Longevity Clan Starts with the Patriarch's Marriage

Chapter 497: 220: Lin Xiao and His Great-Grandfather! Han Laozu Strikes, Killing with a Flick, Gaining a Huge Surprise!_1

Chapter 497: Chapter 220: Lin Xiao and His Great-Grandfather! Han Laozu Strikes, Killing with a Flick, Gaining a Huge Surprise!_1

Chengsheng Mountain, Yundao Peak.

“Elder Ancestor, someone is trying to hijack the marriage,”

Han Shigao briskly walked into Yundao Hall and said, bowing toward the figure deep within the great hall.

He was Han Li’s grandson; his father was Han Yongfu, and Han Yongfu was the eldest son of Wu Yalin, Han Li’s second concubine.

Originally, the aptitudes of early descendants like Han Yongfu and Han Shigao were rather poor, virtually negligible or of ninth grade, and their cultivation levels were also low.

Now, after much hardship, the early concubines and descendants of Han Li all saw an improvement in their aptitudes to fifth grade and above, and their cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds.

Take Han Shigao, for example, one of the more outstanding individuals of the Han Family’s third generation. He received Han Li’s attention from an early age and was given many advantages, which made him far more exceptional than his peers.

At seventy-five, Han Shigao possessed fourth grade aptitude and had reached the pinnacle of the God Refining Realm, even surpassing his father, Han Yongfu.

Having grown up in the Han Mansion, Han Shigao had witnessed the family’s rapid rise to power firsthand, with the family’s growth far outpacing his own cultivation speed.

Han Li held deep authority within the Han Mansion. All descendants held him in reverence, commonly addressing him as Elder Ancestor in formal settings, and were more intimate in private.

Counting from Han Li’s generation, the Han Mansion had already developed to the seventh generation. In another ten years, perhaps even less, the Han Mansion would see the birth of the eighth generation.

Han Li had sons, grandsons, great-grandsons, and great-great-grandsons among his many descendants. They each had different familiar terms for him: father, grandfather, great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, heavenly ancestor, and fierce ancestor, to name a few.

When Han Li’s first great-great-grandson was born, his rank would rise to that of the great progenitor. As the ninth and tenth generations were born, additional titles like the primal ancestor and the origin ancestor would be added to his names.

“Hijack the marriage? Whose marriage?”

Han Li, with hands clasped behind his back, turned around, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes. Such scenarios seemed quite unheard of in these times, tsk tsk.

He assumed that one of his descendants was encountering a marriage hijack while taking a wife or concubine. It couldn’t possibly be his own marriage; after all, who would dare to do so? He was Han Li, the revered Elder Ancestor who commanded respect across the Xuan Domain.

Han Shigao kept his head lowered and spoke with extreme caution, “Elder Ancestor, it’s your marriage that someone is trying to hijack…”

Even Han Shigao was taken aback upon receiving this news. Having organized so many weddings for his grandfather, he had never come across a marriage hijack before.

From Leizhou’s Lingjun City to Yuanzhou’s Chengsheng Mountain, Grandfather’s marriage prospects came from forces in the Innate Realm to those from the True Martial Realm; everything had always gone smoothly, with no one foolish enough to seek death.

Even top-tier Xuan Domain forces like the Da Jing Empire and Emperor Wu’s City had offered women to the Elder Ancestor without any incidents. Yet, here was Tian Ya Sect, a Myriad Phenomena Realm force under the Da Liang Empire, actually daring to oppose their marriage, even harboring thoughts of hijacking it.

“Go on in detail,”

Han Li laughed, sensing a good story brewing.

From his experience, the one wishing to hijack the marriage could very well be a child of fortune, possibly leading to quite the melodramatic turn of events.

It was a fool’s errand for an antagonist to continuously send disposable lackeys to their deaths, equipping the protagonist and watching them rapidly grow stronger, all while waiting for that protagonist to strike them down. That was a move only a foolish villain would make.

Having become the “antagonist,” Han Li had no intention of playing along in any drama with a child of fortune. He was very straightforward, preferring to personally eliminate any danger in its infancy.

There might even be some unexpected gains.

“Elder Ancestor, Tian Ya Sect under the Da Liang Empire has sent a messenger, saying…” Han Shigao recounted the events precisely as they had happened.

After failing to eliminate Lin Xiao, Tian Ya Sect sent a Myriad Phenomena Realm Great Grandmaster to Chengsheng Mountain in haste to notify them, hoping to alert them to send someone to receive the bridal procession.

Tian Ya Sect had three Myriad Phenomena Realm Great Grandmasters, with an even stronger late-phase Myriad Phenomena Realm practitioner as Sect Leader. But with one of the Great Grandmasters needed to guard the Sect, only two could be sent for the bridal procession. Given the goal’s vast distance, over eight million miles away, Tian Ya Sect feared unexpected mishaps.

Lin Xiao, known for his eccentricities and his infatuation with Lu Qingxuan, had even abandoned Tian Ya Sect. After deliberation, they believed Lin Xiao intended to hijack the marriage, and should he ally with enemy forces, the bridal procession might face complications.

When Lin Xiao joined the sect, his aptitude was only of fifth grade, and he did not stand out normally. This year, he revealed cultivation at the first layer of the God Refining Realm and was promoted to Core Disciple.

Without this incident, Tian Ya Sect would have remained ignorant that Lin Xiao had quietly advanced to the middle phase of the Hollow Void Stage, and could even temporarily exert the combat ability of a Myriad Phenomena Realm Great Grandmaster using a certain secret technique to escape from the main hall and successfully flee from the hands of the two Great Grandmasters.

“Interesting, really interesting,” Han Li chuckled softly, his face revealing genuine interest.

Lin Xiao hailed from a minor place in the Da Liang Empire, came from a declining small family, and fought his way through numerous trials to secure the tenth place and enter Tian Ya Sect…

Considering the words Lin Xiao spoke in Tian Ya Sect’s main hall, Han Li found it difficult to believe that this Lin Xiao wasn’t a child of fortune.

“Elder Ancestor, should we send someone to receive the bride?” Han Shigao inquired.

The hidden strength of the Han Mansion was formidable, but it couldn’t be gratuitously exposed. Nonetheless, even by revealing just the tip of the iceberg of its power, the Han Mansion was more than capable of handling this matter.

Ever since the Elder Ancestor demonstrated his True Martial Realm strength and the identity of a reincarnated powerful being and obtained the backing of Elder Bai Yujing, a multitude of Myriad Phenomena Realm Great Grandmasters had joined Chengsheng Mountain.

Within just a few months, eight Myriad Phenomena Realm Great Grandmasters had pledged allegiance, all of whom could be sent. Simply dispatching a few Great Grandmasters to the Da Liang Empire for the bridal procession would suffice.