Chapter Eight:
"So long as there was enough support from the already bought Elders, Lin Yujia must go down today." The teenager who was looking some fourteen some years of age, who had a curved smile always plastered of his face, he is Su Laotian, Lin Yujia's immediate younger brother from another, more accomplished father.
He is indeed the mastermind behind all this scenes that had played out today and he knew that his brother knows about it but his less cared about his feelings. After all he is not even fit enough to bear the family name, and even if he carries our family's name he cannot cultivate so he is an ultimate waste to come to this world and it's shit luck to be my adversary.
This innocent looking boy was thinking of this over matured scheme against his barely matured brother. Actually, there was no actual enmity between the two from Adam. Su Haozi hates and detests Lin Yujia from birth because she sees him as a speck against the flamboyant garment of the Su Clan.
So she caught Su Laotian when he was yet young and trained him to believe that Lin Yujia's presence was a threat to him in the Su Clan and he should be eliminated, the sooner, and the better.
So young Su Laotian took this doctrine personal and it has been a hell for Lin Yujia and sometimes he even goes far enough to hurt Su Niang in a feat to frustrate and suppress him.
At this moment Lin Yujia was still wondering what he was still doing here, because this was not his plan, and spending more time here will only endanger his life the more.
He had no plan in answering any dumb questions that the council of Elders are going to ask him as they were already bought to the other side and the only way he could dodge whatever they had coming for him was by not enraging them as he no more than one head.
"Guilty or not he still needs to be punished." Su Haozi, the mother of mischief finally spoke and her devilish voice were the songs of death.
Lin Yujia thinks that every moment she opens her mouth on his matter, he is always few breaths closer to death.
"Why did you say so?" Su Wushuang was bewildered, he knew that Su Haozi always had a thing or two to punish Lin Yujia for, but in this case, he could smell the presence of innocence.
"Lin Yujia had lived in the Su Clan for nearly sixteen and so should be aware by of our rules and regulation."
This woman was not concern with the Clan's face but was only looking for an excuse to nail him to the wall.
"Clan Mistress Su Haozi please be clear with your words." Su Zhen's face twisted to a frown when he heard the tricky statements she uttered.
"Don't you think that this brat already had a feud with Su Haoyu and decided to settle their grudges both in the Clan's market?" Su Haozi was very experienced in this aspect, the aspect of deceit.
She just framed up some things against Lin Yujia who had already expected this feat from the moment that Su Laotian was looking at him with the look of confidence in his eyes.
"He can be summoned if his presence is needed." Su Hong finally uttered with confidence.
Su Zhen raised an eye brow towards the situation that played out in his view right now, how defence turned to attack, but what could he say, after it was the royal family's business and every experienced man or woman knew how had it is to meddle with the affairs of the royal affairs and also, he could not affair to be enemies with Su Laotian who was though still a child but is believed to take over from his father as the Clan leader.
Su Wushuang gave out a gesture for Su Haoyu to be called out. Su Hong was in all smiles, he knew what was coming.
"Su Haoyu! The Clan Elders summon you." The young but rascal Su Haoyu, surfaced from nowhere and was walking towards Lin Yujia's side.
Lin Yujia found another thing amiss which was that as a rascal Su Haoyu should have a little bit of fear or resentment towards these dignified people, or should even dread entering into the hall, but instead Su Haoyu ate the steps slowly and steady and even dared to look at them directly in the face.
Su Laotian gave him a go-ahead nod while Su Haozi smirked at him. Su Haoyu understood what he should so he waited for him to be bombarded with questions upon questions.
"Su Haoyu, did have any conflicts before the fight with Lin Yujia." Su Zhen questioned with a less concerned expression.
"Lin Yujia and I had always had problems since we were young."
"Hmm, really so you decided to bring your conflict to the public place and worse of it to the market." Su Houtian also questioned with a more serious expression.
"We agreed that when it was his sixteenth year birthday, he would finish the fight with me in the clan's market so everyone will know who is better between him and me." Su Haoyu explained with a slight grin on his face.
Lin Yujia was immune to false witnesses and so there was no sign of pain in his humble face.
The elders finally found a way to end the meeting.
"Su Laotian, what judgment can you give your elder brother remember that he is also a member of the clan." Su Wushuang gave Su Laotian the mandate of judgment on his brother Lin Yujia, was this not putting meat in the mouth of a lion?
Su Laotian grinned cruelly under his breath before clearing his throat to release judgment on his waste of a brother.
"Lin Yujia, managed to pull through a fight with a Qi condensation practitioner, without having a steady cultivation, is that not surprising?"
Su Laotian spoke with a sense of understanding as he has already known much about his enemy of a brother.