"You're the Holy Son of the Seven Nights Divine Sect!"
"You're the future leader of the Seven Nights Divine Sect!"
Those two sentences crashed into Yi Gu's heart like heavy hammers.
They caused the dazed and muddled Yi Gu to seem to regain his goal and direction, and the dejection and numbness on his face rapidly diminished.
A trace of vigor and sharpness gradually surfaced in his bewildered eyes.
"Grandpa, I..."
Yi Gu did not set an example first. Instead, he asked the previous Sect Master of the Seven Nights Divine Sect, Yi Wen, for his opinion.
Upon hearing this, the previous Sect Master of the Seven Nights Divine Sect, Yi Wen, immediately narrowed his old eyes. A sharp glint bloomed in his cloudy, aged gaze.
He already understood why Lin Bai, Qi Lingyu, and Wang Zhengyang had come.
They wanted to establish Yi Gu's name!
To establish the title of Holy Son of the Seven Nights Divine Sect.
To establish the orthodox succession of the Holy Son of the Seven Nights Divine Sect.
As long as Yi Gu went today, it would confirm that he was the first in line to succeed as Holy Son within the Seven Nights Divine Sect.
Once word returned to the territory of the Seven Nights Divine Sect... others would also say that Yi Gu had once discussed countermeasures with Holy Sons from flourishing sects like Lin Bai, Qi Lingyu, and Wang Zhengyang.
This was about legitimizing his name.
"Yi Gu!"
The previous Sect Master of the Seven Nights Divine Sect, Yi Wen, understood Lin Bai and the others' intentions. Some vigor also rose in his heart, and he called out softly, "Yi Gu... if you want to go, then..."
"Then..."
"Then go!"
The previous Sect Master of the Seven Nights Divine Sect, Yi