Sean’s pupils were constricted.
He had certainly thought about what the elder Campbell had said, and he had been worrying about it in his mind these days.
Sean thought about it and said quietly, “I’ll stick with that.”
“Anyone who bullied me will be punished!”
The implication was that he did not mean to seize the hegemony, but, if some people insisted on random suspicion and bullied him, then sorry, he would not sit still and let himself being slaughtered!
Like the Rodriguez Family!
The hatred between Sean and the Rodriguez family was nothing more than the death of Ben Rodriguez. But it was not Sean who killed Ben Rodriguez, and Shawn Rodriguez was being gunned down and wanted to be buried with Sean.
So, the Rodriguez family was gone!
The same went for everyone else. Sean’s conscience was clear, so he had nothing to fear!
“Well said.”
The elder Campbell stood up and said gravely, “I admire your openness and aboveboard attitude.”
“But then again.”
“As the saying goes, be careful not to harm others, but to guard against others. If you wait until someone bullies you, it’s probably too late to fight back.”
“With your strength, you can be fearless of anyone’s threat, but what about your relatives and friends? Do you want a repeat of what happened five years ago? Do you want to lose your family and then avenge them?”
“…”
The elder Campbell said the Buddhist chant, shook his head and sighed, and then continued, “The dead are gone. The so-called revenge is only the comfort of the living, and meaningless to the dead.”
“So, even if you don’t want to fight for hegemony, you should have enough strength to protect yourself, enough power to protect your family and friends.”
“Right?”
Strength. Sean had it now, enough to protect himself.
And power...
At the end of the day, the elder of the Campbell family still wanted to persuade Sean to form his own forces and develop secretly. At that point, Sean was powerful enough to protect his family and friends, but he was already on the road to hegemony even if he didn’t want to.
The old monk was very clever!
Speaking of which, Sean already knew what the old monk was up to. He stared at the old monk and asked, “If I follow your advice, your Campbell family will assist me.”
“On the other hand!”
“What if I stick to my guns? Are you going to betray me, betray my secret, and kill me?”
When the old monk said this to Sean, he actually gave him something to hold on to.
If Sean got word out about this, the whole Campbell family would suffer!
So, if Sean didn’t kill him, would he kill Sean?
After all, life and death were at stake!
“Well.”
Meeting Sean’s scrutiny, the old monk smiled and said, “Don’t worry. From the moment I uttered the words “Bright World”, I had bound myself and the Campbell family to you.”
“If you insist, let’s pretend nothing happened today.”
We kept quiet and kept secrets from others.
“Oh?”
Sean raised his eyebrows in disbelief and asked, “Really?”
The old monk stretched out his hand and said, “Please follow me.”
With that, he turned and walked to the two-story building opposite. Sean hesitated a little and followed him. He released Dark Energy, keeping a little wary.
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