With the recount of events by old man Ning, everybody had learned of the manners of those from School of Divine Condor, especially their behaviors in front of the Cheng’s . They made all the elders frowned .
“I can’t believe their mannerism have deteriorated so much in merely several dozen years . What have they been feeding their students?”
“Whatever happened to the most prestige school in Dafeng? At this rate, it is going to turn into a school for rich, spoiled children before we know it!”
“Ridiculous! So ridiculous! School of Divine Condor really need to beat their students into shape . They should be ashamed of their behaviors as it stand!”
The three old men were very upset at the behaviors of those from School of Divine Condor .
Old man Ning nodded and sighed, “Yeah, I found it hard to believe too . I would never have believed it myself if they weren’t living in my house . I couldn’t believe this is true!”
“Hrm, School of Divine Condor is surely going downhill . It’s is going to get even worse over time!” shouted old Du angrily .
The other three nodded in agreement .
“Well, we couldn’t worry about that right now . Let’s put that aside!” Old man Lin changed the subject and said to Old man Ning next to him, “Say, Ning lao di, regardless of those from School of Divine Condor . In my opinion, you need to rein in your grandson Xunzong . Otherwise, he is going to bring about the destruction of the Ning’s sooner or later . You know, you always hear stories where a small bickering or conflicts go entirely out of hand and brought down the entire family . This is serious matters!”
“That’s right, Ning lao de, from your story it sounded like your grandson had changed drastically . He was a simple child, how did he get like this? Lin lao gewas right . He just might bring about disasters to the family, this is not a joking matter!”
“Exactly, you need to be careful, Ning lao de!”
The words from his three brothers made old man Ning nodded . He understood that they meant well and this was, indeed, serious matters .
“Okay, how should we proceed?”
Old man Lin had already thought about something else, “Your relationship with the Cheng’s had already been soured . It’d be difficult to mend the fences anytime soon . Ning lao de, you have any thoughts?”
“Oh, my fellow brothers, my thought is to have you establish some sort of an agreement with the Cheng’s . I will pay you secretly and you can help me acquire some of their goods, that way I will be able to benefit some as well . What do you think?”
When old man Ning expressed his idea, he understood clearly that he would no doubt need to invest some on the three . Otherwise, he would have no chance getting his hands on any of the Cheng’s goods .
It’d only make sense that the Cheng’s hate their guts right now .
Upon hearing old man Ning’s words, the three of them exchanged a look . They seemed somewhat surprised and also somewhat expected it .
After a long while, old man Lin finally said, “Ning lao di, we promise we will help you out, but I will say it upfront that we can only share a little bit with you . After all, we have to report back to our respective sect . I hope you’d understand!”
“Of course, of course . I don’t want to put you in a bad position . Anything you are willing to part with will be fine!”
“Don’t mention it . What we need to do now is to discuss how to approach the Cheng’s . Ning lao de, why don’t you describe what it’s like at the Cheng’s so we can plan for it?”