Only after Jin Chen returned to the house did he calm down his nervous mood.

Although he usually has a lot of opinions about his father, when he really goes against his father, Jin Chen feels his mind goes blank.

"Ah! By the way, I still need to tell Brother Yuan, Brother Qi and the others about what my father taught me today."

This was an agreement between the three of them. If Jin Chen got any teachings from his father, he would share them with Fang Yuan and the other two.

The two of them replied one after another.

Ruan Qi: "Is it true?"

Fang Yuan: "So complicated?!"

Jin Chen immediately put his father's concerns aside and started chatting with Fang Yuan and Ruan Qi through the system communication function.

…

Gu Yan returned home and thought over everything that had happened today from beginning to end. He found nothing wrong and was about to go to bed when his father pushed open the door and rushed in with anger in his eyes.

"Father!" Gu Yan immediately stood up and saluted his father. Looking at the guards behind him with helpless expressions, Gu Yan made a specific gesture and then waved his hand.

The guard immediately understood, closed the door, and once again guarded the door diligently.

"Xiao Yan, I overheard a rumor that you're colluding with someone? Is that true?"

Gu Yan's father sat on the chair and asked seriously

"Father, who told you that?" Gu Yan shook his head helplessly and asked with a smile.

"You shook your head, are you saying this news is fake?" Gu Yan's father's eyes lit up and he asked happily.

This tone made Gu Yan very painful!

My father, you really don’t support me in seizing power!

This cruel fact made Gu Yan more heartbroken than knowing that Gu Qing wanted to kill him.

Gu Yan finally stopped laughing, his face slowly darkening as he said directly, "Really! The news is true!"

The light in Gu Yan's father's eyes immediately went out.

"Xiao Yan, you, ah——"

Gu Yan's father got the answer and felt very painful.

Gu Yan was in even greater pain. He took two deep breaths and tried to hold it in, but he couldn't and finally exploded.

"Father, now that you know, you should also understand that Gu Qing and I are now at loggerheads. It's either me or him, or him or me! Father, now that you've made your choice, who are you supporting?"

Gu Yan's father sat on a chair, looking at the exploding Gu Yan as if he were a stranger.

Is this still my good-tempered, gentle and non-confrontational son, Gu Yan? Isn't he the one who understands me the most? How come even he has left me and become such a stranger?

"Xiao Yan, you are tired. Let's talk tomorrow." Father Gu stood up with his eyes dodging, wanting to escape from here.

"Father, I'm not tired! I want to know your answer now!" Gu Yan was not satisfied with his father's delay, so he blocked the door and asked aggressively.

Looking at his aggressive son, Father Gu seemed to see the scene during Gu Qing's rise, when every time he made concessions, his followers betrayed him and left.

Father Gu sat down dejectedly. His eyes were red as he muttered to himself, "Sure enough, Father was right. The path I chose has left me alone in the end, all alone! Even my dearest son has abandoned me!"

Seeing his father so weak, Gu Yan angrily asked, "Father, you are clearly the lord, why are you giving up the position of lord?! Now, Gu Qing is going to attack us, can't I fight back? Do you have to watch me die in front of you before you understand our situation? Do you know how to fight Gu Qing? Father, why, why are you giving up the position of lord? Why?"

Yes! Why? This question was not only asked by Gu Yan, but also by the followers who chose to leave their father Gu.

His father had asked him the same question back then! Even Gu Qing had asked him the same question once.

Father Gu opened his eyes, his eyes had calmed down, and said, "Xiao Yan, do you really want to know why?"

"Yes!" Gu Yan asked with a firm look.

"Okay, since you want to know, I'll tell you! Because, in that world-destroying battle of the Corpse Demon Disaster, my courage was shattered! I'm a deserter who escaped from the battlefield! I don't have the courage, nor the ability, to become a lord! Do you understand?" Father Gu confessed calmly, as if he was not talking about his own business.

"How is this possible? Less than a year after the Corpse Demon Disaster, you were promoted to War Captain! You became the hope of the family! The heir of the family! How is this possible? How is this possible?" Gu Yan said in disbelief.

"Nothing is impossible in this world! I'm afraid of death, so I practice so hard! Isn't that ridiculous? Because I'm afraid of death, I've unleashed my extraordinary potential and even been promoted to the rank of War Lieutenant! This world is such a irony!"

Gu Yan slowly calmed down, recalling every detail of his father's life, and realized that what his father said must be true!

The master once said that before his father was appointed as the heir, he had publicly admitted that he was not worthy of being the heir and wanted the old lord to withdraw his order.

However, the situation at that time was such that people were in a panic. In order to calm people down, the lord forced my father to become the heir to the family!

The master said that my father might have some hidden reasons and could not or was unwilling to become the lord!

Unexpectedly, the master guessed right!

My father has lost all his courage! He only wants to survive and has no courage to shoulder the responsibility of being a lord!

My father has great strength but has wasted a lot of the family's cultivation resources, but he is unable to share the family's worries!

The father must be helpless and in pain too!

However, such psychological problems were very rare and difficult to treat even before the disaster of corpse demons!

Now in the quarantine period after the corpse demon disaster, it is even more impossible to treat it!

"So, after Gu Qing's rise, father slowly gave way, step by step, and finally, completely gave up the position of lord!"

The information Gu Yan obtained mentioned that although the old lord was very disappointed with his father before he fell ill, he still had no intention of changing his heir.

It was at the last moment of his life that he first asked his father, and after his father refused, he asked Gu Qing and made up his mind!

Dad disappointed everyone!

However, there are still many people who believe that their father is the most legitimate heir and turn to Gu Yan's command!

Master once said, "Father is the hope of their generation! He is the dawn of a new world they see from the darkness of doom! He is the motivation and role model for their cultivation! He is the lord they are determined to protect!"

My father probably knew that he was carrying such a heavy burden of hope, so he became even more worried!

However, facing the general trend, he had no choice but to accept it!

So, my father became a clay statue in a temple!