Gu Hui glared at Gu Quan and snapped, "Great-grandfather? Great your sister?
"You may gain another great-grandfather someday, but not now.
"This is Laozi's wife—your old ancestress."
Everyone froze upon hearing this. What had they just heard?
You were an undead old man nearing two hundred years old, yet you had taken a young woman who looked barely twenty or thirty?
Even an old ox eating tender grass was not this extreme. In your eyes, she should have only just sprouted.
"What, gone mute? Did the teachings you usually received get eaten by dogs?"
Gu Hui's words finally snapped everyone back to their senses.
"We pay our respects to the two ancestors!"
What else could they do? They could only grit their teeth and accept it, or their backsides would be meeting feet again.
"All right, all right. I traveled to the East Sea this time, so I came back to let you know that Laozi isn't dead yet, lest you set up Laozi's memorial tablet early and place it high above. That's the first reason.
"The second is to meet you all, and for you to meet me too. Otherwise, once these older ones are buried, none of you will recognize me. Then when Laozi comes home, I'll have to introduce myself one by one. Too troublesome. I'm afraid I won't be able to resist tearing Gu Sword Manor apart."
Hearing such crude words, everyone instead found this ancestor amiable and approachable.
"Rest assured, Ancestor, we will never forget! You are the ancestor of the Gu Clan. If we cannot even remember our own ancestor, what face would the Gu Clan have left to stand in this world?" a teenage boy immediately declared.
"Haha, kid, you sure know how to talk. That's for the best.
"All right, now that