14: Chapter 14 A Dead Tree Comes Back to Life

Everlasting Su Family.

Inside the discussion hall, the atmosphere was so heavy it felt like water could be wrung from it.

Upon the main seat, the head of the Su Family, Su Wanshan, had a face of ashen green, while the Elders below were as silent as cicadas in winter, not even daring to breathe loudly.

In the center of the hall, Su Chen lay on a stretcher made of ten-thousand-year-old cold jade, his face as pale as golden paper.

Not only was his cultivation sealed, but even his Foundation as a man had been crushed; at this moment, he had become a complete and utter cripple.

"Old Ancestor, is there really no hope for Chen'er?"

Su Wanshan asked, looking toward the white-haired figure seated at the head.

The Su Family Ancestor, Su Ting, a genuine Quasi-Emperor powerhouse, was also full of sorrow at this moment and let out a long sigh.

"That person is a Great Emperor; his methods reach the heavens and penetrate the earth."

"What Seals Chen'er's cultivation is pure Imperial Dao Law; unless another Great Emperor acts, there is no solution."

"Our Su Family's Imperial Ancestor already has little life left. It's impossible for him to leave his coffin for such a trivial matter. As for children, there will always be more; you can just have another one!"

"As for that part of him that was severed..." The Old Ancestor shook his head, his face full of helplessness.

With one sentence, he had pronounced Su Chen's death sentence.

The Young Lord of this generation of the Everlasting Su Family was ruined just like that.

Right at that moment.

Screech—

The space above the hall, without any warning, split open like a piece of silk cut by invisible scissors, silently revealing a pitch-black gap.

Immediately after, a slender figure, bringing two young girls, stepped out leisurely from within.

The newcomer wore a black robe, his long hair casually held up by a wooden hairpin.

It was Lu Chen.

Behind him, Su Xuner and Su Qiyue looked at this familiar yet strange scene, momentarily dazed.

"Who goes there!"

An Elder shouted sharply, just about to stand up.

But when they saw the newcomer's face clearly, that shout was forced back into their throats, turning into a terrified gasp for air.

It was him!

That terrifying existence who had suppressed the Old Ancestor with a single word and crippled the Young Lord with one finger!

Why was he here? Did he regret it? Had he come to exterminate the clan!

Thump!

Thump!

Inside the hall, all the Su Family Elders, including the family head Su Wanshan, felt their legs go weak and they all knelt on the floor in unison, their bodies shaking like sieves.

"Emperor Yun, have mercy!"

"Emperor Yun, spare our lives!"

The Su Family Ancestor at the head was even more terrified, his Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering.

"Emperor Yun! Emperor Yun, have mercy!"

"My Su Family knows its mistakes! Every wrong is my Su Family's fault! Please, for the sake of our two girls serving by your side, give us a path to live!"

He no longer had even a hint of the demeanor of a Quasi-Emperor powerhouse; he was exactly like an old man who had been scared out of his wits.

Lu Chen frowned in disgust and lifted his foot to move the old man's head away from his leg.

"Enough, enough, stop howling."

He waved his hand, his face full of impatience.

"You're so old, yet you kneel at the drop of a hat. What is this? Everyone, get up."

His voice clearly entered everyone's ears.

However, no one dared to move.

Everyone lay prostrate on the ground, burying their heads even deeper, fearing that if this lord became unhappy, he would wipe the entire Su Family from the world.

Lu Chen sighed, feeling that communicating with these people was truly exhausting.

"I didn't come here today to look for trouble."

He pointed to the Su Sisters behind him.

"Seeing as these two girls are quite obedient, I've come to provide some after-sales service."

After-sales service?

Everyone in the Su Family was dazed, completely unable to understand the meaning of this term.

Lu Chen didn't bother to explain; he walked straight toward the stretcher in the center of the hall, looking down at the deathly pale Su Chen.

"Tsk, I was a bit heavy-handed."

He nodded to himself.

Then, under everyone's terrified, uncomprehending, and confused gazes, he gave a casual wave of his hand.

A brilliant Imperial Glow transformed into points of light rain filled with vitality, gently enveloping Su Chen's body.

That light rain seemed to contain the most fundamental Origin mysteries of life in the world.

Wherever the light rain passed, a miracle was occurring!

Su Chen's body, like land experiencing sweet rain after a long drought, began to regain vitality!

The Imperial Dao Law that had been tightly locking his Dantian instantly disintegrated!

What was even more jaw-dropping was that his 'little brother,' whose life force had been severed, actually grew back at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Withered wood meeting spring!

Boom!

A powerful aura erupted from within Su Chen's body, breaking through his shackles!

His cultivation had not only been restored, but because of the baptism, his Foundation had become even more solid than before, with faint signs of breaking through to the next realm!

"This... this..."

The Su Family Ancestor knelt on the ground, looking up at this scene, completely dumbfounded.

On the stretcher, Su Chen opened his eyes.

Feeling the regained surging power within his body and the long-lost sense of completeness, the massive contrast of returning from the depths of Hell to the Peak of the Nine Heavens made him unable to control his emotions any longer.

With a "wah" sound, he began to cry loudly like a child.

His crying was filled with remorse, relief, and the wild joy of surviving a disaster.

He rolled off the stretcher, crawled and scrambled to Lu Chen, and kowtowed heavily, even cracking the hard floorboards.

"Thank you, Emperor Yun, for the grace of remolding me!"

"Thank you, Emperor Yun, for the grace of remolding me!"

"Su Chen knows his mistakes! Su Chen really knows his mistakes!"

Lu Chen looked at the weeping fellow with no expression on his face.

He just felt, wouldn't it have been over if he'd been like this earlier?

He just had to take a beating before learning to be good.

He looked down at Su Chen from above and, after thinking, decided to give him a few pointers to avoid him going out to cause trouble again and involving his two free maids.

"Alright, get up."

Lu Chen's voice was still lazy.

"In the future when you go out, keep your eyes open."

"Remember this."

He cleared his throat and began to teach the 'Protagonist Avoidance Laws.'

"In the future, if you're outside and encounter those who've had engagements broken, or who used to seem crazy, or whose cultivation mysteriously vanished, or who are blind, or who have poor talent but are very strong, or who like to protect everyone behind them, or those young people who shout about finding sheep every day..."

Lu Chen paused and said earnestly.

"Stay far away from all of them; absolutely do not provoke them."

"Lest you be treated as experience points on someone else's path to leveling up."

"The only ones you can bully are the types who hold a corpse every day shouting 'Resurrect, my lover,' or those who keep shouting that you already have a path to death."

These words left Su Chen completely bewildered and confused.

This display of both kindness and authority completely shattered the last bit of pride in the Everlasting Su Family.

The Su Family Ancestor bowed again.

"Emperor Yun's great kindness will never be forgotten by the Su Family!"

"From now on, my Everlasting Su Family will be allied with the Yunxiao Holy Land for generations! If there is any betrayal, may heaven and earth destroy us!"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

The Su Family members echoed in unison.

Behind Lu Chen.

Su Qiyue looked at her Revered Master's calm and composed appearance, little stars almost overflowing from her eyes.

Revered Master is so handsome! Revered Master is so amazing!

As for Su Xuner, she had originally thought this Great Emperor was just a tyrannical powerhouse who acted recklessly because of his high cultivation.

But he, while possessing the power to easily wipe out the Su Family, chose to forgive.

Her proud Sword Heart wavered for the first time.

She discovered that she didn't seem to understand this prospective Revered Master at all.