“I don’t care either way. No matter what you guys decide I will protect Xiaowei” Ming firmly stated, “Even if I have to give up my life.”
“Why are you so dead set on protecting him?” Aunt Ting questioned.
“It’s the only thing left of Xiaotian,” Ming muttered bitterly.
This causes everyone to shut up. The room turns dead silent and only the sound of heart beats could be heard.
Everyone glanced downward for a moment. In their hearts they felt guilt but the lives of everyone they hold dear was in the balance. The logical choice would be to kill Xiaowei and eliminate all evidence of him, but that would be doing injustice to their family hero and brother. They all loved their youngest brother Xiaotian. He was kind hearted, hardworking, talented, and pretty much an ideal brother, and human.
The first Uncle Lin finally spoke again, “I didn’t want to suggest this idea but seeing as how adamant Ming is toward protecting Xiaowei even through the calamity that Xiaowei will bring is huge I also see it as an opportunity.”
Everyone’s ears perked up and beamed toward Uncle Lin. Some of them were thinking, what is this guy scheming. Uncle Lin has always been the most scheming one of the family. In a time of just two years since he took over the family business, he tripled the Zhang family influence; turn the net worth of the Zhang family from 45 billion qi stones into 238 billion qi stones with a reserve of 56 billion qi stone. He was calculating, cold, and heartless when it came to business, but when it came to family he was warm, gentle and loyal like a dog.
“We don’t necessary have to necessarily kill Xiaowei” he continued, “We simply just have to eliminate all connections that Xiaowei has with the family.”
“That’s impossible. Consider what age we are in right now. It’s the technological era. Our family tree, our pictures, our records are all on ******* the internet. It is thank God that these test results are confidential and are not uploaded on the internet or saved somewhere and only one copy of the hard drive is kept. If experts see his meridian points from 3D X-rays we are doomed. They would see that he has the Heavenly Meridian points but there is a huge difference between the two. In regular person the Heavenly Meridian are 54 open Meridian points but the Asura Meridian points are 54 open points but the veins are a mix between demon and human veins. We got damn lucky that the person who did the test was too excited looking at the 54 opened points,” Pashi countered.
“Your right Pashi but isn’t your plan worse than mine? You said earlier that we should make Xiaowei disappear and everyone here knows what you mean by,” Lin paused for a second “disappear” as he does an air quote gesture.
“I’ll say this clearly even a retard can tell which plan is easier. Disappearing or erasing connections. Since you clearly love to interrupt me I’ll tell you every single reason why your plan would never work. One the nurse knows he has a heavenly meridian set of veins. Now wouldn’t it be weird for that person to suddenly disappear especial in a family as powerful as ours where we would treasure him more than all our family assets? So if he suddenly disappear that would arouse a lot of suspicion. Reason number two is how are you going to make him disappear that would not arouse the interest and suspicion of all the clans around us? Leo told me earlier that the nurse blab to everyone that she tested a heavenly vein child. If you check on the news right now everyone is talking about him.” Lin continued and his fingers touched the edge of his hologram screen and spun it across the room. Beams hit everyone’s screen and the news played.
“We found out earlier that the Zhang family has produced heavenly vein set child. As we all know every single child that had heavenly vein were able to reach Ancestor realm before the age of 50.” Then it goes on to explain the impact this would have on the other families and such.
“Third we can hide the fact that he has Asura veins but not the fact that he is part of our family when you make him disappear.”
“You just gave me all the reasons why your plan wouldn’t work too” Pashi yelled out flabbergasted.
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Ming relaxed a bit after hearing Lin’s points and that the meeting is turning away from killing Xiaowei. Grandpa Zhang eyes also lit up like he knows where Lin was going with this and a slight smile that was barely visible to others formed.
Lin rolled his eyes like Pashi was the stupidest person the earth right now. “I said we would eliminate all connection Xiaowei has with us. Nothing about killing these are two very different points. First we are simply going to find someone that looks like Xiaowei and have him replace Xiaowei here at the family. Then”
“Wait. Wait. Wait. Then wouldn’t my plan works too if we find a replacement for him? But wouldn’t the problem that the replacement child won’t have the heavenly veins become a problem?” Pashi tried to defend and a couple others agreed with him.
“Can you let me finish?” Lin said threatenly, as he glanced to the vent Xiaowei was in, “first of all have a heavenly vein doesn’t guarantee you can use it. You still have to open up all 54 points before you can cultivate at that speed. Having those veins just means you’re not limited. Now like I was saying I know a family in the United States of Ameri and they are on the complete opposite side and would take 8 days on the plane to reach.
We will smuggle Xiaowei into the U.S. and give him a completely new identity that has no connection with us what so ever. Also we can replicate this file here and make a new file that’s adjusted for his school in the U.S.”
“That’s a great plan and all but wouldn’t my plan adjusted be easier and better to do?”
“Do you know why father did not select you to run as the head of the family business even through your cultivation higher than mine? It’s because you’re always trying to take the easy way out. Never once in your life have you not tried to face your problems. There is always an excuse with you. Your plan is great and all but have you taken into consideration everyone emotional feelings here? Xiaowei is our brother’s fresh and blood and you can easily utter those words of making him disappear? Have you got no respect for Xiaotian? For the brother that has always back you up whenever you’re in trouble? For the brother that bails you out? For the brother that risked his life to save your sorry hind when ran into the forbidden forest to try and prove to father your worth? You should be like Ming right now trying to save Xiaowei’s life. Not being a cower forcing a little kid who did no wrong to his death.”
This speech left Pashi silent, like some beggar came out of nowhere and slapped his face and the beggar ran away with no way for him to retaliate.
“Ming will arrange for a family overseas to take him in and I will arrange for the visas and other IDs he will need overseas to prevent any connections to us. Does everyone agree?”
Ming was left speechless. He never imagines that Lin can turn the whole situation around and make everyone forget about the risks involved. For example what happens if something go wrongs and people start investigating? Also the fact that if Xiaowei cultivated to the point where he becomes a Asura and goes crazy then wouldn’t it have great impact on the U.S? Isn’t this the same as sending in a Trojan horse or a man unknowingly raising another man’s child?
“I like Lin’s idea and will leave it up to Lin and Ming to handle the rest. The rest of you make sure none of this leak out. Suppress the media for now. Lingling handle the test files. This meeting ends now.”
Everyone got up and left. Their mood was down in the dump filled with worries. Xiaowei lay in the vent scared to move. Not knowing what will happen to him in the future. He wanted to cry because he felt all alone in this world.
Lin knew that Xiaowei was in the vent and has been releasing a qi to hide Xiaowei’s presence. Why didn’t he just let Xiaowei get discovered? It is because he wanted Xiaowei to understand his situation. So what if he is only 8. A child will have to grow up eventually and babying them and treating them like a child will not help them grow into their own person with the brain to think. He wanted to take a gamble on Xiaotian’s child because Xiaotian has amazed him time and time again when they were growing up. Lin feels like Xiaowei will be that child who will make history.