Chapter 67 The Nine Kingdoms’ Princes Hidden Secrets

Chapter 67: Nine Kingdoms' Vassal Kings Conceal Heavenly Secrets

The light from the Earth Book gradually dissipated, and An Jing’s thoughts finally returned.

Cultivation: First Rank

Fate: Auspicious Star Shining Brightly (Rising)

Bone Root: One in a Hundred Years

Martial Arts: Sword Drawing Technique, Sword Hiding Technique, Sword Control Technique, Nine Character Sword Secret, Soaring Nine Heavens Movement Technique, Great Luo Heart Method, Aura Concealment Technique, Hundred Steps Flying Sword (Sixth Layer).

Hint One: Host's fate is not yet rooted (remaining ten months). When using martial arts, do not let others know the Host's identity, otherwise, a Black Opportunity will be obtained.

Hint Two: There is a Green Opportunity in Vairocana Hall of Faxi Temple. Beneath the Buddha statue's Seal is an unknown ancient artifact (Fragment of a Spirit-Suppressing Artifact).

Hint Three: There is a Green Opportunity beneath the Seal of Faxi Temple (a wisp of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi).

An Jing clearly saw the four characters after ‘Auspicious Star Shining Brightly’ in his fate: ‘constantly rising’.

Previously, these characters were not there.

Also, the five characters after ‘ancient artifact’: ‘Fragment of a Spirit-Suppressing Artifact’, and the newly appeared Green Opportunity: Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

“A Spirit-Suppressing Artifact should be something that suppresses this Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, but why suppress this Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi?” An Jing raised his eyebrows slightly, feeling a bit confused.

He was naturally not unfamiliar with the four characters ‘Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi’. According to some ancient texts, when one's Cultivation reached the Grandmaster Realm, one could absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to Cultivate. However, Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, like the essence of the sun and moon, was an extremely rare treasure. Although Grandmaster Realm experts could refine a small amount, it was still extremely difficult and mentally taxing for a Grandmaster Realm expert to refine even a single wisp of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

What exactly was this sealed item?

And what was the Dragon he just saw?

An Jing felt extremely strange, as if a fog had suddenly appeared before his eyes.

“Brother Zhou! Brother Zhou!”

Mu Xiaoyun called out, waking An Jing from his contemplation.

“What is it?” An Jing asked, coming back to his senses.

Mu Xiaoyun looked at An Jing charmingly and softly said, “You must properly keep the ancient jade I gave to Brother Zhou.”

That jade was given to her by Liu Qingshan. Although they didn't have much deep affection, in Mu Xiaoyun's heart, it still held an extraordinary significance.

“Madam Liu, since this ancient jade is so precious to you, I shall return it.”

An Jing took out the ancient jade and then threw it to Mu Xiaoyun.

Anyway, after the ancient jade had refined his bone root, it was of no great use to him anymore.

“Brother Zhou, you…?”

Jiang Sanjia looked at An Jing in surprise. The ancient jade, obtained with such great effort, was actually returned to Mu Xiaoyun. Was this Zhou Xianming here to do good deeds? Then could he also return the bodhi pearl to me?

Impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

The ‘Brother Zhou’ in front of him was cunning, profit-driven, and wouldn't let go of a hawk until he saw the rabbit. How could he spit out something he had obtained?

The more Jiang Sanjia thought about it, the more he felt that the ‘Brother Zhou’ in front of him was not right.

Mu Xiaoyun took the ancient jade in confusion, glanced at it, and then exclaimed in shock, “Brother Zhou, you have extracted the essence blood from the jade?”

“That’s right.”

An Jing did not deny it.

“The essence blood in this ancient jade is…?” Jiang Sanjia seemed to have thought of something.

“Brother Zhou, do you know that this essence blood is the Great Zhou Dynasty royal family's essence blood? Only those with the royal Bloodline can extract it.”

Mu Xiaoyun said faintly, emphasizing the words ‘Brother Zhou’ heavily.

Great Zhou royal family essence blood!? Only royal Bloodline can extract the essence blood?

An Jing’s brows immediately furrowed upon hearing this.

He could extract the essence blood from that ancient jade, could it be that his ancestors were from the Great Zhou royal family? But wasn't the Great Zhou royal family surnamed Wu?

“So that’s how it is.”

Jiang Sanjia suddenly understood, “No wonder Brother Zhou was so invested in that ancient jade. It turns out he was once a royal noble.”

“His surname isn't Wu,” Mu Xiaoyun reminded him from the side.

Everyone knew that the Great Zhou royal family's empire was surnamed Wu.

“No, you are wrong.”

Jiang Sanjia shook his head, “When the Great Zhou Dynasty was in disarray, it was besieged by vassal kings from all over the world. To prevent the Great Zhou royal family from rising again, all those surnamed Wu were killed without mercy. For a time, everyone surnamed Wu in the world lived in fear. At that time, the descendants of the Great Zhou royal Bloodline changed their appearances to escape the pursuit, and their surnames naturally changed as well.”

“Moreover, after more than six hundred years of rule, the Great Zhou royal Bloodline had already spread throughout all the lands of Great Zhou. It was normal for a few Bloodline orphans to escape. Now, nearly four hundred years have passed, and there is no longer a Great Zhou in the world. Even if there were true legitimate descendants of Great Zhou alive today, what of it?”

Listening to Jiang Sanjia's words, An Jing couldn't help but secretly gasp. He hadn't expected his ancestors to be nobles of the Great Zhou royal family, who later might have gone into hiding to escape persecution, changing their names.

However, this royal nobility wasn't that impressive. At that time, Great Zhou implemented a feudal system, and coupled with the Great Zhou Dynasty's six hundred years of rule, many people surnamed Wu in the world were related to the Great Zhou royal family.

Nowadays, there might be one or two people on the street with the Great Zhou royal Bloodline, just varying in their dilution.

But no matter what, his body flowed with the Great Zhou Dynasty royal Bloodline, which meant his ancestors also had a great background?

It was very likely they were imperial relatives of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

For a moment, a strange expression appeared on An Jing’s face.

“Why have I never heard of these things?” Mu Xiaoyun asked with a furrowed brow.

“These are secrets, so you naturally wouldn't know. The Mu Family is only a two-hundred-year-old martial arts family, and not much information has been preserved within the clan.”

Jiang Sanjia said faintly, “Do you know how powerful Great Zhou was at that time? Even the current Zhao State was a vassal state of Great Zhou. It is said that at that time, Grandmasters were as numerous as clouds in Great Zhou and not uncommon. There were even Great Grandmasters of the Five Qi Facing the Origin Realm within the royal family.”

“Great Grandmaster!?”

Mu Xiaoyun's eyes showed a hint of shock as she murmured, “How could such a powerful Dynasty also be overthrown?”

Three Flowers Gathering at the Peak signifies a Grandmaster, and only Five Qi Facing the Origin can be a Great Grandmaster.

Great Grandmaster. For three hundred years, there hasn't been a Great Grandmaster Realm expert in the entire Great Yan and Zhao State. Currently, the foremost figure in the Great Yan Jianghu, Xiao Qianqiu, the leader of Zhenyi Sect for five hundred years, is only the most hopeful candidate to achieve the Great Grandmaster Realm.

But even such a figure, who holds sway over Zhenyi Mountain and shakes the entire Jianghu, how terrifying would he be if he truly became a Great Grandmaster?

Moreover, it is rumored that a Great Grandmaster can extend his lifespan to three hundred years, travel through the air, transcend the limits of the human body, and move as easily as on flat ground even when facing a thousand troops, able to go anywhere in the vast world.

“In this world, is there any Dynasty that will never be overthrown?” Jiang Sanjia sighed, “Wasn't that Great Zhou Dynasty, so powerful, still destroyed?”

An Jing nodded, deeply agreeing with these words, then said, “Brother Sanjia, since you are a descendant of Guigu, you must know many secrets. I have always had a question in my heart, and I wonder if Brother Sanjia can enlighten me.”

Jiang Sanjia nodded slightly and said, “Tell me, and I’ll see if I know.”

An Jing spoke the doubt hidden in his heart: “How was the Great Zhou Dynasty overthrown?”