"I'm not one of those charlatans who can calculate the heavens, the earth, and life and death. How could I know everything? Since our ancestor died in the war, our Mu family has been displaced and has gone through many hardships to get to where we are today. I don't know how many times we have been on the verge of extinction, and our bloodline has almost been cut off. The last words left by our ancestors were passed down orally from generation to generation, so there are bound to be some omissions. So there are some things that I can't give you the answers to, and you can only figure it out on your own." Mu Beichen laughed.
After hearing Mu Beichen's words, Mu Hanyan felt relieved. Over the past hundreds of thousands of years, the Holy Court Continent had endured countless natural disasters and wars, leaving countless people and families displaced and their bloodlines severed. Although the Mu family was a descendant of the gods' protection, without awakened bloodlines, they were no different from ordinary people. Having been able to pass on their legacy to this day was already a remarkable achievement. The testaments left by our ancestors had been passed down through so many generations, so some omissions were inevitable. Grandfather certainly couldn't know everything.
What's more, it's impossible for that ancestor to predict what would happen after his death hundreds of thousands of years later, so how could he explain everything clearly? You'd better find the answers to these questions yourself.
"Okay, I've told you everything I know. Longyan Academy will be recruiting students in a few days. With your strength and talent, getting into Longyan Academy shouldn't be a problem, but it will be a bit challenging. You should rest up for a few days, get familiar with the capital's customs, and make some preparations." Mu Beichen said, then thought for a moment before adding, "There's no need to hide your strength, but don't be too boastful either. Also, the matter of the divine bloodline has always been known only to the head of the family, aside from those who have awakened it. You must not reveal it to anyone."
"Yes, okay." Mu Hanyan nodded in response.
In fact, until now, the awakening of her divine bloodline was known only to her family members, so she would not seek trouble for herself.
"Someone, send the eldest young master back to rest." Mu Beichen ordered.
"Yes, Master." A maid pushed open the door and said respectfully.
Led by the maid, Mu Hanyan and her group walked towards the depths of the inner courtyard.
"Could they really be the descendants of other guardian gods? It doesn't make sense. I've been looking for them for hundreds of thousands of years and can't find even one. How come several of them suddenly appear around her? It doesn't make sense." Mu Beichen looked at Mu Hanyan and Hua Yue's appearance, as well as Jiang Yuzhe's receding figure, through the thin bamboo in front of the window, and muttered to himself in confusion.
"Master, could it be that the legend is true?" Yun Bo, standing hunched behind him, suddenly said.
"What, you mean that legend!" After hearing Yun Bo's words, Mu Beichen thought of something and his whole body trembled.
Yun Bo nodded slightly.
"The sun and the moon alternate, the heaven and the earth revolve. The gods descend to the world, and the universe returns to its place! Could it be that the legend is true?" Mu Beichen clenched his fists and whispered to himself. His expression showed excitement, nervousness, and a hint of worry.
If, if that legend is true, then Han Yan, Han Yan...
Mu Beichen's clenched fists were trembling slightly.
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In the distance, a quiet courtyard appeared in sight, with red walls, green tiles, and shaded by green willows. There was a clear spring in the courtyard, gurgling out spring water, which gathered into a small stream and led to the lotus pond in the distance outside the courtyard.
Seeing this quiet and elegant courtyard, Mu Hanyan liked it from the bottom of her heart.
"This is your parents' former residence." Noticing the joy in Mu Hanyan's eyes, Mu Yunshui explained.
He had been waiting outside since Mu Hanyan went to see her grandfather, and then followed her into the courtyard.
"Although the eldest master and his wife have been gone for many years, the head of the family still ordered me to clean every day, saying that you will come back one day." The maid standing aside rubbed her eyes and said with a look of relief.
"By the way, I haven't asked you what to call you, sister?" Mu Hanyan just noticed that the maid looked at her with a kind of intimacy that no one else had, so she asked.
"Young Master, please don't call me that. I don't dare to be your sister. My name is A Xiu. I used to be a maid serving the mistress. After the eldest master was born, I was the one who served him. Later, I served the eldest master and his wife. After they left, I stayed to take care of this yard." The maid said quickly.
"It's Aunt Xiu. Thank you for your hard work over the years." Mu Hanyan said kindly. She then realized that this maid was actually an elder in the family, even older than her father.
Looking closely, one can see fish wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, but she has a gentle appearance and can be said to be naturally beautiful, so it is easy to overlook her real age.
"It's not hard. The master of the family, the eldest son, and the young mistress are all very kind to me. Besides, I only take care of the yard, which is much easier than other servants. This is all because of the special favor shown to me by the master of the family." Aunt Xiu said gratefully.
As she spoke, Aunt Xiu opened the gate.
Although no one has lived there for many years, the yard is kept neatly tidy and there is not a speck of dust even on the doors and windows.
Mu Hanyan was even more moved when she saw Aunt Xiu taking such good care of the house left by her parents.
"Let me go, you bastard, let me go!" At this moment, the girl's angry roar of shame was heard from the room.
"Sister Yun'er, don't you know my feelings for you?" Then, the young man's shameless laughter and the sound of pulling and tugging were heard again.
"Let me go, or I'll call for help. I'll let the head of the family know that you dare to do such a shameless thing, and he will never let you off easily." The girl said sternly.
"Then shout, you are just a lowly servant born of a maid, yet you expect the master of the family to make decisions for you. You are simply ignorant of the immensity of the heavens and the earth. You know who my brother-in-law is, right? Although my Zhuang family is not one of the eight great families, it is also a wealthy family in Beijing. It is your blessing that I, Zhuang Chengjun, like you, but you dare to refuse. If you obey me today, it will be fine, but if you don't, no one will make decisions for you even if I kill you." The man said arrogantly.
"Stop!" Hearing this, Mu Hanyan could no longer bear it and shouted angrily.
Although she didn't know the identities of the two people in the house, this was her parents' former residence. This person actually dared to do such a shameless thing in there, which was clearly disrespectful to her parents. Moreover, Mu Hanyan originally hated people who relied on their family background to bully men and women.
Mu Hanyan had already pushed open the door while shouting angrily. If she hadn't remembered that this was her parents' former residence, she would probably have kicked them out.
Inside the house, a young man with greasy hair and powdered face was grabbing a young girl and trying to commit a crime. The girl was pretty and charming, but looked only about fourteen or fifteen years old, and her figure was very thin.
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