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"Father, tell me."
After hearing Wang Lixing's words, Wang Lequan puffed up his chest subconsciously and responded seriously.
"Um……"
Wang Lixing, who was about to speak, was a little hesitant when the words came to his lips. He didn't know how to talk about it. After all, this matter is not a trivial matter...
After pondering for a while, Wang Lixing stood up slowly, came to the pavilion and looked into the distance with his hands behind his back. His eyes seemed to penetrate the surrounding clouds and mist to gaze at the entire Crab Island, in a daze...
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"Lequan, my father wants you to take over as the family patriarch."
After a while, Wang Lixing's expression was slightly forlorn, and he said this calmly and softly.
It was just a sentence, but to Wang Lequan it sounded like a thunderbolt!
Wang Lequan suddenly heard Wang Lixing's words and was stunned for a moment without reacting. After regaining consciousness, he stood up from the stone bench in shock.
He walked quickly behind Wang Lixing, bowed deeply, and said nervously:
"Father, don't you still have decades to live? Why do you want to abdicate now? Has something happened?"
"Furthermore, father, as the pillar of the family, the family cannot live without you. Please think again, father!"
Wang Lequan finished speaking quickly without getting up. He kept bowing and saluted, and stood behind Wang Lixing.
Wang Lixing turned around and looked at Wang Lequan, raised his hand to help Wang Lequan, met his eyes and said with a chuckle:
"Don't be nervous. My father still has more than forty years to live, so nothing will happen for now."
"Then why does father have such thoughts?"
Wang Lequan then asked, this matter is very important to the entire family.
"Lequan, do you know how many years your father has been the clan leader?" Wang Lixing did not directly answer Wang Lequan's question. He turned around and continued to look into the distance and asked softly.
"If I remember correctly, it's been more than 170 years." Although he was curious about why his father suddenly asked about this, Wang Lequan replied without thinking.
"Oh, you remember clearly, yes, it has been one hundred and seventy-eight years since my father took over the position of clan leader from Patriarch Xianying at the age of thirty-nine."
Wang Lixing chuckled, and then said with emotion.
"In the past one hundred and seventy-eight years, my father has come a long way. When I first took over, the family was in turmoil and faced internal and external troubles. My father had to be cautious and walk on thin ice."
"To this day..., as a father, I think that I am quite competent in my role as the leader of the clan, and I have lived up to the great trust placed in me by Patriarch Xianying and the expectations of my family ancestors."
Hearing his father's self-narration, Wang Lequan couldn't help but blush slightly, because he understood that to lead the family to this point, his father's sacrifices were definitely beyond what outsiders could imagine.
At the same time, I can’t help but feel proud of having such a father!
"It's just...," Wang Lixing paused.
"My father was able to fulfill only one of the dying teachings of ancestor Xian Ying, which ensured the inheritance of the family. However, my father has been unable to fulfill the other."
"Father, what is it that makes you so upset?" Wang Lequan asked after hearing this.
"Golden elixir!" Wang Lixing said softly.
"Since Patriarch Qingyun, no member of my Wang clan has been able to break through the Golden Core Realm. This is something that generations of ancestors have never forgotten before they passed away."
"Father, doesn't the family have Shi'an? With his Tianlinggen qualifications and the family's assistance, there is at least a 70-80% chance of breaking through the golden elixir. Father does not need to worry about this moment."
After listening to his father's story, Wang Lequan felt relieved and then responded calmly.
"That's why my father had this idea."
"Father, why is this?" Wang Lequan asked puzzledly.
