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Do we gamble?

Many elders of the noble families are asking their young members below.

After all, many young members are currently serving in Jiangnan, and their choices will affect the future of the family.

"Why call it gambling?" Some junior members asked, puzzled: "Surely the Lord will resolve this situation, isn’t now the best time to step forward and make a statement?"

"You all..." Yang Renxin sighed, "How can you think that the Lord can easily resolve this matter? If it could be easily resolved, would the current situation be like this? Could it be that the Lord deliberately made it like this to test the lower-class populace?"

"Uh... isn’t it?" Some juniors were stunned.

"What use is there in testing the hearts of the masses?

" Yang Renxin glared at those juniors who were deeply immersed in philosophical studies, feeling like they would soon get lost in their books: "Are hearts able to withstand tests? Controlling hearts is what those in power should do. Testing the hearts of the masses? What if they don’t support him, kick them all out? Is that possible?"

"There is obviously something major happening that the Lord can’t control the situation, otherwise his methods would never allow a bunch of thugs to dictate the rhythm."

"Then..."

Almost all the young members of noble families were stunned by the elders’ inquiry at this moment.

The Lord... faced a major issue?

"Think carefully, this kind of major family decision should be made by elders, but times have changed, we old folks can’t see many things clearly.

You’re at the academy, besides learning advanced techniques, you should have been able to see more.

Now is the time for you to step forward and take some responsibility. "

Yang Renxin looked solemnly at everyone below: "What’s your choice?"

"If we don’t choose the Lord, is there any benefit?" A very young and somewhat tender-looking boy asked, although he looked tender, he had a strong aura and was clearly an official before.

He is the only Great Official of the Hell Ruler from the Yang Family, now serving as the City God in Qinghe County, Lyuzhou.

Yang Renxin looked at him and said in a low voice: "If we don’t stand out immediately, we first avoid risks, won’t become targets, and can watch the situation unfold.

We benefit regardless of who wins. If the Lord wins, and we didn’t participate in the rebellion, we won’t be punished and our status will remain the same.

If the Lord loses, a bunch of thugs from the streets cannot stabilize themselves as those in power.

Those who want to fish in troubled waters will eventually have to give up, and ultimately, the situation will be controlled by us, the noble families. "

"Without a leader like the Lord, Jiangnan will be fractured, and whom benefits afterward still depends on each family’s strength.

In my judgment, if the Lord steps down due to identity issues, his forces will be divided among his subordinates, just like King of Qin back then, and the strongest military leader will take over his forces, maybe the Shen Family, maybe Lord Xu Hu. .."

"It definitely won’t be our turn, but we won’t lose too much, as long as we align correctly."

"What if we stand up now?" asked the young boy.

"Standing up now involves no small risk, and whatever is bothering the Lord might target us too. If we’re not careful, the family risks being overturned.

But if the Lord regains control over the situation, our family will be remembered by him as providing help in a crisis.

If we help the right person, it will be a blessing for generations. .."

"Father sees things clearly, son admires." The boy smiled.

"Stop fawning!" Yang Renxin glared at him: "What do you think should be done?"

"I think we should stand out..."

"Oh?" Yang Renxin squinted: "You want the family to take a risk?"

"The family cannot avoid risks..." The boy shook his head: "Son, being in Hell, clearly understands how things are outside. Once outside Jiangnan, you’ll realize that the Path of Yin Yang is full of evil spirits. This world is harsher and scarier than we imagined. Without the Lord, amidst current turbulence, our fate wouldn’t be much better than those in the North, so if the Lord fails and re-enters warlord strife, it poses a huge risk to us. "

"Father also mentioned that those thugs can’t control the situation, eventually major forces will divide Jiangnan.

This time there are other forces eyeing us from outside as well.

As a small family like us, it’s hard to determine who will last until the end.

Father said successful alignment leads to survival, but what if it isn’t successful?

Future situations, who can say who’ll last until the end? "

"Since there’s always risk, why not align with the most capable person? The Lord, in just ten years, created such a powerful Jiangnan, and now, he can even bring down powers from Heaven, isn’t that worth investing in?"

"Hahaha!" Yang Renxin burst into laughter, looking at this child with great satisfaction: "Not bad, Xiaoxing, you were the last of the children to open your mind, but you’ve grown to show great promise, indeed, not letting father down!"

"Father is overpraising. I believe father has already made a decision, just testing the younger generations."

"It is a test, but there’s also no steadfast decision..." Yang Renxin felt great satisfaction: "A family seeking prosperity cannot be led by one person alone. Xiaoxing, you’ve done well, go ahead and do it. The future path of the family is entrusted to you!"

With these words, other children showed surprise, some showed unwillingness.

This means from now on, the Yang Family will be led by this once unremarkable fellow.

At this time, many families made similar decisions. Of course, most ultimately chose to hide and not want to get involved in this storm. Jiangnan at this moment, fully entered a certain kind of division.

This division is the first collision of classes, the first conflict of contradictions.

The Shen Family sits in Lyuzhou, coldly observing the world’s myriad forms.

"Second brother, it has indeed come to this." Shen San said softly.

"Jiangnan has developed too fast, there’s no way around it.

Where there’s success, there’s failure. Where there’s glory, there’s decline, and the faster the development, the greater the disparity between those around.

Although Jiangnan’s lower limit isn’t low, ordinary people can live quite well with a little effort, but compared to those making big profits, there’s still a huge gap. "

"After solving basic needs, people always have more desires. Rising emotions become more complicated. Many businesses in Jiangnan are gradually taken by others, many benefits are taken by others. Former adjacent neighbors gradually become something unattainable, this class difference is too obvious. Over time... dissatisfaction will inevitably burgeon, today’s sudden eruption is expected. "

"Can the Lord withstand it?" Shen San frowned.

"The Lord should have anticipated this day long ago, reasonably speaking, he should have been prepared, but he hasn’t done anything, seeming to dread something." Shen Er looked at everything in Lyuzhou and frowned: "Actually, I also felt something very unsettling around..."

He looked at his arm, usually fair and delicate, now slightly darkened, clearly the Ghost King Arm was alert to something, the last time this was alert was when the woman who almost destroyed Jiangnan appeared.

There aren’t many things that can make the Ancient Ghost King uneasy, the Lord is probably in big trouble this time.

"Xu Hu is back!" Shen San said.

"I know, which is why it’s strange. I feel that terrifying thing is among us, it might be Xu Hu, might be Wei Gongcheng, might be you all, anyway I feel... this is a major calamity!"