There were many reasons for the Yi family's decline. Of course, the lack of talent was the main reason, but it was also because the previous family heads were tired and incompetent.
It wasn't that they couldn't find a Sword Maiden that they could synchronize with, but it was because their Sword Essence didn't meet the requirements for synchronization … They were too lazy and relied on their status as the descendants of the Heaven Shrouding Sword Emperor. Even without the Hero Coin, Yuzhang City wouldn't really force them to go out and do quests. In order to preserve the bloodline of the Heaven Shrouding Sword Emperor, they treated it like raising a rice worm.
However, Yi Wenjun was one of the few Yi descendants who was ambitious and wanted to revive the family.
That was why he desperately participated in all kinds of battles and accumulated sword essence. At the age of twenty, he became a treasure sword wielder.
Then, because the mission of guarding the Beacon Tower gave a lot of Hero Coins, Yi Wenjun risked his life and took the initiative to join the ranks of the Beacon Tower guards.
One had to know that the beacon tower was usually used by sword bearers who had committed a crime to offset their sentence.
For example, if you were sentenced to ten years in prison, you only needed to guard the beacon for ten months to offset your sentence. Very few people were willing to guard a beacon.
There were a lot of beacons, but there were not enough criminals to guard them, so Yuzhang City increased the reward for guarding the beacons. It seemed that the most recent sword-bearers who guarded the beacons for a month could get a reward of 5,000 Hero Coins. This was far more than the reward given by other missions, so Yi Wenjun brought his henchman, Uncle Huang, to guard the beacons. Today was the third month they had been guarding the beacons.
This retainer, Uncle Huang, had been with the Yi family since Zhe Jiandi. Back then, the Heaven Shrouding Sword family had many retainers. During Dai Feng's time, there were more than thirty sword bearers ranging from ancient to famed swords.
Later, the Yi family declined and the retainers gradually dispersed. In the end, only Uncle Huang was left as the most loyal retainer. He never left the Yi family for hundreds of years. Until now, he still protected the last descendant of the Yi family, Yi Wenjun.
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This was the general story of the Yi Clan. Gu Han, who had never cared about the Yi Clan, sighed. He didn't think that the descendants of the illustrious Heaven Shrouding Sword Emperor would decline to this extent. Even the clan's base was completely destroyed during the Difficult Sword Era. The direct line of inheritance was also intermittent. He wouldn't be able to get any information about the Heaven Shrouding Sword Emperor from Yi Wenjun, let alone about himself and the Heaven Shrouding Sword Emperor.
From Yi Wenjun's words, the Heaven Shrouding Sword Emperor had always been described as a man. In other words, they had always believed the Heaven Shrouding Sword Emperor to be a man. They had no idea that their ancestor, Yi Qing, was most likely a woman.
If Guhan took the initiative to tell Yi Wenjun that Zhe Jiandi was a woman, Yi Wenjun would probably treat it as an insult to Zhe Tian Jiandi and cut ties with Guhan on the spot!
"This trip to Changyang Mountain is an opportunity for you. Perhaps His Majesty Zhe Tian hid some relics for your descendants. If you can find these relics, the Yi Clan might be able to rise again!" Gu Han comforted Yi Wenjun, which was rare. Gu Han never comforted people … "That's right, Yi Wenjun.
"I understand. Thank you, Mister Gu!"
Yi Wenjun nodded. Her eyes suddenly welled up with tears. "Thank you, Mister Gu, for remembering our Yi family and knowing that these relics were left behind by our ancestors.
Those guys from the Sword Council have completely forgotten about our Yi family. If we had not met you by chance, we would never have known that our ancestors left behind such riches for us! "
Yi Wenjun was right. Liu Lei and Ju Wudao had never thought about the Yi family. It was not that Liu Lei was heartless and could ignore the Yi family.
It was because the Yi family had been too weak for the past few hundred years. It was so weak that everyone had almost forgotten about its existence in Yuzhang City. Liu Lei had really forgotten about the Yi family. Otherwise, he would not have agreed to let the Yi family enter Changyang Mountain the moment Guhan mentioned the Yi family.
That was why Guhan's expression darkened when he heard Yi Wenjun's words.
"You're too extreme. Yuzhang City has never forgotten about the Yi family. It's the Yi family that is too useless!"
Just a moment ago, Guhan was comforting Yi Wenjun. Now, he did not hesitate to poke at Yi Wenjun's sore spot. "You should not resent the Sword Council. You should resent your own strength. If you really have the determination to revive the Yi family, then prove the Sword Council's mistake with your actions!"
With that, Guhan left the room unceremoniously and sat on a chair near the window to enjoy the scenery.
Yi Wenjun sat in silence for a while before sighing. "This Mister Gu Han isn't as old as I am, but he speaks as if he's my ancestor. I can't even refute a single word of his. How embarrassing."
"But Mister Gu is right. Our Yi family is mostly to blame for this.
I, Yi Wenjun, may be cowardly, weak, weak and a crybaby, but I, Yi Wenjun, will bring the Yi family back to the top of Yuzhang City. Sooner or later, the position of the chairman of the Sword Committee will return to the Yi family. "Yi Wenjun's eyes burned with ambition.
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"He's out!"
Song Yifei was already waiting for Guhan at the table by the window. Guhan ignored her and placed the sleeping Qingpin on the table. He knocked on Qingpin's head and said, "Qingpin, get up and eat meat!"
"Meat!"
When Qingpin heard the word 'meat', he immediately sat up and hugged Guhan's face. "Meat, Qingpin wants meat. Guhan, hurry up and give Qingpin meat. Qingpin is starving."
"Okay, okay, okay."
Gu Han said "good" three times in a row, and then took out a huge plastic bucket and a basin from the dimensional space. With a move of his mind, a sword Qi dug out a large lump of braised pork from the bucket and put it all into the basin. "Here, this is today's portion. Eat it!"
"Hey, stingy Guhan, it's not enough for Qingpin at all …" Qingpin muttered, but he still quickly grabbed a large piece of braised pork and stuffed it into his mouth. Within a few minutes, half of the braised pork in the basin was in Qingpin's stomach.
"This … this … this …" Song Yifei was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth. This was the first time that she saw Qingpin eat. Such a generous way of eating completely stunned Song Yifei.
"Amitabha, I've sinned, I've sinned!"
Hannya, who was standing behind Song Yifei, shouted the name of Buddha. It seemed that she was dissatisfied with Qingpin's behavior of eating meat. This was not strange. After all, Hannya was a nun.
"Amitabha, Benefactor Guhan, can you let me eat some too? I haven't eaten meat for hundreds of years."
Unexpectedly, after saying "Amitabha", Hannya actually asked Guhan for meat. This time, it was Guhan's turn to be surprised.
Soon after, Yi Tian and Ming Yuan also walked over, each of them digging out a large lump of red braised meat from the bucket. In the time it took for a meal, a quarter of the full bucket of red braised meat was gone.
"This is not enough for you!"
Guhan smiled bitterly. The braised pork he prepared was almost exclusively for Qingpin, but now, he had three more mouths.
Helpless, Guhan could only ladle a bowl of rice for himself and cover it with vegetables and oil.
Guhan couldn't bear to take another bite of the braised pork.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know that Sword Ladies like to eat meat, so I didn't prepare such things. I only brought some simple dishes."
Song Yifei had an apologetic look on her face. Then, she took out her simple dishes. There were boiled vegetables, freshly squeezed apple juice, cucumber slices, and so on. It was indeed very simple and elegant. No wonder Song Yifei's Sword Lady came to eat with Guhan.
"Who is that Yi Wenjun?
Why are you so concerned about him? "
Song Yifei asked again while the two of them were eating. This time, Guhan didn't refuse to answer. Instead, he told her everything in detail.
"I didn't expect him to be a descendant of Zhe Tian Jiandi, and a descendant of Zhe Tian Jiandi in such a miserable state!" Song Yifei sighed and didn't say anything else.
She didn't have any special feelings for Zhe Tian Jiandi, so she was quite calm.
Unlike Guhan, there were many things that were tied to Zhe Tian Jiandi. To solve the mystery of Zhe Tian Jiandi, Zhe Tian Jiandi's descendant was a very important clue.
"Are you really going to sleep with them tonight?" Song Yifei was actually more concerned about Guhan's accommodation.
"Aren't you three men ashamed of yourselves squeezing together?"
Song Yifei said with a smile. It was as if she could see Guhan being squeezed into a sandwich with three men.
"Then what should I do?
How about I stay in your room? "Guhan joked casually.
"Okay!" Unexpectedly, Song Yifei came up with such an answer.
"Ha …" Guhan raised his head and stared at Song Yifei's face, which was as red as an apple. He nodded decisively and said, "Okay, let's do that."
"Plop." Song Yifei's head almost fell on the bowl of cucumber in front of her. What was this?
According to the script, as the innocent male lead, shouldn't he reject her decisively?
Song Yifei felt that he had dug a pit for himself for no reason, and then Gu Han had pushed him into the pit.
"Is it good or not?" Guhan smiled, and the look in his eyes made Song Yifei feel wronged.
"Okay, it's settled!" Song Yifei confirmed again. She was a girl who was good at seizing opportunities.
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"Damn, the young people nowadays are advancing so fast!"
The Eagle Cat Sword Spirit, who was watching the couple through the surveillance system in the car, couldn't help but sigh. The world had changed, and people's hearts were not what they used to be. Back then, it took him a few months just to hold hands with his wife … However, it seemed that they had sex the night they held hands. It seemed like the Eagle Cat Sword Spirit was faster.