Ye Hongyi led the four sisters into the hall and asked, "Who are you?"
The four sisters then realized they were still disguised, and with a shake, they reverted to their original appearances.
"It's you!"
Ye Hongyi was slightly surprised. In the Starry Sky Ancient Road, the only four-sister quadruplets with considerable cultivation were the four sisters of the Sky Serpent Clan.
"Junior Sister Tian Yuanyuan!"
"Junior Sister Tian Fangfang!"
"Junior Sister Tian Zhengzheng!"
"Junior Sister Tian Xiaoxiao!"
"Greetings, Eldest Senior Sister!"
The four sisters spoke almost in unison, performing a perfectly synchronized salute to Ye Hongyi.
Seeing this, Ye Hongyi quickly said, "Fellow… Junior Sisters, no need to be so polite."
Although it was their first meeting, after seeing the token, she believed they were telling the truth.
Then, the four sisters recounted their encounter with Gu Changsheng and Yao Xian in Fanghua City. When Tian Xiaoxiao described Gu Changsheng becoming a coachman, Ye Hongyi couldn't help but giggle.
"I bet you thought he was bragging," Ye Hongyi said with a smile.
Tian Xiaoxiao chuckled awkwardly, "Who would have thought that His Majesty the Holy Emperor would become our coachman?"
"Hehehe, yes, who would have thought that His Majesty the Holy Emperor would use deceptive tricks to recruit disciples?" Ye Hongyi deeply agreed with Tian Xiaoxiao.
"Eldest Senior Sister, have you had a similar experience?" Tian Xiaoxiao asked curiously.
The other three sisters also looked at Ye Hongyi with great curiosity.
Ye Hongyi nodded and said, "Back then, I didn't know that Master was the Holy Emperor. I was just a little beggar with a few copper coins I had begged for. I wanted to buy some buns to fill my stomach, but I met Master. He told me that as long as I became his disciple, I would have endless source crystals. I immediately agreed because I thought of those source crystals. But I didn't expect that Master would take my few copper coins to buy wine."
"Master often said he was very powerful, but I didn't think so. I just thought he was bragging and lying to me. Later, I realized that Master was really powerful."
Ye Hongyi's eyes were filled with reminiscence. She used to think that Master was someone who bragged without batting an eye, but now, the memory was filled with warmth. Because no matter how much Master 'bragged,' and even tricked her out of her copper coins to buy wine at first, she never experienced cold or hunger again after becoming his disciple, and she felt the feeling of having family for the first time.
Listening to Eldest Senior Sister's seemingly complaining words, the four sisters could feel her genuine happiness, because they could also genuinely feel how much their Grand Master doted on them.
Although the four sisters and Ye Hongyi had just met, their relationship unknowingly grew closer, because they all had someone who doted on them.
Standing behind Ye Hongyi, the Sky Peng Crown Prince frowned as he looked at the four sisters. Ye Hongyi had been aware of the strange atmosphere between them. Sensing the Sky Peng Crown Prince's unease, she asked, "Sky Peng, is something wrong?"
"Sky Peng? You're from the Sky Peng Clan?"
Before Sky Peng could speak, Tian Xiaoxiao's voice rang out.
"That's right, my father is the Sky Peng Ancient Emperor." The Sky Peng Crown Prince nodded slightly. In the past, he would have been very proud when mentioning "my father is the Sky Peng Ancient Emperor," but now, his tone was very calm, as if his father was just an ordinary cultivator, without any arrogance.
"No wonder…" Tian Xiaoxiao's expression was somewhat complicated.
The other three sisters also frowned.
"What's wrong?" Ye Hongyi asked. The four sisters of the Sky Serpent Clan were disciples of Yao Xian's Shiniang and her junior sisters, while the Sky Peng Crown Prince was her mount, who had been by her side for thousands of years, clearing away many troublesome fellows for her.
Naturally, she didn't want them to be at odds.
"Third Sister, you're familiar with the clan's ancient books, explain it to Eldest Senior Sister!" Tian Xiaoxiao looked at Tian Zhengzheng.
Tian Zhengzheng nodded and said, "In the ancient books of our Sky Serpent Clan, there was a record of a past feud between the ancestor of the Sky Peng Clan and the ancestor of our Sky Serpent Clan. The specifics of the feud are only mentioned in fragments in the ancient books, but the ancestors of both the Sky Peng Clan and the Sky Serpent Clan swore a blood oath, making the descendants of the two clans eternal enemies. This blood oath has formed a curse. As long as the descendants of the two clans meet, they will feel a murderous intent, wanting to completely obliterate the other party."
"There are ancestors who would curse their descendants like that?" Ye Hongyi frowned, directly expressing her dissatisfaction with the two ancestors of the Sky Peng Clan and the Sky Serpent Clan. And with her status, she had the right to express her dissatisfaction.
"But even if it's a curse, the person who cast the curse has fallen for countless years, so the curse should weaken, right?" Ye Hongyi asked.
Tian Zhengzheng nodded and said, "When our four sisters first met him, we only felt a slight discomfort in our hearts and didn't feel any murderous intent."
"That's good!"
Ye Hongyi breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't want her junior sisters and the Sky Peng Crown Prince to fight to the death because of their ancestors' curse on their descendants.
"Is there any way to remove this curse?" Ye Hongyi asked again. Although the curse had weakened countless times, as long as it existed, it would always be a ticking time bomb. What if someone's bloodline reverted to its origins, and the curse also reverted with it?
Although this kind of thing was very fantastical, it had to be prevented.
"Ah!"
Suddenly, Tian Xiaoxiao exclaimed, attracting everyone's attention.
"Little Sister, what is it again? So jumpy, what's the matter?" Tian Yuanyuan scolded softly.
"I'm sorry!" Tian Xiaoxiao quickly apologized, and then continued, "I suddenly remembered why Grand Master asked us to come to the Apocalypse Continent. He's so wise, he must have known that we would meet Eldest Senior Sister. This Apocalypse Continent must be hiding some secret, maybe it's about our bloodline curse!"
Tian Xiaoxiao's words made the others' expressions change, and they all thought she made a lot of sense.
"Perhaps what Xiaoxiao said is Master's purpose in having you come here." Ye Hongyi narrowed her eyes slightly, saying thoughtfully.
"Eldest Senior Sister, have you discovered something?" Tian Yuanyuan asked.
Through their conversation, they already knew that Ye Hongyi had been in the Apocalypse Continent for decades and knew many more secrets than they did, who had just arrived.
Ye Hongyi nodded slightly and said, "Since the origin of the Great Dao has recovered, many places in the entire universe have seen the emergence of relics and secret realms that are incredibly ancient. There are especially many in the Starry Sky Ancient Road. In just a few decades, hundreds of ancient secret realms have appeared one after another. Many people have obtained powerful inheritances from them, soaring to the top and becoming powerful figures."
"And not long ago, in the center of the Apocalypse Continent, immortal energy was dense, and immortal light shot straight into the sky. The grandeur of the event was so great that even Yuancheng City, which was hundreds of millions of miles away from the center of the continent, could see it. Based on past experience, I speculate that this is at least a secret realm left by an Immortal King level figure."
"Master asked you to come here, probably because of this secret realm."
Hearing this, the four sisters exchanged glances. Tian Yuanyuan asked, "Senior Sister, has the secret realm appeared?"
Ye Hongyi shook her head, "But recently, the phenomena have become more and more frequent, and it may appear at any time."
"Rumble!"
As soon as Ye Hongyi finished speaking, endless immortal light appeared above the nine heavens. In the immortal light, immortal figures were dancing. The spectacle was so amazing that the entire continent could see it.
"Uh… Senior Sister, your mouth is really effective, like it's been blessed."
Tian Xiaoxiao muttered.
Hearing this, Ye Hongyi couldn't help but smile wryly. Shouldn't the blessed mouth or crow's mouth be Xuan Mingzi's thing?
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