"You... fool!"
"I never thought the trials these people put you through would make you harbor such thoughts."
"Perhaps I really did handle things poorly, but how could you betray your own family?"
"Do you think you can trust what they say?"
"Could their promises possibly be true?"
"Once the Nanmang Branch Pavilion grows powerful, the first thing it'll do is wipe out the Three Great Families. No one will escape."
"They won't let a tiger grow fat in their own den."
"Do you know why I've always made you give ground, step by step?"
"I was tempering your character. I wanted to train you to become the Yu Family's Old Ancestor one day."
"You've truly disappointed me!"
The Yu Family Old Ancestor's words left the Yu Family Elder utterly stunned. It had never occurred to him that the Old Ancestor's trials were meant to temper him. To him, they had been one humiliation after another, trampling on his dignity and slowly stoking his resentment until things had come to this.
"Why... why didn't you ever tell me?"
"If I'd known sooner..."
"Then how could I have tempered your character?"
"Now I see I misjudged you. You truly aren't fit to become the Yu Family's Old Ancestor."
"With you at its head, the Yu Family really would be led to ruin." The Yu Family Old Ancestor snorted coldly.
"I..."
"Ha ha ha ha!"
"Fate is fate. I accept my loss. Old Ancestor, do it."
The Yu Family Elder knew there was no chance of survival now. He could only hope the Old Ancestor would grant him a swift end.
The Yu Family Old Ancestor didn't waste words. He struck and killed the man outright, though he couldn't help feeling a little reluctant. After all, he truly had wanted to temper