“I always said that Terra Su attending our Jiang Family clan meeting is just asking for humiliation…”
“Allowing an outsider to enter the meeting was already generous enough, and yet he’s picky. In my opinion, that miscellaneous table should have been prepared for him, haha…”
Listening to the side branch family members’ discussions rising and falling, Sophia Xu’s face turned icy, but she showed no intention of backing down.
After a while, even those discussions began to quiet down.
The entire hall fell silent.
Just as everyone was waiting to see how this matter would be resolved, suddenly a cold voice rang out abruptly: “It’s just a seat, is it worth the quarrel?”
Everyone was startled and turned to look, surprised to find that the speaker was the usually silent Rene Jiang.
Because he was so reticent, sometimes not speaking a word for a month, his sudden speech now shocked everyone.
Seeing that all eyes were on him, Rene Jiang stood up and looked at Terra Su.
“I’ll give you my seat.”
After saying this succinctly to Terra Su, Rene Jiang turned around under everyone’s gaze and left the hall.
Even from his silhouette, it was evident that his right sleeve was empty and flaccid.
It wasn’t until Rene Jiang’s figure had completely disappeared that the people in the hall reacted.
Rene Jiang gave his seat to Terra Su?
Rene Jiang himself was not going to attend the clan meeting?
Although Rene Jiang’s actions were usually unconventional, this move was still unexpected to everyone.
Even Sophia Xu was stunned. Was Rene Jiang helping her?
But she usually had no dealings with Rene Jiang, so why would he suddenly help her?
Only Terra Su, watching the direction Rene Jiang had left, felt a wave of emotion.
In his previous life, Rene Jiang had done the exact same thing at this clan meeting.
Plus, after some subsequent interactions, Terra Su realized that this Fourth Master Rene Jiang was actually a man with a cold exterior but a warm heart.
His nature was just, completely different from Otto Jiang and Robert Jiang.
In his previous life, Rene Jiang’s fate was not good.
But this life was different.
Terra Su was a man who clearly distinguished between gratitude and grudges. In this life, anyone who helped him would receive a hundredfold in return.
Pulling his thoughts back.
Terra Su’s gaze settled on Otto Jiang and Robert Jiang, growing colder by the moment.
In his previous life, Otto Jiang and Robert Jiang had bullied and harmed Sophia Xu in every possible way, and this was just the beginning.
The affairs of the Jiang Family were not Terra Su’s concern, but if they touched his loved ones, they should not blame him for his thunderous methods.
“Does anyone else have objections to Little Terra’s seat now?”
Sophia Xu said coldly. Terra Su was now sitting in Rene Jiang’s place, which meant, in other words, that Terra Su was attending the clan meeting in place of Rene Jiang.
And while Rene Jiang had always been somewhat marginalized, no one could deny that he was a legitimate direct descendant of the Jiang Family.
This was indisputable.
Robert Jiang’s face turned ugly as he glanced sideways at Terra Su sitting in Rene Jiang’s place and snorted coldly: “Usurping the nest! Just you wait!”
Otto Jiang, clearly more patient, merely cast a gloomy glance at Sophia Xu and Terra Su, then changed the subject: “It’s about time, let’s start the clan meeting.”
Hearing this, everyone straightened up, waiting for the meeting to officially begin.
Otto Jiang cleared his throat: “Today’s clan meeting has two items on the agenda.”
“The first matter is about the distribution of cultivation resources for this month!”
“This month’s Minor Origin Elixirs, following tradition, the first and third branches will each receive twenty, the second and fourth branches will each get ten, and the remaining twenty will go to the side branch family members.”
“Does anyone have any objections?”
The Minor Origin Elixir was an elixir used by Martial Practitioners in the Inducing Qi Realm and Condensing Origin Realm. It contained a small amount of Spiritual Qi, which could speed up cultivation.
Although the Minor Origin Elixir was simple to produce and considered a low-end elixir by Alchemy Masters, it was still very valuable in the eyes of ordinary Martial Practitioners who were not Alchemy Masters.
For the warriors of a large family, reliance on the Minor Origin Elixir had become an indispensable part of their daily cultivation.
The Jiang Family, as one of the three major families in Clear River City, would purchase one hundred Minor Origin Elixirs from the Five Treasures Hall each month to distribute to the family’s Martial Practitioners.
The distribution was sixty for the direct descendants and forty for the side branch.
With many people in the side branch, the forty elixirs could basically ensure that each person got one.
Among the sixty for the direct descendants, Otto Jiang’s family, the first branch, and Robert Jiang’s family, the third branch, could each get twenty.
But Sophia Xu’s family, the second branch, could only get ten, only half of theirs, the same amount as the solitary Rene Jiang.
Sophia Xu took a deep breath. Ever since Robert Jiang disappeared, Otto Jiang and Robert Jiang had monopolized power, and this had been the distribution every month; she had grown accustomed to it.
Having some was better than none.
“If there are no objections, let’s start the distribution.”
Otto Jiang waved his hand, instructing the servants to bring in a chest.
The chest was opened, revealing one hundred neatly arranged pale red Minor Origin Elixirs.
But just as Sophia Xu was about to step forward to take her share, a thunderous voice suddenly exploded.
“Hold on!”
“I object!”
It was Robert Jiang again!
Otto Jiang said, “What’s your objection? Speak!”
Robert Jiang sneered, pointing at Sophia Xu, “I object to the second branch!”
“The second branch has only two women but has been occupying the family’s precious cultivation resources for a long time. I think that allocating ten Minor Origin Elixirs to the second branch every month is far too many.”
Saying this, Robert Jiang chuckled maliciously, “I suggest that starting this month, the second branch’s Minor Origin Elixirs be reduced to… two!”
As his words fell, Sophia Xu stood up abruptly, outraged: “Robert, say that again?”
Reducing the second branch’s Minor Origin Elixirs to two?
That’s one-tenth of the first and third branches?
What’s the difference between that and nothing?
Robert Jiang sneered, “Sister-in-law, I’m doing this for the good of the entire Jiang Family. Your second branch, with two women, your daughter will eventually marry out. The second branch occupying so many precious resources doesn’t contribute anything to the Jiang Family!”
Sophia Xu retorted coldly, “Even if Emma marries out, is she no longer a member of the Jiang Family? Besides, even if Emma marries out, won’t I still be here?”
With that, Sophia Xu’s eyes flashed sharply, turning towards Otto Jiang, “Big brother, are you just going to let Robert run wild, spouting nonsense at the clan meeting?”
Otto Jiang’s eyes flickered, but he said indifferently, “Sister-in-law, don’t be hasty. I think what Robert said makes sense and is worth considering.”
“It just so happens that the first and third branches are short on Minor Origin Elixirs every month. Reducing the second branch’s share could just fill that gap, and it would also count as your branch’s contribution to the Jiang Family.”
“You…”
Sophia Xu gasped in shock, stunned by the shamelessness of Otto Jiang and Robert Jiang!
They were taking twenty Minor Origin Elixirs a month but still coveted the second branch’s few elixirs, wanting to pocket them as well!
“Otto, Robert, have some shame!”
Unable to contain herself, Sophia Xu said coldly, “When Robert was here, he contributed so much to the Jiang Family, probably more than the two of you combined. But even so, he never asked for more Minor Origin Elixirs for the second branch, always the same as you, twenty each month.”
“But after his incident, the first thing you two did was eagerly reduce our second branch’s share to ten per month!”
Ignoring her typically gentle image, Sophia Xu’s eyes blazed with fury as she pointed at Otto Jiang and Robert Jiang, her voice sharp, “And the ten Minor Origin Elixirs you withheld went straight into your own pockets!”
“And now, you want to repeat the same trick, to cut our second branch’s Minor Origin Elixirs again, I won’t agree! We are all legitimate members of the Jiang Family. You get twenty Minor Origin Elixirs a month, and we get two? There’s no reason for that!”
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