Free Web NovelChapter 167: Chapter 167: Break Them Up
Under the gazes of everyone present, Cheng Chuming’s body... BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
With each sound, he broke through a layer!
In the blink of an eye, Cheng Chuming reached the Innate Realm. In the next blink, he reached the Transformation Realm. But he didn’t stop there. He continued to surge upward, only stopping when he shot straight to the Sixth Layer of the Transformation Realm.
Once he stopped, Cheng Chuming’s Saint Bone aura had completely stabilized, fully revealing itself to everyone present.
The hope that Elder Lady Su and Granny Yun held for the Saint Bone’s interruption was, at this moment, utterly shattered.
There were no more maybes...
Cheng Chuming had truly, genuinely become a being who possessed the Heavenly Destiny Saint Bone.
His terrifying breakthrough stunned everyone. Zheng Liyuan couldn’t help but ask, "Patriarch, how could this guy break through so terrifyingly? Not even a Saint Bone Awakening is like this."
Cheng Chuming’s situation completely overturned the understanding of the two great Saint Bone Families.
There was no record of such a breakthrough method in their ancestral texts. Even after awakening a Saint Bone, one was supposed to cultivate slowly.
As for Lu Chao...
He wasn’t familiar with the rules of a Saint Bone Awakening and only now realized that this kind of breakthrough was abnormal.
Zheng Liling’s expression shifted wildly...
Suddenly, he seemed to realize something and said in a cold voice, "I understand now."
"Someone placed some kind of restriction on his Heavenly Destiny Bone."
"Or perhaps his Heavenly Destiny Bone was damaged, making it seem pathetic and causing his progress to be incredibly slow."
As his voice fell, everyone who understood the rules of a Saint Bone Awakening had a sudden realization.
Lu Chao was also stunned. He subconsciously looked at Cheng Yunsu. ’Who could have damaged his father-in-law Cheng Chuming’s Heavenly Destiny Bone?’
Before Cheng Yunsu could recover from her shock, tears suddenly welled up in Cheng Chuming’s eyes...
"Yunsu, I heard Hongying’s voice."
"I heard your mother’s voice. She left a message in my Heavenly Destiny Bone."
"She said she was sorry. To heal her injuries, she absorbed part of the essence of my Heavenly Destiny Bone."
His voice was trembling and low, clear only to Lu Chao and Cheng Yunsu.
In an instant, Lu Chao and Cheng Yunsu exchanged a shocked glance, realizing that it was Xiao Su’er’s mother who had done this.
In other words...
Cheng Chuming’s Heavenly Destiny Bone was not weak to begin with—his biological father was the late Patriarch of the Saint Bone Su Family, after all. It was Xiao Su’er’s mother who had absorbed part of Cheng Chuming’s essence, causing his Heavenly Destiny Bone to seem pathetic.
And now, during this Saint Bone Ceremony, that essence had been replenished, reawakening his talent and allowing him to undergo the Saint Bone Awakening.
Just then, Cheng Yunsu snapped back to reality and quickly asked, "Dad, did Mom leave any other messages?"
Cheng Chuming trembled all over as he continued, "She also said... she only married me to absorb the essence of my Heavenly Destiny Bone to heal herself. After she finished healing, she left. She told me not to think of her, to hate her."
Hearing this, Cheng Yunsu’s whole body shuddered, and tears began to stream down her face uncontrollably.
"She also said that as soon as my Heavenly Destiny Bone recovered, I would be able to hear these words."
"She even said that you were just an accident... that you never should have been born."
As Cheng Chuming spoke, his body swayed, a sign of extreme anguish.
Cheng Yunsu’s teeth chattered violently. She shook her head, unwilling to believe her mother had called her an accident.
"Finally, she said we should live out our lives in peace, that she and we are not people of the same world." By the time Cheng Chuming finished, he was already unsteady on his feet.
Lu Chao listened from the side, unsure of how to comfort them.
But there was no time for comfort. As Cheng Chuming was relaying the message, Zheng Liling suddenly spoke up...
"Elder Lady Su, congratulations on having someone in your family undergo a Saint Bone Awakening. But it seems you’re in a bit of a predicament."
"I have a proposal. Annul the marriage between this man and woman. You can take back the Su Family bloodline, and we of the Zheng Family will kill the man we’re sworn to eliminate. It’s the perfect solution for both of us."
As he spoke, he pointed at Lu Chao and Cheng Yunsu.
He was, of course, telling Elder Lady Su to annul Lu Chao and his wife’s marriage.
Hearing this, Zheng Liyuan stepped forward with a vicious grin. "That’s right. As long as you break them up, this Fake Lu Chao will have nothing to do with your Su Family. We will then take the Fake Lu Chao and leave Saint Su City immediately." fɾēewebnσveℓ.com
Now that the situation had changed drastically, Zheng Liling and his men could no longer proceed with their original plan.
They could only settle for the next best thing: killing the Fake Lu Chao to vent their anger.
Their voices boomed across the entire venue, causing the heartbroken Cheng Yunsu to look up in fury.
Granny Yun’s eyes, however, lit up. She immediately scrambled up from the ground...
"That makes sense! I think Patriarch Zheng’s proposal is excellent."
"The Saint Bone Awakener can stay. This little bit—no, his Beast Bone daughter has the Su Family bloodline, so of course, she can stay too. But this piece of trash surnamed Lu is unworthy of being the son-in-law of a Saint Bone Awakener of the Su Family."
She had almost called Cheng Yunsu a little bitch again, but now she couldn’t call her that anymore.
In short, this whole mess was caused by that brat surnamed Lu. As long as they killed him, she could vent her anger.
At this moment, Granny Yun was on the same side as Zheng Liling and his men.
At that moment, a young woman from the Su Family stepped out.
Her voice was laced with coldness as she said, "Grandmother, Granny Yun is absolutely right. Annul their marriage. If we hand over the man Patriarch Zheng must kill, they will all leave. It’s the perfect solution for both of us."
This woman had originally been participating in the Saint Bone Ceremony, but seeing that her own Saint Bone Awakening was hopeless, she came forward to offer her suggestion.
Elder Lady Su’s expression flickered...
She quickly made her decision. She slowly turned to Cheng Chuming and said, "From now on, you will take the surname Su, and your daughter will do the same... As for this man, he is indeed unworthy of being the son-in-law of the Saint Bone Su Family."
As she said this, Elder Lady Su’s finger was already pointing at Lu Chao.
"Since you are now people of my Su Family, your marriage and other such matters can only be arranged by me."
Her voice gradually became incomparably tyrannical...
Apologize to Lu Chao again?
With things having escalated this far, that was of course impossible. So, Elder Lady Su directly accepted Zheng Liling’s proposal, using the domineering authority of a Saint Bone Family to convey that they had no choice but to obey her arrangements.
However, the moment her words fell...
Cheng Yunsu couldn’t help but laugh, then suddenly spat out, "You old hag, have you gone senile?"
She had just been heartbroken over her mother’s words. Hearing this now, she couldn’t stop herself from cursing.
At these words, Elder Lady Su’s face changed drastically. She looked down at her and said, "You dare curse me?"
BOOM—
Cheng Chuming’s True Qi suddenly erupted. He moved to block Cheng Yunsu, roaring back with equal fury, "You old hag, my daughter’s affairs are not for you to meddle in!"
His personality was normally on the weaker side, but he had been through too much today.
His daughter and son-in-law were his absolute bottom line. How could he, as an elder, tolerate some random person appearing and demanding to break them apart?
