Published: March 7, 2025
Chapter 306: Wow! Master!
“Everyone! This time we are going to battle against the Three Star Holy Clan, for the sake of the entire Central Third Heaven!” Gu Duxing did not waste any words and spoke directly: “We might die, we might go missing! Or, we could be buried in the mouths of spirit beasts! To this, I just want to say one thing!”
Below, the gaze of the two thousand individuals was focused on him.
Silently, they listened without a word.
Gu Duxing stood under the fierce banner, unsheathed his sword, and shouted, “This sentence is… behind us, is our homeland! Our parents! Our relatives! Our children!”
“So! Let’s set off!” Before his voice faded, Gu Duxing leaped into the air, landing on the first horse, and turned around to bow with cupped fists: “Adoptive father, take care!”
Gu Yunlan waved his hand gently and said solemnly, “I have only one request of you: come back alive!”
“Yes!”
The banner unfurled, and Gu Duxing took the lead! Behind him, the mighty cavalry charged forth like a whirlwind, their iron hooves crushing the ice and snow!
Watching the powerful cavalry disappear at the gate, Gu Yunlan stood there for a long time without moving.
“Patriarch…” Beside him, a figure flashed, and an elder who had gone to summon Gu Duxing appeared: “Does the patriarch still doubt Young Master Duxing?”
“No!” Gu Yunlan said solemnly: “Since he returned, I have never doubted him!”
“Oh…” The elder appeared quite surprised.
“We are the Gu Family, we bear the name Gu!” Gu Yunlan said heavily: “As the biological father of Gu Yanyang and Gu Yanyue, I absolutely do not want them to die, yet the entire Gu Family seems to wish for their early demise more than anyone else… don’t you think?”
The elder lowered his head and did not dare to speak.
“Those two… are indeed not promising!” Gu Yunlan sighed deeply and said: “But Gu Duxing is!”
“Indeed.” This time, the elder did not deny it.
“So… for the sake of the Gu Family, forget this matter.” Gu Yunlan tightly closed his eyes, two drops of murky old tears quietly flowed from the corners of his eyes, and he sorrowfully said: “I hope the Gu Family… remains prosperous for generations.”
Then he lowered his head.
As a patriarch of a generation, he had given up everything that needed to be sacrificed; everything that needed to be sacrificed had been sacrificed! But who could truly understand the bitterness and pain that this person, as a patriarch, had to swallow behind the scenes after all this giving up and sacrificing?
No one knew.
Or perhaps some could empathize, but no one spoke out.
Not a single person.
“Seeing Young Master Duxing's progress, he is very likely to break through to the sword emperor by the age of thirty! Moreover, Young Master Duxing and the young lady are in love; when they marry… Young Master Duxing will not only be your adopted son, but also your son-in-law… A son-in-law is like a half-son…”
The elder beside him said: “There’s no need to worry, patriarch… In the future, the heir of the Gu Family will not only be your grandson, but also your grandson-in-law… and it can ensure the Gu Family’s legacy for generations… Patriarch, isn't this just great? You must know that in this world, nothing is ever perfect…”
“Indeed… this is good enough.” Gu Yunlan smiled absentmindedly and murmured: “You must know that in this world, there is never anything perfect… there has never been anything perfect… enough is enough…”
Gu Yunlan turned around and walked towards the manor: “I’ll go check on the young lady… that girl has suffered these days…”
His figure disappeared.
The elder sighed and followed him, feeling a sense of relief: the crisis of the Gu Family was finally over…
…
On a desolate plain, Meng Chaoran and Tan Tan, who had already arrived in the Central Third Heaven, were also heading towards the Canglan War Zone.
Meng Chaoran never expected, even if he were to die, that he had brought Tan Tan away from the strife of the Lower Third Heaven to avoid trouble and not add to Chu Yang's burdens.