From the fake emperor to the concubine

The other elders in the secret chamber fell silent.

However, their silence did not last long, and Zheng Tianming quickly expressed his opinion: "Agreed."

Zheng Tianhua, his face flushed with excitement, said, "That's wonderful! We should have given that thing to our ancestor long ago."

Another elder stroked his beard, looking as if he still had lingering fear: "It should have been done long ago. If it weren't for this thing, my Zheng family wouldn't have been in danger of being wiped out."

Seeing the elders nod in approval, Zheng Tianhao also nodded: "In that case, let's do it this way. I'll hand the items over to the ancestor now."

They believed they had done it discreetly.

Little did they know that their every move had been observed by Zheng Yi.

Defenses can not do without.

Zheng Yi, who had once been an emperor, never forgot this.

Although these people are his descendants, for some reason they do indeed have his blood in them.

But so what?
Not to mention that the Zheng family and I are separated by countless generations.

Even among brothers or fathers and sons, countless people have turned against each other for personal gain.

The Zheng family members aren't so foolish as to have any designs on a powerful figure like him.

However, we can also use his existence to do something.

Therefore, Zheng Yi never relaxed his surveillance of them.

Especially after yesterday, having deeply experienced the thought processes of his descendants, Zheng Yi really couldn't tell what kind of mess these guys were capable of.

When Zheng Tianhao left the secret room, he was carrying a package.

This cloth bundle may look ordinary, but if you examine it with your spiritual energy, you'll find that it has as many as twelve sealing restrictions.

Even the seemingly ordinary cloth bundle on the outside is made of special materials that can prevent spiritual energy from leaking out and allow people to explore the contents of the cloth bundle.

It can be said that this single cloth bundle is worth at least one-tenth of the Zheng family's current wealth.

The fact that Zheng Tianhao, the patriarch of the family, valued this item so much aroused Zheng Yi's curiosity.

But then he thought about the peculiar personalities of his descendants, and Zheng Yi decided it was better not to have too much hope.

Zheng Tianhao arrived at Zheng Yi's door, took a deep breath to calm himself down, and then slowly knocked on the door.

"Enter!"

After Zheng Yi gave his permission, Zheng Tianhao pushed open the door and entered the room.

He didn't forget to close the door from the inside.

Afterwards, Zheng Tianhao, with his hands on both sides, respectfully placed the bundle in front of Zheng Yi.

Zheng Yi raised an eyebrow: "What is this?"

"This..." Zheng Tianhao was speechless for a moment. After hesitating for a moment, he forced a smile: "Ancestor, I don't know what this is either."

……

Zheng Yi was speechless.

Although he already knew this guy was an oddball, Zheng Yi still felt a wave of dizziness when he heard Zheng Tianhao say he didn't know what it was.

do not know?
If you don't know what this thing is, why did you bring it back to the family?
In fact, they almost caused the extinction of their entire clan for something whose usefulness was unknown?
For a moment, Zheng Yi didn't know whether to say that this guy had a long-term vision and planned ahead, or that he was short-sighted and reckless.

Zheng Yi rubbed his temples vigorously and sighed helplessly.

I've gone down the wrong path. This guy just has this weird personality, so what's there for me to be upset about?
"If you don't know, why did you hand this over to me?" Zheng Yi said calmly.

“Ancestor, although I don’t know what this is, I’m certain it’s an extremely rare treasure.”

Zheng Tianhao began to recount how he obtained this item.

It turns out that fifteen years ago, a meteorite fell into the Ghostly Wasteland of Xuanzhou.

The crash site happened to be a cultivation sect in the Ghostly Wasteland.

The violent explosion leveled the cultivation sect to the ground.

Afterwards, the surrounding monsters went berserk, frantically fighting over the fallen meteorite, and the scene was almost bloody.

Whether they were demonic beasts or cultivators, countless people died.

Coincidentally, the Zheng family's top expert was nearby at the time, and by sheer chance, he obtained this treasure.

Although the experts of the Zheng family did not know what this was, they knew one thing: an item that could attract so many cultivators and demonic beasts to fight over it must be a rare treasure.

However, they simply did not know the specific function of this treasure.

Since that's the case, then of course we can't let it go.

The expert from the Zheng family immediately placed twelve seals, completely concealing the treasure's aura and secretly bringing it back to the Zheng family.

The Zheng family was overjoyed.

With this treasure, the Zheng family might be able to revive itself.

But soon, they were dismayed to discover...

This treasure seems very powerful, but they have no way of using it.

No matter what method is used, there is no way to gain any benefit from this treasure.

Therefore, this thing was completely shelved.

This time, so many forces have joined forces to try and wipe out the Zheng family.

After much thought, Zheng Tianhao concluded that it was probably related to this treasure.

No secrets stay hidden forever. No matter how discreetly the expert who secretly returned the treasure to the family did it, it was impossible for him to have left no clues.

If someone is determined to investigate, they will find out sooner or later.

"Ancestor, that's how it is. This treasure is useless to us, but it should be of use to you, Ancestor, right?"

After speaking, Zheng Tianhao looked at Zheng Yi expectantly, as if hoping to get a positive answer from the other party.

After all, the Zheng family has spent countless manpower and resources on this over the years.

If it's really useless, wouldn't that be a joke?
“You guys…” Zheng Yi was both amused and exasperated.

What Zheng Tianhao said was pretty much what Zheng Yi had guessed.

He really wanted to pry open this guy's head... no... and the heads of the previous Zheng family patriarchs, to take a look.

Are their brains filled with nothing but water?
If the Zheng family's power is immense, no one would dare to provoke them.

It wouldn't hurt to keep this so-called treasure of unknown origin in my hands and study it slowly.

After all, no one can say for sure whether the results of this research will have any significant impact.

The problem was that the Zheng family was already in decline at that time.

To take this so-called treasure, which everyone covets but which offers no benefit whatsoever to improving one's strength, into one's own hands.

What's the difference between this and a three-year-old child holding a gold bar in a busy city?
It's practically as if they're writing on their faces, "I'm rich and easy to bully, come and snatch the gold bars from my hand!"

If it were him, he would have thrown this hot potato out to draw attention to it long ago.

Zheng Yi casually opened the cloth bundle, snapped his fingers, and all twelve restrictions on it were broken. He directly destroyed these restrictions, regardless of whether the thing was a treasure or a useless ordinary item.

These restrictions will no longer be necessary.

The moment the restriction was lifted, Zheng Yi saw a golden light shoot into the sky.

The enormous pillar of light enveloped the entire Zheng family compound and even penetrated into the clouds.

Even in broad daylight, the light was extremely bright.

The entire Xuanzhou continent seemed to have a mountain peak composed of spiritual energy and light appear out of thin air.

The immense and intense spiritual energy startled even Zheng Yi, who was caught off guard.

On the table was an object roughly the size of two soccer balls, which was emitting a bright light.

The spiritual energy washed over Zheng Yi's body in waves, like a massage, making him feel extremely comfortable.

In such intense light, Zheng Yi couldn't see the material of the object at all; he only felt that it seemed to be some kind of jade.

Zheng Yi carefully probed with his spiritual energy, only to find that the thing containing such enormous energy was incredibly gentle in nature. His spiritual energy felt as if he were holding a stone that had just been dredged up from a hot spring.

Okay, now Zheng Yi understands.

Why are the Zheng family members so fixated on such a dangerous thing?

Regardless of its specific function, just by looking at it, you can tell it's a priceless treasure.

Regardless of whether it has any other effects, the spiritual energy contained within it alone, if extracted and properly utilized, could probably elevate a dilapidated family to great heights.

"Ancestor, do you know what this thing is?" Zheng Tianhao asked, rubbing his hands together with a curious expression.

He had studied this thing countless times, and was already used to this kind of scene.

Zheng Yi slowly shook his head: "I don't know either."

Having traveled through so many worlds, he had never seen anything so peculiar.

"So even our ancestors didn't know?" Zheng Tianhao was extremely disappointed.

I've studied this for many years, but without any results. To say I have no obsession with it would be a lie.

Although Zheng Tianhao did not expect his ancestor to be able to unleash the power of this treasure immediately, he still hoped to know its origin.

Unfortunately, they returned disappointed in the end.

After Zheng Tianhao left, Zheng Yi also began to study this thing.

After using his spiritual energy to investigate, Zheng Yi found that the thing posed no threat and carefully placed his hand on it.

The result was that just as I encountered it, the long-lost information resurfaced before my eyes.

[Absorbing the fragments of the Sky-Mending Stone, beginning the tempering of the physique.]

The next moment, Zheng Yi completely lost consciousness.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but when Zheng Yi regained consciousness, he had undergone a complete transformation.

Zheng Yi felt as light as a feather, as if his body had no weight at all.

His own flesh and bones seemed unchanged from before, but they were clearly different. It was as if every muscle fiber was filled with spiritual energy.

If Zheng Yi's original meridians were a country road, then his current meridians are like an eight-lane highway.

Because there was too little spiritual energy circulating, Zheng Yi felt empty and sad.

Zheng Yi hurriedly began to cultivate his internal energy.

However, he discovered that the cultivation technique he was practicing was like trying to pump water from a pond with an underpowered pump.

It was a huge waste of effort, but the effect was so weak that it was frustrating.

"It seems we'll have to create a new technique again."

In order to better cultivate himself, Zheng Yi decided to go into seclusion for a while longer.

And isn't the most suitable place for seclusion in the entire Zheng family the small courtyard behind the mountain?

Before that, Zheng Yi checked his own attributes.

[Client: Zheng Yi]

[Talent: Emperor]

【Lifespan: 25/6980】

[Body Type: Immaculate Imperial Body]

[Techniques: Soul-Eating Poison Refining Scripture, Nine Yin Rejuvenation Technique]

No wonder his body has undergone such a huge change; his physique is indeed completely different from before.

He upgraded from the Immaculate Human Emperor Body to the Immaculate Imperial Body.

When Zheng Tianhao heard from his ancestor that he was going to continue his seclusion, he felt as if the sky had collapsed.

Our ancestor was incredibly powerful; only with him around could people feel at ease.

But what if the ancestor goes into seclusion again and something similar happens again?
However, the decision to go into seclusion was made by their ancestor, so how could he dare to stop it?

However, a thought suddenly occurred to Zheng Tianhao: what he couldn't say, others could say.

He quickly gave Zheng Tianming and the others a look, signaling them to find a way to keep their ancestor alive.

Zheng Tianming gave him a reassuring look, then suddenly burst into tears: "Ancestor, I can't bear to part with you, waaaaaah!"

Zheng Tianhua also cried out, "Ancestor, you have only just emerged from seclusion, and your unworthy descendants have not yet fulfilled their filial duties. Are you already going into seclusion again?"

Seeing the two burly men pretending to be young with snot and tears streaming down their faces, Zheng Yi wanted nothing more than to give them a good beating.

Do these guys think I can't see through their thoughts?
He explained irritably, "You don't need to be so sad. This time I'm not in seclusion for life. If there's anything you can't solve, just come and find me."

The crying stopped suddenly.

Zheng Tianming instantly dropped his grief-stricken expression: "You scared me to death! I thought our ancestor would be in seclusion for hundreds of years again."

Zheng Tianhua also breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, that's good."

Zheng Tianhao was completely relieved. If it was this kind of seclusion, he would naturally agree wholeheartedly: "Ancestor, if you need anything, just tell me and I will send someone to procure it immediately."

These guys change their minds faster than turning the pages of a book.

Their personality traits definitely have nothing to do with me, absolutely not.

While Zheng Yi was preparing to go into seclusion, the entire Xuanzhou continent was already in complete chaos.

The strange phenomenon just now couldn't be hidden from anyone.

Lingjue Mountain Ten Thousand Blades Sect.

Sect Master Ling Xiaoyun frowned deeply: "That's the direction where the Zheng family is located. Could they have used that thing? How is that possible?"

Starry Sea, Flying Eagle Pavilion.

The Pavilion Master and Xinghai looked grim: "Could it be that we were wrong, and the Zheng family does indeed have hidden experts yet to emerge?" (End of Chapter)