Gu family.

Meeting hall.

Gu Kuange and all the important figures of the Gu family were present.

Gu Chen had been told by Chu Yunxi to stay in his room to recuperate and not to attend the meeting.

But Gu Chen still came.

"I am the young master of the Gu family, how can I not come?"

As soon as these words came out, many people in the hall began to praise Gu Chen for his responsibility and said he would achieve great success in the future.

However, although Gu Chen had a smile on his face, his heart was filled with dark clouds.

In the past, everyone in the hall would flatter him.

But now, at least half of the people did not praise him and deliberately kept their distance from him.

These people all hold important positions in the Gu family and are well-informed, but they are also fence-sitters.

When he was in power, these people often targeted Gu Zhi openly and secretly in order to please him.

Now that he is showing signs of falling out of favor, these people are ready to draw a line with him at any time.

"Gu Zhi!"

Gu Chen didn't blame these people, he only hated Gu Zhi.

Because that's human nature.

But this isn't how Gu Zhi should be!

Gu Zhi's life should have been a miserable one, begging for mercy.

Why are you stepping on him now?

Hatred overflowed in Gu Chen's heart.

Gu Kuange said that the reason why he was crushed by Gu Zhi was because he didn’t practice hard enough?

Gu Chen doesn't think so.

Gu Chen felt that his seventeen Dao bones lost to Gu Zhi's one Dao bone because although Gu Zhi only had one Dao bone, that Dao bone of Gu Zhi might be extremely extraordinary!

Throughout history, there have been people who rose to power with a spirit that defied the will of heaven.

These bones that defy the heavens are called supreme bones.

Gu Chen guessed that Gu Zhi had the supreme bone, so he was able to crush him!

If I could snatch Gu Zhi's Supreme Bone and implant it into him...

Gu Chen's greed began to spread.

"Cough cough cough."

At this time, Gu Kuange walked into the hall, followed closely by Chu Yunxi.

"Chen'er."

When Chu Yunxi saw Gu Chen, she felt distressed and quickly called Gu Chen over.

Seeing this, Gu Kuange frowned and looked displeased, but Chu Yunxi acted as if he didn't see it and still pulled Gu Chen to his side.

Although Gu Kuange was unhappy, he did not say anything in public. Instead, he glanced at everyone in the hall and said:

"I'm sure everyone knows about my son Gu Zhi's affairs."

The first sentence, or the first four words, that Gu Kuange said made many old foxes understand.

It had been two and a half months since Gu Zhi returned to the Gu family, and Gu Kuange had never once said in front of them that Gu Zhi was his son.

Now when Gu Kuange said "my son Gu Zhi", his attitude was already very clear.

Although many people knew that Gu Kuange wanted to protect Gu Zhi, they subconsciously wanted to object, but in the end they did not say it out loud.

If it were a few years earlier, they could still offer suggestions, but in recent years, Gu Kuange has taken away the power from them and has become autocratic.

If they expressed their opposition, it would not only be useless but might even backfire. It would be better for them to remain silent and pretend to be ignorant.

Gu Kuange continued:

"Previously, several members of the Gu clan were brutally murdered using demonic means, and many of you believed it was Zhier's doing."

"Gossip can melt gold, and constant slander can destroy a person. I've been misled by you, and mistakenly believed that Zhier was colluding with the demons to harm his own people."

Everyone in the hall felt like a thousand horses were galloping through their hearts.

Gu Kuange is such a good guy at passing the buck!

"Today, the truth has been revealed!"

"The one who used demonic means to harm those Gu clan members wasn't Zhier, but Gu Mowang!"

Gu Kuange looked filled with righteous indignation and grief:

"I never imagined that my own brother would do such a thing, but... the evidence is irrefutable, and Gu Mowang has already been executed."

"So today, justice should be done to Zhi'er. From now on, anyone who dares to mention Zhi'er colluding with the demons to harm his own people will be killed immediately!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Chen shuddered all over and took a deep breath in a low voice, as if his wound was hurting again.

Chu Yunxi saw it with his own eyes and felt pain in his heart, and immediately said:

"Kuangge, those Gu clan members didn't die at the hands of Gu Zhi, but Gu Minghui and the others did die at the hands of Gu Zhi!"

"And Zhou Yisheng and the others, over twenty Spiritual Transformation cultivators, were the pillars of the Gu family. Yet, they were killed by Gu Zhi. Isn't this Gu Zhi colluding with the demons to harm his own people? Doesn't Gu Zhi deserve to die?"

Gu Kuange frowned and spoke in a low voice:

"Mistakes must be punished. Zhi'er is indeed wrong in every one of these matters, but the specific punishment... we have to catch Zhi'er first before we can discuss it."

"Perhaps Zhi'er was also forced by the demonic dao to do this? If so, Zhi'er is also a victim, how could he deserve to die?"

Chu Yunxi wanted to refute, but Gu Kuange said coldly:

"Alright! Our top priority now is to capture Zhi'er. We can't let him be coerced by the demons again!"

"But Zhi'er has been captured by the Ten Thousand Blood Demon Sect. With the current strength of our Gu family, there is no hope of conquering the Ten Thousand Blood Demon Sect. How can we help Zhi'er escape from the Demon Sect and return to the Gu family?"

Some of the people in the hall kept their heads down and remained silent, while others were actively making suggestions.

Some of those who kept their heads down and remained silent had some opinions about Gu Kuange, while others simply had no idea of ​​a solution.

Those who actively offered suggestions and provided methods were all rejected by Gu Kuange in the end.

These methods either don't work at all, or even if they succeed, they will cause huge losses to the Gu family.

"Father."

At this time, a woman stood out from the crowd.

It was Gu Kuange’s second daughter, Gu Qingxue.

She is also the most talented alchemist in the Gu family, and is known as the master of alchemy.

Gu Qingxue is not very old, but she has already reached the ninth level of the Spirit Transformation Realm.

In terms of realm alone, she is only slightly inferior to Gu Qingshuang, who is known as the "natural sword immortal".

However, the practice of alchemy is different from that of ordinary cultivators.

The requirements to become a pill cultivator are extremely harsh, and it is also much easier for a pill cultivator to improve his realm than for an ordinary cultivator.

However, this also leads to the fact that the foundation of many alchemy practitioners is relatively superficial. In addition, alchemy practitioners are treated like treasures and basically do not participate in battles. Even combat-related techniques are rarely honed.

Therefore, most of the alchemy practitioners have a certain realm but their combat power is very low.

The same goes for Gu Qingxue. Although she is at the ninth level of the Spirit Transformation Realm, in terms of combat power, she is probably not even as good as a cultivator at the seventh or eighth level of the Spirit Transformation Realm.

However, no one would expect an alchemist to dominate the world, so no one cares about the alchemist's combat power. It is enough to respect the alchemist if he can improve his realm and refine higher-level pills.

When Gu Kuange saw Gu Qingxue, he also showed a satisfied smile:

"Qingxue, do you have any ideas?"

Gu Qingxue first bowed to Gu Kuange, then said:

"My daughter does have a way to bring Gu... Xiaozhi back home."

"oh?"

Gu Kuange asked quickly:

"What method?"