Chapter 704 (1/2)

Chapter 704: 704

When she mentioned the Shui family’s heavenly genius, Shui Wuhen’s expression became a bit unnatural . It was only after she explained that everyone came to comprehend why .

In truth, the Shui family’s inner organization was rather complicated . Other than the head of the family, there were three late Sea Expansion experts, and Shui Wuhen was one of them . The future family head was supposed to arise from these three people .

But Shui Wuhen had no interest in becoming the family head . As for the other two, their power spheres were extremely large, and they fought intensely .

Both of them had tried to pull Shui Wuhen to their side . But Shui Wuhen loathed that kind of struggle .

She decided to separate herself from the Shui family, distancing herself from their struggle . She went to the thirty-sixth supermonastery and quietly acted as a monastery head .

She hadn’t expected that leaving would end up offending both sides . Now, one of them had finally become the winner . That was because a rank two Celestial had been born amongst his descendants .

That was a form of absolute power, and the struggle was immediately settled . As for Shui Wuhen, because she had refused to join hands with him, she was constantly rejected during these few years .

This was a reprimand, as well as a display of power . As for the current family head, he had long since viewed this as normal . If a family wanted to flourish, then at times when there was no outer battle, inner battles were a way to increase strength . Of course, that was on the precondition that the leader controlled the scope of the inner struggle properly and didn’t let it overturn the entire boat .

So those who could manage the position of the family head were all wily old foxes . Only such people could keep control of the overall situation and allow the family to steadily advance .

Whether inner struggle would benefit the family was all up to the family head . How much it would benefit would be up to their control . It was a reflection of their wisdom .

This was the ‘essence’ left behind by generation after generation of the Righteous path . Practically all large families were the same . This was for the continued inheritance and prosperity of the family . Of course, some people felt this manner was inappropriate . The slightest mistake might cause the entire family to fracture . But they were also unable to find a better method .

Large families were like this, and sects were also like this . The inner compet.i.tion was for the sake of development and raising total combat strength .

“That person is called Shui Guanzhi . He is also a rank two Celestial, and he controls the water element . His combat abilities are strange, and he definitely isn’t lacking compared to the other heavenly geniuses,” said Shui Wuhen .

“Shui Guanzhi… Shui Guanzhi… isn’t that Water Pipe?” Long Chen was startled . Who had come up with such a name?

Shui Wuhen was also startled for a moment . Now that Long Chen mentioned it, she found that this name truly was a bit odd . The others also felt this name to be outlandish .

“Cough, his name might be a bit strange, but you should still be careful around him . He is very strong,” warned Shui Wuhen .

“Isn’t he from your family? Why do we have to be careful?” asked Tang Wan-er .

Long Chen was speechless . How could she view things so simply? Any power, as long as it grew strong enough, would begin to give rise to endless internal conflicts .

Humans were very marvelous creatures . It was like it was in their nature to dislike beauty and peace . When they saw something beautiful, they had an urge to destroy or pollute it .

Even a nation, a family, a sect, any power, after undergoing the baptism of a fierce war, they would only be united for a short period . Once they enjoyed peace for too long, once they forgot the pain of their wounds, they would start an internal conflict again .

“Foolish girl, after we became acquainted in the 108th monastery, have you forgotten just how many pitfalls we ran into? You think the Shui family is a collective whole and should be united, but then wouldn’t others also think that our 108th monastery was a collective whole? Have you forgotten the truth?” asked Long Chen .

“Oh . ” Tang Wan-er nodded with embarra.s.sment . She suddenly asked, “Long Chen, do you think I’m very foolish sometimes?”

“No . ” Long Chen shook his head .

“Really?” Tang Wan-er was delighted . This acknowledgment from Long Chen was good to hear . But his next words weren’t so delightful to her .

“It’s not that you’re sometimes foolish, but that you’re always this foolish . ”

“b.a.s.t.a.r.d!” raged Tang Wan-er . She looked just like an infuriated but beautiful tigress that wanted to take a bite out of Long Chen . But she was held back by Meng Qi .

“Wan-er, don’t make a fuss . The monastery head is trying to give us a proper explanation,” advised Meng Qi .

“Sister, Long Chen is bullying me!” cried Tang Wan-er resentfully .

“It’s not like this is the first time; he often acts like this with you . Once you get accustomed to it, you’ll be fine,” consoled Meng Qi .

Shui Wuhen sighed, a bit speechless . “You children really give me a headache . ”

Shui Wuhen truly was worried . Out of these people, the only one who was rather normal was Meng Qi . She was much more dutiful and steady . The rest were all like Long Chen, a bunch of troublemakers .

Furthermore, all of them were incredibly daring . She had introduced these terrifying figures to give them a warning and make them reserve themselves . But it seemed she had wasted her efforts .

“Alright, you can continue here . I’ll take a rest . ” Shui Wuhen stood up, said her goodbyes, and just left .