northernbook Chapter 321 Past Events of Taiyuan 7
Chapter 321 Past Events of Taiyuan 7
Chapter 321 The Past of Taiyuan 7
Upon hearing this, the clan leader's gaze towards Ling Yi deepened considerably, but he remained silent, waiting quietly for Ling Yi to continue.
Ling Yi looked at the clan leader: "Yuan Wu killed so many ancient clansmen, you can't help but hate him. Hate is also a desire. The fact that you hate him but are not controlled can only mean that you have something on you that can suppress Yuan Wu's power."
The clan leader's eyes flickered, but he still didn't speak.
Ling Yi asked directly, "Is it the Taiyuan Seal or the Destiny Stone?"
The clan leader's pupils contracted, and before he could answer, Ling Yi's voice rang out again: "I guess it's the Taiyuan Seal."
As soon as Ling Yi finished speaking, the clan leader looked at Ling Yi with eyes full of shock.
Back then, Yuan Wuyi pressed him repeatedly about the whereabouts of the Taiyuan Seal, but he couldn't find it on him. Yet this woman in front of him guessed it so easily.
The clan chief sighed and said, "You're right. Yuan Wu is powerful and has special abilities. I am no match for him. The only reason I'm still alive and not controlled by his power is because of the Taiyuan Seal left by our ancestors."
“If you hadn’t appeared, I would have left the Taiyuan Seal to the next clan leader after my death, but you have appeared…” The clan leader looked at Ling Yi and said with certainty, “You want the Taiyuan Seal.”
Ling Yi did not deny it, but said, "Yuan Wu will be here soon. You can choose to give me the Taiyuan Seal or give it to him."
Upon hearing this, the clan leader's face immediately turned ugly, and the expressions of the two young men and Sang Ye also changed. They looked at Ling Yi and said in a deep voice, "Are you one of Yuan Wu's people?"
“No.” Ling Yi didn’t want to cause trouble with them at this time: “But Yuan Wu wants to capture me. He can track my location. If I were elsewhere, he would only send people to capture me. But I am here, and you happen to have what he wants. He will come in person. The current barrier can’t stop him. You don’t have much time left.”
"You!" The two young men were still angry after hearing what Ling Yi said.
Although Ling Yi is not Yuan Wu's person, she is the one who brought Yuan Wu here. If it weren't for her, the ancient clan could have held on for a while longer. She brought people here, which is a matter of life and death for the ancient clan, yet she spoke of it so calmly. What kind of good person is she?
The clan chief looked at Ling Yi with a deep gaze: "Miss, if I am unwilling to hand over the Taiyuan Seal, what do you intend to do?"
“Not so.” Ling Yi looked at the clan leader: “I have a connection with Yuanlong, and I would not treat you like Yuan Wu did for the sake of Taiyuan Imprint, but you should know that it is more troublesome for things to fall into Yuan Wu’s hands than into mine.”
“I can spare your lives because of Yuanlong, but I cannot because of Yuanwu.”
After hearing Ling Yi's words, the clan leader fell silent.
The two young men were a little angry to see that their clan leader was seriously ill and was being harassed by Ling Yi. They wanted to say something, but Sang Ye shook her head at them.
After an unknown amount of time, the clan leader spoke again: "I can give you the Taiyuan Seal, but you must agree to one condition."
Ling Yi looked down at him: "Given the current situation of the ancient clan, they are not in a position to negotiate with me."
Upon hearing this, the clan chief's already pale face, a result of his serious illness, turned even more ashen. He moved his lips as if to refute, but ultimately said nothing.
The girl is right; the ancient tribes of today are indeed not qualified.
If it weren't for Yuanlong and the White Serpent sacrificing themselves to protect each other that day, they would have died long ago and wouldn't have survived until today. Now that someone with a connection to Yuanlong has come, it would indeed be better to give the Taiyuan Seal to her than to let it fall into Yuanwu's hands.
Silence fell over the room. When the clan chief spoke again, he looked at the two young men and said, "Go and summon the elders."
The two nodded and immediately went to do it.
Ling Yi stood quietly, without saying a word.
The two men returned quickly, accompanied by several elderly people.
"Clan Chief." As soon as the elders arrived, they all went to the Clan Chief's bedside. The Clan Chief would not summon them unless there was something important in the clan, but now he had summoned them all.
The clan chief's gaze fell on the faces of the elders, his expression grave. The ancient clan had once been much larger than just a few elders; its members could not possibly be contained in a single village. What a pity…
All of this was destroyed by Yuanwu, and now only three clans remain.
The clan chief let out a long sigh, first telling the others about Ling Yi's situation, and finally stating his decision.
He wanted to hand over the Taiyuan Seal to Ling Yi.
Upon hearing this, the elders' expressions changed: "Patriarch, you mustn't!"
"Clan leader, the Taiyuan Seal is in your heart. Given your current condition, removing the Taiyuan Seal will..." The elder's voice choked as he spoke, unable to bear to say the rest.
Even if he didn't say it, the others knew. The two young men and Sangye all advised the clan leader not to take it. The clan leader looked at them and said, "Even if I don't take it, I won't live for more than a few days."
Upon hearing this, an elder immediately said, "Live for as many days as you can!"
The clan chief shook his head: "Yuan Wu is coming soon, and this time no one can protect us."
As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent.
The clan chief looked at Ling Yi: "You said Yuan Wu is capturing you, which means you have a grudge against Yuan Wu. Since you have no right to negotiate with me, I can only beg you to kill Yuan Wu."
"If you can kill Yuan Wu, I will give you the Taiyuan Seal without any regrets."
Ling Yi did not give an answer; Yuan Wu was not so easy to kill.
Seeing that Ling Yi remained silent, the clan leader did not have high expectations and began to explain his final arrangements to the elders.
He handed the Taiyuan Seal to Ling Yi. When Yuan Wu arrived and the barrier shattered, they could tell Yuan Wu about it, allowing Ling Yi and Yuan Wu to confront each other. Meanwhile, the elders led their clansmen to escape separately.
When the clan chief gave his instructions, he didn't hide it from Ling Yi, and Ling Yi didn't show anything either. The elders listened quietly, and when the clan chief finished speaking, he asked them if they remembered it. Only then did the elders respond, indicating that they all remembered it.
The clan chief looked at them and said, "Whether the ancient clan can continue depends on you."
The elders were well aware of this, but Taiyuan was their ancestral land. If they left Taiyuan, would they ever have the chance to return in this lifetime?
To take it a step further, is it really possible for them to escape?
The sorrow of the clan leader's impending departure, the reluctance to part, and the uncertainty about the unknown made the atmosphere in the room exceptionally heavy. It was in this heavy atmosphere that the clan leader took out the Taiyuan Seal hidden in his heart.
The Taiyuan Seal was a crescent-shaped piece of green jade. When it emerged from the clan leader's heart, it was completely unstained by blood, translucent and beautiful, shimmering with a soft light.
As soon as the Taiyuan Seal appeared, the clan leader's already dwindling life force rapidly dissipated. Clan leader, clinging to his last breath, looked at Ling Yi: "Here, for you..."
With a flick of his finger, Ling sent a surge of power into the Taiyuan Seal, drawing it towards him.
The moment the Taiyuan Seal landed in his palm, Ling Yi saw a man.
The man seemed to be standing on a mountaintop, the wind whipping his thick black hair. As if sensing the gaze, he turned around, revealing a deep and handsome face.
The man turned around, his dark eyes seeming to pierce through the void, but then, in the direction he was looking, appeared a girl who looked about eleven or twelve years old.
The illusion of piercing through the void seemed to pass through Ling Yi's eyes. She watched as the man lowered his head, gazing at the girl with her back to him, and respectfully said, "My lord."
Ling Yi heard the girl call him: "Taiyuan".