Chapter 7: The Legend of Xuanyuan

  Having obtained Mo Yunyi's personal promise, Ji Changkong was overjoyed, only to realize that his originally weak body had already reached its limit after two days of torture.

  He was not like the other sons of the Ji family, without their robust physique. Although Ji Changkong had a strong willpower since childhood, he was weak and sickly, unfortunately, his body did not match it.

  In the instant Mo Yunyi made a promise, Ji Changkong finally let out a breath of relief, and fatigue followed, unstoppable. Ji Changkong ultimately decided to temporarily leave the Scripture Pavilion, first returning to rest before doing anything else.

  The stars twinkled in the night sky, Ji Changkong arrived at the familiar dining room, got some food for himself and went back to have a good sleep.

  On the second day, Ji Changkong still arrived early at the Scripture Pavilion.

  Unlike the previous two days, Ji Changkong no longer secretly paid attention to the small group of people led by Ji Yuexia and Ji Xiaolian who tightly guarded the eastern corner of the treasure land. Instead, he seriously studied the classics that explained the basics of Tian Shi, putting effort into those scriptures that the young masters of the Ji family would not waste a single moment on.

  When craftsmen wish to do good work, they must first sharpen their tools.

  These basic classics of the Heavenly Masters are actually very important, and Ji Changkong has long understood this. If you don't understand these most basic things, it's not easy to make those esoteric and obscure words in the Heavenly Masters' secrets clear in your mind. The last two days he also didn't slack off in this aspect, because he knew that the secrets were more important to him, so he chose to temporarily avoid this part.

  Having obtained Mo Yunyi's permission, Ji Changkong no longer had to worry about not being able to see the Tian Shi secret techniques and skills in the Zang Jing Lou. He then picked up this often overlooked but most important link, and began to carefully study the foundational classics.

  Bang! Bang!

  Suddenly, a few loud noises came from the third floor of the scripture storage building. In the quiet scripture storage building where one could hear a pin drop, those few "bang" sounds on the third floor obviously startled many people.

  Ji Changkong was no exception, putting down the volume of "Tianshi Gaishu" in his hand and looking up at the third floor of the Scripture Pavilion.

  The third floor was occupied by Ji Changxiao, who as the champion of this trial, had not been seen leaving the third floor since he first stepped in. Ji Changxiao's body was robust and being a Tian Shi of the Two Instruments, even if he didn't eat or drink for six to seven days on the third floor, his body wouldn't be affected.

  Ouch!

  The small door of the room on the fourth floor of the Scripture Pavilion, which had been tightly closed all along, was gently pulled open. Mo Yun walked out with his head bowed and his brow furrowed, standing at the staircase leading to the third floor, scolding loudly towards the corridor on the third floor: "You little brat, what are you doing? The Scripture Pavilion is not a place for noise or commotion! Didn't your elders remind you when you came in? You don't even understand basic etiquette!"

  "Why is there no... why is there no... how can there be none?" Ji Changxiao walked to the corridor, his hair disheveled, his eyes filled with bloodshot, and he muttered to himself in a daze. As he spoke, one foot kicked a round stool that was blocking his way, and it flew straight towards the roof of the Cangjing Building.

  Mo Yunyi stretched out his hand and pressed the empty space, the round stool that flew out suddenly stagnated in the air, and then slowly fell back to its original place.

  "Despicable!" After putting the round stool back in its original position, Mo Yunyi shouted sternly, his left hand, full of wrinkles, pointed at Ji Changxiao. A wave-like ripple, visible to the naked eye, surged towards Ji Changxiao.

  Wow!

  The tall and sturdy body of Ji Changxiang fell to the ground with a thud, as if bound by an invisible giant net, unable to move.

  "Three years ago, you were lucky and found a scroll with a similar bottle gourd here, which allowed you to break through to the Two Instruments Heaven realm. This year, you still put your hopes here, thinking that you can be as lucky as three years ago and find another one, but since you couldn't find it, you got angry and hid in the library, is this all the ability you have?" Mo Yunyi said angrily.

  "There is no shortcut on the path of cultivation. If you always place your hopes in others' cultivation experiences, you will find it difficult to make a breakthrough!"

  Mo Yun's clothes were cold and he snorted, looking down at the young men of the Ji family on the first and second floors who were watching him with their heads raised. With a stern face, he lectured: "Listen up, all of you! The secret techniques for cultivating the Heavenly Body in this Scripture Pavilion are just methods. Whether or not you can successfully cultivate using these methods depends on yourselves! Don't put all your hopes on these cultivation secrets and neglect the most important part - yourselves! You are the key to unlocking your own bodily treasures! Don't abandon the fundamental and pursue trivialities!"

  To all the young masters of the Ji family, Mo Yunyi in the Scripture Pavilion was a mysterious figure. Before coming to the Scripture Pavilion, their elders had repeatedly warned them to be careful and cautious, never to provoke Mo Yunyi's anger, and to study the Heavenly Master's secrets in an orderly manner, without causing any trouble.

  Various signs indicate that Moyun Yi, who is hidden in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, has a special status in the Ji family. When she gets angry, all the sons of the Ji family realize that something is wrong and secretly scold Ji Changxiao for causing trouble. Why did he have to provoke her? When she's not happy, no one else can be happy either.

  The girl, Ji Changwu, who was bound by a strange power, after being scolded so severely, gradually regained her senses. At this time, she was crying with a distorted face and fell to the ground, acknowledging her mistake: "Auntie Mo, I know I was wrong, just now I really lost my temper, sorry, it won't happen again."

  "Hmm." Mo Yunyi nodded, not looking at Ji Changxiu again. She furrowed her brow and swept a glance over all the young men of the Ji family on both the second and first floors before letting out a soft sigh. Her tone slowed as she spoke, "Since you're all here today, I'll say a bit more to let you know some things about the past of the Ji family."

  As soon as this was said, all the young men of the Ji family, including Ji Changkong, were solemn and focused on Mo Yunyi.

  All along, the elders of the Qi family rarely talked about the past of the Qi family, but sometimes when they discussed some things, they would occasionally reveal some information.

  For example, when the current head of the Ji family, Ji Yuexing, was once drunk and boasting, he said that in the heyday of the Ji family, it was so prosperous. Ji Haoguang and Ji Haohong also mentioned in private that if the Ji family could regain half of its former glory, they wouldn't have to hide in a small place like Qingyanshan.

  On the contrary, when it comes to their own family members, these elders are tight-lipped and never mention anything about the Ji family's past. If someone can't help but ask, they will be scolded by these Ji family elders and forbidden from asking more questions, as if the Ji family's past is a huge taboo.

  "Today's Ji family is not worth mentioning, hiding in Qingyan Mountain, with a dwindling population within the clan and no powerful Tian Shi to speak of. The head of the family is only a six-meridian Tian Shi, who hasn't even managed to unify his essence, energy, and spirit!" Mo Yunyi looked somewhat disdainful.

  Taking a deep breath, Mo Yunyi's face was solemn, and he exclaimed loudly: "However, over 3,000 years ago, one of the ancestors of the Ji family was born with purple blood. On the path of cultivation, he made rapid progress, reaching the peak of the Nine Palaces in just a few decades, where he could wander freely among the sun and moon and understand the true meaning of their evolution. He also created the 'Blood Dragon Great Nine Style', a set of super attack techniques that allowed him to conquer the world with his purple blood and unique technique, unifying the entire land without ever being defeated."

  "In his time, the Ji family was the most noble family in the world, admired by all people and scholars! Because he was born in Xuanyuan Hill, after unifying the world, he was called 'Xuanyuan', and during his time, the Ji family was always the number one family in the world, the imperial family! However, not long after unifying the world, he abdicated the throne to his son, pursuing the peak of the scholars' realm and mysteriously disappeared. After that, the Ji family went through great changes for a hundred years, the country was lost and the family declined."

  "Five hundred years later, a member of the declining Ji family was born with purple blood again. Relying on the purple blood in his body and the Ji family's ancestral 'Blood Dragon Great Nine Style', he made the declining Ji family rise to prominence once more. However, because his ambition did not lie in unifying the country, the Ji family was unable to reunify the world under their rule again. Nevertheless, due to his existence, the Ji family became the most powerful family in the eyes of the world's top scholars. He collected countless scholarly classics and secrets for the Ji family, making them produce numerous talents over the years, becoming one of the strongest families among scholars."

  However, the good times did not last long. He followed in the footsteps of his predecessors and soon left the Ji family to pursue the pinnacle of Tian Shi. Without him, the Ji family became a fat sheep in the eyes of Tian Shi from all over the world. In order to get the Tian Shi classics in the hands of the Ji family, they surrounded the Ji family, almost exterminating them, and once again causing the Ji family to be destroyed overnight.

  "Every five or six hundred years, a member of the Ji family is born with purple blood, possessing extraordinary talent in the cultivation of heavenly warriors. Relying on the Ji family's ancestral super-strong secret technique 'Blood Dragon Great Nine Style', they dominate the world and bring the Ji family back to prominence. However, every time the Ji family reaches its peak, they will once again leave for their heart's pursuit, causing the Ji family to decline repeatedly."

  "Because the Ji family has a terrifying child born with purple blood every 500 or 600 years, and they can always cultivate to the peak of the Nine Palaces, for many years, the heavenly scholars have respectfully called those who have cultivated to the peak of the Nine Palaces as the first generation's title - 'Xuanyuan'. The purple blood at birth is also called 'Xuanyuan Bloodline'. Every generation of 'Xuanyuan Bloodline', once they cultivate to the peak of the Nine Palaces, are formally respectfully called 'Xuanyuan'! Therefore, the title 'Xuanyuan' has become synonymous with invincibility, and it is the highest honor of the Ji family!"

  "Six hundred years ago, the last generation of the Ji family's 'Xuanyuan' left at its peak, causing the Ji family to decline again. Later, history repeated itself, and the world's top scholars coveted the Ji family's collected secrets, classics, divine weapons, and vast wealth, and once again joined forces to deal a deadly blow to the Ji family."

  "This blow was extremely painful for the Ji family, those heavenly secrets, secret techniques, divine soldiers, and various heavenly cultivation origin stones and spiritual medicines were all looted. In order to prevent the Ji family from rising again relying on the 'Xuanyuan Bloodline', even the 'Blood Dragon Great Nine Style' super strong attack secret technique left by the Ji family's ancestors was taken away, and it is still unknown where it is hidden today."

  "From then on, the Ji family declined and never recovered until today."

  Mo Yunyi fell silent for a while, giving them time to digest this shocking past event.

  After a while, Mo Yunyi let out a light breath, somewhat tired: "According to the timing, the new 'Xuan Yuan' should have been born already. However, when you were all born, we carefully checked and none of your parents or any of you in this generation had purple blood at birth!"

  "It's been six hundred years, and a new 'Xuanyuan' has yet to be born. The legend is too far away, separated by so many years, that even your parents, your grandparents, are probably convinced that the 'Xuanyuan bloodline' will never exist again. The 'Blood Dragon Great Nine Techniques' no longer exists, and there is no one with the 'Xuanyuan bloodline'. They have all resigned themselves to their fate, so they don't mention this glorious past to you anymore. They want you to start from this generation and forever forget that there was a legend about the 'Xuanyuan bloodline'!"

  "I'm telling you, even without the 'Xuanyuan bloodline', as long as you work hard, you can still become powerful Tian Shi, and bring glory back to the Ji family! The legend is over, but you, can rewrite the legend!" Mo Yunyi's voice rose sharply at the end.

  All the young masters of the Ji family were shocked by Mo Yunyi's words, some were hot-blooded, while others were still immersed in the past glory of the Ji family and couldn't extricate themselves...

  Only Ji Changkong felt sad and ironic in his heart, calculating the time, he was born at the end of the 600th year. However, not only did he not have the "Xuanyuan Bloodline", but he also couldn't gather the heavenly and earthly primordial energy from birth.

  Could it be that from now on, every five or six hundred years, the Ji family will no longer produce a "Xuanyuan", but instead, produce a "waste"?

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