First was the grievous news of their Patriarch's death. The second was that Gu Chen had returned safely and the last was that the Judicial Office's people had helped the Gu Family fight back against some mysterious attackers.
Each of these news was worse than the other.
Now that they have lost their Patriarch, the only Bone Tempering realm cultivator in the family, they would have to leave the Red City.
Despite this, they could stay calm by telling themselves that all was not lost and they could produce another Bone Tempering realm cultivator in future and return.
However, now that Gu Chen had reached the Bone Tempering realm and was quite strong in it, given the bad blood between them, he would surely attack and destroy them the moment they left the city.
They could have tried to find help but now that the Judicial Officer was clearly favouring the Gu Family, the chances of them finding someone willing to help them by going against the Gu family had fallen sharply.
