The servant waited for a long time, but there was no response from inside. He became somewhat apprehensive, but dared not go in rashly.
At this moment, Zhao Liujia, who was behind him, became anxious. He rushed back, not because he was worried about being stopped at the door.
"Get out of the way. You're afraid of trouble, but I'm not. Let me in first."
As he spoke, he prepared to walk around the servant and push the door open to enter.
Sensing Zhao Liujia's intentions, the servant boy stood in front of Zhao Liujia with a mournful expression, pleading, "Young master, you know the old master's temper. If you go in without his permission, I'll be in big trouble."
At this moment, Zhao Liujia also lost his temper and roared, "If this delays important matters, can you bear the responsibility?"
Seeing that the servant was still blocking the door and showed no intention of making a move, he snorted coldly and then struck out with his palm. Under the immense spiritual power, the servant's body was slammed backward, blasting open the tightly closed ancestral hall door.
He strode in and called out "Grandpa" several times, but there was no one there. The scalding hot tea on the table had already cooled down.
"not good……"
His expression suddenly changed.
The servant was in excruciating pain all over his body, but he still gritted his teeth and forced himself to stand up. At this time, his body was covered in blood, and his clothes were torn to shreds by the force of the impact.
He was about to apologize to his ancestor Yang Zhifeng, thus shifting all the blame onto Zhao Liujia, since the bloodstains on his body were the best proof.
But when he looked around, he couldn't see the ancestor anywhere. He couldn't help but ask in surprise, "When did the ancestor go out?"
Zhao Liujia remembered Zhao Quan's parting words, his expression changed slightly, and he grabbed the servant by the collar, saying, "Where did the old master go?"
The servant, with a mournful face, said, "I don't know! Our ancestor is all-powerful; why would he speak to a servant like me?"
There's some truth to that.
Zhao Liujia then stopped pressing the matter.
The ancestral hall, as the place to enshrine the ancestors of the holy land, and especially where the soul lamps of all the people in the holy land are placed, can almost be called the vital point.
Therefore, every move here naturally attracts the attention of the people of the Azure Feather Holy Land.
Especially given the current special circumstances, the elders and core leaders are keeping a close eye on this place.
After the fight broke out, people quickly gathered around.
One of them was Lu Yangzi, the Second Elder of the Holy Land, whose position was second only to the Chief Elder.
"What's all this commotion about? Fighting in the sacred ground of the ancestral hall—what kind of behavior is this?"
With both the patriarch Yang Zhifeng and the chief elder Zhao Quan absent, Lu Yangzi is undoubtedly the one in charge.
Seeing that Lu Yangzi had spoken, Zhao Liujia had no choice but to step forward, bow respectfully, and say, "My grandfather asked me to come and find our ancestor."
Lu Yangzi asked calmly, "What business do you have with the Ancestor?"
He had always looked down on the Chief Elder who had been entrenched above him for years, and therefore he was extremely sarcastic towards Zhao Liujia.
Zhao Liujia said, "What happened last night was not done by Chen Tai'a. He denied it himself."
Who is that?
Upon hearing this, even with his composure, Lu Yangzi couldn't help but gasp in surprise.
After all, at that level, one disdains lying.
These words immediately caused a commotion.
"If it's not Chen Tai'a, then who else in the Desolate Heaven Domain has this ability?"
"Could it be that my Cangyu Holy Land has offended some hidden powerhouse?"
"Wait... Could it be the work of Wentian Tower?"
As soon as he said that, the surroundings fell silent. Almost everyone’s eyes fell on the person who had spoken, and then a mocking laugh rang out.
"What a joke! If Wentian Tower had that kind of ability, it wouldn't have remained unknown until now. A power that doesn't even have a Saintly Master, saying such things is just trying to grab attention," someone mocked.
"Ahem." Zhao Liujia coughed, and after drawing everyone's attention, he said seriously, "Chen Tai'a said that it was Wentianlou who did it. The grievances have their source and the debtors have their debtors. He told us to go find Wentianlou."
"Really?"
"Impossible? You must be kidding me."
...
Lu Yangzi's expression suddenly changed, and he stared intently at Zhao Liujia, saying, "Is what you said true?"
Zhao Liujia nodded and said, "I dare not spread what Chen Tai'a said himself."
The surrounding sounds stopped abruptly, and almost everyone's eyes fell on the two of them.
As the conversation deepened, disbelief appeared on everyone's faces.
"Could all of this be true?"
Lu Yangzi ignored the surrounding noises and focused his gaze on the ancestral hall. He quickly said, "You just went in. The ancestor isn't here?"
Zhao Liujia was somewhat puzzled, but at this moment he simply told the truth.
Lu Yangzi vanished from the spot in a flash.
The crowd then ran into the ancestral hall.
Lu Yangzi, who had entered earlier, was standing blankly in front of the rows of soul lamps. Although he was old, his still upright body seemed to collapse in an instant, and his spirit and energy disappeared without a trace.
Zhao Liujia, who came in later, finally realized something was wrong and rushed over. Following Lu Yangzi's blank gaze, he saw that the soul lamp symbolizing the ancestor Yang Zhifeng on the row of soul lamps had been extinguished.
The message remains the same: our ancestor, Yang Zhifeng, is gone.
Zhao Liujia's face turned deathly pale in an instant, his eyes widened, but his pupils were lifeless.
Like Lu Yangzi, his entire spirit and energy vanished in that instant, or even more completely.
"Hiss! Look, the topmost soul lamp has gone out."
"Ancestor..."
"Our ancestor is gone..."
At this moment, everyone noticed the anomaly and exclaimed in surprise. Immediately, some people were about to move forward, thinking they could see it more clearly.
People were packed together, but those in front didn't move, and those behind were eager to rush forward, so it quickly became a crowded mess.
"Quickly...quickly...notify the elders...to hold a meeting at the ancestral hall."
Lu Yangzi finally came to his senses, turned around shakily, and after saying those words, the previously noisy hall immediately fell silent. Everyone looked at Lu Yangzi as if he were their pillar of support.
Whether it was their imagination or not, they felt that Lu Yangzi seemed to have aged a lot in that instant.
"Yes, ma'am."
No one dared to delay and immediately carried out Lu Yangzi's instructions.
They knew that the most crucial moment to determine their fate had arrived.
The mysterious deaths of several key figures within a single day were undoubtedly a devastating blow to them.
"Have your grandfather return as soon as possible; the Holy Land still needs him to take charge," Lu Yangzi sighed, looking at Zhao Liujia.
His eyes were dull.
Zhao Liujia nodded gravely and said, "I know, I'll go immediately."
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