Chapter 2260 — Courting the Kang Family

"So that Han Jingyi might be an alchemist?" Right Panhu had never paid Han Jingyi much mind before. In his impression she was just a rather pretty but somewhat ditzy girl. Now, though, hearing his grandfather's analysis and thinking it over carefully, there really was such a possibility!

"Very likely!" Old Master Right said.

"Han Jingyi..." Right Panhu murmured the name under his breath.

"After you return to school, keep an eye on this Han Jingyi. If she truly knows alchemy, then do everything you can to win her over—whatever you do, don't let her become Wei Zhao's right hand!" Old Master Right pondered a moment and made his decision. "Failing that, find some way to ruin her relationship with Wei Zhao!"

"I understand!" Hearing his grandfather's instructions, Right Panhu could not help but chuckle to himself. Han Jingyi was not only pretty—if she knew alchemy, then if he won her over, wouldn't that be just wonderful? His standing in the Right family would rise straight up in the future!

One had to remember that female alchemists were hardly common, and if Han Jingyi became his wife, she would surely become one of the Right family's elders in time. Then, though Right Panhu might not be the head of the family, his position within it would still command no small respect!

Seeing the ** smile on Right Panhu's face, Old Master Right naturally guessed the boy's vulgar little thoughts, but paid them no mind! If Han Jingyi really was an alchemist with a gift for alchemy, he would not oppose Right Panhu's pursuit of her—he might even help him, lending him a hand!

As for whether Right Panhu's position in the family would rise because of Han Jingyi's arrival, Old Master Right did not care. What he valued was the family's overall interest. If Right Zhentian were to take over as head of the family in the future and could not even manage Right Panhu and his wife, then he might as well let Right Panhu be the head instead.

A family head must have the tolerance to forgive. For a family to grow, it cannot be achieved by suppressing other family members; they must support one another and advance together. Only in this way can the family's enduring prosperity be guaranteed!

Otherwise, if only the head of the family was capable and everyone else was worthless, then the family was likely not far from ruin.

"Let's leave this matter here for now." Old Master Right waved a hand and said mildly, "Next, let's talk about the Kang family!"

"The Kang family?" Right Panhu was startled, unable to fathom why the Kang family had suddenly come up. But seeing his uncle's knowing expression, he must have been informed in advance! And since they were willing to tell him, that meant Old Master Right and his uncle already regarded him as a core member of the family!

This set Right Panhu's heart racing. Though he knew he was still far from the position of family head—his grandfather was still alive, and even after his grandfather passed, his uncle would take over as head, and who knew how long it would be before his own generation's turn came—snagging an elder's post first would still be quite good!

"That's right, the Kang family!" Old Master Right nodded and said, "Zhentian, tell Panhu about the Tian Sect Master taking the Kang family's Kang Jingming away."

"Yes, Father!" Right Zhentian turned to Right Panhu and recounted the purpose of the Xuandan Sect's Tian Sect Master Tian Canbian's visit to the Right family, and the matter of taking Kang Jingming away. Of course, he concealed certain important details, for after all Right Panhu was still young and did not need to know them in such detail.

This too was something he and his father had agreed upon. At present, though it was unknown whether the Kang family would rise in the future, if Kang Jingming really was taken as a disciple by the Fifth Elder and valued by Tian Canbian, then the odds were great that he would become the Xuandan Sect's next elder. And then the Kang family would rise with him—when one man attains the Way, even his chickens and dogs ascend to heaven!

Though the Kang family's foundations were rather thin and they had little depth, they had someone backing them above. So long as Kang Jingming prospered, the Kang family's prosperity was only a matter of time. Therefore, whether or not Kang Jingming was valued, whether or not he prospered, it was necessary for the Right family to prepare in advance and cultivate good relations with the Kang family!

If Kang Jingming was valued, then the Kang family's rise would be unstoppable, and there would be no harm at all in the Right family's friendship with them. If Kang Jingming was not valued, then it did not matter either—the Kang family had helped the Right family a great deal, so they could simply treat it as repayment!

"Grandfather, Uncle, you mean for me to show goodwill to the Kang family?" Right Panhu was not too foolish; he grasped his grandfather's and uncle's meaning at once.

"Precisely!" Old Master Right nodded and said, "If Kang Jingming is valued, the Kang family's meteoric rise will be unstoppable, and there is no harm in our building good relations early! But if Kang Jingming is not valued, then we simply treat it as an emotional investment, and it will also make the Kang family work even harder for us!"

"Then... am I to do this alone?" Right Panhu was somewhat perplexed. Why was he being pushed to the fore in all the family's affairs lately? Did Grandfather want to groom him? That didn't seem right either...

"In this matter, the Xuandan Sect side wants it kept secret for now. If your uncle and I were to show our faces, the Kang family would surely grow suspicious. That old fellow Kang Laicai is no pushover either—he's shrewd, and if he caught on to something, it would be troublesome." Old Master Right explained, "So sending you is just right. But until we receive further word from the Xuandan Sect, you needn't appear too enthusiastic—just keep up some contact with the Kang family's third generation."

"I understand." Right Panhu nodded. "Who am I to contact? Among the Kang family's third generation, hasn't Kang Jingming gone off with the Xuandan Sect?"

"The Kang family's third generation has another, Kang Jinglong. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in the pharmaceuticals program of the biology department at Donghai Engineering University, though he has not been at the school lately because of an internship. In the coming period, he will likely return to the school to write his thesis. Try to make contact with him and see." Right Zhentian handed a file to Right Panhu as he spoke.

"Oh? This fellow looks quite refined?" Right Panhu took the file and flipped through it, but when he saw that the Kang family had formed a marriage alliance with the secular Xiao family and that Kang Jinglong's fiancée was Wang Xinyan, he could not help but stare wide-eyed. "My God, no way? The cuckold's girlfriend is Wang Xinyan?"

"What is it?" Right Zhentian frowned. "Do you have some connection with this Wang Xinyan?"

"Not me, but Wang Xinyan is Wei Zhao's girlfriend—everyone at school knows!" Right Panhu said. (To be continued.) RQ