Chapter 17 (2/2)

“Now you know what is qualifications, right? As I said, I’ll have you kneel and cry, so you better kneel down and cry now!” Ren Jie walked over to Gao Peng’s side. Even though there was blood in his mouth, he still maintained a calm smile, irking Ren Jie even more.

“Haha…” Gao Peng suddenly burst out laughing before he looked over at Ren Jie incredulously. “Ren Jie, the Ren family head, you’re something now, aren’t you. I have been enlightened. So what if you have someone get hold of me? I am a direct descendant of the Gaos and the five family clans have made a pact when the Clear Jade Dynasty was founded. There may be internal conflicts, but you cannot hurt the children of the five family clans. For a thousand years, the five family clans have had their peaks and their lows, but none of them were for long. Moreover, while my grandfather goes into seclusion often, he’s still the Grand Priest, and my father, the Gao family head, the Treasurer.”

“So what if I offended you with my words? The most you can do is to humiliate me, what else can you do?”

“What can I do? What can I, pom!” Ren Jie landed a heavy punch on Gao Peng’s face.

The impact made him fall backward and land on the ground as blood spurted out of his nose, but the smile on his face was still there.

“The most you can do is beat me up, what else? You want me to kneel and cry? Perhaps in the next life!” Hatred was building up in Gao Peng’s mind as he continued to suppress his urge to kill. Ren Jie’s crazy actions were unexpected, but he did not mind as he would soon return this to him by tenfold, or even hundredfold.

“Let my son go at once.” Just then, an angry voice could be heard from afar. Another troop of guards that did not pale in comparison to the Ren’s personal guards but rather triumphed in numbers came rushing over led by Gao Zhanyuan, the Gao family head. He had already heard of this when he was far away and immediately used his divine sense to find out what was going on since he was still outside of the palace. Hence, they could hear his voice even before they could see him.

“Get in your positions, defend.” Tong Qiang grabbed Gao Peng in one hand and, seeing that the Gaos were rushing over, he ordered his men to circle around them.

And from another direction, the three Elders of the Ren family, Ren Junyang, Ren Hanlin, and Ren Wenxu rushed over as well.

“What… what is he doing? He must be crazy, crazy!”

“What happened to him? Why is he causing a ruckus outside the palace?”

“Ren Jie, stop it this instance!”

The three of them also realized what was going on and quickly exchanged their thoughts using their divine sense. They panicked as they tried to contact Ren Jie, but he ignored them.

“Alright, so you refuse. Then, I shall kill you… someone, pass me a knife.” Ren Jie stretched out his hand as he spoke, and one of the guards immediately passed him a knife. These personal guards frequented the outside of the palace, and because the four family clans only brought the people they brought to the feast with them into the palace, these guards all carried weapons as they did not have to enter the palace anyway.

Ren Jie slowly placed the knife at Gao Peng’s neck, but Gao Peng was still smiling calmly. “If you kill me, then you will definitely die as well. Even the Rens will not do anything to save you. Moreover, you’re doing this outside the palace, His Majesty would never let you go, so killing me is as good as killing yourself.”

“Gaos, listen up. If you dare come closer, I’ll kill him instantly. He thinks he’s very impressive and doesn’t believe that I’ll dare kill him. Gao Zhanyuan, if you don’t believe me, you can try me.” The Gaos were already rushing over, and just as they were about to strike, Ren Jie slightly pressed down on the blade at Gao Peng’s neck.

It was not where the arteries were, but the sharp blade still cut through the skin and blood trickled down.

“Ren Jie, if you dare harm Peng-er, you will not be spared by the law and we will also spare no cost in getting even with you. Stop!” Gao Zhanyuan’s angry voice boomed as his men alighted from the spiritual beast carriage. However, even though he shouted angrily, he still did not dare take the risk.

Gao Zhanyuan fumed with anger. He didn’t expect Ren Jie would dare do this in the palace with no regard for the law at all. Moreover, the person he was threatening to harm was a direct descendant of the Gaos.

Gao Peng continued to smile as he raised his head to look at Ren Jie. He originally intended to test Ren Jie’s reaction, but he did not expect Ren Jie to lose his mind like that. Even though it had already come to this, he still did not think that Ren Jie would have the guts to really kill him.

Even though the Gaos did not have as much military strength as the Rens, they were still one of the five major family clans. If Ren Jie really dared to kill him here, even the Emperor would back the Gaos on this matter. The other family clans would also take the opportunity to suppress the Rens and Ren Jie would definitely have to face the consequences unless Ren Tianxing suddenly reappeared. Hence, Gao Peng was not convinced that Ren Jie would not really kill him.

His simple testing of Ren Jie’s reaction was blown out of proportions by Ren Jie’s crazy actions, but Gao Peng was still confident that this was all within his plan. The most he could do was to humiliate him and beat him up, what else was there that he could do?

“This is the palace. While we may be able to engage in some illegal actions in private and even murder each other, that can only be done in private. How can you do this so openly? If you kill me here, then His Majesty will not forgive you in order to ensure that the country can continue to function normally. No matter how powerful the Rens are, surely you can’t go against the other family clans all at once?”