2: Digging bones to sever kinship

"Bang!"

As his words fell, Qin Wushang was sent flying.

Qin Zhantian had made his move!

Just a surge of Qi sent Qin Wushang, this good-for-nothing youth, flying!

"Bastard!"

"As your father, I was preoccupied with the urgent war, unable to care for the Family, and neglected your upbringing, which led to your arrogance and disregard for the law. This is my fault!"

"But this is not a reason for you to disregard seniority!"

"Loyalty and filial piety have always been difficult to balance! If not for my steadfast defense at the border, how could the Qin Family be where it is today, and how could you enjoy your current peaceful life!"

"Yet, you, my son, not only fail to understand my hardships but act so presumptuously, even showing no regard for me, your father..."

Qin Zhantian spouted a string of words.

He felt so bitter!

Twenty years without returning home, defending the border to secure the current peace.

Yet his son didn't understand him, blaming him for not being present or guiding him!

"Oh, you're so great!"

"You almost moved me... truly a loyal official of Great Chu!"

Qin Wushang said sarcastically.

But these words, however, made Qin Zhantian calm down. He said in a deep voice, "In my life, I, Qin Zhantian, have been blameless to the nation above and the Clan below. Only you make me feel for the first time... that I am a failed father."

"But even so, everything you eat and drink from the Clan, I earned! You should be grateful, not throwing a childish tantrum here!"

"Wow! You even admit your mistakes! A father apologizing to his son, the first father in the whole world to do so, what a good father!"

"What great paternal authority, I really should be grateful! Without you all, I wouldn't have been called an orphan and a bastard!"

Qin Wushang continued to be sarcastic.

"Silence! How dare you speak to your father like that! Get down on your knees and apologize to your father!"

At this moment, a voice came from behind the screen, and a young man walked out, pointing at Qin Wushang and scolding him.

That was his younger brother, Qin Wuchen!

The Prodigy of the Qin Family!

Seeing his younger son emerge, Qin Zhantian's angry expression immediately softened. The disappointment in his eyes was replaced by satisfaction and relief.

In comparison, his younger son was so much better!

At only fifteen, he had already opened nine Dao Palaces and entered the Dao Palace Realm, becoming a fourth-stage Cultivator.

His younger son seemed to come with a beauty filter, looking more precious the more he gazed, while his older son came with an aversion effect, making him irritated with just two glances.

"Still not kneeling!!!"

Qin Wuchen roared again.

"Kneel?"

"What are you, to order me around?"

Qin Wushang looked up at the young man, his expression indifferent.

"Because I am the future Young Lord of the Qin Family!"

Qin Wuchen coldly declared, full of arrogance.

If not for needing this person's Supreme Bone, he wouldn't even spare this useless older brother a glance.

"Oh my, the future Young Lord of the Qin Family, huh? This is the fine product you've raised!"

"Turns out he doesn't know seniority either! Looks like he's not much better than me, this bastard born to a mother but raised without a father!"

"You're not doing so well as a father either, what right do you have to preach to me the moment you show up?"

Qin Wushang burst into laughter.

The laughter was so grating to the ears of the father and son.

Qin Wuchen's face turned ashen!

He clenched his fists, unleashing the aura of the Dao Palace Realm, wishing he could blast Qin Wushang away with one punch.

"Twenty years!"

"Every Spirit Pill Qin Wuchen consumed, every treasure he used for his Cultivation, which one wasn't accumulated from resources that originally belonged to me?"

"Qin Zhantian, you haven't returned home for twenty years. Don't you know whose pockets the resources allocated to me by the Clan ended up in?"

"He's just a white-eyed wolf who sucks my blood and then turns around to curse me! Does he even deserve to talk about seniority in front of me?"

"He, a Young Lord? Bah! The Qin Family has a rule: the eldest, not the youngest, is established. I'm not even dead yet, and he's already thinking of being Young Lord. What a child who understands Family rules!"

As these words came out, Qin Hao's expression turned cold.

This was a fact!

A large portion of the resources sent to Qin Wuchen at the border were taken from Qin Wushang.

But the problem was... how did this good-for-nothing know!

And Qin Wuchen, hearing these words, was also enraged.

"Shut up!"

He threw a punch!

"Boom!"

Qin Wushang flew out again.

"Pfft!"

He spat out a mouthful of blood, staining the main hall red.

"Chen'er!"

The couple was startled.

"Evil creature! You learn nothing good, only bad. You even provoked our gentle and refined Chen'er! What a scoundrel!"

Qin Zhantian roared in anger.

His eldest son's behavior deeply disappointed him!

This child was ruined!

His inner resolve became even firmer.

Qin Wuchen gently tugged on Qin Zhantian's sleeve, his voice carrying just the right amount of guilt: "Father, please don't be angry. Big Brother... he just harbors resentment. It's all my fault; I took away your love and your companionship, which is why he is like this..."

He looked like a child who had made a mistake.

"Alas... Chen'er, this is not your fault. Your Big Brother lacked discipline from a young age and learned bad things from disreputable people, which is why he is like this."

"Moreover, he is the Big Brother; he should understand the difficulties of his parents and be tolerant of you, his younger brother, instead of making sarcastic remarks..."

Ye Luoshui sighed.

"Hahaha! I'm dying of laughter!"

"What a good child!"

"Qin Zhantian! If he dares to murder his brother today, he'll dare to murder his father tomorrow, and the day after, he'll dare to murder the sovereign and betray the Human Race. One day you will regret it!"

Qin Wushang continued to laugh, his eyes indifferent.

Having Rebirth a hundred years ago, with a hundred years of memories, he knew perfectly well what kind of person Qin Wuchen was.

A green tea character who pretends to be a good child in front of others!

His heart was more venomous than anyone else's!

"Silence!"

"You bastard! Your brother just couldn't stand your filthy language, that's why he acted that way, and he didn't even hit you hard, otherwise you'd already be a dead man!"

"Do you, as the Big Brother, have no tolerance? Do you only find joy in alienating our father-son relationship?"

Qin Zhantian roared.

"Oh, then I should thank him for holding back!"

"Did the Clan Chief call me here just for me to meet them? If so, I can leave now."

Qin Wushang said.

The Family Head of the Qin Family was Qin Zhantian, the core figure of the direct lineage, but the Clan Chief of the Qin Clan was Qin Hao, Qin Zhantian's granduncle and an elder... In the Qin Clan, Qin Hao's prestige was even higher than Qin Zhantian's. All major and minor affairs of the Qin Clan were decided by him, though generally, he would also consult with Qin Zhantian.

After all, this person was also a Saint King of the Qin Clan!

"Wushang, we are all Family, so let's not be strangers. You are over twenty this year, almost twenty-one."

"You are quite old, and now you are not even in the Body Refining Realm, still a mortal with a crude Physical Body. You are destined to have no connection with the Cultivation path in this life."

"However, I have detected that the Supreme Bone in your chest has re-emerged..."

"You are old, and your Cultivation has already fallen behind. The Heaven-Defying Supreme Bone is not suitable for you. Why not let your younger brother have it, and let him lead our Qin Clan to prosperity?"

As the words came out, Qin Wuchen's lips twitched slightly.

He had known about this three days ago!

This was also why he was able to listen from behind the screen.

The couple turned their heads, not looking at Qin Wushang.

"Is this what you all mean too?"

Qin Wushang looked at them, his expression calm.

"Shang'er... we... this is also a last resort. The Qin Clan must have a young person who can bear the heavy responsibility."

"Both hands are flesh; father and mother also can't bear to hurt you, but for the Qin Clan..."

"We have no choice but to do this!"

"Don't worry! Mother can guarantee that even after the Supreme Bone is removed, you will recover, and even embark on the Cultivation path. This is Mother's promise to you!"

Ye Luoshui said with a pained expression.

The child's eyes made her uneasy; they were too calm, without any fluctuations.

This was not what he should be like at his age!

She had previously feared that Qin Wushang, upon hearing such news, would react excessively.

After all, it wasn't fair!

"Alright!"

Qin Wushang's voice was so calm that there wasn't a ripple.

He agreed!

"But I have one condition: remove the bone and sever ties!"

"The Qin Clan is a large Family; I am merely a cripple, unworthy of such status. It would be better to let me leave and live as a wealthy old man!"

As these words came out, all four were incredibly surprised.

They had expected Qin Wushang to make some outrageous demand, but it turned out to be this!

Remove the bone and sever ties!

Qin Wushang continued, "Although I have been in the Qin Family for twenty years and haven't used much Cultivation resources, I have eaten for twenty years, and you are my parents."

"To give birth but not raise, a severed finger can compensate, and today I will repay you with my Supreme Bone!"

"Give me the knife!"