Chapter 58 - A Gutsy One (1/2)

In those days, during the time of war, no one would question it. However, now, when one suddenly gathered the army without the royal decree of the emperor, it was almost equivalent to revolting. What was even scarier was that, once they entered such an emergency state, the orders of these elders who usually supervised the daily operations of the family clan would lose effect unless all members of the Elders’ Union were present. And not only would this war drum gather people affiliated to the Rens in Jade Capital and put the Ren family into a battle state, but the information would also be sent out to affiliates everywhere in the country. It could be said that this was almost equivalent to setting off a volcano that could erupt anytime.

“Consequences? The Fang family led more than a thousand people to stir trouble at the gates of my Ren residence. If we do not respond, the consequence would be that everyone who follows the Rens would be bitterly disappointed. They would think that the Ren family is dying. We’re being bullied right at our doorstep, yet you people are claiming that nothing is happening? Once you’ve lost the hearts of people, anything you try to do then would be too late. When the frog is boiled slowly, it doesn’t even know how it died.”

Ren Jie said angrily, “I really don’t f*cking know how your minds are thinking. Are you all still part of the Ren family? My father told me a long time ago. Members of the Ren family can die in battle, but they can never be bullied. Right now, other people are already treating us like garbage, yet you still claim that everything is fine. What about it? if someone dares to come to the gates of the Ren family with troops, I am going to enter combat readiness. I want to tell everyone that the males of the Ren family, other than you three, are bold and gutsy.”

Ren Jie did not give them any chance to say more. He simply walked over and exploded, then left the three alone and headed straight towards the gates, disregarding them.

“In the past, when you fooled around, we let it pass on your father’s account. However, beating the war drum has alarmed the entire Jade Capital, bringing tens of thousands of troops to gather at the Ren family and the Ren family to enter combat readiness. This has exceeded the limit that we can tolerate. The Ren family can have an idiotic, ignorant and incompetent family head because we are powerful enough. With anyone as the family head, the Ren family will still be as powerful. But we absolutely cannot have a family head like you. You will ruin the Ren family like this. If you continue on like this, we can only dismiss you as a family head at the Elders’ Meeting. You can look out for yourself.” Seeing as Ren Jie totally disregarded them, Ren Junyang directly put the cards on the table while watching as Ren Jie walked away.

Ren Hanlin and Ren Wenxu were instantly startled. Originally, they’d only discussed about this issue in private. Now that Ren Junyang had put it clearly, it went to show that their relationship had come to a point of no return.

Hmph!

Ren Jie sneered coldly in his heart. Idiotic, ignorant, and incompetent. You all wish I was like that all the time, because only that way will you be able to hold power all the time. Dream on. But it was good that they had said it out loud, Ren Jie couldn’t be bothered to pay them any attention.

There was no meaning in paying attention to this bunch of fellows who only knew to fight inside their own family. Back then, without his father Ren Tianxing, what kind of plight had the Ren family been in, and what was their situation nowadays. He actually had the cheek to say such words.

Big spectacle, big spectacle, combat readiness, alarming Jade Capital, tens of thousands of people…

Originally, when he heard Ren Jie say big spectacle earlier and heard the three elders anxiously roaring about combat readiness and alarming Jade Capital, gathering tens of thousands of people, Chang Laosi did not really feel the scale of it all. However, once he walked out following Ren Jie and saw archers, crossbowmen, and all sorts of array formations in the air being activated everywhere, then came to the gates and saw Zhan Tianlong and others leading their troops, seeing that the huge square was filled with people, Chang Laosi could not help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.

Damn it, it was really a big spectacle.

Although he had seen lots of ups and downs through many years of battles in the Jianghu and Chang Le Gang’s fights with some gangs back then were also felt really horrific, those fights merely had a few hundred people. It was nothing compared to what was before his eyes.

The Ren family was indeed impressive, too impressive. Bows, arrows, and crossbows were regulated, especially some that had been refined to deal with powerhouses in the Divine Power Realm and above. The Ren family actually owned so much of them.

Not to mention the generals like Zhan Tianlong that weren’t much weaker than him. All these people were the elite of the elite. When all these forces were put together, even if powerful Yin Yang Realm experts came, they could only escape in self-preservation.

The scariest was that all these people did not make any sound at all. This pressure finally allowed Chang Laosi to realize why those great generals or family clans had no regard for the so-called Jianghu gangs. This force was too terrifying.

Big spectacle, even Chang Laosi who was at the ninth level of the Divine Power Realm and somebody amongst the gangs in Jade Capital felt extremely worked up at present. Because such a big spectacle was something that the Jianghu battles could never attain. This was a true big spectacle.

“Ren Jie, release Fang Yan immediately, hand over Chang Laosi, then come meet the emperor with me. Sounding the war drum to gather the army for no reason, I’ll wait to see how you’ll explain yourself to His Majesty.” Although Fang Tianen was very worried, when he saw that it was Ren Jie walking out from the inner quarters, he calmed down immediately and also assumed the imposing manner of the family head of the Fangs and a Minister of the court.

No amount of people you gather can do anything. Do you dare to touch me? If you do touch me, you’ll really be rebelling.

“Chang Laosi is a disciple that I took in before members of the five big family clans and leaders of Jade Capital’s top ten gangs. Earlier, your family’s Fang Yan threatened to kill him right during the ceremony, that was why I captured him and tied him up here. Truly, a crooked stick will have a crooked shadow. Now you’ve also come to the gates of my Ren residence to cause a din. Will you only be satisfied after I capture you and tie you up on the pillar to teach you a lesson too?” Ren Jie did not escalate the matter to suffer from it. He naturally wouldn’t let him have his way.

“I’m the Fang Family Head and the Minister of Justice. Do you really think that you’d be able to hoodwink the public because your Ren family is powerful? Do you still have the law in your eyes? Disregarding the laws, what is your Ren family trying to do? What are you, Ren Jie, as the family head of the Rens, trying to do?” Fang Tianen seemed to be extremely furious as he roared.

It was very easy to infuriate someone, but Ren Jie knew very clearly that the sly old foxes, Fang Tianen and Gao Zhanyuan, weren’t easy to deal with. He had hit Gao Peng in front of the palace and asked for his money at the royal feast at the Five Clans Hall. Gao Zhanyuan looked extremely furious, but later on, acted as if nothing had happened. Whereas for Fang Tianen’s side, although they could almost confirm that the poisoning had to do with him, when he called on them to extort them, they’d set up a trap in that situation.