Chapter 375: Is Genuine Blood Enough

Gao Ke didn't know the details, so he couldn't relax, because once he agreed to start the verdict, the consequences could be unexpected .

Whether Jiang Chen was right or wrong wasn't the most important thing . He was afraid they would use Jiang Chen to attack Gao Yue and force him to accept their offer, but Gao Yan was so aggressive that he couldn't say no .

"Okay . " Gao Ke had to agree .

What a pity .

Jiang Chen glanced at Lily, lying on the ground, and thought to himself, She was so young, but she gave up her practice to participate in such a thing, willing to be another's chess piece .

Someone had ordered her to kill him . That someone also knew that she might have been killed by him, but he didn't care .

Jiang Chen felt like his pity for her was only crocodile tears, so he shook his head, as if he was trying to shake off the idea .

Since Jiang Chen was the one to receive the verdict, his freedom was restricted right away . He was taken to one of the thousand peaks outside the Fire Phoenix City with Gao Yue .

The mountain was hollow and spacious inside .

Jiang Chen followed the others in . It wasn't as dark as he had thought . There was magma boiling at the bottom, which gave off not only heat, but also light . Through these means, the darkness was driven away .

"Let's start . "

Only the important members of the Gaos had entered . Bystanders could only wait outside .

Behind Gao Yan was Third Uncle, Gao Li, and others .

There were more people in Gao Ke's team, but all of them looked sour .

A wooden token suddenly appeared in Gao Ke's hand . He threw it out before anyone could see it clearly .

It fell into the magma and caught on fire immediately .

Jiang Chen was very confused . The whole mountain began to shake . He could feel the ground quaking . Soon, several fire phoenixes flew out of the magma, one by one . When they stopped before their audience, they turned into vigorous old men .

They were the Gao clan elders .

They were sitting in the air, emitting light glows . Facing the people standing at the entrance, they were looking down emotionlessly .

There were five of them . The man in the middle said slowly, "What's up?"

"Clan elders, someone killed a sibling disciple in a competition between disciples of the direct line," Gao Li said before anyone else could speak .

Gao Ke's team was very unhappy with him, but they didn't dare argue in the presence of the clan elders .

"That's all?"

The clan elder's reaction was quite plain . With his keen observation, Jiang Chen found behind the plain reaction, there was impatience .

"The killer was Gao Yue's son . " Gao Yan noticed it, too, so he hurried to drop the bomb .

The five clan elders reacted strongly this time . They all opened their eyes, giving off stronger light, then they gazed at Gao Yue . Their expressions were too complicated to read .

"Gao Yue, when did you come back?"

"Third Grandpa, I came back today," Gao Yue said, looking at the clan elder in the middle .

"Your poison is gone?" the clan elder sitting on one end said sternly .

"Yep, Senior Fei . "

"Who allowed you? You think you have the right to detoxify your poison, even if so many years have passed? Who made you think so?!" Senior Fei was very angry .

The other three clan elders all looked sorrowful, expecting Gao Yue's answer .

"I did it . You asked why we detoxified the poison . I have a question for you, too . Why did you poison my mother?" Jiang Chen came forward . He was neither too humble nor too arrogant while facing the five Venerables .

As a youngster, he surprised Gao Ke, Gao Yan, and the others a lot .

"You're Gao Yue's son?"

"Your mother ruined many years of the family's efforts, regardless of the benefits . She ignored the honor of the Gaos and evaded her responsibility . It was a mercy that we only poisoned her!" Senior Fei said emotionally .

"All because she chose the man she loves?" Jiang Chen asked .

"The family's benefit is more important than anything else!" Senior Fei shouted .

To avoid things getting worse, Gao Ke hurried to say, "Clan elders, Jiang Chen has very pure phoenix blood . "

"Yeah?"

Even Senior Fei was surprised . They kept sizing up Jiang Chen, trying to see through him .

Gao Yan said, "This shouldn't be an excuse for him to kill . Besides, even the child of an average man could have pure phoenix blood . If she had married someone from an aristocratic family of inheritance, her child could have had super pure blood or even better . "

It was a very cruel remark . The five clan elders looked sorrowful again .

"Let's focus on the current affairs," Third Grandpa said .

"Clan elders," Gao Li said immediately, "Jiang Chen didn't have to kill Lily, but he did . He's obviously a cruel man!"

"Clan elder, Lily tried to kill him first!" Gao Yue said right away .

"That only means your son wasn't tolerant enough . He's narrow-minded . Lily lost her head for a moment, that's all!" Gao Li refuted shamelessly .

Gao Yan went on, "Clan elder, the point is, Jiang Chen isn't a member of the Gaos . Due to his mother, his name isn't listed in our genealogy book . He was allowed to come here today for the sake of the lord . We made an exception for them to allow a visit to the lord—"

"How is Jinghong now?" a clan elder interrupted him .

"He doesn't have much time left," Gao Yan said with pity .

Then he continued, "As an outsider, Jiang Chen killed a disciple of the Gaos' direct line . The phoenix blood in his body shouldn't exist! And Gao Yue, she caused huge losses for the Gaos . It seems she's the only one who isn't concerned, but the influence on the Gaos was huge . If we don't punish her, no one will agree to have political marriages anymore . The Gaos will be finished if things go that way!"

"What do you suggest?"

The clan elders' reactions were the same . They were expecting Gao Yan to continue .

"It doesn't sound good if we keep poisoning our own people . After all, Gao Yue has super pure phoenix blood . She should do something for the family . I heard the wife of Snow Dragon, vice president of the Association of Inheritance, had just passed away—" Gao Yan told them his cruel plan .

"Gao Yan, Snow Dragon is even older than you . You want my sister to marry him?!" Gao Ke interrupted him furiously .

Gao Yan was laughing silently, but on the surface he refuted very emotionally, "It's for the family's sake . As acting lord, you should set a good example!"

"Where is our dignity as an aristocratic family of inheritance?!" Gao Ke refuted .

"Snow Dragon is the vice president of the association . It would be an honor to marry him," said Gao Yan .

"That's bullsh*t!" Gao Ke cursed .

"Gao Ke!" the five clan elders reproached him right away .

Gao Ke turned pale . He realized he had gone right into Gao Li's trap .

"Outsiders don't know about Jinghong's illness yet . We should choose a new lord as soon as possible so that others can't take the chance to attack us . As for Gao Yue and her son, Gao Yan has a point . You've been a bad influence on the Gaos," said Senior Fei .

"I won't get married again . Besides, my husband is still alive," said Gao Yue .

"Gao Yue, I'm not giving you a choice!" Senior Fei said angrily .

"My father will be a great Venerable soon . Even the Gaos don't have someone as powerful as him," said Jiang Chen .

"Great Venerable?" They were surprised, but it looked like they weren't affected .

"Jiang Chen, you're not getting the point . The point isn't your father . It's you!" shouted Gao Li .

"Is pure phoenix blood not good enough?" asked Jiang Chen .

"Not enough to offset the influence brought by you and your mother, because maybe the next generation of yours won't even have thick phoenix blood . And their next generation might not even have normal phoenix blood . This is the limit of someone like you, who has half normal blood!"

"Well, is genuine blood enough?"