Chapter 3

Gu Feilong's words of humiliation did not anger Gu Yun; he indeed felt guilty towards the Gu clan. Especially towards his father, Gu Feitian, who had extremely high expectations for him.

Gu Yun clasped his hands and said, "Uncle, I encountered some problems in my cultivation, but I have already resolved them. It won't take long for me to recover my previous cultivation level and rejoin the Green Mountain Sect as a disciple. Please tell Father and the elders that I will not slack off in the slightest!"

"Want to recover your cultivation? You must be dreaming! For three years, your cultivation has continuously declined. How can you recover?" Gu Feilong said coldly. "I came here for one reason: to make you voluntarily leave the Green Mountain Sect. Additionally, I want you to use your connections in the Green Mountain Sect to help Gu Ming, so he can join more smoothly. This would be your final contribution to the Gu family."

Gu Ming is Gu Feilong's son, whose talent is second only to Gu Yun. In two months, it will be the time for the Green Mountain Sect to recruit new disciples, which is why Gu Feilong has come to the Green Mountain Sect now.

"Regarding Gu Ming, I can go and plead with the transmission master, but whether he can join the Green Mountain Sect still depends on his own strength. As for me, I will not leave the Green Mountain Sect," Gu Yun said without hesitation.

The Green Mountain Sect is the only cultivation sect within hundreds of miles. Gu Yun wanted to rely on his own strength to rejoin the Green Mountain Sect and prove his worth to those who looked down on him.

"The Green Mountain Sect will not allow two members of the Gu family to join, even if you are just a servant! This is your last chance. After leaving the Green Mountain Sect, return to the Gu family, marry, and have children, living a peaceful life. If you dare to defy this, you will be expelled from the Gu family!" Gu Feilong said coldly.

"Expelled from the Gu family?" Gu Yun's face changed dramatically, suspecting he had heard wrong: "If I don't give up my position for your son, Gu Ming, you will expel me from the Gu family? Does Father agree? Do the other four elders agree?"

Gu Feilong laughed coldly: "Just yesterday, your father was stripped of his position as clan leader. I, Gu Feilong, am now the clan leader. Since you are unwilling to make a sacrifice for the family, I can only punish you according to the family rules!"

"What about my father..." Gu Yun's face turned even uglier.

"Your father spent a great deal of treasure to send you to the Green Mountain Sect, but you became a waste. This is a disgrace to our Gu family. Should we retain his position as clan leader?"

"I want to go home and see my father!" Gu Yun's mind heated up. Gu Feitian had worked diligently for the Gu family for decades. Could his position as clan leader be revoked just because Gu Yun was expelled from the Green Mountain Sect? How could his father bear this responsibility for him?

Yesterday, he was expelled from the Green Mountain Sect, and today, his father was stripped of his position as clan leader. This was no coincidence; the four elders must have planned this long ago.

"Go back? You won't see your father again! Your father is imprisoned in the Feilu Heavenly Prison," Gu Feilong said coldly. "For such a stubborn old man, this is the only way to make him see reason. Think carefully, or your fate will be no better than his."

"You... you actually colluded with the Feilu family, acting in concert?" Gu Yun's face turned pale.

As a disciple of the Gu family, he knew well the centuries-old enmity between the Gu family and the Feilu family. The two families had fought many times, each suffering losses, and their enmity was irreconcilable.

The Feilu Heavenly Prison is where the Feilu family specifically imprisons members of the Gu family. It is said to be a death cell from which there is no return, and the suffering inside is beyond what ordinary people can imagine.

With his father's strength at the Ninth Rank of Spirit Power and his position as clan leader, unless he was ambushed, how could he fall into the hands of the Feilu family?

As the clan leader, even if his father is no longer the clan leader, he is still one of the four elders of the Gu family. If he is imprisoned by the Feilu family, the Gu family will fight to the death, sparing no effort.

From Gu Feilong's expression, it was clear he had no intention of rescuing his father; he seemed to be pleased with the situation.

"Gu Feilong, you are a lackey of the Feilu family, framing my father!" Gu Yun finally understood.

"Your father made a mistake and deserved punishment. Our Gu family is declining, and you, a waste, have been expelled from the Green Mountain Sect. If we don't send your father to the Feilu family to take the blame, the entire Gu family will be destroyed!" Gu Feilong showed no shame.

"I was expelled from the sect yesterday, and the Gu family is a hundred miles away. Your actions were truly swift!" Gu Yun said coldly. If the four elders had not prepared in advance, it would not have been so easy to subdue his father, likely taking at least a year or two of planning.

Those who supported his father and were loyal to him were probably imprisoned or sent to the Feilu Heavenly Prison.

The Gu family has changed!

"Gu Yun, think carefully. This is your last chance."

"Gu Feilong, you have a good plan. You sent my father to the Feilu Heavenly Prison. Don't you want to eliminate all traces? If I return to the Gu family, I will only meet my death!" Gu Yun's eyes turned red. "One day, I will make you and the entire Gu family regret it, and you will pay with blood!"

"It seems you still don't know your place!" Gu Feilong snorted. "Even if you don't leave voluntarily, once Gu Ming passes the Green Mountain Sect's disciple examination, you will be expelled from the Green Mountain Sect. Don't regret it then!"

Gu Yun clenched his fists, his nails almost embedding into his flesh, causing excruciating pain.

There was no other way now; he could only work hard to cultivate. Only by doing so could he save his father and the loyal members of the clan.

Not long after Gu Feilong left, a thin, small figure slipped into Gu Yun's room.

"Little Monkey, why are you here?" Gu Yun's face showed surprise. He was now just a servant and had offended Liu Tianbing, so many people were avoiding him. Why would someone come in such a hurry?

"Senior Brother Gu, something terrible has happened. I heard that Liu Tianbing has registered you for the disciple examination," the thin, small youth said angrily. "Liu Tianbing is outrageous. It's one thing to assign you to work in the medicinal garden, but to make you take the examination is clearly malicious!"

Gu Yun naturally understood the underlying issues.

The Green Mountain Sect's disciple examination is relatively simple, led by a core disciple and several entry-level disciples. As long as you pass their simple test, you can become an entry-level disciple.

However, there is an unwritten rule: if a Green Mountain Sect disciple accidentally injures or kills you during the examination, you are out of luck.

Over the past hundred years, there have been a few cases of injuries or deaths during the examination, and they were usually left unresolved.

If Gu Yun took the examination, he would certainly receive special treatment!

"Senior Brother Gu, it's just a cultivation room. These people will do anything! You must not take the examination!" the thin, small youth said anxiously.

If it weren't for the appearance of the Golden Yuan Ancient God, Gu Yun would have been on a dead-end path. If he took the examination, he would almost certainly die. If he didn't take it, it would be disrespectful to the Green Mountain Sect, and he would still be expelled.

But now, Gu Yun knew what he had to do.

"They have arranged everything for me, saving me the trouble of going!" Gu Yun patted the thin, small youth's shoulder. "Don't worry, I have confidence!"

Gu Yun took a deep breath, but there was no trace of confusion or hesitation in his eyes.