Chapter 549
Inside the ward.
Elder Long was in a state of uncontrollable panic, trembling as he held the “Jiang” token.
Chen Dong and Kun Lun looked on with grave expressions, their brows knitted together.
Elder Long’s mind had always been as steady as a mountain and as calm as water.
At his age, he was used to seeing great storms, and if it was not something that concerned him or someone close to him, it would be difficult for him to make a ripple.
But now, a mere token had terrified Elder Long to such an extent!
The air seemed to freeze with Elder Long’s emotions.
Chen Dong said, “Kunlun, pour a cup of water for Elder Long.”
When Elder Long reached the water with one hand, only then did he settle back down on the sofa, lightly mulling over the water while staring intently at the token, his emotions gradually calming down.
He waited for a few minutes.
Only then did Elder Long’s eyes glow deeply and his expression was grave as he spoke.
Just the first sentence caused Chen Dong and Kun Lun’s expressions to change drastically.
Elder Long said, “Young Master, this time it has really stirred up the sky!”
Chen Dong’s heart set off a monstrous wave.
What did the sky …… mean in Elder Long’s mouth?
Kunlun said anxiously, “Elder Long, don’t sell yourself short, just tell us straight.”
“Goo dong.”
Elder Long drained his cup of water and swallowed it down hard before speaking slowly.
“There are powerful families, lineages and gentry in the world, all of which the young master knows.”
“The difference and distinction is also easy to discern, the Qin family in Xishu and the Li family in Kyoto are all in the list of powerful families, the Zhuge family in Xishu is a family of the world, and the gentry …… Chen family is considered a gentry for the time being.”
Chen Dong lowered his eyebrows in contemplation, and soon delved into the gaps.
The Qin family and the Li family are among the richest, but they have not flourished for long, and they are money-oriented, so they are considered a powerful family.
The Zhuge family of Xishu, inherited from Zhuge Wuhou, has deep roots in Xishu and is considered to be a family.
The Chen family, on the other hand, has the power and influence to control the world’s wealth, and is considered a powerful family.
The difference between the two is similar, the difference between wealth and power, but when you look deeper, there is a big difference between the proportion of money and power.
Rubbing his nose, Chen Dong’s gaze deepened as he looked at the “Jiang” token held in Elder Long’s hand.
After carefully recalling it for a while, he slowly spoke, “Elder Long, whether it is a powerful family, a lineage or a sect, does it have the word Jiang in it?”
When one really walks into the upper echelons, it is easy to realise that the world of those who truly stand at the top of the pyramid is actually very small.
What they see, what they hear, are all very different from ordinary people.
Chen Dong thought carefully about the gentry, families and sects he knew of, but none of them had the word “Jiang” in them.
Elder Long smiled bitterly, “Because the character Jiang, is not in this list, but in the world’s clans and gentry.”
“Lineage and gentry?” Chen Dong was surprised.
Elder Long carefully put the “Jiang” token on the sofa before he slowly said.
“The so-called family clan is an existence that combines money, power and heritage, and has a long history.
Boom!
Although the voice was soft, it echoed through the ward like rolling thunder.
Chen Dong was frozen.
The pupils of Kunlun on the other side were even tightened to the extreme, Elder Long’s words had exceeded his knowledge of this world!
The entire ward was silent for almost a minute.
Chen Dong finally suppressed the shock in his heart, rubbed his nose and murmured in a low voice, “I’m afraid there aren’t many prosperous families in the world for more than a thousand years, right? Even these Rothschild families with their long history of prosperity are like ants in front of them, right?”
“Indeed.”
Elder Long nodded his head without hesitation and said without any hesitation, “Families such as the Rothschilds are not worth mentioning in front of the family gentry.”
After a pause, Elder Long added.
“But by and large, lineage gentry keep a low profile, and would never surface in front of the world if not for a critical moment when the world is about to be in turmoil, so normally everyone is unfamiliar with lineage gentry, and has never even heard of them.”
With a sarcastic laugh, Elder Long said slowly, “If it wasn’t for the fact that Elder Slave had followed His Lordship for many years, he would not have known about the World Clans and Monarchs, let alone the fact that the Jiang Family was one of them!”
On the side, Kun Lun had long since fallen into a daze.
And Chen Dong looked at Elder Long, also for a moment his throat was a little tight, not knowing what to respond to.
Elder Long’s words were tantamount to dividing the series of powerful families and other existences that stood above the pyramid of beings, once again dividing the pyramid.
And it was clear that the lineage gentry was the existence that truly stood at the very top.
Money, power and influence aside, the mere condition of being prosperous and not having declined for a thousand years is enough to strangle countless families.
Within the long river of time, there are ups and downs, and this is the way of the heavens.
What was more crucial was that Chen Dong noticed a sentence in Elder Long’s words.
“If it is not a critical moment when the world is about to be in chaos, a lineage gentry will not surface in the world.”
In other words, a lineage clan and gatekeeper was capable of setting the frontier and saving the world from greatness!
With the power of a single clan, swaying the world’s power and saving the ten thousand people in the frontier, how terrifying should this …… be?
At this moment, even if Chen Dong was restrained, his heart had already raised a huge wave.
The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you are getting into.
His eyes looked askance at the “Jiang” token.
Fear spread wildly.
Chen Dong muttered, “Elder Long, how is the Chen Clan better than the clans and sects?”
Elder Long was stunned, but did not speak straightforwardly, instead he looked down and pondered, weighing his options carefully.
Eventually.
He slowly spoke.
“If we only talk about money, power and heritage, the Chen Family does not lose out to the world’s clans, but the only difference is the time to prosper.”
After a pause, Elder Long added, “However, measuring the strength or weakness of a lineage is not just a simple matter of money, power and influence, but a comprehensive measure, and the Chen Family …… is not yet able to save the day.”
The Chen Family …… was weaker than the Jiang Family!
Chen Dong’s pupils tightened to the extreme, his heartbeat banging, as if it was about to jump out of his chest.
According to what Elder Long had said, the Chen family was already infinitely closer to the Jiang family, the only difference being nothing more than the time of prosperity and, most crucially, the Chen family’s inability to do anything to save the day if the world would be in chaos before it was in chaos!
The difference between the two, even if it is only a little, is the key to the difference between the two!
Doubt, fear and shock wrapped around Chen Dong.
In the end, all the emotions turned into a bitter laugh of helplessness, “Such a terrifying existence, I don’t even know about it, why does it have to come and kill me?”
It was too ridiculous for a family clan to come to kill him, an unknown “gnat”, when they had no grudges or enemies.
Elder Long turned to look at the “Jiang” token.
His eyes were gloomy and his voice was grave as he said, “Now the young master should not think about why this Jiang family would kill the young master, but should worry about how the Jiang family would react to the young master after the death of this Jiang family ……”
Chapter 550
As Elder Long’s words exited.
Inside the ward, it abruptly became stern and murderous.
Chen Dong’s body was cold and his scalp felt as if it was about to explode.
He did not refute Elder Long’s words, for what Elder Long had said was indeed the most D*mning issue at hand.
The Chen family was already the strongest existence at the top of the pyramid, able to stand at the top of the clouds and look down on all the gentry like ants.
A clan that was a little stronger than the Chen family.
If they were to pursue their revenge to the end, it would be a catastrophe for Chen Dong!
This was undoubtedly a “heavenly punishment”!
At this time, there was no need to think about why the Jiang family wanted to kill him.
Instead, he should worry about how to survive the possible wrath of the Jiang family without any harm.
Even if, the Jiang family did not kill Chen Dong with their own hands.
But the Jiang family wanted to kill Chen Dong, but they also died during the a*sa*sination, and this alone was enough.
A man is not guilty, but he is guilty.
What’s more, it wasn’t a hebi now, but a Jiang family member’s life.
“Hoo ……”
After a long time, Chen Dong exhaled a heavy breath and looked at Elder Long, “Report it to my father as it is.”
There was no previous calmness and ease in the face of great changes, much less that arrogance that could save the day.
This time, Chen Dong truly felt that the sky was falling.
With his current strength, he was simply not strong enough to withstand the outcome of this incident.
The only person he could hope for was his father.
“Good!”
Elder Long got up and headed out.
Inside the ward, it returned to dead silence.
A conversation had opened Chen Dong’s eyes to a new perception of the world.
But it also made the ward, become as if the air had frozen and disappeared, making people suffocate.
Kunlun had long since frozen.
What Elder Long had said was so different from what he had experienced for so many years that it was completely beyond his perception.
From the beginning to the end, Kun Lun had the feeling of being like a mole.
“Are you afraid?”
Chen Dong’s voice rang in his ears.
Kun Lun finally came back to his senses and subconsciously clenched his fist, picked up a cup and poured a gla*s of water and drank it down in one go.
Then walking despondently to the sofa, he plopped his butt down on it and rubbed his face fiercely.
Looking up at the ceiling for a few seconds, he then sighed quietly, “I’ve never felt so small as I do now.”
Chen Dong pulled the corner of his mouth, squeezing out an ugly smile.
Indeed.
Kunlun’s experience was already rich enough, and even his status and position, if he were to throw it out, would already be able to overwhelm the richest man in a city.
Such an existence, yet he was still a mole.
Laughable?
Not laughable!
Only fear!
Even Chen Dong himself felt this way.
He had worked desperately to put on the crown of the Chen Family’s head, to sit tamely on the Chen Family’s head.
In his eyes, the Chen Family was already the most powerful limit in the world.
However, now Elder Long was telling him that there was a being who was the same as the Chen family, or even a little stronger.
To him, this was like a collapse of his worldview!
Kunlun looked at Chen Dong with a deep gaze, “Is that senior person who struck in the mountain forest harming young master, or helping him?”
The questioning was undisguised.
Looking at Chen Dong, who was frowning and pondering, Kun Lun continued to question, “Could this be that senior person, deliberately designing a game within a game within a game, creating a blood feud for the young master to kill Jiang’s family?”
The corners of Chen Dong’s eyes twitched for a moment.
At this moment, he felt as if his chest was stuffed with stones, blocked to the brim.
While his face was sunken, the thoughts in his mind were like rotten cotton wool, cluttered and confused, unable to make sense of them.
He shook his head a little harder.
“It’s not clear, but at least for now, he actually helped me, if he hadn’t stepped in, Lin Lingdong and I would have died at the hands of that Jiang family long ago, and with the Jiang family dead and me alive, that’s considered helping, considered saving.”
Kunlun’s lips were mumbling, wanting to say something.
Inside the ward, dead silence reigned.
A Jiang family token froze like a hanging sword, hanging above Chen Dong’s head.
When the Jiang family found out that their own family members had been killed, the time would come when the sword would fall from their heads and claim their lives!
He waited for almost half an hour.
Long Lao, who had walked out of the ward, finally returned to the ward with an indifferent expression.
“What did father say?”
Chen Dong asked first.
Long Lao walked over to the sofa, picked up the “Jiang” token and carefully put it into his bag.
Only then did he say to Chen Dong, “His Lordship told his old slave to bring the token back to the Chen family and for the young master to leave it alone.”
Leave it alone?!
Chen Dong was caught off guard and his brow tightened into a Chuan character.
This is a matter of my life, how can I leave it alone?
A wave of melancholy surged up, causing Chen Dong’s face to look uncomfortable to the extreme.
However, he was also clear that this matter was simply out of his hands.
There was no other way but to hand over his life to his father and let him take control!
“Good, go and return quickly.”
Chen Dong nodded and looked at Elder Long with a hopeful gaze, “Can’t you really tell me at all?”
Elder Long had been away for half an hour, if it was only such a brief request, it would not take so long at all.
“I can’t, the master told the young master to rest a*sured.”
Elder Long said in a deep voice, deliberately lowering his voice to the lowest level, “Also this matter must be kept secret, except for us three living people who know, the other dead people will never leak the secret.”
Chen Dong’s body shook, and a loud “boom” sounded in his head.
He suddenly remembered the dozens of Chen Family Office personnel who had participated in the mountain search tonight.
Long Lao’s words clearly meant …… to silence them!
In an instant, Chen Dong’s sweat hair stood on end and his scalp exploded.
The heart seized even more viciously into a ball.
That was …… dozens of lives!
Long Lao seemed to know Chen Dong’s mind and said in a deep voice, “Young master, when you break off, you will suffer from the chaos, a woman’s kindness will only be reserved for the dead.”
Chen Dong’s gaze flickered as his eyes kept changing.
Eventually, he looked up at Elder Long, “What about Lin Lingdong?”
Elder Long hesitated for a few seconds.
Only then did he say, “When he wakes up, he does not need to know about the Jiang family, and the young master and I, Kunlun, cannot tell or mention it to him, we only need to see how he treats the young master, the young master has saved his life, if he is sincere in surrendering, he can still live, if his heart is not sincere, Kunlun will kill him on the spot.”
With one word, the killing intent in the ward was overwhelming.
Waiting until Elder Long had left.
Only then did Chen Dong come back to his senses and smiled bitterly, “This is putting Lin Lingdong’s life into his own hands and making him make a choice between two options.”
Kun Lun said, “Young Master, I think Elder Long is right in this matter, for the sake of the young master’s safety, the fewer living people the better.”
Shrugging his shoulders, Kun Lun said comfortingly, “We are not trying to forcefully kill him, but let him choose for himself, death or life, it is all at Lin Lingdong’s whim.”
“How do you think he will choose?” Chen Dong asked.
Kun Lun looked stiff and shook his head with a bitter smile.
Chen Dong rubbed his nose and lay on the hospital bed, staring up at the ceiling with a deep gaze.
A low, helpless murmur rang out softly.
“Could it be that …… under the radiant throne, is it destined to be white with bones?”
