Free Web NovelChapter 172: Chapter 172: I Have No Conditions
Of course, the Su Family Elders couldn’t say that out loud.
The leading Su Family Elder could only grit his teeth and say in the lowest possible voice, "Fellow Lu, we will give you a proper account of this matter."
The Su Family Elders were all shrewd old men; they knew perfectly well that Lu Chao was displeased.
If they wanted his father-in-law to stay with the Su Family, they had to soften their tone.
However, not everyone thought that way...
Elder Lady Su exploded in fury again. "Account for what? We are the great Saint Bone Su Family..."
Before she could finish, a Su Family Elder couldn’t help but cut her off with a furious shout, "Elder Lady, that’s enough out of you for now."
At first, the Su Family Elders hadn’t wanted to back down either.
They had planned to follow the Elder Lady’s suggestion and launch a preemptive strike, having Marquis Jilong’s vice-general deal with Lu Chao and hand over their Saint Bone Heir. But as it turned out, Lu Chao himself was the commander of these forces.
They were left with no other choice.
All of Marquis Jilong’s troops, from top to bottom, moved at Lu Chao’s command. They had just witnessed this with their own eyes.
To put it bluntly, the Su Family Elders had initially thought that Lu Chao was just an unimportant figure in the eyes of Marquis Jilong.
They believed their Saint Bone Su Family had enough clout to pressure Marquis Jilong...
But for Marquis Jilong to entrust these troops to Lu Chao and even have the vice-general obey his orders—that was a completely different story.
Lu Chao was by no means the insignificant nobody Elder Lady Su had claimed he was.
He was someone Marquis Jilong held in extremely high regard.
Two Su Family Elders quickly restrained the struggling Elder Lady Su, while the leading Elder spoke again. "Fellow Lu, let’s stop beating around the bush. Just name your conditions..."
Done with the pleasantries, the Su Family Elder hoped Lu Chao would get straight to the point.
Lu Chao wasn’t one for beating around the bush either. He replied directly, "I have no conditions."
With that, Lu Chao turned his horse around on the spot...
Seeing this, the faces of the Su Family Elders changed dramatically.
The leading Elder, who had just been speaking placatingly, couldn’t contain his rising anger. His voice suddenly turned vicious. "You punk, Lu! Don’t be so shameless. We were already preparing to meet your conditions."
The two Elders restraining Elder Lady Su slowly released their hold, their True Qi erupting from their bodies.
Elder Lady Su shot the two Elders a vicious glare and strode forward...
Another Elder added gravely, "Brat, don’t think for a second we’re afraid of you. We are a Saint Bone Family."
Slowly, he turned his head back...
Lu Chao replied, enunciating each word, "My father-in-law has said he has no interest in his biological father. Whether you are of the Saint Bone or the Divine Bone, he couldn’t care less. That is his decision."
’What a joke. Negotiate terms only to sell out my father-in-law? That’s impossible.’
He paused, then pointed at Elder Lady Su. "She said my father-in-law and my wife must take the Su surname. But they don’t want to. It’s that simple. There are no conditions to discuss."
"Even if you cut off this Old Lady Su’s head and presented it to us as an apology, there would be nothing to talk about."
With that, Lu Chao turned his head and spurred his horse onward...
But then he added, "And another thing. My relationship with Xiao Su’er isn’t something you can just annul at will. As my father-in-law said, our affairs are none of your business."
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The next moment, Lu Chao roared, "Everyone, with me! We’re leaving Saint Su City!"
The instant his voice fell, several Elders roared in unison, "Insolence! Halt!"
Elder Lady Su also hurried forward, shouting, "My Saint Su City isn’t a place you can just come and go as you please! Believe it or not, I can prevent every last one of you from leaving! I can seal the entire city!"
Lu Chao whipped his head around. "Then try it. Let’s see if my Master Fan’s leadership is truly not enough to get us out of this city."
He shot back another retort!
Meanwhile, the corners of Fan Jinhua’s and Yin Qixing’s mouths twitched violently. Besides the Cheng father and daughter, they were the only ones who knew that the one truly leading the troops was Lu Chao.
The Elders’ expressions shifted wildly. Finally, the leading Elder lowered his voice once more...
"Fellow Lu, let’s talk this over calmly..."
"About the matter of annulling your marriage, and the plan to hand you over to Zheng Liling... we old men were occupied with the Saint Bone Ceremony and couldn’t intervene..."
"We are very sorry about this, but it wasn’t our fault."
As he finished, Elder Lady Su shot him an angry glare. ’So if it’s not your fault, it must be mine?’
The other Elders glared back at her fiercely...
’Of course it’s your fault. You’re the one who said that if we just killed Lu Chao and forcibly kept the Saint Bone father and daughter in the Su Mansion, they would eventually submit. Now, we absolutely have to give them some kind of explanation.’
In the Elders’ view, Lu Chao was simply angry.
This "my father-in-law isn’t interested" nonsense? They refused to believe his father-in-law wasn’t interested in becoming the future Patriarch of the Su Family.
It wasn’t that the Elders truly believed Elder Lady Su had made a major mistake.
They were simply forced by the circumstances to throw Elder Lady Su under the bus a little and offer an apology.
But before Lu Chao could speak, Cheng Yunsu suddenly turned around. She smiled...
It was a smile born of pure, unadulterated anger...
"Su Family Elders, when that Old Lady Su ordered Su Shangmo to separate me from Lu Chao, did any of you lift a finger?"
"Wasn’t it only when my father threatened to shatter his own Saint Bone that you finally reacted?"
Back when Elder Lady Su tried to force Su Shangmo to separate Lu Chao and Cheng Yunsu, the Su Family Elders had paid it no mind.
And now they thought they could fool her by claiming they were ’too busy’ to intervene?
What infuriated Cheng Yunsu the most was their attempt to break her and Lu Chao apart.
Before the Elders could respond...
Cheng Yunsu continued, "Some ’great’ Saint Bone Su Family you are. It’s one thing for that Old Lady Su to be senile, but are you all senile as well? You should know very well who it was that ran Zheng Zhuhai through with a spear, and you should know exactly what that means, shouldn’t you?"
The Elders’ mouths fell slightly agape. Of course they understood. It meant that Lu Chao, with a single spear thrust, had solved a massive problem for the Su Family.
"He solved a huge problem for you, and in return, you tried to break us apart and sell him out. How utterly laughable."
"From the very beginning, Lu Chao came here to discuss a partnership..."
"If you had just negotiated in good faith from the start, who knows what would have happened to Zheng Liling and the others. My father, the Saint Bone Awakener, would have been saved by your own hands. But no, you looked down your noses at people..."
"And now you have the nerve to ask my father to stay with the Su Family."
As Cheng Yunsu spoke, the expressions of the Su Family Elders became incredibly grim...
’If they had cooperated from the start, they might have been able to completely crush the Saint Bone Zheng Family. The Saint Bone Awakener would have been grateful and willingly stayed with the Su Family, and none of this would be happening.’
’But who could have known things would turn out this way? Who knew Lu Chao was so powerful? Who knew his father-in-law would awaken?’
Just then, Elder Lady Su snapped, "You little bitch! If you had just knelt obediently from the start and shown me proper respect..."
Before she could finish, Lu Chao cut her off. "Xiao Su’er, it’s time to go!"
Cheng Yunsu gave a cold laugh, then slowly merged back into the ranks of soldiers, returning to Lu Chao’s side.
At that moment, the Su Family Elders knew that negotiations were impossible.
The killing intent in their eyes intensified. The leading Elder said in a low voice, "Do it. Take back our Saint Bone Awakener."
