Proud Sword Soaring Clouds

Chapter 412: Chapter 294: Reincarnation Inheritance

"That sounds like a good thing! How could it be a curse?"

Song Mingyue asked curiously.

"If it were only that, of course it would be a rare blessing!" Shangguan Yutong sighed before continuing, "The problem is, none of the chosen have ever lived past thirty."

"Ah! How... how could that be?" Song Mingyue was stunned.

"Heh, I’m not sure myself. In any case, according to my clan’s records, not a single disciple who received the inheritance has ever escaped this curse. There have been over a dozen of them, and they all met the same fate. It doesn’t matter how they died—in the end, none of them lived past thirty!"

"Then, Sister Yutong, you... you’re one of the chosen disciples who receives the inheritance?" Song Mingyue asked with a look of confusion. ’According to what you said, the chosen disciples are supposed to become incredibly powerful. So why haven’t you even reached the level of a Demon Sword Master yet?’

Shangguan Yutong gave a bitter smile. "I am, in fact, supposed to be the chosen one. Every chosen member of the clan in history was born at the exact same hour. But my parents loved me, so to help me avoid this inheritance, they sent me to my master right after I was born. My master is from Lengning Palace, so that’s how I ended up joining them. And it’s true, I never received any part of the inheritance. Nothing has come for me all these years. So, in another seven or eight years, once I’m past thirty—if I even live that long—I can finally return to my clan! The curse will naturally be broken! And it will prove one thing: as long as you leave the clan, you can avoid the curse!"

"Then what... what’s this?" Song Mingyue asked, pointing to the Scroll in Shangguan Yutong’s hand.

"Sigh... you can’t run from fate. What you think, you become... heh." Shangguan Yutong gave a helpless, bitter smile. "Before Ling Xiao picked up this Scroll, there was no image on it. But because I was here... a portrait of me appeared. In other words, this statue must be an ancestor of my Shangguan Clan. And it’s very likely... the source of the curse as well."

’Now I get it.’ Ling Xiao finally understood why Shangguan Yutong’s expression had been so complicated when she saw the Golden Divine Statue. ’She should be kneeling and paying respects to her ancestor. But given the curse, if she could face it calmly without blaming that ancestor... that would be a miracle!’

"Sister Yutong, could it be that this curse wasn’t cast by your ancestor, but by... your clan’s enemies?" As someone from a great family herself, Song Mingyue knew a thing or two about such legends. ’Besides,’ she thought, ’I simply don’t believe anyone would curse their own descendants!’

Even the most vicious Magical Beast wouldn’t eat its own young, let alone humans, the most intelligent of all beings.

Shangguan Yutong slowly shook her head. She didn’t know either. All she knew was that she had ultimately failed to escape her fate of receiving the inheritance. And now, she had even been brought before the statue of her own ancestor!

Shangguan Yutong closed her eyes, tears streaming down her face. Cradling the Scroll in both hands, she knelt before the Golden Divine Statue. Suddenly, an immense but gentle force pushed Ling Xiao and Song Mingyue far back. Then, a brilliant, blindingly golden light erupted from the Golden Divine Statue, enveloping Shangguan Yutong completely!

Ling Xiao tried to charge in, but an overwhelming force slammed into him. At the same time, a deep voice bellowed, "You have already obtained the ultimate treasure of the Shangguan Clan, the Refined Gold Moonlight Armor. How dare you interrupt the inheritance! Stand down!"

Ling Xiao’s body shot back like a kite with a snapped string, slamming hard against the far wall before tumbling to the ground.

Song Mingyue rushed over, her face a mask of horror. "Husband... are you, are you okay?"

Ling Xiao shook his head. ’This Refined Gold Moonlight Armor really is something else,’ he thought. ’To be slammed that hard against a solid wall and not have a scratch!’

Seeing that Ling Xiao was unharmed, Song Mingyue relaxed slightly, but her face remained tense as she asked, "Who... who was that speaking just now?"

’How bizarre!’ Ling Xiao thought. ’Who on earth was Shangguan Yutong’s ancestor? For a mere remnant of Divine Sense to be this powerful... In that moment, I felt like I was facing an unbeatable Immortal, not a human being.’

’That’s right. Others might not realize it, but I know exactly what that was. A sliver of Divine Sense was left in that statue—it doesn’t even count as a proper Divine Separation! To be that powerful... could this person have already ascended to godhood? Even those Sword Saints who enter the Holy Sanctuary surely don’t have this kind of power, do they?’

’Leaving behind one’s Divine Sense in a statue requires, in my experience, at least the Divinity Transformation Stage. What cultivation realm in this world is equivalent to the Divinity Transformation Stage?’ After comparing the power levels in his mind, Ling Xiao figured that only a Sword God, the Peak Realm for a Continent Martial Artist, could possibly compare.

’The Shangguan Clan’s ancestor was a Sword God?’ The thought was almost laughable to Ling Xiao. ’But then again, considering the sheer scale of these ruins, even a powerhouse like a Sword Saint probably couldn’t have built this place!’

Ling Xiao’s expression grew serious. ’If this is true, then it seems the Shangguan Clan’s ancestor was a powerhouse who lived even before the era of the Saint Domain Emperor!’

"Husband, quick, look! What’s this?"

Song Mingyue tugged on the arm of a pensive Ling Xiao, pointing to a huge Crystal Ball, about a meter in diameter, in the corner. On its surface, they could see many people fleeing while a huge swarm of Magical Beasts gave desperate chase. The number of Magical Beasts seemed to be growing, and they were all incredibly powerful! As a result, some of the Sword Emperor Powerhouses who fell behind were surrounded and torn to shreds by the frenzied creatures!

The two hurried closer for a better look. Judging by the familiar faces, these were clearly the people who had just fled! They looked at each other in shock. ’Is this... happening right now?’

Then Song Mingyue pointed to a Sword Sect powerhouse who was being swallowed by a sea of Magical Beasts. "Look! That’s a Sword Sect powerhouse from the Tianshan Sun Family!"

The Crystal Ball showed the Sword Sect powerhouse’s face, twisted with anguish. His expression of grief and fury seemed to pierce right through the orb and into their hearts. After felling a pouncing Magical Beast with a single sword strike, he was inundated by a tidal wave of countless elemental attacks!

The Sword Sect powerhouse from the Tianshan Sun Family roared something, and then his body exploded with a BANG! The blast killed every Magical Beast within a radius of several dozen meters. Flesh and blood splattered everywhere; the scene was utterly gruesome!

Song Mingyue fought the urge to vomit, her face pale as she muttered, "How horrifying... These Magical Beasts are terrifying! And those people are all experts at or above the Sword Sect realm!"

Ling Xiao was also stunned. ’I can’t believe the ancient civilization was this advanced,’ he thought. ’To be able to project events from that far away onto a Crystal Ball!’

Just then, they heard a soft groan from Shangguan Yutong. They quickly turned back and saw that the golden light had vanished.

’The inheritance is over already?’

Ling Xiao thought.

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