Chapter 1157 Alternative Profound Sky Artifact
The Sun Family's treasure, Wu Ningluo did not know its specific name or form of existence.
However, based on the Sun Family's history, the ability of this treasure is likely related to derivation and prophecy!
More than a thousand years ago, the Sun Family was just an ordinary cultivation family. The strongest in the family was only at the Nascent Soul stage.
But from a certain day, the Sun Family seemed to suddenly turn the tide. Not only did they break through several stages of the Core Formation realm, but they also, by a stroke of luck, saved a severely injured Daoist practitioner.
Under the protection of this Daoist practitioner, the Sun Family then began to rise rapidly.
The sudden rise of the Sun Family naturally attracted a lot of attention. On the surface, it seemed like it was purely based on luck.
But not everyone thought so.
Especially the forces behind the scenes that plotted against the Daoist practitioner saved by the Sun Family.
It was also the one who ordered Wu Ningluo to infiltrate the Sun Family at any cost, even sacrificing her allure.
The Chen Family is one of the largest families in Tianquan Prefecture. Many family members are proficient in alchemy and hold important positions in the Wanxian Alliance's alchemy hall.
At that time, due to past grievances, they were planning to put the Daoist practitioner to death. But what was originally a foolproof plan was disrupted by a mere Nascent Soul cultivator!
After eliminating suspects, it was confirmed that there were no leaks. And on the day of the incident, the Nascent Soul cultivator from the Sun Family crossed several states through a transmission array and waited on the path of the injured Daoist practitioner's escape.
It seemed as if he had known that this would happen in advance!
All of this was too illogical. Since then, the Chen Family has set their sights on the Sun Family.
Under the Wanxian Alliance system, even though the two families have disparate strength, the Chen Family did not dare to directly kill to snatch the treasure. Especially after the severely injured Daoist practitioner recovered, they began to suspect that it was the Chen Family's doing.
And when the Chen Family finally sorted out all the troubles, they realized that the Sun Family had already established a relationship with the high-ranking figures at the Wanxian Alliance headquarters and had relocated from an external state to Tianquan Prefecture. Moreover, a Daoist practitioner was also born in the family.
The rise of the Sun Family was too rapid. The various coincidences on their path to prosperity led the Chen Family to believe that the Sun Family must be hiding something extraordinary.
But the Sun Family was very cautious. After consolidating their foundation, they rarely used that treasure.
Although the Chen Family coveted it, they could not find a suitable opportunity to make a move.
Even the people in the family had gradually started to forget about this.
It wasn't until more than fifty years ago when the Sun Family once again made a big splash in the Wanxian Alliance that they stirred up long-buried memories.
The Sun Family's patriarch recognized the identity of a spy sent by the Five Elders Council as he passed by on the way to the Law Enforcement Hall.
He directly challenged the spy and fought with him.
Naturally, this incident alarmed the high-level members of the Wanxian Alliance. After capturing both of them and conducting an investigation, it was discovered that the Sun Family's patriarch's identification was true!
That spy from the Five Elders Council was equipped with a jade card with a curse formation, and his mission was to attack Yanfajue with an [Evil Curse].
Fortunately, it was detected in time, avoiding a disaster!
Following this incident, the Sun Family further developed its power in the Law Enforcement Hall.
And the Chen Family once again focused its attention on the Sun Family.
After investigating the past, the spy from the Five Elders Council had hidden himself very well all along. Even his close friends and family had never suspected his identity.
But such a perfect spy was recognized at a glance by the Sun Family's patriarch!
Although the Sun Family's patriarch insisted in the interrogation that it was his intuition, the Wanxian Alliance conducted a thorough investigation and ruled out the possibility of the Five Elders self-directing. This incident was still difficult for many to understand.
Ultimately, it had to be attributed to the "good luck" of the Sun Family.
But the several elders of the Chen Family who still had memories of the past incident immediately recalled their speculations around that time.
After this, a conspiracy surrounding the Sun Family's treasure slowly unfolded.
After decades of continuous probing, the Chen Family had gathered several important clues.
Firstly, this treasure may not be complete, and the Sun Family has been secretly searching for something over the years.
Secondly, every time the treasure is used, it seems to require some form of replenishment. After each astonishing performance by the Sun Family, their patriarch mysteriously disappears for a period of time.
Thirdly, activating the treasure seems to require the consumption of the Sun Family's bloodline. Over the years, several descendants of the Sun Family have disappeared for no reason, their whereabouts unknown.
Despite having gathered a lot of information, the Chen Family hesitated to make a move because of the treasure's seemingly "precognitive" ability.
If they were unsuccessful, it would expose themselves. They might end up forever losing the treasure.
Until recently, the waiting Chen Family finally saw the best opportunity for a breakthrough.
A spy discovered the patriarch of the Sun Family. It seemed that he had been injured while helping the treasure recover. To prevent any accidents, he should be ceasing his activities outside and returning to heal at home.
With the treasure still in cooldown, the strongest patriarch of the Sun Family was severely injured.
This was truly a golden opportunity!
Therefore, despite the risk of being discovered, the Chen Family ordered Wu Ningluo to constantly monitor the movements of the Sun Family's patriarch.
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"I didn't expect that the feud between the two families has been going on for nearly a thousand years."
Having understood the ins and outs of the matter, Li Fan couldn't help but become more interested in this so-called Sun Family treasure.
No wonder, the performances of the Sun Family's patriarchs bore too much resemblance to Li Fan's own behavior in the past.
He relied on his realism to turn the tide and act with premonition.
What ability could the Sun Family treasure hold?
It didn't make Li Fan wait too long.
More than ten days later, Li Fan sensed a somewhat disordered Daoist aura returning to the Sun Family.
Leaving Wu Ningluo's body, he located their position and quietly sneaked up to the person.
Despite the Sun Family's patriarch being extremely cautious, all the formations and restrictions he set up seemed like nothing in front of Li Fan.
He did not notice that someone else had followed him and entered the secret room.
"Cough."
The Sun Family's patriarch, Sun Luyuan, a Daoist practitioner, actually coughed up a few drops of blood.
But he paid no attention to his own injuries and took out an item with a look of concern, carefully placing it back in its original position.
Then, he cut a wound on his wrist and used his blood for a ritual.
Upon seeing this item, Li Fan's main body, as well as his avatars thousands of miles away, all trembled slightly.
"This is..."
"The Celestial Mirror?"
The item that Sun Luyuan irrigated with blood seemed to be somewhat similar to the Celestial Mirror.
However, in previous encounters, the power of the Celestial Mirror was mostly green in color.
But the little mirror in the secret room was emitting a strange black light.
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(End of this chapter)