Demonic Dao Fanfiction: Protecting You from Worries for a Lifetime

In the small courtyard of Chuchen Mountain, Chaoyang sat quietly in the study, his eyes falling on the visiting card on the table - it was a visiting card from the Lan family to attend school.

Even though he had retreated into seclusion deep in the mountains and ancient forests, the blue invitation seemed to be persistently seeking him out. He thought to himself, if I had known this, I wouldn't have been so ostentatious when I was out exorcising evil spirits. Who could have foreseen that the Lan Clan would actually send invitations to independent cultivators?

Mentioning the Lan family, his mind immediately conjured up the image of Lan Wangji, the cold and indifferent second son of the Lan family who rarely smiled. He felt unhappy at the thought of him abducting Ah Ying, whom he had carefully cared for.

Chaoyang sighed softly, set the visiting card aside, and looked out the window. The scenery of Chuchen Mountain was picturesque, with lush green hills and shrouded clouds and mist, as if he were in a fairyland. However, his thoughts drifted to the distant Gusu Lan family.

How annoying! ! ! !

Deep down, Chaoyang does feel... well, disgusted with the Lan family!

That’s right, it’s just disgusting!

Chaoyang couldn't help but complain!

! ! ! !

A prominent family, after so many generations, doesn't have an effective method for cultivating successors? Looking at the kind of family heads they've cultivated, how can someone like Lan Qingheng and Lan Xichen even be considered a family head? Are they truly not afraid of chaos?! Chaoyang grumbled inwardly.

They couldn't even manage their own family properly, yet they still claimed to be a sect that could educate the immortals. Chaoyang couldn't help but laugh when he thought of this. This was simply a huge joke.

Lan An, the first head of the Lan family, was originally a monk. Although born in Kāla, he left the secular world, married, and founded the family. However, it would be rash to attribute the family's founding and growth to the compassion of Buddhism. After all, even within Buddhism are wrathful vajras.

Yet, Lan An's descendant, Lan Qiren, seems to have forgotten his family motto, "No comment without knowing the full story," yet he vividly remembers his own rule, "No more than three bowls of rice." Is this a betrayal of his ancestors' teachings, or a forgetting of his family's roots? Chaoyang pondered.

As for the third-generation head of the family, Lan Yi, this female head who rose to power with an iron fist was indeed extraordinary. However, perhaps because she occupied power traditionally reserved for men, her role was considered taboo within the family, and was only mentioned briefly.

But Lan Yi created the String Killing Technique, and the Lan family members learned it extremely well, practically eating their meals while they put them down and cursing their mothers. Chao Yang couldn't stand it any more. If it were him, he would have given those ungrateful guys a good beating long ago.

Especially Lan Qingheng, the current head of the Lan family. In Chaoyang's mind, he is undoubtedly the most failed, no doubt about it.

As a man and a spouse, he seemed irresponsible and useless. As the leader of the clan, he failed to fulfill his responsibilities, failing again. As a father, he failed to properly educate his children, and his behavior even became a model for the wrong kind of life. His life seemed to be a life of escape, a recurring cycle of seclusion. He disrupted his wife's life, leading to her death. And of his sons, one appeared "foolish" due to his emotional insufficiency, while another, deeply entangled in love, nearly followed his lover to his death. He was a complete loser among losers.

As a clan leader, he couldn't protect his beloved, only imprisoning her in a "cage" and occasionally expressing hypocritical affection with "I still love you." After nurturing a new life, he chose to ignore it? It's truly outrageous, such despicable behavior, it makes me want to beat him up!

Such a person was actually hailed as "Qingheng Jun". How could he have ever truly embodied the meaning of the word "Jun"? This was simply a blasphemy against the word itself.

Some even plausibly accuse others of being "stubbornly immoral" and "putting the cart before the horse." Yet, how can one's own actions embody nobility and justice? He forcibly separated a newborn child from its mother, constantly accusing the mother of being a "sinner"? Do you consider it an honor to have a young master and direct descendant who was born a "sinner"?

The Lan family has many disciples, a sect leader, and an elder in charge of punishment, but they don’t even have the courage and strategy to send people to investigate?

Perhaps they knew deep down that what the Lan family did was wrong, but they just wanted to save face by bullying the woman because she had no background and had to swallow the bitter pill!?

And Lan Xichen, how much do you desire recognition that you don’t even trust your own brother, but instead believe in a sworn “brother”?

Could it be that he was also like his uncle, bound by three thousand "don'ts" and lost his mind?

A family so flawed, yet you're so proud of it. I wonder what you, Lan Xichen, are so proud of? What about calling yourself a noble family? Chaoyang even dares to ask: Is Lan An's coffin still secure?

He really didn't want to have contact with the Lan family, but he had to.

Thinking of these people, Chaoyang suddenly realized that Lan Wangji seemed to be quite good. At least in the Lan family, Lan Wangji formed a sharp contrast with the other members of the Lan family.

Chaoyang shook his head gently, pulling his thoughts away from the turmoil of the Lan family. He stood up, walked to the window, took a deep breath of fresh air, and tried to calm himself down.

"Forget it, forget it," he said to himself, "Let the Lan family's affairs go. Why should I worry about these trivial matters? However, I still need to think carefully about Aying's future."

Chaoyang returned to his desk, picked up the invitation to the Lan family's study program, and examined it carefully. Although he held many grievances against the Lan family, Chaoyang knew that Ah Ying's future depended on the Lan family. Forget it, let Ah Ying and the others attend the Lan family's study program.

He gently stroked the blue pattern on the visiting card, a complex wave of emotions welling up in his heart. This time, Ah Ying would be kidnapped. He hoped the Lan family wouldn't let him down this time. Otherwise, he would settle all the old and new scores.

He sighed softly and put away the visiting card. After Aying and the others came out of the secret realm, he could start preparing for the trip.