The repeated fury in Ji Tianchao's rebukes left many of the onlookers looking ashamed.
Indeed, the boy had brought Ji Yun'ge back to the Ji Family. The return of the heroic soul of the War God who had protected them was an immense service to the Ji Family.
Never mind that the boy was of mixed outsider blood-even if he had been a convicted criminal, he could have been pardoned.
Amid the silence, Ji Tianchao glanced at Ji Qingfeng, disappointment showing in his eyes, but said nothing.
He had long known that the grievances of their fathers had carried down to their descendants, but he had never liked explaining himself. He only hoped to kill more enemies and slay more monsters, so his other brothers and sisters would see that, although he could not refuse their father's favoritism, he could give that love back to the Lineage!
Someone rushed out of the crowd. Seeing Ji Yufen unconscious inside the Guest Welcoming Hall, she cried in shock and anger:
"Yufen!"
His mother's call gradually roused the boy lying beside Li Hao's feet.
"Where did this bastard come from? How dare you hurt my son!"
The woman in luxurious dark green robes glared at Li Hao in outrage, the curse slipping straight from her lips.
The expressions of Ji Tianchao and the others shifted. Although Ji Qingqing had erred by marrying an outsider, Li Hao was still their grandnephew, carrying the same blood as their branch.
"Shut your mouth!"
Ji Tianchao barked the command.
Hearing that resonant, commanding voice, the noblewoman's expression changed slightly. Only then did she realize she had misspoken, but indignation still burned within her as she said:
"Tianchao War God, my son is a Heavenly Prodigy. You cannot favor an outsider..."
"Your son deserves to be called a