurt Master Ding?

But he didn't dwell on the matter, instead changing the subject: "Brother Ding, now that the boss is locked up, tomorrow is the three-way horse racing meeting. If our Qiaobei Village doesn't have a representative, it will inevitably—"

"Who said no one participated?"

Master Ding interrupted directly, saying, "Tomorrow, you will represent Qiaobei at our Nanxiang Three-Party Horse Racing Event!"