Chapter 190 The Overall Situation (1/2)

Zhuge Jiangnan looked at Lord Long and suddenly sighed. He asked, ”Why didn't you tell me before you went to see Xiao Bing?”

Lord Long smiled and said, ”It was a last-minute decision. What's more, you told me once that Xiao Bing is good, so I wanted to see him with my own eyes. Are you angry?”

Zhuge Jiangnan sighed, ”You didn't tell me beforehand. If you told me, I would not let you go to Jiang City so recklessly. You are the head of the family and the patriarch, your life and safety concerns the entire Long Family. The rivals you have encountered before can absolutely not compare with Xiao Bing and Jiang Zihou, so you must not be careless.”

Lord Long said with a smile, ”Because your evaluation of Xiao Bing is so high, I was willing to go to Jiang City to see him. You told me that talent is the most important thing to help me do great things.”

Zhuge Jiangnan sighed, ”But Xiao Bing is not a talent that can be subordinated.”

Lord Long laughed and said, ”Old Mr. Zhuge, your praise of him is really exaggerated. I found that he is indeed different from many people I have seen before. He is very unusual, but his strength is just so-so. I can destroy him easily.”

Zhuge Jiangnan shook his head and said, ”Sometimes, personal strength is not everything.”

”But strength is the basis for getting everything,” said Lord Long proudly. ”Once a person has unparalleled strength, he can crush all the crafty plots and machinations. You seem to think too highly of him.”

Zhuge Jiangnan frowned slightly. Then unprecedentedly, he persisted, ”Lord Long, with the strength you have, you could easily have killed him and by now, he should've been another body buried in the ground. But right now, he is still alive. Hasn't it occurred to you why that is so?”

”First, he deliberately made a bet with you because he was sure that you were confident you could kill him easily. Then he unexpectedly gained the initiative by striking first, even at the expense of a fractured wrist. After three blows, he made a mental bet that won't kill him. This person is not only merciless towards himself, his schemes a frighteningly profound. Such a person, Lord Long, you really should've killed him right there and then.”

Lord Long stood up and said calmly, ”You don't have to worry about it. I know how to handle the matter. It is late now. Please go back to your room and have a good rest.”

Lord Long walked slowly upstairs as he spoke.

Zhuge Jiangnan held a walking stick in his hand. Suddenly, some inexplicable anxiety arose in his heart. Finally, he sat there and carefully pondered. He suddenly got up and walked out of the hall. Two young people in their early twenties followed him and from time to time lent him an arm as a support.

These two young people were even younger than Xiao Bing. They had an otherworldly aura about them. The man on the left looked wise, and the man on the right looked sly. They were totally different, but both of them were not ordinary people.

Zhuge Jiangnan walked across a patch of grass and sat down in a pavilion in the courtyard. Suddenly, he said slowly, ”Do you think Master Long has changed?”

The two young people looked at each other. There was no surprise in their eyes. Both of them did not say anything.

”What? You dare not answer?” Zhuge Jiangnan said with emotion, ”In the human society, everyone may be worldly. Some people yearn for power, some people already have it, and some people are awed by it. Yet others fight for it. These are inevitable.”

”For example, you two have been following me since childhood, and I've let you assist Lord Long in the past few years. Lord Long is indeed an ambitious person, and his ability is enough to control the world. He also has many masters with him. He is practically a ruler.”

”Which is more important between wisdom and strength? It is a topic without a solution from ancient times to the present. But whether wisdom or strength, both will eventually be defeated by power, this is indisputable. Lord Long has enough strength to stand on top of the world and he has the power of the two provinces. He already has two among the three. It's normal that you are afraid of him.”

”No.” The two men hurriedly bowed, and the wiser one at left said hurriedly, ”Master, I was adopted by you from an early age and followed you to learn the wisdom of the world. I regard you as my benefactor whenever and wherever. Who teaches me for one day is my father for life.”

The man on the right who had a more cunning look also said hurriedly, ”Your tactics are better than everything else. You are always the god in my heart.”

Because this man had no name when he was adopted, Zhuge Jiangnan gave him the name of Poisonous Fox.