Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

Chapter 351: Chapter 261 Shifting the Blame

Zhao Xuanjing laughed and scolded, “You brat, you really are recklessly bold. To think you managed to cause two Nascent Souls to come to blows over you. Come on, out with it, what exactly happened here?”

With no other option, Zhao Sheng bitterly smiled and promptly recounted the cause and effects as well as the matter of the legacy in detail.

He had absolute trust in Zhao Xuanjing, so he didn’t hold back anything.

Other than not mentioning the matter of the Blood God’s Son, he also revealed everything about the True Dragon Primordial Spirit and the Nine Yang Sealing God Stele.

The reason for this was twofold.

Trust was one aspect, and the second was that the grade of the True Dragon Primordial Spirit was too high, while his own realm was too low.

At the very least, he wouldn’t be able to utilize it for at least a hundred years.

Moreover, with such an old monster, who knew how many tricks it had up its sleeve? His own frail body was probably not going to be able to handle any unexpected situations that might arise.

On the contrary, Zhao Xuanjing was not only at the Perfect Golden Core stage but also possessed extraordinary strength and a wealth of experience, along with countless secret techniques.

Even if the True Dragon Primordial Spirit had a trick or two left, it was very likely that it couldn’t do much to him.

Most importantly, Zhao Sheng had not expected the legacy to be related to the Great Chi Jian.

Therefore, he hadn’t particularly hidden his identity beforehand, leading to rather many clues left behind throughout the entire incident.

However, the Great Chi Jian was tied to the great disaster of the Heavenly Burial Plain from ten thousand years ago.

Unfortunately, with the imminent war between the Tianzhu Realm and the Netherworld Ghost Realm, he had no confidence in being able to deceive and evade scrutiny regarding matters so crucial to the rise and fall of a realm.

At this time, Zhao Sheng had to inform Zhao Xuanjing of the situation.

The matter was of great importance, and there would surely be those who would relentlessly pursue it, not overlooking any trace. If he was not careful, it might end up implicating the entire Zhao family.

At this point, Zhao Sheng had already prepared a contingency plan, ready to sever ties with his family beforehand if necessary.@@novelbin@@

“What? You didn’t see wrong? It really is the Great Chi Jian?!” Zhao Xuanjing asked for confirmation several times, seemingly losing his composure.

At this moment, the fluctuations of his aura were extremely intense, clearly unsettled by the news.

Zhao Sheng nodded very seriously, “Absolutely sure! Not only that, I also have a guess…”

Zhao Xuanjing suddenly interrupted Zhao Sheng’s words, his expression extremely agitated as he said, “Wait! Start from the beginning, go over it again from the start. Any detail you know, you have to recount it completely without omission.”

“It’s like this…”

Zhao Sheng shook his head with a sense of helplessness and then spent four hours repeating the entirety of the incident in detail.

After listening, Zhao Xuanjing pondered for a moment and then asked, “Where’s the item?”

“Here, this hot potato,” replied Zhao Sheng, pulling out the Sealing God Tablet from his bosom and casually passing it over.

His relaxed demeanor was as if he was not passing on a heavy treasure but a trifle.

Zhao Xuanjing’s expression turned grave as he took the tablet and inspected the square, yellow crystal stele time and again.

Upon seeing the lifelike Five-clawed True Dragon Primordial Spirit inside the crystal stele, he couldn’t help but gasp for air and cursed, “Fuck, if you didn’t make trouble it would be fine, but when you do, it’s a massive disaster. This thing, and all the trouble that comes with it, is simply not something our small household should be meddling in!”

Zhao Sheng spread his hands innocently and said, “Well, what’s done is done, Ancestor, you see to it. Maybe they won’t even bother with us.”

“Foolish! It’s a grave mistake to think like that,” Zhao Xuanjing rebuked sternly with furrowed brows.

However, at that moment, Zhao Sheng’s expression turned awkward as he took out an object from his Storage Bag and said sheepishly, “Uh, I almost forgot, there’s also this.”

Even having been dead for nearly ten thousand years, even with only a head remaining, the fearsome nature of such a peerless beast still emitted an aura of dread.

Gazing at the huge, fierce black and blue head, Zhao Xuanjing’s eyes twitched involuntarily, betraying his shock.

“This is the head of the Great Chi Jian. I just took it back with me on a whim,” Zhao Sheng shrugged nonchalantly and added.

“Quick, tell me, what else did you take? Hand everything over at once. It’s better than leaving me anxious,” Zhao Xuanjing said a bit desperately.

“That’s all, just a pile of ‘gold powder’ and some picked-up Spiritual Artifacts, Storage Bags, and stuff. Just some bits and bobs that you surely wouldn’t care for,” Zhao Sheng said with an innocent look.

“Hand it over!”

“Hand over what? You’re not thinking of snatching away these little things I got through blood and sweat, are you?” Zhao Sheng feigned ignorance and reluctantly refused to hand over the items.

Seeing this, Zhao Xuanjing couldn’t help but curse, “Bullshit! Relics of at most Foundation Establishment Cultivators, why would I care about them? I’m talking about the ‘gold powder.’ The remnants of the Great Chi Jian’s Golden Body!”

“If only you’d said it earlier! I thought you had more…,” Zhao Sheng grumbled deliberately while reluctantly taking out the Jade Box containing ‘gold powder’ and placing it between them.

After his interruption, the atmosphere in the stone chamber oddly relaxed quite a bit.

Zhao Xuanjing opened the Jade Box and indeed, saw a box full of dazzling golden powder.

He immediately closed the Jade Box, let out a long breath, and his expression gradually calmed down, already having a plan in mind.

Ever since ancient times, there was a saying in the Cultivation World that “each realm is like a distinct heaven.”

This didn’t just refer to status and treatment but implied something much deeper.

As an elder of the Ksitigarbha Sect at the Great Perfection stage of the Golden Core, Zhao Xuanjing had access to far wider information than any Foundation Establishment Cultivator could imagine.

At this level, he had insight into many secrets not even known to average Golden Core Masters.

Take the Blood God’s Son, for instance, Zhao Sheng had to draw upon experiences from several lifetimes for a moment of inspiration to guess the connection between the Great Chi Jian and the Blood God’s Son.