Martial Master

“Here is the confinement area, idlers keep away!”

Outside the confinement area, a strong guardian coldly shouted when he saw Qin Chen and his group approaching.

“We are here on the orders of the Great Elder to see Ji Ru Yue.”

Ji Hong Chen raised his hand, took out the token, and said coldly.

Seeing this, the guardian allowed them to pass. Ji Hong Chen activated the token with his true essence, and in an instant, the token emitted a radiant glow, connecting with the restraints ahead. The stone door ahead opened with a loud rumble.

Ji Hong Chen and the three of them stepped towards the stone door.

“They can’t enter!” the guardian said immediately, looking at Qin Chen and another guard.

The confinement area is a relatively important place within the ancient castle, so naturally, not just anyone can enter.

Ji Hong Chen glanced at the guardian and said, “I need these two to assist me. Why can’t they go in? If anything goes wrong, I will take responsibility.”

“This…”

“What, is it that even with a token, it’s still not allowed? I am here to dissuade Ji Ru Yue, this matter concerns the future of the Ji family. If I fail the mission, who will take responsibility for it, you?” Ji Hong Chen said coldly.

The guardian immediately fell silent. Although Ji Hong Chen was only at the initial peak of Martial God, she was indeed the core of the Ji family and held the Great Elder's token. Moreover, it was likely that the ancestor had given this order; if the ancestor were to hold him accountable, he couldn’t bear that.

After all, he was just guarding outside the door, and there wouldn’t be any issues.

Thinking this, the guardian hurriedly bowed and said, “In that case, please, Lady Hong Chen.”

Under his watch, Qin Chen and the three entered the confinement area.

Inside the confinement area.

Ji Ru Yue was currently being held inside. She looked somewhat haggard as she stared blankly at the wall ahead.

“Why, why would the ancestors do such a thing, collaborating with the Demon Tribe? Those from the Demon Tribe invaded our Tianwu Continent back then, causing dark turmoil and committing heinous crimes, yet the ancestors…”

Ji Ru Yue’s face was bitter, and she simply could not accept all of this in her heart.

After being brought back from Piao Miao Palace to the Ji family, Ji Ru Yue immediately sought out her father and the Great Elder, informing them of the events occurring in the Ancient Yu Realm, hoping to let them see the true face of Piao Miao Palace.

But who knew that the Great Elder and the others didn’t pay any attention to her words? At first, Ji Ru Yue thought it was because they didn’t believe her, but only after entering the ancestral lands did she understand the reason.

It turned out that the Ji family already knew about the Demon Tribe and had been collaborating with them all along.

Some experts within the ancestral lands, although she didn’t recognize them, she was all too familiar with the aura they exuded; it was exactly the same as that emitted by those from the Demon Tribe back in the Ancient Yu Realm.

Ji Ru Yue collapsed, nearly in despair. She never expected that her own family would do something so detestable to both gods and humans.

Everything the Demon Tribe did in the Ancient Yu Realm was witnessed by her; their sins were immense, yet her family members seemed indifferent, choosing to collude with them for the sake of so-called power.

Ji Ru Yue simply could not accept this.

She was unwilling to undergo a baptism and wanted to question the ancestor for clarity. Who knew that the ancestor didn’t care about her opinion at all and only wanted her to break the seal of a forbidden area? It was said to be sealed by her great-grandfather Ji Wu Xue, and only she had the chance to break it.

She didn’t want to go to that forbidden area and didn’t want to know what was inside. She sometimes wondered, if her great-grandfather were still around, what would he do? Would he also collude with these people?

Although the family held a bad reputation regarding her great-grandfather, she had researched his deeds, and in her heart, her great-grandfather was the true hero of the Ji family.