As Qin Chuan’s voice fell, a deathly silence descended upon the large banquet hall, and everyone stared at him in stunned disbelief.
So even doubted their own ears; was Qin Chuan really speaking to that mber of the Lu Family who hadn’t even appeared, yet managed to suppress two figures at the Half-step King Realm with his re presence?
Had this young man gone mad?
Otherwise, how could he dare to utter such arrogant words in the Lu Family’s presence?
It took Lu Yaosheng a long while to co back to his senses, and he roared furiously, "You little beast, what did you say?"
"Scram!"
Qin Chuan’s single word burst forth like an explosion.
"Bang!"
As his word was uttered, Lu Yaosheng was struck as if by a trendous force, causing him to spit blood and violently retreat dozens of steps, eventually being forced against the reinforced concrete wall of the banquet hall, where he finally stopped.
This scene was even more shocking.
Everyone present was from the top echelons of the Nine Gates of Yandu; where had they ever seen such a spectacle? The head of a distinguished family, injured severely by a single uttered word.
It must be understood that Lu Yaosheng himself was no ordinary practitioner; he was a figure at the Half-step King Realm and an exceptionally powerful one at that.
With a face full of savagery, Lu Yaosheng forcefully endured the severe pain in his body and called out in the direction of the Lu Family ancestors’ seclusion chambers, "Ancestors of the Lu Family, I beg you to slay this child!"
As Lu Yaosheng’s voice fell, the spirits of all the mbers of the Lu Family shuddered violently.
"Ancestors of the Lu Family, I implore you to lend the Lu Family a helping hand, to slay this child!"
"Ancestors of the Lu Family, I implore you to lend the Lu Family a helping hand, to slay this child!"
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Then, to the astonishnt of all those watching, every mber of the Lu family knelt on the ground, loudly begging in the direction of the ancestral seclusion chambers.
Qin Chuan watched coldly from the sidelines, making no move to stop them.
Lu Yanwu, by his side, was filled with uncertainty, her face a mask of struggle. She looked at the mbers of the Lu family kneeling on the ground, then at Qin Chuan, and finally made up her mind.
"Ancestors of the Lu Family, I am the granddaughter of Lu Yaosheng, the Family Head and brother of the current patriarch, my na is Lu Yanwu!"
Lu Yanwu suddenly raised her voice toward the direction of the ancestors’ seclusion chambers, "Today’s events arose because of ; the Family Head forced to marry into another family, which I did not wish to do."
"The Family Head even wanted to kill , in order to preserve the Lu Family’s face, by using the hands of outsiders. It was Brother Qin who arrived just in ti to save . And now, the Lu Family wants to use the power of our ancestors to kill Brother Qin."
"Lu Family Master Lu Yaosheng is heartless and immoral, unfit to be the master of the Lu Family. I, Lu Yanwu, request the ancestors to strip Lu Yaosheng of his position as Family Head!"
She had thought she could be ruthless towards the Lu Family, but she suddenly realized she couldn’t do it, nor could she bear to ask Qin Chuan to spare the Lu Family.
Since that was the case, she wanted to protect the Lu Family, and there was only one way to achieve this: to plead with the ancestors to remove Lu Yaosheng from his position as Family Head. Only in this way could the family be preserved.
Based on her understanding of Qin Chuan, even if the whole Lu family banded together, they would not be a match for him.
Qin Chuan looked deeply at Lu Yanwu, surprised that she would say such things but then, upon further reflection, he imdiately understood Lu Yanwu’s intentions.
"Insolence!"
Lu Yaosheng imdiately flew into a rage, yelling at Lu Yanwu: "You traitor, you actually speak for an outsider! Do you have no regard for the Lu Family in your eyes?"
Lu Yanwu snorted coldly and said, "Do you think that because I call you great-granduncle, you have the right to arrange my marriage? You old fool, you even have the cheek to ask if I have the Lu Family in my eyes. If I really didn’t care about the Lu Family, do you think you would still be alive?"
"If I, who am supposed to protect the Lu Family, have beco a traitor, then what does that make you, the Lu Family Master who’s at the edge of leading us to ruin?"
"Moreover, when you wanted to use outsiders to put to death, it was the so-called outsiders who saved . What face do you have left to act as my great-granduncle? What right do you have to keep sitting in the position of the Family Head?"
Lu Yanwu’s consecutive questions made Lu Yaosheng’s face turn extrely ugly.
Her venting was not yet over, her eyes burning red as she looked toward those Lu family direct descendants who were kneeling with Lu Yaosheng, and with a face full of disappointnt said, "And you people, are you blind? Or is there only water sloshing around in your skulls? To actually kneel with Lu Yaosheng and beg the ancestors to slay soone not even the ancestors can kill?"
At this, the faces of the Lu family’s direct descendants changed dramatically.
One by one, they looked at Lu Yanwu furiously, and a Lu Family Elder, with a fierce expression, said to her, "How dare you say the ancestors cannot kill that young man?"
Lu Yanwu suddenly let out a cold laugh, "Leaving aside whether the ancestors could kill Brother Qin, even if they could, why don’t you go ask the ancestors how much longer they can hold on?"
The Lu Family Elder’s face suddenly changed drastically.
He now realized the aning behind Lu Yanwu’s previous words. When she said the ancestors could not kill the young man, it was because the ancestors were already exerting their full strength to suppress two Half-step King Realm strong fighters from the Murong Family.
The reason the ancestors had been in seclusion without erging was because their lifespans were nearing their end, and if they couldn’t break through, they could only wait for death.
Every move made by the ancestors took a great toll on them; the greater the consumption, the closer they got to death.
Thus, all the ancestors of the Nine Gates of Yandu with King Realm Cultivation had reached the age where the oil was drying up and the lamp burning out, unable to act for long periods of ti.
Only if the family faced a catastrophe would they erge and fight at all costs, seeking to sacrifice themselves to preserve the family.
And now, that Lu Family ancestor had been restraining two Half-step King Realm strong from the Murong Family, how could he have any strength left to kill Qin Chuan?
Even if the ancestor took action, could he indeed kill Qin Chuan?
Just now, Qin Chuan, simply with a single word, had forced Half-step King Realm Cultivated Lu Yaosheng back by tens of steps; they did not even know if Qin Chuan had used his full strength.
Seeing the Lu Family Elder lost in thought, Lu Yanwu asked coldly, "Now, do you still think I am being alarmist?"
The Lu Family Elder sighed deeply; he knew that Lu Yanwu was not being alarmist. Considering the current situation, the Lu Family simply could not do anything to Qin Chuan.
"You, you’re sowing discord!"
Seeing the elder fall silent, Lu Yaosheng suddenly grew anxious and shouted angrily, "You traitorous wretch, I should have eradicated you myself earlier, instead of giving you the chance to bring disaster upon the Lu Family."
A cold gleam flashed in Lu Yanwu’s eyes as she said coldly, "Lu Yaosheng, if you truly have the Lu Family’s best interests at heart, you should step down and make way for soone more capable."
"Impossible!"
Lu Yaosheng’s facial expression twisted fiercely as he said through gritted teeth, "Without , how could the Lu Family have reached its current glory? You wretch, you dare ask to step down? If I step down, will you take over as Family Master?"
"Even if I handed over the position of Family Master to you, could you manage it well?"
Lu Yanwu’s face was full of disappointnt. Seeing Lu Yaosheng in this state, almost deranged, he was clearly unfit to continue sitting in the position of Family Master.
Lu Yanwu said, "Who said I want to be the Family Master? Without you, can the Lu Family not function? It’s you who clings to power, holding on to the position of Family Master and refusing to make way for soone wiser. Otherwise, the Lu Family’s progress would not have co to a standstill."
Having said that, she turned once more toward the direction of the Lu Family ancestors’ seclusion and called out loudly, "Lu Family ancestors, I, Lu Yanwu, for one last ti, implore the ancestors to relieve Lu Yaosheng of his position as Family Master. Otherwise, I will leave the Lu Family!"
"Hahahaha..."
Lu Yaosheng suddenly burst into laughter, "You wretch, daring to threaten the ancestors, do you think too highly of yourself?"
"You don’t need to leave the Lu Family; I, in my capacity as Lu Family Master, hereby announce that you are expelled from the Lu Family, and your na will also be removed from the family records."
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