Yun Chi's words shocked the Emperor into silence for a while.
He remembered something, centuries ago, when the Ancestor fought for the supremacy of the world, his troops reached Lin'an. Unlike the other panicked and despairing cities, hiding haphazardly or shivering in surrender, the Hua Family opened the gates of the city of Lin'an with open arms and smiles, allowing the Ancestor to enter without the cost of a single soldier, passing through Guan Mountain Gorge with ease.
Later, when the Ancestor seized the realm, he remembered this merit and favor and specially summoned the Hua Family to the Capital City, offering them hereditary noble and military ranks. However, they declined with the excuse that the descendants of the Hua Family had no great talents and dared not delay the important task of the Emperor's national prosperity, and when the Ancestor established his dynasty and there was much to be done, three requests went unheeded and he let the matter drop.
