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"Cui Yi is, after all, a member of the Cui family. If he can so easily suppress even his own clansmen, how should outsiders who have close ties with the Cui family behave?"

"Regardless of whether we can defeat this prodigy who can defeat a Core Formation Realm cultivator even if we do, the old case of the Third Branch will be brought up in public. What dirty deeds did their lineage commit back then that can withstand investigation?"

"Although I don't know what happened back then, the expressions on the faces of those Cui clan elders were rather strange!"

"If old grievances are brought up again, and the people's hearts are lost, can Cui Zhenshan still hold onto his position as clan leader?"

"So he..."

"So he simply stopped investigating and stopped discussing right and wrong."

"If Cui Yi accepts this favor, it will be tantamount to reconciliation."

"The old cases involving the three branches of the family were all wiped clean. It wasn't that the clan gave him justice; it was that he let it go on his own."

"From now on, he is no longer an avenger, but the future successor of the Cui family."

"Can his sword still be pointed at Cui Zhenshan?"

"The Cui family has gained a genius for nothing; let's just let this matter drop!"

"If Cui Yi doesn't accept, then he's ungrateful and seeking revenge. The clan has already promised him the position of young clan leader, which is more than enough, yet he still refuses to let it go!"

"If Cui Zhenshan takes action again, it will be to maintain the stability of the clan, and it will be perfectly justified!"

"A brilliant move to undermine the enemy's strength."

Many cultivators who were slow to realize the situation gasped in shock. With just a few words, the Avengers were put on the spot, with neither advancing nor retreating a viable option!

Many who had previously dismissed Cui Zhenshan now looked at the clan chief with a hint of apprehension.

Despite being publicly humiliated and in a sorry state, he managed to turn the tables and turn a desperate situation into a winning strategy in just a few words.

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant.

This Chief Cui... is no pushover!

The elders who had just been clamoring to teach Cui Yi a lesson were now gradually realizing what was going on.

The anger on his face subsided, and he was no longer agitated. He simply stroked his beard and looked down at Cui Yi with a gaze that carried a hint of condescension.

"The clan chief is magnanimous. If this child has even a shred of conscience, he should be grateful and kneel down to express his thanks."

"Indeed, the position of young clan leader is such an honor! Even direct descendants would fight tooth and nail for it. He, a remnant of a branch that has been scattered and left behind, has unexpectedly received such a great fortune. What more could he ask for?"

"If you know what's good for you, you should immediately sheathe your sword and kowtow to the clan leader to admit your mistake."

"If I serve the clan diligently in the future, I will not have failed the clan leader's good intentions."

Cui Yi suddenly burst into laughter twice: "Looks like what I said wasn't direct enough."

"I look down on this place full of termites, and I have no interest in the position of young clan chief."

"Since you all want to smooth things over, then I'll just have to flip the table."

"Cui Yi of the Cui family in Qinglin County!"

"Please, clan patriarch, prepare to die!"

Cui Yi amplified his shout with his true energy, making it travel over a very wide area and produce a very loud sound.

Not only did it resound throughout the entire Cui clan, but it was also clearly heard in the streets and markets outside!

Madness!

What arrogance!

If Cui Yi's Foundation Establishment cultivation swept through the entire Cui clan's younger generation and even the older generation, it was already shocking to them.

At this point, it's already terrifying!

In their eyes, Golden Core cultivators were unattainable beings, and Nascent Soul cultivators were like gods, unattainable!

A Foundation Establishment cultivator shouts at a Golden Core cultivator to come out and face his death; the world has finally turned upside down!

"Ugh."

A soft sigh.

not heavy.

Not urgent.

It even carried a hint of the hoarseness and weariness characteristic of someone nearing the end of their life.

However, this very sigh, like an invisible thread descending from the heavens, drew the entire training ground, the entire Cui family manor, and even the surrounding area for miles around into its grasp.

Everyone froze at that moment.

It's not that I don't want to move, it's that I can't!

It felt as if an invisible mountain was pressing down on my chest, heavy and cold, making even breathing a luxury!

Some people subconsciously tried to use their internal energy to resist, but their dantian was like a stagnant pool, and their true energy was frozen!

What's even more terrifying is that the oppressive aura wasn't particularly fierce.

There was no intention to harm anyone, or even to intimidate.

It is just—

presence.

It exists like the sky, like the earth, like the mountains formed by thousands of years.

It exists, and so all is silent.

At that moment, Cui Yi's eyes were also firmly locked onto the figure hanging in the sky!

He stood with his hands behind his back, dressed in a black robe and with white hair.

He stood there quietly in the void, with no clouds beneath his feet and no wind beside him.

"Little one, why must you fight like brothers?"

"Both sides were at fault back then, and both sides made mistakes."

"There are those who scheme and oppress, those who lose power, and those who cut down the weeds."

"It's a messy account, impossible to settle, and there's no need to settle it."

"If you harbor resentment, why don't I, this old man, uphold justice for you?"

Cui Yuanhua stood in the void, and in that instant, his turbid eyes seemed to pierce through decades of time, gazing upon certain long-forgotten scenes.

Upon hearing this, Cui Zhenshan suddenly looked up, his face deathly pale.

Several elders on the high platform looked at each other in shock. Some tried to speak up to stop them, but the invisible pressure made them unable to utter a single word.

The words "upholding justice" carried immense weight coming from the patriarch's mouth.

It was heavy enough to uproot the power structure of the Cui clan that had existed for decades!

It was so heavy that it could cause the clan leader, who had sat firmly on the high seat for many years, to fall from the clouds to the dust in an instant.

But before anyone could react, Cui Yuanhua...

"You are a promising talent, with good potential, a ruthless nature, and the ability to endure and choose your time wisely."

"Given time, it is not impossible to achieve the Golden Elixir."

He didn't continue, nor did he need to, because everyone understood the unspoken words.

Given time...

But you don't have much time left.

Cui Yi suddenly chuckled; he understood.

This old man is just stating a point.

The Cui clan can give him justice, but he must do so through humble supplication.

Now that he has used the wrong methods and offended the Cui clan, he must pay the price.

Even if he is a once-in-a-century genius!

Those who are not of our kind will surely have different hearts!

"So, you old geezer, you want to silence me?"

Cui Yi laughed twice, showing no sign of panic at being targeted by a Golden Core cultivator.

"I have lived for 937 years and have killed many people."

"Some deserve to die, some don't; some I want to kill, some I don't want to kill."

"After someone committed the murder, I couldn't sleep all night."

"you."

"This will be the one I regret killing the most in my 937 years of life."

"What's your name again?"

Cui Yuanhua spoke in a flat tone, as if asking a junior who had just joined the clan.

It wasn't that he wanted to humiliate Cui Yi, but that he had genuinely forgotten.

He had heard Cui Zhenshan mention his name earlier.

But if he asks again now, it's not that he didn't remember, it's that he didn't need to remember.

Enough. What's the point of remembering a dying man?

Cui Yuanhua's patience had completely run out, and the boundless killing intent unique to the Golden Core realm surged forth instantly: "Take out whatever trump cards you have. If you're just using someone else's power as a pretext, then die!"