Chapter 63: The Family Funeral
Nine times out of ten, life is unsatisfactory, and it is not easy to get the best of both worlds. First of all, if Lin Qian wants to ensure that he is alive, he must ensure that his body and soul are intact, and the old fox is going to be resurrected, which requires a physical body, where is the physical body for him?
"There's only one way I can think of at the moment," Lin Qian said calmly, "negotiate with the old fox." โ
"How to negotiate?" the Phantom King of Ten Thousand Soldiers remained skeptical of this method.
"Find him a new body and attach him to that man, and we will both live. "Lin Qian, this is looking for a substitute ghost.
"Can the old guy agree?" The old man knew the man's character very well, and he wouldn't do anything that he would suffer a loss, and he wouldn't do anything that allowed others to take advantage of him.
"It depends on whether there are enough bargaining chips in the negotiation. โ
Lin Qian closed his eyes and shouted at the old fox in his heart: "Speak, you should hear it." โ
"Ahem, the old man really convinced you, and he actually thought of such a way. The old fox said in a strange way.
"How is it? Okay?" Lin Qian didn't have a good impression of him at all now, he just wanted to get rid of it quickly.
"You think my puppet magic can be used whenever you want?" the old fox really didn't agree so easily.
"What do you mean?"
"I don't have a body now, how can I cast a spell? Or don't resist first, let me slowly eat away at your soul, so that I will have a body. The old fox smiled grimly.
"You'd better slowly regain your abilities. Lin Qian immediately stopped the conversation.
"How is it?" the Ten Thousand Soldiers Phantom King knew the result by looking at his expression, "He doesn't agree?"
Lin Qian nodded, his mood extremely complicated.
"Okay, don't think about it. It's your business that you kid is willing to die, anyway, the old man won't watch you die, and I will definitely take action when necessary. The old man was very angry with Lin Qian's previous thoughts, people have the instinct to survive, but he was willing to give up for a little girl, which was really an unwise choice.
Now, you can only take one step at a time, although Lin Qian is a rational person, but too many choices in life will make people hesitate, which is not something that reason can decide.
It was true that for Lin Qian, he should work hard to cultivate magic so that the old fox would not be able to take it away for the rest of his life, but he felt that this was a bit cruel to Elena. Elena would be obedient to Lin Qian out of love for her father, until she even regarded Lin Qian as her own brother. If her dream of getting together with her father was shattered, Lin Qian would probably not be able to forgive herself.
"Childe, do you have anything on your mind?"
Lin Qian woke up suddenly, only to find that the teacher had left, and Xiao Yi was standing next to him and looking at him with concern.
"No ......," Lin Qian suddenly remembered the conversation with Elena at noon, and he and Xiaoyi were still at the point of liking each other. Why not take the relationship a little higher?
Xiao Yi asked this question obviously to get Lin Qian's frank confession, she was willing to listen to him, and she was willing to bear it for him. Putting everything in your heart, will she seem a little selfish to Xiao Yi?
"Xiaoyi, do you want to hear it?" Lin Qian ignored her shyness, pulled her to sit opposite, and said in a matter-of-fact manner: "Since we are already nominally engaged. I don't want to hide anything from you, and I want you to do the same. โ
Xiao Yi thought for a while and nodded, they have secrets for each other, which is the reason why the relationship between the two has always been unsweet.
Lin Qian stared at her until Xiao Yi's face was hot, and then he said seriously: "I have a difficult problem to choose now, if I want to protect myself, I must do something I don't want to do, if I don't do this, I will have to sacrifice myself." If it were you, what would you choose?"
"Childe, do you think you will regret it if you do this?" Xiao Yi turned around and threw out a question after hearing this.
Lin Qian asked himself, he couldn't help but want to pinch it twice when he thought of Elena's lovely face. But if one day because of herself, Elena can't get together with her father, or even turn against Lin Qian, then the time will ......
"I'll regret it!" Lin Qian replied firmly, "I understand, thank you Xiaoyi." โ
"Childe, in fact, I have it too-" Xiao Yi was about to confide in her heart, but was interrupted by Lin Qian.
"Don't tell me, there's a soul inside me listening, I think your identity must be very mysterious, and it's not good for others to know. Lin Qian thought of the old fox in his body, and he had a headache.
Xiao Yi nodded in understanding, and at the same time said meaningfully: "Childe, you are the person in the prophecy, believe me, you will be fine, just act according to your heart!"
Is that really the case? Lin Qian didn't believe it. If Potlem wins today, Lin Qian's fate should not be too good.
But the real bad end has appeared. Charles, the patriarch of a century-old family, was killed in the night shortly after he stepped into the realm of magic that he had pursued all his life. His funeral was held in a somewhat low-key manner, because it was disgraceful for the patriarch of the family to die like this, and his family still did not know who the murderer was.
Lin Qian went to the funeral that night, and he felt guilty, whether it was the 20,000 gold coins that he had been cheated on at the beginning or the fact that he was not well protected later.
"President Lin, you're here. Charles's second son, now the eldest son, Bruce, came to greet him.
"Please mourn!" Lin moved here, and his heart suddenly became heavy. The loss of a living human life is no small news in his world.
People will always die, but no one wants to die without knowing it. Lin Qian once imagined that when he was old, lying on the hospital bed, watching his filial children lying on the edge of the bed, his eyes showing real concern, he should feel very happy even if he died.
"Head of the house, Prince William has sent someone. A subordinate came running quickly.
"Okay, I'll go over now. Bruce gave Lin Qian an apologetic look and hurried to greet the new mourner.
Only then did Lin Qian react that Bruce had become the new patriarch of the family. A large family, even if the leader is dead, his power is still there, and such a huge legacy and ancestral legacy left by Charles is still serving his children and grandchildren.
I don't know how long this family can be inherited?As Lin Qian's magic guild gradually expands, the family's power is bound to gradually weaken until it disappears. All this was caused by Lin Qian, but he didn't regret it at all.
In order to make a contribution to the future of hundreds of thousands of magicians today, Lin Qian must also make a little contribution, which is worthy of his position as president.
Several important figures arrived, and everyone stood in order to salute Charles's portrait and corpse.
"Take a bow!" to former adversaries and former partners.
"Two bows!" "I also bow my heart for the people and forces I care about.
"Three bows!" "Respect the era of the magic family that is about to retire from the stage of history.
"Family Gifts!"
Lin Qian was just about to retreat, and Bruce came over to ask Lin Qian to say a few words. The prince did not come, Lin Qian was the most honored guest among these people, and it was reasonable to speak on behalf of these guests.
"This is the second time I have attended a funeral since I was born. The first time was at my grandfather's funeral, I was too young to understand what it meant to die, I just knew that I never saw him again.
"The second time, I already understood a lot. I know that all of you, like me, have understood in your hearts that Charles, the great magician and patriarch of the family, will always be separated from us. We can no longer hear his voice, we can't see his face, we can only remember that there was such a person through the remaining memories. Through his own efforts, he managed the magic family that had been passed down for hundreds of years in an orderly manner, he worked day and night for every member of the family, so that his age did not match his appearance, and he gave up the opportunity to enjoy the blessings, and in order to protect everyone in the family, he did not hesitate to risk offending the great powers.
"Man is born dead. If a person dies, his family still thinks of him, his friends still miss him, and all the people who have come into contact with him still remember him, then this person's life is very meaningful. Obviously, Charles is such a person, and all of us here will remember him.
"Patriarch Charles and I first met when he fought for Blake, and our relationship was very tense. It wasn't until later that we had a common enemy, and then we joined forces to deal with it. Charles showed no mercy in the face of his son's killer, even though he knew how much revenge he would face.
"As a patriarch, he is worthy of every family member, as a father, he is worthy of his dead son Blake, and as a friend and collaborator, he is worthy of me. However, I did not live up to him, and I did not fulfill my promise to protect him from retaliation. The death of Patriarch Charles is my responsibility. โ
After Lin Qian's words were finished, the family members and guests were silent for a while, falling into grief and nostalgia.
"President Lin, who is the murderer of my father?" Bruce heard the key and hurriedly ran over to ask.
"I hope you don't feel impulsive when you know it, it's not just you who want to avenge him, but I too. Lin Qian reminded first.
"Yes, President Lin, please let me know. Bruce nodded, he just wanted to know who it was.
"The Grand Elder of the Nanyang Tribe, Portlem. โ
Portlem's actions were indeed too ruthless, and he even disregarded the lives of the people of Nanyang, all of which was beyond Lin Qian's expectations. When people live in the world, there are always people and things to care about, and only then do they really have a connection with the world, otherwise, there is really no point in living.
Just like Lin Qian, although he has not taken root in this world for a long time, he still has things to worry about and that are difficult to let go, which need to be protected by him, and he cannot easily disappear or die, although he will die sooner or later.
It is necessary to build an organization large enough to continue to protect the people he cares about in his absence, or after his deathโXiaoyi, Elena, the teacher, and even Raymond, Clausen, and others.
And this organization is what Lin Qian is now running and managing - the Magic Guild.