"The ancestral hall is long gone; when Dou Hui was expelled from the Capital City, it was smashed clean, and even the portraits were dragged out and burned."
The old man seemed to be reminiscing about that scene, shaking his head, "That’s what happens when people don’t accumulate virtue; even someone who’s been dead for hundreds of years gets dragged into being cursed."
"Has anyone read the genealogy compiled by the Dou Family?" Xu Huo asked.
"You should go to Linghe Town. The teacher who helped them compile the genealogy lives there. However, his legs were crippled, and he’s now in a wheelchair. His temper isn’t very good." The old man seemed oblivious to the players’ methods as he rambled on, "Earlier, two outsiders came to ask me questions. They went there a couple of days ago; not sure if they’ve found him or not. For heaven’s sake, do not get into a fight. The teacher never wanted to earn that money against his conscience, but circumstances were beyond anyone’s control. The Dou Family was so domineering—would he have survived if he had disagreed..."
As he was talking, he drifted into his own world, and a young man entered from outside, poured him a cup of water, and then said to Xu Huo, "My grandfather isn’t very clear-headed anymore; if you want to ask anything, you’ll have to wait a bit."
Xu Huo left some money and then took his leave.
There is a distance between Linghe Town and Lingshui Town, and he didn’t use a Teleportation Prop or Psychic Power to travel, but instead drove a camper van slowly forward.
The recording released by the government, recorded by Lian Qingkong, seemed to be evasive, but also revealed some information they were previously unaware of. First is the overlap between the descendants of Peng Guan in history and the Supreme God Sect, which may be one of the important reasons Supreme God Sect still possesses the Supreme God Court today.
Secondly, Dou Hui taking the Square Cauldron Round Fox Token to find believers of the Judgement Court is significant. It shows Dou Hui believed having the token could summon believers of the Judgement Court. The first mention of the "National Treasure" was recorded over four hundred years ago in connection with the Assassin Family. If this family has been preserved, their existence serves to uphold the ruler’s interests—otherwise, successive rulers would have definitely dealt with them thoroughly while reducing the Supreme God Sect’s influence.
During the Cold Weapon Era, it would have been very easy to deal with them, concentrating on chasing and killing a batch would be enough to sever their lineage.
Therefore, Dou Hui or those he represents among the ruling classes believed they could use the token to make the Judgement Court believers who are suspected descendants of Peng Guan work for them.
As for why the Judgement Court didn’t participate and instead vanished overnight, it could be related to their power or beliefs.
In a situation where they are powerless, they could of course be killed by other players, which corresponds with the current national situation where players have closed the gap between people.
If it is related to beliefs, it is highly likely they’ve inherited their ancestors’ will and do not approve of Dou Hui, thus are unwilling to help him. This is irrelevant to whether Dou Hui is a descendant of the Gao Family.
However, Lian Qingkong mentioned Dou Hui and the Gao Family; it is likely that players previously used this as a breakthrough point to search for the "National Treasure," though it may also be due to other reasons, like "National Treasure" indeed being related to the Gao Family.
Lian Qingkong, as the leader in toppling Dou Hui’s government, later reclaimed props, instruments, and Dou Hui’s body during the pursuit. In terms of information gathering, he is closest to the "National Treasure" and might even know what it refers to. The instance hasn’t disappeared, implying he hasn’t obtained it, and his passive attitude could be because the "National Treasure" cannot stabilize Yu Country.
Given Yu Country’s current situation, regardless of whether the "National Treasure" is a person or an object, it is difficult to completely stabilize the government headed by Lian Qingkong. But the instance existing and the completion requirements imply the "National Treasure" has a certain chance to achieve this.
A token capable of earning the acknowledgment of many players doesn’t exist, even if the current Gao rulers and Peng Guan were alive, it wouldn’t make a difference. Not to mention any symbolic item born from their frivolous remarks, thus the "National Treasure" is likely person-related.
Yu Country hasn’t produced any super powerful players, thus the likelihood of a person existing who remained unnoticed for half their life and suddenly rose to save the day is very small. However, if the Assassin Family has successfully continued, then one could become many.
The Square Cauldron Round Fox Token or banner isn’t recognized by these people; perhaps they’ve formed a new organization with new beliefs, hence they didn’t appear when Dou Hui sought them, and Yu Country’s ordinary people died or fled because of war, even the nation is almost non-existent, yet they still didn’t appear.
This deductive conclusion is the most likely truth based on current information.
But this is just an opening, to verify whether this organization exists, one must start with the Supreme God Sect and Dou Hui.
The people and affairs of the Supreme God Court these years should have been thoroughly examined, coupled with complex relations and being a point of conflict, Dou Hui’s end is easier to investigate.
After Dou Hui rose, the ancestral hall his parents built was rather interesting.
People in the same city say the Dou Family fabricated a fake genealogy. Whether the Dou Family is related to the Gao Family remains to be seen, but this genealogy likely traces back the Gao Family’s hundreds of years of legacy—direct bloodlines, adoption and succession, or even veneration leading one to change surnames, there will be traces of the Gao Family descendants, and possibly clues to the descendants of Peng Guan.
The car was halfway along when a doll followed up from behind, seeming to be the same one from before.
The camper van came to a halt. Using instruments, it sealed a two-kilometer radius around, as Xu Huo stretched his hands and stepped out, looking at the masked doll in the distance, "I’m in a hurry, let’s end this quickly."
The doll stood still for a moment, then turned around to leave. However, before it could approach the Defensive Barrier, a figure descended from the sky and stomped it firmly into the ground!
Half of its body was crushed into the ground, but it didn’t hinder its use of instruments as several pieces flew out of various parts of the doll, simultaneously shooting out several Space Cutting Lines from its back.
The Defensive Barriers were consecutively breached, Xu Huo flipped and leaped to the doll’s side, tilted his head to avoid the metallic needles shooting from its mouth, and at the moment when the barriers vanished, thrust his hand into its eyes!
In just the blink of an eye, the metal doll deflated, as the human skin and clothes hit the ground, the attached props and instruments on its body also turned into fine dust.
Since upgrading from "Life Core" to "Life Origin," he hadn’t used it, but now it seemed not only did the speed of metal destruction increase, but the scope expanded as well.
Originally, "Life Core" could destroy metal in contact with it, for example, a building’s metal structure could be quickly annihilated if there were contact points within its metal materials, while separate pieces of metal inside wouldn’t be affected.
However, "Life Origin" not only destroyed metal instruments through clothing, but also rendered some instruments and props that maintained their appearance unusable.
In the end, only three instruments remained usable.
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