Seeing that the Wu family ancestor was getting weaker, Wu Meier was also helpless. Moreover, his physical condition was deteriorating with the fast consumption of real vitality within him. After only a few days, all the vitality had almost dried up.

One day when Wu Lingfeng and Wu Changkong had just returned to the Wu family with two elders, the family ancestor immediately called for everyone to gather together.

Di Hongtian was also digesting the swordsmanship when Wu Meier rushed to pull him out immediately.

In the hall of the Wu family, the ancestor was sitting in the place of the family master, plagued with very weak eyesight and breath.

"Let’s get started since everyone is here.” The Wu family ancestor waved his hand and said, "Hongtian, come up."

Quickly glancing in the main hall, Di Hongtian saw Wu Lingfeng, Wu Meier, Wu Changkong, and other guest elders of the Wu family were all there. With slight hesitation, he strode forward as asked.

"I must be very clear about my situation, as it’s my doomsday now. But I must make arrangements for some family issues first," the ancestor said slowly.

Seeing Di Hongtian come to the front, the ancestor nodded and said, “Bring the Iron Token here!”

Iron Token?

The expressions of Wu Lingfeng and several elders changed slightly.

The Iron Token was kept by the master of Wu family; why did he have it now?

Di Hongtian slightly turned his wrists to take out the Iron Token, then offered it with both hands. Unexpectedly, the ancestor shook his hands and refused to accept it.

"Since the Iron Token has been in your hands, I have no reason to take it back.” The ancestor looked at him with a smile.

Then he looked at the crowd in the hall and said solemnly, "Although our Wu family is small, we cannot get along without the family master. After my death, the leadership of the family will be pa.s.sed to . . . Hongtian!”

When his voice faded, the great hall was suddenly steeped in silence.

Wu Meier and Wu Changkong were emotionless since they had already expected such a result. But Wu Lingfeng and other guest elders turned a bit to look at Di Hongtian standing by the ancestor. They seemed to be completely dumbfounded and at a lack of how to respond.

The Wu family had only one bloodline descendant: Wu Meier. The leadership of the family should be pa.s.sed to her, as people had expected. If it weren"t for her, then it should be Wu Lingfeng, the elder brother of the family. Even if it were not Wu Lingfeng, Wu Changkong would be the proper candidate. It seemed quite impossible for Di Hongtian to take the position of the family.

"Ancestor. . . " Di Hongtian’s heart beat fast and he wanted to refuse immediately.

"Hongtian, I promised to guard the sword for your Shenjian Villa at that time and I kept it. Now I need you to make a promise," the family ancestor said in low voice.

Di Hongtian was stunned and then nodded helplessly. "What’s the promise, ancestor?"

"I created the Wu family personally. Although I never dreamed for the family to flourish, I don"t want it to fade away. You must promise me to take over the leadership and protect the whole family until Meier can support and manage the family alone," the old ancestor said quietly as he stared at him.

"Well. . . " Looking at the ancestor of the Wu family as well as all the people in the great hall, Di Hongtian suddenly felt distressed.

"No, old ancestor!" Qin Qing, the guest elder, stepped out and shouted loudly, "How come the leadership of our Wu family will be handed over to a stranger?”

"Yes!" Another guest elder, Wei Peng, echoed, "The leadership of our Wu family must be shouldered by the bloodline descendant of the Wu family according to the customs."

Both of them were just brought back to the family by Wu Lingfeng and Wu Changkong, so they worried that once Di Hongtian became the master, he would start to investigate their contact with foreign forces and conduct revenge against them.

"Although Meier is a young girl, she can manage the whole family with my a.s.sistance,” the oldest elder of the family said with a frown.

He had always intended to flatter Wu Lingfeng, so he naturally didn’t want Di Hongtian to take over the leadership as the master.

"If Miss Meier is really unable to shoulder this burden, it’s also possible to choose one of our disciples to temporarily take the place of our family master. After all, he would be surnamed Wu at least."

The family ancestor stared at three of them as if he could see through all the dark thoughts in their minds, so they seemed to be full of guilty consciences.

"Lingfeng, you are the eldest brother. What’s your idea?" The ancestor turned to Wu Lingfeng.

"Ancestor, I . . . " Wu Lingfeng moved his palms with his fingers slightly shivering. The struggle and hesitation on his face were also obvious. After a long period of pause, he slowly looked up and said, "I have no objection.”

The ancestor profoundly looked at Wu Lingfeng for some time and turned to Wu Changkong. "Changkong, what about you?"

Wu Changkong was slightly stunned. It seemed that he didn’t expect the ancestor would ask for his opinion.

"Naturally I have no objections either." Wu Changkong looked at Di Hongtian with a light smile and said, "Hongtian is so powerful that we’ll feel much more relaxed if he is responsible for protecting our family."

"Moreover. . . " He stared at Qin Ying and Wei Peng, then said, "Man’s mind is always incomprehensible. One family and its master also need an iron hand to establish prestige."

The two guys were going to lose their tempers but they tried to hold back their anger.

The Wu family ancestor nodded and turned to Wu Meier.

“Meier, what’s your idea?”

Wu Lingfeng and several guest elders saw the ancestor was asking Wu Meier about her ideas, and they could not help shaking their heads silently.

Everybody could easily notice her affections for Di Hongtian, so it was completely impossible for her to oppose the proposal. 

Needless to say that Di Hongtian would take over the leadership; even if the whole family would be handed over to him, Wu Meier would not have any objections, either.

However, Wu Lingfeng was still full of expectation and he stared at Wu Meier closely, hoping that she could make a decision beyond the expectations of all the people.

However, Wu Meier just ignored his plight.

"Grandpa, I have no objections." Wu Meier smiled.

According to her expression, she was so happy that she couldn’t possible have any objections.

Seeing the sweet smile on her face, Wu Lingfeng slowly clenched his drooping fists.

"Okay, let’s make a deal since there’re no objections.” The Wu family ancestor directly made the decision.

The opinions of several other elders were directly denied by him.

The Wu family was a small family. Those guest elders chose to stay here only because they found they could still enjoy benefits. In their minds, there was not much loyalty. The ancestor had no choice but to allow them to stay because he could only manage the family with their a.s.sistance.

Precisely speaking, they were just making use of each other. How could the ancestor allow them to affect his own decisions?

“Hongtian, can you make a promise for me?” The ancestor turned to look at Di Hongtian.

"Ancestor, you should know I would also try to protect the whole family even without the leadership status.” Di Hongtian shook his head.

"That"s different!" The ancestor waved his hand and asked solemnly, "I’m asking you now whether you can make a promise for me?"