"Prince Huai, what do you mean by this!" Yan Zijing stood up and shouted.
“Aren’t my words clear enough?” Prince Huai smiled lightly and said casually, “Yun Che is only Yun Qinghong’s adopted son, not a real member of the Yun family. Everyone present here knows this very well. An adopted son is, after all, just a foreigner. How can he be qualified to fight on behalf of the Yun family… and in this Demon King Palace, it is a matter of protecting the family’s fate!”
“Yun Che’s strength is indeed extraordinary and amazing, and everyone present here has witnessed it. He finally defeated my son Hui Ran, although luck played a big role, but defeat is defeat, and we at the Huai Palace will never deny it. But the one who defeated my son Hui Ran and the last six people on our side was Yun Che, not the Yun family! In the final analysis, he was not even qualified to participate in this duel! The six games he participated in were indeed exciting competitions, but they were just competitions, and had nothing to do with the duel that decided the fate of the Yun family!!”
The words of the Prince of Huai were like a bucket of cold water, making everyone in the West Hall feel cold and resentful. When Yun Che first came on the field, most people thought of this. Even the elders of the Yun Family asked Yun Qinghong to replace Yun Che with the most outstanding young disciple of the Yun Family for this reason. But under Yun Qinghong's insistence, Yun Che still went on the field, and no one in the East Hall had any objections... A person with a weak strength of only the Tianxuan Realm actually represented the Yun Family to fight. They were too busy watching the joke to shout that he was not a disciple of the Yun Family and had no right to fight.
After that, in every game, everyone would be severely shocked by Yun Che, and almost everyone subconsciously ignored this issue.
At this moment, the Huai King suddenly mentioned it, and the Xishi people, especially the people of the Yun family, who were extremely excited and happy, were like being hit in the dead spot... Although it was obvious that the Huai King was denying it, his reasons for denying it were so solid that they could not be refuted at all. Although Yun Che's last name was Yun, he was not a disciple of the Yun family, nor was he Yun Qinghong's biological son, but just an "adopted son" who had just been adopted. He was indeed not qualified to represent the Yun family in the battle.
The Demon King's Palace is held every hundred years, and in each session, the royal palaces and the twelve families will perform and compete with each other. The contradictions and ideological conflicts between some families and royal palaces are often resolved through such competitions... and such competitions between royal palaces and guardian families can naturally only be participated by people from royal palaces and guardian families, and outsiders will never be allowed to interfere. Given the strength and status of royal palaces and guardian families, outsiders simply do not have the ability or qualifications to interfere.
What’s more, the Yun family’s stay or departure is an unprecedented event.
Therefore, the words of Prince Huai really hit the sore spot.
“Lord Huai, you are clearly trying to deny it!” Su Xiangnan shouted sternly, “Yun Che is Yun Qinghong’s adopted son. Since he is an adopted son, he is also a member of the Yun family. Why can’t he fight on behalf of the Yun family?”
Su Xiangnan's words were deafening, but his argument sounded weak to anyone. As expected, the Huai Palace laughed faintly, "Oh, what a joke. According to what the Su family master said, if there are any more battles that need to be resolved through a contest of profound strength, can I just find some peerless masters and adopt them as my adopted sons, and let them fight on behalf of my Huai Palace! Haha, then what's the point of ranking our palaces and guardian families? What's the point of us focusing on training the next generation? Wouldn't it be better to see who has more godsons and who can find a more powerful godson?"
"Master Su, you actually agreed that an outsider could fight on behalf of a guardian family or palace! Where do you put the dignity of our palace and guardian family!"
"You..." Su Xiangnan's face was gloomy, but he was speechless.
“Lord Huai, since you said Yun Che was not qualified, then why didn’t you say anything when he entered the competition venue? Why didn’t you stop him?” Mu Yubai said with a cold face.
"Why should I stop it?" Prince Huai asked, "It is ridiculous and stupid to let a foreigner represent the Yun family in the war. The Yun family made such a decision, which is stupid of them. They have to bear the consequences themselves. I have no obligation to remind or stop them."
Mu Yubai's face was as black as charcoal, and he secretly hated her, but he couldn't refute it at all. Everyone on the West side gnashed their teeth. Today, they experienced the feeling of going from hell to heaven, and then suddenly falling back from heaven to hell. There were only sighs, resentment and sadness in their hearts. On the other hand, the ugly faces on the East side disappeared, and everyone looked relaxed, with contempt and even pity in their eyes.
“Patriarch…” Yun Waitian and Yun Duanshui turned around and looked at Yun Qinghong. All the teachers in the classroom also looked at Yun Qinghong at the same time.
Yun Qinghong had not spoken the whole time. At this moment, Yun Che, who had taken dozens of deep breaths and whose qi and blood had finally returned to normal, put away the Heaven Smiting Sword and walked to the front between Yun Waitian and Yun Duanshui who were protecting him. He faced the Prince of Huai and said calmly, “Your Highness the Prince of Huai is indeed right. If I don’t have the blood of the Yun family, I am indeed not qualified to represent the entire Yun family in the battle based on my status as an adopted son. But how can you, the Prince of Huai, determine that I am not a son of the Yun family!”
Yun Che’s words made Prince Huai’s eyes narrow, and then he burst into laughter. Many people at the East Seat also laughed out loud. As soon as Yun Che said this, they immediately guessed Yun Che’s purpose... Obviously, in this situation, he was going to shamelessly say that he was a member of the Yun Family. Maybe he could even make up a story and produce some so-called "evidence" later.
If it were any other family, this method would really make them sick, but it happened to be the Yun family.
The Yun family has a unique way in the world to prove their bloodline...Xuan Gang!
Xuan Gang is the power of blood. Only those with the blood of the Yun family have the power of Xuan Gang. There is no other in the world! Moreover, this blood power can only be passed down from males to the next generation, not from females. Therefore, the sons of the Yun family must have Xuan Gang.
Conversely, anyone who can use the power of Xuan Gang must be from the Yun family. This is common knowledge that everyone in the Illusory Demon Realm has known for thousands of years.
Therefore, to determine whether a person is a member of the Yun family, one only needs to see whether he can use the power of Xuan Gang. If he can use the power of Xuan Gang, he must be a member of the Yun family, and there is no doubt about it. If he cannot, he must not be a member of the Yun family, and there is no doubt about it either!
Therefore, in the eyes of Prince Huai and others, if Yun Che wanted to insist that he was a member of the Yun family, it would be a joke.
"What? Are you going to tell me that you are actually from the Yun family? Hahaha..." Prince Huai laughed playfully: "Then I wonder which elder of the Yun family's son you are? Could it be that you are the illegitimate child left behind by Yun Qinghong, and this so-called 'adopted son' is just a cover? Hahaha!"
After he finished speaking, Prince Huai started laughing, and all the family heads at the East Seat also had mocking expressions on their faces.
Yun Che also laughed: "Your Highness Prince Huai, you are right. I am the son of the Yun family and have the purest blood of the Yun family! Yun Qinghong is my biological father!"
These words didn't shock everyone in the room, but they made many people burst out laughing. Mu Yubai slapped his forehead and said in annoyance, "Alas, this kid has embarrassed himself. The most difficult thing to pretend in this world is the bloodline of the Yun family."
The one who reacted most violently was Mu Yurou. After hearing Yun Che's words, she immediately grabbed Yun Qinghong's hand, and tears flowed out of her eyes uncontrollably.
“Hahahaha…” Prince Huai laughed for a long time before he finally stopped. His eyes shot through the narrow slits of his eyes to Yun Che, and he suddenly felt a sense of pleasure in his heart… Both of his sons were defeated by Yun Che, and his plan was completely thwarted because of Yun Che, and even had a huge counter-effect. Not only did he fail to humiliate and trample on the other party, but he made the other party more powerful. He wanted to kill Yun Che, but Huiye, Yuanque, and Huiran all failed to kill him. His hatred for Yun Che was like a volcano that had been boiling for a thousand years. At this moment, he finally found an opportunity to severely humiliate Yun Che, and it was the other party who took the initiative to offer it to him.
“Very good. Since you said that you are the son of the Yun family and the son of Yun Qinghong, then you should show your Xuan Gang to this king and everyone present.”
“Xuan Gang?” Yun Che’s brows twitched slightly.
"What? Looking at you like this, could it be that you don't even know what Xuan Gang is? Xuan Gang is the blood power that is unique to the Yun family. As long as you are a child of the Yun family, you must inherit Xuan Gang. If you can show Xuan Gang, then no one can deny your identity as a child of the Yun family. It is also natural for you to fight on behalf of the Yun family. Whether it is not to expel the Yun family or to offer the Purple Vein Divine Crystal, this king has absolutely no objection. But if you can't use Xuan Gang..."
Prince Huai's eyes narrowed into two even longer slits, his gaze and voice became particularly cold and sinister: "If you can't use the Xuan Gang, then, in front of the Little Demon Queen and all the heroes in the world, you pretended to be the guardian of the family, and the son of the patriarch of the family. Do you know how serious this crime is!"
“I’m not interested in knowing this.” Yun Che took a step forward and slowly stretched out his arm: “I just want to remind His Royal Highness Prince Huai that you must not forget what you just said!”
Yun Che pulled up his sleeves, revealing his left arm: “That’s right, Xuan Gang is the best proof of my identity as a Yun family member. It cannot be faked, not even imitated! Your Highness Prince Huai, you better open your eyes wide... Watch carefully!!”
As soon as Yun Che finished speaking, under the gaze of everyone, his “Purgatory” silently opened, and a green sword-shaped mark suddenly flashed on his arm.
The moment this mark appeared, everyone in the Yun family was shocked: "That...that is..."
As Yun Che’s mind moved, a ray of deep green light shot out from the mark and floated in front of him. Following his mind, it quickly transformed into the shape of the Heaven Smiting Sword. A special aura that belonged only to the Profound Gang also quickly dissipated and spread throughout the Demon King’s Palace.
“Xuan…Xuan Gang!!” Yun Waitian and Yun Duanshui behind Yun Che shouted at the same time.
The moment Xuan Gang appeared, Prince Huai's expression became extremely stiff, and his pupils shrank rapidly as if they were suddenly pricked by a needle.
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