Chapter 1005 The Collapse of Believe
He was well aware of his role in the family, and he was just a member in the lowest class.
Regardless of whether it was Coby or Rowan, as long as they wanted to, they could have crushed him to death at any time.
It was as easy as pinching an ant.
With that reason, no matter how curious and puzzled he was, he did not dare to ask.
He was afraid that he would be killed for knowing too much.
At this point, obviously, Luca was not that naive to think that the Marsh Family was really as clean as how he had known it to be.
Not to mention the existence of this thousand-year-old monster before his eyes was crazy enough.
Although Luca still had doubts about his age.
When Coby retrieved things from a distance, it did not seem to be fake. At least he did not see any flaw in it.
Therefore, it was very likely that Coby was telling the truth.
But if what he said was true, the situation became incredibly terrifying.
After all, if he was an ordinary person, no matter how scheming or scary he was, he was still an ordinary person.
But as a person who had lived for more than a thousand years, Luca didn't even know how to see him as a human being.
Moreover, ever since he learned the truth, his attachment to the family was put to an end.
It was as if his believe had collapsed.
However, Coby obviously did not care about his thoughts.
At this time, he was in a very bad mood.
After living for so many years, for the first time, he couldn't get what he wanted, and he felt a sense of humiliation as if he had a taste of his own medicine.
It was impossible for Coby who had always been so conceited to let go that easily.
After a long time, Mr. Logan finally came forward with a half-meter-long jade box.
"Sir, the Way Tree is in here."
Reaching out his hand, Coby took the jade box, and opened the lid.
Inside of the box was a plant that was shimmering in gold.
On the branches of the tree were shining gold fruits. Wasn't that the kind of medicine that Luca usually ate?
At the sight of it, Luca was shocked.
Previously, he only knew that this sort of medicine was very hard to obtain. Even if they were the descendants of the family, they would only receive a certain amount of it each year.
He originally thought that the formula was complicated, but he didn't expect that it was just a plant.
In fact, the Marsh Family was able to develop to this size this day and have such a strong cohesiveness were not all due to the Chief's good management.
It was also because they all carried a type of illness. This type of illness would come into effect at some point after reaching adulthood. As soon as it happened, those who didn't take medicine would eventually die.
No one was willing to die. But if they wanted to live, the only way was to stay in the Marsh Family and work for the family.
For so many years, it was a fact that the people from the Marsh Family had became incredibly rich and had high social status.
However, as long as they couldn't figure out the kind of medicine could save their lives, they could only continue to work for the family.
Coby had lived for a thousand years, and he had been controlling many Chiefs for a thousand years.
So in other words, to work for the Marsh Family was actually to work for Coby.
If he was to compare the family to a huge machine, then Coby would be the central system, who held the most important position.
As Luca thought of that, the color drained from his face.
Suddenly, he realized that he had known too many secrets after he came here today.
Not only Coby's identity, but also the truth of the medicine...
The moment this secret was leaked, not only would it cause chaos, but people in the family with ulterior motives would also take action.
In that case...
Cold sweat instantly trickled down his forehead.
Coby was an expert, so upon seeing that, how could he not know what Luca was thinking?
Glancing at Luca, he asked casually, "The weather is not that hot today. Why are you sweating so much all of a sudden? Are you afraid?"
At that moment, Luca's face was pale.
In response, he wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and whispered, "No, I..."
At that point, he really didn't know what to say so that Coby would let him go.
However, Coby suddenly smiled.
His laughter was faint and subtle, like a spring breeze. On another setting, people would have a false impression that this person was very kind and charming.
Reaching out his hand, Coby patted Luca on the shoulder.
"Don't get nervous. Don't worry. Since I asked Mr. Logan to bring you here today, I didn't think that you would spread this secret."
Hearing that, Luca forced a smile.
"Mr. Logan, thank you for believing me. I will definitely keep this secret to death. I'll treat it as if I didn't hear anything today."
Coby nodded.
Following that, he raised his hand and handed the jade box with the Way Tree in it to him.
"Give this to Jara for me, then bring back the Jade of Heaven. Do you understand?"
With a pale face, Luca stared at the shiny golden plant.
There was no soil nor water in the jade box, but the plant seemed to be living very well. As the lights shone on the golden fruit, it looked like pure gold.
He could not help but gulp.
Coby said lightly, "I believe you can do it, right?"
In response, Luca nodded his head.
When he took over the jade box, it was as if he heard his own heartbeat, pounding loudly.
This was the key to the family's fate in the past thousand years.
So many people had been following the family's orders for the sake of this thing.
No one dared to disobey the Chief. For the annual tribute, as long as the Chief said so, no one dared to pay a penny less.
He wasn't being a chief at all, instead, he was acting like the Emperor.
How many people in this modern society could enjoy such privileges?
And now, this opportunity seemed to be presented right in front of him...
As long as he made sure the plant survive, then grew more of it afterward, those who had been obeying Rowan before would be...
At this moment, he suddenly shook violently.
He felt as if something had hit him in the brain, then he came to his senses at once.
As he came around, he turned to look at Coby in disbelief.
Coby was still sitting there with a calm look. It seemed as if he did not notice Luca's strange expression nor see through his thoughts.
He was just staring at Luca calmly, but Luca felt as if he was being stared at by a creepy snake, and he couldn't help feeling a chill down his spine.
No, something wasn't right.
Coby was not someone that could be easily dealt with.
Indeed, Jara wanted to threaten him with the Jade of Heaven, and he even planned to perish together.
However, through the conversation just now, it was obvious that Jara did not know Coby was a monster that had lived for over a thousand years.
Just now, through the pinhole camera, he said that if he and Emmeline died, he would make sure Coby would perish with them.
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