Asura Mad Emperor-Chapter 340 Taiyuan Ancient Kingdom
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In the seventh layer of the Exquisite Pavilion, only Yu Qilin, the Eldest Prince, and Chen Baidao remained.
It was then that Yu Qilin spoke calmly, "Years later, you will be very glad that you made this decision. The number of people who wanted to follow Young Master Qin was countless, and many never had the chance."
"Young Master Qin... he..."
The Eldest Prince’s face was blank as he pieced together the reactions of both Yu Qilin and Chen Baidao, and he had more or less guessed Qinchuan’s identity. Unconsciously, even the way he addressed Qin had changed from Brother Qin to Young Master Qin.
After leaving the Exquisite Pavilion, Qinchuan identified the direction he needed to go and headed straight toward the residence of the Tian Camel Elder.
The moment he arrived in Tianqing City, the Tian Camel Elder was already aware of Qinchuan’s return.
At that time, the Tian Camel Elder sent a voice transmission to Qinchuan, stating that there was important information to report.
Because Qinchuan was eager to know the whereabouts of the Heaven-Piercing Five Elements Spirit Root, he had put it aside for later. Now that he had learned of the message regarding the Spirit Root, he decided to make a detour there.
As Qinchuan walked out of the Exquisite Pavilion and crossed a street, while walking on a commercial avenue, suddenly a shout caught his attention.
"Yo, isn’t this a bunch of trash from the Dongfang Family? This Spiritual Medicine is a hundred thousand years old Blood Stone Grass, not something your Dongfang Family’s trash can touch. Put it down obediently, or else this young master will make you lose both your money and treasures."
"The Dongfang Family?"
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Qinchuan’s heart stirred, recalling that the descendant of the Gongshan Qi lineage was indeed the Dongfang Family; he followed the sound and looked over.
He saw that in front of a Spiritual Medicine shop called the Myriad Spirit Pavilion, several brightly dressed young nobles were standing; from their clothes and appearance, they were clearly not from the Tianyuan Ancient Country but from the Taiyuan Ancient Country.
In front of the crowd stood several young men in simple gray robes, stationed in front of the Myriad Spirit Pavilion, looking part Tianyuan Nation descendants, part Taiyuan Ancient Country folk.
It was obvious that the group of youths in gray robes had set their sights on the Spiritual Medicine being sold at the Myriad Spirit Pavilion, but they were intercepted by the latecomer nobles, who sought to hijack their purchase.
"You..."
One of the stout-hearted youths in gray robe took a step forward, blocking in front of the ornately dressed young nobles, his face showing indignation.
"Eldest Prince, this Blood Stone Grass was clearly first spotted by our Dongfang Family, what are you doing?"
"Hmph? The Dongfang Family!"
"What’s the Dongfang Family worth? Since this Blood Stone Grass has caught the eye of this prince, then no one else can buy it. It doesn’t matter if you’re just a nondescript branch of the Dongfang Family; even if Dongfang Zhen himself came here, he wouldn’t be allowed to leave with this Blood Stone Grass."
"You..."
The people in the gray robes all changed color at these words, each staring at the Eldest Prince with unfriendly expressions.
The simple youth’s eyes blazed with fury, he was gasping for breath, wishing he could tear the Eldest Prince to pieces.
His name was Dongfang Lei. Although he had the surname Dongfang, there wasn’t a single thread of the Dongfang Family’s blood in him, including everyone present. Although their surnames were Dongfang, they were not truly, in the strict sense, part of the Dongfang Family.
Originally,
After Dongfang Qi fled to the Taiyuan Ancient Country, with the lessons of the past in mind, he knew that if the family did not prosper with many members, it could not be a long-term solution.
But the ancestral teachings, the rules of passing down through only one heir, could not be broken.
It happened that in that year, his daughter was born, and he had an ingenious idea.
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He sought out a pair of twin boys from outside, and regarded them as his own.
Once the daughter and the twin brothers had grown up, he had the elder twin marry her to inherit the ancestral will.
And the younger twin of the twins went on to marry and have children, expanding the family line.
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Therefore, in the Taiyuan Ancient Country, there circulated a saying that within the Dongfang family, aside from the ruling lineage, all others were considered mixed blood.
In their generation, Dongfang Zhen was the ruling lineage, the pure-blooded line of the Dongfang, while the rest were the so-called mixed blood mentioned by others.
However, because the Dongfang family was large and flourishing in the Taiyuan Ancient Country, few dared to utter such notions openly.
Now that the Eldest Prince had shouted out loud in front of everyone, it was undoubtedly a slap in the face to them all.
Just as the crowd was enraged, on the verge of drawing their swords and readying their crossbows, suddenly a leisurely mocking laugh was heard.
"Hehe, what a joke, what a joke. The offspring of a fratricide and patricide dares to mock others for their mixed blood."
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the speaker was a young man with a lazy demeanor, a colorful little bird perching on his shoulder, looking very much like a dissipated young master out to stroll with his bird.
But the Eldest Prince, named Fu Xi, having heard Qinchuan utter the words fratricide and patricide, had his expression dramatically change, stuttering as he spoke, staring at Qinchuan as if he saw a ghost.
"You... who are you... how would you know..."
Thirty thousand years ago, during his prime, the Saint Ren Emperor suddenly passed away, along with the then-Eldest Prince Fu Cang and Fourth Prince Fu Li.
The second prince then ascended to the throne.
Outsiders speculated that the deaths of the Eldest Prince and the Third Prince might have been connected to the Second Imperial Prince, but Fu Xi had seen in an Ancient Book that not only did Fu Cang and Fu Li die at the hands of the Second Imperial Prince, even the Saint Ren Emperor had died by his hand.
Therefore, when Qinchuan called him the offspring of a fratricide and patricide, he instantly thought of that time, which caused his face to change color uncontrollably.
This matter was a top secret in the Taiyuan Ancient Country, known only by a very few even within the royal bloodline. Being the Eldest Prince, he too had learned of the past affair only from a scroll of Ancient Books.
The Ancient Books recording this matter were stored in the topmost layer of the Scripture Pavilion of Taiyuan Ancient Country, accessed only by a select few. Even the Eldest Prince had entered only once.
How did this youngster know about it?
But before he could finish his thought, his face suddenly changed, revealing a treacherous and venomous look as he spoke in a sinister tone, "You little brat, spouting nonsense, our lineage of the Taiyuan Royal Family is so noble, how dare a mere child like yourself defame us?"
"If you don’t want others to know, don’t do it yourself."
Qinchuan gave Fu Xi and the others a cursory glance, not lingering on the issue of bloodlines.
Instead, he approached the cabinet of the Myriad Spirit Pavilion, pointed to the Blood Stone Grass, and said, "Young Master wants this Blood Stone Grass."
Fu Xi was still wondering what Qinchuan could possibly know, but after some thought, he couldn’t believe that Qinchuan, a mere Meridian Opening Realm Cultivator, could be aware of such a hidden matter.
He thus concluded that Qinchuan had spoken randomly.
Just then, seeing Qinchuan pointing to the Blood Stone Grass, Fu Xi suddenly realized, thinking to himself, "So this kid wants to snatch the Blood Stone Grass."
Fu Xi immediately bellowed, "You tiresome brat, I think you’re tired of living, not only defaming the Taiyuan Imperial Family, but also daring to compete with this prince for Spiritual Medicine!"
Seeing this, the members of the Gongshan Clan lineage also frowned.
They had been searching for Blood Stone Grass for a long time, and finally found the herb in the Myriad Spirit Pavilion of Tianyuan’s capital city. They intended to buy it, but did not expect so many complications to arise.
