"Father, this, is this the ancestral statue?"
When he saw the ancestral statue of Yang Zheng, the ancestor of the Yang family, Yang Shu's expression was full of astonishment. Because he didn't expect that the most powerful ancestor in the family still had an ancestral statue left behind.
"Yes, this is the ancestral statue left by Yang Zheng, the ancestor of the family, Huiling. It has been offering incense in the ancestral hall, and it can still appear today."
Can it still manifest?
Yang Shu continued to be surprised. Although his cultivation level is low, he has a lot of knowledge. He knows that if the ancestral statue appears, it means that the family is prosperous, or the inheritance is prosperous. In the sect, it is a major event that is often taken out to invite guests to show off. It would be the same for the royal family.
But why has it never appeared in the various sacrificial rituals of the royal family?
As soon as the doubts in Yang Shu's heart arose, they were suppressed by another surprise. He saw his father next to him taking a small knife from Yang Xiu Sheng's hand, and then opened his upper body clothes, revealing not only his thin body, but also almost The chest and back were covered with horrifying dark red "spider web" flesh webs.
"Father! What's wrong with you?!" Yang Shu's heart was filled with shock. He had never known that his father had such a terrifying web of flesh on his body, like something like a spider web attached to it. Looking carefully, it turned out that The thing was still vibrating, as if it were alive.
Yang Jian smiled but did not answer. He took a knife and lightly cut the "spider web", and a stream of blood spurted out and fell into the stone basin in front of the ancestral statue.
After that, the wound healed quickly, and then the stone basin seemed to react with the blood rushing in, and the entire ancestral statue began to tremble. After a few breaths, the ancestral statue moved strangely on its own, revealing a dark staircase below.
"This..." Yang Shu somewhat understood why the ancestral statue existed but had never been mentioned by the clan members. Even princes like Yang Shu had never known of its existence. The reason should be to suppress the entrance to this mysterious secret passage?
After closing his clothes, Yang Jian took the lead and stepped onto the steps of the secret passage. The dim light lit up on both sides again, illuminating the path below.
"Let's go. If you want to inherit the throne, this is what you have to go through. Didn't you say you are fearless?"
Yang Shu wanted to say that he was fearless now, but there was only one word "good" on his lips and he swallowed everything else. Because an unspeakable and inexplicable fear arose in his heart again, as if there was some serious danger under this secret passage, and he instinctively wanted to retreat.
The uneasiness in his heart became stronger as he entered this secret passage, which was not a long staircase. Yang Shu wanted to ask several times, but he swallowed it down. Because I don’t want to show my timidity in front of my father.
Soon the steps reached the end, and a stone door appeared.
Yang Shu wanted to push it, but Yang Jian stopped him and said with a smile: "You can't push this door open now. If everything goes well, you will always have a chance to push it open in the future."
Yang Shu didn't know how to answer this, so he could only step away, watching the weak Yang Jian slowly push open the huge stone door. Yang Shu even felt that the door was opened by himself instead of being pushed open.
Is it the most important secret of the royal family? What will it be?
When I looked in, it was pitch black, and there was a damp smell wafting out from inside. As Yang Jian stepped in, a dim light lit up inside the stone door, allowing people to see what was inside.
Neither Yang Jian nor Yang Xiu Sheng was surprised at all, but when Yang Shu came here for the first time, his doubts reached their peak after seeing clearly what was going on inside the stone gate.
what is that? A... weird... chair?
"Red" in Yang Shu's eyes is a strange-shaped chair. Of course, this is not wrong, at least the appearance of "Chi" in front of him is a chair.
"Shu'er, this is "Chi". It is also the biggest secret of our royal family now, and it is also a deal to establish oneself." Yang Jian stood next to "Chi", stretched out his hand to touch the back of the chair, and immediately followed his words A glare appeared on the back of the wide chair and quickly gathered into a bright eye.
Yang Shu looked at the eye on the back of the chair, subconsciously took half a step back, and then hurriedly stabilized himself. He didn't know if it was his imagination, but he always felt that the eye was staring at him, as if he was watching. .....a delicious meal? In an instant, he understood where his previous feelings of fear came from, and it should be the eyes in front of him.
"Father, my son and I don't understand." Yang Shu was instinctively on guard. Even though he knew that he was his father in front of him, the royal family did not have unconditional trust, so he naturally remained on guard.
When Yang Jian saw his son's wary look, he didn't feel dissatisfied but was very happy. He smiled and said: "Do you think that the Jingjiu Dynasty can stand among the major sects just by relying on the Golden Sword Guard? Let alone the distance, which one is not the most powerful force, Wanjuan Shushan or Mingshan Sect? Why are they willing to live alone? Looking at me from a corner, the Jingjiu Dynasty is dominating the world? Do you really think that their sect is unwilling to step into the secular world?
Haha, worldly world, this is simply a step the sect found for itself in the early years. "
Yang Shu glanced at "Chi" and frowned: "Father, do you mean it is some... some kind of force that helps us stabilize the world?"
"You can understand it that way. But this kind of help is not free, we need to pay a price."
"What price?" Yang Shu's heart trembled. The power that could resist two super sects could be imagined to be terrifying, and the price to be paid to use it must also be beyond his imagination. At this moment, he vaguely understood that the throne that seemed to be in front of him should not be that simple. And the "red" in front of me must be the "last level" that my father mentioned.
Yang Jian pointed to his chest and said, "You saw it when I came in just now. What I carry is the price."
"Those, red things? What are those?"
"That is "Red". It will cling to every emperor who is in charge of the Jingjiu Dynasty, and absorb the Jingjiu Dynasty's destiny to dominate the world through some means that we don't know. It's just that this process affects the object it clings to. It's painful to say, but it's not an exaggeration to say it's torture.
Have you ever wondered why every generation of emperors likes to stay in Fu'an Palace? The reason is that the warm soup in Fu'an Palace has miraculous effects and can alleviate the pain caused by "redness".
And if you want to sit on the throne, the last step you need is this chair. If you sit on it, accept "Chi"'s attachment, and endure daily pain, you will become the direct target of the next transaction, and then you will be able to carry the banner of the Jingjiu Dynasty. Until you are like me, then you can find your heir to take your place. "
"What comes around again?"
“What goes around comes around!”
Yang Shu's face was already ugly. The Jingjiu Dynasty has always had many unknown surprises in terms of military force. The most direct one is how to suppress the sects of the world? Now there is an answer.
To accept or not to accept? Yang Shu actually knew in his heart that he had no choice.
