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Patriarch Chu Zhongyun only cares about the major events in the family, and spends the rest of his time practicing. Therefore, he handles all the affairs of the Chu family, big or small, which invisibly enhances his prestige and influence in the family.

It is precisely because of his current status that Chu Hongwei is arrogant and conceited, and is full of confidence in the election for the position of successor.

However, the second elder himself knows very well that although his power seems to be great, this is under the premise that the patriarch and the elder do not express their opinions. If the two express their opinions at the same time, then his power will be directly reduced by more than half.

What's more, there is an ancestor behind the Chu family. If the ancestor speaks, let alone him, even the patriarch and the elder cannot object.

It is precisely because of the understanding of various family inside stories that the second elder has given up the idea of ​​letting Chu Hongwei compete for the successor. However, in order to be busy with the ceremony of worshiping ancestors during this period, he forgot to remind Chu Hongwei in advance to let him give up the idea of ​​competition and lower his posture to make friends with Chu Zhongtian.

Alas! Seeing the angry and unwilling look in his son's eyes, the second elder couldn't help but sigh in his heart. At the same time, he also decided to let his son apologize to Chu Zhongtian afterwards.

"Fellow clansmen, don't leave for the time being. I have another very important thing to announce." Seeing that everyone in the square was about to leave after he announced the end of the ceremony, he hurriedly reminded them.

"Fellow clansmen, I, Chu Tianyun, have been the clan leader for twelve years. In these twelve years, I dare not say how much glory I have achieved with the Chu family, but as for not letting the Chu family fall." He first evaluated himself and gave everyone time to think.

When everyone had almost digested it, Chu Tianyun continued: "At this time, the development of the family has reached a critical period. In order to make the family more cohesive and to be able to radiate strong power at once, after discussing with the elders, I decided to announce the family heir in advance!"

As Chu Tianyun's voice fell, the people in the entire square suddenly roared. According to the tradition of the Chu family, the time to choose the heir is generally five years before the clan leader is about to abdicate.

Chu Tianyun also came this way, using five years to train a successor so that he can smoothly take over as the patriarch.

In the hundreds of years of inheritance of the Chu family, the patriarch has only selected a successor in advance once. That was three hundred years ago when the current patriarch of the Chu family died of an accident and had no choice but to choose a successor in advance.

Did Chu Tianyun have an accident?

But seeing Chu Tianyun's red face at this time, let alone saying that he will die soon, it is not an exaggeration to say that he will live a hundred years. Since he has not had any accidents, how could he violate the family's hundreds of years of agreement and select a successor in advance?

Among the people present, except for a few people who knew the news in advance, the rest of the people had an incredible expression, and even a few older clansmen began to interrogate their direct descendants, asking them what happened.

Chu Tianyun had long anticipated the shocked reaction of the people in the square, and in fact, he himself did not expect to choose a successor in advance. Because in the hundreds of years of inheritance of the Chu family, there are also patriarchs who continue to serve as patriarchs after breaking through the Qi transformation period, and even for more than ten years.

This time, it was the ancestor's intention to select the successor in advance, and Chu Tianyun could not disobey it. Moreover, the ancestor directly designated Chu Zhongtian as the successor, which surprised Chu Tianyun, but he also accepted it willingly.

"Grand Elder, you will announce the successor next!" Seeing that everyone was in high spirits, Chu Tianyun stepped back and let the respected Grand Elder announce the name of the successor.

"Cough...!" Seeing the mess below, the Grand Elder frowned and coughed hard a few times.

After everyone quieted down, the elder announced: "After the discussion between the clan leader and all our inner clan elders, the final candidate for the successor is...!"

At this point, the elder paused and glanced at the clan members below, then said: "Chu Zhongtian!"

"Impossible!"

"How could it be him?"

"Great, Master Tian finally became the young clan leader!"

"Is there no one left in the family? How could they choose a young boy who is still wet behind the ears to be the young clan leader!"

"I don't accept it!"

After the elder announced that the successor was Chu Zhongtian, the people in the square suddenly seemed to explode. There were voices of opposition, voices of approval, voices of doubt, and at the same time, there was a voice that didn't care.

Among them, those who supported Chu Zhongtian to become the young clan leader were the younger generation of Chu family members, those who opposed Chu Zhongtian to become the young clan leader were the younger generation, and as for the doubting voices, they came from the middle-aged generation.

The elder and Chu Tianyun had already considered the reactions of the crowd, so they were not in a hurry and let the disputes and perhaps noises below.

"I don't accept it!" Seeing that the clan leader and many elders did not explain why they chose Chu Zhongtian as the young clan leader, Chu Hongwei took a few steps forward and objected fiercely.

"Why don't you accept it? What do you want to accept? How dare you not accept it?" Seeing that the person who took the lead in opposing was actually the only son of the second elder, the eldest elder frowned and asked three questions in a bad tone. At the same time, he cast a doubtful and questioning look at the second elder.

Because the decision to choose Chu Zhongtian as the young patriarch was discussed by the patriarch and their eleven inner patriarchs, the second elder voted in favor at that time, why did his son jump out to oppose it at this time.

Facing the unhappy look of the first elder, the second elder could not explain, he could only smile helplessly, and then lowered his head.

"First elder, why am I not convinced, why am I not convinced, how dare I not be convinced, then I will explain to you why I am not convinced." At this time, it was related to his own future and fate, Chu Hongwei was willing to go all out, and said in a fierce tone.

"Why not? In terms of strength, I am already at the peak of the third level of the body refining stage. At most, in three months, I can break through the fourth level of the body refining stage. And Chu Zhongtian, he is only the sixth level of the Qi refining stage now, how can he surpass me?"

Chu Hongwei's first explanation immediately won the support of many people, because they also felt that Chu Zhongtian's cultivation was too low. If it was spread that the heir of the Chu family was just a young man in the Qi refining stage, it would probably damage the prestige of the Chu family.

"Why not? I am a direct descendant of the Chu family. My father is the powerful second elder with an extremely noble status. And Chu Zhongtian is just a descendant of a branch of the family and an orphan without a father or a mother. How can he surpass me?"