Chapter 1261 Kyoto Ten Gates? The Chen Family?
Yes, that's right!
That day, Tian Haiyishan was tied up with chains in a corner, looking utterly miserable!
"Tian Haiyishan, why is he here?" Chen Xuan was surprised and turned to look at Li Er beside him.
Li Er chuckled and said, "I was delivering goods and happened to run into this fellow. I heard that Tian Haiyishan attacked Mr. Chen, so I thought Mr. Chen would definitely want this guy. Thus, I knocked him out and intended to do business with Mr. Chen."
"How do you think Mr. Chen feels about this deal?"
Uh...
Knocked out?
A powerhouse who had reached the Martial Venerable realm and above, and you say you knocked him out just like that?
Chen Xuan looked at Li Er with a strange expression.
This guy was hiding his true strength quite deeply!
"Mr. Chen, what do you think?"
Li Er seemed to sense Chen Xuan's gaze, coughed a few times, and quickly avoided Chen Xuan's eyes.
"I'll take this deal. Boss Li, please name your price."
Chen Xuan spoke directly, already taking out a bank card.
Unexpectedly, Li Er shook his head faintly and said, "I don't want money."
"Then what do you want?"
Chen Xuan frowned and looked at Li Er doubtfully.
"I heard that Mr. Chen's Feng Shui and Xuan術 are extremely powerful, especially the Evil-Dispelling Talisman I saw last time, which was very good. I wonder if Mr. Chen could give me a few more, and I also want a Wealth-Attracting Talisman, a Demon-Confining Talisman, a Ghost-Slaying Talisman, and a Pure Yang Sky-Shocking Thunder Talisman, one of each!"
Li Er narrowed his eyes and slowly listed the names of several talismans.
Chen Xuan rolled his eyes. These talismans were all priceless treasures.
He frowned and said, "I don't have the materials on hand right now. How about tomorrow?"
"No need, I brought them."
Li Er, as if performing magic, produced several pre-cut yellow papers.
This time, the yellow paper was seven layers thick. Although it was not as precious as the previous batch, it was still extremely valuable and rare.
In addition, Li Er had also prepared a brush made from black dog hair and ink made from black dog blood.
Seeing this, Chen Xuan couldn't help but roll his eyes. It seemed this guy was well-prepared.
"I wonder if Mr. Chen would be willing to bestow these talismans?"
Li Er stared at Chen Xuan and smiled slightly.
Chen Xuan pondered for a moment, swept his gaze over Tian Haiyishan, and finally gritted his teeth, saying, "Alright, I promise you!"
When he was very young, Chen Jianhua had instructed Chen Xuan never to reveal these five talismans easily, especially upon arriving in Kyoto. However, given Tian Haiyishan's importance, he had to take this risk.
Furthermore, he felt a sense of closeness towards Li Er, as if he wouldn't harm him.
"Please!"
Li Er made a gesture of invitation.
Chen Xuan stepped forward and took the materials prepared by Li Er.
He didn't rush to draw the talismans. Instead, he bit his index finger and dripped blood into the ink made from black dog blood.
After stirring it evenly, he spread out the seven-layered yellow paper, then picked up the brush, dipped it in the ink, and began drawing the talismans.
Evil-Dispelling Talisman!
Wealth-Attracting Talisman!
...
Pure Yang Sky-Shocking Thunder Talisman!
The five extremely complex talismans were drawn by Chen Xuan in one go, without the slightest error, showcasing his profound skill!
Even Li Er watched with great astonishment. Even the top geniuses of the Chen family in the past would probably not have been able to achieve what Chen Xuan did.
After finishing everything, Chen Xuan tossed the brush aside and began to pant heavily.
Large beads of sweat covered his forehead, clearly indicating that drawing five talismans simultaneously had taken a tremendous toll on him.
Meanwhile, Li Er stared intently at the five talismans, his eyes red with excitement, and his whole body trembling violently. "It... it really is..."
Although he had largely confirmed Chen Xuan's identity before, seeing these five talismans had completely solidified his conviction.
After all, these five spirit talismans were the unique secret techniques of the Chen family. It was absolutely impossible for an outsider to master all of them. Therefore, there was only one possibility: Chen Xuan was a descendant of the Chen family from Kyoto!
"Boss Li, why are you so excited? They're just five talismans. If I wasn't so depleted right now, I'd draw a few more for you." Chen Xuan said with a smile.
"Thump!"
However, Li Er's legs went weak, and he directly knelt before Chen Xuan.
"Boss Li, what kind of act are you putting on? Why are you kneeling to me?" Chen Xuan's brow furrowed deeply.
"Your humble servant, Li Er, pays his respects to the young master!"
Li Er disregarded everything and knelt and kowtowed to Chen Xuan, banging his head three times.
"Humble servant? Young master? What do you mean by this?"
Chen Xuan was bewildered.
How did Li Er become his servant? His mind couldn't quite process it.
"It's a long story."
"Please get up and speak. What exactly is going on?" Chen Xuan urged.
Hearing Chen Xuan's words, Li Er slowly stood up and then said, "Young Master, you are actually a descendant of the Chen family, one of the ten great families of Kyoto, and I am a subordinate of the Chen clan!"
"Kyoto Ten Gates? Didn't they say there were nine great families in Kyoto? How did it become ten gates?" Chen Xuan retorted.
Li Er took a breath and said solemnly:
"It's like this. In the early days of the founding of the nation, there were indeed ten gates in Kyoto."
"The Chen family of Kyoto ranked first among the ten gates. However, due to some incidents, the ten gates of Kyoto were besieged by the powerful families of Kyoto. During the 'Smash the Four Olds' campaign, the Chen family was attacked, resulting in their annihilation."
"The surviving bloodlines of the Chen family were scattered across the land and monitored by the major powerful families. From then on, the Kyoto Chen family withdrew from the ten gates, and Kyoto became known as the Nine Gates!"
"Why was the Kyoto Chen family annihilated?" Chen Xuan asked again.
"Because the Chen family was nurturing a dragon, creating a dragon脉 with supreme Feng Shui luck."
"It is said that once the dragon脉 was completed, the Chen family would produce peerless geniuses, and even some would achieve immortality. This naturally affected the interests of Kyoto's nine gates, so the nine gates of Kyoto and the major powerful families launched an attack on Kyoto."
"At that time, the Kyoto Chen family was the head of the ten great families of Kyoto and possessed supreme Feng Shui techniques, but they couldn't fight against so many. In the end, they were annihilated. The powerful families that besieged the Kyoto Chen family did not gain any advantage either; they also suffered heavy losses and only recently recovered."
"The dragon脉 you are talking about is the one in the provincial capital of Jiangnan Province?"
Chen Xuan's heart churned like stormy waves. He stared at Li Er and said earnestly.
"How did Young Master know? Oh, right, Mr. Chen hails from Jiangnan Province. I suppose your lineage in the Chen family was responsible for guarding the dragon脉. It's quite normal that you would know about the artificial dragon脉."
Li Er pondered for a moment before saying.
At this moment, Chen Xuan also remembered something.
In the past, his father, Chen Jianhua, used to go to the provincial capital three times a month. In a box left by his father, Chen Jianhua, he could still see a thick stack of plane tickets to the provincial capital. Looking back now, his father, Chen Jianhua, must have gone to the provincial capital to inspect the dragon脉 at that time.
"It's a pity, that dragon脉 is finished. Otherwise, what are the nine gates of Kyoto? They would all be finished too!" Li Er said coldly.
Hearing this, Chen Xuan narrowed his eyes, but a frown creased his brow.
If the nine gates of Kyoto annihilated the Chen family for the sake of the artificial dragon脉, then why was the artificial dragon脉 still intact, merely concealed by the Dragon Concealment Formation to evade heavenly secrets?
Could it be that all the people of the nine gates of Kyoto were tricked?
In fact, from the beginning to the end, the artificial dragon脉 had been operating silently.
He did not voice his thoughts, as he felt that this matter was of utmost importance and could not be revealed to anyone.