Xiao Jiang said and walked into the door. Yao Zheng thought for a while and asked Yao Ling to follow him through the door. All the way to the hall, Xiao Jiang looked at a painting hanging on the wall in front of the hall with his hands behind his back and said:
"Master Yao, take a look at this painting. Can you understand anything?"
Yao Zheng was stunned. He didn't expect Xiao Jiang to ask them to come in and look at the painting. He followed Xiao Jiang's line of sight and saw that the portrait was of a proud and domineering man. Behind him stood countless cultivators confronting the enemy in front.
The man in the portrait is Xiao Changwen, the ancestor of the Changwen lineage. Yao Zheng frowned and said:
"I wonder if the master of the palace wants me to see this painting of ancestor Changwen's battle. What's the point?"
Xiao Jiang turned around and smiled and said:
"Don't look at my ancestor's appearance, because you have seen it before, and I am not asking you to admire the mighty and domineering appearance of our ancestor Chang Wen.
Look carefully at everything in the painting. If you can understand it, maybe everything has changed. If you can't understand it, there's nothing I can do about it."
Yao Zheng looked left and right and frowned and said:
"Isn't this the painting of Patriarch Changwen's battle in the Central Mountain Range? Patriarch Changwen fought alone against the top ten masters of the Zhao family without falling behind, and achieved the title of the first person among the saints of the Xiao family.
This is his most glorious moment, but does it have a direct relationship with the life and death of my Yao family?"
Xiao Jiang smiled and said nothing. As he said, if you can see the special features in the portrait, the Yao family can still survive. Otherwise, he can only ensure that Yao Zheng and his daughter are alive, and he can't care so much about other people.
As a quasi-sage, Yao Zheng naturally had good eyesight, but he still couldn't see what secrets this painting contained after looking at it again and again.
Just when Yao Zheng was frowning deeply, Yao Ling suddenly pointed at the figure next to Patriarch Changwen on the portrait and said:
"Father, look at this back, does it look familiar?"
Next to the proud and domineering figure of Patriarch Chang Wen, a warrior holding a scimitar raised his arms and shouted. Although there was only a back view, his momentum of following Patriarch Chang Wen forward was fully reflected.
Yao Zheng then looked at the portrait. He stared at the figure and the scimitar and couldn't help but trembled and said:
"Red Moon Scimitar...the ancestor of the Yao family..."
Xiao Jiang still held a cigarette in his mouth and said nothing. Yao Ling stared at the portrait and said:
"Father, the Yao family's family motto is to hold a sword as a protector and guard the purple spirit for life. There is only one person left in the Yao family who lives in this city. If he violates the family's ancestral precepts, he will be expelled from the Yao family.
There is also that picture of the Holy Land that we have never understood. Father, don’t you understand?”
The corner of Yao Zheng's mouth trembled, he looked at Xiao Jiang and said:
"Please also ask the master of the palace to bring out the treasure of Changwen."
It seemed that Yao Ling and Yao Zheng had already understood. Xiao Jiang's Purple Spirit Sword appeared in his hand. He flicked the sword's spine and said:
"I'll ask Zi Ling, the head of the Yao family, can you see clearly?"
Yao Zheng looked at the sword in a daze and knelt down to the ground and said:
"Yao Zheng, a descendant of Yaocheng, met the young master with his daughter Yaoling."
Yao Ling also hurriedly knelt down and shouted:
"Yao Ling pays homage to the young master."
The reason why the Yao family exists in Tiandi City is that their ancestors followed Patriarch Changwen and asked him to leave with the last clue when Patriarch Changwen knew he was in danger.
Originally, this secret was difficult for anyone to discover and see through, but Xiao Jiang's father saw clues from the murals in the Yao family's holy land and the portraits of the Xiao family. At the same time, he felt that it was related to the fact that the Changwen family had been secretly plotted against.
Xiao Jiang's father also left clues, and at the same time made arrangements for Xiao Jiang's marriage to the Yao family, all in order to let the descendants of the Xiao family find out the secrets that mattered to the life and death of the Changwen lineage.
After several twists and turns, Xiao Jiang did find out the truth, but this truth was too threatening, even threatening the entire Xiao family, so Xiao Jiang did not dare to act rashly.
At this time, looking at the Yao family father and daughter kneeling in front of him, Xiao Jiang put away the Purple Spirit Sword and said:
"Master of the Yao family, you left your ancestors and kept the Yao family in Tiandi City to protect a certain secret. Now it is time for your Yao family to succeed and leave the whirlpool of Tiandi City.
As the last person in the Changwen lineage, I have also asked the name of the master of the palace.
It has been decided that the Yao family will no longer implement the previous ancestral precepts and stay away from Tiandi City today so that they can become their own lineage and never worship Chang Wen."
Both Yao Zheng and Yao Ling looked shocked. You must know that the two of them recognized their master by bowing. It was not just as simple as Yao Ling being a slave, but also a member of the Changwen lineage for generations to come.
It stands to reason that Xiao Jiang is dead. Although he is still the master of the palace, he has no future. If the remaining thousand people of the Yao family join Changwen, at least he will regain all the face he lost before and strengthen the Changwen Palace.
Strength.
Xiao Jiang actually gave up all these opportunities. Yao Zheng was stunned and said:
"Young Master, the ancestral teachings of my Yao family..."
Xiao Jiang waved his hand to stop Yao Zheng's words and said:
"I understand your ancestral precepts, and I also know that the Yao family has always adhered to the ancestral precepts, so I let you choose to leave.
There will soon be a big storm in this Tiandi City, which cannot be resisted by the power of the Yao family. Even the Xiao family is on the verge of collapse or even collapse.
The Yao family has been fighting for the Changwen lineage for nearly a billion years. Although you are suffering from civil strife, this is your chance to escape safely.
As the head of Changwen Palace, I hope that your Yao family can continue, especially your direct line. Remember, if others want to stay, you can just leave regardless."
Yao Zheng was silent, but Yao Ling on the side heard the hidden danger in Xiao Jiang's words. She frowned and looked at Yao Zheng and said:
"Father, what the young master said is absolutely true. Let's do it this way. Father will leave first with his aunts and younger brothers and sisters. You have shown little care for them over the years. Now you have found time to make up for them.
And I stayed, firstly to atone for my sins, and secondly, to serve as the last stand for the Yao family, to protect Chang Wen, and to have no fear or regret even if I die."
At this moment, Yao Ling still has a little bit of the pampering and arrogance of a young lady. Her eyes are full of concern for her family and loyalty to her master. There is also a trace of regret and regret. As for regrets and regrets, she is probably the only one who has them.
Understand it yourself.
Yao Zheng nodded with deep relief, looked at Xiao Jiang and said:
"Young Master, I will follow your order and lead people to evacuate. However, Ling'er's previous behavior should have been atonement with death, but Young Master always needs people to serve around him, so let Ling'er stay as your maid."
Yao Ling also looked at Xiao Jiang and said:
"Young Master, Yao Ling made an oath with the true spirit. From now on, he will act according to the young master's words, act according to the young master's orders, and take the young master's safety first. If there is any betrayal of the true spirit, he will fall into the sea of karma and fire forever.
Transcendence."
Yao Ling actually made an oath with her true spirit. Xiao Jiang found it difficult to speak for a moment, but Yao Zheng nodded with relief and joy and said:
"My Ling'er has finally grown up and knows what he should and shouldn't do. He will serve the young master well from now on. I hope that one day when our father and daughter are reunited, the young master can revive Changwen and prosper."