My Wife Is The Leader Of A Demonic Cult

67  Chapter 67: The Hidden Secrets of the Nine Princely States

The light from the Earth Book gradually faded, and An Jing's thoughts finally returned.

Cultivation: First Grade

Life Fate: Favorable Star Shining (Rising)

Root Bone: Once in a hundred years

Martial Arts: Sword Drawing Skill, Hidden Sword Skill, Sword Control Technique, Nine-character Sword Technique, Soaring Nine Heavens Body Technique, Daluo Heart Method, Concealing Qi Technique, Hundred-step Flying Sword (Sixth Layer).

Prompt One: The host's Life Fate has yet to take root (remaining ten months); displaying martial arts must not reveal the host's identity, otherwise black fortune will be encountered.

Prompt Two: Within the Vilu Hall of the Fa Xi Temple, there is a blue fortune, and under the seal of the Buddha statue lies an unknown ancient object (a fragment of the Soul Suppressing Device).

Prompt Three: Under the seals of the Fa Xi Temple, there lies a blue fortune (a strand of nature's spiritual energy).

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An Jing clearly saw the four words following Favorable Star Shining, 'continuously rising.'

Previously, these words were not there.

Also, the five words following the ancient object, 'a fragment of the Soul Suppressing Device,' along with the newly mentioned blue fortune nature's spiritual energy.

"The Soul Suppressing Device must be something suppressing this nature's spiritual energy, but why would it suppress this nature's spiritual energy?" An Jing frowned slightly, starting to feel puzzled.

Nature's spiritual energy, he was naturally familiar with these words, as they were recorded in some ancient texts that when cultivation reached the Grandmaster level, one could absorb nature's spiritual energy for cultivation. However, like the essence of the sun and the moon, nature's spiritual energy was an extremely rare treasure, and only masters of the Grandmaster level could refine a little bit. Still, for a master of the Grandmaster level to refine a strand of nature's spiritual energy was extremely difficult and mentally draining.

What exactly is this sealed object?

And what was the dragon that was just seen?

An Jing felt very strange in his heart, as if a sudden mist had appeared before his eyes.

"Brother Zhou! Brother Zhou!"

Mu Xiaoyun woke An Jing, who was still deep in thought.

"What is it?" An Jing came back to his senses and asked.

With a charming glance at An Jing, Mu Xiaoyun said softly, "The ancient jade I gave to Brother Zhou, you must keep it safe."

That jade was given to her by Liu Qingshan. Although there was no profound love between them, it held a special meaning in Mu Xiaoyun's heart.

"Madam Liu, since this ancient jade is so precious to you, I might as well return it," An Jing said.

Taking out the ancient jade, he then threw it back to Mu Xiaoyun.

After all, since the ancient jade had refined his Root Bone, it was no longer of much use to him.

"Brother Zhou, you are..."

Jiang Sanjia looked at An Jing in surprise, wondering why Zhou Xianming, who had gone through so much trouble to obtain the ancient jade, would return it to Mu Xiaoyun. Was Zhou Xianming here to perform great deeds? Perhaps he could return the Bodhi Bead to me as well?

Impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

Zhou Xianming was too cunning and self-serving, never acting without a guarantee of profit; how could he possibly return what he had obtained?

The more Jiang Sanjia thought, the more he felt that something was off with the 'Brother Zhou' before him.

Confused, Mu Xiaoyun took the ancient jade and, after a glance, exclaimed, "Brother Zhou, have you refined the essence blood from the jade?"

"Indeed."

An Jing did not deny it.

"The essence blood inside this Ancient Jade is...?" Jiang Sanjia seemed to think of something.

"Brother Zhou, are you aware that this essence blood is from the Royal Family of the Great Zhou Dynasty, which cannot be refined by anyone who is not of the royal bloodline?"

Mu Xiaoyun said solemnly, placing great emphasis on the words 'Brother Zhou'.

Great Zhou Royal Family essence blood! Only those of the royal bloodline could refine the essence blood?

Upon hearing this, An Jing's eyebrows immediately furrowed.

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If he was able to refine the essence blood within the Ancient Jade, could it be that his ancestors were from the Great Zhou Royal Family? But wasn't the Royal Family of the Great Zhou surnamed Wu?

"I see."

Jiang Sanjia suddenly realized, "No wonder Zhou Xianming cared so much about that Ancient Jade, it turns out to be from a former royalty."

"He is not surnamed Wu," Mu Xiaoyun reminded from the side.

Everyone knows that the Great Zhou Dynasty was surnamed Wu.

"No, you are wrong."

Jiang Sanjia shook his head, "When the Great Zhou Dynasty fell apart, it faced extermination by the princes from all over. To prevent the rise of the Great Zhou Royal Family again, all those surnamed Wu were mercilessly killed. At that time, the descendants of the Great Zhou Royal Family, in order to escape the killings, frequently changed their appearances and naturally their surnames as well."

"Moreover, after more than six hundred years of rule, the bloodline of the Great Zhou Royal Family had already spread throughout the land of the Great Zhou. It was normal for a few of these orphaned descendants to escape. Now, nearly four hundred years have passed, and there is no longer a Great Zhou; even if there is a legitimate descendant of the Great Zhou in the world, what of it?"

Listening to Jiang Sanjia's words, An Jing was inwardly astounded. He had not expected his ancestors to be nobility of the Great Zhou Royal Family, who later might have changed their identities to avoid execution.

However, this royal nobility was not that remarkable. At that time, the Great Zhou practiced a feudal system, and after six hundred years of rule, many of the Wu surnames were associated with the Great Zhou Royal Family.

Nowadays, there might even be one or two people with the bloodline of the Great Zhou Royal Family walking on the street, just with a varying degree of dilution.

However, no matter what, the blood of the Great Zhou Dynasty's Royal Family flows in his veins, so was his ancestry also of significant origin?

It is very likely that he is a relative of the Great Zhou Dynasty's Royalty. Nôv(el)B\\jnn

For a moment, a strange expression appeared on An Jing's face.

"Why have I never heard of these pieces of information?" Mu Xiaoyun asked with furrowed brows.

"These belong to the secrets, naturally you wouldn't know, and the Mu Family is merely a martial arts family of two hundred years, with not much information preserved within the clan."

Jiang Sanjia said solemnly: "Do you know how powerful the Great Zhou was at that time? Even today's Zhao Country was a vassal state of Great Zhou. It was said that during that period, masters were as common as clouds in the Great Zhou, and even the Royal Family had Grandmasters of the Five Qi stage."

"A Grandmaster!?"

In Mu Xiaoyun's eyes flashed a hint of shock, he muttered, "How could such a powerful dynasty fall?"

Three Flowers Gathering at the Top is considered a master, and only reaching the stage of Five Qi Toward the Yuan qualifies one as a Grandmaster.

A Grandmaster, throughout the whole Great Yan and Zhao Country, there hasn't been a Grandmaster-range expert for three hundred years. Nowadays, the leading figure in the Great Yan Martial World, Xiao Qianqiu from the Zhenyi Sect of five hundred years, is also merely the most hopeful candidate to achieve the Grandmaster status.

But even such a hopeful for the Grandmaster status, stationed at Zhenyi Mountain, dominates the entire Jianghu. If he becomes a true Grandmaster, how frightening that would be.

Moreover, it is rumored that a Grandmaster can extend their life to three hundred years, fly through the sky, transcend the limits of human body, and even face thousands of troops as if walking on flat ground, the world is theirs to traverse.

"In this world, what dynasty ever lasts forever?" Jiang Sanjia sighed, "Even the Great Zhou Dynasty, as powerful as it was, was not it also destroyed?"

An Jing nodded, deeply agreeing with this statement, and then said, "Brother Sanjia, since you are a descendant of Ghost Valley and surely know many secrets, there has always been a question in my mind, I wonder if you could clear my doubts."

Jiang Sanjia nodded slightly: "Speak, and see if I know the answer."

An Jing revealed the doubt he harbored in his heart: "How was the Great Zhou Dynasty destroyed?"