In this world, every major lineage maintained an ancestral hall, where its most venerable elders resided.
Whenever a patriarch died or stepped down, a new patriarch would be selected through the ancestral hall. As long as the candidate belonged to the He Family, no one cared whether he was an illegitimate son.
Now that He Liu had been brought back, it meant he was already qualified to compete for the position of patriarch. His conduct might not have been upright, but his talent had indeed reached heights most could only gaze up at, never hope to attain.
That was why the Matriarch had finally come to see him as a threat and chosen to act against him.
But since members of the lineage had brought him back, she naturally could not kill him outright. Hence everything that had followed.
Moreover, she had heard an inside scoop: if this illegitimate son placed in the top three in the upcoming Grand Tournament, he would gain the same eligibility as the Eldest Young Master to compete for the position of Young Master.
As far as the He Family's Matriarch was concerned, what right did an illegitimate son have?
Fortunately, he had not grown up in the family, so it was not too late.
The situation inside the inn had reached the point where a single spark would set it off. Both sides had clearly worked themselves into a fury with their insults.
In fact, they looked ready to come to blows at any moment.
The onlookers were still marveling that this Sixth Young Master, who looked like a common thug, actually possessed the Crimson Sun Physique.
But the Fang Family members could not care less whether he had some Crimson Sun Physique. All they saw was their eldest senior sister being bullied,