"Insolence! Who gave you the nerve to threaten the Half-Sage Families? Admit your guilt at once, or we'll see you at the Sacred Academy's Ritual Hall!" Lei Longkuo flew into a rage.
Without even looking at Lei Longkuo, Fang Yun said, "At this moment, there are no Half-Sage Families here, only a perverse scoundrel who cannot bear to lose and brings disaster upon his own family! The Human Race's Half-Sage Families could never produce trash like you."
"Just wait for the Ritual Hall to send down the Three Rites Fire!" Zong Shibing said angrily.
Zong Wude frowned and used Tongue Blossoms Thunder. "Uncle, you represent not only yourself, but also our Zong Family. I hope you will mind your words. Our family's Great Scholars and patriarch may say such things. I cannot, and you have even less right to!"
Zong Shibing took a deep breath and suppressed his anger. Zong Wude belonged to the Zong Family's direct line, while he belonged to a collateral branch of another ethnic lineage. If he dared argue back, it would become an internal family dispute. Once they left the Sea of Learning, the Zong Family would surely punish him under its family laws, while nothing would happen to Zong Wude.
Moreover, Zong Shibing had always suspected that the Zong Family deliberately left Zong Wude alone to preserve a seed for the family. Should trouble befall them in the future, Zong Wude's presence would ensure that the direct line did not die out.
Even in the Lei Family, Lei Yue, the patriarch two generations before the current one, had prepared a way out. Some of the family's people of ambition and integrity had already broken away from the present Lei Family and entered the Desolate City Ancient Land together. Before leaving, they had jointly sent