Put Away Your Divine Techniques Now!-Chapter 966 - 285: Top Priority

"He’s your own son. Even if you don’t love your own son, you should understand that he is the old ancestor’s favorite and closest person! Your family, daring to disrespect the old ancestor, truly has some nerve!"

Upon hearing this, Yun Zhao’s father fell to the ground trembling.

At that moment, the patriarch no longer bothered with continuing any coming-of-age ceremony.

With one command, he dispatched four clan elders and spent only half an hour to arrest all of Yun Zhao’s over a hundred family servants and attendants in front of the ancestral hall.

Yun Zhao’s dozen siblings were also brought outside the ancestral hall to kneel.

Then...

That day, the patriarch coldly ordered Yun Zhao’s over a hundred family servants and attendants to be executed on the spot while everyone watched!

With swift actions, the patriarch conducted a live interrogation of the Yun Family members!

Under the patriarch’s ruthless tactics—he even used soul-searching techniques!

After a round of interrogation, the truth quickly emerged—it was both laughable and absurd.

After Yun Zhao returned home, although he was out of place in the family, the fact that he returned after serving the old ancestor for thirty years raised suspicion among several siblings—they felt threatened by the "person close to the old ancestor" reputation in the future succession battle.

Thus, after some discussion, a few clever siblings persuaded the dumbest one to stand out.

They had the dumb one secretly instruct the household’s servants and attendants to "show Yun Zhao a lesson."

As for Yun Zhao’s parents, they were completely unaware of this—because they truly didn’t care.

The patriarch immediately made a decision.

The ringleaders, Yun Zhao’s three older brothers and one sister, were each flogged three hundred times, stripped of their positions within the tribe completely, stripped of their share for ten years, and thrown into the forbidden Black Water Cave behind Yin Mountain for five years of ascetic cultivation, not allowed to leave.

The idiot who stood up was directly stripped of his cultivation, his Spiritual Light shattered, turned into a mere bird, and thrown into Yin Mountain to become a beast!

And Yun Zhao’s father didn’t escape punishment either.

Yun Zhao’s father was punished for "negligence in family management" to take one hundred lashes and then go to the ancestral hall of the Black Feather Tribe to kneel and apologize, kneeling for a hundred days.

A mining vein under the Yun Family name was also reclaimed by the tribe and directly allocated to Yun Zhao personally—though Yun Zhao was temporarily unable to manage tribe affairs, it was managed by the Elder Council on his behalf, and the annual output profit given to Yun Zhao.

With a thunderous strategy, the Yun Family was quickly subdued.

This was not the end!

On that day, the patriarch fearful went to the back mountain forbidden area, kneeling outside the cave where the old ancestor was in seclusion to ask for forgiveness.

He didn’t dare to hide, nor did he intend to—how great was the old ancestor’s Divine Techniques? Although the ancestor was in seclusion, if he wished, he could easily release his Divine Sense to see everything clearly!

After reporting the events to the old ancestor inside the cave, the ancestor remained silent.

The patriarch felt terrified and wondered if his days as patriarch were over.

Just then, kneeling until dark and then from dark till dawn—feeling despair—the patriarch had even thought about writing a will and committing suicide after returning.

Well, but before dying, I must kill those damned fools of the Yun family first!! 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

At this moment, finally, from the secluded area came a long sigh from the old ancestor.

Then, the ancestor finally spoke.

"That child has suffered a lot, in the future, take good care of him, and let him..."

Here, the ancestor seemed to ponder and added the final half sentence:

"...let him live more freely!"

Let him live more freely!

The patriarch immediately felt a Spiritual Light rush into his head, instantly understanding, and knelt, bowing repeatedly!

Since the old ancestor spoke, it meant forgiveness, and this matter was settled!

No matter what the old ancestor said, just carry out orders with eyes closed!!

I got my life back!!

The patriarch’s position was secured!

The patriarch knelt on the ground, tears welling up!

The patriarch rolling down the mountain in terror, pale faced, issued the first command directly.

Yun Zhao’s father, that fool’s hundred lashes, have they been done?

Well, not yet? Great!

Leave it, this patriarch will personally execute the punishment!!

That day, the patriarch personally wielded the whip, almost beating Yun Zhao’s father to death.

A hundred lashes, each one drawing blood!

As a patriarch, he should not treat an elder like this—Black Feather Tribe is not a dictatorship but a family league of elders.

But... who let the patriarch just come from the back mountain? He just kneeled to the old ancestor to apologize and returned to personally whip someone.

Who dared say a word against it?

What if it was the old ancestor’s intention?

Yun Zhao’s father also dared not resist, could only grit his teeth and endure the hundred lashes, though he was strong in cultivation, he was almost beaten breathless.

Afterward, treated with medicine, he was carried to the ancestral hall to kneel for a hundred days of apology. Then the patriarch dismissed everyone, and privately conversed with Yun Zhao’s father in the ancestral hall.

"The old ancestor passed a message, specifically for your precious son."

Yun Zhao’s father was pale from pain, inwardly deeply resenting those foolish children for secretly messing with Yun Zhao—why provoke such troubles when Yun Zhao was never loved by me and never had a share in future succession?