Chapter 440: Chapter 440: Since You Seek Thrills, Then See It Through to the End Chapter 440: Chapter 440: Since You Seek Thrills, Then See It Through to the End Liu Jingyuan’s mind went blank, momentarily unable to grasp the meaning of those words.
“Would you be willing to follow me?”
What… what does this mean?
Bai Chuwei saw the middle-aged man looking bewildered and with a slight curve of her lips, kindly explained, “For instance, replacing the Tang Family to become one of the new Eight Great Families?”
Bai Chuwei sighed inwardly, for the one she truly admired was Hanhan.
But Duan Feihan stubbornly refused, not wanting to be her subordinate but rather to be her partner in cultivation, which made it seem as though their revered ancestor was coercing them into an unsavory alliance.
Without Duan Feihan, the Liu Family was also not a bad choice.
Hearing this, Liu Jingyuan was so scared that his legs gave way completely, and he sat down hard on the ground, frozen like a wooden chicken.
Replace the Tang Family to become one of the new Eight Great Families…
How could he dare to think such thoughts?
He had never been bold enough in his life to dream of something that seemed almost more difficult than plucking the moon from the sky! To replace the Tang Family, to become one of the new Eight Great Families, residing in the Imperial Capital…
Bai Chuwei’s smile was slight as she drew out her words, lazily emitting a nasal sound, “Hmm?”
Liu Jingyuan snapped back to reality, swallowed hard, both fearful and excited, and exclaimed, “Revered Ancestor, I am willing!!”
The words “I am willing” spoken by Liu Jingyuan felt like a heavy boulder crashing down onto Tang Ke’s head, causing it to bleed and his breathing to stop.
Bai Chuwei… this revered ancestor, not only did she strip away the Tang Family’s position as one of the Eight Great Families, but she also… also allowed the Liu Family to replace them and rise to power?
That insignificant family which he once didn’t even consider worth his attention, utterly despised…
That Liu Family which he thought he could trample into nothingness, and whom he expected Liu Jingyuan to grovel before…
Just, just like that they were on the rise?
Supported by Bai Chuwei, this revered ancestor, they could tread the Tang Family underfoot?
Tang Ke thought of how he had almost killed Liu Jingyuan and almost caused his blind daughter to sink into depression and jump from a building; once, once the Liu Family rose to the position once held by the Tang Family, he was finished.
Would he be “suicided”?
He was afraid of death…
Regrets kept growing in his heart, spreading relentlessly…
Tang Ke cried and shouted, began to kowtow toward Bai Chuwei, his forehead bleeding from hitting the ground, pleading, “Revered Ancestor, you can’t let the Tang Family die out; the Liu Family will surely kill me, please forgive me this once.”
Bai Chuwei remained indifferent.
In Liu Jingyuan’s heart, a mix of excitement and fear, he couldn’t help but say with aversion, “Do you think everyone is like you? Killing people is illegal!”
Even if he really became one of the Eight Great Families, Liu Jingyuan had no thoughts of murder or arson, the sort of things Tang Ke used to do.
He Sulan and the other Family Heads watched enviously, their family records showed that their ancestors had used every trick to gain favor from the revered ancestor, out of thousands of prominent families, their ancestors had been the one in a hundred chosen.
And now, Liu Jingyuan’s Liu Family had such luck, to be personally invited by the revered ancestor!
Such prestige was immense!
Were they just that fortunate?
Tang Ke sobbed convulsively, his body twitching uncontrollably.
Really, really unwilling to forgive him?
He was only an illegitimate child; he didn’t understand these secrets known only to the prominent families!
He had already kneeled and begged for mercy; why were they so relentless?
If begging did not work, why should he be so meek and humble?
Resigned to his fate, Tang Ke somehow found the courage and forced himself up from the ground, his teeth clattering together, his voice trembling as he said,
“Since… since my Tang Family has been kicked out of the Eight Great Families, then, then I will take my leave first.”
Tang Ke dropped those words and stumbled out, running.
As long as he didn’t die, even if the Tang Family was no longer one of the Eight Great Families, it wouldn’t be too miserable.
Without the so-called protection of the revered ancestor, he could still continue as the head of the Tang Family!
In the years since he came into power, even without the protection of the revered ancestor, the Tang Family had still fared quite well.
Bai Chuwei watched Tang Ke’s pathetic figure fleeing in a panic and lightly curved her lips, saying in an indifferent tone, “Since he seeks thrill, he might as well see it through to the end.” Original content can be found at novel·fiɾe·net