Who says those who retire at the speed of light are not heroes?

How could someone who has lived to such an old age really not understand? He is just pretending not to understand and being a rogue here. If he wants to open a window, he cannot just say he wants to open a window. He has to say he wants to tear down the entire wall, then the other party will be willing to open a window.

Old Master Qin snorted coldly, "You're going to marry me anyway, so what's wrong with marrying my granddaughter? I asked her when you were unconscious, and she was willing to marry you. What are you dissatisfied with?"

"I promised Zhezhi that I would marry her."

"At worst, my granddaughter and that little girl will marry you together! Anyway, you either marry my granddaughter as well, or forget about marrying either of you!"

The corners of Lin Cheng's mouth began to twitch.

"Bullshit!" Old Master Ji's beard trembled with anger.

The two old men started arguing with each other again.

Even Ji Zhezhi's parents and Qin Wutong's parents didn't dare to interrupt their quarrel. They could only sit aside silently. Except for the two people quarreling, everyone else's eyes fell on Lin Cheng. Lin Cheng could only sit back silently and listen to them quarreling from noon to evening... still without any result.

The main thing is that this person is Qin Wutong’s grandfather, otherwise how could Lin Cheng have such a good face?

Ji Qingpu interrupted the two elders at this moment and said, "Dad, Uncle Qin, why don't we have a meal first and then discuss it?"

The two old men took a sip of tea and answered almost at the same time, "Well, let's eat first."

The dinner table.

The two old men drank from the same jar of wine and started quarreling again while drinking. Lin Cheng always felt a buzzing near his ears. Ji Qingpu gave him a look, and he silently followed Ji Qingpu to the outside of the courtyard.

"So what's going on?" Ji Qingpu looked at him.

"Mr. Qin and I practiced swordsmanship. He gave me the Sword Shadow Stone, and I learned the thirteenth level of it. He hoped that I would join the Qin family..." Lin Cheng answered helplessly.

"Mr. Qin is a stubborn old man. He won't give up on something he has decided on." Ji Qingpu sighed, "What is your relationship with that girl from the Qin family?"

"She, Zhezhi and I used to be in the same team." Lin Cheng answered softly.

"She likes you too?"

"……maybe."

Ji Qingpu sighed deeply, "You young people..."

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Lin Cheng and Ji Qingpu stood in the courtyard. Lin Cheng's expression was full of helplessness. He looked at Ji Qingpu and asked, "What should I do?"

"The elders in the family have the most say, and I can't mediate. But since you have mastered the thirteenth level of the Qin family's swordsmanship, the decision is actually up to you." Ji Qingpu's eyes were deep.

Lin Cheng had a headache.

The quarrel between the two old men in the living room continued until late at night. Grandpa Ji and Grandpa Qin called Lin Cheng in again. Lin Cheng looked at the two old men, and the two jars of wine on the table were also drunk during the quarrel between the two old men.

Mr. Ji looked at Lin Cheng and said, "Your wedding with Zhezhi will go on as usual the day after tomorrow."

This is the result of the argument.

Lin Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, but the next second, Old Man Qin burped and said, "You, the day after tomorrow, will marry my granddaughter."

Lin Cheng's eyes widened.

And Mr. Ji didn't say anything else. He just sighed and cursed in a low voice, "Just follow the will of this old man. Go and call Qingpu and Wenyuan in. We have something to explain to them."

Lin Cheng silently acted as a messenger and called Ji Qingpu and Qin Wutong's father Qin Wenyuan who were outside the door to come in. He stood outside the door, and Ji Zhezhi and Qin Wutong also followed Lin Cheng out.

Ji Zhezhi took a deep breath and looked at Lin Cheng, "Are you happy?"

"I want to die." Lin Cheng answered silently.

Qin Wutong lowered her head slightly and said nothing at this moment. She just bit her lips lightly to prevent Lin Cheng from seeing her expression.

"No, what on earth are these two old guys trying to do?" Lin Cheng was a little crazy.

Ji Zhezhi said calmly, "Hundreds of years ago, the Qin family and the Ji family were still one family. The sword and the saber were not separated. Those who liked to learn the sword learned the sword, and those who liked to learn the saber learned the saber. It was only later that the brothers fell out and separated. The family motto at that time was the same. Whoever could master the thirteenth level of the sword and the saber would be qualified to control everything in the family. The family motto was passed down from generation to generation, and the older generation's ideas were deeply influenced by the family motto."

"Just now, my grandfather and Grandpa Qin had a quarrel and finally decided to merge the two families. It just so happens that our two families are also preparing to enter the world. We will enter the world after a thorough merger, and you just happen to be the opportunity to connect the two families to merge."

Ji Zhezhi glanced at Lin Cheng calmly and said, "You're going to have two wives. Are you happy?"

“……”Lin Cheng didn’t want to know what to say.

Qin Wutong's head was still slightly lowered. She gently tugged at the corner of Lin Cheng's clothes and said, "Forget it... I'll go and ask Grandpa to stop making trouble..."

Ji Zhezhi raised his eyes slightly, "You can't just go and ask your grandfather to solve this problem. The root of the problem lies with him. Why don't you first ask him why he was able to comprehend the thirteenth level of swordsmanship with just one look?"

"I think... you may have to take me to the abyss crack hidden in the paradise."

Lin Cheng tried hard to recall for a long time, and finally remembered some fragmented memories. Ji Zhezhi hummed softly, "Let grandpa take you there."

Lin Cheng returned to the living room. At this moment, the two old men stopped arguing and were talking about the past while drinking. Lin Cheng appeared in front of them and said softly, "Please take me to the abyss crack in the paradise."

Old Master Qin stood up shakily and said, "I'll take you there."

275 Origin

The path is filled with moonlight and the wind is cold.

Old Master Qin held a wine jug in his hand and looked at Lin Cheng behind him, "Would you like a sip?"

Lin Cheng shook his head, and after a moment, he said, "I think the marriage you arranged is inappropriate."

Mr. Qin's steps did not freeze, he just asked, "What's wrong?"

"Don't you think it's ridiculous?"

"Tongtong will be very sad if you marry that little girl from the Ji family." Old Master Qin suddenly looked back. "Tongtong has been telling me about you for the past few years. I knew you a long time ago. Tongtong can't hide anything. On the day of the martial arts competition, you beat everyone. When Tongtong walked up to you, her eyes were red. I saw it clearly."

"In a paradise, there is nothing wrong with this. The ancestral precepts are the ancestral precepts, and no one will have any objections. Besides... do you still care about other people's opinions?"

"I watched Tongtong grow up. If this girl fights, she won't be able to win over the girl from the Ji family. But Tongtong likes you."

"I acted like that in front of Mr. Ji just to give Tongtong a chance. If you really don't want to, then forget it." Mr. Qin took another big sip of wine.

"Let me have a good chat with Qin Wutong again." Lin Cheng said softly.

Old Master Qin nodded. Lin Cheng followed Old Master Qin and asked, "What is the meaning of the ancestral teachings about the thirteenth level of swordsmanship?"

But Mr. Qin shook his head, "How would I know?"

Old Master Qin quickly continued, "Our ancestors accidentally entered the Utopia while fleeing from the war, but why the people in our Utopia can awaken their abilities and possess an energy core, we still don't know."

"Both the sword and saber techniques were passed down by our ancestors. The moves in the sword and saber manuals themselves rely on energy nodes to operate their power, so the first to tenth levels are methods of mastering the forty-nine energy nodes, and the remaining three levels are more about the use of energy cores."

"The ancestors did not explain why, but wrote it as the first rule of the family precepts, saying that those who can master the thirteenth level in the future will be able to lead the two families to further places."

"There aren't many rules left by our ancestors, but each one has a profound impact on our two families. Do you know why our two families have stayed in Paradise?"

Lin Cheng shook his head.

"The Ji family and the Qin family were not separated in the past. It was only two hundred years ago that the brothers fell out and established their own families. The ancestors set a rule that before the appearance of the Phantom Firefly Star, they were not allowed to leave the Paradise easily and had to guard the abyss space in the Paradise... As for the reason, we still don't know it."

"It was not until five years ago, when both our families saw the appearance of the Phantom Firefly, that we finally began to prepare to leave the Paradise."

While the two were talking, Grandpa Qin had already led Lin Cheng to the crack, which was under a locust tree. Grandpa Qin muttered something and used some special energy resonance method to open the abyss crack under the locust tree. Lin Cheng walked in with him.

Looking at the lush ancient trees in front of him, the strange birds flying overhead, and the small creatures walking through the mountains and forests, countless memories flashed back in his mind again, but this time, these memories were no longer fragmented, but became extremely clear.

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"You finally came."

When Lin Cheng was sorting out the fragments of memory in his head, a gentle voice suddenly sounded in the forest.

Lin Cheng raised his head and looked towards the sky in the forest. He did not find the source of the sound. He asked softly, "Is there anyone left in your tribe?"

"Because of you, our tribe has been completely liberated, and now we are all wandering in this forest as nothingness."

"Liberation? What happened in these years?"

"This story begins eight hundred years ago. Please listen to me as I tell you slowly."

Old Master Qin also heard the voice. He stood beside Lin Cheng, waiting for the voice to tell the story of the past eight hundred years.

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Eight hundred years ago.

The abyss where the Kui clan lives is about to be destroyed, and their home will also be reset by the rules. But at the moment before the destruction, the gods they had saved came to them, protected all their people, and transferred them all to this world.

There are a total of forty-one people in the Kui clan.

Kui is one of the very few creatures in the abyss who has no inherent desire for destruction. If they are not killed, their lives are eternal, but they cannot reproduce, and there can only be forty-one of them forever.

After coming to this world, they used the alchemical technology of their race to fold out a space of paradise, and hid their homes in the paradise, so that their coordinates would not be easily locked by the abyss.

They have also transformed themselves into human forms to observe human life, feel what it is like to be an interesting creature with natural emotions, and gradually understand the rules of the human world.

Later, during the war, a dozen people accidentally stumbled into this paradise. In order to avoid scaring them, the Kui clan at that time transformed into human form, warmly entertained them, and invited them to stay for a long time.

Later, the Kui clan was surprised to find that they could actually complete the process of reproduction with humans.

For the Kui clan, this was a matter that made the entire clan fall into ecstasy. Being able to reproduce meant that their long lives finally had a purpose. So children born from the union of Kui and humans gradually appeared. After the children grew up, the Kui clan dedicated everything they had to their homeland and decomposed into this world.

Eternal life is not something worth lingering on for the Kui clan.

The rules they left behind were because they knew that one day the gods would find them again, and the new Lord of the Abyss would sooner or later target this world again. The Kui clan hoped that their descendants would be protected by the gods.

The thirteenth level of swordsmanship was taught to them by the gods, so only those who have mastered the thirteenth level of swordsmanship can command the entire Qin family.

Old Master Qin looked at Lin Cheng beside him in astonishment. Lin Cheng let out a long sigh, and facing the confusion in Old Master Qin's eyes, he spoke softly.

"Three years ago, I entered the abyss, where I was rescued by the Kui clan and came to their home. The flow of time in the abyss is different from that in our world. A hundred years in the abyss is only three years in our world. I finally touched the realm of God in the abyss. When I modified the rules of the abyss, I remembered their race, so I sent their home to our world. However, I could not fully grasp the power of the gods, so I sent them to the time node of eight hundred years ago in this world. I taught them how to use the energy nodes, including how to use the energy cores. Those were things I realized in the abyss myself. No wonder I can learn them at a glance."

Lin Cheng's mind was still a little confused, because this formed a very strange closed loop. He learned the sword and knife skills from Ji Zhezhi and Qin Wutong, and later went to the abyss and taught them to the Kui clan. As a result, the Kui clan was sent back eight hundred years ago by him, and the sword and knife skills he taught them were passed down again, and then he learned them again.　

There should be a time paradox here. Is it because the time and space of the abyss are different from this world that it escapes the paradox? Lin Cheng thought about it and his head hurt.

The show has begun, I don’t want to.

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Compared to Lin Cheng's headache, Mr. Qin's expression seemed very excited. He looked up at the sky and said in a trembling voice, "It turns out that the ancestors have always been here."

"I am the only one left now." The voice answered slowly, "My other companions are tired of the existence of nothingness and have voluntarily disappeared into nothingness. I stay here to wait for the return of the gods. The Kui clan has a gift for him."

"Gift?"

"Back then, you taught us how to use swords and energy cores, which allowed us to survive the harassment from the creatures of the abyss. The Kui clan is most proud of alchemy, which represents wisdom, so we forged a set of alchemical swords for you."

The space in front of Lin Cheng began to distort, and a moment later, a sword similar in style to the Branch-Breaking Sword and the Sun-Breaking Knife, but with completely different alchemical runes, appeared in front of Lin Cheng.

Lin Cheng grasped the hilt of the sword and swung it for a moment, but in an instant, the air wave generated by the sword caused all the trees within a hundred meters in front of him to collapse, and the cuts were shiny.

The energy contained in the sword body alone is over 500,000. Although it gets less with every use, it is already extremely terrifying. Lin Cheng looked at the knife again, and saw that the blade also stored nearly 500,000 energies.

"Is it for me?" Lin Cheng asked for confirmation.

"Of course, thank you for the long and eternal existence of the Kui clan, and finally finding a home."

"Destination?"

"The Kui clan does not need eternal life. Eternity only brings loneliness. When life can continue, loneliness will no longer exist, and we will finally be free."

"There are still some materials left for forging weapons. If you still need them, I can forge one last weapon for you before I eliminate it. It may not be as terrifying as these two swords, but it should be able to reach two-thirds of their power."

"Can you make me another sword? Just imitate the style of the Sun-Breaking Sword."

"Of course, please come and collect it in three days."

"Thank you." Lin Cheng scratched his head.

"This is what we should do. If the younger generation of our Kui clan can have the opportunity to marry you, it will be the supreme honor of our Kui clan."

The corners of Lin Cheng's mouth twitched slightly, "This kind of thing depends on fate."

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Lin Cheng and Old Man Qin left through the gap in the abyss.

Now all the truth was revealed, and Mr. Qin's expression became particularly complicated when he looked at Lin Cheng. After coming out, Lin Cheng handed the long sword in the style of the Sun-Breaking Sword to Mr. Qin.

"A few years ago, I exhausted the energy of the Sun-Breaking Blade. Please accept this blade, Mr. Qin, as compensation to the Qin family."

But Mr. Qin just smiled bitterly, "If you really want to give it, then give it to Tongtong... Who would have thought that if it weren't for you, there would be no Qin family. As for Tongtong's marriage, once you have made your decision, tell me the answer."

"it is good."

When Lin Cheng and Old Man Qin returned to the courtyard, Ji Zhezhi and Qin Wutong were sitting on chairs in the courtyard, having obviously been waiting for him for a long time.