Donglin Han immediately pushed open the door angrily and rushed out.
However, as soon as he opened the door, he saw a ruddy old man standing outside. He had his back towards Donglin Han as he stared in Yan Xue's direction.
Donglin Han was surprised when he saw the old man. He immediately became respectful and clasped his fist, "Greetings, ancestor!"
The old man was the ancestor of the Donglin clan, Donglin Ce.
"Xiao Han, go back and continue reading. Don't ask about Yan Xue's matters. She's not young anymore. She knows what she's doing," Donglin Ce waved his hand behind him.
"Ancestor, but B- but …" Donglin Han still found it rather inappropriate. With his current status, how could he allow an unfamiliar man into her room so easily?
"Enough, enough. I know everything. Go back and read your book," said Donglin Ce. He stared in Yan Xue's direction with his old eyes as they flickered with wisdom. His lips curled into a faint smile.
The leader of the Radiant Saint Hall, Yu Chen, stood at the very top of the sacred hall that shone with dazzling light as he stared at the sea of clouds in the distance.
"Leader, I've just received news that protector Donglin Yan Xue has personally come out to receive an unfamiliar man. She has brought him into her courtyard," at this moment, a black-robed envoy arrived behind Yu Chen and reported politely.
Out of the six protectors of the Radiant Saint Hall, only Donglin Yan Xue remained in the Donglin clan. As a result, in order to ensure the safety of Yan Xue, the Radiant Saint Hall hid people in both Donglin City and the Donglin clan so that they could understand Donglin Yan Xue's situation at all times and protect her, preventing people from scheming against the protectors.
After all, they could not afford to lose the protector swords. Protecting the protector swords became the top priority of the Radiant Saint Hall.
As a result, when Donglin Yan Xue personally received Jianchen into the Donglin clan, the people of the Radiant Saint Hall learnt about it immediately.
"A strange man?" A gleam of light flashed through Yu Chen's eyes when he heard this. He frowned and pondered for a moment before waving his hand to dismiss the black deacon. He softly said, "Xuan Zhan, come over for a moment."
Yu Chen's voice seemed to possess a strange charm. It passed through most of the sacred hall and directly reached the ears of one of the eight vice-leaders.
Xuan Zhan immediately arrived before Yu Chen. He did not bow and instead walked up to Yu Chen with a composed expression. He asked, "What's the situation?"
"I just received news that Donglin Yan Xue personally came out to receive an unfamiliar man from the Donglin clan and directly brought him to her courtyard. Xuan Zhan, what do you think about this matter? "Yu Chen asked calmly.
"A strange man?" Xuan Zhan was surprised as well. He understood Donglin Yan Xue a little. How could she bring an unfamiliar man to her residence?
After a moment of thought, Xuan Zhan said slowly, "It looks like this person is probably Jianchen." Afterwards, he stared at Yu Chen with shining eyes and said, "The Method of the Exalted Saint is still with Jianchen. Now that Jianchen has come to the Desolate Plane, do you want to take action and take the Method of the Exalted Saint back from Jianchen?"
"Gongsun Zhi cares about the Method of the Exalted Saint even more than me. After all, he has already obtained a portion of the Grand Exalt's legacy. All he lacks now is the Method of the Exalted Saint. If the Method of the Exalted Saint ends up in his hands, Gongsun Zhi will have obtained the complete Grand Exalt's legacy," said the leader of the Radiant Saint Hall, Yu Chen.
Apart from Jianchen, no one in the Saints' World knew that the so-called Method of the Exalted Saint was actually a cultivation method of the Martial Soul lineage. Even if someone did obtain the cultivation method, they would not be able to practise it unless they were a successor of the Martial Soul lineage.
Xuan Zhan frowned and said sternly, "Gongsun Zhi is becoming more and more arrogant. He's already set his eyes on the position of leader of the Radiant Saint Hall. With his personality and his identity as a descendant of the Grand Exalt, he'll steal your position sooner or later. Since the Method of the Exalted Saint will end up in Jianchen's hands in the end, why don't we leave the Method of the Exalted Saint to Jianchen for now? Anyway, we can't let the Method of the Exalted Saint end up in Gongsun Zhi's hands. "
Xuan Zhan suddenly sighed gently when he reached there. His face was filled with helplessness and bitterness. "Moreover, the Martial Soul lineage is the imperial clan among us Radiant Saint Masters, and the master of the Tower of Radiance is a successor of the Martial Soul lineage. If the Artifact Spirit of the Tower of Radiance learns that we want to lay our hands on the imperial clan, I wonder how the Artifact Spirit will react."
"Sigh." Yu Chen also sighed gently when he heard that. When Yue Qianqian of the Martial Soul lineage came to the Desolate Plane to investigate, neither he nor Xuan Zhan had done anything. This was because the two of them still did not know how to treat the Martial Soul lineage.
They had also sealed up the secret of the Martial Soul lineage being an imperial clan. They did not tell anyone else. Only the two of them knew about it in the entire Radiant Saint Hall apart from the Artifact Spirit of the Tower of Radiance.
This was because the grievances between the Radiant Saint Hall and the Martial Soul lineage ran far too deep. Their grievances ran as deep as the ocean and were difficult to resolve. If the news of the Martial Soul lineage being an imperial clan was made public, it would definitely lead to great chaos. The entire Radiant Saint Hall might even collapse as a result.
Neither Xuan Zhan nor Yu Chen wanted to see that happen.
Yu Chen's gaze deepened. He said sternly, "There's one more thing. I think you should have some doubts about it yourself. It's about Bai Yu and Han Xin. Bai Yu's talent is indeed only that of a one star genius. Her talent is nothing special in the Radiant Saint Hall, and it's the same for Han Xin. How can the two of them inherit the protector swords? "
"Aside from Jianchen, the other five wielders of the protector swords all share a similarity, and that's that they all have some connections with Jianchen."
Xuan Zhan fell silent. He said nothing more. He and Yu Chen had already suspected some things.
Three days later, Bai Yu, Han Xin, and Xuan Ming arrived in an extremely bustling city in the central region of the Desolate Plane under Yan Xue's lead. They kept an extremely low profile and met with Jianchen secretly.
They had all disguised themselves, erasing their presences and hiding their identities. They had arrived without alarming anyone.
"Second senior brother!" Bai Yu was the most excited out of the three of them. As soon as she saw Jianchen, she cried out in surprise and joy. It was as if no matter what Jianchen looked like or what identity he had, he would always be her second senior brother in her eyes.
Han Xin and Xuan Ming remained composed. Han Xin looked at Jianchen with a smile and nodded slightly. However, Xuan Ming's gaze became rather mixed.
"Junior sister, teacher, I had no choice but to conceal my identity in the past. I've caused trouble for you in the past few years." Jianchen said apologetically to Bai Yu and Han Xin. He also knew that before Bai Yu and Han Xin obtained the protector swords, their days in the Radiant Saint Hall had been very tough. He had always felt rather guilty about this.
"Brother Xuan Ming, please forgive me!" Afterwards, Jianchen looked at Xuan Ming and clasped his fist.
"Sigh, Jianchen, you really have kept me in the dark. I never thought you would actually be a successor of the Martial Soul lineage," Xuan Ming looked at Jianchen with mixed feelings. His gaze towards Jianchen seemed rather unfamiliar.
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