Luo Sha had never expected Luo Yuan to have the nerve to bring this up.
His emotions surged, and his killing intent skyrocketed.
Waves surged alongside the trident toward Luo Yuan. Hundreds of water columns spiraled through the air, weaving together into a Heavenly Net and Earthly Snare that covered nearly half the river's surface. Beneath the net, Luo Yuan looked as tiny as an ant, but no one dared underestimate him—not even Luo Sha.
"I'll take your head to the ancestral rites for Grandfather!"
If Luo Yuan hadn't used such underhanded tactics back then to damage Grandfather's foundations, leaving poison coiling through his meridians that couldn't be purged, Grandfather wouldn't have waited until the end of his natural lifespan before relying on outside help to break through to the 20th Rank Che Hou. To anyone else, a breakthrough was a cause for celebration. For Grandfather, it merely prolonged his torment. Every extra day he lived was another day of suffering. Luo Sha had only learned of his pain later.
[Why didn't Grandfather tell us? If the uncles had known...]
To help Grandfather break through, the uncles had searched for rare treasures of heaven and earth for ages, nearly losing their lives several times. Everyone knew how important Grandfather was. With a powerful ancestor living in seclusion on an island, the clan could trade on the mainland without fearing that they'd invite disaster. Anyone who dared come after them would be killed. It was reassuring, certainly, but if that reassurance came at the cost of Grandfather's suffering, his uncles and aunts would never have demanded it.
[Of course, I had to take a gamble.]
[Take a gamble?]
[The "Anointing" of a 20th Rank Che Hou is as different from that of a Nineteenth Rank Marquis Within the Pass as heaven