"Elders, what exactly is this discussion conference in the Soul Forging Tower that you are talking about?" Mu Hanyan couldn't help but ask.
"Chief Priest Mu, don't listen to their nonsense. You can't go to that conference." Ye Congyun was afraid that Mu Hanyan would take risks on impulse, so he advised her with both concern and anxiety.
"Grand Elder, please tell me what's going on first. If it's really too dangerous, I won't go." Mu Hanyan would certainly not be impulsive, and she would not take risks just because of a few words from Ye Congshan. What she really cared about was the Soul Forging Tower.
"This so-called discussion conference is actually a conspiracy of the Zhu family. The Zhu family, like our Ye family, was once one of the twelve prominent families in the Lesser God Realm. As the saying goes, there can't be two tigers in one mountain. The Zhu family and our Ye family are only ten thousand miles apart, and have been incompatible since ancient times. The two families often have disputes, but they are evenly matched and neither can gain the upper hand.
Thirty years ago, the Zhu family gathered hundreds of small families to hold a conference on Taoism. Nearly half of them were affiliated families of the Zhu family, and more than half were affiliated families of our Ye family. What was even more outrageous was that they even sent invitations to our Ye family, inviting us to participate in the conference. This was clearly a provocation to our Ye family.
Naturally, the Ye family would not show weakness. The head of the family personally led the elders to Crimson Moon City. I had not yet become an elder at that time, but because I had some qualifications, I also went with them.
Who could have imagined that this trip would bring the Ye family to its doom? The Zhu family resorted to despicable tactics at the Dao Conference, severely injuring the head of the family and the elders, and even me. Due to their severity, the head of the family and the elders passed away one after another in the following years. Although I managed to survive, my foundation was damaged, and I have been unable to make any progress ever since," Ye Congyun said with gritted teeth.
"What despicable means did they use?" Mu Hanyan asked.
“I don’t know exactly what happened. When we entered the Soul Forging Tower, our spiritual consciousness was severely damaged, and our strength was naturally greatly reduced. A group of masked men took the opportunity to attack, severely injuring our Ye family masters one by one. If it weren’t for the two elders who risked their spiritual souls to self-destruct and block the attack for a moment, we would have been completely wiped out and would not even have had a chance to come back alive.
"If I'm not mistaken, their methods are likely related to the Soul Forging Tower. Otherwise, the Zhu family's methods alone wouldn't be able to suppress the divine consciousness of the previous patriarch and the elders," Ye Congyun replied.
"What about the Soul Forging Tower? Is it an heirloom of the Zhu family?" Finally getting to the point, Mu Hanyan hurriedly asked.
"No, according to our subsequent speculation, the Soul Forging Tower was most likely left by the Shangyuan Kong family." Ye Congyun shook his head and said.
"Shangyuan Kong family?" Mu Hanyan looked at Ye Congyun curiously.
"The Shangyuan Kong family was once one of the Twelve Prestigious Clans of Lesser God Realm. At its peak, its power far surpassed that of the other eleven. However, even the most powerful families cannot prosper forever, and the Kong family is no exception. Over the past hundred thousand years, the Kong family has lost its talent and become increasingly weak. Just ten thousand years ago, they were massacred overnight, with only a few young disciples who traveled abroad surviving.
It is said that the reason why the Kong family was so powerful in the past was because they discovered an ancient relic, in which there was an ancient tower. The original ancestor of the Kong family was very talented and gained a lot of insights from the ancient tower, thus laying the foundation for the glory of the Kong family for tens of thousands of years. Afterwards, the talents of the descendants of the family became weaker and weaker, and they gained less and less from the ancient tower, and the Kong family also began to decline.
Our Ye and Zhu families have been rivals for generations, and we know each other well, yet we've never heard of a Soul Forging Tower. Later, we inquired and learned that while the Zhu family held this martial arts tournament to plot against our Ye family, they didn't dare to deceive hundreds of priestly families, as this would incite public outrage. Even the most powerful Zhu family would struggle to gain a foothold in Lesser God Heaven. Therefore, many of the family's descendants did benefit from the Soul Forging Tower, and their strength improved significantly upon emerging. It bears a striking resemblance to the legendary ancient tower of the Kong family in Shangyuan. Therefore, we speculate that the Zhu family's Soul Forging Tower is likely the ancient tower left behind after the Kong family's demise. "Ye Congyun said.
"What about the descendants of the Kong family?" Mu Hanyan asked.
"Ever since the Kong family was wiped out, those descendants have been afraid of being killed and murdered, so they naturally dare not show up easily. However, I heard that they haven't given up hope of rebuilding their family, and news of them can still be heard from time to time.
However, with so many powerful Lesser Gods in the Heavenly Realm, rebuilding their family was no easy feat. Over the next several thousand years, news of the Kong family's descendants dwindled, until we rarely heard from them at all. Either they had no descendants, or they had completely given up on the idea and gone into hiding. "Ye Congyun said this with emotion," he said, then suddenly thought of something. "Oh, by the way, I hear that about a thousand years ago, a Kong family descendant named Kong Xingfan emerged with incredible talent and strength. Rumor has it that he found the clan leader's token, which had been hidden during the Kong family's demise. That token also served as a magical tool to open the ancient pagoda, and his power stems from this."
"What happened to Kong Xingfan later?" This time, before Mu Hanyan could speak, several Ye family members who were listening attentively asked first.
"It's strange to say, just when Kong Xingfan's fame was rising, he suddenly disappeared and was never seen again. It's speculated that he went astray during his cultivation and died a violent death. Rumor has it that he was last seen near our Yunjian Villa. In the past few years, many people have come to look for his relics, namely the Kong family's Patriarch's Order.
They didn't think about the fact that if the Kong family's Patriarch's order was really left nearby, it would be a disaster for them. The Ye family back then wasn't as easy to bully as it is today. "Ye Fengyun couldn't help but laugh at himself when he said this.
Mu Hanyan, Ye Fengyun and others did not laugh. They looked at each other and saw the excitement in each other's eyes.
The senior who set up the barrier and locked himself in the Moxing Mountain should be Kong Xingfan. It is still not certain whether the so-called Soul Forging Tower of the Zhu family is the ancient tower of the Kong family, but one thing is basically certain, the magic weapon to open the ancient tower, the order of the head of the Kong family, is in Mu Hanyan's hands!
"Master Priest Mu, I have already told you the origin of this Soul Forging Tower. Back then, our Ye family was far more powerful than it is today.
But even with their combined strength, they still couldn't escape the fate of being severely injured by the suppression of their divine consciousness. The damage to my foundation was also caused by this divine consciousness. "Master Priest Mu, while you may be formidable, you're not necessarily superior to the combined might of several generations of our Ye family. You absolutely must not attend this Dao Conference." Ye Congyun said all this before returning to the main topic, still trying his best to dissuade Mu Hanyan from going to the Zhu family.
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