The covert infighting among the four major sects and eight major families often causes turmoil that affects innocent people.
As a result, the smaller families within the jurisdiction of the four major sects and eight major families all chose to pledge allegiance to the major sects and families in their respective regions, hoping to receive priority protection in the event of an external attack.
But it's not good to pick any of the four major sects or eight great families if you have connections with them;
Why the Jun family of all people...?
Ji Fengyao looked up at Shang Xiye meaningfully.
She recalled a saying, her eyes filled with unspoken emotions: "What goes around comes around; no one escapes the wrath of Heaven."
"Our Zhao family has the best relationship with the Jun family among all the affiliated families. So when a secret realm of the middle or lower level opens occasionally, our Zhao family's talented disciples can secure one or two spots to enter the secret realm together with the Jun family's disciples." Zhao Qinglian paused here, her expression slightly excited.
She calmed herself down for a while before continuing, "When this secret realm opened back then, I was the only one from the Zhao family who could enter this secret realm with the Jun family members. I came to this realm with two direct descendants of the Jun family, two collateral descendants, and a young master."
However, this world was extremely unexpected. The halo it displayed when it opened was of the upper-middle level, but after we went further, we found that this world was just a mortal world with scarce spiritual energy. Most of the creatures in this world were mortals. Although the reproduction of mortals was quite prosperous, it had no appeal to us cultivators.
Therefore, most of the Jun family members, like those from other sects and families, briefly toured the area before choosing to leave. However, Jun Xian Dan, the eldest son of the Jun family, and I both believed that this realm must contain some hidden treasure, otherwise it wouldn't have displayed the aura of a mid-to-high realm when it opened, so we stayed.
But not long after, we discovered that all the teleportation channels connecting this world with the outside world had collapsed.
Siam Dan, along with several members of the Dong Dan and Zhou families who were stranded in this realm, were trapped here.
Before long, I and Siamese friends developed a mutual respect and feelings for each other.
However, the Dongdan and Zhou families, believing there was no hope of returning, became interested in power in the mortal realm; they wanted to make all living beings in this world slaves to be slaughtered at will.
They invited Siam to join them in dividing and ruling the world, but Siam refused.
They thought that Siam had ambitions to rule the world, but they also worried that Siam was truly virtuous and honest. They feared that if one day the powerful royal family came up with a way to bring Siam back, it would reveal their moral depravity.
Therefore, they harbored murderous intentions towards me and Siam.
Siam and I were outnumbered and outgunned, so we fled towards the Great Zhao. I was pregnant at the time, and Siam, to protect me and the child in my womb, told me to escape first while he followed to cover our retreat. But we still couldn't escape.
Zhao Qinglian looked at Shang Xiye with clear, bright eyes;
She paused there, as if recalling that difficult yet affectionate time.
"Could it be that I am that child?" Shang Xiye was also moved by this dramatic story, and then asked in confusion, "But why did I become the Emperor's child, the ninth prince of the Great Zhao Dynasty?"
Zhao Qinglian took a deep breath, slowly pulling herself out of her reverie, her eyes slightly red as she continued, "Yes, you are that child. You are my child with Siam Dan, not the bloodline of Emperor Shang Chengque of the Great Zhao Dynasty."
That day, Siam and I were captured by several members of the Dongdan and Zhou families. Siam, your father, offered himself in exchange to prevent you from being killed or tainted with sin before you were even born.
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