Martial Cultivator Chapter 403: Waking from Hibernation

Faced with the inquiry from the Xie Family's ancestor, Chen Chao remained silent for a moment before saying, "I'm sorry."

With just these two words, he had already expressed his attitude. Although the Xie Family had helped him a lot, if one day Xie Nandu made a decision, he might not necessarily stop her. So, the failsafe that the Xie Family's ancestor planned might not activate when the time comes.

The old man looked at Chen Chao for a long time before slowly saying, "After planting the seeds, it's not guaranteed that you'll always see the harvest. If you don't like how things are going halfway through, you might just uproot them and throw them away."

"Then wouldn't senior's earlier efforts have been in vain? Would there be any benefit of doing this?" Chen Chao looked at the old man, speaking slowly and firmly, one word at a time.

The old man chuckled, "With a big family and a big business, some things can be discarded at the drop of a hat without regret. After all, there are still many good things left."

Chen Chao fell silent.

The old man was not in a hurry to speak, just looking at Chen Chao, as if he was looking at the crops in his own field.

Chen Chao suddenly lamented, "If one day she doesn't turn out like how you guys imagine, will she be discarded too?"

The old man did not evade the question, he just slowly said, "No one is above the Xie Family."

Chen Chao shook his head, "No way."

The old man suddenly laughed when he heard this sentence, his smile containing a hint of disdain, but more than anything, he just found it simply amusing. "What do you think you can do?"

Chen Chao did not answer, only repeating again, "No way."

No way, why no way? It just meant that he could not do it.

The old man felt a bit of a headache and said, "Why are youngsters like you always a little conceited, thinking that you can achieve anything in the world if you want?"

Chen Chao chuckled at hearing this and said, "Probably because we're young."

It was originally a very ordinary sentence, but after hearing it, the ol

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