Chapter 1278 — Screwed Over but Good - "Damn!" Only Then Did An Liwen Realize That the Crystal Sculpture Was Coated All Over in Lubricant, and His Hand Was Still Covered in That Slippery, Sticky Stuff! An Liwen Was About to Explode with Rage. What Kind of Game Was This?
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After Wei Zhao kicked him, Xie Yufeng stormed off in a fury to the apartment he kept in Songshan City and got his father, Yu Shuixing, on the phone. He could bear it no longer - Wei Zhao had to be taught a lesson!
"Xiaofeng? Why are you calling me at this hour? Aren't you supposed to be at school?" Yu Shuixing asked, picking up in some confusion.
"Dad, Wei Zhao kicked me today. I can't take it anymore - I want to kill him!" Xie Yufeng shouted himself hoarse the moment the line connected.
"Oh?" Yu Shuixing was slightly taken aback. "Wei Zhao kicked you? What happened?"
"It's like this..." Xie Yufeng recounted the day's events to his father. "I only cursed his girlfriend under my breath, and he charged up onto the stage and kicked me off. Tell me, isn't that going too far?"
"Given how fiercely protective Wei Zhao is, it's not so surprising. But it's been so long, and you still haven't learned a thing about his background, nor do you know what level his strength has reached. To lash out so rashly, I fear something will go wrong." Yu Shuixing was a steady man who looked at matters from every angle. "Yufeng, the Great Clan Assembly is nearly upon us. Now of all times is no time to invite trouble! The Zhao family is formidable; the Xiao family has obtained the backing of the Hidden Pi family - and yet neither of them has moved against Wei Zhao. Why? There must be something in all this that we don't know."
"But... I can't swallow this! I lost every shred of face today. If I don't win it back, I'll never be able to show my face at school again!" Xie Yufeng said, unwilling to yield.
"That's just how it has to be. One who would accomplish great things must learn to endure in silence," Yu Shuixing said with a sigh. "The Yu family was once the strongest of all the worldly clans. But now the Xiao family, with the Pi family behind them, is not much weaker than we are, and the hidden might of the Zhao family surpasses ours outright. They all hold their hands, so why should we be the ones to stick our necks out? One wrong move - if Wei Zhao truly has some untouchable master behind him - and it could mean the annihilation of our entire Yu family."
"Annihilation of our whole family? Surely it isn't that serious? Don't we have the Hidden Yu family backing us?" Startled, Xie Yufeng cooled down considerably.
"It is that serious! The Hidden Yu family's ties to us are nothing but a matter of mutual interest. If we fall, they can simply cultivate another clan in our place - just as the Pi family did with the Xiao family. Your uncle hasn't even secured his footing over there yet; he's in no position to have a say in anything." Yu Shuixing went on: "And in this world, the hidden clans are not the pinnacle either. Above them stand the ancient sects, and above the ancient sects, there are yet higher existences. It's just that these old things generally keep to themselves and stir up no trouble - but if you truly cross their bottom line, they will show you no mercy, whoever you are."