After paying homage to the ancestor, Liu Tao pondered for a moment and said, "I originally intended to place this package under the ancestor's body. But now, it seems rather inappropriate. Placing it on the ancestor's abdomen should be fine!"
"Agreed!"
"Excellent idea!"
"Absolutely right!"
The several elders nodded in agreement, clapped their hands together, and then moved Liu Fan's body again.
"One, two, three, lower!"
Liu Dahai, along with Liu Erhai and Liu Sanhai, shouted the slogan in unison and put Liu Fan's body back.
"There's no place more reassuring than the ancestor's abdomen," Liu Tao said with a smile, and the others nodded in approval.
Inside the coffin, Liu Fan felt rather exasperated. Being the ancestor of these people was really exhausting!
At this moment, Liu Wuhai suddenly asked, "Clan leader, what exactly is in this package? Our Liu family has been frequently attacked by enemies recently. I'm afraid it has something to do with this item, right?!"
A month ago, Liu Tao, accompanied by the First Elder and dozens of Liu family experts, left home mysteriously.
In the end, only Liu Tao and the First Elder returned, covered in blood. All the other Liu family experts who went with them died.
After this battle, the Liu family was severely weakened.
This matter had been weighing heavily on Liu Wuhai and the other elders for a long time.
"Today, in front of the ancestor, I hope the clan leader can make things clear," Liu Liuhai said, full of fighting spirit.
Liu Tao sighed and said, "This matter is of great significance. The fewer people who know about it, the less risk there is. But since you're so determined to know, I'll tell you..."
Inside the coffin, Liu Fan also pricked up his ears, curious to know what on earth his descendants had done.
In the ancestral hall, the incense was curling up. The morning sun had just risen, and a ray of light passed through the door of the ancestral hall, falling on Liu Fan's spirit tablet and also on Liu Tao and the five elders.
Liu Tao told the story slowly, and the First Elder, Liu Dahai, would add a sentence from time to time.
As the two of them revealed the whole story, Liu Wuhai and the other elders were shocked beyond measure, their faces blank.
Inside the coffin, Liu Fan was also deeply shaken...
It turned out that a hundred years ago, a mysterious flying vessel plummeted from the depths of the universe.
The place where it fell was the Tempestuous Sea in the Endless Ocean. On that day, countless people died in the waters near the Tempestuous Sea.
This celestial flying vessel, numbered 007, was extremely mysterious.
The Yun Dynasty ordered the Celestial Observatory to investigate. However, the Endless Ocean was extremely dangerous, not to mention the Tempestuous Sea, which was known as the Forbidden Zone of Life. The weather there was complex all year round, and sea tornadoes raged. Even the most experienced fishermen were reluctant to enter.
The Master of the Pavilion of the Celestial Observatory was afraid of death and didn't go to check in person.
He sent his subordinates and also recruited desperadoes from martial arts gangs, odd people with unique skills, and the grand elders of martial arts sects whose lifespan was nearly over to risk their lives to explore the mysterious flying vessel in the Tempestuous Sea.
Many of them died in the Tempestuous Sea. But those who managed to board the flying vessel against all odds obtained countless jade slips, pills, and weapons just from the periphery of the vessel.
After translation, it was found that the jade slips recorded extremely profound cultivation techniques.
These techniques did not belong to the Yunzhou Continent and were not recorded in any ancient books.
They seemed to come from a more advanced world. The various cultivation methods recorded in them were all - encompassing, far surpassing the martial arts secrets treasured by the major martial arts forces on the Yunzhou Continent.
The weapons on the flying vessel were as sharp as divine weapons.
The pills were taken by a group of grand elders of the sects who were on the verge of death. In an instant, their lifespan increased significantly, and their white hair turned black.
A month later, the celestial flying vessel sank into the Endless Ocean and disappeared.
All those who got the treasures returned to their respective islands. After a bloody scramble, the treasures found their owners. In just a few years, several mysterious sects and noble families rose rapidly.
The several martial arts holy lands standing among the mountains in the depths of Scorpio Island were founded by several grand elders of the sects whose lifespan was nearly over and who had returned from the celestial flying vessel.
In Scorpio City, the three prestigious "Great Martial Arts Families" also rose at that time. Each of their families had treasures obtained from the celestial flying vessel, either cultivation techniques, pills, or divine weapons.
Over the past hundred years, countless people have risked their lives to venture into the Endless Ocean to search for that celestial flying vessel.
This includes the several large forces that have been called martial arts holy lands and the experts of the major noble families. They all want to take a step further and obtain more treasures from the flying vessel.
Because back then, they only searched the outermost periphery of the celestial flying vessel.
A month ago, someone finally discovered the trace of the flying vessel, and it was strikingly located in the sea area three thousand li away from Scorpio Island.
Scorpio Island was in an uproar, and countless martial arts experts poured out.
"The First Elder and I got the news and thought this was a great opportunity for our Liu family to rise," Liu Tao said. "As long as we can obtain the treasures on the flying vessel, our Liu family can restore the glory of our ancestors and rebuild the Liu family's royal clan as it was a thousand years ago!"
The First Elder nodded and continued, "So, we set off secretly, leading the experts of the Liu family."
"Our strength was too weak to compete head - on with those martial arts forces. So, we occupied an inn by the sea, set up ambushes in advance, and used poisoned wine, hidden weapons, poisonous smoke, and traps."
"We called this plan the 'Dragon Gate Inn Plan'!"
"Finally, we managed to kill the people from the Spirit Monkey Sect, the Sword King Sect, and several other families, and snatched the treasures they got from the flying vessel."
"We thought we had done it secretly, but unexpectedly, the news still leaked, and that's why we were chased by those people, and they even chased us all the way to our doorstep..."
Inside the coffin, Liu Fan was filled with mixed emotions and could hardly calm down. The package under him was actually something his descendants had obtained at the cost of their lives.
Liu Wuhai and the other elders were all in a daze, finding it hard to believe.
"There are three things in the package. A map of the periphery of the celestial flying vessel, a scroll of cultivation techniques, and a jade pendant," Liu Tao said, looking a bit embarrassed.
"The map is not useful for now. We can't understand the words on the cultivation techniques. And the jade pendant also seems to be of no use. Sigh..."
Liu Tao sighed, and the First Elder also sighed. Hearing this, the other elders couldn't help but shake their heads in disappointment.
There were translations of the words on the flying vessel circulating in the martial world, but they were all in the hands of the major noble families and those martial arts holy lands. They had no way to obtain them.
"So, is that celestial flying vessel still in the sea?" the Second Elder suddenly asked, spitting out half a piece of un - eaten fingernail.
Liu Tao nodded. "According to our observations, there will be a violent sea tornado in the sea area soon. At that time, the flying vessel is very likely to be rolled out of the sea and run aground on the coast of our Scorpio Island."
As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the several elders in the ancestral hall changed.
Liu Liuhai slapped the long sword at his waist and shouted, "Come on! If you're a man, don't yield. Just do it!"
"As long as we can get the treasures on the celestial flying vessel, why should our Liu family worry about not being able to restore the glory of a thousand years ago?"