The Legendary Man novel Chapter 1128

Winston’s gaze turned cold as he surveyed the dragon-patterned jade pendant before him, which represented Ashton’s authority as the patriarch.

“Ashton, you don’t have to do this. It hasn’t come to that point yet.”

Winston attempted to return the dragon-patterned jade pendant to Ashton but to no avail.

Ashton frowned at Winston.

“Winston, you knew all along that I’ve never wanted to be the patriarch of the Leeson family. Father forced me into this position. I remember him promising me I’d be free to go once he found someone suited for the role. Yet for fifteen years, it had never once happened. The Leeson family’s strength will go through a tectonic shift now that Mr. Quintus has entered the chaos portal. While I might survive this pandemonium, it’s best to have a backup in place. The Larson family can’t be without a leader if I get beheaded by one of the cultivators.”

Winston stared at the dragon-patterned jade pendant hesitantly before finally reaching to take it.

“All right. I’ll take this and lead the Leeson family after your death.”

There wasn’t a need to exchange pleasantries and formalities between blood brothers.

They’d promptly decided upon the future authority of the Leeson family. The only thing left for them to do was to bide their time.

The other respectable families would know of their decision sooner or later. As such, the Leeson family members needed to buy more time for Quintus.

A stream of silhouettes dashed toward the ridge on both sides of the valley from the south. They were all cultivators of the Leeson family.

Including Ashton and his group, the Leeson family appointed twelve God Realm cultivators in total and about two hundred Grandmaster Realms.

While not all of the Leeson family’s high-level cultivators were appointed, almost all of them were deployed.

The ones remaining stayed behind to guard the ancestral land.

After all, no matter how many secrets the small world contained, luck and fate were the ultimate deciding factors. Even if there were abundant treasures hidden within, there was no guarantee that they could lay their hands on the prizes.

The Leeson family’s ancestral ground, on the other hand, represented their foundation and history tracing back more than two thousand years ago. Thus, they couldn’t afford to lose it.

The members of the Leeson family landed one after another and sat on the ground with their legs crossed as they began regulating the spiritual energy in their bodies.

They were doing that for two reasons. The first reason was to prepare for the upcoming battle, while the second was to absorb the highly concentrated spiritual energy in the area.

The respectable families spent plenty of resources grooming cultivators who successfully achieved Grandmaster Realm.

Almost all of them had undergone specialized cultivating at Secret Realms with concentrated amounts of spiritual energy which the Leeson family developed.

However, not even the spiritual energy concentration level of the most ideal location in the Secret Realm could compare to the spiritual energy density in that area.

While the energy-locking formation was powerful and did seal off a large portion of spiritual energy, the bits that escaped were enough to make the Leesons exhilarated.

Ashton gazed proudly at the young members of the Leeson family who were focusing on controlling their breathing on the ridge.

However, at the same time, he felt a tinge of pity.

If such a portal had not appeared so abruptly and the Leeson family had more time to prepare, he would have used all his resources to seal off the entire region for good.

By then, the Leeson family would gain more God Realm cultivators with help from the spiritual energy that emanated from the portal.

If they had sufficient time, they might even be able to stealthily accumulate their strength and grow to be stronger than the Whitley family ten years ago.

Unfortunately, that was all just wishful thinking. The Leeson family had missed their chance to achieve that.

“Enemy incoming!” Ashton looked toward the north and announced coldly.