Gu Nian was helpless. Her charlatan father was at it again.
"Dad, don't be such a charlatan. You make it sound like it's real.
"You can fool other people, like my mother. You fooled her so badly she lost her bearings. Why are you even fooling your own biological daughter?"
Mu Nianci glared at this bargain-bin daughter of hers. Good grief, she had dragged her own mother into it?
Seeing this, Gu Nian could only smile awkwardly.
"Enough nonsense. Since you've made up your mind, leave quickly. I imagine you're quite busy. Don't stay here and be an eyesore."
Hearing that, Gu Nian could only leave. As she watched Gu Nian depart, Mu Nianci's expression was filled with worry.
"Brother Gu, Nian'er..."
Gu Hui smiled bitterly. "This concerns her path. All we can do is support her.
"Besides, with her strength, protecting herself won't be a problem.
"I never expected that after I spent so long preventing anyone in the clan from developing ambitions of domination, not only would such a person appear, but even my own daughter would have such thoughts."
He raised his head and looked toward the boundless Void. At some immeasurable height, it seemed as though a pair of eyes were watching him.
Under Mu Nianci's curious and baffled gaze, Gu Hui drew over several branches, lit them with his fingers, and bowed toward the endless depths of the Void. Driven by True Essence, the branches quickly burned to ash.
"Nianci, we must learn reverence. The stronger we become, the more reverence we need!"
Gu Hui took Mu Nianci wandering all over the land. They saw many branches of Gu Manlou providing relief to displaced refugees amid the chaos of the era, which greatly pleased Gu Hui. At least it showed that those people had