Su Nanxing gritted his teeth. "I'm the victim here!"
Su Rong's gaze turned cold, and killing intent surged around him.
Su Nanxing was startled. Is this guy going to kill me? He glanced at Su Chen.
Damn it, just who is this guy?
Fuck!
Forcibly suppressing the anger and killing intent in his heart, he stared at Su Chen and said, word by word, "I'm... sor... ry!"
He actually apologized?
Everyone was a little surprised. They had thought Su Nanxing would stand his ground to the end.
Su Chen looked at Su Rong and said calmly, "Kill him. He has killing intent toward me."
Wha-!
An uproar swept through the crowd as everyone stared at Su Chen in disbelief.
Was this guy insane? He actually wanted to kill a member of his own clan!
Killing a fellow clansman was a grave crime. Under the Su Clan's rules, a life had to be repaid with a life!
And he had even ordered the Grand Elder to do the killing.
Was he crazy?
Su Ya was also astonished. Even she didn't dare kill a fellow clansman, because the consequences were truly severe!
There had once been someone whose cultivation talent rivaled hers, but that person had been executed on the spot for killing a fellow clansman! She still remembered the scene.
None of them believed the Grand Elder would kill Su Nanxing for Su Chen's sake.
Su Nanxing sneered, pointing at his head. "Is there something wrong with your brain?"
Just then, a giant palm bearing supreme divine might came crashing down on Su Nanxing.
Bang!
Before Su Nanxing could even react, he was smashed into a pulp on the spot.
Silence-
The surroundings fell terrifyingly silent.
Everyone's expressions froze, their faces blank with shock.
Holy shit!
He had actually killed him?
The Grand Elder had really killed Su Nanxing for Su Chen's sake?
The crowd erupted, everyone staring wide-eyed in disbelief.
Even Su Ya was stunned. Then she looked at Su Chen, her eyes more serious than ever before.
Su Rong turned to Su Chen and said with a beaming smile, "Little Chen, when did you get back?"
Su Chen smiled faintly. "Not long ago."
Su Rong feigned anger. "Why didn't you tell us old fellows you were back? We haven't seen each other in over ten years. Have you grown distant from us?"
Su Chen smiled. "How could that be? I was just about to go find you."
Su Rong said, "All right, then. Next time you come back, tell us right away, understood?"
Su Chen nodded. "Understood."
Hearing their conversation, the members of the Su Household were stunned once again.
Why were the two of them speaking so familiarly?
Could he be the Grand Elder's illegitimate son?
Just then, someone seemed to recognize Su Chen and exclaimed, "I know who he is! He's the clan leader's son, Su Chen!"
"What?!"
"He's Su Chen?"
Everyone was startled. They turned to Su Chen, curiosity in their eyes.
They had heard a rumor since childhood. Decades ago, the clan leader's wife had given birth to a son, and the moment he was born, all manner of terrifying phenomena had appeared one after another!
Purple qi had covered hundreds of millions upon hundreds of millions of miles of the void! Countless phantom figures of immortals and gods had all knelt before him on one knee!
It had caused a sensation throughout the Immortal Realm! Countless terrifying powers had flocked to the Su Household, seeking nothing but a marriage alliance!
Everyone in the Su Household had been ecstatic, for they knew that in the future, their household would surely produce another Great Emperor who could look down upon the Immortal Realm!
Now everyone understood. They finally realized why the Grand Elder treated Su Chen this way.
He could very well be a future Great Emperor, for fuck's sake!
How could they not dote on him?
Seeing the realization on everyone's faces, Su Ya and the others were full of questions.
They had only just awakened and knew nothing of the rumor, so they were puzzled by everyone's realization.
Su Rong smiled. "You brat, you've finally decided to cultivate?"
Su Chen sighed helplessly. "You and the other elders put me in such a dangerous place. What could I do but cultivate?"
Su Rong laughed heartily. "That's what you get for spending all your time playing before."
Su Chen sighed again, quite helpless.
Su Rong asked, "What realm are you in now?"
Su Chen thought for a moment, then said, "Probably invincible among the younger generation."
Behind him, the Demon Venerable's lips twitched sharply. I think invincible among the older generation would be more fitting.
Su Rong laughed heartily. "Good, good, good! I knew that if you started cultivating, you absolutely wouldn't leave anyone of your generation a way out."
Su Chen smiled faintly. "Not bad, not bad."
Su Rong shook his head with a smile, then looked at Su Chen. "You want to be the divine son?"
Su Chen nodded. "My father wants me to be the divine son."
Su Rong said, "I thought so. Why else would you suddenly want to be the divine son? Back then, we begged you to take the position, and you still refused."
At those words, everyone was dumbfounded.
What did he mean, they had begged him to be the divine son and he had refused?
But seeing Su Rong's expression, they had no choice but to believe him.
If anyone else had said it, they wouldn't have believed it even if beaten to death. But Su Rong was different. He was the Su Clan's Grand Elder. Why would he talk nonsense?
Su Chen said, "Sigh, it can't be helped. I really don't want to be the divine son, but what can I do when my father wants me to?"
Holy shit!
Everyone's eyes blazed with anger at his words.
Just listen!
Would you all just listen to him!
Was that something a human being would fucking say?
Was being the divine son such a hardship for him?
Su Rong was also speechless. He smiled and shook his head, then turned toward the sky and said, "From this day forth, Su Chen is the divine son of our Su Clan!"
His voice was imbued with boundless divine might, and so it was heard throughout the Immortal Realm.
The Su Clan?
Divine son?
Countless beings in the Immortal Realm were unfamiliar with those four words. Only the ancient powers, which were like taboos, knew what they meant.
The Nangong Clan
Nangong Po called out, "Someone!"
The next moment, a figure appeared beside him and said respectfully, "Clan leader."
Nangong Po instructed, "Take some treasures from the clan treasury and deliver them to the Su Clan."
The figure nodded, then vanished.
With his hands clasped behind his back, Nangong Po gazed into the void and murmured, "Su Chen? Has he agreed to cultivate?"
It wasn't just the Nangong Clan. The other taboo powers also sent people to the Su Clan.
The Su Clan
Just then, Su Ya stepped forward. He looked at Su Chen and said, "Divine Son, I would like to spar with you."
Clearly, she was unwilling to accept Su Chen as the divine son.
Why could Su Chen be the divine son when she couldn't?
But she didn't dare question Su Rong's decision, so she had decided to challenge Su Chen to a spar.
Su Rong watched Su Ya with interest, saying nothing.
Su Chen turned to Su Ya and said calmly, "Make your move. Remember, use your strongest attack, or I'm afraid you won't get another chance."
Su Ya's gaze turned cold, but she said nothing.
The next moment!
Her hands rapidly formed seals, and a terrifying phantom figure appeared behind her!
The phantom was expressionless and a thousand zhang tall, with a strange, mysterious presence emanating from it.
Just then, the phantom suddenly struck at Su Chen with a palm. As the palm came down, space itself began to boil, and countless mountains collapsed in an instant.
A force capable of destroying heaven and earth engulfed Su Chen in an instant.
The Great Saint Realm!
So powerful!
Everyone's expressions grew incomparably grave. Only now did they realize just how terrifying the woman before them was!
As expected of a monstrous genius from the age of High Antiquity!
They looked at Su Chen, wondering whether he could withstand it.