Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 1336 Becoming The Patriarch

"Of course there were other powerful masters in our clan,” Gatlin said. "The Chu Clan was at its peakback then. It had enough power to compete with the Ancestral Land. The clan was home to manypowerful warriors. There were more than twenty-seven warriors who had reached the Deputy GodRealm, and there were several hundred people who had reached the top level of the Superior GodRealm. I'm not exaggerating when I say that the Chu Clan was the strongest human force in thePrimitive Wilderness.”

Darren was shocked to learn that.

Was the Chu Clan really so powerful in the past? There were twenty seven warriors at the DeputyGod Realm! It sounded too good to be true.

However, Darren felt even more confused. How had the Chu Clan gotten so much power but only tolose it all in the end?

"They had so many powerful masters guarding the clan. What on earth had caused the Chu Clansdemise?"

"War," Gatlin said, his voice grim.

"War?"

"Yes." Gatlin nodded. "Seven thousand years after the ancestor died, an internal war broke out in theChu Clan. It lasted four thousand years. In the end, seven warriors at the Deputy God Realmperished, and the Chu Clan was divided into three branches.

And, that's not the worst. When the Chu Clan became weaker, the top masters of the other eightregions united to fight against it. Their reason was that the Chu Clan had disturbed the natural orderof things in the human race and deserved to pay. The Chu Clan members fought valiantly, andfinally drove the enemies away. However, the Chu Clan became even weaker.”

Darren was lost in thought. The battle must have been incredibly fierce.

"Gatlin, why did the powerful warriors of the other eight regions attack the Chu Clan? Humans areweak in the Primitive Wilderness, so what they needed the most was unity. Their fighting wasmeaningless! Didn't the Ancestral Land interfere?” Darren exclaimed indignantly.

"It's not as simple as you think. When I began to understand the things of the world, the Chu Clanwas already on the verge of collapse. The things I know now, I learned them from the seventhpatriarch of the clan. He said that the powerful cultivators of the eight regions launched an attackon Chu Clan under the Ancestral Land's orders. It was said that they were fighting for somethingimportant,” Gatlin said.

A war wouldn't break out for no reason. Darren was certain that there was a good explanation forthe war.

"Did the Chu Clan really fall after that?" Darren asked, sighing.

"Not yet. Only after the strong cultivators of the eight regions were defeated did the Ancestral Landshow up and declare that the two sides could not ever fight again. If they did, they would be put todeath. The trouble did not end there. You know that the human race is the most insignificant race inthe Primitive Wilderness.

The Chu Clan was only peaceful for a short time after the Ancestral Land interfered. After a decade,the flaming fiend race, whose territory was close to that of the Chu Clan's, sent their most powerfulwarriors to slaughter the members of the Chu Clan.

The Ancestral Land and the other regions didn't do their best to help them stop the invasion of theforeign race. The invasion had lasted for three thousand years. Only six of the deputy gods in theChu Clan survived, and they scattered in the three branches.

At that time, the Chu Clan was on the verge of collapse. The members of the clan had no choice butto flee and go into hiding to survive.

It wasn't easy for them to escape, either. Many other clans wanted to destroy them and take theirtreasures for themselves, so they were always hot on the Chu Clan's heels.

The remaining members of the Chu Clan had no choice but to scatter. Some even had to go into theabysses to save their lives. Tens of thousands of years later, they all disappeared. No one has seenthem since.”

The story of the Chu Clan was one of triumph and glory, but it was also one of hardship andsuffering. Gatlin only narrated it briefly so that Darren could have a general idea of what hadhappened in the past in the shortest time.

Darren's heart sank at Gatlin's story. He could feel the weight of the pain and injustice that they hadgone through, and it was like a knife piercing through his heart.

"Gatlin, who are my parents?” This was a question Darren had always wanted to know the answer to."I cannot help you with this, I'm sorry. However, I remember you saying that you have been sent toone of the mortal worlds. I heard from the patriarch that the children of the twenty-seven deputygods were sent to the mortal worlds randomly. I am certain your father was one of the twenty-sevendeputy gods.”

Darren felt relieved. This piece of information narrowed down his search for his parents by a lot.

His father might have been one of the twenty seven deputy gods of the Chu Clan. Any one of thosemen could have been his father. Darren simply needed to replace out who they were.

Unfortunately, Gatlin had also said that only six of the deputy gods survived after the war. And noone knew what happened to them later. There was a very big chance that Darren's father was nolonger alive.

Realizing this, Darren felt his heart sink even more.

"Alas," Darren sighed.

"Young master, don't feel discouraged. Maybe your parents are hiding in one of the abysses,” Gatlinsaid in a comforting tone.

"I hope so."

"Young master, it is a blessing from God that I met you during this time. From now on, I will followyou. I will devote my life to you, and I will do everything in my power to make sure that the ChuClan is brought back to its former glory,” Gatlin said, bowing to him.

"Ha!" Darren chuckled. "Gatlin, my cultivation base is still very weak. Reviving the Chu Clan isbeyond my reach. Let's let bygones be bygones. I need to go my own way."

"Young master!" Gatlin raised his head, tears streaming down his cheeks. His face was contorted intoa mask of pain and confusion.

"Young master, you are a direct descendant of the Chu Clan. You should be the patriarch of the ChuClan," Gatlin said, his voice pleading

"The Chu Clan has already been erased from history. What's more, there should also be deputy godsor warriors at the top level of the Superior God Realm in the abysses. I am just a junior. I do notdeserve to be the patriarch,” Darren said, a bitter smile on his face.

Gatlin had searched in the human race in the Primitive Wilderness for a direct descendant of theChu Clan for so many years. However, he could not replace anyone—that was, until the day he metDarren. But Darren simply thought it was meaningless to be a nominal patriarch.

"Young master, I had followed the old patriarch for many years. He told me that if I met a directdescendant of the Chu Clan, I have to make sure that he takes the position of the patriarch. Thatwas his last wish. You must agree to it!"

Darren felt helpless. He looked straight into Gatlin's eyes and saw that they were full of hope andpleading. He knew that he could not say no.

"Well, if you'd like, you can consider me as the patriarch of the Chu Clan..." Darren just wanted tofulfill Gatlin's request.

"Good! This is good! Greetings, patriarch!" Gatlin knelt on the ground and bowed his head.

"Stand up please, Gatlin."

Gatlin hurriedly stood up and dashed off into the secret room. Darren could hear him looking forsomething.

A moment later, he walked back out. In his hand was a long sword. It looked old and it was coveredin rust.

"Patriarch Darren, take this sword. Just put a drop of your blood on its hilt, and you will become itsmaster," Gatlin said, handing the sword to Darren.

"What is this?"

"This is one of the three divine weapons of our Chu Clan. It is also the patriarch's status symbol.”"Oh." Darren took a deep breath and took the sword from Gatlin. He put a small cut on his fingerand squeezed out a drop of bright, red blood essence.

When Darren's blood essence infiltrated the sword, it bonded him with the sword. However, nothingelse happened.

Boom!

Suddenly, a deafening sound rang out and sent shockwaves through the ground.

"What?"

Darren could feel an enormous amount of pressure coming from outside.

'Did a chief god detect me again?’

Darren immediately activated the God Character to hide his aura. However, it didn't work.

The pressure outside was still there, and it seemed to be getting stronger.