Free Web NovelChapter 1353: Chapter 1352: The Number One Clan
"Ren Xuetao, how dare you!" Situ Yuan shouted loudly.
Since things had already been said to this extent, even if he had to bite the bullet, Ren Xuetao had to finish.
"Mr. Situ, even if the Emperor himself were here, he wouldn’t force others," Ren Xuetao said.
"Good, very good!" Situ Yuan spoke through gritted teeth, flames of rage already blazing in his eyes.
Ren Xuetao had brought up the Emperor; how would Situ Yuan dare to put himself on equal footing with the Emperor? If he really did something even the Emperor wouldn’t do, wouldn’t that be the same as not putting the Emperor in his eyes?
Right now, a Fate Fruit had appeared in Xinluo City. Although Xingluo over there had yet to make any move, Situ Yuan knew that the Emperor’s spies had to be everywhere here.
If what happened here with Shen Mao were to spread, he would undoubtedly be branded with the crime of disrespecting the Emperor, and that would definitely not be a good thing for the Situ Family.
"Fine, the Ren Family is truly impressive. Let’s just wait and see." Throwing down these words, Situ Yuan flicked his sleeve and left.
Ren Xuetao finally let out a long breath of relief. Although Situ Yuan would move against them sooner or later, at least for now, they had dodged a disaster.
"How are you? Are you badly hurt?" Ren Xuetao walked over to Shen Mao and reached out to help him up.
Shen Mao sighed helplessly and said, "You’ve torn things open with Situ Yuan; I’m afraid the Ren Family is going to face annihilation."
"So what? Was I supposed to just let him beat you to death? Just take it as me paying back the life-saving favor you once gave me," Ren Xuetao said.
Shen Mao gave a bitter smile. His life-saving grace was nowhere near so serious that it needed Ren Xuetao to stake the entire Ren clan in repayment.
"Then what do you plan to do next? You’ve now completely fallen out with him. With Situ Yuan’s temperament, he’ll definitely strike at the Ren Family; when that happens, the Ren Family really will be finished," Shen Mao asked.
Ren Xuetao couldn’t help but sigh as well. What plans could he have? Right now he didn’t have a single idea. He was facing the top family of Xingluo; that sort of gap wasn’t something that could be closed just like that.
Seeing Ren Xuetao remain silent, Shen Mao pondered for a moment and said, "Maybe... we can ask him for help."
Ask him for help?
Ren Xuetao’s expression turned solemn. "You mean the seller behind the Fate Fruit?"
Shen Mao nodded. No matter what, this whole affair had started because of Su Changfeng. Now that the Ren Family was facing such a serious threat, he really had no other options, and could only hope that Su Changfeng would be able to protect the Ren Family.
He and Ren Xuetao had been friends for many years; naturally, he didn’t want the Ren Family’s hundreds of members to face the risk of extermination because of this matter.
"Right now, that’s the only way," Shen Mao said with a sigh.
"Can he do it? This is the Situ Family we’re talking about; can he really deal with them?" Ren Xuetao said with some hesitation.
"If he really is a Primordial Master, then this would be nothing to him," Shen Mao said.
Ren Xuetao nodded. If that were true, then it indeed wouldn’t be a big deal for him. But no one knew what realm the other party was actually at, so Ren Xuetao couldn’t place all of the Ren Family’s hopes on him. He had to come up with another plan; only then could he truly protect the Ren Family.
"Ah." Shen Mao sighed and said, "With the Situ Family acting so arrogantly, they’ll end up as the second Situ Family sooner or later. Could it be that Situ Yuan isn’t worried at all?"
"Heh." Ren Xuetao let out a cold laugh and continued, "How could he not be worried? He’s being so overbearing this time, trying to dig out the seller behind the Fate Fruit. I’m guessing he’s also worried the Situ Family will walk the same path as the Qiutang Clan."
Shen Mao’s heart trembled, and he said, "You mean Situ Yuan wants to get more Fate Fruits? If the Situ Family can produce a Primordial Master, they wouldn’t need to fear the Emperor at all. If that’s really the case, even the Emperor would have to be wary of them to some extent. That way, the Situ Family could really sleep easy. Looks like Situ Yuan is preparing for a rainy day."
Ren Xuetao nodded. If that weren’t the case, why would Situ Yuan personally come here?
In fact, their speculation was indeed correct. Situ Yuan was preparing for a rainy day. As the Situ Family grew stronger and stronger, even though he had tried his best to control the pace of their growth, it ultimately wasn’t of much use.
Situ Yuan understood clearly that sooner or later the Emperor would see the Situ Family as a threat. No matter how they tried to curry favor with the Emperor and prove their loyalty, it was impossible to truly set the Emperor at ease.
Therefore, the best way for the Situ Family was to continuously increase their own strength, to make the Emperor wary of them from the bottom of his heart, not daring to make a move lightly.
But the birth of a top expert was anything but easy. Just when he was worrying himself sick over this, a Fate Fruit actually went up for auction in Xinluo City. For Situ Yuan, this was undoubtedly a glass of water delivered while he was sitting on the sofa.
If they had the Fate Fruit, training a Primordial Master would no longer be a hopeless dream.
Thus, Situ Yuan came to Xinluo City in person and then sought out Shen Mao. Unfortunately, he didn’t manage to get the answer he wanted out of Shen Mao.
In a certain inn in Xinluo City, this place had already been bought up by the Situ Family.
Of course, with the Situ Family’s domineering style, "bought" was just a polite way of putting it. They had directly used special means to force the inn’s owner to leave Xinluo City.
"Family Head, did you manage to find out anything about the seller behind the Fate Fruit?" As soon as Situ Yuan returned to the inn, a high-ranking member of the family asked.
Situ Yuan, burning with rage, slammed his palm down and shattered the table in front of him.
Seeing this, the family members drew their own conclusions; things were probably not as smooth as they had imagined.
"That Shen Mao, does he really dare to stand against our Situ Family?" someone asked in disbelief.
"Ren Xuetao actually dared to use the Emperor to threaten me. The Ren Family is truly reckless; I will never let them off," Situ Yuan said through clenched teeth.
"The Ren Family? Ren Xuetao?"
"You know this man?" Situ Yuan suddenly looked over at the family member who had spoken.
The man nodded and said, "I’ve seen him before. But this Ren Xuetao is quite clever; he shouldn’t be doing something like this."
"Hmph, once this matter is over, I’ll leave the Ren Family to you to handle. Daring to oppose me, Situ Yuan—I’ll make their whole clan be buried with them!" Situ Yuan said coldly.
The man’s heart skipped a beat and he hurriedly nodded again and again.
At the same time, at the inn where Su Changfeng was staying.
The incident of Ren Xuetao and Situ Yuan going to Shen Mao’s house was reported to the inn at the first possible moment, and the other side also passed along the information about the two families to Wang Junyi.
Su Changfeng hadn’t expected that as soon as he cast his line, he’d hook two such big fish. Especially that Situ Yuan—behind him stood the top family within Xingluo Territory, yet he could still lower himself to go meet Shen Mao.
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