Chapter 1683: Chapter 1624: Knocking the Mountain to Shake the Tiger (Part 2)
The other Elders and protectors also expressed their approval and were eagerly anticipating Song Xiaodong’s visit to their locations.
Seeing their performance, at least from their current deanor, Song Xiaodong was quite satisfied. This indicated that in their hearts, they still regarded the Dragon Gate as their ho, without heavy personal agendas.
However, knowing a person’s face is not the sa as knowing their heart. Currently, although Song Xiaodong felt that these Elders and protectors from the Dragon Gate seed without issue, who could say for sure that this was their true intention?
Over twenty years, that’s enough ti to wear down many people’s beliefs—another crucial factor being family ties.
Take Song Xiaodong himself, for example. The importance of family was very heavy in his heart. For the Dragon Gate, he would willingly give money and such without feeling hurt; but if the Dragon Gate hard his family, he feared he would not be able to accept it.
No one can be without personal interests. Truly selfless individuals are not non-existent, but they are extrely rare. Song Xiaodong could not expect all the people of the Dragon Gate to be entirely altruistic.
This is simply unrealistic, and Song Xiaodong could never believe it.
He also believed that the past managent of the Dragon Gate definitely did not completely curb everyone’s personal interests, but only balanced the interests of the Dragon Gate and individuals through certain asures.
Chapter 1625
This ti, Song Xiaodong only ntioned the matter, not proceeding with imdiate inspections. As for when to go and where to start, they would be inford at any ti.
Once everyone retreated, Lin Feng remained. He was now an Elder trusted by Song Xiaodong.
Lin Feng said, “Young Sect Master, announcing openly your intention to inspect various places may not be the most effective approach?”
Song Xiaodong smiled slightly and said, “I am giving everyone a buffer period, allowing them ti to prepare.”
Lin Feng couldn’t help but voice his doubts, “By letting them prepare, we might miss seeing many issues.”
Song Xiaodong remained composed and said, “I know this might lead them to create an illusion to deceive
during inspections, but that’s intentional.”
Seeing Lin Feng’s puzzled expression, Song Xiaodong chuckled and said, “After more than twenty years of changes, even if their loyalty to Dragon Gate remains unchanged, they have family ties that cannot be ignored. I want them to prepare, to separate their family matters from Dragon Gate. What is rightfully theirs is theirs, and what belongs to Dragon Gate will eventually belong to Dragon Gate.”
Looking at Song Xiaodong, Lin Feng understood his intentions. After a mont of reflection, he nodded and remarked, “Young Sect Master, your thods are indeed ingenious.”
Song Xiaodong smiled faintly and said, “For the developnt of Dragon Gate, we need to travel light, abandoning unnecessary burdens. In doing so, people will feel at ease, for these accumulated matters over the past twenty years, whether they need it or not, their families might need it. If I take everything, it would dishearten everyone.”
Lin Feng nodded repeatedly, “Indeed, I always worried about this point in the past, yet never ca up with a good solution. Now, letting them choose for themselves what to keep or give away is more effective than our involvent.”
Song Xiaodong nodded in agreent, “Yes, many things no longer serve much purpose for Dragon Gate and can even be a burden that hinders our growth. We need the resolve to cut those ties.”
“Young Sect Master! I see the authority of the Sect Leader in you, and you handle matters even more decisively and intelligently than your father. I believe that under your leadership, the Dragon Gate will not only restore its forr glory but surpass it.”
Song Xiaodong smiled and then turned to Lin Feng, saying, “Elder Lin, actually, there is sothing I’ve never asked.”
“Oh? What is it?” Lin Feng asked.
“What were my parents like?” Song Xiaodong asked, looking nervously at Lin Feng.
Since learning he was the Dragon Gate Young Master, Song Xiaodong had never asked this question—not because he hadn’t wondered, but because he truly had no mory of his biological parents. Hence it wasn’t about familial sentint. In his mories, the vague figures of his foster parents were his true parents.
Yet, as he spent more ti as the Young Sect Master, he increasingly accepted his identity and began pondering more about his biological parents.
Lin Feng squinted slightly, seemingly reminiscing about the tis more than twenty years ago.
“Your father was indeed a rare hero in this world—not only handso and tall but also imnsely talented. Under his managent, Dragon Gate thrived more than ever. He was not only skilled in Kung Fu, reaching the pinnacle of the Four ridians True Qi, but also proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting.”
Song Xiaodong couldn’t help but grin and say, “Wow! That’s amazing. Compared to him, I’m really lacking.”
“In terms of piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting, you may not match your father, but in Kung Fu, I feel you have surpassed him. At your age, he didn’t have such prowess.”
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