Speaking of this, Grandma sighed and said with emotion, "Only those with royal blood are qualified to practice Sky-killing Broadsword, and their combat capability is far superior to that of ordinary people. Besides, the Jiuli Tribe still has the remaining prestige accumulated for thousands of years. Otherwise, the Jiuli Tribe would have rebelled long ago."
"The tallest tree in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. So, grandpa, a genius descendant of the royal family, became a thorn in the side of the Jiuli Tribe, right?"
Ding Ning's eyes flashed and he guessed. Otherwise, grandpa would not have left the Holy-saber Ancient Tribe to get married and have children in Luochuan Town instead of being the young chieftain.
"Yes, the royal family placed high hopes on your grandpa, but he was also regarded as the biggest obstacle by those with evil intentions. Therefore, they colluded with outsiders and stole the treasure of the tribe when your grandpa was guarding the ancestral temple. Citing his dereliction of duty, the Jiuli Tribe launched an attack together to punish your grandpa. They not only wanted to remove him from the position of the young chieftain, but also wanted to kill him according to the rules of the tribe."
Grandma nodded approvingly.
"What's the treasure of the tribe?"
Ding Ning asked curiously.
"I don't know. Your grandpa didn't tell me. He only said that it was related to the inheritance of Ancestor Chiyou."
Grandma shook her head. It seemed that although she married Ding Dian, he still had a strong sense of confidentiality and didn't tell her the core secrets of the tribe.
"What happened later?"
Ding Ning's heart skipped a beat and he subconsciously touched the stone man on his chest. "The inheritance of Chiyou? Is it the Nine-holed Stone Man? "
"At that time, the Ding family was weak. Under the pressure of the Jiuli Tribe, the royal family wanted to protect your grandpa, but they couldn't. When your grandpa was about to be executed, the Grand Wizard, who rarely showed up, suddenly appeared …"
Grandma continued to complain, but she was interrupted by Ding Ning in confusion, "Grandma, wait. Isn't there only 10 factions in the Holy-saber Ancient Tribe? Why did a Grand Wizard come out? "
"Your grandpa told me that. I also asked him what the Grand Wizard did, but he only said that the Grand Wizard had a high status in the Jiuli Tribe. Even the Jiuli Tribe, which was dissatisfied with the rule of the royal family, had to be respectful to the Grand Wizard and didn't dare to disobey him. However, the Grand Wizard never asked about the affairs of the tribe and rarely showed up. It was your grandpa's first time to see him."
Grandma explained patiently.
Ding Ning showed a thoughtful look. "This Grand Wizard should be similar to a tribal priest. According to Grandma's description, the Holy-saber Ancient Tribe has been isolated from the world and has long been out of touch with the times. They don't even know the common sense that close marriages are easy to give birth to deformed children and freaks. Instead, they attribute it to being punished by God and becoming a tool for those with ulterior motives to usurp the throne. This shows how ignorant the Holy-saber Ancient Tribe is."
Ignorant people were definitely superstitious, so they must have followed the ancient sacrificial tradition. In that case, the existence of such a great wizard with such a high status was not something that was difficult to understand.
"The Grand Wizard has a high status. He came forward to protect your grandpa. Although those people with ulterior motives were dissatisfied, they didn't dare to disobey him openly. They insisted on using the tribe's rules, so the Grand Wizard couldn't be too partial to your grandpa. Therefore, after many negotiations, a final decision was reached. Your grandpa's death sentence was inevitable, but he couldn't escape punishment. He would be punished with 500 strokes of the cane and temporarily lose the right of succession as the chieftain. If he could find the treasure of the tribe within a hundred years and atone for his crime, he would still be qualified to inherit the chieftain's position. If he couldn't find it, he would live on his own in the outside world and never step into the tribe again."
Grandma looked nostalgic. "That time, your grandpa was seriously injured. Those people were really cruel. An expert at the peak of the Real Martial Arts Realm was almost eaten by a pack of wolves. If I hadn't happened to pass by and saved him while I was practicing outside, I'm afraid you wouldn't be where you are now."
"Practicing? Grandma, are you also a member of an ancient martial arts sect? "
Ding Ning asked curiously.
"Yes, I was a disciple of the Pure Land of Sanskrit."
A touch of sadness flashed across Grandma's eyes. It seemed that she didn't want to mention the sect, so she changed the topic and continued, "After I saved your grandpa, I took good care of him. After a long time, we fell in love with each other. We had a good impression of each other and made a promise to marry each other …"
Ding Ning didn't interrupt her and listened carefully. He expected that things would not be so simple. After all, Grandma was a disciple of the Pure Land of Sanskrit. Without the permission of the sect, she made a promise to marry his grandpa, an abandoned son of the Holy-saber Ancient Tribe. Would the sect agree?
As expected, Grandma's tone changed, and she looked nostalgic. She said self-mockingly, "Later, when my sect found out, they came to take me back by force and wanted to kill your grandpa. It's funny that at that time, I thought your grandpa was just an ordinary person. In order not to be a burden to him, I knelt down and begged them. I could go back with them, but they had to let your grandpa go. Unexpectedly, those people in the sect were used to being superior and didn't agree at all. Then, your grandpa went berserk. With a flash of the broadsword, he was beheaded. The people from my sect were all experts in the Sky Martial Arts Realm. At that time, I was completely stunned. I didn't expect that your grandpa would be a martial arts master. If I had known, the sect might not have forced us to break up."
"Grandma, your cultivation was not high at that time, was it?"
Although Grandma didn't say it clearly, Ding Ning could imagine how ugly the people in the Pure Land of Sanskrit were at that time. Grandpa killed them, which made him feel very proud.
"Well, at that time, I was just a small warrior in the Xuan Martial Arts Realm. In fact, although I promised to marry your grandpa privately, I still had some regrets in my heart. I often thought that if he was not an ordinary person but a warrior, it would be perfect."
Grandma's orange peel-like old face was flushed like a young girl's, and her eyes were full of deep nostalgia.
Ding Ning smiled and said nothing. Grandma was willing to abandon his father to find his grandpa, which showed how deep the relationship between them was.
"At that time, your grandpa confessed his identity to me. You can imagine how complicated my feelings were at that time. The regrets that I had been regretting for a long time disappeared, and my wish finally came true. He was not an ordinary person, but a super strong person that I could only look up to at that time, and he was such a young super strong person."
Grandma's face shone with a strange luster, like a young girl in love, showing a strong expression of love.
Ding Ning snickered. He didn't expect that Grandma was like an ordinary girl when she was young and had a dream of a prince charming.
"Ahem, ahem!"
Grandma found the smile in Ding Ning's eyes and coughed embarrassedly. In order to resolve the embarrassment, she continued to complain, "Although my dream came true, trouble also came. I was expelled from the sect on the charge of colluding with outsiders to kill my fellow disciples. Since then, your grandpa and I have lived a life of being constantly hunted down …"
"Wait, Grandma, grandpa is a disciple of the Holy-saber Ancient Tribe. To tell you something that I don't like to hear, a medium sect like the Pure Land of Sanskrit is nothing in front of the Holy-saber Ancient Tribe. If they knew grandpa's identity, they would try to curry favor with him. How could they chase after you?"
Ding Ning interrupted her with confusion.
Grandma said with a wry smile, "That's true. I know very well what our sect is like. However, your grandpa has to find the treasure of the clan within 100 years as a punishment. During this period, he can't wander in Jianghu as a disciple of the Holy-saber Ancient Tribe. What's more, your grandpa is afraid of being targeted by the Holy Medical Family and the Holy-sword Villa, so he doesn't dare to reveal his identity. He doesn't even dare to use his broadsword-using methods."
Ding Ning suddenly understood. He had forgotten about the Holy Medical Family and the Holy-sword Villa. Indeed, it was wise for his grandpa not to reveal his identity at that time. Otherwise, he was afraid that the Pure Land of Sanskrit would not be the only one chasing after them. He had seen how terrifying the appeal of the two Holy Gates was.
His grandpa was not like him, who had a group of experts of the Demon Clan as his subordinates. Even if his grandpa had been an expert at the peak of the Real Martial Arts Realm at that time, he would have died under the joint attack of the two Holy Gates.
"It was during those years of being hunted that I learned a lot of escape techniques from your grandfather. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to survive these forty years of escape. I'm afraid you wouldn't have been able to see your grandmother in this lifetime."
Grandma's face was shining, and she was immersed in her memories. Perhaps, for her, the days of fleeing with her grandpa were the happiest days of her life.
"Grandma, everything will be fine. I won't let go of any of those who have chased after you."
Ding Ning said in a fierce voice, a little distressed.
Grandma's thoughts were interrupted. Hearing this, her face changed, and she said seriously, "Don't. You can't afford to provoke those people. Don't get yourself into trouble."
Although she had seen that Ding Ning was extraordinary, she only thought that he had excellent medical skills. She didn't see that her grandson was an expert of the Holy Martial Arts Realm, whose cultivation was higher than hers.
After all, Ding Dian was a genius, but he was only at the peak of the Real Martial Arts Realm at the age of 20. How old was Ding Ning this year? He was at most 23 or 24 years old. How high could his cultivation be? At most, it would be amazing if he could reach the Real Martial Arts Realm.
She was an expert of the God Martial Arts Realm, but she was still chased by those people. How could she be willing to let her precious grandson get into trouble?
"Grandma, I'm awesome. My strength is not worse than yours."
Although Ding Ning knew that his grandmother meant well, he was still unconvinced.
"Okay, okay, okay. I know my baby grandson is the best."
Grandma just thought that he was a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers and was trying to show off in front of adults. She said it in a casual and spoiled tone, as if she was coaxing a child.
Ding Ning didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She really regarded him as a child. But what could he say? He couldn't say that his grandma's strength was not good enough for him at all. That would be too disrespectful.
He shook his head with a wry smile. "Forget it. Since grandma doesn't believe me, I will have a chance to prove it to her in the future. What I need to think about now is how to settle down grandma. Should I bring her back to Paradise Island?"
"After we got rid of the people from the sect who chased us, we fled to Luochuan Town and bought this small courtyard to recuperate. My cultivation also advanced by leaps and bounds under your grandfather's guidance. However, although your grandfather didn't care about the position of clan leader, he had an unyielding personality and never forgot his mission. After we lived in seclusion for a year, he left alone to search for the clan's treasure. However, he never came back. No one knew if he was alive or dead, and no one knew if he was dead or alive."
A strong sadness flashed in grandma's eyes. Perhaps in the past 40 years, she had gradually accepted the reality that her lover had passed away long ago.
"Hey, grandma, don't think too much. Grandpa is blessed by Heaven and is so strong. He will be fine."
Ding Ning sighed and could only comfort her softly.
But he didn't know how he felt in his heart. Both his grandmother and his mother had lived such a hard life.
His mother was better. At least she knew that his father was alive and well. Even if they had been separated for more than 20 years, there was still hope.
But the one who suffered the most was his grandmother. She abandoned her family to look for his grandfather, but she was chased for 40 years. She didn't even know whether his grandfather was dead or alive.
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