Rage Unleashed

Ren Hanlin and Ren Wenxu chimed in one after another. They had endured this for a long time too, and the moment they spoke, they poured out all the words they had been holding back for a month.

"Hmph!" Wan Hong snorted coldly to himself and slowly lifted his tea for a sip. He had seen this sort of thing more than once. These old fellows seemed to enjoy this moment as well. Next, Ren Jie would surely apologize again and again, groveling and currying favor with the elders.

Although, as a junior, there was nothing unusual about yielding and admitting fault before several Lineage elders old enough to be his grandfathers, he was the Family Head.

Whenever Wan Hong thought of that, he felt nothing but contempt. Think of how glorious Ren Tianxing, Ren Jie's father, had been in his day. He inherited the position of Family Head at sixteen, led the Lineage soldiers to wipe out an evil cult at eighteen, and commanded troops on campaign at twenty. In three years, he destroyed fifteen small nations, launching war after war and shocking the world. At twenty-five, he had already stepped into the Yin Yang Realm, becoming one of Jade Capital City's peak martial powers and the strongest among the younger generation. Afterward, he brought the Ren Family to its most glorious era.

At thirty, he even declined the title of King of a Different Surname. After thirty-five, his strength became unfathomable. In nineteen years, he led the Ren Family from last place among the Five Great Families all the way to its current position, where it could faintly contend with the imperial house, becoming the Bright Jade Dynasty's second strongest Lineage after the royal family.

Yet his son had inherited the position of Family Head. Though that had been forcibly arranged through his father's prestige, he was still the first person in history to become Family Head while in the Body Refining Realm. And he was a seventeen-year-old waste at the Body Refining Realm Fifth Layer. Still, he was the Family Head.

Just as Wan Hong sneered, ready to enjoy the show while Ren Hanlin, Ren Wenxu, and Ren Junyang, the three elders, spoke one after another, Ren Jie's expression had already turned increasingly ugly.

At first, when he heard these elders speaking, he had intended to humbly accept their instruction. If he did not understand something, he would simply listen. But the longer Ren Jie listened, the more something felt wrong. The more he listened, the more annoyed he became. What the fuck was this? Besides, there had not been much information about this in the previous Ren Jie's memories. That bastard really had an Ah Q spirit—this clearly was not the first time, yet he had somehow failed to retain any deep impression of it.

Ren Jie swiftly gathered the few scraps of information he had and learned that Ren Jie's father—no, his own father now—was actually this incredible. In twenty years, he had brought the Ren Family to the pinnacle of all pinnacles. Ren Jie also uncovered some useful information: when Ren Tianxing had been Family Head, the elders' only duty had been to obey orders.

There had been no Council of Elders at all. Those elders had possessed no real authority. If you had ability, you had authority. If you could contribute to the Lineage, you received corresponding power. Otherwise, you obediently stayed to the side, waited for your most basic resource allocation, and cultivated.

It was only after he became Family Head that Ren Tianxing set up a Council of Elders. Aside from the three before him, it consisted of his Sixth Uncle Ren Tianzong, Second Uncle Ren Tianheng, Fifth Uncle Ren Tianqi, and the Great Elder Ren XiongTu, who remained in seclusion year-round—a total of seven people.

Fuck, weren't these basically regents?

Ren Jie immediately thought of the regents from those historical novels and television dramas he had watched before, people like Aobai.

Compared with the Earth he knew before, this Ren Family was far more formidable than the imperial clans of that era.

Now, watching this group talk over one another, Ren Jie grew more and more displeased. He had already been unhappy about coming to this world, and now he had run into something like this.

These old fellows had clearly seized power and started issuing orders, treating a chicken feather like an imperial decree.

They did have the authority to do this, but he was the dignified Family Head. They even restricted his living expenses and purchases. Though that top-grade spring water and Fire Cloud Sparrow Tongue had apparently been encouraged by Gao Ren, the memories said they were delicious.

And while ten thousand taels of gold sounded like a lot, the Bright Jade Dynasty used silver as its most basic currency, then gold, and above gold came Jade Coin. Ten taels of silver could be exchanged for one tael of gold, and ten taels of gold for one Jade Coin. Ten thousand taels of gold amounted to merely one thousand Jade Coins. For ordinary people, that was indeed an income they might only earn after several years. But to the Ren Family, it did not even count as one hair from nine oxen.

The key issue was not how much he spent. It was that these fellows were using it as an excuse to pick faults. Originally, there had been no restrictions on what the Family Head could do. Yet under him, not only had the Council of Elders imposed restrictions, they had cut his monthly living expenses from one hundred thousand taels of gold—ten thousand Jade Coins in basic expenses—to five thousand. His temporary advance limit for emergencies had also been slashed from 500,000 Taels of Gold to one hundred thousand taels of gold. And now they wanted to cut it again.

He was the true Ren Family Head. Even the Family Head of a Lineage ten times smaller than the Ren Family could freely mobilize gold. Did these fuckers not regard him as the Family Head at all? Did they see him as some puppet emperor? Were they bullying him because they could?

Ren Jie did not care what had happened before, but the more he listened now, the angrier he became.

"Bang... crash!" Beside Ren Jie's enormous chair was a table with freshly brewed tea, the sort of treasure rich in spiritual energy that could not be bought even with a fortune. But Ren Jie swept it away with one motion. The tea cups and table flew into the great hall, landing between Ren Junyang and the other three before shattering apart.

"Ah..."

"Hm?"

Those who could become Ren Family elders had naturally weathered many storms, yet at this moment, they all stared in disbelief at the shattered table and teacups before them, completely stunned.

Even Wan Hong, who had been waiting to watch the show, froze with his teacup raised and looked upward in astonishment.

"Come on..." Ren Jie had already been depressed and irritated by his transmigration. Now, he sprang directly from the enormous chair, pointed at Ren Junyang and the others, then pointed at his massive seat. "Come on, sit up here. You be the Family Head."

"You want to punish this Family Head, right? Since you're all so fucking capable, come up here and be the Family Head yourselves! You say I disgrace the Lineage—have you no shame saying that? Do you know what it means when the lord worries, his ministers are disgraced; when the lord is disgraced, his ministers die?"

"Tell me, am I the Family Head of the Ren Family or not?" Ren Jie erupted in a furious roar as he glared at Ren Junyang and the others.

They were all frightened stiff by this Hedonistic Young Master. This little hedonistic Family Head was only at the Body Refining Realm Fifth Layer. Whenever they had previously mentioned cutting expenses or controlling his finances, he would be scared out of his wits, yielding, begging, apologizing, and making promises.

This had made those elders, who originally held no real power, feel immensely satisfied. No matter what, Ren Jie was the Family Head. Watching the Family Head yield and beg before them soothed and comforted the grievances they had suffered under Ren Tianxing's oppression for twenty years.

Yet they had never expected that today, this hedonistic Family Head would... would explode, and with such ferocity.

"You won't answer, is that it? Then let me ask you this: since I am the Ren Family's rightful Family Head, what do I represent? I represent the Ren Family's face. I am the master of the Ren Family. Let alone striking me, even speaking disrespectfully to me means looking down on the Ren Family. If someone touches me, they are touching the Ren Family. Now that this Family Head has been beaten, not only do you fail to share my worries or act for the Lineage and for this Family Head, you stand here spouting this useless fucking nonsense."

The oppression of transmigration and the frustration of leaving Earth all burst forth through this opportunity.

Even if he did not remain Family Head, Ren Jie had no desire to be some puppet emperor, manipulated by this pack of old things. So now he had no scruples. Besides, his former self had originally been a super Hedonistic Young Master. He had only behaved obediently before these old fellows because they held his financial lifeline in their hands. But Ren Jie did not give a damn about them.

"Do you feel great doing this? After being oppressed by my father for twenty years, do you think bullying me now can soothe your weak little hearts?" Standing above them, Ren Jie pointed at the three and said, "Bullshit. You're nothing but farts—wherever you're placed, the stench becomes unbearable. All day long, you only know how to haggle over these trivial matters. What have you ever done for the Lineage?"

"All day long, you only know how to keep your eyes on this Family Head. Are you my wet nurses? Do I need to report to you every time I piss or shit? Do you know how much a Ren Family this vast consumes every moment? Since you became elders, have you ever offered strategies for the Lineage, ever increased its income? With the effort you spend watching this Family Head, if you could increase the Lineage's income by even ten percent, how long would that be enough for this Family Head to spend?" Ren Jie did not actually know, but that did not stop him from questioning them. In any case, he guessed these old fellows probably had not contributed much.

After twenty consecutive years of prosperity, after being driven forward by his father for twenty years, it would actually be difficult for anyone to elevate the Ren Family any further during this period. So those words could not possibly be wrong.

More importantly, right or wrong, Ren Jie was venting and erupting now.

"One by one, you neglect proper business all day long. This Family Head was beaten, yet you actually speak for outsiders. Do you know that striking this Family Head means touching the Ren Family? Do we have to wait until others come beating down the Ren Family's doors before it counts?"

Like a raging storm, Ren Jie's explosion, venting, and furious roars left Second Elder Ren Junyang, Third Elder Ren Hanlin, and Fourth Elder Ren Wenxu utterly stunned, their minds blank.

At the same time, Ren Jie's words left their mouths dry and their hands trembling. Ren Wenxu was so enraged that he rose to his feet and pointed at Ren Jie. His mouth opened several times, but each attempt was drowned out and forced back by Ren Jie's words.

Wan Hong remained seated there, holding his teacup like a statue.

My ears aren't broken, are they? I didn't hear wrong, did I? Is this really that Ren Jie who would lose all face and grovel whenever anyone mentioned controlling his money? Is this really that little Family Head in the Body Refining Realm, like a puppet emperor?

What happened to him today? Has he gone mad?

"Ren... Ren Jie... y-you've gone mad. Do you... do you know what you're saying?" Ren Junyang stood as well. Even the power around him was becoming difficult to suppress. The strength of a Divine Power Realm peak expert was no joke. He already had one foot in the Yin Yang Realm and had a chance to condense a Yin Soul.

"What did you call me?" Ren Jie pointed at himself. "You don't even call me Family Head now. Do you know what the Family Rules say? Are you planning to make a move against me? Wasn't my position as Family Head approved by all of you back then? Come on, try it. Make your move."