Martial Master

“Old Ancestor, are we going to the Tian Dang Mountain Range?”

Qing Xue Si Yun was also surprised, “Your body…”

The Old Ancestor generally oversees the Qing Xue Family, and would hardly leave unless something major happened. Qing Xue Si Yun, as the first heir of the Qing Xue Family, was very aware of the Old Ancestor's physical condition.

Currently, Qing Xue Gu Hua still retained some of his former combat strength, but his survival was not due to vigorous vitality; rather, it was because he relied on family resources and the inheritance spirit pool during the family's closed-door training every year to prolong his life.

Each battle and every breath the Old Ancestor took consumed his life force, until one day, his lifespan would run out, and he would sit down and pass away on the spot.

What the Old Ancestor should do now is stay within the family, close himself off, contemplate the Great Path, and strive to extend his life. Each outing would reduce his lifespan.

But now, the Old Ancestor actually wanted to go to the Tian Dang Mountain Range. What happened?

“Si Yun, I know what you are thinking. Over the years, I have been in closed-door training to avoid sitting down and passing away, but this time, my encounter with Zhuge Ru Long made me realize that waiting passively is never the way to continue the family line.”

Qing Xue Gu Hua lamented, “It is extremely difficult for our family to produce a Venerable. The Heavenly Realm has fractured, and the saintly energy has dissipated. The current world is far more broken than in ancient times, thus the difficulty of breaking through the Venerable realm has greatly increased. Fortunately, after the Heavenly Realm fractured, the Heavenly Law was also damaged, and to break through the Venerable realm, one needs to surpass and suppress the Heavenly Law. Since the Heavenly Law is damaged, the difficulty in this aspect has been greatly reduced, which is why there have still been Venerable births in recent years.”

“However, even so, with the restoration of the Heavenly Law, the difficulty of giving birth to Venerables is increasing. Perhaps, I, the Old Ancestor, will not wait for you to break through to the Venerable realm on the day of summer solstice. Once I fall, the enormous Qing Xue Family will surely collapse instantly.”

“Over the years, I have actually been worried about this, until recently when I heard about Si Lan’s master.”

Qing Xue Gu Hua's eyes burst with brilliance: “The Zhuge Family is actually facing the same problem as our Qing Xue Family. Even more, the Zhuge Family’s ambitions have been intensifying. For these years, they have been trying to regain the title of the rightful heir of the Tian Ji Sect. Therefore, Zhuge Ru Long, like me, has not shown himself for tens of thousands of years.”

“But this time, he actually led the experts from his clan to target our Qing Xue Family. This matter is too strange. After careful thought, I discovered a secret: what Zhuge Ru Long is fixated on is likely not our Qing Xue Family, but your master, Si Lan.”

Qing Xue Si Lan was taken aback: “Master?”

“Exactly. Our Qing Xue Family and the Zhuge Family have been enemies for countless years. The background of both families is well known. Over the years, Zhuge Ru Long has never acted personally, but this time he has. Therefore, I suspect that his target is very likely your master, rather than us.”

“This is interesting…” Qing Xue Gu Hua's eyes shimmered with brilliance, “Your master clearly comes from outside the Southern Heavenly Realm, yet directly heads towards the Tian Dang Mountain Range where the Sword Tomb is located. As far as I know, the Zhuge Family has also attempted to infiltrate the Tian Dang Mountain Range over the years and seems to have discovered something. However, I never paid much attention, thinking that the Zhuge Family was interested in the treasures within the forbidden land of the Sword Tomb or something else?”

“Now it seems that the Sword Tomb is indeed not simple because there have been rumors for many years that the Sword Tomb is the ruins of a top-level sword Dao force from the ancient Heavenly Realm.”