Over the past few days, Su Ping had nearly finished translating the notebook. After all, the ancient text itself wasn’t overly long, amounting to less than two thousand characters in total. However, the arrangent of the classical Chinese was extrely esoteric and difficult to understand. So, after translating it, Su Ping had copied it into his own notebook but hadn’t yet found ti to search online for references and interpretations. Now, he hoped that understanding the ancient text’s origins from the Zhang Family Brothers might simplify the deciphering process.
"Greetings, Breeder Su!"
Upon seeing him again, the Zhang Family Brothers—one fat and one slim, hardly looking like real siblings—appeared much more reserved. Indeed, for a Breeder who had appeared at the Magic Capital Cultivation Competition and secured first place, their authority and capability within this province were unimaginable.
Su Ping nodded. He poured two cups of tea for the visibly flattered brothers and then said with a smile, "Over these past few days, I’ve co to understand that item sowhat. How exactly did you co across it?"
At Su Ping’s words, the brothers exchanged glances. Then, the taller brother, Zhang Chaoqun, took another drawing from inside his clothes and handed it to Su Ping, "Please forgive us for our ignorance, Breeder Su. We knew you were of distinguished origin but had no idea of your true status. In fact, when that Secret Realm was uncovered, there was another decomposition drawing left behind by the Five Elents Spirit King! Of course, my brother and I didn’t an to hide it from you intentionally; it was just that this drawing was taken by Director Shen of the Magic City chanic Association for research. Now, having heard about your affairs, Director Shen asked us to convey his regards and to say that if you’re interested, you can take everything."
After speaking, the brothers exchanged another glance, and with a pained expression, Zhang Chaoqun added, "Besides, Director Shen also instructed us to return the thirty million we received for these items to you..."
Hearing this, Su Ping waved his hand, "That’s not necessary. Spending money on a purchase is only right and proper. Just convey my thanks to Director Shen for ."
The two brothers breathed a sigh of relief. Clearly, they must have had quite a few dealings with Director Shen during their ti in Magic Capital. Su Ping even had reason to suspect they might have gone straight to Director Shen to ask him to seek revenge against him. However, once his background and his victory in the Cultivation Competition were exposed, naturally, no one dared to entertain any crooked ideas anymore.
Thinking this, Su Ping smiled faintly, unconcerned.
He glanced at the other draft drawing, his eyes narrowing slightly. It depicted a diagram with nurous symbols and annotations. However, unlike the circular diagram illustrating the generative cycle of the Five Elents that Su Ping had seen before, this one was a pentagram. Judging from the textual annotations, its focus was primarily on the destructive cycle of the Five Elents—the exact opposite of the generative cycle.
Su Ping didn’t rush. He set the drawing aside before looking at the brothers, "Alright, tell , how did you actually co by this item?"
The brothers finally stopped holding anything back. "Actually, it’s quite simple," Zhang Chaoqun began. "Back in our hotown, Hongzhou, in Linjiang Province, we used our family’s secret technique to detect a Secret Realm that was about to erge. We bought the rights to it in advance and found these items inside. The owner of this Secret Realm was Xue Hongluan, also known as the Five Elents Spirit King! All these items ca from that Secret Realm."
Five Elents Spirit King Xue Hongluan? An Emperor Level ancient Beast Tar, and a woman?
Su Ping wasn’t particularly concerned about that detail and quickly pulled out his phone to search for her. Soon, information about this ancient Beast Tar filled his screen. His access privileges allowed him to find quite a bit.
Xue Hongluan was born in the 65th year of the Tiande era of the Liang Dynasty, making her history span six hundred and thirteen years. She was born into prominence, hailing from the Xue Family, an ancient lineage with nearly two thousand years of history stretching through both the Liang and Wu Dynasties. The Xue Family had produced a total of five Spirit Saint Level figures, including their founding ancestor, the Heavenly Fla Saint Xue Lie, and the Luo Water Saint Xue Sanjiang. Furthermore, Xue Hongluan was the much-adored youngest daughter of the Xue Family’s fifth Spirit Saint, the ’Raging Heaven Saint Xue Siming.’ She was the beloved jewel of the family and also the princess consort of the Southern Suppression King of the Liang Dynasty. Her status was undeniably illustrious.
The na Xue Hongluan appearing in such a distinguished family made sense. Although this family had vanished into the mists of history before the modernization of Dragon Nation, it was a mammoth Beast Taming lineage. Having produced five Saints over two dynasties, it seed normal enough for them to possess the knowledge to write and decipher the Ancient Serpentine Script.
Su Ping acknowledged this. Then, he felt a bit vexed. Damn it, could these two tomb-raiding brothers really stumble across the Secret Realm of such a prominent figure so casually? A Secret Realm belonging to soone whose wealth and power were comparable to a Spirit Saint Level figure—was it really that easy to find? Was he only fated to encounter figures like the Fengdu Sword King, Yu Liangqing? Of course, Yu Liangqing’s Heavenly Tomb Sword Seal was more important than anything else.
Pausing for a mont, Su Ping collected his thoughts. Just from the na Xue Hongluan, he had managed to infer a good deal of useful information, but it clearly wasn’t enough.
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