The slumbering old man slowly opened his eyes. His face was haggard and filled with exhaustion. As soon as he woke up, his mind shuddered and he could not help but draw in the mysteries of the world to break through to Sainthood. However, he was immediately suppressed by the gentle sound of the zither, preventing him from drawing in the mysteries of the world.
"Thank you for saving my life, island master. I am unable to repay your kindness," the old man looked at the Heavenly Enchantress with gloomy eyes as he spoke in an extremely weak voice.
"It's fine. You're a pitiful person," the Heavenly Enchantress indifferently said. Afterward, she looked at Jianchen and said, "If you have anything to say, ask him quickly. The Soothing Song may be able to suppress him temporarily, but it won't last long."
The gentle sound of the Soothing Song reached Jianchen's ears, causing him to become unprecedentedly calm. He hesitated slightly before taking out a jade pendant from his Space Ring and showing it to the old man. He said, "May I ask if you recognize this?"
The old man's expression immediately changed when he saw the jade pendant in Jianchen's hand. He cried out, "T- t- t- t- impossible. Why would it appear here?"
Jianchen became rather emotional, but he was immediately pacified by the sound of the zither. He stared at the old man closely and asked, "Do you recognize this jade pendant?" The jade pendant was a symbol of status in the Changyang Prefecture. It was divided into many types, ranging from the direct descendants of the Changyang Prefecture to the servants and guards hired from outside. They all possessed a jade pendant of different status. Jianchen's jade pendant was a symbol of status for the direct descendants of the Changyang Prefecture.
The old man's expression was complicated, and a trace of reminiscence appeared in his eyes. He recognized the origin of the jade pendant with a single glance, especially the ancient patterns on the jade pendant. He would never forget them because he had personally designed them all those years ago.
"May I ask where you obtained this jade pendant?" The old man asked. His expression was extremely mixed.
Now, Jianchen had almost confirmed his guess. He said, "My father gave it to me."
A gleam of light immediately flashed through the old man's eyes. He stared at Jianchen in interest and said, "Are you from the Kingdom of Gesun on the Tian Yuan Continent?" The old man's voice was slightly trembling and excited. Even the Soothing Divine Song could not completely suppress his emotions at this moment.
"That's right, I'm from the Kingdom of Gesun. I'm a descendant of the Changyang Prefecture in Lore City of the Kingdom of Gesun." Jianchen was getting excited.
The old man took the jade pendant from Jianchen's hand and examined it carefully. He muttered to himself, "Lore City, Changyang Prefecture!" A look of reminiscence appeared on the old man's face, and then two lines of muddy tears slowly flowed out.
"Y- are you the founding ancestor of our Changyang Prefecture, the Changyang Ancestor?" Jianchen became extremely excited.
"The Changyang Ancestor!" The old man softly murmured before laughing in a self-deprecating manner, "The Changyang Ancestor is just a title that people call me after I founded the Changyang Prefecture. My real name is Changyang Zu Yunkong."
With that, Jianchen finally confirmed the old man's identity. He immediately dropped to his knees and said, "Descendant of the Changyang Prefecture, Changyang Shōten, greets the ancestor."
Xiao Qian and Xiao Yue immediately became very surprised when they saw this. The Saint Ruler Jianchen was actually a descendant of Changyang Zu Yunkong. The two of them were extremely surprised.
A faint smile appeared on Changyang Zu Yunkong's tear-stained face, "I never thought that I would be able to see a descendant of the Changyang Prefecture while I'm still alive. This Old Man can die with no regrets. Child, from the inscriptions on the jade pendant, you should be a seventeenth generation descendant of the Changyang Prefecture, so you better call me great-grandfather. I don't have the right to be called ancestor. "
"Yes, great-grandfather," Jianchen replied. He was both excited and worried. He was excited because he had finally found the Changyang Ancestor who had disappeared for so many years, but he was worried because the Changyang Ancestor's situation seemed to be extremely bad. Someone had actually sealed him, preventing him from breaking through to Sainthood for the rest of his life.
"I wonder what the situation in the Changyang Prefecture is like after so many years," Changyang Zu Yunkong said.
"Don't worry, great-grandfather. Everything is fine in the Changyang Prefecture. They've become the greatest clan in the Kingdom of Gesun," Jianchen replied.
"They've become the greatest clan?" A relieved smile appeared on Changyang Zu Yunkong's haggard face. He continued, "So many years have passed. I wonder if Chang Wuji is still alive?"
"Chang Bo is fine and has reached the Sixth Cycle of Heaven Saint Master. He's only a step away from Saint Ruler," Jianchen replied.
"I never thought that Chang Wuji would still be alive." Changyang Zu Yunkong was filled with melancholy, "Chang Wuji is a pitiful person that I saved outside. His talent is mediocre, so reaching the Sixth Cycle of Heaven Saint Master should be his limit. It'll be very difficult for him to break through to Saint Ruler, and he has almost a thousand years left. If he can't break through to Saint Ruler, he won't have much time left."
As soon as he heard that Chang Bo was about to die, Jianchen could not help but think of Chang Bo's elderly yet loving smile. He immediately felt a strange sense of sorrow, "Don't worry, great-grandfather. Chang Bo will definitely become a Saint Ruler."
"I hope so. Although Chang Wuji is about to die, he still has a few decades left. If he consumes a ten-thousand-year-old heavenly resource, his lifespan will increase by a lot." Changyang Zu Yunkong took out an exquisite jade box from his Space Ring and said, "Great-grandson, this is something my mother gave me when I left the clan. There's a ten-thousand-year-old heavenly resource in there. Take it back to Chang Wuji. That way, he'll be able to live for another two hundred years."
Jianchen did not accept the jade box. He asked in concern, "Great-grandfather, can you tell me what's wrong with your body? Is there really a seal in your head that prevents you from breaking through to the Saint King Realm? And great-grandfather, are you really a disciple of one of the ten protector clans of Changyang Prefecture? "
Jianchen seemed to have pointed out the pain in Changyang Zu Yunkong's heart. His eyes darkened as deep sorrow filled his face. A while later, he slowly said, "Great-grandson, I never thought that you would actually know about the ten protector clans. Senior Zither Saint must have told you."
Changyang Zu Yunkong let out a long sigh. Reminiscence filled his eyes as he murmured, "That's right. Your great-grandfather really is a member of Changyang Prefecture. I'm a disciple of the Zu, Yuan, and Qing branches of Changyang Prefecture. However, that was a very long time ago. I have nothing to do with Changyang Prefecture anymore because my ancestral home has been taken away by the clan."
"Great-grandfather, why has the Changyang Prefecture treated you like this?" Jianchen's anger began to rise.
Changyang Zu Yunkong sighed, "It's all because I accidentally stepped into the forbidden grounds of the clan. Back then, I didn't follow the clan's rules and entered the forbidden grounds without permission, disturbing the Emperor Armament stored there. The Emperor Armament went out of control and erupted with a devastating might, almost causing the space of Changyang Prefecture to collapse. It was because of this mistake that I was expelled from the clan. My ancestral home was taken away, and my name was removed from my ancestral home. The great elder also placed a powerful seal in my head, preventing me from breaking through to Saint Ruler for the rest of my life."
"If it weren't for the seal in my head, I would have broken through to Saint Ruler several hundred years ago. There would be no need for me to be reduced to such a pathetic state," Jian Chen sighed.
"I never thought that the Changyang Prefecture of Lore City would have such a complicated relationship with the Changyang Prefecture of the ten protector clans of the continent. I wonder if I count as a disciple of the Changyang Prefecture?" Jianchen's feelings became extremely mixed.
Thinking about how he was forced to leave the Tian Yuan Continent and seek refuge in the Sea race precisely because of the pressure from the ten protector clans. As soon as he thought about how the people who wanted to hunt him down and harm him were actually people from his own clan, he felt an inexplicable sense of sorrow.
"Great-grandfather was expelled from the Changyang Prefecture by the protector clan. The Changyang Prefecture of Lore City has nothing to do with the protector clans," Jian Chen thought to himself. With a thought, a golden streak of light immediately shot out from between Jianchen's eyebrows. The palm-sized golden pagoda had already appeared in Jianchen's hand.
"Great-grandfather, I might have a way to remove the seal in your head. Don't resist. I'll take you somewhere else." With that, a white pillar of light shot out from the golden pagoda. It enveloped Changyang Zu Yunkong and made him disappear. He had been taken into the artifact space by the power of the saint artifact.
Afterward, Jianchen was also sent into the artifact space by the white light, leaving behind the small, exquisite pagoda hovering in the air.
The Heavenly Enchantress and the two disciples who were playing the Soothing Melody all stared at the golden pagoda in surprise. Their eyes were filled with curiosity.
"Master, what is this? It can actually suck a living person into it. Does it have its own world inside?" Xiao Qian asked curiously and stopped playing.
The Heavenly Enchantress' eyes rippled. She also stared at the golden pagoda curiously and gently shook her head. Clearly, she did not know the origins of the golden pagoda either.
The saint artifact of the Radiant Saint Master Union had always been enveloped by dense Radiant Saint Force. Let alone the Heavenly Enchantress, even the president of the union had only seen the saint artifact's true appearance after it had flown into Jianchen's hand.
At this moment, the middle-aged man condensed from the Artifact Spirit sternly stared at Changyang Zu Yunkong's forehead in a majestic hall within the artifact space. After quite some hesitation, he said, "Master, not only is the seal in his head powerful, it's extremely profound as well. It should have been cast down by a Holy Emperor at Great Perfection. I may be able to forcefully remove it, but if I do that, I'll create a battlefield in his head. I'll definitely injure him and wipe out his soul."
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