Old Ancestor Su had been rather irritable recently because of Su Mingqi's incident, which made him feel a deep sense of threat.
All along, Old Ancestor Su had used his absolute power to control the Su Family. Regardless of the direct descendants, as long as they were of the Su Family's bloodline, they would obey him completely.
In the end, Su Mingqi let him see an existence that was not under his control. This made Old Ancestor Su extremely angry and filled with unease.
Even Old Ancestor Su had the intention to kill him on the spot, but in the end, Old Ancestor Su forcefully held it back.
Their Su Family had not been having a good time recently. The battle at Wutong Mountain had already damaged their vitality, and he was directly injured by Su Xin's sneak attack.
Because of this, the Su Family couldn't afford to be in chaos any longer. If he killed Su Mingqi, there was a high chance that the collateral disciples would riot on the spot. This was something that the Su Family's Elder couldn't tolerate.
Therefore, he first appeased and suppressed the collateral descendants' imposing manner. As for Su Mingqi, he would deal with it later.
Previously in the Phoenix Pavilion, Su Xin judged that the Su family's ancestor would not make a move against Su Mingqi for at least a year, but in reality, only a few days had passed, and the Su family's ancestor had already given birth to killing intent towards Su Mingqi.
Back then, Su Xin caused great harm to Old Ancestor Su, but during this period of time, Old Ancestor Su's injuries had mostly healed, and he did not need to recuperate in seclusion.
He immediately found Su Mingli and asked, "Mingli, what do you think of Su Mingqi's matter?"
Hearing Old Ancestor Su's question, a trace of ruthlessness flashed across Su Mingli's eyes, "This person cannot be left alive!"
In terms of ruthlessness, Su Mingli was even more ruthless than Old Ancestor Su.
Back then, he dared to make a move against Su Xin behind Su Mingyuan's back. Now that he had become the Patriarch, his methods were more decisive and ruthless.
Now that he was the Su Family's Patriarch, and because of Su Mingqi's act of forcing the Su Family's Patriarch to abdicate the throne, he should actually be grateful to Su Mingqi.
However, a mountain can't accommodate two tigers, and there can't be two voices in a family. With Su Mingqi's powerful prestige in the Su Family, Su Mingli wouldn't be able to rest easy if he wasn't eliminated.
If Su Mingqi was a direct descendant, then he might hesitate. But Su Mingqi was only a collateral descendant. Killing him was not a big deal.
Old Ancestor Su said in a deep voice, "Good, prepare to bring Su Mingqi outside of Wutong Mountain and kill him. Don't do it inside the Su Clan."
They also knew that with Su Mingqi's prestige in the Su Family, publicly killing him within the Su Family might cause a riot, so it was better to do it discreetly.
Su Mingli nodded, "No problem, I'll go arrange it, but I still need Old Ancestor's permission to let him leave Wutong Mountain. I'm afraid I can't order Su Mingqi with my current status."
Old Ancestor Su nodded, "Alright, go arrange it now, and tell Su Mingqi to come see me."
Su Mingli nodded, and immediately found three of the Su Family's direct descendants who were close to him, and prepared to let them take action.
Su Mingqi's strength was indeed strong, to the extent that he could easily defeat Harmonious God Realm direct descendants of the same rank.
However, he could only defeat one, but now there were three Harmonious God Realm direct descendants and Su Mingli. If these four people couldn't kill Su Mingqi, then all their efforts would have been in vain.
While Old Ancestor Su and Su Mingli were discussing how to get rid of Su Mingqi, Su Mingqi's side was ready to take action.
A large number of collateral family martial artists began to gather. This time, it wasn't just those who were above the Transformed God Realm, there were even some innate and postnatal martial artists. There were more than 3000 people, and they headed straight for the cliff where Old Ancestor Su was cultivating.
Along the way, the Su Family's direct descendants and some of the Su Family's hanger-ons were confused. Didn't these collateral family martial artists just cause a ruckus two days ago? What are they going to do now?
The Su Family's direct descendants lacked fighting spirit, and they still didn't know what the Su Family's direct descendants wanted to do. However, some of the Su Family's hanger-ons could see some signs.
"This Su Family is going to change!" An older Divinity Palace martial artist shook his head and sighed.
Initially, they sought refuge with the Su Family because of the treatment they received.
After all, the Su Family had just stepped into the Underworld. The treatment they received was the best, but the conditions to join the Su Family were the lowest.
For example, the Divinity Palace martial artist who sighed just now was over 60 years old, and he was no longer in his prime. Other top forces would definitely not take him in unless he sought refuge with a second-rate or third-rate sect.
Actually, the Su Family's hanger-ons had long seen through the Su Family's current situation. However, they didn't say it out loud. They were weak, and they were outsiders. Why would they care so much about other people's business?
Moreover, the hanger-ons of the Su Family found it unbelievable that the Su Family's direct descendants, who were so powerful, could be suppressed by the Su Family's direct descendants. Even if it was because of Old Ancestor Su, it was still unbelievable.
After all, the Su Family's hanger-ons were in chaos. It was within their imagination, but it was also unexpected.
At that moment, Su Mingqi led a group of Su Family's collateral family to the cliff where Old Ancestor Su was cultivating in seclusion.
When Su Mingli heard the news, he immediately blocked Su Mingqi's way with his people and shouted, "Su Mingqi! What are you trying to do?
Old Ancestor Su is cultivating in seclusion now, but you've disturbed him again and again. What are you trying to do? "
Looking at the black mass of collateral family members in front of him, Su Mingli's heart sank. It was only now that he saw how powerful the Su Family's collateral family was. They had long surpassed the direct descendants like him.
There were only about 100 people in the direct descendants of the Su Family. Originally, there were more than 40 people in the Divine Transformation Realm and the Harmonious God Realm. However, the Su Family lost more than 10 people in the battle on Mount Wutong. Now, there were only about 30 people left.
On the other hand, there were more than 100 people in the Divine Transformation Realm and the Harmonious God Realm, which was three times more than the direct descendants!
Moreover, there were thousands of Acquired Stage and Innate Stage martial artists in the collateral family. They were the future hope of the collateral family.
Even if their direct descendants could ascend to the Deity Transformation Stage with 100% certainty, if one out of ten of their collateral descendants could break through to the Deity Transformation Stage, then their number would still be much higher than that of their direct descendants.
'I can't get rid of them!'
Su Mingli sighed in his heart. Even if they could kill Su Mingqi, there were so many people in the collateral family. Who knew if there would be another martial artist with Su Mingqi's prestige in the future?
In the past, the number of direct descendants was much higher than that of the collateral descendants. This was because the direct descendants were not allowed to marry into the outside world, causing their numbers to dwindle. On the other hand, the collateral descendants did not have this concern.
After a few hundred or a thousand years, would their direct bloodline completely disappear, and would the collateral bloodline completely dominate the Su Family? Thinking of this, Su Mingli felt a chill.
However, this was not the time for Su Mingli to let his imagination run wild.
Su Mingqi came with people in a threatening manner, which made Su Mingli's heart suddenly flash with vigilance.
The last thing was already done, but this time, Su Mingqi brought more collateral family disciples. What was he trying to do?
At this time, Su Mingqi just said faintly, "It's not up to you. I just want to invite the Old Ancestor out for a talk."
"Impudent!"
Su Mingli shouted and said angrily, "Who do you think you are? You want the Old Ancestor to come out just because you want to?
The Old Ancestor is at a critical moment of recuperation. What are you doing? Are you rebelling? "
Su Mingqi completely ignored him. He only looked at the cliff where the Su Family's Old Ancestor was in seclusion and said loudly, "Su Family's collateral family bloodline, Su Mingqi, invites the Old Ancestor to come out!"
With that, over three thousand collateral family disciples shouted in unison, "Su Family's collateral family bloodline, invites the Old Ancestor to come out!"
This imposing manner was shocking. The expressions of all the direct descendants instantly changed. Even the Su Family's mercenaries were the same.
They guessed correctly. The Su Family was probably going to change!
With such a huge imposing manner, the Su Family's Old Ancestor couldn't hide, and neither could he.
The cliff's stone wall suddenly shattered, and the Su Family's Old Ancestor walked out from within.
Although the Su Family's Old Ancestor's face was still slightly pale, the imposing manner around him soared into the sky. It was as if the sun had descended, and the light shone over ten miles, even enveloping the entire Wutong Mountain under his imposing manner.
A Yang God Realm expert could suppress a top force. Although the Su Family's Old Ancestor was seriously injured, he was a genuine Yang God Realm warrior.
Moreover, the Su Family's Old Ancestor's prestige in the Su Family was too high. All along, the Su Family's Old Ancestor was like a god in the eyes of the Su Family, regardless of whether it was the direct descendants or the collateral family.
Therefore, now that the Su Family's Old Ancestor appeared, the disciples of the collateral family immediately felt nervous, and they were somewhat at a loss.
Even though they were prepared to completely shed all pretenses of cordiality with the Su Clan yesterday, when the Su Clan's Ancestor appeared, their courage was reduced by 30%.
Looking at the many collateral family bloodlines below, a trace of killing intent flashed across the Su Family's Old Ancestor's eyes. However, the killing intent in his eyes was concealed by the light, and Su Mingqi and the others didn't see it.
He was worried that he couldn't get rid of these collateral family bloodlines. He didn't expect that before he could get rid of Su Mingqi, they would instigate these collateral family bloodlines to force him to abdicate.
The Su Family's Old Ancestor had been in the Su Family for a long time, and no one had ever dared to challenge his authority. Moreover, it was twice in a row!
Therefore, no matter what, even if it was in front of so many people, he had to kill Su Mingqi on the spot!!
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