Young Lady Lingxiu could not help blushing. She said bashfully, "I didn't know there was such an anecdote … but it sounds really mysterious and hard to imagine. It's been more than a dozen generations since the rise of the Shangguan Family in Yutang. Could it all originate from …"
"Your thinking is still too simple and naïve."
Old Mistress Shangguan sneered. "The first ancestor I mentioned is the first generation ancestor who established the Shangguan Family of Generals … Now, strictly speaking, you should be the one hundred and seventy-second descendant of the Shangguan Family of Generals! Your nephew, on the other hand, is the one hundred and seventy-third generation. Other than being a taboo and a cover, the so-called genealogy now only records the dozen or so generations of the Family of Generals since Yutang. "
"One … one hundred and seventy-three generations …" Shangguan Lingxiu was dizzy from the number, unable to think straight.
How long had it been since more than a hundred, almost two hundred generations of heritage?
Even if each generation only lasted for thirty years, would it not be more than five thousand years, almost six thousand years?
"Do you know why the Shangguan Family of Generals is revered by the world's warriors? The night sky is filled with stars, the Big Dipper is revered by the world's warriors! This saying doesn't only exist in Yutang's era! "
"Previously, Da Shang, Da Zhou, Da Zhao, Da Qin … Throughout the rise and fall of countless empires, the people of the Shangguan Family were all great generals of the country! It's just that as the dynasties rose and fell, the Shangguan Family would lie dormant for a period of time. "
"However, as long as the people of the Shangguan Family appeared on the battlefield, they had never lost an inch of land!"
"Being undefeatable and undefeatable is definitely not a legend that only appeared in the recent centuries. Among the one hundred and seventy-odd generations of the Shangguan Family of Generals, there are more than four hundred imperial marshals! As for the generals, there are more than a thousand of them. "
"How can the Shangguan Family of Generals' heritage be as little as what you see?"
Old Mistress Shangguan's voice was bleak but it was laced with an indescribable sense of pride.
Shangguan Lingxiu was rendered speechless by the series of new understandings.
"Alright, let's get back to the topic at hand." Old Mistress Shangguan said, "I'm going to light these three incense sticks now. If you're unwilling, say it now. "
"Why wouldn't I be?" Shangguan Lingxiu was surprised.
"Because this opportunity is not ordinary. Once the incense is lit, it will not be extinguished. With the arrival of the Immortals, your fate will change accordingly. In the future … perhaps you'll find that what you've been pursuing, what you've been chasing, has long been unable to catch up to you … at that time, perhaps there will be a new change in your heart. "
Old Mistress Shangguan looked at Shangguan Lingxiu lovingly. "Therefore, I'm giving you the right to choose your own destiny."
Shangguan Lingxiu, "Shangguan Lingxiu said," Shangguan Lingxiu Shangguan, "Lingxiu Shangguan bit her. What if I can't … Wouldn't it be a waste of this unparalleled immortal fate? "
"Said," Master, I'm is, "Mistress said," I "doesn't matter about. I."'t that I "I"'T I "I" s. I "Master, I, I" I to " In fact, I "ve wanted to light these three incense sticks since the first day I" ve received them. I think I "ve been patient enough to hold it in until now."
"Sigh, the burden of the Shangguan Family has been on your shoulders for so many years. Now, thanks to you, Supreme Cloud has resolved the predicament and Ziyou" s vengeance is about to be avenged. The family owes you too much. I don "t think it" s enough to compensate you with this! "
Shangguan Lingxiu said softly, "I wish to know the cause and effect of the incident, everything."
Old Mistress Shangguan was silent for a moment before saying, "Come with me."
There was a small door hidden in the corner of the ancestral hall where the Shangguan Family of Generals worshipped their ancestors. Shangguan Lingxiu had never seen it open before.
Today, however, the door was opened before her.
Shangguan Lingxiu would never have dreamt that such a small door could actually seal such a huge space. It was a huge space that could almost be called a warehouse!
The old mistress walked over with her back straight, her eyes looking straight ahead as she said in a low voice, "Here are all the biographies of our ancestors! As well as the weapons they used, the tools they cherished … "
Shangguan Lingxiu looked at everything before her like she was on a pilgrimage, her eyes welling up with tears.
As she walked through the large warehouse, she felt as if countless gazes were looking at her with calm and kind gazes.
They were the gazes of the ancestors.
A table came into view when she reached the end.
There was only a jade box on it.
The old woman opened the jade box and picked up a book. Underneath the book, there was another small jade box.
The old mistress opened the book and flipped to the back, stopping when she reached a certain page. There were a few lines of scribbled words.
"One day … on the way back to the army, there was a martial world feud. A plump man barged into the army in a panic. He was severely injured and unconscious, barely breathing. Feeling pity for him, I hid him and treated him. I later found out that his surname was Tang; his name was Tang Yifang. Seven days later, his injuries healed and he left after bidding farewell. "After the new year, a lady came and said that she would fulfill a request of the Shangguan Family, anything. She thought of it and recorded it solemnly."
The words were clear. The matter had not been taken to heart at the time. It was only because someone had come to repay a debt of gratitude and because she knew that the person was not to be trifled with, that she recalled it and recorded it.
"… the Heavenly Incense in the jade box can help the descendants of the Shangguan Family to attain immortality. Remember this, future generations …"
The rest was exactly as Old Mistress Shangguan had said.
"So it is."
Shangguan Lingxiu could not help but be curious.
Just what kind of person could possess such an unparalleled power?
How dare he boast that any wish could be fulfilled, no matter what it was?
"Since you have no objections, I'll bring out these three incense sticks now!"
Old Madam Shangguan did things swiftly and decisively. She immediately took out the long jade box.
…
The three incense sticks were sparkling and translucent like jade. They looked almost transparent.
Upon closer inspection, one could see that the incense was slender and only the length of a palm. It was small and cute; its appearance alone made it stand out from ordinary incense.
Old Mistress Shangguan took out a small incense burner and inserted the three incense sticks into it devoutly before lighting them up one by one carefully.
In an instant, green smoke rose into the air.
The grandfather and grandson duo were astonished to find that the green smoke was rising in a straight line, as straight as an iron wire. It spread all the way up, and the roof above them couldn't stop it at all. The green smoke pierced a hole through the roof!
The three incense sticks that had been stored for thousands of years could actually pierce through the roof just by burning the smoke!
The current situation was unimaginable and unbelievable!
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