Chapter 1698 — An Early Visit
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And this time, the Chen family's removal from the ranks of the great families was already irreversible. Even if the Chen family had a groundless betrothal to some ancient sect, that could not stop Yu Shuixing from making his move! This time Yu Feng had caused trouble; if the Yu family did not root them out completely, they would be in the wrong. Better to strike the Chen family dead in one blow and leave them no chance to rise again.
As for the Song family, Yu Shuixing would have to see Song Xiangwen's attitude. If he was willing to marry Qiu Lingshan over, then he could act as if nothing had ever happened; otherwise, the Song family would be in danger this time as well.
As for the Wu family and the Liu family — although word had come that Wu Chengtian of the Wu family had been crippled, and the Liu family had no cultivators and was relatively weak, the two families were joined by marriage. This time Yu Shuixing had no designs on them, lest he stir up too much and provoke a backlash!
Besides, with so many great family seats left vacant, it would be hard to arrange other families to fill them. Too many empty seats would make the position of a great family worthless; leaving only one or two vacant each time would make those qualified families batter their heads against the door to get in, and it would also highlight the Yu family's importance.
Judging by the current situation, the Kang family, as a candidate, did meet the conditions, and they had also made gestures of closeness. So after pondering for a moment, Yu Shuixing nodded and said, "Fine. Then this time I will help your Kang family become a great family. But I must say the ugly words first: if you do not produce a presentable flagship product for a long time, then the Kang family's future will be rather worrying!"
"We understand that, naturally," Divine Physician Kang said with a nod. "We will work hard."
"Good. Come to the Great Families Assembly as well, and cooperate with me when necessary. I will remove the Chen family from the ranks of the great families and let you take their place!" Yu Shuixing said.
"Yes, I understand. Please rest assured, Yu family head — we will certainly follow your lead!" Kang Guifeng said hastily.
"Mm. Then I will see you then," Yu Shuixing said, picking up his teacup.
Divine Physician Kang and Kang Guifeng were not people who could not read a room. Seeing Yu Shuixing's gesture, they knew it was a signal for them to leave, and they quickly rose to their feet. "Then we will not disturb the Yu family head any longer. We will take our leave first. We will certainly attend the Great Families Assembly on time!"
"Mm. Xiaofeng, see the old master Kang out for me!" Yu Shuixing said to Yu Feng, who stood behind him.
"Old Master Kang, Mr. Kang, this way please..." Yu Feng said politely to Divine Physician Kang, though his thoughts were on Qiu Lingshan — wondering whether the Song patriarch, Song Xiangwen, had made his decision yet.
That was how Yu Feng was: the harder something was to obtain, the more intolerably it itched in his heart. In truth, it was not that Qiu Lingshan was peerlessly beautiful — among the great families there were others whose looks matched hers and who had background as well: Liu Jinghan of the Liu family, Sun Jingyan of the Sun family, and of course several girls of somewhat lesser beauty who were also born into great families.
But the moment Yu Feng saw Qiu Lingshan, he felt a desire to conquer her. The more she refused him, the more he wanted to have her.