Chapter 3262 — He Dantou's Elder Brother
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"Hello? Who is this?" A deep, resonant voice came over the line.
"Elder Brother..." At the sound of that voice, tears instantly welled in He Dantou's eyes, and for a moment he was overcome with emotion...
"Dantou?" The voice on the other end seemed hardly able to believe it and asked instinctively.
"It's me... Elder Brother..." He Dantou had thought he bore his brother a grudge, but once he had said those words, decades of grievance buried deep in his heart dissolved all at once...
"Dantou, where are you? How have you been all these years? When are you coming back to help me? The Five Luminaries Sect is now completely under my control. Back then... when I disciplined you, I was actually afraid the Master might grow wary of me. That's no longer a concern—I call the shots here now..." So He Dantou's elder brother was none other than Ancestor Xuanchen of the Five Luminaries Sect!
In those days, He Dantou had been young and, relying on the fact that his elder brother was Ancestor Xuanchen, had said a few things to throw his weight around. Ancestor Xuanchen had always doted on this younger brother of his, but he feared the Master might grow suspicious because of those words, and so he gave He Dantou a dressing-down. Little did he expect that He Dantou, hot-blooded and proud in his youth, would simply leave the mountain gate and vanish without a trace!
Since He Dantou was only a nominal disciple of the Five Luminaries Sect, not a direct heir of any lineage, he was not particularly important. Ancestor Xuanchen's Master did not send anyone to look for him—if he had left, then he had left. Bound by the sect's rules, Ancestor Xuanchen could not go searching either, and so the matter was left to fizzle out and be set aside.
Some years later, Ancestor Xuanchen took charge of the Five Luminaries Sect. He had secretly made inquiries about He Dantou's whereabouts, but no news ever came, to his great regret. As the years went on, Ancestor Xuanchen gave up the search. After all, he did not believe He Dantou could have cultivated to any impressive level—so many years had passed, and perhaps the man had already passed away.
Back then, He Dantou had been nothing but a spoiled young dandy who threw his weight around the sect on the strength of his formidable brother, with little interest in cultivation. Yet who would have thought He Dantou would actually call? And that he was still alive?
"Elder Brother... I'm overseas. You know the Overseas Cultivators Association..." He Dantou said, choking back tears.
"I know it. You're a member there? Come back and help me. I know of that Overseas Cultivators Association—it's no small operation, but in the end it belongs to someone else." Ancestor Xuanchen extended the invitation.
"Elder Brother, I founded the Overseas Cultivators Association..." He Dantou said with a bitter smile. "Is your younger brother really so useless? You can lead the Five Luminaries Sect—can't I do the same?"
"What?! The Overseas Cultivators Association is yours?" Ancestor Xuanchen was astounded. "Then that Elder Chen who was beaten to death by Wei Zhao—he was your subordinate?"
"Indeed! He was one of mine, and I've been preparing to settle accounts with Wei Zhao all this time!" The thought that Wei Zhao had actually escaped made He Dantou's teeth itch with fury. If he could use his brother's hand to do away with Wei Zhao, so much the better. So he said, "Elder Brother, the Five Luminaries Sect is still the mightiest of the ancient sects, isn't it? Could you step in and help me do away with Wei Zhao?"RS