For all these years, the forces the Heroes Association had offended had been utterly disproportionate to the people it had once helped. Ren Pingsheng and Chen Du both knew that.
The Nian Gang, Seven Heroes Assembly, and Green Blood Green Mountain Hall had come to aid the Heroes Association today not because they had received favors from it in recent years, but because Mo Shenghui had once shown them kindness.
In the end, what the Heroes Association had been drawing upon all these years was the legacy Mo Shenghui had left behind.
Su Xin looked at the silent Ren Pingsheng and Chen Du. "You have both seen it. The legacy the Heroes Association inherited from the past is about to be completely exhausted. No favor can be passed down from generation to generation forever. Forgive my bluntness, but if your Heroes Association continues in this fashion, it will be destroyed sooner or later."
Chen Du and Ren Pingsheng exchanged a glance. Neither was a fool. As the men in charge of the Heroes Association, they had long sensed this themselves.
They simply knew it but had been unwilling to think too deeply about it. This was what it meant to deceive oneself. But now, facing the betrayal of the Seven Heroes Assembly and the other two sects, as well as those independent martial artists, the Heroes Association could no longer keep deceiving itself.
Ren Pingsheng looked at Su Xin, his voice slightly hoarse. "Is this why you asked me to join the Underworld? If I join the Underworld, can you ensure that the Heroes Association's legacy continues?"
"Yes and no," Su Xin said gravely. "That is something you should ask yourself, Chief Ren.
"Personally, I tend to view people in a darker light. Human nature is inherently evil; no one