Chen Ping's Sword

’Trace Origin and Steal Fortune, this time, isn’t a prediction of the future, but a re-enactment of the past.’

’Perhaps this time we will uncover what exactly happened seventeen years ago, and maybe it has something to do with me.’

The reason for thinking this way is because he has experienced multiple pursuits by the masters of the Great Li Embroidery Guard.

His "aunt" Weifu Bo, later got into trouble around Yujing, and according to some intelligence gathered, it is clear that Weifu Bo fled from Yujing seventeen years ago, eventually wandering the world restlessly.

As for the body he currently possesses, it would be no surprise if at this time, he was just an infant or had not yet been born.

From these scant words, Chen Ping had already deduced.

The two brothers in front of him were likely conspiring about the Great Li’s event of purging the King’s side that happened seventeen years ago.

This event was unclear to the common people, and even those in the know among the high ranks, were tight-lipped, not mentioning a word of it.

Therefore, Chen Ping sent spies in all directions to gather information, and yet he found nothing of use.

All that was known was that Emperor Guangxu was an emperor who preferred beauty over the throne, indulging the Demon Empress, resulting in people’s misery.

Yet, discerning people all knew that this was nothing but a smear instigated by Emperor Guangming, who succeeded Ji Changshou.

The elderly among the people still remembered clearly that it was during the seven chaotic years of the Demon Empress’s governance, the world was peaceful, and the people lived well.

Even the Beizhou army found it difficult to step beyond the border.

Conversely, during the seventeen years of Ji Changshou’s reign as Emperor Guangming, each year was worse than the last, until the world was in chaos, and Great Li almost fell apart, with Beizhou advancing into the heartland of the Central Plains...

Of course.

Such "rebellious and heretical" comments were not openly spread, not even by the rebels, to avoid attracting the attention of the Court and becoming a primary target.

As a result, over more than ten years, the people had already forgotten how prosperous the Great Li Dynasty once was and how peaceful the world was.

The consequence of the loss of national fortune was that when anyone mentioned the Great Li Dynasty, it was all curses and insults.

They cursed from the founding emperor to the current emperor, saying there wasn’t a single good person in the Ji Family.

In Chen Ping’s eyes, this was just some tactics played by those with ambitions.

History, like a woman, can be dressed and adorned into whatever form you desire.

When everyone says so, the false becomes true.

The true becomes false.

The real and the fake, to Chen Ping, didn’t matter much.

He was currently attached to Ji Changfeng, the Sixth Brother, and happened to witness this case.

He felt a twinge of doubt in his heart.

’Even if I know this secret case, then what? Could it truly deserve the title of a purple chance?’

Just as he thought of this, the air in the grand hall suddenly twisted, and not far away appeared a humanoid figure.

The humanoid figure materialized from illusion to reality, and even though Chen Ping’s spiritual consciousness was merely attached to True Martial King Ji Changfeng, he still felt a slight chill in his heart.

It seemed as if a tremendous danger weighed heavily on his mind.

The person before him appeared shriveled and aged, with sparse teeth, hair that was withered and grey, and a body slightly hunched forward.

He looked like an old man whose days were numbered.

But it was this unthreatening old man that exuded an aura of being at the top of the food chain.

Suppressing both Ji Changshou and Ji Changfeng to kneel, addressing him as Grand Uncle.

Not only did they show respect, but there was also fear from the bottom of their hearts.

"You are doing well, truly Ji Family men."

The old man, upon appearing, immediately defined the situation.

He directly offered a carrot.

"As Empress Xiao’s due time approaches, with your assistance to accomplish my task, you shall not be short-changed, as this is the Stinging Dragon Scripture’s Divine Martial Secret Transmission, along with the Slaughter Technique Emperor’s Dragon Fist and Nine Dragons Claw Technique. Quickly comprehend and master them for when the time comes."

"Yes, Ancestor."

Ji Changshou and Ji Changfeng happily bowed again, watching the old man stand still, his arm suddenly stretched and pulled long, becoming enormously vast, transforming into a dragon claw densely covered with scales and overpowering in aura.

The sharp claw pierced through the air, the index finger and ring finger lightly pressing down, pressed upon the foreheads of both Ji Changfeng and Ji Changshou.

Neither dared to dodge, nor did they think to.

They simply embraced the origin and guarded the one, fully concentrating, receiving the information coming from the dragon claw.

They knew the ancestor’s methods were mysterious, moreover, he had refined his True Form, and consolidated the True Dragon Dharma Body.

Although only a small part of this Dharma Body was honed, it already possessed earth-shattering power, not something a mere Unity Realm Grandmaster could resist.

If the Ji brothers attacked together, their opponent could have them dead with just one finger.

Thus, there was no reason to worry that the ancestor would turn against them.

"And what of Empress Xiao?"

Having gained the Divine Martial Inheritance Stinging Dragon Scripture Cultivation Technique, Ji Changfeng’s joy prompted some improper inquiries to arise in his mind.

Rumor has it that this Stinging Dragon Scripture hails from East Sea Fubo Island, known as one of the top three Divine Martial Inheritance Cultivation Techniques in existence today.

It wasn’t meant to be passed to the Ji Family.

However, back in the founding era of the Great Li, the Grand Ancestor Ji Hai traveled the world, passing by the East Sea, where he encountered the Dragon Maiden of Fubo Island, and accomplished a legendary tale.

This story was recorded in unofficial history, compiled into the "Ji Hai Subdued Dragon Chronicles."

As to how the dragon was subdued.

The world could no longer give a clear account.

All that was known was that ever since Ji Hai met the Dragon Maiden, whatever means he used, or if it was due to his outstanding charisma, she offered her full assistance, not only overthrowing the Great Yuk Dynasty, establishing the Great Li World, but also securing eight hundred years of national fortune.