A man from the Big Dipper, starting his charlatanship at Mount Tai.

"Oh? The Ji family's cultivation techniques? Fellow Daoist Ji, what makes you say that?"

Ji Zi remained calm: "To be honest, I sensed the aura of the Void Dao Principle on you, fellow Daoist. Although it was very faint, it was undoubtedly the Void Dao Principle."

Upon hearing this, everyone present turned serious, especially Ji Biyue, who looked at Ji Ziyue as if she were a traitor.

Okay~

She was asking why Ji Ziyue was following Ye Fan!

Now they've got a handle on you, haven't they?

She wanted to see how Ji Ziyue would explain herself to Xiao Zu!

Chapter 178 Does the Void Emperor Have Another Bloodline?

The Ji family's martial arts techniques have always been a closely guarded family secret.

Ji Biyue felt that since Ye Fan knew the Ji family's martial arts, he must have learned them by stealing them!

As for who he stole it from, is that even a question? It must have been that little hussy Ji Ziyue who betrayed the family!

"You little thief! How dare you steal my Ji family's Imperial Scripture!" A Ji family elder, who had transformed into a dragon, was furious.

Losing money is one thing, but the fact that our own imperial scriptures have been leaked is absolutely intolerable!

Before Ye Fan could speak, Ji Ziyue became anxious and instinctively wanted to explain, but she didn't know how to say it.

Just then, Ye Fan smiled.

"Stealing knowledge?"

"I, Ye Fan, act with integrity and uprightness; why would I need to steal your teachings?"

"If you didn't learn it by stealing, then where did you get the Void Dao Principles from?" Ji Biyue asked coldly.

"Naturally, it was taught to me by my Supreme Holy Master!"

Ye Fan raised his head and said matter-of-factly:

"My Dao Lord has a past relationship with the Void Emperor, and it is precisely because of this that my Dao Lord was able to leave behind the Void Mirror and learn all the secret techniques of the Void from it!"

"If the Dao Master knows it all, can't I learn something from him?"

Normally, this explanation would make sense.

However, Ye Fan was unaware that Ji Zi was the biological son of the Void Emperor! Upon hearing Ye Fan's explanation, Ji Zi's lips twitched involuntarily.

He was very curious about what level of "old" something was that even the emperor's own son couldn't summon back the Void Mirror.

Ji Ziyue was stunned for several seconds. She looked at Ye Fan and suddenly understood something.

Ye Fan is covering for her! If she admits she learned it from her, she'll definitely be punished when she gets back. But if it's the Dao Lord, no one will dare to investigate!

Ji Ziyue felt a warmth in her heart, and her gaze towards Ye Fan held a touch more gratitude.

[It seems that Ye Fan doesn't know much about matters related to the Dao Lord.]

[Fine, let it go. When we meet the Dao Master, everything will become clear.]

Ji Zi did not intend to keep Ye Fan just because he knew the Void Technique.

Because, in his view, it was only natural that Ye Fan knew the Void Secret Technique.

On one hand, Dao Lord and Void Emperor have a close relationship. He guessed that Dao Lord was likely a descendant born after Void Emperor's corpse became spiritual. Only such a relationship could make Void Mirror choose Dao Lord instead of him.

On the other hand, he could sense that Ye Fan also possessed a faint bloodline of the Void Emperor.

In other words, the current situation is that a powerful being, possibly the son of the Void Emperor, has passed on his skills to a descendant, Emperor Fa, who has the bloodline of the Void Emperor.

This approach, which is similar to "starting a new lineage," is so flawed that even if judged by the world, no one can find anything wrong with it.

In fact, if word got out, people might think that the Dao Lord's lineage was the true lineage of the Void.

After all... the Imperial Weapon is in the hands of the Dao Lord!

........

"Whoo~"

Himeko sighed and raised her hand to signal the menacing Hime family members around her to quiet down.

"Alright, everyone, there's no need for that."

"This Fellow Daoist Ye has some of the bloodline of an Emperor flowing through his veins, so his learning of the Great Void Technique cannot be considered a leak of Emperor's Law."

Upon hearing this, not only Ye Fan, but everyone around him was stunned.

Huh? Ye Fan has the bloodline of the Void Emperor within him?

Ji Ziyue's eyes widened in surprise; she remembered that Ye Fan seemed to have mentioned this to her!

At the time, she thought Ye Fan was joking, but now it seems... Ye Fan knew about this all along!?

"what?"

"What makes you say that, Fellow Daoist Ji Zi?"

Ye Fan himself was a little confused, because he had really been talking nonsense back then!

.......

Ji Zi: "Just now, when Fellow Daoist Ye used the Great Void Technique, it triggered a trace of the Void Emperor's bloodline power."

"I can assert that, although he has not yet awakened, Fellow Daoist Ye does indeed possess the bloodline of an Emperor."

Ye Fan was completely stunned.

Void Emperor's Blood? Ji Family Bloodline? What a joke! He's from Earth, his parents are ordinary people, how could he possibly be a descendant of the Ji family?

"Fellow Daoist Ji is joking. My parents are both mortals and have no relation to the Ji family. As for the Void Emperor Blood... I have no idea what that means."

Himeko didn't offer any further explanation.

"It doesn't matter if Fellow Daoist Ye doesn't know. Just remember, you are a member of the Ji family. Learning some of the Great Emperor's techniques is not considered overstepping your bounds."

Ye Fan: "......."

Well, everyone else doesn't care about him learning the Void Emperor's Law, so what can someone who's just trying to reap the benefits say?

Ji Zi: "Since we're all family now, Fellow Daoist Ye, please remember my request."

"Regarding the Void Mirror and the powerful figure from my Ji family who was abducted, I wish to discuss a solution with the Dao Lord in person. I can represent the Ji family in the negotiations."

"Okay, I will convey it to you perfectly," Ye Fan replied.

"in addition……"

Ji Zi looked at Ji Ziyue, her tone softening.

"Ziyue, you should stay with Fellow Daoist Ye. Take good care of Haoyue and the Thirteenth Ancestor. After the negotiations are completed, you will return to the Ji family together."

Ji Ziyue's eyes lit up, and a bright smile bloomed on her small face, her crescent-shaped eyes curving upwards.

"Yes! Ziyue understands."

"Alright, Biyue, you can escort Fellow Daoist Ye away."

Ji Zi nodded to Ye Fan, then turned and left.

Ye Fan watched his retreating figure, lost in thought.

After a moment, Ye Fan shook his head and said to Ji Ziyue:

"Let's go, Little Moon, come back to the Holy Land with me!"

"Ok!"

Ji Ziyue nodded vigorously and skipped after Ye Fan.

Their cheerful demeanor completely masked any trace of their previous aggrieved state. This sight caused Ji Biyue, standing behind them, to twitch her eyebrows wildly.

Good grief, so you're really not going to act anymore?

.......

Not long after, at the entrance of the Ji family stone archway.

Ji Biyue stood at the door, looking at the stone archway inside, and then at Ye Fan and his group who had left happily without paying any price. Thinking that this loss would most likely be attributed to her lineage, she felt a sudden darkness before her eyes, and finally couldn't hold on any longer and fainted.

"Miss Biyue!"

"Quick! Help the young lady up!"

Ji Biyue fainted, and chaos immediately erupted inside the stone archway.

.......

When they left the Ji family stone archway, the way the Black Emperor looked at Ye Fan was completely different.

Even though the Black Emperor was disguised as a strange Taoist priest wearing a big floral jacket, Ye Fan always felt that his eyes were like those of a hungry wolf.

The black king dog's eyes gleamed with a sinister light as it sized up Ye Fan, as if examining a rare treasure.

Ye Fan felt uncomfortable under their gaze and couldn't help but speak up:

"Hey Black Emperor Taoist, can you please stop looking at me like that?"

"I am neither a rare treasure nor a peerless beauty. There is no benefit for you to stare at me like this."

Upon hearing this, Black Emperor chuckled and moved a few steps closer.

"Young Ye, tell me the truth, you really didn't know you had the Void Emperor's bloodline within you?"

Ye Fan rolled his eyes.

"If I knew, would I have had that expression in the stone archway just now?"

"That's true."

Black Emperor stroked his chin, a thoughtful expression on his face.

"However, Ye boy, the reason I view you this way is not because of any Void Bloodline."

"I have heard some rumors that Emperor Hengyu once traveled to the Central Plains and left behind his lineage in both the Eastern Wilderness and the Central Plains. Emperor Xukong may have done the same, leaving behind branches of his bloodline in various parts of the universe, but only allowing one branch to possess an imperial weapon to prevent the bloodline from being cut off."

"Such things are not uncommon in the Great Emperor's family, and I am not so surprised by them."

Ye Fan frowned.