Chapter 64 - The Patriarch's Ruthlesness

"Hmph, so what if that freak is patriarch's son, he will have to answer for his wrongdoings", said one middle-aged lady.

"Are you out of your mind dear, if patriarch hears you, he will have our heads ripped off", said the man who was walking beside her.

"Shut up, you sorry excuse of a man, you don't care one bit about me, nor about my son, who was pushed out of the training field, because of your weak ass, from now on I will see to it that the freak gets his punishment", said the middle-aged women while gritting her teeth.

"Ok, but then what do you expect me to do," said the man with a sigh.

Hearing this, the women's eyes shined with cleverness, "Nothing much, I am sure just like how my son got kicked out of the training room, others were too and their parents will be pissed off too, it's not like we are some commoners, we are the nobles of the Li family, who won't take this lying down, so my dear husband, go to others and discuss with them for the co-operation of punishing that freak", said the middle-aged women ruthlessly.

The man beside her nodded in understanding, ok you are right, instead of complaining alone, I will ask for help from all the others," said the man with certainty.

After which the man went out of his house to discuss with other parents, about this issue regarding the patriarch's son.

While there were some who were apprehensive and cautious, not to let their head clouded in anger, there were also some who believed that there was more to the story and didn't believe their children's claims right away, but most of those people decided who were of the highest status in the whole Li family had anger clouded their minds, instead of reasoning, which was due to their high status and arrogance.

All the ones who didn't agree with jumping to conclusions just kept quiet, waiting for the results, while those who couldn't hold their anger, decided to confront the patriarch about his son.

Without Li Jie knowing, who was alone in the training area, practicing his martial arts, where no one was there, except some guards who were responsible for any dispute between kids or any other kind of problem, but today, they had no idea, what to do, as the only one in the training area, they had to keep an eye on was the eldest young master of the Li family.

While the crowd wanted to confront Li Jie himself, but they knew, they can't do anything or else they will be killed without any mercy, which is why they all went to confront the patriarch instead, where at least all of their complaints will be heard, it's not like the patriarch can kill them without any reason.

While the crowd of nobles was furiously charging towards the patriarch's chambers, they also brought their kids with them for proof, what they didn't know was that their kids were cursing themselves for their stupidity and for increasing the situation to more than ever, none of them even had the courage, to tell the truth to their parents, unless they were punished, and the one they were glaring at was a boy their age who was the one, who came up with this plan.

The boy who came up with the plan was none other than the son of the man and the middle-aged woman who was leading this crowd, at first he came up with this plan to not get punished for practicing martial arts, he wanted to tell his parents the truth on the way, but his fear got the best of him.

Upon almost reaching the patriarch's chambers, they noticed some guards, who blocked their way and asked to go to the hall on the left side of the castle and wait for the patriarch there to listen to their complaints.

The man and his wife, who were leading the crowd felt humiliated, that they were treated like commoners, they felt insulted that the patriarch didn't even place them with importance, all of the parents were furious, but couldn't much but wait for the patriarch.

While the whole crowd went to the hall to wait for the patriarch, unbeknownst to them the patriarch of the Li family was quietly reading the reports, which was presented to him by his advisors, who were aware of the complete situation, the more the patriarch read, the more his aura solidified, which turned the whole atmosphere of the room to be too heavy.

The advisors were sweating badly, they felt that they will be crushed under the pressure, that the patriarch was oozing, they had no idea, just what to do, to lessen his anger.

The patriarch noticing their pale faces, just snorted and controlled his aura but the anger on his face didn't go, it was still there, one of the advisor's said, "Sir Patriarch, this is a big misunderstanding that has been caused by the noble's kid, we should tell them of this and stop this matter altogether".

The patriarch's eyes turned ruthless, when he asked, "You expect me to just forget their insolence of charging towards my chambers with such insolence and forget the fact, as to how excited their expressions are when slandering my son".

The advisor's eyes went down subconsciously, he didn't know what to say, and what to do, he didn't want there to be any chaos in the Li family, while the Great elder was already in dire straits, who was helped by the elders supporting him.

The advisor was cursing those nobles who were drunk on their power and arrogance, but he was helpless, he knew today wasn't going to turn any peaceful.

The patriarch got up and went to open the door, where he went for the hall, where the nobles were waiting for him, and the advisors were quietly following him from behind.

When the patriarch reached the hall, he could see many nobles, and the one on the lead with a proud expression was an unsightly looking woman, who oozed arrogance, he felt like slapping this woman, but he kept it to himself, as he felt it to be beneath him to act on his impulse.

When the patriarch reached the throne, where he sat, he could see the noble's blatant disrespect towards him, as none of them were even standing when he entered, seeing this situation, where the patriarch kept quiet and said nothing made the nobles glee, they understood that power was in numbers, so what if he is the strongest being in the whole Li family, it doesn't change anything, when all the nobles are together against him.

Whereas the advisors were cursing these nobles under their breath, they couldn't believe just what were these stupid ants be thinking, don't they understand, that in the past their unreasonable behavior was covered by the Great elder, but now that the Great elder isn't here, just what gave them the idea of being in the upper position.

The patriarch was looking at them all with indifference as if none of them can change even a bit of his expression.

He then motioned the man in front to start with his explanation, the patriarch listened to everything the man said about everything that happened, he sighed, he was afraid that maybe the patriarch would kill him, to badmouth his son, he sighed in relief, after which the patriarch motioned for others to say their part of the story, he listened to everyone and heard everything without even a change in his expression.

The advisors sighed in relief, they thought that the patriarch would let out his rage, but instead, he just listened to them one by one, while some were ruthless in their explanation about Li Jie's faults, there were also some, who just said as much as they were told by their kids.

The patriarch just listened quietly, while looking at everyone with just deadpan eyes, which everyone around him was unaware of.

At the end of the noble's complaint, they felt very good and felt more confident and arrogant towards the patriarch, who was just moving his head.

The patriarch then got up and brought his advisors and asked them to note all the nobles sitting here, and said to the nobles, "All of your kid's resources for training will be reduced by 30% from now on, is there any complaint", said the patriarch with indifference.

The whole crowd just turned stunned upon hearing their patriarch, they were shocked, just what was going on and what was this unreasonable reply, and the most painful thing for them was the lessening of the resources, while it may not look like much, but these nobles know better than anyone, just how helpful these resources are, even without much effort, anyone with such resources can easily reach quite a high level in cultivation, this was just too important for the future for their kids, they can't take this lying down, they will have to fight for it.

When the crowd rose up in uproar ready to lash out, the patriarch softly said 50%, which simply quieted down the whole crowd, the air was suffocating for the majority to breathe.

"Is there any complaint", asked the patriarch with the same uncaring attitude.

The whole crowd didn't make a single noise, they were basking in arrogance, but where did it get them, in the end, they all just kept quiet and they knew that there's nothing they could do.

The middle-aged woman had the most unsightly expression of all, she couldn't take this unreasonable behavior, they were not even given a chance, and it was then that she erupted, "Patriarch, don't you think you are being unreasonable, don't you think that it was your freak like son's fault that we had to be here", said the middleaged woman with a twisted expression on her face, the whole crowd gasped, even her husband was pissing in his pants, just what was this women thinking.

Finally, the patriarch's face had anger, which he was curbing inside, "What do you think, I am afraid of you patriarch, just because you can kill me, go on kill me I don't give a shit", said the middle-aged woman.

Upon listening to her, the patriarch just smiled, "Why do you think I would kill you, are you even qualified, as for your insolence".

"Cripple her cultivation and her families, seize all of her and her relative's properties and any significant position of theirs will be passed on to others who are qualified, and especially throw this woman and her family out of the Li family", ordered the Patriarch.

Hearing the patriarch's order, everyone's blood turned cold, and the middle-aged woman felt as if she had eaten a fly.