According to the rules of the Cui Clan, the new Patriarch would only be selected before all the clansmen of the Cui Clan once the Ancestral Worship Ceremony was completed.

But now, the Ancestral Worship Ceremony hadn’t even begun, yet Cui Fangjun was unable to maintain his composure and spoke bluntly about succeeding the position of Patriarch and commanding the entire Cui Clan. Such a scene caused everyone present here to be slightly stunned and fall into silence.

Exactly what has occurred to actually make Second Elder Cui Fangjun act in advance?

Suspicion arose in the hearts of everyone because they were clearly aware that the position of Patriarch would be established after the Ancestral Worship Ceremony today. Moreover, the position of Patriarch would most probably be occupied by Cui Fangjun.

Even though it seemed abrupt to be done in advance, if it was combined with the scene of Cui Lengzhong and the others leaving earlier, it caused this string of incidents to seem unusual.

Some sort of unexpected event has surely occurred!

As for what sort of unexpected event it was, everyone was unable to determine it.

The atmosphere was very oppressive and calm, and no one put forward any questions. The corners of Cui Fangjun’s mouth couldn’t help but be suffused with a wisp of an imperceptible smile that vanished in a flash when he saw...