Episode 7: The Heavens Turned Upside Down Chapter 24: Silence

In the quiet mansion, there were only Yale, George, Reynolds, and a dozen or so maids, plus dozens of guards. These people were here mainly for Linley.

Under the grape arbor, Yale, George, and Reno were gathered around a stone table.

“Boss Yale, you say, what’s wrong with him, Old Three?”

Reno’s face was filled with puzzlement as he said helplessly.

Yale shook his head, “I don’t know either, it’s been ten whole days since Old Three arrived here, in these ten days, Old Three has completely lost the passion he had in the past, he doesn’t cultivate anymore, and he doesn’t joke around with us anymore. Always alone.”

George also nodded his head and said, “In the past, no matter what happened, Old Three would never stop cultivating. But now he seems like a completely different person.”

“Can someone tell me what’s wrong with Old Three?”

Reno gritted his teeth and said anxiously. “If only I knew.”

Yale sighed helplessly.

The biggest headache for the three of them was that they simply didn’t know why Linley had become like this, not cultivating anymore, not playing around with the three of them. Always alone, as if he was lost.

To become like this for no reason at all.

As Linley’s good brothers, how could they not be anxious?

“Oldest three, must have suffered a great blow.”

Yale sighed lowly, George and Reynolds were stunned and silent as well, they all couldn’t help but recall the scene they had seen ten days ago – thousands of people gathered around while the open space in the center was in ruins in a radius of several hundred meters. There were six horrifyingly deep craters as well as meteorites in the ruins.

The fully dragonized Linley, after brutally killing the six purple-robed Extraordinary Deacons, sat down on the ground and cried. It was as if he was crying like a child. “I’ve never seen Lao San so sad and vulnerable.”

Yale whispered.

George also nodded his head and said, “Old Three is very strong, it was when he broke up with Alice, after Old Three finished the stone sculpture dream and woke up it was even more so when he directly entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range to continue his cultivation.”

“En, is that his father died. The oldest three also pulled through. But this time ……”

Reno’s heart was filled with puzzlement.

They were all very certain. Their good brother was vulnerable at the moment, but they couldn’t find the reason.

Beside the babbling brook in the backyard of this secluded mansion, Linley sat on a decorative land smooth stone and just watched the brook flow without moving.

Bebe also stood on the smooth stone, leaning next to Linley.

There was silence, only the sound of the water flowing.

Although Linley’s eyes were looking at the flowing water, his mind was recalling scenes from the past with Grandpa Delin.

When he was a child, he played with Grandpa Delin.

In his teenage years, Grandpa Delin’s strict supervision.

In the Magic Beast Mountain Range, Grandpa Delin’s tireless reminders.

With each scene recalled, Linley felt a surge of peace in his soul.

“Father died. I thought I was lonely, but I didn’t realize that I’ve actually always been happy, no matter what point I’ve reached. Grandpa Delin has always been behind me, comforting me, inspiring me, reminding me ……”

“But why did I never realize all this in the past. Why didn’t I cherish the days I spent with Grandpa Delin?”

Linley’s heart was agonizingly painful.

Grandpa Delin had never asked too much of himself. And yet, he himself had never thought about Grandpa Delin, had never cherished the time he spent with Grandpa Delin. Perhaps subconsciously he thought that Grandpa Delin would always stay in the Ring of the Coiled Dragon.

“The Ring of the Coiled Dragon? Grandpa Delin stayed in the Ring of the Coiled Dragon, always alone. Staying alone in a place must be very painful, right, and Grandpa Delin actually wants me to talk to him often, right?”

It was only at this time that Linley remembered.

However ……

In the past, Linley would only ask Grandpa Delin unless he encountered any difficult problems, but he rarely chatted with Grandpa Delin on his own accord.

Only knowing how to get, not how to give.

“Why is it that you only know to cherish when you lose.”

Linley’s body trembled slightly. How he looked forward to Grandpa Delin coming back again. To accompany him once again.

Unfortunately ……

It was impossible.

Grandpa Delin was dead, forever.

Linley felt a twitch in his heart, as if it were spasming. A painful convulsion ran through his entire body. Yet Linley didn’t have the slightest expression of pain on his face.

There was even a thought in the back of Linley’s mind – if he died in pain like this, it would be relief and ease.

“Boss.”

Bebe’s voice rang out in Linley’s mind, and Linley turned his head to look at Bebe beside him, Bebe’s ebony eyes looking at Linley with worry embedded in them.

“You, are you thinking about that Grandpa Delin?”

Bebe had only realized that there had originally been a Saint Realm Magus Earth soul present by Linley’s side after Derlin Corvette’s death.

Linley nodded.

Bebe’s soul transmitted, “Boss, can you, can you tell me about you and that Grandpa Delin?”

Looking at Bebe, Linley nodded slightly before holding Bebe in his arms. Recollecting, he began to talk about the events with Grandpa Delin, “That year, I was only eight years old. That time two Saint Domain powerhouses appeared in our Usan Town ……”

Reno’s trio appeared at the courtyard gate of the backyard, quietly looking at Linley, who was sitting on a smooth stone holding Bebe in the distance.

“Seeing Lao San like this makes it hard in my heart as well.”

Reno sighed in a low voice.

Yale and George were also silent.

“We have to think of something.”

George’s eyes steepened, “No matter what, we can’t let Old Three just sink into silence.”

Yale and Reno both nodded as well.

“Oldest two, what do you have in mind?”

Yale and Reno all looked at George expectantly.

George said, “We simply don’t know why Oldest became like this. But we can reason some of it out.”

George mused, “Old Three his ground family is a Dragon Blood Warrior family, as a family that once had a glorious history, his family’s people would definitely want to revive the family’s glory.”

Yale’s eyes lit up and said, “Yes, Old Three is very attached to his family, and once slaughtered for his family’s inherited treasure, the Battle Blade. He even auctioned off the Dream Awakening Stone Sculpture.”

“That’s right.”

George nodded his head, “According to my speculation, if Old Three is able to cultivate so hard, he must have reasons in his heart that motivate him to do so. And recreating the family’s glory is most likely the reason. Old Three has worked so hard for so many years, he definitely won’t give up easily, we use this to motivate him.”

“Motivate? Does it work?”

Yale was a bit skeptical.

George said helplessly, “But do we have a better way?”

“That’s the way.”

Reno grunted, “Old Three is always like this, I can’t stand it anymore. Let’s go, the three of us will go talk about him. See what’s going on with him.”

“Old Four. Let Old Two talk, you’ll only make it worse if you go and talk.”

Yale chided.

Reno also knew his character and nodded as well. The three of them, George, Yale, and Reno, looked at each other before they all walked towards Linley.

Bebe finished listening to Linley’s account. There was silence as well. He was also sad, sad about Derinkelwalt’s death. Suddenly Bebe felt someone approaching from behind and jumped out of Linley’s embrace to look behind him.

It was none other than Yale, George, and Reno.

But at the moment, Linley had just finished recounting what happened with Grandpa Delin, but he himself was completely immersed in his memories, and hadn’t felt the arrival of the others in the slightest.

Yale, George, and Reynolds looked at each other and all secretly sighed. Linley was an expert, if it was normal, Yale’s trio was afraid that Linley would have sensed it at the entrance to the backyard, but now these three had all walked up behind Linley. Linley didn’t even react.

“Old Three.”

Yale spoke.

Linley’s body shook. And then he turned his head slightly to look at the three, his eyes calm, “You’re here.”

With that, Linley turned his head again and continued to look at the stream.

Yale, George, and Reno immediately walked over to the boulder.

“Old Three.”

Yale violently grabbed Linley by both shoulders. Making Linley’s eyes meet his, “Old Three, you remember what happened at the Ernst Magic Academy, what do you usually tell me?”

“Forgot.”

Linley said flatly.

Yale’s eyes glared, “Forgot? Oldest you often hit me, saying that if I don’t work hard and cultivate diligently, I’m afraid that the tallest person in the dormitory will become the weakest in terms of strength.”

In the past, when the four brothers were in a dormitory, they would naturally joke around a lot.

Linley, however, remained silent.

George glanced at Yale and nodded slightly, so Yale let go of Linley’s shoulders while George walked over to Linley’s ground and said solemnly, “Oldest three, I want to ask you, what are you trying so hard to cultivate for so many years for?”

Linley was stunned.

His mind couldn’t help but recall growing up and practicing hard every single day.

“For the sake of the clan.”

Linley finally answered.

There was a hint of joy in the eyes of Yale and Reynolds beside him, and George immediately took advantage of the situation, “Then let me ask you, now that you’re like this, can you stand up to your family?”

Linley looked towards George, smiled bitterly, and said sullenly, “My father is dead, my mother is dead, so you say, what’s the point of me working hard for my family?”

Linley stood up and walked towards the courtyard door.

Yale, George, and Reynolds looked at Linley’s back, staring at each other in bewilderment.

“It’s useless, they’re all dead, what am I fighting so hard for?”

Linley’s sullen voice came out, and then Linley’s back disappeared at the courtyard gate.

Fifteen days.

Linley had stayed in this mansion for fifteen whole days, these fifteen days, the Yale trio and the others had tried everything they could think of, but no matter what, Linley always had that look.

The three of them, Yale, George, and Reynolds, were drinking mulled wine.

“What to do, what the hell to do? Is it possible to just stand by and watch Old Three fall into such a state of decadence?”

Reno angrily slammed his wine glass heavily on the tabletop.

Yale and George also shook their heads.

They had thought of all the ways they could think of in the past few days, they asked Lin Lei why he had become like this, but Lin Lei didn’t say anything at all just remained silent.

What could they do about it?

“Look at Old Three, a silent look, I’m really worried and heartbroken. This oldest three, alas ……”

Yale violently grabbed the bottle of wine and poured it directly into his mouth, viciously drinking half the bottle in one gulp.

They had grown up together with Linley, their feelings for each other were like brothers, how could they stand by and watch Linley do this and not do anything about it?

Sitting on a chair next to his room, Linley looked at the Ring of the Coiled Dragon in his hand. Linley clearly remembered the scene of Grandpa Delin coming out of the Ring of the Coiled Dragon again and again.

But that kind of scene would never occur again.

Linley actually wore a spatial ring on the index finger of his other hand, and after Clyde’s death, this spatial ring was already ownerless. During the fight with the six special deacons, the blood on Linley’s body had long since stained this spatial ring red. It naturally dripped blood to recognize its owner.

However, ……

In these fifteen days, Linley hadn’t even glanced at this spatial ring. His mind wasn’t on it at all. Even though he didn’t want to, his mind was always filled with a scene with Grandpa Delin, the way Grandpa Delin stroked his beard, the way Grandpa Delin taught him sternly …… all sorts of scenes remembered clearly.

“Why, why, even the last Grandpa Delin died?”

Losing Grandpa Delin, Linley was like losing his strongest reliance, and at this time, he was unprecedentedly vulnerable and lonely. Lin Lei tightly hugged his baby, just in this silent house alone so stay ……