Chapter Thirty-One: The Secret History

  The dark green color flows slowly along the texture under the bright reflection, and the dark green that condenses at the knot will slowly disperse, repeating endlessly. The bloodline inside seems to be extremely afraid of strangers, and when Zhang Zuoyan's face is about to get close to take a closer look, it slips away with a rustling sound to the place where the dark green condenses, hiding its tracks under the deep color.

  "Fourth Brother, isn't this your blood?" Zhang Zhaoyan shook off the jade pendant and finally recovered from his shock.

  Xun Qing furrowed his brow, somewhat perplexed. This red line looked nothing like blood to him; how did he know? But despite his confusion, he still nodded honestly. "This was given to me by my father when I was young."

  "Your father must have told you that this thing shouldn't be easily shown to people, huh, Xun brother? You really trust me." Zhang Zuoyan smiled and handed the jade ornament back to him, trying to ease Xun Qing's overly tense nerves.

  Xun Qing raised his hand and punched him on the shoulder, laughing and scolding: "You this rabbit son, we've known each other for so many years, if I can't even trust you, then who can I trust?"

  "Whatever." Zhang Zuoyan didn't give him any face, rolling her eyes at him. "At least you still have Xiaoling from your family, but I haven't even entered Yuanyuan's heart, the road ahead is long and arduous..."

  How could he be so trusting of him?! Just a few minutes ago, he was such a normal person, who is he now?! This guy must be split personality or something!!!

  After a loud roar in his heart, Xun Qing sadly found that all the tense and serious emotions had been thrown into some corner by him. He glanced at Zhang Zuoyan with a look of "hurry up and speak, if not, get out, I still want to sleep".

  Zhang Zuoyan spread out his hands, with an innocent expression: "If I'm not mistaken, this jade ornament of yours has a great origin. Do you still remember the opening year of our dynasty's Emperor Liu Feng?"

  "How could one not remember? Liu Fengnian was born in a humble environment, yet he relied on his own strength to conquer one-third of the territory of Yuan Lu, establishing the Liu Empire. Such achievements are beyond ordinary people's comparison, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he had divine assistance."

  "God? If that kind of evil spirit technique can be called a divine miracle, we should all go to hell. Zhang Sanye rarely showed a cold and mocking face, his usually clear eyes dyed with gloom and disgust. "I don't know if your ancestors have ever mentioned 'Qing Yu Ling' to you?"

  Before Xun Qing could respond, Zhang Zuoyan stood up excitedly, his tone indignant, and a barrage of words that didn't know whether they were questioning their ancestors or the heavens.

  "The King of Cheng's defeat at the hands of bandits is a common occurrence in military households, losing is just losing, it's not a big deal to die. But that beast actually turned 100,000 soldiers into ghostly troops. Ah, I really want to know if the High Ancestor hears the mournful cries of those soldiers every night. They merely took up their sharp blades to defend their own territory, yet for so many years, they couldn't return to their hometowns, couldn't reincarnate, couldn't be freed, and with eyes wide open, watched as they thrust their blades into the chests of their comrades, day and night, without rest or respite!!"

  Xu Qing's pupils suddenly contracted, as if she hadn't had time to digest these dark secrets. Zhang Zuoyan continued, "Liu Fengnian ascended to the throne by trampling on these corpses, and you think the descendants will be willing to let go of this crystallization of guilt?"

  Every word and sentence is like a Manjusaka flower blooming in hell, carrying lethal toxicity and temptation.

  Xun Qing was not a fool, he naturally understood the meaning of Zhang Zhaoyan's words. He pinched the jade ornament, his hand bones clenched tightly, as if he was about to crush it at any moment. "The Green Jade Order you mentioned is this one, what should I do?"