Chapter 424: You Had Better Think Carefully

"Chen Yu, my grandfather suddenly felt a bit of tightness in his chest today, and he doesn't want to go to the hospital. Could you take a look at him?" Xia Tian said, looking somewhat nervous.

"Alright, Xia Tian, you go ahead and get busy. I'll stay behind to properly check your grandfather's pulse," Chen Yu said, turning his head.

"That's good, thank you, Chen Yu." Xia Tian nodded and then walked out.

"You all go out as well," Xia Junshan said to his assistants after Xia Tian had left.

"Yes, Chairman." The assistants and several bodyguards in the room all walked out.

"Sit." Xia Junshan sized Chen Yu up and pointed to the chair in front of him.

"No need. I'd rather just check your health," Chen Yu said indifferently.

"I'll have to trouble you, Mr. Chen." Xia Junshan extended his wrist to let Chen Yu take his pulse.

Chen Yu stepped forward and took his pulse in all seriousness; after just touching it, Chen Yu already had an idea in his mind.

"How is my health?" Xia Junshan looked at Chen Yu.

"Old Man Xia has no illness. Aside from an appendectomy six years ago, you have almost no health problems at all," Chen Yu said with a faint smile.

"Did you see all that from my pulse?" Xia Junshan glanced at Chen Yu. "Or did Xia Tian tell you?"

"Before today, Xia Tian never mentioned you, let alone your health," Chen Yu said indifferently.

"Heh, I really am feeling unwell. If there weren't a problem with my body, who would be bored enough to go looking for a Yisheng?" Xia Junshan laughed.

"If you insist there is something, it would be a sickness of the heart." Chen Yu sat down. "Old Man Xia, you wanted to see me. What exactly do you have to say to me?"

"Hmm, not bad. With someone like you helping by Xia Tian's side, I can rest easy," Xia Junshan said with a chuckle.

"What does Old Man Xia mean?" Chen Yu asked.

"I want you to help Xia Tian and act as his escort." Xia Junshan stood up, his hands behind his back. "He is a sword, but he needs to be sharpened."

"I am his whetstone?" Chen Yu laughed. He slowly stood up and said, "You must not know about my relationship with Xia Tian. We are friends."

"He treats you as a friend, but you cannot truly consider yourself his friend." Xia Junshan glanced at Chen Yu. "He is the future heir to the Xia Group; not just anyone is qualified to be his whetstone."

"I'm afraid you're mistaken in thinking that way." Chen Yu shook his head. "I reiterate: we are friends. Furthermore, I will prove my own value through my own efforts; I don't need to prove it by helping anyone."

"Heh, Xia Tian has helped you quite a bit, hasn't he?" Xia Junshan laughed. "Your current abilities and achievements are not bad, but compared to our Xia Group, you are still lacking. Chen Yu, it's not that I look down on you."

"Some say all roads lead to Rome, but some people are born living in Rome. Xia Tian is that kind of person. No matter how hard you try, you cannot catch up to Xia Tian because he is the heir to the Xia Group," Xia Junshan said.

"Then we shall wait and see. Honestly, if you weren't Xia Tian's grandfather, I would have already fallen out with you," Chen Yu sneered.

"Young man, this opportunity is laid out before you. Are you really sure you don't want to cherish it?" Xia Junshan stared at Chen Yu.

"I don't need you to give me an opportunity. If you really understood me, you wouldn't say such arrogant and conceited things." Chen Yu shook his head. "If you really want to restrain Xia Tian, then go manage your son, Xia Guoqiang."

"I know about his affairs," Xia Junshan laughed.

"He wants to kill your grandson, the heir you value the most, and you won't step in to manage it?" Chen Yu was shocked.

"Why should I stop it?" Xia Junshan laughed. "Do you know why the Tibetan mastiffs are so ferocious? It's because after a litter of mastiffs is a month old, they are locked together and not allowed to eat or drink."

"Then, when they are hungry to the limit, they will crazily attack their own littermates, tearing at each other, eating each other's flesh, and drinking each other's blood. Only the one that remains at the end is the strongest."

"They are the same." Xia Junshan suddenly turned around and said in a deep voice, "Our Xia Clan took root in Fengling. It took nearly a century and the efforts of several generations for the Xia Family to reach this point."

"So, if they want to inherit the Xia Family, they must become the strongest in the family. If they are defeated by an opponent, it can only be said that they are useless."

"So even if you value Xia Tian highly, even if you intend to hand the future of the Xia Group to him, you would stand by and watch when your youngest son kills him?" Chen Yu stared at this old man; he felt that Xia Junshan was a madman.

"Yes. Only through this insect-rearing style of slaughter can we find the strongest among them. Only the one who survives in the end is qualified to inherit the Xia Group's hundreds of billions in assets," Xia Junshan shouted.

"You went through this yourself back then?" Chen Yu found it hard to believe.

"That's right, I went through it myself back then. I defeated my own three brothers and cast them into an irredeemable Hell, and only then did I inherit the Xia Group. Even if they had already surrendered, I still had to cut the weeds and dig up the roots."

Xia Junshan's tone was very flat, as if he were talking about an insignificant matter.

His expression did not even change in the slightest; it was hard to imagine how cruel his methods were and how hard his heart was.

"It is truly a tragedy for your grandson to have a grandfather like you." Chen Yu shook his head. "Xia Tian is my friend. If something happens to him, I will definitely help him."

"But you want me to help Xia Tian and act as a dog for your Xia Family? That is impossible."

"Chen Yu, don't answer so quickly. You should think about it carefully," Xia Junshan laughed.

"No need to think. If there's nothing else, I'll be going first." Chen Yu glanced at Xia Junshan. "Also, although your body is fine, you should still pay attention."

"Pay attention to what?" Xia Junshan spread his hands. "I have been very healthy since I was a child, I don't even get minor colds. What do you want me to pay attention to?"

"Let me tell you a secret. From the perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine, birth, aging, sickness, and death are the common lot of humanity. If a person rarely gets sick from childhood to adulthood, then once this person does get sick, their body will collapse," Chen Yu said indifferently.

"Playing god and acting like a ghost." Xia Junshan sneered, not taking Chen Yu's words to heart at all.

"Believe it and it exists; doubt it and it does not. If you don't believe it, there's nothing I can do." Chen Yu shook his head and turned to leave.

"Chen Yu, how is my grandfather's illness?" Just as he stepped outside, Xia Tian walked up to him.

"There's nothing seriously wrong with his body, don't worry," Chen Yu smiled.

"That's good." Xia Tian finally let out a sigh of relief.

"How have things been lately?" Chen Yu asked.

"I invited an expert over, and they have already arrived. Shall we go meet them together?" Xia Tian said.

"Fine." Chen Yu thought for a moment and nodded.

At night, in a villa in the suburbs, Xia Tian, Huang Yiqiang, and Chen Yu were sitting inside.

"I found this person through my grandfather's connections. They were already a Martial True Realm expert twenty years ago, and by now they should have broken through to the Martial Ancestor Realm." Huang Yiqiang said, "Xia Tian, don't worry, Xia Guoqiang won't be able to win."

"I'm not afraid of him at all." Xia Tian smiled and said, "Even at the worst, I can just give up the position of heir to the Xia Group. Surely Xia Guoqiang wouldn't go so far as to kill me all, would he?"

Chen Yu frowned. Poor Xia Tian was afraid he didn't know that his uncle really would kill him all.

"Heh, this place is truly quiet. Not bad, I like it." Suddenly, a hearty laugh came from outside, and immediately after, a figure flashed, and an old man wearing a long robe appeared in the room.

The old man's hair and beard were white, and he had the appearance of an Immortal. His eyes were brimming with precious light, clearly indicating his Cultivation had reached an extremely high level. He sat steadily in a grand master's chair, perfectly portraying the demeanor of a master.

"Senior Zhu." Huang Yiqiang and Xia Tian hurriedly stood up and said, "Your junior, Huang Yiqiang, and these are my brothers, Xia Tian and Chen Yu. We invited you to come out this time to ask for your assistance."

"Hmm, easy enough. I have had a decades-long friendship with your grandfather, so in terms of both emotion and reason, I must help with this favor." The old man laughed. "Although I, Zhu Ran, have not walked the Jianghu for decades, those petty scoundrels are no match for me."

"Senior Zhu, I am a friend of Qiang Ge. I am truly troubling you with my affairs; once it is done, there will surely be a heavy reward," Xia Tian said respectfully.

"Hmm, you can rest assured about this. With me taking action, there is no need to fear even if the other party invites a Martial Ancestor," the old man said, narrowing his eyes.

Chen Yu glanced at the old man and then shook his head to himself; this old man's strength was not bad, but the one Xia Guoqiang had found this time was a Dharma Cultivator.

Although that fellow was still lingering at the Primordial Qi Initial Realm and had not even reached the entry-level stage of a Dharma Cultivator, he was still not someone this old man could compare to.

Dharma Cultivators cultivate the Heavenly Great Dao; someone like that, even without reaching the entry-level Primordial Qi Realm, would at least require a master at the Martial Ancestor Realm to step forward to resolve the issue.

Moreover, this old man was bragging to the heavens; one look and it was clear he was not a reliable person. Chen Yu felt that this old man could not be counted on, and in the end, he would still have to step forward himself to solve the problem.

Zhu Ran glanced at Chen Yu and, seeing that Chen Yu remained sitting there without moving at all, could not help but snort and say, "This junior is truly rude; he doesn't even move when seeing a senior approach?"