9: One blow is enough to prevent a hundred blows

“Chu Tian did well this time. What are a waste from the Ye family and a mere little slut with a Innate Dao Body? How dare they bully and scheme against my Chu Tian.”

“It’s best if this is just a childish prank and doesn’t involve the Liu family, or even the Ye family. Otherwise, I’ll flatten them all.”

“And Chu Tian King, I’m telling you, if you dare to interfere again, saying things like ‘forgive and forget’ and telling Chu Tian to drop the matter, the first sword I strike when I return will be against you. Then I’ll uproot that Saint Emperor Peak and cripple Ye Tianxiong.”

Chu Tian King kept smiling wryly, but facing his enraged wife, he could only nod repeatedly in agreement.

“Madam, didn’t I agree to let Star Servant lead the Sect’s Law Enforcement Hall to break into the Liu family and arrest Ju’er? The Ye family should understand our firm stance by now.”

“Heh heh, if I hadn’t happened to have a Divided Soul descend this time, you, Chu Tian King, would probably have just killed Ju’er and let the matter drop, without pursuing it deeply.”

“Young Master Chu Tian did well. That Ju’er must be interrogated until the truth comes out. I want to see if Ye Tianxiong was truly behind the scheme against my son.” Jian Kongzhu’s voice was resolute.

“Madam, it’s not that serious, it’s not that serious. It’s probably just some old fogeys from the Ye family causing trouble behind the scenes. Ye Tianxiong is my sworn brother; we roamed the continent together, traveled the starry sky, and experienced life and death together. I understand his character very well. He would never resort to such underhanded schemes against me. If there was anything, he would communicate directly with me.”

“Ye Tianxiong was also a witness to our acquaintance. Why must we delve into it so deeply, break the balance, and make the situation so ugly? Look, isn’t Chu Tian doing well now? I personally nurtured him, and he has now reached the seventh stage of Forging Bone, possessing seven hundred thousand catties of immense strength, almost comparable to a True Dragon Hatchling…” Chu Tian King earnestly tried to persuade her, bringing up past events and vouching for Ye Tianxiong.

“Father still values his brotherhood with Ye Tianxiong too much.” Chu Tian lowered his head, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

The reason he rushed back quickly after leaving Eternal Heaven Hall was to persuade Chu Tian King to let him handle this matter.

Even participating in the Eternal Heaven Hall Forging Bone Rankings test was with the aim of breaking the deadlock.

Chu Tian was still pondering how to persuade Chu Tian King, as his age was his biggest weakness at the moment, making it difficult to get involved in many matters.

Fortunately, his mother, Jian Kongzhu, was not pedantic. With Jian Kongzhu’s support behind the scenes, it saved him a lot of effort.

Hearing Chu Tian’s words, Old Tuo’s cloudy eyes flashed with surprise, and he seemingly inadvertently said, “After the Young Master became Deputy Sect Leader, he began to overvalue many things, which led to his indecisiveness and loss of initiative. However, many people couldn’t say anything. The Young Lord’s strong counterattack this time has actually greatly uplifted many powerful individuals within the clan.”

“It was this old servant’s slip of the tongue, presuming to discuss the Deputy Sect Leader. Please punish this Young Lord.” Old Tuo finished speaking and immediately bowed trembling, asking for forgiveness.

“Old Tuo, you are an old Senior in the clan. Saying that is too much for Young Master Chu Tian.”

Chu Tian helped Old Tuo up, but his eyes gleamed.

Old Tuo’s words clearly meant to tell him that many people within the Chu family supported him.

Many people within the Chu family were dissatisfied with Chu Tian King’s conciliatory and yielding strategy towards the Ye family.

His strong counterattack this time greatly encouraged this group of people.

“Chu Tian, come in quickly and let Mother see if you’re hurt.” At this moment, Jian Kongzhu’s voice came out.

As Chu Tian stepped into the main hall, a stunning woman in a white gauze dress, with sharp, upward-slanting eyebrows and an aura of formidable spirit, rushed forward to embrace him. She asked about his well-being, checked his body, and her eyes were filled with doting affection, as if she feared her son had suffered some grievance under Chu Tian King’s care.

“Madam, Chu Tian is my son too. How could I bear to let him suffer any grievance?” A tall middle-aged man nearby, who was Chu Tian King, said with a helpless expression.

Outside, he was the invincible Heavenly King Emperor Lord, Deputy Sect Leader of the Saint Heaven Sect, with immense power.

But at home, he was just an ordinary middle-aged man, facing his fiercely protective wife, trembling and not daring to interject.

It was clearly his son who stole the saint vein flower fruit, beat his fiancée, and even threatened to skin and disembowel the Chu family’s waste, or else destroy the Liu family.

Yet in Jian Kongzhu’s eyes, it seemed as if her son had suffered an immense grievance.

But facing his formidable wife, he dared not say more. Otherwise, if his wife got angry and truly ran back from outside the domain to destroy the Liu family and cleave Saint Emperor Peak with a single sword, the situation he had painstakingly managed would collapse.

After asking about his well-being, Jian Kongzhu had Chu Tian sit in her lap and asked, “Young Master Chu Tian, Mother doesn’t want to argue with your cowardly father anymore. Tell me, how should we deal with the Liu family and that waste from the Ye family?”

Chu Tian King smiled wryly, about to defend himself as not being a coward, but he was glared at fiercely by Jian Kongzhu. Immediately, he shrank his neck in fear and could only cast a pleading look at his own son.

His goal, naturally, was to hope that Chu Tian would forgive and forget, and not escalate the matter.

Chu Tian was a little uncomfortable with Jian Kongzhu’s intimacy, as he was an adult Soul. However, after feeling Jian Kongzhu’s strong maternal love, that sense of resistance disappeared.

As for Chu Tian King’s pleading gaze, Chu Tian directly ignored it.

If not for the limitations of his identity, he actually wanted to call him a cowardly old man.

Chu Tian merely pondered for a moment before looking up, his gaze cold and resolute: “Mother, this child’s opinion is that we must pursue this to the end and expose everyone who schemed against this child behind the scenes.

Strike one blow to avoid a hundred.

To maintain the stability and unity of the Sect, we must never compromise foolishly.

Constant yielding will only make the other party think we are weak and easily bullied, thus emboldening them to take an inch and demand a mile.”

Chu Tian King, who had been smiling wryly in resignation, was immediately shocked upon hearing this, and his eyes looked at his son in surprise.

Could these be words his obedient and well-behaved son would say?

Jian Kongzhu’s eyes lit up, and she clapped her hands in praise, saying, “What a ‘strike one blow to avoid a hundred’! Truly worthy of being my Jian Kongzhu’s son.”

“We’ll do as Young Master Chu Tian says.”

Old Tuo, standing at the doorway, trembled all over, and shock flashed in his cloudy eyes.

Could such words be spoken by an eight-year-old child?

The Young Master is indeed the Bloodline of the Broken Sword Goddess and the Young Master; not only are his innate Physique and talent astonishing, but his insight can be called extraordinarily gifted.

Strike one blow to avoid a hundred.

These short ten characters, the more one chewed on them, the more one felt the boundless truth of life hidden within, giving a sense of sudden enlightenment.

“Hahahahaha, what a ‘strike one blow to avoid a hundred’! This is truly the attitude of my Chu family members.”

“Third Uncle also makes a statement: I fully support Young Master Chu Tian in investigating to the end and uncovering the true mastermind.”

A middle-aged man walked into the main hall, laughing heartily and applauding in praise: “Big Brother, you’ve raised a good son. Your third brother is truly envious.”

The newcomer was Chu Tianyun, the Third Elder of the Chu family, Chu Tian King’s biological younger brother, the Fifth Elder of the Saint Heaven Sect, and the Hall Master of the Sect’s Law Enforcement Hall. Within the Saint Heaven Sect, he was a big shot who could make the entire Sect tremble with a stomp of his foot.

“Chu Tianyun, greetings to Eldest Sister-in-law, and congratulations to Eldest Sister-in-law. Young Master Chu Tian has successfully won first place on the Forging Bone Rankings, greatly bringing honor to our Chu family and enhancing the prestige of our Saint Heaven Sect.” Chu Tianyun saluted Jian Kongzhu with a smile, his face filled with excitement.