By now, in Linzi, there was no need to explain who Chongxuan Sheng was.
Even the most foolish person knew how much weight Chongxuan Sheng's words carried compared with Chongxuan Mingguang's. They might share the Chongxuan surname, but Chongxuan Mingguang had no right to represent the Chongxuan Family.
At this moment, Chongxuan Sheng was smiling brightly and speaking gently, but that one word—"force"—was more than these old, weak, women, and children could bear.
In fact, there weren't many people in all of Linzi who could bear it.
No matter how many benefits Chongxuan Mingguang promised them, it wouldn't matter.
"Ah Sheng, you're in the wrong here. How can you say they're forcing you?"
Chongxuan Mingguang immediately stepped forward, playing the elder. "They can't make ends meet! How could we not take responsibility?"
Call him foolish, and he showed a little cunning—he knew how to get under people's skin.
Call him clever, and he was still downright foolish! Even his attempt to provoke had missed the mark.
The scene of these people making a fuss at Xia Mountain Villa had cost far more than Chongxuan Sheng face. To put it more seriously, it had smeared the Chongxuan name.
Their little scene at Xia Mountain Villa was a provocation to everyone who had divided up Chongxuan Zun's businesses.
But whatever else it was, it was also a father's effort and struggle on behalf of his son, who was cultivating in seclusion at Jixia Academy.
As Chongxuan Sheng's position grew stronger and stronger, and he even acquired the top-tier Supernatural Power, Law of Heaven and Earth, Chongxuan Mingguang had grown worried that the position of family head might be settled before Chongxuan Zun left Jixia Academy.
Though perhaps doing nothing at all would have been better for Chongxuan Zun.
He had great faith