HPDBC Chapter 152 - 151: The Box Left Behind by Ji ‘s Ancestors
Chapter 152 - 151: The Box Left Behind by Ji ‘s Ancestors
chapter 152: chapter 151: the box left behind by ji ‘s ancestorstranslator: 549690339
when jiang li went to look for ji zhi, the latter was uncharacteristically not staying late to revise his official documents, but instead was telling anecdotes to ji kongkong.
“when the invasion of the heavenly demons from beyond this realm took place, the nine provinces were on the brink of demise. your uncle jiang and i jointly combated the heavenly demons. at that time, he had just entered the
mahayana realm and was not as invincible as he is now. hence, he needed the assistance of a strong ally like me, your father.”
“with the nation’s luck on his side, your father wielded the past and present
sword, utilising the path of time to disrupt the temporal order, causing the heavenly demons to lose their sense of time and direction. the disoriented demons were detained by your father for a span of twenty breaths’ time, which afforded your uncle jiang the opportunity to launch his offense.”
“your uncle jiang acted prematurely, otherwise, your father could have resolved the issue with the heavenly demons by himself.”
as this was a story, it was, of course, embellished and exaggerated. jiang li understood this.
after all, in front of his daughter, he could not admit that your father was a weakling and was brutally beaten by the heavenly demon as soon as he approached. the demon thrashed him for a good twenty breaths’ time. if not for your uncle jiang’s intervention, they would have had a new emperor in the zhou dynasty quite a long time ago.
“your father was also one of the candidates for the human emperor. however, considering that the zhou dynasty could not survive without me, i reluctantly gave up the easily available position of the human emperor and let your uncle jiang ascend the throne…”
seeing how ji zhi’s bragging was getting out of hand, jiang li decided to intervene.
“ahem! excuse me.’
the guards nearby were startled and immediately went on high alert. anyone who could suddenly materialize out of nowhere could just as easily attack and defeat the emperor undetected. this was surely a highly dangerous cultivator.
oh! it’s the human emperor, jiang li. never mind then.
“…you heard everything?” ji zhi was somewhat embarrassed.
“you mean detaining the heavenly demon for about twenty breaths’ time, or the part about giving up the position of the human emperor?”
“uncle jiang!” ji kongkong, with her little white legs thrashing about, ran over to jiang li.
“be careful, kongkong.” jiang li, grabbing ji kongkong by the armpits, lifted her into a circle in mid-air before putting her back down, causing ji kongkong to giggle like a little hen.
ji zhi sidestepped the issue: “what brings you here?”
jiang li decided not to expose ji zhi in front of the child: “by now, the yin yang heaven seal, van tower, dragon balls of the four seas, mount heshan rock, the great confucian word post, and the ruyi gourd have all been found, leaving just the location of the past and present sword of your zhou family unaccounted for. do you have any clues?”
ji zhi pondered for a moment, then said, “from the battle that day, the past and present sword should have entered the river of time, intending to launch a surprise attack on you in the future. however, you intercepted and hit it with the sky desolate halberd, sending it upstream in the river of time.”
jiang li remembered that while he was fighting against a multitude of immortal artifacts, he indeed felt something attacking him. however, the sensation was very faint, and he reacted on instinct to deflect something.
looking back now, that something must have been the past and present sword.
“so the past and present sword is still in the river of time?” this coincided with jiang li’s assumption. only if the past and present sword were hiding in the river of time would the system fail to locate it.
“this could be difficult.” jiang li sighed. while he could
you really are a clever one.
as one of the top three dynasties in terms of power amongst the nine great dynasties of china, the treasury of the zhou dynasty naturally contained countless rare and valuable treasures that would make any cultivator go mad.
jiang li noticed that near the treasury, there were three cultivators at the body integration realm, guarding the facility both overtly and covertly. that number was already shocking. a first-class sect would have about this many cultivators at the body integration realm.
jiang li was not visiting the zhou dynasty’s treasury for the first time. after he helped ji zhi ascend to the throne, ji zhi, wanting to show his thanks, let him choose some treasures from the treasury.
the treasury was filled with an extravagant array of treasures, so luxurious that the treasury was lit with luminous pearls from the deep sea, demonstrating the quality of the treasures within.
these treasures include prayer beads made from the cores of eighteen stars, ten-thousand-year unmelting mysterious ice excavated from the extreme north, immortal pills that could alter one’s spiritual root when consumed, the parasitic mother termite insect that can absorb someone’s cultivation base, etc. any one of these could be the top lot in a high-end auction.
however, jiang li found all these objects useless. his storage ring also contained many similar treasures.
furthermore, ji zhi did not bring jiang li here to see these items.
ji zhi took him to the deepest part of the treasury and proceeded to take a small wooden box out, solemnly saying, “only the successive generations of zhou emperors know about this. emperor shun left this behind with the instructions that future generations must never open this box. if anyone ever wants to look for the past and present sword in the river of time, this box should be handed over to him.”
emperor shun was the ancestor of the zhou family, the fish that emerged from the river of time.
jiang li glanced at the box, then looked at ji kongkong. the message echoed
clearly without the need tor words. this was a secret only known to the zhou emperors, and ji zhi brought ji kongong along to be part of it. “our ancestor must have been referring to you.”
jiang li opened the box to find only a small note inside that read:
i’m enjoying myself in the river of time. don’t look for me!!! ji zhi looked at jiang li with anticipation, “well? do we now have a lead?”
jiang li silently closed the box and handed it back to ji zhi. “keep your ancestor’s belongings safe and don’t look inside..”