Chapter 10

Listening to Lu Li's words, they were precisely the last words of Xue Tianci.

Back then, on his deathbed, he regained his memories, realizing he had cultivated the Red Dust Nine Transmutations. He also understood that they could not achieve the same as him. Thinking of the years they had fought side by side and the camaraderie they shared, Xue Tianci made a promise.

Xue Shouye stared at Lu Li with wide eyes, repeating his words, unable to react for a long time.

These words sounded a bit pretentious, like some kind of return from the nine transmutations. Do you think you're an Egyptian mummy?

"Tell this to your clan leader, tell him in person, don't tell anyone else, he will understand my meaning."

For now, Lu Li decided to take a gamble.

If they still held to their beliefs from back then, he wouldn't mind fulfilling the promise. If they were arrogant and didn't take his last words seriously, Lu Li certainly wouldn't force himself on them. At most, he would give them the subsequent techniques of the Three Yang Fist, and then they would have nothing more to do with each other.

In the end, the ones who had a good relationship with him were just his comrades from the personal guard camp.

"Tell him in person?"

Xue Shouye was taken aback, shaking his head quickly, "No, I can't go back now."

Although he didn't think Lu Li would lie, after all, no one dared to play tricks on the Xue family, he absolutely couldn't go back now.

"Can't go back? What's the matter?"

Lu Li looked up and down at Xue Shouye, thinking to himself, did this guy run away because he did something wrong?

"Because I want to be the clan leader."

"Be the clan leader?" Lu Li looked curious, what did being the clan leader have to do with going home?

Xue Shouye nodded firmly, "The Xue family's influence spans politics, business, and the military. The clan leader is the helmsman, requiring immense prestige. The Xue family has a rule: any descendant who wants to succeed as clan leader must leave home at eighteen and make their own way. They can only return when they have mastered the Xue family fist, becoming a candidate for clan leader. If they return before then, they lose the opportunity forever."

"Mastered? With your current realm, and an incomplete technique, you won't achieve mastery in less than fifteen years, even if you practice without stopping."

"So what? Which young man in the village with a bit of ambition isn't like this?" Xue Shouye was filled with passion, "In this generation, I was the first to achieve a minor mastery. The position of clan leader, who else but me?"

"Then I wish you good luck."

Lu Li looked at Xue Shouye, admiring him. After a moment's thought, he said, "Then call the clan leader and tell him that sentence. I think he will understand my meaning. Time is up, I need to go back to class."

"I understand, I'll call the clan leader when I get back."

Lu Li nodded, pushed open the car door, and glanced at Liang Jun, finding it amusing. He was Xue Shouye's ancestor, so wouldn't Liang Jun and his group have to call him ancestor too?

"What are you looking at?" Liang Jun glared at Lu Li, sneering, "Don't think I'm afraid of you, this isn't over."

"No problem, I'll wait."

Watching Lu Li walk away, Liang Jun hurriedly got into the car and asked Xue Shouye, "Cousin, what did you talk about?"

Xue Shouye returned to his usual taciturn self, rubbing his hand and said, "Lu Li and the Xue family do have a connection, and he has something the Xue family desperately needs. Xiao Jun, I know what you're thinking, but I must warn you, before the matter is clear, you'd better not provoke him, or Grandpa might get angry."

"Grandpa will get angry?"

Liang Jun was shocked, his face full of disbelief.

"Ah, their adherence to tradition, even I can't stand it, let alone you." Xue Shouye sighed, speaking seriously, "In short, be careful. Wait a moment, I'll call Grandpa."

Xue Family Village in Central Province, administratively just a small mountain village, located in the foothills of Mount Song, with over five hundred households, all surnamed Xue.

From the Ming Dynasty to the present, they only worship their ancestor Xue Tianci.

Even those who have seen the family tree find it hard to distinguish which are Xue Tianci's direct descendants and which are the descendants of the personal guard camp. In fact, it doesn't matter much, as centuries of intermarriage have made the villagers one big family.

Xue Family Village is not well-known among ordinary people, but it is renowned in high circles and the ancient martial arts world.

The Xue family fist is powerful and aggressive, and if not for the lack of peak experts, it would have long been a top-tier force in the ancient martial arts circle.

During the War of Resistance, the young men of Xue Family Village who were traveling to become clan leaders all joined the war. Although many died, some survived into the peace era, producing as many as ten generals.

The current clan leader, Xue Renzhi, is over ninety years old but still has sharp hearing and agile movements. He is the only remaining general from the War of Resistance, who retired and returned to his hometown to take over as clan leader, not leaving the village for nearly thirty years.

When Xue Shouye called, Xue Renzhi was practicing the Xue family fist in the courtyard.

Hearing it was Xue Shouye's call, he felt a bit annoyed that his granddaughter didn't know the gravity of the situation. He had so many things to manage, how could he bother with his grandson's trivial matters?

Picking up the phone, he was about to scold a few words when he heard Xue Shouye urgently say, "I met an expert today. He said our Xue family fist lacks a technique, and he has it."

"What? The technique the Xue family fist lacks?"

Excited, Xue Renzhi slapped the training post, instantly breaking the thick wooden post, which flew out more than three meters.

With an urgent look, he roared into the phone, "Drag him out at all costs, I'll send your third and fourth uncles over. If you get the last two sections of the technique, you will be a candidate for clan leader."

Ordinary villagers might not know that the Xue family fist lacks a technique, but how could Xue Renzhi not know? It was precisely because of the lack of the last two sections that the Xue family had never produced a grandmaster.

This matter was clearly recorded in the family tree.

"Grandpa, he told me to tell you a sentence."

"Another sentence? What sentence?" Xue Renzhi calmed his thoughts, regaining his stern demeanor when facing his grandson.

"Nine Transmutations Return, all your descendants shall ascend."

Xue Renzhi was stunned, then his face changed dramatically, and his body began to tremble. The exquisite phone turned into fragments, crushed by his hands.

"Nine Transmutations Return, Nine Transmutations Return, ..."

With a bang, the courtyard gate flew open, and Xue Renzhi rushed to the center of Xue Family Village.

Villagers he met on the way greeted him, but he didn't even look at them, only shouting in his heart, "Nine Transmutations Return, all shall ascend."

At the center of the village was an ancient Ming Dynasty building, with three sections, though old but still imposing, the Xue family ancestral hall.

Running like the wind to the ancestral hall, he stopped, took a deep breath, straightened his clothes, and patted away non-existent dust.

Entering the ancestral hall, he walked into the room with the ancestral tablets, respectfully lit three incense sticks, and knelt to kowtow.

Standing up again, he walked to the altar, trembling hands taking out an ancient bound book. On the cover, it clearly read: "Xue Family Tree."

At this moment, the once powerful Xue Renzhi, who had led thousands of troops and held great power, was trembling as he held the family tree.

He carefully opened the cover, gazing at the traditional characters on the first page, his legs giving way, and he sat down on the ground.

"Ancestor's legacy: Nine Transmutations Return, all your descendants shall ascend."

"Future generations, if you have the fortune to meet the ancestor, must show respect."

"Those who dare to be disrespectful will be expelled from the Xue family and removed from the family tree."

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