Demonic Dao Fanfiction: Protecting You from Worries for a Lifetime

Chaoyang could only praise him humbly: "You are the real Lan family!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present lowered their heads and a heavy silence filled the air.

At this time, Chao Yang spoke again and asked, "Young Master Lan had enough time to store all the books in the library. This means the Lan family should have had a considerable amount of time to retreat to a safe place. So, why did the disciples suffer such heavy losses?"

An elder replied, "Because Wen Xu wanted to burn down the library, we had to confront the Wen family head-on. Later, a traitor appeared within the Lan family, and a disciple from another family named Su She led the Wen family members in, so..." As he spoke, his voice became smaller and smaller, as if he was embarrassed to continue.

Hearing this name, Chaoyang felt somewhat familiar. He thought about it carefully and suddenly remembered that this Su She was the disciple who was saved by Aying in the previous life but was not grateful and instead felt resentful, making Aying the scapegoat?

I wonder if Ah Ying can be saved in this life? And then there's the backstabbing in Xuanwu Cave! It seems like I need to send a message to Wei Ying.

Chaoyang took a deep breath and said, "As the old saying goes, 'As long as the green mountains remain, there's no need to worry about running out of firewood.' Even if you want to burn down the library, you can just rebuild it. Is your Lan family's reputation more important, or are the lives of those disciples unimportant? As long as they're alive, the Lan family's reputation can be restored. Without them, everything is gone. Furthermore, the enemy is already at the gates, yet you're still unwilling to retreat. Are you treating the Lan family like a dish to be shoveled to their throats?"

This was inappropriate. Lan Qiren stood up and sternly rebuked him, "Master Xuanyuan! This is our Lan family's internal affairs. We, the Lan family, will not allow outsiders to interfere! Moreover, as upright gentlemen, we behave properly. How could we have expected those despicable villains to commit such evil deeds?"

Chaoyang: "Gentleman! Gentleman! A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall! Lan Qiren, you always talk about the behavior of a gentleman. Have you done it yourself? Have you and your Lan family done it?"

Lan Qiren straightened his back and said firmly, "Why didn't I do it? Why didn't our Lan family do it? Our Lan family's three thousand rules strictly constrain every disciple. Who didn't abide by them? Who didn't do it?"

With a hint of sarcasm, Chaoyang said contemptuously, "Huh! How dare you say such things? Take you for example, you haven't done anything at all. As a teacher of the Lan family, the young master is still alive, yet you can use the name of filial piety to put pressure on the master and firmly grasp the power of the master in your hands. Is this what a gentleman does? If I am not mistaken, you don't hold any position in the Lan family, not even an elder, just a teacher. Yet you dare to sit in the first seat in the presence of outsiders. Is this what a gentleman does? What do you want to do? Seize power? And those three thousand family rules, can they really cultivate a gentleman? No, they don't. They are just suppressing the nature of young people and destroying their talents. You are not restraining them, you are destroying them, destroying the Lan family! You are turning the Lan family into a walking corpse, a soulless puppet."

Lan Qiren took two steps back and repeatedly defended himself, "I didn't! I never had such a thought!" He seemed flustered and looked anxiously at Lan Xichen and the elders in the room.

Chao Yang snorted coldly and retorted, "Even if you didn't say it, you did it. The Young Sect Master has returned, so why is the decision-making power still in your hands? Lan Qiren, you must understand that no matter whether you are an elder or an elder, even if the Sect Master is not here, you do not have the power to bypass the Young Sect Master and make decisions on the Lan family's affairs without authorization!"

Lan Qiren looked back on what he had done over the years, his face turned pale in an instant, and he muttered to himself: "I never expected it, never expected it." Lan Qiren was forced to do this, and he only wanted to protect the Lan family. He didn't expect that his actions would sideline his nephew.

Chaoyang's cold gaze swept across the elders below, and then he said in a cold voice: "Mr. Lan, since you are able to educate hundreds of immortal sects and call yourself a gentleman, then I have three questions for you!"

He held up a finger: "First, what does it mean that a gentleman is not an instrument?"

Extending the second finger: "Second, a gentleman should think nine times before

He extended his third finger: "One last question, what is a teacher?"

These three questions left Lan Qiren and the other Lan clan members present with a pallor of frustration. When had they put the cart before the horse, becoming no different from other aristocratic families?

Lan Qiren slumped down in his seat, his straight back bent, and he looked completely drained of energy.

“Senior Xuanyuan…” Lan Xichen couldn’t bear it and was about to plead for mercy, but Chaoyang’s sharp gaze forced him back.

"Now is not the time to assign blame. Your Lan family is facing several urgent issues. First, how should the disciples involved be handled? Second, how should the mountain protection restrictions in the Cloud Recesses be dealt with? In addition, how should your Lan family properly arrange the resettlement of the casualties? Does the Second Young Master Lan from Mount Qi need to send personnel for rescue? Finally, how will the Lan family operate next and whether it is necessary to initiate a reconstruction plan? These are all issues that your Lan family must consider." Although Chaoyang raised these questions to everyone in the room, his eyes were fixed on Lan Xichen.

After saying this, without waiting for anyone present to react, Chao Yang stood up, bowed, and apologized, "It was I who was rude today and interfered with your Lan family's affairs. I will not listen to what you have to say next. Farewell."

Chaoyang turned to leave, and the Lan clan members stared at each other, bewildered and at a loss. Lan Xichen, seeing this, was about to stand up to try to stop them, but Chaoyang interrupted him, saying, "I'm just an outsider. Interfering in the Lan clan's internal affairs today is overstepping my bounds. From now on, your Young Sect Master should handle this."

Chaoyang thought about his previous life.

Lan Qiren truly loves Lan Xichen and Lan Wangji, and has never thought of seizing power, but he lacks the scheming and means.

I feel both sympathy for Lan Qiren and disgust towards him!

Sympathy for him as the second son of the Lan family, bound by the family for his entire life, never married and had children, and lacked care. In the end, he became the target of public criticism, people accused him of being short-sighted, conservative, strict, old-fashioned, and cold-hearted.

Does Lan Qiren truly crave power? Is he truly willing to manage the Lan Clan without proper authority? In reality, Lan Xichen is merely being held back by his brother.

While his nephew Lan Xichen lacks ability and scheming, Lan Qiren is often blamed for his poor mentoring. Lan Zhan, punished with a disciplinary whip, is also seen as a sign of Lan Qiren's ruthlessness and scheming, suppressing him to help Lan Xichen seize power.

But who could Lan Qiren blame? The Lan family had trained him to be a punishment officer, an unreasonable and inhumane law enforcer, not a clan leader.

Ever since Qing Hengjun went into seclusion for cultivation, the Lan family's decision-making has gone off track and has become extremely wrong.

This is impartial, just the author's understanding of Lan Qiren in the book, please don't criticize!