The retreat hall at the end of the central axis of Olvia's residential area is the meeting place of the elders.

It is far away from the main house, and the surrounding area is very quiet. The black pointed attic is surrounded by tall biggonia trees, and the feathery leaves are shrouded like night fog.

Although it's not night yet, the light here is much darker than other places because of the excessive shade of the trees. When the wind blows, the fallen leaves rustle and the shadows of the trees are everywhere.

This building has stood here for an unknown number of years and has maintained its original appearance. There are few traces of modern reconstruction and technological supplies, and even the lamps are old and expensive oil lamps.

Now a meeting is going on here, sitting at the top of the table is an old man with all white hair but combed meticulously. This is the elder Augustus. He was born before the war and is currently the elder of the Olvia family with the highest seniority.

After Kerry told the members of the Presbyterian Church sitting about his previous experience, when he heard that Yixiut had killed the sickle bearer sent by the Presbyterian Church, there was a commotion in the banquet.

"Quiet." The Great Elder moved his drooping eyelids, and his cloudy eyes swept down the table unhappily.

The meeting hall immediately returned to silence. Kerry's eyes flashed with pride, and then he said sadly: "Grand Elder, you see, Xiu Te has completely ignored the family rules, and he is self-willed and lawless. If this continues, he will one day It will drag Olvia's family into an irreversible abyss!"

"He is no longer suitable to be the head of the family, I think it is necessary for the elders to sanction him!"

As soon as Kerry finished speaking, the outer door was suddenly pushed open, and Yixiut strode into the meeting hall wearing a windbreaker, followed by his adjutant and Dark Star's personal guards behind him.

"Sanction me?" Yixiut's tone was not without irony, "Sanction me, Uncle Kerry, do you think you can get your hands on the rights of the Yixiut family?"

"What are you talking about?" Kerry's expression changed, "I've never thought of this before."

"No? Then you secretly win over the brats of the Rafat family, do you just care about the younger generation?"

Yixiut's tone was very cold, "I have already submitted Xia Lin's blood verification report, and the Presbyterian Council also checked and confirmed that it passed at first, but you tried to obstruct it time and time again, which makes people doubt your motives."

Kerry's expression was extremely ugly, "My doubts are reasonable. The heir has a lot to do with it. Of course, it needs to be confirmed again and again. Moreover, all my actions are within the scope allowed by the family rules, and I have never violated the rules."

"It's just that I don't have the guts." Yixiute narrowed his eyes slightly.

"you!"

"Okay, be quiet." The Great Elder rubbed his temples, "Kerry is doing his duty of supervision anyway, but you, Yixiut, have indeed gone too far this time."

"According to the family rules, the head of the family is not allowed to go beyond the elders to dispose of members of the sickle bearer at will, not to mention that they are acting under the orders of the elders this time. Your behavior has seriously violated the bottom line of tolerance of the elders. Such a thing has already happened More than once, if you continue to disregard the existence of the Presbyterian Church and disregard the family rules, we may really have to reconsider whether you are still qualified to continue to lead the family."

Yixiute's expression became even colder when he heard that, he took a few steps on the ground, looked up at the old man on the high platform, "Don't you think the so-called family rules and the existence of the Presbyterian Church are too decadent and out of date? ?”

A sharp light shot out from the eyes of the Great Elder, "What are you talking about?"

Yixiut's face remained unchanged and he said: "The Presbyterian Church was originally an organization established by the royal family to curb the development of the Olvia family. Within the sub-family, do you think such an organization is really necessary?"

The elder's eyes sank, "But it is precisely because the Olvia family has accepted such self-castration that they have survived from the first dynasty to the present and become the most powerful family under the imperial family."

"That's right, the Olvia family voluntarily gave up the opportunity to threaten the royal family, wasting thousands of years on infighting, maintaining a glamorous appearance, but actually raised a group of self-styled waste. Yixiut sneered at himself, then raised his head, his sharp eyes passed through the long square table and faces with different expressions, "It's time for me to change this situation!"

"What do you mean?" The Great Elder stared at him closely, pressing his hands on the table, feeling a trace of uneasiness in his heart.

The light of the oil lamp flickered a few times, and the shadow hit everyone's face at the conference table. There were 20 people present, all of whom were collateral elders of the Olvia family, but there were no immediate relatives of Yixiut. According to the rules, , the lineage of the eldest son who inherits the position of Patriarch is not eligible to attend the elders' meeting.

Some of them seemed to realize something, with expressions of anger or fear on their faces, while more people were still at a loss, but instinctively shivered due to the cold wind and rain.

Yixiute narrowed his eyes under the dim light, the split of light and shadow made his outline appear more distinct and tall, his voice fell softly in the banquet.

"I mean—"

"The Presbyterian Church... from today..."

"Disband."

Half an hour later, Yixiute walked out of the small building, and the ground behind him was covered with blood.

The blood came from the sickle bearers guarding the meeting hall and the very few elders and deacons who resisted too much.

Dark Star's personal guards then escorted more than a dozen members of the Presbyterian Church out. Looking at the blood all over the ground and the pieces of flesh rolling over from their feet, they couldn't help turning pale.

"Yxiut, you lunatic!" Kerry yelled at Ixiut.

"You will destroy the Olvia family!"

"Shut up." The Great Elder scolded, and he looked at Yixiute again, his face pale to the extreme, "Yixiute, we watched you grow up, are you really going to fight us?"

Yixiut turned his back and looked at the flower garden in front of the small building with an indifferent expression, "Don't worry, even if you lose your status as a Presbyterian, you are still members of the Olvia family, I won't do anything to you The same. My personal guards will send you back to your respective homes, but from tomorrow onwards, you don't have to come here."

When everyone dispersed, Yixiut's adjutant walked up behind him and asked, "My lord, why did you do this?"

The adjutant's expression was slightly worried, "Obviously there are other more gentle methods besides violence. Although this can solve the problem the fastest, it is easy to make people in the family think of you, especially when there are several elders behind you. Not weak, once they have a chance in the future, they will definitely be against you."

Yixiute said coldly: "It's just a group of rotten wood who rely on the old to sell the old. All their rights and power come from the status of the Presbyterian Church, not from themselves. Without the Presbyterian Council, the power they gathered will soon be lost. It will go away, nothing to worry about."

"And I don't have time to play around with them."

He remembered the information sent to him by the insider last night, that the emperor had completed the third stage of strengthening for that child, and once the child stabilized his strength, it would be even more difficult to deal with.

"At this critical moment, some people in the family are still trying to show the authority of the elders by opposing me..." His expression was gloomy. The control of the sub-family is completely in the hands, so there is no worries!"

By the time Yixiut finished all the finishing work and returned to the main house, the night was already very dark.

The doctor came over and told him that Xia Lin's fever hadn't subsided. He followed the doctor into Xia Lin's bedroom, put his hand on Xia Lin's forehead, and the scorching heat from his palm made him startled.

"How could this be? Haven't you already taken strong antipyretics?"

"I'm also very surprised, but although Master Xia Lin's body temperature is very high, his physiological function has not weakened, but there are signs of becoming more active and strong, so I suggest observing for a period of time before cooling down."

"It doesn't look like a fever, but it's a bit like a blood regress..." Yixiute muttered to himself.

"Let's take a tube of blood and test it." He ordered the doctor.

When the doctor left with the blood sample, Yixiut stretched out his hand and helped Xia Lin put his exposed arm back under the quilt.

Probably because his fingers were too cold, Xia Lin rolled over in his sleep, pressed his hand under his body, and then snorted.

"Well……"

Yixiute's heartbeat stopped half a beat for no reason, his breathing became short of breath, and then he withdrew his hand as if he was being burned.

Back in the dormitory, he locked the door behind his back, took a deep breath, and slowly slid down against the door.

There still seemed to be residual warmth in the hands, like sparks began to spread along the paper, the temperature was enough to burn people.

He closed his eyes, recalling Lin's appearance, and put his hand to the hem of his robe.

When it was over, Yixiut returned to his coldness and arranged his clothes.

The mirror in the room reflected a figure in the dark, and he pressed his hand on the mirror, staring at that face.

That face didn't change much from when he was in his early twenties, but it was more mature, and the outline became deeper and more handsome, but the momentum was completely different, powerful and full of oppression, making people daunting.

"Lin, have you seen it? The me now is no longer the dandy you look down on, relying on my family background, and I am not the trash who desperately wants to stand shoulder to shoulder with you but always drags you down..."

"Now I am strong enough, I have done what the past patriarchs have not been able to do, abolished the Presbyterian Church, firmly held the power in my own hands, and will soon lead the Olvia family to an unprecedented glory! "

"You will definitely look at me with admiration, right?" He raised the corner of his mouth, but the smile suddenly became stiff after reaching the highest point, and then disappeared bit by bit.

"But why can't I be happy at all..."

He covered his eyes, and a painful and deep roar escaped from his throat.

"Obviously this is what I have always wanted the most. Why is success so close, but I don't have the slightest sense of getting what I want?"

"why……"

It felt like a piece of my heart had been dug out and became hollow.No matter how much you get, you can't fill it up.

He uttered those words for the first time.

"Lin, I regret it."

"Lin, I miss you..."

The author has something to say: Atres: Don't think about it!Only I can think! ╰(‵ ′)╯

Yixiute: I can't even think about it, why are you so stingy. °-°〃

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