The Legendary Man novel Chapter 1124

Quintus’ order was conveyed quickly, and it only took about half an hour for a God Realm cultivator to appear in his line of sight with a team of cultivators.

Once his spiritual sense had dispersed, Quintus gripped his billhook, his killing intent flaring up.

However, after more than ten seconds, he discovered that the person who came was none other than the current patriarch of the Leeson family and the eldest in his generation, Ashton Leeson.

“Uncle Quintus!” Ashton greeted with a slight nod as he landed beside Quintus.

The rules of such respectable families were very unusual. Once someone became the family patriarch, regardless of their level of cultivation or seniority, they would hold authority over the entire family, even their elders.

Hence, even an elder like Quintus had to treat the family patriarch with respect.

This was to ensure the absolute authority of the family patriarch. After all, every patriarch of those respectable families went through many tests before they were selected and could lead their families forward.

Additionally, the seniorities within those respectable families were a complicated mess due to their thousand-year-old lineage.

It would be a big problem if people could show no respect and interfere with family affairs just because of their seniority.

Quintus also gave Ashton a slight nod as a greeting to his family patriarch upon his arrival before asking curiously, “Ashton, I’m surprised that you guys got here so quickly. I just sent the message less than half an hour ago.”

The latter shook his head with a smile after hearing his words.

“Winston had already sent us a message before you did, Uncle Quintus. He deduced that Joshua might come back here, so he told us to dispatch our men to apprehend him. Because Joshua has many treasures in his hands, I personally led the team here to avoid any blunders. I didn’t expect to receive your message about the small world midway through the journey.”

Quintus’ eyes briefly lit up in surprise.

“Winston is… remarkable!”

He did not attempt to hide the admiration in his eyes.

“Ashton, if you can’t find a particularly suitable successor among the younger generations, Winston is a good choice. Although he won’t be able to lead our family for a long time, he can still play a key role in being the connecting link to the next patriarch.”

Quintus’ words resonated with Ashton.

Between him and Winston, one took charge of internal matters, while the other handled external matters. To refer to them as the twin pillars backing the Leeson family would not be an exaggeration.

Possibly as a result of the Leeson family flourishing too quickly under the duo’s leadership, the young people under the age of thirty in the family found themselves in an awkward situation where no one could assume the mantle.

Once each patriarch of the eight respectable families with their thousand-year-old lineages had a firm grasp on their position of leadership, they had to start looking for promising successors and train them from a young age.

For example, the Osborne family. Although Jay was caught up in a storm of public opinion due to his sexual orientation, his mistakes would undoubtedly be mitigated once Everett’s incident became public.

Judging from the current situation, Jay might as well rejoin the core of the family.

There was also Eva from the Salladay family, Stellario from the Mallory family, and Caleb from the Gray family…

These young and inexperienced people were all trained to be successors by the respectable families.

Even a family like the Zink family had a secret agent like Hayden whom the respectable family had invested everything to train.

Yet, the Leeson family simply could not find a suitable candidate to become their successor.