Chapter 69: Yao Feng’s Killing Intent! (1/2)
In order to avoid suspicion, at the very peak of his career, Su Zhengchen chose to retire. He handed over the military influence within his grasp and went into seclusion. Shutting himself within the Su Residence, he rejected all guests and cut off all connections with the military commanders and influential officials of the royal court.
He even went as far as to give up on pursuing his cultivation. Thus, in the Su Residence, not a single word about the military could be heard and no movement of the Origin Energy could be felt either. As though an ordinary man, he slowly aged and waited for his demise.
The Su Residence’s gates were always shut, secluding those within the Su Residence, including Su Zhengchen, from the outside world. Even so, this was just the start of his tragedy.
Even though Su Zhengchen could tolerate giving up his power under the slanders of the officials, losing his only son when he was in his prime had dealt him a heavy blow.
Su Zhengchen had retreated from the royal court, but he didn’t forbid his son from working for it. This was the matter that he regretted the most.
When Su Zhengchen’s only grandson died as well, Su Zhengchen’s heart was killed along with him. From then on, his life was just a heap of sorrow and pain.
Since then, the old servant had never seen Su Zhengchen laugh before. When the old servant spoke of this, tears couldn’t help but stream from his eyes.
As an ex-God of War, a meritorious subject who had expanded the territories of the Central Plains, he shouldn’t meet with such an ending!
Su Zhengchen had never experienced joy from that day onward!
And this little child who was licking on a stick of candied haws would become his only source of happiness in the later part of his life, even though this happiness would only last for a few short years.
Life was short, and regardless of whether Wang Chong was able to obtain Su Zhengchen’s inheritance or not, he hoped that this ex-God of War would be able to be happy. At the very least, he hoped that through his effort, Su Zhengchen would enjoy this happiness a few years earlier. This was Wang Chong’s show of respect toward the noble man!
“Remember, don’t tell the Old Mister of this matter.”
Wang Chong patted the young child’s head before throwing a silver ingot to him. Then, he placed his second black stone on the gold-plated chess board.
Wang Chong only had a single chance at the game with Su Zhengchen. A single misstep could spell his loss, causing this unparalleled art to slip by him.
Since Wang Chong wasn’t eliminated in his first move, giving him a second black stone even, meant that Wang Chong had successfully caught the attention of the old marshal.
Leaving behind the black stone, Wang Chong turned around and left the Ghost Tree District.
Su Zhengchen’s Art of God and Demon Obliteration was known as the hardest ultimate technique to obtain, and many old marshals, including the previous emperor, had been rejected heartlessly by him, needless to say, a youngster like him.
Wang Chong didn’t expect to obtain the inheritance of the ex-God of War so easily. However, if he was attracting his attention, he was making good progress.
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Just as Wang Chong left the Ghost Tree District, Yao Feng wasn’t lazing about at the Yao Residence.
“Wang Yan, Wang Bei, Wang Chong… One day, I will crush the entire Wang Clan, repaying the humiliation you have showered upon our Yao Clan tenfold!”
Yao Feng clenched his fists tightly and swept everything on the desk onto the floor.
The Yao Residence’s atmosphere was gloomy, extremely gloomy!
Ever since his father, Yao Guang Yi, had suffered a setback in the hands of Wang Yan by the borders, the atmosphere in the entire Yao Residence has been extremely stifled. The Old Master from the Four Quarters Embassy had passed down an instruction strictly forbidding any Yao Clan member from causing trouble outside.
From that day on, the gates to the Yao Residence had been tightly shut. Even Yao Feng’s actions were strictly restricted and he wasn’t able to leave the house as he pleased. This was the first time he was experiencing this since young.
To the proud Yao Feng, this was a heavy blow.
Yao Feng knew this was the Old Master’s way of preventing any more handle from falling into the hands of the Wang Clan after coming into a compromise with them.
Right now, without even heading out, Yao Feng knew that he was already a laughingstock among the other scions.
To Yao Feng, who valued his reputation, this was outright humiliation!
“Regardless, our Yao Clan cannot take this lying!”
Yao Feng thought furiously.
Even though Yao Feng had been done in by the Wang Clan siblings at the Vast Crane Pavilion, he didn’t run straight up to them to exact vengeance on them.
Of course, this wasn’t because Yao Feng was magnanimous. Rather, his father had instructed him not to cause any unnecessary trouble.
Yao Feng knew of his father and King Qi’s scheme. As long as his father succeeded, the entire Wang Clan would perish in a moment.
This was also the reason why Yao Feng had been holding himself back. In consideration for the larger picture, he tried his best to tolerate the matter.
Just that, Yao Feng didn’t expect that his wait didn’t bring him the news of his father’s victory by the border and the fallout between the Wang Clan and King Song. Instead, what he got was his father miscalculating and making a fool out of himself by the border, becoming the object of mock in the capital.
Even his grandfather, who he had respected since young, had to lower his head to the Wang Clan Old Master for the very first time to settle this matter.
When Yao Feng heard the news, his heart bled!
The Yao Clan was currently at the peak of its power, and along with the protection of King Qi, when had it ever suffered such humiliation?
Furthermore, things didn’t end there. Soon, his father issued an order to shut the gates of the residence. The Yao Clan turned down all guests to avoid the spotlight and gossip.
After holding himself back for almost ten days, Yao Feng finally was at the ends of his tolerance.
“I can’t stand it any longer! I must talk to father. Our Yao Clan mustn’t tolerate this kind of insult!”
Thus, Yao Feng left the room and rushed toward his father’s study. Yao Feng felt that he had to discuss with his father to come up with a ploy to deal with the Wang Clan.
“Lord, I just received news that the Wang Clan’s Wang Chong had appeared in the Bluebottle Pavilion…”