Sheltered from Wind and Rain but Deprived of Sunlight

The nine men of the Gu clan walked in, feeling somewhat uncomfortable.

Originally, they had not wanted to share an elevator with Feng Tengyun.

However, the man had actively held the door open for them.

This made it rather difficult for them to refuse.

Otherwise, it would have been very awkward.

Gu Chen, a more talkative elder of the Gu clan, asked with a smile,

"Which floor did Mr. Feng come down from?"

Feng Tengyun replied indifferently,

"There were some things I couldn't figure out, so I went to the rooftop to get some fresh air."

Gu Chen asked curiously,

"What is it that Mr. Feng can't figure out? Perhaps we could clear up your confusion?"

Feng Tengyun nodded and said,

"It is exactly a problem regarding the Gu clan. Only you can resolve my doubts."

His words immediately caught the attention of the nine men.

Gu Yang was the first who couldn't help but ask,

"What problem about the Gu clan?"

Feng Tengyun remained expressionless and said evenly,

"I don't understand. The Gu clan went through untold hardships to finally free yourselves from the Kunlun Mountains."

"Yet now, you are imprisoned within the Sacred Capital of Great Xia."

"If things continue like this, is there any difference from your never having left Kunlun at all?"

Feng Tengyun's words instantly hit the Gu clan's sore spot.

The expressions of the nine men in the elevator turned rather unpleasant.

The current situation was completely different from the absolute rulership they had initially envisioned.

To better protect their people.

They had all gathered together in one place.

They were terrified of being harmed by those escaped Martial Saints or by people who harbored hatred for the Gu clan.

From the very beginning, the Gu clan had never ruled the world; they had merely passed through a few cities in Great Xia.

However, that wasn't all.

Feng Tengyun continued,

"Nine years ago, when I first met you."

"The young talents of the Gu clan were all forging ahead with fierce determination. Compared to outsiders, they were all martial arts geniuses."

"But now, looking at the youth of the Gu clan, I cannot see a single trace of drive."

"I wonder if you have noticed this?"

This sentence once again poked at the Gu clan's painful spot.

Of course, these elders of the Gu clan had noticed.

Let alone the younger disciples, even some of the sixty or seventy-year-old clan members were addicted to a life of luxury and dissipation.

They had even implemented measures and rules to counter this.

They had even punished some of the more excessive clan members.

However, these people were like possessed demons.

No matter how they were disciplined, there were always those who secretly continued to indulge themselves.

Ultimately, Gu Chen broke the silence.

"What brilliant insight does Mr. Feng have?"

Feng Tengyun asked in return,

"Why do you think things have turned out this way?"

The other eight listened silently, constantly reflecting inward.

Only Gu Chen replied,

"Because there are too many novelties in this world that we have never encountered before."

"These youngsters are just being playful for the time being."

Feng Tengyun nodded, agreeing with Gu Chen's explanation.

"Indeed! That is certainly the reason."

After acknowledging the other party, he shared his own thoughts.

"However, from my perspective as an outsider."

"The biggest reason is the massive difference between your survival laws and those of the outside world."

"In our wealthy and powerful families, even if you are the patriarch's own son, if your martial arts talent is poor, you will get nothing."

"But your young people, regardless of whether they practice martial arts or not, can get everything they want."

"Since that is the case, why not just enjoy life?"

Feng Tengyun's words plunged the Gu clan members into silence once more.

This time, even Gu Chen didn't know what to say.

They had indeed noticed this.

The current youth of the Gu clan were completely different from when they were in the Kunlun Mountains.

Back in Kunlun, their greatest entertainment.

Was sparring with one another, competing to see whose martial arts ranked higher within the tribe.

But now, these young people had far too many things to do.

These old men couldn't understand it anymore.

For example, little kids wouldn't practice martial arts, instead holding their phones all day, showing off to others how many stars they had reached in their ranked mobile games.

They had absolutely no idea what was so worth showing off about that.

Then there were many girls in the clan who hired heavily made-up male celebrities as their secretaries.

They were even more baffled as to how Gu clan women could like the kind of men who made them feel slightly uncomfortable just looking at them.

There were even young men of the clan secretly keeping a bevy of blonde, blue-eyed foreigners.

These old men of the Gu clan found it even more incomprehensible.

The root cause was very simple, just as Feng Tengyun had said.

No matter what the younger generation of the Gu clan wanted, the outsiders didn't dare refuse them.

Just as the Gu clan members were deep in thought.

The elevator doors suddenly opened.

Feng Tengyun said flatly,

"This is my stop!"

But before stepping out, he looked at Gu Yang and said,

"A towering tree can shelter saplings from the wind and rain, but it also blocks them from seeing the light of day."

"I've always wondered, the world is so big, and the Gu clan has so many Martial Saints."

"Why not dispatch a few Martial Saints to take these youngsters out to explore the world?"

Gu Yang stood there, speechless.

After the elevator doors slowly closed, it took a long time for the several men to recover their wits.

Only after a long while did a more cautious Gu clan elder say,

"We cannot fully trust this man's words. He is an outsider, after all."

Another elder nodded and said,

"Indeed, and I feel this person harbors no good intentions."

Gu Yang let out a defeated sigh.

"Regardless of his intentions, we cannot deny that he speaks the truth."

"Our goal was to rule the world, not cower in a single city."

"Otherwise, if this continues, the younger generation of our Gu clan will truly be ruined."

"I really am not fit to be the patriarch, letting the Gu clan fall into such a state today."

"If only the old patriarch or Mr. Bowen hadn't died."

Gu Yang's words immediately earned the agreement of one elder.

"These young people are becoming more and more outrageous."

"Just a few days ago, my great-great-grandson publicly defiled a girl from outside the clan, and there were actually other young men and women from our clan watching the scene."

"I was absolutely furious! I broke his legs on the spot!"

"If it weren't for the clan rules forbidding the killing of fellow clan members, I would have almost killed that animal."

As the elder spoke, he clenched his fists.

The veins on his forehead bulged.

Gu Chen also sighed and said,

"A while ago, two people in the clan almost fought to the death over gambling debts because one lost a Vermilion Fruit and refused to hand it over. The ordinary outsiders caught in the crossfire numbered in the hundreds dead."

"And just yesterday, two young girls in the clan fought over some male internet celebrity. In order to stop the other from having him, they tore off the man's manhood right on the spot."

"Recently, there are even a few shameless seventy or eighty-year-olds who contracted venereal diseases and had the nerve to ask me for Vermilion Fruits to cure it. Sigh!"

The several people present couldn't help but sigh heavily.

In the very beginning, everything in the Gu clan had been fine; they were merely curious about this unfamiliar world.

At most, they would drive excavators or big trains for fun.

But in just nine short years, the changes in the Gu clan had completely exceeded their understanding.

Various events that overturned their worldview emerged one after another.

Gu Yang finally said,

"The Gu clan must find a way to make a change."

"Otherwise, after us old bones die, a great disaster will surely befall the Gu clan."