Fang Sun stepped forward almost in a daze, his words stumbling over themselves.
"Clan head, what do you—why would you—?" He couldn't even finish a sentence.
The weight of what he had just heard left him utterly shaken.
Fang Yuan only smiled, calm as ever.
"You and the other elders are the core pillars of the Fang family. And I intend to bring the clan as a whole into an era where it will stand as the strongest family under heaven. Infamy, tyranny, kindness—it doesn't matter what methods we take. What matters is that, in the near future, when people hear the word Fang, they will either bow… or flee."
The words struck like thunder. Fang Sun froze, speechless.
Fang Yang and Fang Bo, who stood beside him.... were no better, they stared wide-eyed, unable to even breathe steadily.
Then, mid-thought, Fang Yuan suddenly froze. A thought struck him like a spark in dry grass.
Fang Lian.
His expression shifted ever so slightly, and he let out a quiet murmur.
"…Uh oh."
