The Immortal Patriarch

I have lived for a thousand years and single-handedly founded the glory of the Ford family.

Today, I am the revered ancestor of the Fords, and the entire family answers to me.

Just because I identified a fake at an auction, the auctioneer thought I was targeting him personally.

He stormed into my antique shop, causing trouble and beating me severely without a word.

"Trash! You dare say my antique is fake? I think you're just trying to seduce Miss Ford!"

"I'm the prospective son-in-law chosen by the Ford family. I'm marrying the little princess of the elite circle, Claire Ford, next month!"

It turns out he is the fianc of my thirty-second generation granddaughter, Claire Ford.

At the auction, he pulled Claire and acted spoiled, "Claire, at this auction, I have a surprise for you."

"Can you light the sky lantern for the final item? Look, I've even brought the item here for you."

When Claire saw me dying in a sack, she fell to her knees in terror on the spot.

"An... Ancestor, why is it you?"

Chapter 1

When Julian Zhao stormed into my antique shop like a hooligan, I was the only one there.

Seeing me calmly sipping tea, Julian was even more breathless with rage.

He grabbed a Tang Dynasty vase being restored on the table and was about to smash it at me.

"Claire Ford's property, fifty million. Go ahead, smash it."

This Mr. Zhao knew nothing, just glared at me.

"Bah! Gold digger, don't try to suppress me with Miss Ford!"

"I'm her fianc. Fifty million is nothing. All her money will be mine in the future!"

"What kind of thing are you, you shameless pretty boy!"

What kind of thing am I?

I am her ancestor!

A thousand years ago, I accidentally consumed the elixir of immortality and single-handedly founded the glory of the Ford family.

Since then, the first rule of the Ford family has been

"Never disobey the Ancestor."

When Claire Ford was a child, she didn't recognize me, pointing at my nose and asking who I was.

She was punished with thirty lashes and knelt in the ancestral hall for a whole night.

Since then, she has only had fear and respect for me.

If I tell her to go east, she dares not go west.

Julian Zhao didn't know this.

With a crash, the vase in his hand shattered at my feet.

Shards flew, cutting my face.

I touched the wound on my face, suppressing my anger.

But Julian became even more arrogant, walking closer with hands on his hips, pressing on my wound relentlessly.

"Scratch your face, let's see what you use to seduce my wife!"

"You cheap antique dealer, how dare you get in my wife's car and make her open the door for you!"

"Relying on your face to climb up, huh? Let's see how you rely on your face now!"

I pushed him down with a wave of my hand.

"Me getting in her car is giving her face!"

This child, Claire Ford, suddenly became obsessed with "lighting the sky lantern" (bidding regardless of price).

Unfortunately, several times she brought back fakes after lighting the sky lantern.

Her father begged me to accompany her to appraise items for her.

Who knew there were few genuine items in this auction house.

I couldn't help scolding her a few times, telling her not to embarrass the Ford family.

Claire Ford shivered and opened the door for me.

Only then did she tell the truth.

Her ulterior motive was not the antiques, but to please this man.

But looking at it now, he wants to enter the Ford family's door?

Impossible!

Pushed down by me, Julian Zhao's palm bled, pierced by shards.

"Bastard!"

He screamed in exasperation.

"Brothers, smash everything here!"

Immediately, a crowd swarmed in from outside the shop.

Holding sticks, they smashed my shop indiscriminately.

Shang Dynasty bronzeware, Tang Tricolor pottery, Song porcelain...

These treasures, worth about a billion, were all smashed to pieces.

I trembled all over, wanting to stop them but couldn't.

"Julian Zhao!"

I shouted loudly.

"Many items here were sent for restoration by major families in the elite circle. Can you afford to pay?!"

Hearing me say this, the people Julian brought gasped.

But Julian sneered, crossing his arms, fearless.

"Who are you trying to fool? Not a single thing in your shop is real!"

"You got this shop by seducing Miss Ford, right?" His eyes were splitting with anger, grabbing my hair and dragging me to the ground.

"Hers is mine. Even if I smash this place clean, she will only smile and say well smashed!"

As he spoke, Julian's fist landed solidly on my face.

It burned with pain.

I didn't want to lose my temper with a junior, but I couldn't hold back anymore.

"Have you had enough! Didn't Claire Ford tell you this is not a place where you can mess around?!"

I took out my phone and dialed Claire Ford's number.

With a beep, the call connected.

"Hello, Ancestor..."

Chapter 2

Before I could speak.

Julian Zhao ruthlessly knocked away my phone, his chest heaving heavily.

"Bastard! You dare make my wife call you Ancestor!"

"You like flirting so much, huh? Hold him down!"

"I'll make you a real ancestor today!"

He picked up a shard, poised to carve real "wrinkles" on my face.

I used all my strength to resist his actions.

Julian sneered: "Pretty boy, scared now? Why weren't you scared when you seduced my wife?"

During the struggle, I kicked Julian in the lower abdomen.

Julian wailed in pain, anger surging.

He was spoiled since childhood and had never suffered such grievance.

Screaming for people to pin me down firmly, he kicked me viciously.

I gasped in pain: "Julian Zhao, I am the Ancestor of the Ford family. The entire Ford family listens to me. If Claire knows you hit me, don't think about entering the Ford family's door!"

Julian's eyes widened, picking up a shard and slashing my face without hesitation.

"You still dare to use Claire Ford to threaten me?!"

"Is Claire's name something you can call? Ancestor? If you're the ancestor, I'm your father!"

Severe pain came from my cheek. Instantly, blood ran across my eyes, tears mixed with blood flowing down.

Seeing blood, Julian laughed bent over, his gaze fierce.

"Bitch, with a ruined face, let's see what you use to seduce people!"

Enduring the severe pain on my face, I roared:

"Look carefully at the Ford family ancestral jade pendant hanging on the wall! If I weren't the Ford family Ancestor, could I have this jade pendant?!"

He followed my gaze and took down the jade pendant.

Since I customized this jade pendant a thousand years ago, seeing it is like seeing the Ford family.

No one in the elite circle doesn't know.

Who would have thought when Julian looked up, his eyes were splitting, that look almost devouring me whole.

"Great! Claire even gave you the jade pendant?! Who allowed it! I am her fianc!"

He rushed up and straddled me, fists falling one after another.

"Did you steal this jade pendant!"

He was mad with anger, tearing at my mouth yelling thief!

Out of the corner of his eye, he glimpsed a blood-stained ceramic shard, immediately picked it up, and slashed my face continuously.

Pain struck. I faced Julian's scarlet eyes, blood flowing into my eyes, turning into bloody tears.

"Pretty boy, forget about this face! You even dared to steal the Ford family's jade pendant!"

"Don't you rely on this face? And dared to say I was blind, almost making me fail to graduate."

"Let's see what you have to fight me with without this face!"

I wondered why he looked so familiar!

Turns out he was a student accepted by my disciple.

His family donated a few buildings to the school in exchange for admission, learning appraisal from my disciple.

But he knew nothing.

When graduating, my disciple asked me to take a look. Just one glance, and I shook my head saying:

"He's blind, not suitable for appraisal."

That day the Zhao family sent treasures worth ten million, asking me to turn a blind eye.

I didn't accept.

Who knew my disciple couldn't resist the temptation and passed him.

Teaching such a disaster!

Bah!

I spat a mouthful of blood on his face.

"You are not worthy of being my grand-student!"

Unprepared, Julian's face was covered by the blood I spat.

He wiped it, his scream piercing through the entire shop.

"Killing you just like this doesn't relieve my anger!"

"Don't you like seducing people? Don't you like seducing people?"

He randomly pointed at a few men to stay.

"He's yours. Don't come out until you've crippled him!"

After saying that, he stuffed the tissue wiped with blood into my mouth and kicked me twice angrily:

"Have fun, pretty boy."

Those men rubbed their hands, looking me up and down with malicious eyes.

In pain and anger, I desperately thought about how to escape.

Originally, the antique shop arranged bodyguards for me. The head of the Ford family said they must protect me no matter what.

But when restoring artifacts, I wasn't used to having people around, so I sent them away.

"Nice body. If the face wasn't scratched, it would definitely be better!"

"Don't be polite. Our task is to make him feel 'heavenly'!"

"Don't worry! We brothers will serve you well!"

Men's filthy language drilled into my ears.

Just when I was at my wit's end, a familiar woman's voice suddenly came from outside.

"What are you doing?! Don't you want to live? This is the Ford family's VIP!"

It was Miss Chen, one of the five major families in the elite circle!

I had an appointment with her to pick up a restored antique!

Julian was scared by Miss Chen's words, trembling all over.

Chapter 3

Miss Chen raised her leg and kicked out the men who were unbuckling their belts.

I collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath.

"Mr. Gu, are you okay? If Miss Ford knows you were beaten like this..."

Before Miss Chen could finish, she saw the mess on the floor and her eyes widened.

"My vase! Who did this!"

Julian pretended to be calm: "I did it, so what?"

Miss Chen was about to curse, but swallowed it back when she saw Julian's face clearly.

Everyone knew Claire Ford had her eyes on the eldest son of the Zhao family. He might be the Ford family's son-in-law in the future.

And the man lying on the ground was just a VIP of the Ford family.

Which was more important...

Miss Chen was silent for a moment, immediately concluding:

"Of course nothing will happen. If Young Master Zhao likes it, I'll send a few more vases for you to smash!"

Julian breathed a sigh of relief, snorted coldly, and rolled his eyes.

"Glad you know your place. I'm here teaching a lesson to the pretty boy who seduced Miss Ford. Don't get in the way here!"

"Or are you going to plead for him?"

Miss Chen stepped away from me:

"Mr. Gu is just a VIP, but you are the future son-in-law of the Ford family."

My heart sank to the bottom.

I changed identities every so often, publicly claiming to be a VIP of the Ford family.

But the fact that I am the Ancestor of the Ford family is true.

Julian let out a "Ha", spitting out the fright from just now.

"Trash, almost got bluffed by you!"

"Still a VIP! Just relying on your face to seduce women, using my wife's money to open a shop!"

I climbed up supporting myself against the wall, shaking my head weakly:

"Julian Zhao, the Ford family's money is all mine. You must consider the consequences of doing all this!"

Hearing me say this, Julian became exasperated.

He waved his hand again.

"Still stubborn! Tear off his clothes!"

Those men swarmed up like crazy, excitedly tearing my clothes to pieces.

Not forgetting to take the opportunity to grope me constantly.

Seeing Julian didn't stop them, their actions became increasingly unrestrained.

My vision went black, struggling constantly.

Julian slapped me, then kicked me several times in succession.

"A pretty boy being so arrogant, still wanting the Ford family's money?"

"I am the future master, you are nothing!"

He looked fiercely at me, stripped naked.

"Damn, nice body build, no wonder you can seduce women!"

"Bring the knife!"

Julian moved extremely fast, carving two crosses on my chest with the knife!

I arched my whole body in pain, screams enduring.

Seeing my pain, Julian laughed loudly.

"After crippling him, I can consider sending you to serve Miss Ford."

After he spoke, someone forcibly spread my legs.

With blood and tears on my face, my body was already overwhelmed, tortured to death by pain.

Miss Chen couldn't watch anymore and stepped forward to stop it.

"Young Master Zhao, Miss Ford is looking for you at the auction house."

Chapter 4

Hearing this, Julian laughed twice, seemingly thinking of something more fun.

He stopped his actions and forcibly stuffed me into the car.

Julian smiled evilly at me:

"The good show is just beginning! Go, let's go in front of Miss Ford, let you see the consequences of stealing a woman from me!"

"What exactly do you want to do?"

I sat in the car, questioning with a cold face.

The two men holding me were extremely excited, their hands wandering all over me.

I looked at them fiercely, biting anyone who came close.

"So slutty, like it rough, huh."

"Let the master enjoy first, otherwise if that thing of yours is ruined, you won't be able to enjoy it later!"

Julian put on a lordly posture in the front seat, despising:

"Don't break him. When we get to the auction house, he still has to serve many people."

I was furious. If not for being held down tightly, I would have torn Julian to pieces.

"Julian Zhao, don't even think about stepping half a foot into the Ford family!"

Julian cursed secretly, reaching over to punch me indiscriminately.

"Think you can climb the social ladder just because you have some looks, turning into a phoenix, right?"

Julian held the knife without hesitation, pressed my leg, and slashed quickly one cut after another.

Each cut fell like burning flames, making me tremble uncontrollably.

Blood dripped from between my legs onto the floor.

In just a few minutes, time dragged like years, suffering torment.

"Done!"

Julian smiled with satisfaction, holding a mirror to me.

The word "SLAVE" was boldly presented on my lower abdomen.

He even drew an arrow pointing downwards.

"This is the consequence of stealing a woman from me!"

"Slave is your exclusive label now, satisfied?"

The corners of Julian's mouth rose high, his face full of winner's pride.

And I was dying of pain, eyes unfocused, unable to say anything except breathe.

Just as I was about to pass out, we arrived at the auction house.

Julian put me in a sack and dragged me all the way to Claire Ford.

He tidied his hair grinningly and sat next to Claire Ford.

"Claire, at this auction, I have a surprise for you."

"Can you light the sky lantern for the final item? Look, I've even brought the item here for you."

He pointed to the sack at Claire Ford's feet.