The Ninth Lady is a rebellious person.

Chapter 580 Reveals the Truth
Upon hearing the saying that geniuses had emerged from one generation of ancestors, Princess Tantai's expression changed drastically, and she looked at Lang Jiuchuan with a hint of horror.

Every hundred years, a person of extraordinary talent will emerge in Tantai, only to fall at the peak or before reaching the peak. Then, another genius will appear. How did Lang Jiuchuan know this pattern?
She and Lang Jiuchuan grew up together. While she wouldn't say she knew her completely, she believed that few people understood her temperament better than her childhood sweetheart. Lang Jiuchuan was never one to speak without reason; everything she said always had an implication.

Now that she had suddenly brought up the matter of Tantai's ancestors, Princess Tantai's heart was in turmoil, especially since she had once had doubts about this matter, but had not dared to think about it too deeply.

What great fortune did the Tantai family possess to ensure that geniuses never ceased to emerge until the generation of the Imperial Preceptor?

The position of Imperial Advisor has lasted for more than a hundred years, two hundred years already. If we follow the pattern, shouldn't his position be nearing its end as well?

No, it only happens once every hundred years. How did the Imperial Preceptor break this pattern?
Princess Tantai dared not think too much about it. Her heart was pounding, and she had an uneasy premonition that what she was about to say would not be anything good.

"What do you want to say?"

"A once-in-a-century event, a life or death, such a pattern, is it ordained by heaven or man-made? Have your ancestors ever thought about this?" Lang Jiuchuan smiled faintly: "I still think that Tantai is blessed by heaven and has such good fortune."

Princess Tantai remained silent. This strange pattern, deliberately obscured in the clan history, had haunted every generation of Tantai descendants like a nightmare. Even when she accidentally discovered it while browsing the clan history, she found it strange but didn't think about it deeply.

Especially after the Tantai family became the royal family, the family history before that became even more obscure. All she knew and could find was the family history after they became the royal family.

Lang Jiuchuan suddenly brought up this matter, and mentioned human intervention again. What she meant by that was...

A thought flashed through Princess Tantai's mind, and she was so frightened that her whole body stiffened and her breathing became rapid.

If you ask who Lang Jiuchuan hates the most, it would naturally be their former master, the Imperial Preceptor. She would definitely kill him. The Imperial Preceptor's surname is Tantai, and he is the ancestor of their Tantai clan. He has lived for two hundred years. Lang Jiuchuan also mentioned human intervention.

She untangled the mess in her mind bit by bit, smoothed it out, and straightened it out until a straight line connected them.

The color drained completely from Princess Tantai's face.

Is this person also targeting the Imperial Advisor, implying that he is trying to possess someone's body to survive?

"I've heard that our 'good master' only blossomed at the age of ten, and from then on, he was exceptionally gifted, radiant with brilliance, and became the revered Imperial Preceptor, living a long and prosperous life. Tell me, isn't your family's ancestor Imperial Preceptor the same Tantai Qing he was before he was ten?" Lang Jiuchuan's voice, like the biting cold wind outside the window, carried a chilling edge as it pierced Princess Tantai's ears: "And what about the geniuses before him? How did they appear out of nowhere and then suddenly fall?"

boom!
These words struck like a thunderbolt, shattering the last shred of hope and doubt in Princess Tantai's heart.

Lang Jiuchuan practically made it clear that this ancestor was a fake who had possessed another body.

Princess Tantai trembled all over as the image of the Imperial Preceptor's indifference flashed before her eyes. His cold disregard for blood ties and his deep, unfathomable gaze, as if it had been settling into countless years, filled her with an aura that seemed both close and unattainable.

A terrifying truth surfaced in her mind, and her heart felt as if it were being gripped by an invisible hand, tightening and tightening until she was almost suffocating. "No...it can't be!" Princess Tantai's bloodless lips moved, her voice so low it was almost inaudible.

This was no longer just a collapse of faith, but a complete upheaval of cognition. She felt as if she had fallen into an abyss, with countless demonic claws reaching out to grab her and drag her into the darkest hell.

Suddenly, her vision blurred, and Lang Jiuchuan, without her noticing, took the yellow paper from the table, tore off several small figures, spread them out, and then, starting with the first one, stacked them one after another until the last one, ultimately forming a single person.

Princess Tantai was intelligent, and having spent more than ten years with her, she immediately understood.

What kind of once-in-a-century genius is this? Where there is fall, there is rebirth. It's clearly a case of possession and rebirth. They are the same person from beginning to end.

Therefore, their sudden enlightenment and extraordinary talent are never due to divine favor, but rather something that already exists within them. They possess past memories and past cultivation, and as they cultivate and grow stronger over the years, their spiritual lifespan becomes longer and longer.

Princess Tantai groaned, clutching her heart which was throbbing with intense pain, her face contorted in agony.

She has always been proud of bearing the bloodline of Tantai, taking it as her duty to protect her family and Dadan, and upholding the principle of supporting the National Preceptor. But is the one she is protecting and supporting just an evil ghost that has possessed her descendants?
What are the Tantai clan members in his eyes? Just containers and dregs of medicine?

Princess Tantai suddenly looked at Lang Jiuchuan, her eyes bloodshot: "Impossible, you're lying to me, you're sowing discord, you hate him so much that you would say such absurd things."

Lang Jiuchuan looked at her face, contorted with despair, his eyes devoid of pity, only filled with icy resolve. He said, "A-Yue, you know me, and you should know that I'm not just spouting nonsense, but stating the facts. Of course, you are still surnamed Tantai, and Tantai blood flows in your veins. If the Tantai clan could produce an immortal or a higher ruler, even if it came at the cost of countless lives, I'm sure you would be happy to see it happen. In that case, I won't disturb you."

She turned to leave.

"Stop right there!" Princess Tantai shouted sharply, "Explain yourself clearly. What do you know about this Immortal Ruler?"

"Do you know what his path to enlightenment truly is?"

Princess Tantai was taken aback, her face blank. She suddenly realized that she didn't know either. He only said that he could help him achieve the Great Dao, but he never said what that Dao was. She just obeyed because of her faith, and even more so because of her fear.

Seeing this, Lang Jiuchuan smiled sarcastically: "You see, he doesn't trust anyone, including you and me."

Princess Tantai stood there, stunned. "I don't understand." She stared at the stacked paper figures and murmured to herself, "Who is he? What does he want?"

"The true founder of the Tantai clan was named Tantai Wuji. He disappeared while attempting to reach the highest realm. Is that how your clan history records it? But does anyone know that he has actually always existed, within the Tantai clan, stealing the fortune and body of his descendants, deceiving heaven and earth, and living a life of ignominy?"

Princess Tantai stared blankly at the paper figures in her hands. Her hands trembled, and the paper figures fell and scattered all over the ground. In her eyes, they all looked like the same person.

This is outrageous! How could such an absurd thing happen in the world!
(End of this chapter)