So people, once they hold power and possess strength and influence, desire to control even greater power and authority, even to the point of usurping positions and dictating.
Why should the direct line always hold power?
Couldn’t the collateral branches turn over a new leaf and beco the direct line?
Currently, the Su Family exhibits signs of a struggle for power between the direct line and various branches.
In such circumstances, the friction between the Su Family’s direct line and collateral branches is further exacerbated by the recruitnt of retainers and marrying-in cultivators.
The three Core Formation Realm True n who barged into the family hall are the three Core Formation Realm cultivators erging from the Su Family’s collateral branches over the years.
After confronting Su Weixian with a few words upon abruptly entering, the trio, along with the young boys and girls behind them, turned their gaze to Su Yu and Su Zhi at the upper end of the hall.
Especially when looking at Su Yu, the old ancestor, a trace of astonishnt appeared in their eyes.
So young...
The group, with utmost respect, bowed before Su Yu and Su Zhi, and respectfully said, "Su Long, Su Qing... we pay our respects to the old ancestor!"
Su Yu seed to recall the three Core Formation Realm individuals; he had probably t them during a previous visit, but his mory was faint, not even knowing their nas.
As for those young genius boys and girls, he recognized them even less.
However, he didn’t get angry, just glanced at Su Qi and Su Weixian.
That glance sent a shiver down the spines of Su Qi and Su Weixian, who quickly stepped forward and kneeled before Su Yu, their voices tinged with trepidation, "Uncle Yu, old ancestor, please calm your anger."
Su Yu had long since stopped concerning himself with the affairs of the Su Family.
But, after all, the family was his root, and he couldn’t ignore everything.
Su Yu began to say, "The one who holds authority in the family can be kindhearted and tolerant, yes, but must not lack their own dignity and iron-fisted thods."
"You must know, if you cannot fully control even a family, how can you lead the family to continue growing stronger?"
The just-bowed Core Formation Realm True n and young boys and girls’ faces subtly changed.
The old ancestor—
What did this an?
Su Yu certainly had no intention of taking action against them, but after admonishing Su Qi and Su Weixian, he turned to the three and said, "If you think you are capable, and refuse to submit to the family’s authority, then now you have the choice to separate from the family."
"Do not exhaust the kindness of our kin with a wolf’s heart and a dog’s lungs."
"Nor should you, emboldened by sharing the sa blood, recklessly challenge the family’s rules and regulations."
"Although you are now Core Formation Realm True n, your cultivation is rely at the early to mid-stage; Weixian alone is more than enough to take you down."
"Let alone the various things and thods I have provided the family over the years."
The faces of those people changed abruptly, separate from the family?
Soone wanted to say sothing but was stopped.
The leading person respectfully bowed to Su Yu, and inquired cautiously, "Then old ancestor, if we were to separate from the family, could we take with us a share of the family’s heritage?"
Su Yu smiled and answered, "You don’t need to ask ."
Su Yu looked toward Su Qingshan, who had been standing respectfully beside him this whole ti, and spoke, "Qingshan, as you assu the position of Family Head, rember my words: you can be kind-hearted and tolerant towards our kin, but must not lose the iron-fisted thods and the dignity of a family leader."
"Consider how to properly manage the family, or seek advice from your ancestor Zhi."
In just a few words, the Su Family, the foremost cultivating clan in the Dayue Prefecture, underwent a dramatic change.
The new Family Head assud their position!
The collateral branches that had caused trouble before were all expelled from the Dan Mountain family, even from the Dayue Prefecture.
Taking with them the few resources and thods bestowed upon them by the family, they set off to establish themselves in places like Fengluo Prefecture or Ziguang Prefecture.
If anyone caused trouble during the process, their cultivation was crippled, and they were expelled from the family.
Even their surna Su was revoked.
Without rules, there can be no standards; as the Su Family grew, so did the number of clan mbers.
But what was needed even more was an iron-fisted Family Head, to lead the family onward.
Otherwise, people like Su Weixian or Su Qi would continue to tolerate these branches disrupting the family’s order, and the Su Family would soon face trouble!
Separating now was the best decision.
If they were unwilling to abide by the family’s rules, then they should venture out on their own.
Don’t be a bully within the family’s walls.
For Su Yu, there was nothing to fret about or hesitate in this matter; he would definitely not indulge the collateral branches in challenging the direct line and the family’s rules.
Yet through this incident, he also realized that Su Qi and Su Weixian needed to completely step back from the lilight, as they were no longer suitable to be in power.
Su Qingshan and Su Yihe had followed Su Zhi in cultivation at the Hundred Flowers Sect for several years, gaining experience. Allowing Su Qingshan to take up the mantle of Family Head, with Su Yihe’s assistance, to take over the family’s heritage and manage the hidden thods encompassing Beast Taming, Formation, and more,
They had the capability to control everything within the family.
Even if there truly were any rebels, they could easily suppress them.
Of course,
If the two proved incapable of managing the family, then it was quite simple to replace them.
For Su Zhi who managed the Hundred Flowers Sect, it was not difficult to spare so thought to retrain a few successors for the family.
A month later,
Su Yu, Su Zhi, and others left the Su Family and headed towards the gates of the Dayue Palace.
Within the Dayue Palace,
Su Yu asked Su Zhi to release Fairy Fengling. When Su Yu gently waved his hand, the body of Fairy Fengling, which lay collapsed on the ground, suddenly shuddered, her consciousness gradually awakening from the nightmarish cycle.
After a long while, Fairy Fengling’s consciousness slowly returned, and her eyes refocused.
But when she looked up and saw the figure sitting upon the throne ahead, Fairy Fengling’s beautiful eyes imdiately widened with terror and despair, and her face turned deathly pale.
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