The old man opened his eyes abruptly, and took a long breath.
The sickness on his face slowly disappeared, and a layer of blush climbed onto his skin.
His eyes were blazing, like an old lion looking at his territory for the last time.
"Get out, I'll talk to my granddaughter for a while." He ordered.
Seeing this, several doctors knew that the old man had come back to life.
They glanced at each other and retreated silently.
As soon as they went out, they immediately separated and ran to inform those who had been waiting for a long time.
"Tell me your decision." The old man said in a deep voice.
Su Xueer looked directly at the other party, and said in a crisp voice, "I am willing to make all sacrifices for the Su family, as long as our Su family can continue to stand tall in the entire Federation."
"I want the Su family to become the most powerful family in the Nine Mansions."
"In my lifetime, I will lead the Su family to go on and fight until my soul returns to heaven."
Her voice was slow and firm.
A smile appeared on the old man's face, and he felt relieved.
He opened his mouth and paused for a while before accumulating enough strength. He laughed loudly and said, "Sure enough, I'm not mistaken. In the past twenty years, only you in the entire Su family have the true leadership qualities."
"Trait?" Su Xueer asked.
"Smart, firm, and extremely courageous." The old man said slowly.
"Courage?" Su Xueer lowered her head and said, "I don't think I am a brave person, otherwise how would I be here today?"
The old man smiled with difficulty, and said: "The courage that can be seen under normal circumstances is not called courage, but recklessness."
"Many people are willing to be ostriches under the pressure of fate, and those who have courage will overcome all difficulties when necessary, and even kill their past self in order to gain a new life."
He looked at his granddaughter as if he were looking at a jewel.
"You have the qualities of courage, others can't see it, but you can't hide it from my eyes."
"A person with such qualities is the leader of mankind."
"In terms of personal talent, you are the only direct descendant who has been promoted to the fourth stage of the five elements in the entire nine mansions in the past thirty years."
"But Xue'er, you also have a fatal flaw."
"Grandpa, please tell me." Su Xueer raised her head and said seriously.
The old man shook his head, as if he was thinking about what to say.
After a long time, he said: "I sometimes think that you really don't look like your parents at all."
"What do you mean?"
"You have hardly told any lies since you were young."
Su Xueer was stunned, and asked, "Is this not good?"
The old man exhorted: "You have to understand that in this regard, the nobleman's approach is exactly the opposite of yours."
"Your parents are typical aristocrats, they are full of lies, even if they make a promise, they still have to decide whether to fulfill it based on their interests."
The old man said: "Xue'er, you are a really smart person. My only worry is that you will suffer if you are too honest."
Su Xueer was silent for a moment, then said, "I understand, Grandpa."
"Well, other than that, you make me feel at ease, yes, I think I can go on the road with peace of mind."
Su Xueer clenched the old man's hand and did not speak.
There was a commotion outside, and then the door was opened roughly.
All the girls from the Su family rushed in and surrounded Su Xingchao's hospital bed.
Regardless of the sincerity or hypocrisy, at this moment, everyone's face is full of sadness.
Followed closely by the other eight Palace Masters of Nine Palaces.
Coupled with Su Xingchao who was on the hospital bed, at this moment, the masters of the Nine Mansions of the Federation have arrived.
Eight Palace Masters walked in one by one quietly, each wearing a black cloak, with solemn and serious expressions.
That is the legendary cloak.
The entire cloak is dotted with stars, and these stars are like the real universe starry sky, not just a cloak.
If it wasn't for the wrong occasion, not only Su Xueer, everyone present would stare at the cloak to see what happened.
In the history of the federation, at such moments, the other masters of the eight palaces would put on this cloak and come to the bed of the dying, waiting to witness the last moment of inheritance.
This has been the iron law of the nine federal governments for hundreds of years.
"Brother Xingchao, what is your decision?" A Palace Master asked.
"I decided… "
Su Xingchao looked at the children around him.
Even though they knew that their chances were slim, there was still uneasiness and deep longing in everyone's eyes.
Su Shengwen stepped forward, holding his father's hand, with a look of grief on his face, waiting for his father's announcement.
Su Xingchao didn't look at him, and said in his mouth: "The next Patriarch of the Su Mansion, Su Xueer."
There was silence.
Mrs. Su screamed first: "No, it's impossible, why skip us and directly let a child be the master of the palace."
Su Shengwen showed an unbelievable expression, opened and closed his mouth several times, but didn't know what to say.
"Is this your final decision?" Another Palace Master asked.
"Yes, only she can lead the Su family and continue walking side by side with everyone."
"Only she can continue to maintain the Jiufu in the current situation, so that our hundreds of years of hard work will not be in vain."
If people who don't know this sentence hear it, they will only think that Su Xingchao is praising Su Xueer.
However, the other eight Palace Masters fell silent after hearing this.
They looked at each other and nodded together.
"We respect your decision," they said in unison.
The old man forced a smile, finally looked at his son, and said with difficulty: "Your ability is not enough, it is not a good thing for you to inherit the palace master, now it is all right, from now on you can live as you want , live your life happily.”
He looked at Su Xueer again, stretched out his hand and said, "Come on, Xueer."
Su Xueer supported him.
Suddenly there was an electric light that no one could see, passing from Su Xingchao's hand into Su Xueer's hand.
The electric glow fell into Su Xueer's body and disappeared quickly.
None of the members of the Su family present, including Su Xueer, knew about this matter.
The expressions of the other eight palace masters moved in unison.
Someone began to sigh.
Someone had a complicated look and was talking in a low voice.
Someone turned his back and looked out the door.
Someone looked at Su Xueer and remained silent.
Only they know that such things have been passed on.
Without that support, Mr. Su would die immediately.
"The Su family, I'll leave it to you..." the old man finally said.
Su Xueer didn't say anything, looked at the old man, and nodded vigorously.
The old man smiled and closed his eyes in peace.
He let out a long breath, and there was no further movement.
Su Xueer looked at the old man's body, two lines of tears flowed down her face.
In the void, a pure black cloak quietly appeared and draped over her body.
On the cloak are vast stars.
Su Xueer put on this cloak, and her whole demeanor changed instantly.
She looked noble and mysterious, and her power was no less than that of the other eight Palace Masters.
"Su Xueer." The eight Palace Masters shouted in unison.
She turned away.
"From now on, you are the Palace Master of the Su Mansion."
"Now, you have to set off with us, to the end of the world, to complete the inheritance ceremony of our Jiufu."
"It's a long way, we have to leave as soon as possible."
The inheritance ceremony is about to begin.
This kind of inheritance ceremony has appeared countless times in the history of Jiufu, and only the palace master can know its content.
Anyone who dares to spy will be killed without mercy.
Su Xueer turned her head to look at the eight palace masters, tears dripped silently from her eyes.
"Please wait for me a moment, I want to say goodbye to grandpa alone."
The eight palace masters looked at each other, and then at the old man's body, feeling quite touched for a moment.
"Please hurry up, we will wait for you outside."
"Thank you, I won't keep you waiting." Su Xueer nodded.
"Okay, everyone else should go out too," said the Palace Masters.
The people in the Su Mansion had different thoughts, but they had no time to think about it, and were kicked out by the eight Palace Masters together.
The door was closed from the outside.
The ward returned to silence.
Su Xueer looked at the old man's face, and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
"Grandpa, thank you for passing on the position of Patriarch to me."
"There is something I must tell you."
She said softly, stretched out her hand to smooth the old man's messy hair, and straightened his collar.
After a while, she spoke again.
"I have never lied to you in my life, except today."
"Yes, I will not guard the Su family."
"Because I look down on everyone here. They all live in darkness and filth. Apart from interests, there is nothing in the world that they can care about."
She looked down at the old man.
"Grandpa, you said that I have courage. I didn't agree with it at first, but now that I think about it, I suddenly feel that you are right."
Su Xueer pursed her lips and said softly.
"I will never let anyone control my fate again."
"I swear."
She stood up, dressed in a vast starlight, and pushed the door out.