"Isn't that obvious?"
Liu Qingmei replied softly, "We've only reached the tenth palace, the Rooster Palace. There are still two more palaces to go. Of course you shouldn't come out now!"
"That's interesting, little girl. Since when did I, Fleeting Year Calendar, say that this place is called the Twelve Skyscraping Palaces?" Fleeting Year Calendar asked with a smile.
"Of course it's …" Liu Qingmei's words trailed off as she remembered that the Twelve Skyscraping Palaces were not official names. They were names given by the Swordbearers themselves.
Liu Qingmei could still remember the Fleeting Year Organization's announcement of the Twelve Skyscraping Palaces nine years ago. It was said that Fleeting Year Jiandi had set up many tests in the Skyscraping Mountain in hopes that talented Swordbearers would be able to pass the tests and become Fleeting Year Jiandi's inner disciple.
In this notice, the words' Twelve Skyscraping Palaces' had never appeared at all.
After that, more and more sword-bearers started challenging the palaces. The name of the Twelve Heavenly Palaces was formed by the consensus of the sword-bearers. Therefore, Sword Emperor Liu Nian had never told anyone else that this place was called the Twelve Heavenly Palaces.
"But aren't the Twelve Skyscraping Palaces arranged according to the order of the Twelve Zodiac?"
Liu Qingmei was still full of doubts as she asked, "From the mouse palace at the beginning to the chicken palace just now, shouldn't there be more?
Are there two palaces for the Dog and the Pig? "
"Hahaha!"
Fleeting Year Calendar laughed out loud, "This is where the prejudice and ignorance of the world lies. Even though I named the palaces after the Twelve Zodiac, who has the OCD to make all twelve of them appear?
The world thinks that there are twelve palaces in the Skyscraping Mountain, and they are named after the Twelve Zodiac.
My fleeting year calendar only uses ten zodiac signs, and I only use the names of the ten zodiac signs. I don't want to use the last two zodiac signs because I want the ignorant people to understand that the world is not what they think it is. In this world, there are no rules other than the laws of nature! "
"There are no Twelve Skyscraping Palaces in this world, only Ten Skyscraping Palaces!
Do the two of you understand? "
Fleeting Calendar had a smug look on his face when he said this. Clearly, he was very happy to be able to fool the world.
In this regard, Liu Qingmei could only express her speechlessness. She thought to herself, "The big shots really know how to play." In the end, she could only respond helplessly.
However, Guhan did not feel any sense of ridicule or helplessness. On the contrary, he understood some things because of these words.
Things were indeed as Kenzu had said. No one stipulated that the first ten zodiac signs of the twelve zodiac signs must be used. No one stipulated that a car must have four wheels. In fact, even if it had five wheels, it could still run forward happily.
This was the sad thing about humans. It was easy for their thinking and intelligence to be limited by rules and regulations, unable to break free. The saddest thing was that these rules and regulations did not appear naturally, but were set by humans themselves. As the saying goes, the evils we bring upon ourselves are the hardest to bear.
This principle could also be extended to martial arts. After Guhan's swordsmanship reached an extremely profound level, after learning many routines and moves, even his subsequent swordsmanship would be limited to these routines and moves. He would instinctively and habitually use the moves according to his own experience.
While this would ensure the power of his swordsmanship, it would also trap him within the fence. On the contrary, beginners who had not learned any moves and routines would have unlimited possibilities.
Therefore, only by abandoning these routines and moves and overthrowing those fences could he further develop and improve.
After understanding this principle, Guhan suddenly felt that many unprecedented and wonderful moves had popped up in his mind.
Even though most of these moves were useless and unscientific, there were still a lot of bright spots in them. If these bright spots were added to the Chaos Swordsmanship, the fog that shrouded the Chaos Swordsmanship would be dispelled.
All in all, just one sentence from the Sword Master had enlightened Gu Han, and he had taken another big step forward on the road of the Chaos Sword Method. This man deserved to be the most powerful swordsman in history, who had shocked the world for 1,000 years and no one could surpass him. The Sword Ancestor Calendar.
… …
"If that's the case … I'm … I'm … I'm … Master, please accept a bow from your disciple!"
Liu Qingmei suddenly realized that she was really stupid. Just now, she actually questioned the matter of the last two palaces. The test of the first ten palaces was already abnormal enough. Could it be that she couldn't wait to undergo two more tests that she didn't know would be even more abnormal?
Wasn't that asking for a snub?
If she angered Fleeting Jiandi, he might just add two more palaces to the test. Wouldn't she be in trouble then?
More importantly, according to Fleeting Jiandi, she could now kneel down and worship Fleeting Calendar as her master!
Thinking of this, Liu Qingmei immediately knelt in front of Fleeting Year Calendar and kowtowed in an attempt to establish their master-disciple relationship.
"Wait!"
Fleeting Calendar's body did not move, but Liu Qingmei felt a strong force lifting her up. She could not bring her forehead to the ground no matter how hard she tried. She could not complete the process of kowtowing to Fleeting Calendar.
"Even though the test is over, I still have a few questions for you!"
Fleeting Calendar said, "If I'm satisfied with your answers, I'll accept you as my disciple.
If not, I'll accept you as my disciple in name. "
"Your majesty, what's the difference between a disciple and a disciple in name?" Liu Qingmei asked curiously.
"A disciple in name is a disciple who will inherit my legacy.
He or she will learn from me, and I will impart all of my swordsmanship, abilities, knowledge, and intelligence to him or her. In the future, he or she will become an elder of my family, and he or his descendants will be able to enjoy the blood of my family for thousands of years. "
"As for the disciple in name, he or she will be able to choose three things to learn. As long as he or she makes a choice, I will teach him or her the three things without reservation.
In the future, he or she will become a guest of my family, and he or she will be able to enjoy the blood of my family for thousands of years. "
Fleeting Calendar explained the benefits of being a disciple in name and a disciple in name, but Liu Qingmei was confused by the explanation.
The first part of the explanation was easy to understand. Fleeting Calendar would teach all of his skills to the disciple in name, and then choose three skills to teach to the disciple in name.
However, the second half of the explanation was difficult to understand. What was the Fleeting Calendar?
What was the blood of the family?
What was the difference between one person enjoying the blood of the family and one person enjoying the blood of the family?
Liu Qingmei was about to ask the question in her heart, but Fleeting Calendar did not give her a chance to speak. She did not expect Fleeting Calendar to wave his hand and say, "I know what you want to ask. You'll understand these things in the future, but I can't tell you now."
Since Fleeting Calendar had said this, Liu Qingmei could only suppress her doubts. She wanted to find a chance to ask Fleeting Calendar about it in the future.
Liu Qingmei was full of doubts, but these words were undoubtedly a bolt from the blue in Gu Han's hands.
According to the information he received from Wang Zhiqiang,
As the human sword bearers of this era were still the first generation of sword bearers, most of them existed in the form of groups. No one could have guessed that in the future, countless sword bearers would become one of the most stable organizations of the human race. Countless Emperor Sword level sword bearers would pass on their power in the form of families.
They did not expect Kenzu to be one step ahead of them. He had predicted the existence of the families in the future and had already begun to make arrangements.
The so-called blood of the Jiandi families, as well as the Grandmaster and Elder, were special positions that only existed in the Jiandi families. On the surface, they were the Elders and Guests of these families.
They usually enjoyed the salary, resources, and privileges of the various worlds, but they had to fight for their families in critical times. They might even sacrifice their lives if necessary.
The difference between Guests and Elders was that for Guests, the family only needed to provide for the Guest and did not need to be responsible for the Guest's family.
Moreover, Guests could be worshipped by many families at the same time, so there were fewer restrictions on them.
For Elders, not only would the Elder receive the Guest, but the Elder's family would also receive the Guest's Guest.
Even if the elder died in the future, his direct descendants would have to be worshiped by the clan. Unless the clan's inheritance was completely severed, the clan would have to provide for them until the end.
It was very simple for a guest to sever ties with the family. All they had to do was return 1.2 times the amount of resources provided to them by the family or make contributions to the family. There were no other restrictions.
However, the elder's method of repaying resources was not easy to use. He had to make enough contributions and obtain the approval of the family head before he could dissolve the relationship.
However, under normal circumstances, the patriarch of the family would agree to the elder's request. After all, if the elder really wanted to sever ties with the family, then forcing him to stay in the family would be a scourge instead. If things went wrong, not only would the elder not work hard, he might even drag the family down.
As for blood, it referred to the resources needed to feed the dead and the living. Feeding the dead was called blood. Yan Qingming needed all kinds of items for his Winter Solstice Tomb sweeping and his daily worship. Food referred to all kinds of food for the living.
This entire system of Guests and Elders was gradually created after 100 to 200 years of practice. In other words, this system would only appear 100 years after the Jiandi families came into existence.
But now, this system had directly come out of the Fleeting Calendar's mouth. Could it be that Kenzu had the ability to see the future?
"How is it?
You should answer my question now! "The Fleeting Calendar said solemnly.