846 The Sorceror Clanâs Secret (1)
Yu Wan sighed inwardly. As expected of the Saintess. In a day, she had taken over her superb acting skills and flawless plan.
Yu Wan also picked up a large bowl of food for the Saintess. Eat, eat, eat, eat until you die!
However, the Saintess did not brace herself and eat it like yesterday. Instead, she took out a handkerchief and said with a crying expression, âI canât eat anymore. Sister, eat it yourself.â
Sikong Ye asked, âAre you feeling unwell?â
âNo.â The Saintess shook her head and choked. âToday is the anniversary of Great-grandmother Lan Yiâs death. I⦠I⦠When I thought that she was no longer around⦠Iâ¦â
The anniversary of Great-Grandma Lan Yiâs death? Why didnât she know? This fellow must be making it up!
Yu Wan said, âSister, did you remember wrongly? Today isnât Great-grandmotherâs death anniversary.â
She would make up stories too!
The Saintess said with tears in her eyes, âSister, you and I have been separated for many years. Perhaps you donât remember much about your family. Today is indeed the anniversary of Great-grandmotherâs death. I definitely wonât remember wrongly.â
Yu Wan wanted to say something, but Sikong Ye had already put down his chopsticks and stood up without any taste. âEat by yourself. Iâll go out for a while.â
It did not matter if it was the death anniversary or not. What was important was that it evoked Ancestor Si Kongâs nostalgia for Saintess Lan Yi. Since the Ancestor was no longer around, the Saintess did not have to bite the bullet and eat the food Yu Wan gave her.
After Sikong Ye left, the Saintess put down the chopsticks in her hand, and the gentleness on her face disappeared. She looked at Yu Wan indifferently. âDonât think youâre the only smart person in this world.â
Yu Wan took a bite of the fat but not greasy red braised pork and smiled. âSo what if youâre smart? Havenât you heard of the saying that smart people are fooled by their own intelligence?â
The Saintess sneered. âWhat a glib tongue!ân/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Yu Wan said slowly, âLan Ji, donât think that you can fool my great grandfather for the rest of his life just because you fooled him once. Donât blame me for not reminding you. There donât seem to be many days left of your face, right? I wonder how youâll face my great grandfatherâs anger at that time?â
The Saintess said disdainfully, âWeâll talk about it when youâre alive!â
Yu Wan approached her and said, âIt wonât be so easy for you to kill me.â
âHmph!â The Saintess rolled her eyes and left the room.
She naturally understood that it was not easy to kill her. However, if she could not succeed now, she would have no chance after her identity was exposed. Therefore, she had to kill her even if she could not!
For the entire day, Old Ancestor Si Kong did not appear again.
After dinner, Yu Wan strolled around the Chaoyang Hall. Sikong Ye gave the sisters absolute freedom, and no one stopped her from going anywhere.
As she walked, she came to a place that looked like an ancient tomb. The huge ancient tomb was like an inverted bowl. Yu Wan walked over curiously and raised her hand to touch the tomb door. The tomb door opened with a bang.
She staggered and fell in.
There were a few huge Night-Luminescent Pearls embedded in the wall, emitting a quiet light in the tomb.
Yu Wan looked outside and then inside. Just as she was hesitating whether to stay or leave, she heard an uncomfortable voice at the end of the tomb.
âIt sounds like Great-grandfatherâs voiceâ¦â Yu Wan blinked strangely and asked, âGreat-grandfather, is it you?â
The uncomfortable voice sounded again. This time, Yu Wan was sure that it was Sikong Ye. Although the ancient tomb was eerie, with her great-grandfather inside, Yu Wan still mustered her courage and walked towards the end of the tomb.
She walked a long way and came to a secret room at the end.
Sikong Ye was lying on the cold ground on his last breath. Blood was flowing from the corner of his mouth and he was sweating profusely.
âGreat Grandpa!â Yu Wanâs expression changed. She knelt down on one knee and helped him sit up. âGreat Grandpa, whatâs wrong?â
Sikong Ye raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth and said patiently, âIâm fine⦠Why are you here?â
âYou still say that youâre fine? Youâre already like this! I walked casually and came hereâ¦â Yu Wan took Sikong Yeâs pulse and realized that his pulse was very chaotic and his breathing was becoming weaker and weaker. She couldnât help but worry. âGreat-grandpa, how did this happen?â
Sikong Ye panted. âDonât worry⦠Iâm fine⦠Iâve been so happy to see you guys these few days that I forgot that itâs almost fifteenâ¦â
Yu Wan frowned. âWhat do you mean? Why donât I understand?â
Sikong Ye composed himself and formed a hand seal with both hands. He suppressed his chaotic aura and explained to Yu Wan, âI cultivate the Sikong familyâs unique longevity technique. This mental cultivation technique has a fatal flaw. When itâs close to the night of the full moon, my strength will become very weak, and on the night of the full moon, Iâll lose all my martial arts.â
Yu Wan asked in confusion, âSince thereâs such a big flaw, why do you still practice it? Donât the Sikong family have any other mental cultivation techniques?â
Sikong Ye said, âYes, of course. There are also better ones than the Longevity Technique.â
âThen why did you stillâ¦â
âBecause only the Longevity Technique has the secret to immortality.â
âImmortality?â Yu Wan was stunned. There was such a powerful cultivation technique in the world? It couldnât be a bluff, right?
Sikong Ye could see his great-granddaughterâs disbelief. He smiled and said, âYou only know that the Lan family is the descendant of the Saintess, then do you know whose descendant the Sikong family is?â
Yu Wan shook her head.
Sikong Ye said, âThe ancestor of the Sikong family is from the Sorcerer Clan.â
Yu Wanâs eyes lit up. âThe sorcerers of the Sorcerer Clan?â
âThatâs right.â Sikong Ye only thought that she was excited because she was a child and had heard about the legendary person.
Yu Wan was more than excited. If she hadnât been supporting her great-grandfather, she would have jumped up, okay? Yan Jiuchaoâs last medicine primer was only short of the sorcererâs tears. If the Sikong family was the descendant of a sorcerer, in that case, they had found the sorcererâs tears?!
Yu Wan blinked and looked at Sikong Ye. âGreat Grandpa, are you a sorcerer?â
Sikong Ye couldnât bear to see his child looking at him with such anticipation. He said, âIâm not. The inheritance of the Sorcerer Clan is different from that of the Sacred Clan. It doesnât come from the bloodline. Although the Sikong family is a descendant of the Sorcerer Clan, there are no more sorcerers.â Sikong Ye didnât know that Yu Wan needed sorcererâs tears, so he didnât talk too much about the sorcerer. He only continued what he said just now, âThe longevity technique left behind by our ancestors is said to hide the secret of immortality. I had already cultivated to the eighth level twenty years ago, but after twenty years, I still couldnât break through to the ninth level. I donât understand what mistake I made just now. Just now, I was comprehending the longevity technique here when my internal energy suddenly disappeared and my true energy reversed. Thatâs why I was injured.â
âIs it serious?â Yu Wan looked into his eyes and asked.
It had been a long time since Sikong Ye had felt such heartfelt worry. He looked up at his great-granddaughterâs chubby face. âThis small injury is fine. After the full moon, I will recover.â
Yu Wan suddenly thought that the Ghost King seemed to be cultivating the Longevity Technique too. Yan Jiuchao had absorbed the Ghost Kingâs power. She wondered if he would become abnormally weak on a full moon night like her great-grandfather.
Tomorrow was the night of the full moonâ¦
Yu Wan touched her chin and asked, âGreat Grandpa, do you need me to get you some pills to treat internal injuries?â
Sikong Ye waved his hand. âThereâs no need. This is the backlash of the Longevity Technique. Pills are useless. Even the previous heads of the Sikong family donât know this secret. You have to keep it a secret for me.â
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Yu Wan patted her chest. âDonât worry, Great Grandpa. I wonât say anything!â
The ancestor, who could not even be killed, actually had such a huge weakness. If word got out, he might be chased by his enemies.
At this point, Yu Wan finally understood why her great-grandfather would kill all the strangers who had barged into the Nether Mountain. This was to guard against danger and also to create a deterrent in case someone happened to assassinate him when he was weak.
Yu Wanâs eyes darted around and she said seriously, âBy the way, Great Grandpa, donât tell Sister about this. Sheâs not in good health and has a soft heart. She likes to let her imagination run wild. If she finds out about this, sheâll definitely be so worried that she wonât be able to eat.â
âOkay.â Sikong Ye pondered for a moment and agreed.
Sikong Ye stayed in the tomb to cultivate in seclusion, and Yu Wan returned to her courtyard.
Not long after Yu Wan left, a white figure flashed behind the tomb.
Who else could it be but the Saintess?
The Saintess glanced at the gloomy tomb and curled her lips smugly. âThe world-destroying ancestor actually has such a big weakness⦠Yan Jiuchao must have it too, right? What a gift when Iâm out of ideas⦠I was worried that you would see through me⦠But Iâm afraid you wonât have this chance.â
Didnât that brat always feel that she was lucky? When she killed the Ancestor and Yan Jiuchao, letâs see who else⦠would support that girl!!!
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