Chapter 117: The Lin Family's Ancestral Land, the Nation's Heart
"Xuan Yi! The situation is worse than we thought!" Xiao Yu walked over quickly and said in a deep voice.
"Just now, three soldiers from the Guang'anmen Military Headquarters in the west of the city suddenly went berserk, attacking each other and shouting nonsense. Their symptoms were exactly the same as that of Censor Qian! Under the overpass in the south of the city, all the stray cats and dogs died overnight! And..."
He glanced at Ajiu lying on the jade couch and said nothing more, but his solemn expression said it all.
The speed of spread and impact of the Netherworld Energy far exceeded their expectations.
"I know." Chu Xuanyi's gaze was still fixed on the capital city below, his eyes as deep as the sea. "It can't be blocked. The only way is to find the source and completely suppress the 'Heart of the Netherworld' behind that door, or... completely destroy it!"
"How do we suppress it? How do we destroy it?" Xiao Yu pressed. "Even you and I were thrown into such a state of disarray by the slightest trace of that thing's aura. How terrifying must the true form of that thing behind the door be? Forcing our way in is tantamount to committing suicide!"
"Breaking in by force is indeed a bad idea." Chu Xuanyi slowly turned around, and his gaze finally fell on Ajiu.
"Ajiu," his voice softened, "Do you still remember how you defeated the clan elder's formation in the cave?"
Ah Jiu thought for a moment and replied softly, "I... I was just very angry... and then my body started to glow... and then I could see the weaknesses of those bad guys..."
"That's right." Chu Xuanyi nodded, a glint of enlightenment flashing in his eyes. "That's not ordinary light. It's the national destiny passed down from generation to generation in your Lin family! And the weakness you saw is the innate power in your bloodline that can break through all evil spirits!"
He looked at Xiao Yu and said word by word, "The Lin family is not just an ordinary family of good fortune. I have consulted the oldest secret book in the observatory, and there are sporadic records that the Lin family's ancestors once followed Emperor Taizu to pacify the world. Their greatest achievement was not divination, but at the cost of their family bloodline, they sealed away a 'world-destroying evil object' that could subvert the world!"
Xiao Yu's pupils suddenly shrank: "That evil thing... is the 'Heart of the Netherworld'?!"
"Nine out of ten!" Chu Xuanyi's tone was extremely certain. "And the extermination of the Lin family back then was probably not simply due to a court feud! The real purpose of the Wugu tribe and Prince Yu was to eradicate the Lin family bloodline, the only bloodline in the world that could maintain and strengthen the seal, and... seize the complete seal map that could completely seal the 'Heart of the Netherworld'!"
In an instant, all the clues were connected!
The tragic extermination of the Lin family, Prince Yu's years of forbearance, the resurgence of the Wugut tribe, all of these point to the terrifying existence sealed underground in the capital!
"The seal diagram..." Xiao Yu's breathing became rapid. "You mean, as long as we can find the seal diagram, there will be a way to completely solve this problem?!"
"That's the theory," Chu Xuanyi said, "but the Lin family has long been burned to the ground, and the blueprints have probably already fallen into the hands of Prince Yu and the Wugut tribe."
"That's not necessarily true!" Xiao Yu said decisively. "With something so important, how could the Lin family's ancestors not have a backup plan? Could it be...hidden somewhere unknown?"
"For example... the ancestral land?" Chu Xuanyi looked at him and they both said in unison.
right!
The Lin family’s ancestral home was burned down, but as a family with a history of thousands of years, its most important heritage and secrets are often stored in the ancestral land unknown to outsiders!
"Where is the Lin family's ancestral land?" Xiao Yu asked immediately.
Chu Xuanyi shook his head. "Ancient books only record that the Lin family's ancestral home is located in a 'valley where winds and energy gather' outside Beijing. It is protected by a formation and outsiders are forbidden to enter. The exact location has long been lost."
"Is there no other way?!" Xiao Yu punched the stone railing beside him, and the hard bluestone was instantly covered with cracks.
Just when both of them fell into silence and felt a hint of despair, the little girl who had been lying quietly on the jade couch suddenly gently pulled the corner of Chu Xuanyi's clothes.
"grown ups……"
"What's wrong, Jiu?"
Jiu sat up, his big, pure eyes looking out of the capital, towards a dark direction. There was a hint of confusion, a hint of nostalgia, and a hint of... sadness in his eyes.
"I don't know... what ancestral land is..." She sniffed the air gently with her little nose and said with her head tilted, "But... in that direction... I seem to have smelled... the same smell as my father and mother..."
"Same taste?" Chu Xuanyi's heart moved.
"Hmm..." Ah Jiu tried hard to recall, "Very faint... very faint... but... very warm. Just like... the smell of earth and grass after the rain, and... a little bit... of the smell of incense..."
Chu Xuanyi and Xiao Yu looked at each other and saw uncontrollable ecstasy in each other's eyes!
Blood sensing!
This is the most crucial guidance they have been searching for in vain!
"Okay!" Chu Xuanyi made a prompt decision. "Xiao Yu, I'll leave the capital to you and your colleagues at the Observatory to stabilize it for the time being! I'll take Ah Jiu out of the city immediately to search for the Lin family's ancestral land!"
"No!" Xiao Yu refused without hesitation. "No one knows what's going on outside right now! Prince Yu and the Wugut people are definitely keeping an eye on you! I'm worried about letting you take risks with Jiu alone!"
He stared at Chu Xuanyi with eyes as firm as iron.
"If we're going, let's go together, three of us! I trust my lieutenant general here in the capital! If they can't hold it, even if we find the seal map, we'll only find it in ruins when we return!"
"Brother Xiongxiong..." Jiu called out softly.
"Okay." Chu Xuanyi nodded heavily. "There's no time to lose. Let's set off immediately!"
Half an hour later, on the west side of the capital.
Xiao Yu was dressed in a dark suit. He scanned the quiet streets vigilantly. After confirming that no one was following him, he nodded to Chu Xuanyi and Ajiu who had been waiting inside the door.
"Everything is ready, we can set off."
"Brother Xiongxiong!" Ajiu saw him and called out softly.
Chu Xuanyi draped a thick cloak over Ajiu, covering her small figure and leaving only a pair of bright and clear eyes exposed.
"Let's go."
In addition to the three of them, the group also included twenty elite Xuanjia Guards selected by Xiao Yu himself.
These people are all veterans who have crawled out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood in the North. They are the top players in the army.
The group rode at full speed, taking advantage of the darkest night, and ran silently in the direction indicated by Ajiu.
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