12. Idiots

While Su Mo was out shopping in Purple Gold Pavilion, the Su family elders had gathered to hold a meeting.

"Grand Elder, why have you called this meeting?" asked Su Hong, who was seated at the head of the table.

"Master, I heard from the Bank Hall that you took out a million of gold today. What were you planning with so much money?"

The Grand Elder Su Yue, a grumpy middle-aged man, interrogated Master Su Hong as soon as the meeting began.

As the Grand Elder, Su Yue was second only to the Master in power and status.

He was also the only person who had the nerve to speak to Su Hong in this manner.

"Su Mo was allotted the gold for purchasing cultivation resources." Su Hong frankly admitted.

"What!?" All the elders were completely shocked!

"Su Hong, are you insane?"

The Grand Elder sprung to his feet and roared, "Su Hong, how dare you! As the Master, what right do you have to spend that much gold on your 'waste' son? The Su are not your personal property. I won't allow it!"

"That's true. Su Mo is a failure. We shouldn't waste so much on him!" agreed the Fourth Elder, Su Tai.

"Exactly, Master. It's so selfish of you to only care about your son!"

"How could you waste so much gold on raising a degenerate?"

"…"

All the other elders echoed the Grand Elder.

"Are you all done talking?"

Su Hong scanned the room full of elders coldly. "Gold has been spent. This issue is over. If there's nothing else to discuss, let's end this meeting!"

"What? All has been spent already?"

Everyone was stunned.

The Grand Elder's countenance hardened.

His grandson, Su Yu, had awakened a Rank 5 Human Class Martial Soul and was regarded as Su's first genius. Yet, all his monthly cultivating expenses barely exceeded 50,000 taels of gold.

Yet, a piece of trash like Su Mo managed to use up over a million taels of gold.

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After a satisfactory shopping experience, Su Mo was delighted.

He was eager to rush home. He wished to grow stronger more quickly as Luo Huan's attitude rang the danger bells. When people with connections start favouring you for no apparent reasons, one must understand that a war was about to begin.

"This world, this era, has started bearing its fangs." thought Su Mo.

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"Haha! Little lady, come with me. You'll live like a goddess every day."

"Get out of my way!"

"Damn, don't flatter yourself. It's an honour to be selected by me."

Suddenly, Su Mo heard a commotion. He saw three young men harassing a maid in blue.

She was stunning, with a pretty face, pale skin, and willowy figure.

The leader of the young men was about 16 or 17 years old and sickly pale. He was staring lewdly at the maid.

The maid was terrified. They surrounded her, making her unable to escape.

"Haha! You have nowhere to run!"

The young man cackled perversely and reached out to grab her hand.

BAM!

Suddenly, someone struck away his hand.

"Damn it, who has the nerve to interfere with my business?" the young man yelled angrily.

He turned around to see who it was and immediately chuckled, "Wow! Look who it is, the top 'genius' of the Su!"

The young man heavily emphasised the word "genius" with a jeering expression on his face.

"Come here, Qingqing!"

Su Mo gestured for the maid to stand behind him.

The maid in blue was called Su Qingqing. Su Mo knew her as her mother used to be his nanny.

He hated this kind of behaviour to the core. This world was too accustomed to these show of strength.

The strong prey on the weak; never bully them.

"Brother Su Mo!"

As soon as Su Qingqing saw Su Mo, she hurriedly hid behind him.

"Wei Lin, step aside. I am in a good mood today. So leave!" ordered Su Mo. Su Mo had been reasonably known among his peers for protecting his people.

Wei Lin was the second son of the Master of the Wei.

He was notorious in Sunnywood City for using his clan's power as an excuse to commit all kinds of atrocious deeds.

Many women had suffered due to this.

"How dare such a piece of trash like you interfere with my business. You must be tired of living!" said Wei Lin in a wild and boasting tone. Su Mo might have been intimidating before, but now everyone knew that he had lost support due to his crappy martial soul.

"Did you call me a piece of trash?" Su Mo's expression hardened. He squinted his eyes.

"That's right. You have a Rank 1 Human Class Martial Soul. That makes you a piece of trash!" scoffed Wei Lin.

A crowd gathered around them as the tension escalated between the members of two major clans. Such disputes were their favourite piece of entertainment in this dog-eat-dog society.

"Now you have angered me, Wei Lin. I will give you three choices. One, bow your head and apologise to Su Qingqing. Two, kneel and plead for mercy from me to let you go. Three, I'll shatter all your limbs. You decide."

Su Mo coldly chuckled after saying his peace. Young Masters often spoke these words in novels.

"That felt damn good. I now know why Young Masters loved it," Su Mo commented inwardly.

"Know your limits, Su Mo. I will give you three breaths to disappear from my sight, or you'll have to deal with the consequences." Wei Lin countered aggressively.

Wei Lin was also enraged. He had pined for Su Qingqing's beauty for a long time, and he was not willing to give up this opportunity. He felt his happiness double as Su Mo intervened.

"Nothing could be better than having a beauty after kicking a flower protector's ass." Wei Lin was eager to beat Su Mo.

Although Su Qingqing belonged to the Su clan, she was a commoner with a minor clan status. Wei Lin would not face any consequences for forcing her. Since Su Mo had lost his genius status, he was unafraid.

Su Mo smiled at Wei Lin's outrage. But the smile never reached his eyes.

"These Wei Clan members are all stupid. Now is the time to start the clean up of this Wei Clan."

"Wei Lin, don't believe that the three of you can beat me together. I can defeat you all with just one hand." Su Mo added the fuel into the fire. He could handle three of them comfortably, but an angry opponent is always easier.

Besides Wei Lin, who was at Lv 4 Qi Cultivation Realm, the other two were at Lv 3.

"Good. Very good. Su Mo, you want to be beaten up so badly; then I will grant your wish. You two beat him up. Break his Limbs and bring the girl to me," ordered Wei Lin.

"Hahaha! Don't worry, Young Master. Leave him to us!" The two underlings were eager to show their loyalty.