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"How about returning the gifts?"

Wei Gongzhan’s words instantly caused the entire Wei Family courtyard to fall silent.

Moments later, Wei Xingcheng looked at him: "What... did you say?"

Wei Gongzhan looked at him sincerely and said, "Most of the gift-givers are not insignificant; many are local noble families with a thousand-year lineage, or have ambitious children, and even the newly risen Hell Ruler families come from impressive backgrounds."

"Family Head, you received these gifts, so you have to do something. According to your previous ideas, eighty percent of people have given gifts, and as long as the Hell Ruler selection is among these eighty percent, Family Head, you’d find that acceptable, but unfortunately, this time it’s not..."

"Bang!" A piece of glazed tile suddenly smashed on the ground in front of Wei Gongzhan.

Numerous Wei Family children also coldly looked at Wei Gongzhan.

"Are you mocking me with these words?" Wei Xingcheng said coldly.

Wei Gongzhan was startled and then found it amusing, but merely said lightly, "Family Head misunderstood; I’m just stating the facts."

"The fact is that bastard is a disgrace to the family, defying ancestors and being unfilial!" Wei Xingcheng’s face twisted with murderously intent as he strode forward, interrogating, "What? Do you also want to learn from him?"

In the past, Wei Gongzhan would immediately kneel and claim he dared not, but for some reason, the Family Head’s aggressive approach felt strange this time.

The previous Family Head, although lacking virtue externally, was formidable with a commanding presence internally, and he had seen it many times growing up, so his knees reflexively bent now.

Yet the actual perception at this moment was vastly different.

Previously it felt like a roaring lion, but this time... it was more like a snarling small dog, provoking so intensely that it gave an urge to kick it.

This contrast left Wei Gongzhan stunned for a long time.

"What? Can’t speak anymore?" Wei Xingcheng almost instinctively wanted to slap him.

But for some reason, upon reaching Wei Gongzhan, he suddenly felt unable to act, and even his imposing aura diminished, with a feeling that his hand couldn’t raise, sending a tremor through his heart.

Seeing the Family Head already before him, intending to act, Wei Gongzhan instinctively emitted a subtle aura, instantly causing the Family Head’s momentum to falter.

Watching the Family Head struggling to control his shaking hand, Wei Gongzhan suddenly laughed.

"Why are you laughing?" Wei Xingcheng asked in embarrassment and anger.

"I laugh because, Family Head, at this point, you seem still unable to see the situation clearly. I wonder how you became the Family Head." Wei Gongzhan shook his head, with an overwhelming aura causing all those elders intending to shout "presumptuous" to retreat.

The Family Head right before him felt as if this small lad transformed into a towering mountain, threatening to crush him into dust should he but move slightly!

The Wei Family line in the courtyard, one by one, displayed horror. They knew Wei Gongcheng had gained power and would certainly have extraordinary abilities, but they never imagined even a farmer like Wei Gongzhan could wield such power!

Wei Gongzhan looked coldly at him, almost forgetting... he was now a Transcendent life too.

But it couldn’t be helped; during several crises, who were those deities he encountered? And this time, who were these petty creatures?

This contrast made understanding almost impossible.

"You... you..." Wei Xingcheng was full of indignation: "Melon, don’t forget, your lowly birth mother..."

As soon as the words fell, a crunch sounded, and Wei Xingcheng felt a sharp pain in his knee, instantly kneeling to the ground. Just as he was about to roar in anger, he sensed an extremely cold murderous intent, immediately soaking him in cold sweat, rendering him motionless.

He couldn’t even fathom how his legs broke—that this monster merely used aura to fracture his knee?

What kind of demon? A farmer, how could he be this strong?

"Lowly..." Wei Gongzhan took a deep breath, looking at the sky: "My mother from the Feng clan was a Scholar’s daughter from a decent family. If not for encountering a rogue like you, she would have married well in the county seat, her status naturally wouldn’t match the Wei Family, but she’d be a family matron living smoothly.

Unlike now, forced into being a concubine by the Wei Family and tormented by the Family Head’s wife, my mother is just over thirty, but when I saw her last time, she seemed worn like a sixty-year-old woman. "

Seeing the words "old rogue" come out, a group of elders instantly understood this guy was about to overturn the situation.

Wei Xingcheng bit his lip tightly, wanting to rebuke but found it impossible and suddenly realized this illegitimate child might be someone the Wei Family can’t afford to offend.

If it weren’t in the Jiangnan interior but in the wild, this illegitimate child might annihilate every member of the Wei Family!

"My mother is not lowly, what is the Wei Family anyway? A vassal with a lowly bloodline, bullying and oppressing ordinary people—you do have a knack. My mother was a decent child turned into a servant; why? Just because you have power?"

"What about now?" Wei Gongzhan stepped forward, eyes revealing madness: "Now you are less than ants before me; can I not do as I please?"

Upon hearing this, the surrounding Wei Family people became extremely terrified.

"Gongzhan... don’t be reckless..." several elders barely managed to speak.

Wei Xingcheng gritted his teeth and said, "You dare!"

"This is in Jiangnan, you dare to defy ancestors and be unfilial? Try moving against me, see if by tomorrow your name spread, you’d be spurned by all, losing your hat, and after death, undergo Hell’s judgment? Reincarnated as livestock?"

Upon hearing such words, Wei Gongzhan’s aura slightly stuttered.

Seeing this, Wei Xingcheng became more excited: "You brat, you really think you’ve risen? Just wait, I intend to imprison your lowly birth mother and make you this pair of dog mother and son..."

Sufficiently provoked by these words, Wei Gongzhan’s murderous intent exploded; his previous tolerance was only due to concerns for his mother but now thought the old beast wouldn’t spare them.

Enough, let public scorn come—so long as his mother is in Jiangnan, his brother will care for her.

He just needs to kill these beasts thoroughly!

Having endured countless trials, his mind strengthened beyond measure, firm on his decision with no more hesitation, the murderous intent now unrestrained.

Foolish bastard!!!

All the elders and those Wei Family children became tremendously terrified, wishing they could tear apart Wei Xingcheng’s disastrously loose mouth.

Now, once he acts, in his madness, likely none will remain!

Wei Xingcheng was also stunned, the previous glee vanished without a trace.

This brat truly dared to act???

Just about to plead, yet found the other had no intention of listening anymore, and when on the move, all Wei Family members couldn’t budge, finally feeling how this boy had grown so strong.

The Wei Family, forget characters like Wei Gongcheng, even facing a Jiangnan peasant, can’t even resist, truly less than ants!

What to do?

Could the Wei Family truly end today?