Hearing his words, Yan Zhaoge could not help but look at that chaotic nebula that resembled a lotus above Yan Di's head once more.
"It wasn't you who found it, but it found you?" Yan Zhaoge repeated, "On its own?"
Yan Di was silent for a moment before he said, "I do not believe that it was a coincidence."
"… What's the reason?" Yan Zhaoge pondered as he asked.
Yan Di reached out with his hand, the Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud above his head drifting down, transforming into a small, dim, indescribable lotus that hovered silently above his palm.
"From the first moment I laid eyes on this Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud, I felt a sense of familiarity." Yan Di's expression grew increasingly strange, "Also, in that instant, I knew exactly what it was."
"I'm extremely familiar with the Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud, but as far as I can remember, this should be my first time seeing it."
At this point, Yan Di paused for a moment.
After a long while, he slowly said, "It's a little hard to say, but I seem to feel … a mother's embrace?"
Yan Zhaoge had a thoughtful look on his face after hearing this as he carefully observed the Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud on Yan Di's palm.
"After this Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud fell into my hands, I did not need to refine it, able to wield it as though it belonged to me in the first place, just like …" Yan Di considered his words for a moment before saying, "Just like it belonged to me in the first place."
Yan Zhaoge pondered for a moment before suddenly asking, "That time at the Brocade Emperor's Minor No Hatred dao arena seemed to be your first time heading to extradimensional space?"
Raising his palm lightly, the Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud returning above his head as he said, "That's right, it is precisely so."
"I've also thought of what you've just said. Perhaps it has always been waiting for me in the outer realms. When I arrived there, it took the initiative to find me."
Yan Di's expression turned tranquil.
"The question is, why?" Lightly rubbing his temples, Yan Zhaoge raised his head to look at his father, "I have always been waiting for you, as if I belong to you in the first place. You also feel a sense of familiarity and closeness …"
Yan Di understood the meaning behind Yan Zhaoge's words.
Because he himself had been doubting it for the past few days.
"That year, in the Eight Extremities World, when the Decimating Abyss caused chaos and Broad Creed Mountain met with a tribulation, trouble also arose in the family."
Yan Di said slowly, "What Yan Wendao and the others said is true."
"I am not my parents' flesh and blood."
"I knew all of this a long time ago, and the one who told me the truth was my father."
"But in my heart, I see myself as a member of the Yan Clan, and there are people in the clan who also see me as a member of the clan. To me, this is enough."
"It doesn't matter to me whether I become the Clan Leader or not. But since Grandfather has passed the position of Clan Leader to me, I won't refuse it, and I won't disappoint him."
Hearing his father's words, Yan Zhaoge nodded silently.
The person who had doubted Yan Di's identity back then had a letter personally written by Yan Di's father, Yan Zhaoge's grandfather.
Judging from the handwriting, it was not forged.
From then on, Yan Zhaoge had a rough idea of what to do.
"At that time, our clan had not yet moved to the Middle Heaven Continent of the Heaven Domain, but to the Zhaozhou of the Thunder Domain." A reminiscent look appeared on Yan Di's face, "Father picked me up in the wilderness of the mountains. Because of my belongings, he eventually brought me back to the family."
Saying thus, he took out two jade pendants, placing them before Yan Zhaoge.
The two jade pendants looked exactly the same. They were a pair.
They were all extremely ordinary, not all that precious treasures, but they were rather exquisite and beautiful.
A word was inscribed on each of the two jade pendants.
'Yan' and 'Di'.
Seeing this, Yan Zhaoge smacked his lips, "It might be the surnames of two people."
He did not say the latter half of his words.
The possibility of it being a man and a woman was extremely high.
However, Yan Zhaoge knew that his father would definitely have the same guess.
"Because of this, Father brought me home." Picking up the jade pendant with the 'Yan' character inscribed on it, Yan Di said softly, "Initially, he thought that it was some disciple of the family who had lost or abandoned a child. However, after investigating many times, he confirmed that it was not the case."
"While I was not a member of the family, Father felt that since we were both surnamed Yan, we were ultimately fated. Therefore, he personally adopted me."
Saying thus, Yan Di picked up the jade pendant with the 'Di' character inscribed on it, "My surname is Yan. There is naturally no need to say more. Meanwhile, my name originates from here."
Receiving those two jade pendants, Yan Zhaoge carefully appraised them, one in each hand.
"Father and mother treated me as their own, and I did not understand all this before." Yan Di exhaled slowly, "It was only when the family met with danger on the way from the Thunder Domain's Zhao Region to the Heaven Domain's Central Heaven Region that my father told me all of this before his death."
Yan Zhaoge nodded, "In other words, grandfather … also did not know where you came from."
Yan Di raised his head slightly, looking at the Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud overhead, "After so many years, I have not cared about where I came from. However, it seems that unknowingly, the answer seems to be nearing me."
Exchanging glances, father and son both shook their heads.
If Yan Di's background was ordinary, it would still be fine.
However, if he had some other background, it would be hard to say whether it was a blessing or a curse.
The Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud before them was indeed good, but who knew if it was a hidden source of trouble?
Yan Zhaoge stopped thinking, smiling, "With this Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud protecting you, all attacks of this world against you will have to be twice the effort for half the effect, with many attacks even being unable to exert their effects."
"With it, when facing many opponents, you can virtually already be said to be in an invincible position even before you make a move."
Yan Di's attacks had already shocked the heavens and were extraordinarily sharp. Now that he was protected by the Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud, he had become extremely powerful both offensively and defensively.
"The situation of a battle can change in an instant. The Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud is not absolutely indestructible." Yan Di was instead very calm, "For example, when you faced that Qing Shuzi of the Heaven Emperor's lineage this time, his Heaven Earth Within Sleeve was rather hard to guard against."
"Having been drawn into his sleeve, even if you were not injured, you would still have lost the initiative."
Yan Zhaoge smiled, "With this Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud, unless the Heaven Emperor comes to take you in, this Heaven Earth Within Sleeve that gives most people a headache would really be unable to do anything to you. Still, speaking of the Heaven Emperor …"
"He is currently not in the World beyond Worlds. Still, it is hard to say whether he will return after receiving the news." Yan Zhaoge knit his brows slightly, "We foiled his plans in the Royal Reed Sea. Previously, he was just looking for trouble with the Southeastern Exalt, not focusing on us."
"Having slain Qing Shuzi and Daoist Leading Mist this time, the Heaven Emperor now has a reason to directly make a move."
Hearing his words, Yan Di said mildly, "Those who kill will be killed by others. Since the other party joined forces with those of Wutong Slope to kill you, it would also be normal for them to be killed by you instead due to their inferior skills."
"If the Heaven Emperor wants to come, there will only be a battle. If others are inferior to me, I will kill them; if I am inferior to others, everyone will kill me. This is a principle that every martial practitioner knows on the very first day of cultivating in martial arts."
Yan Zhaoge said, "It is fine for us to kill others. Being killed by others probably doesn't feel that great."
"It is just that time waits for no man. The problem now is that the time we have left might be very limited."
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