Chapter 980: What Power Can Bring You

"Chengqie, I have taken a look around Huaxia, and I feel that I might not be able to reach any very high position in the future. Those things in Huaxia require a long time of study to become a qualified Leader. Although my age is not considered old in Huaxia, I no longer have much desire to learn, so it is more likely that I will just guard my Nobility and enjoy myself.

You will also inherit my Nobility in the future, but this Nobility comes with privileges, status, and wealth; it does not represent power. Therefore, you need to study hard and strive to reach a sufficiently high position in a certain department. Only in this way can you possess both power and status simultaneously.

In three days at most, I will send you and your brothers and sisters to Huaxia together. There will be a place for you to live there, and by then, I am afraid you will no longer be willing to return here.

What you need to do is study hard. If you want to bring your women, you can bring them along as well."

Chengqie's face was completely invisible in the darkness; Baoxi could only judge his current mood by his tone. However, Chengqie's pursuit of power had become somewhat pathological; not to mention the people of Huaxia, he even felt the need to be on guard against his own brothers and sisters.

"Father, you say you need me to inherit your position, so why must my brothers go to Huaxia as well? And your daughters, by what right can they go too? Women only need to bear children."

Baoxi argued in the darkness: "No, Chengqie, once you arrive in Huaxia, you brothers and sisters must be united, because all of you represent our family—not the Suiren Clan. Only if all of you succeed and obtain power and status can you make our entire family—yes, Huaxia calls this a 'family'—the greatest and wealthiest."

"As for your brothers, it is because Huaxia's Nobility can be acquired continuously. As long as you have merit, it is possible to obtain it. I only have one Nobility, which is also the greatest, and you will certainly inherit it. But your brothers and sisters can also strive on their own to obtain their own Nobility to pass down. In the end, it will still be within our family, our Suiren Clan Feng family."

"Your sisters can do it too. Huaxia is not like the Suiren Clan; their women can also become Leaders and obtain Nobility. Huaxia already has such examples now. Your sisters will also be a great help to our family."

"Now, what you need to do is change your mindset, from the Suiren Clan to our family."

"I ask you, if you are a Tribal Chief in the Suiren Clan, what can you obtain? What can such great power allow you to do?"

Chengqie was somewhat silent; he had truly never thought about this question. Baoxi pointed it out directly: "What I obtain as this Tribal Chief is nothing more than being the first to enjoy women, food, and all kinds of good things. But what good things can there be here?"

"There is also the respect and fear of the tribesmen, but for this point, my Nobility in Huaxia is already sufficient."

"There are many women in Huaxia; how many women can you possess alone? The food here is simple and tastes bad; what does it matter if you have more of it? The wealth here, the good things—what good things can there be?"

"But in Huaxia, you can have too many choices: better tableware, better houses, better servants, better tea, better clothes. Even for a flower, there is someone who can pick it from the mountains and bring it to you. Child, abandon this mindset of yours. A tribe like ours is too poor in the face of Huaxia. We have nothing good here; having power in hand is useless."

"You would be better off going to a place like Huaxia to compete for power. Only then will you know how many good things you can possess."

After a brief silence, Chengqie said: "Father, can you be sure that I will definitely inherit your position? What if my older or younger brothers are stronger than me?"

"If I were not in Huaxia, I could still choose slowly, but now there is no chance. You also saw that Ping today; he will record every one of my children and women. They in Huaxia have 'characters' and can record everything, and then they can recognize it. So once it is recorded, it cannot be changed."

"Tomorrow, when Ping records everything and notes down the information that you are my Legitimate Son, it will be impossible to change it once you arrive in Huaxia. Even if you were a fool or disabled, it could not be changed again."

"So, during these few days, as long as you do not have any other ideas and wait steadily, once you and the people of Huaxia leave here, I will not be able to make any changes either."

Chengqie was finally persuaded. He was willing to go to Huaxia to take a look, because now that he really thought about it carefully, what could he do if he obtained power? Besides those things, it seemed he just wanted to realize his own ideas and prove his own strength.

But if Huaxia were truly as formidable as his father said, then he could indeed go and take a look. Although this choice was very difficult, he seemed to have no choice now; the success rate of rising in rebellion was too low.

"Also, Chengqie, let the Leaders under your command be a little more well-behaved. I will not punish them. You should not contact them these few days either; I will act as if nothing has happened."

Chengqie suddenly shuddered, his gaze filled with terror. His hand instinctively wanted to touch the Dajian at his waist, but as soon as he moved it a little, he stopped immediately. As if waking from a dream, he said with a trembling tone: "Alright Father, I will not contact them. I will stay here and wait for these few days."

"That is for the best. You can communicate with Ping and the others in advance; it is best to have some understanding of Huaxia. If you want to bring your women and children along, you can arrange for someone to send them over."

"Of course, it is best if you determine who your main wife is now, so that your Legitimate Son can be determined. I know that two of your sons have already been born."

Chengqie was a bit puzzled: "But Father, they are still too young. Is it not a bit too imprudent to determine my successor now?"

"Because this is the rule of Huaxia; you have no choice. Fortunately, your Legitimate Son can only inherit your status and wealth, but cannot inherit power. Now that I think about it, this must be Huaxia's way of avoiding struggles between descendants. It is determined as soon as they are born; if you have it when you are born, you have it; if you do not, you do not."

"But status and power have nothing to do with each other, so it will not lead to Huaxia's power being held by fools. Hmm, it is a very good method."