"I apologize, Hall Master Hongchen, but I have some personal matters to attend to at the moment, so it's not convenient for me to entertain you."
"I understand." Jing Hongchen didn't ask any more questions, but waved his hand and left with Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.
Seeing Jing Hongchen leave with his men, leaving only clan members behind, Su Ning's heart skipped a beat. As the young clan leader's gaze toward him grew increasingly hostile, Su Ning realized he had acted impulsively.
Publicly questioning a powerful junior clan leader will be met with severe punishment.
"Young clan leader, I..."
Su Ning was about to say something to beg for mercy, but at that moment Su Yun's icy voice came through.
"Kill him."
The next second, the elder of the family hesitated for a moment, but still unleashed his Soul Ring and casually launched a Soul Skill without saying a word.
As Eight-Ring Soul Douluo, a mere Five-Ring Soul King could easily kill him with a single Soul Skill. Su Ning isn't the Death Messenger Death Messenger; he doesn't possess the same level of talent.
"Young Clan Chief, please calm down!"
Just as Su Ning was about to die on the spot, a Soul Douluo quickly appeared, blocking the attack of the family's Elder Luo and saving Su Yun's life.
"Dad." Seeing his father suddenly appear and save him, Su Ning's eyes filled with tears, but then he was slapped by his father, who whipped him into a spinning top.
"Shut up! I'm not your father, you're my father! You dare to question the young clan leader's words? You've got some nerve!"
After slapping Su Ning, Su Ning's father quickly looked in Su Yun's direction and said with a forced smile, "Young Clan Leader, please calm down. Ning'er is still young and doesn't understand. I hope the Young Clan Leader will consider that Ning'er recently won the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament and obtained a lot of resources for the family, and let his merits and demerits cancel each other out this time."
Su Yun glanced at Su Ning's father, then at Su Ning.
"Considering his past contributions, he can be spared the death penalty. Later, we'll place restrictions on him, preventing him from using the Su Clan's techniques and revealing the Su Clan's secrets. He'll also be expelled from the Su Clan. Since he wants to go to Shrek, then let him go."
Su Yun said calmly, he really didn't understand how these Shrek could be so obsessed.
Su Ning had access to the Su Clan's resources before; he had even directly benefited from them, such as cultivation techniques that accelerated cultivation speed, pills that allowed him to absorb Soul Ring beyond his level, and the sufficiently strong elders who led each Soul Hunting under Su Yun's orders.
With so many truly valuable things laid out before them, the Su Clan still had a spiritual Shrek.
Moreover, putting aside the mental Shrek members, what Su Yun truly didn't expect was that his family would actually have a fanatical member who dared to directly oppose Su Yun just to go to Shrek.
Mingming could easily reach at least the Super Douluo level by following him, simply by virtue of his status as a member of the Su Clan. Yet, there was someone who dared to go against him, even in public. Su Yun truly didn't know what was wrong with Su Ning's brain.
People with this kind of mindset are not suitable to stay in the family. Otherwise, if one day Su Ning betrays the Su Clan for the Shrek Academy like Zhou Weiqing betrayed the God of Destruction, it would be a great loss.
Therefore, Su Ning absolutely cannot be allowed to live. Theoretically, the best course of action is to kill him directly, but since he had previously rendered meritorious service, it wouldn't be unreasonable to offset some of his transgressions with his merits.
Hearing Su Yun's verdict on Su Ning, Su Ning's father opened his mouth, but in the end all his words came down to just one sentence.
"Thank you for your mercy, Young Clan Chief."
Su Ning's father didn't say anything more, or rather, he didn't dare to say anything more.
The Su Clan's combat strength has increased rapidly in the past two years. He, who has become an Eight- Soul Douluo and is qualified to be a family elder, knows exactly how this happened.
It was precisely because he knew this that he dared not question Su Yun's decision. He understood that the Su Clan's current prosperity was essentially due to the resources Su Yun had brought in. Without Su Yun's resources, he would probably be stuck at Level 69, and he didn't know if he could even attempt to break through to the Soul Saint.
Several days later.
Outside a side gate of the Su Clan, Su Ning's parents and his younger brother Su Yan watched Su Ning prepare to leave the family, and remained silent for a moment.
"Father, Mother, Xu Xiaoyan-zi, don't worry, I'm going to the Shrek Academy this time, which is the number one Soul Master Academy on the continent."
"Our Su Clan's Martial Soul should be that of Soul Master, not Soul Engineer. Once I go to the Shrek Academy Shrek Academy and develop my Martial Soul to its fullest potential under their guidance, will I still be afraid of not being able to return to the family when I become Titled Douluo?"
Upon hearing about Titled Douluo and returning to the family, a glimmer of light finally appeared in the dim eyes of Su Ning's parents and younger brother.
"Ning'er..."
Su Ning's mother hugged Su Ning, her eyes filled with reluctance.
"Mother, it's alright. Wait for me. With my talent and the training I received from the Shrek Academy, I believe that in less than twenty years, no, fifteen years, I will definitely become Titled Douluo. Then I will return to see you as Titled Douluo."
Hearing Su Ning's words, Su Ning's father remained silent for a long time. "Eldest son, don't overwork yourself. Your mother and I are both Soul Master, and we're still young, so there's no rush. Don't take risks just to quickly improve your cultivation; it's not worth it."
"Don't worry, Dad. What danger could there be? That's Shrek Academy, the number one Soul Master Academy on the entire continent. As a student of Shrek, how could I possibly take any risks so easily?"
"I hope so." Su Ning's father shook his head. "Let's not talk about that. How have you been feeling about your cultivation speed these past few days? Without the support of the cultivation technique, is your cultivation speed still okay?"
Su Ning shook his head dismissively. "It's alright. My cultivation is indeed a bit slower now, but that's not important. Shrek Academy is the number one Soul Master Academy on the entire continent. What the Su Clan has, how could Shrek not have?"
"Once I demonstrate sufficient talent at the Shrek Academy, I can use Shrek's equipment. I imagine Shrek's equipment will be several times, even dozens of times, stronger than the family's."
Su Ning's parents and younger brother did not refute what Su Ning said. The brainwashing of the Shrek Academy was so deep that it was normal for them to think that Shrek had something better than the Su Clan.
"Go in peace. I will apply to be your team leader for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament five years from now. I hope to see you then."
After Su Ning's father finished speaking, Su Ning's younger brother, Su Yan, added, "Brother, I want to participate in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament just like you. I'm the right age, and Dad and I will come to see you then."
"Good."
Su Ning patted his younger brother's head, then turned and left the Su Clan. Only after Su Ning's figure had completely disappeared did Su Ning's parents bring Su Yan back to the family.
After this incident, Su Yan remained their only son for many years to come.
Meanwhile, as he walked further away, realizing that his parents could no longer see him, Su Ning turned back and made a vow.
" Su Clan, Su Yun, just you wait! Once I become Titled Douluo, I'll show you what it means to have fortunes change drastically over time. Don't underestimate a young man's potential!"