Chapter 1227: Origin Of The Buzhan Clan

The two continued to drink their fine wine. Even though Buzhan Feng came from an ancient clan, he was still very amiable and humorous to the point where others would hesitate to end the party.

After another round, Buzhan Feng put down his cup and said: "Brother Li, this might be intrusive so I don't know if I should ask or not."

Li Qiye nonchalantly said: "Go ahead."

Buzhan Feng stated in a serious manner: "In my humble opinion, Brother Li must not be from the Heaven Spirit World. Of course, if you don't want to talk about it, we'll just pretend that I didn't say anything."

Li Qiye took another sip and casually asked: "What makes you say that?"

"Brother Li, you are a hero in the contemporary, a dragon that will soar to the nine heavens, destined to be a prominent Godking." The youth smilingly answered: "In my opinion, you didn't debut just now, and yet you are completely unknown in the Heaven Spirit World. Thus, I believe that you are not from here."

Li Qiye chuckled and glanced at the youth: "It is no secret. You are right, I am from the Mortal Emperor World."

"Just as I thought!" He patted his thigh triumphantly: "I must be eighty to ninety percent right then."

"It looks like you have more to say." Li Qiye narrowed his eyes and smirked at the boy: "And here I thought you only wanted to introduce your sister to me."

"No, no, Brother Li, don't misunderstand." Buzhan Feng bowed to apologize with great sincerity: "I really did ask you to come here so that I could introduce my big sis to you, but at the same time, I also wanted to ask a few questions."

Li Qiye slowly took another sip. After a good while, he said: "Go ahead."

"This little brother wants to ask you about the great vortex." Buzhan Feng hurriedly replied: "Please teach me."

Li Qiye flatly said while squinting his eyes: "It looks like you know a lot."

"No, of course not, this is pure speculation. Your appearance is too coincidental and was right around the time of the fluctuation from the vortex. Therefore, I came up with a bold guess, you must have gone there."

Li Qiye asked slowly: "Do you have some intentions towards the vortex?"

Buzhan Feng took a deep breath and earnestly spoke: "I won't hide it from you. Brother Li, I am very concerned about the vortex. As the successor of the Buzhan Clan, this is also my responsibility. Perhaps you don't know about the origin of our clan, but I can let you know that there is a reason why we are here at the Heaven Spirit World. We are more closely connected to the vortex than any other lineage."

"I know a bit about this matter." Li Qiye calmly revealed: "Your clan has always been linked to the vortex. Outsiders do not know the reason why, but the answer to this question traces back to the origin of your clan."

"You know?" Buzhan Feng was surprised because outsiders shouldn't know about this. Even some disciples in the clan were unaware. As the successor, he was privy to more information than his peers. Nevertheless, he still didn't know the secrets behind this relationship.

"There aren't many things that I don't know." Li Qiye leisurely said: "If your clan can understand your own beginning, then it will come to understand its relationship with the vortex. Moreover, it will also clear up the origin of your Charming Spirit Race."

Li Qiye sipped his wine and leisurely said: "In other words, if your Buzhan Clan's genealogy was a historical script, then it would be one about the history of the charming spirits. If there are blank spots in this race's history itself, then there will be answers within your clan. However, that is based on the premise that you can figure out your own origin first."

Li Qiye's words shocked Buzhan Feng. He stared at Li Qiye in astonishment and murmured: "Brother Li, you know much more than I expected. To have such insight… It seems that I'm inferior in this aspect."

"It's nothing. When you go to many places, you will learn many things." Li Qiye put down his cup again.

Buzhan Feng quickly refilled Li Qiye's cup and continued the conversation in earnest: "The truth is that I'm confused about many things as well. All of it seems to be hidden in a fog throughout history. So please, guide me out of this maze."

Li Qiye looked at him and answered: "There's not much I can teach you. If you think I came this time for the vortex, then that would be wrong. I just happened to be passing by and played around a bit.

After a while, he went on: "If you want to ask me about what is at the bottom of the vortex, if there are things that relate to your clan or the charming spirits, then my answer is that I can't tell you."

Li Qiye plainly explained: "The things there are also related to the origin of the sea demons and the final destination of the treants. Just like the sea demons at the Bonesea and the Divine Tree Ridge for the treants, outsiders can't explain it to you. A true answer has to be figured out on your own."

Buzhan Feng murmured to himself: "The Bonesea and Divine Tree Ridge for those two races…"

Eventually, he looked up over at Li Qiye and speculated out loud: "Are you saying that our origin is similar to the sea demons and treants?"

"No, you are off in this case." Li Qiye smiled: "Why is it that you charming spirits are considered the favored children of the heavens instead of the sea demons or treants? Why is it that sea demons don't want to leave this world and the treants will always return no matter what? There are many similarities, but the real reason, the true answers, are completely different."

Buzhan Feng began to ponder while murmuring: "I think I'm seeing something here. When treants die, they begin the process of atavism and take root in the earth. For generations, the sea gods also have to be accepted by the Trident. Only with it would they be qualified to fight Immortal Emperors."

This issue had been repeatedly explored for many generations. Why did treants have to return to the Heaven Spirit World? Some said that even if they went to other places, they would come back to this world to die. Only by dying here would they be returning to their roots.

As for the sea demons, everyone could understand that no other places in the nine worlds were more suitable than the Heaven Spirit World. After all, the entire place was practically a vast ocean. Where would they rather go than here?

However, something that was quite peculiar to many researchers was why sea demons didn't become Immortal Emperors and instead became sea gods. Another interesting thing was their most powerful artifact, one that could even suppress Immortal Emperors — the Trident.

What was the secret behind the Trident? Where did this powerful weapon come from?

Li Qiye stared at the absent-minded boy and said: "If a real answer is what you seek, then you must go to the vortex; it can give you the answer. Of course, you must get through it alive first."

"Go to the vortex?" Buzhan Feng took a deep breath and smiled wryly before shaking his head: "I'm a very confident person, but I know I am not qualified to go to the vortex. That is beyond my abilities. Even if there are answers there, I would be torn asunder before reaching its end. If even Godkings can't do it, there's no way I could."

"If I remember correctly, your forefather, Immortal Emperor Buzhan, went there in the past." Li Qiye smiled and slowly uttered: "He is one of the few Immortal Emperors that was obsessed with the vortex, much more so than the other emperors."

Buzhan Feng was silent for a bit before eventually answering: "I heard the ancestors say that our forefather really did go in there. According to legend, he actually made it to the bottom."

Here, the youth helplessly shrugged before continuing: "But when His Venerableness came back from the vortex, he rarely talked about this matter. Nothing was said about what he saw down there, so our clan doesn't know much about the bottom of the vortex."

"It's not exactly difficult to find out more." Li Qiye drank another cup: "If I am not mistaken, your emperor left behind two top-secret imperial edicts. Open the second one and perhaps you can get some answers."

"How do you know that?!" Buzhan Feng was frightened after hearing Li Qiye.

"Like I said, there are very few things that I don't know. " Li Qiye nonchalantly stated: "Normally, Immortal Emperors would leave behind one imperial edict. If an emperor leaves behind two, then the second one would entail a heaven-shattering matter relating to an eternal secret. It is not something the world should find out so easily, only real experts that have reached a certain level are qualified to learn it!"

Chapter 1228: Imperial Edict

"How do you know so much…?" Buzhan Feng became more and more frightened throughout this conversation. He was jolted into standing up and stared at Li Qiye in disbelief.

There were several types of imperial edicts. Some acted as proclamations to the world, others were orders given to the emperor's generals, and another type was meant to be kept in secrecy.

These secret edicts were normally left for the emperors' descendants. Moreover, they were not to be opened unless the requirements were met. Otherwise, not even the children of the emperors could open them.

Only talents that satisfied all the requirements would be able to open these secret edicts. Moreover, they would never disclose the contents to anyone, not even their closest friends and family.

Li Qiye ignored the apparent shock in the youth's expression. He sat there calmly and enjoyed the wine before speaking: "Didn't I tell you already? There's not much that I don't know."

Buzhan Feng stared at Li Qiye in disbelief. If it was anyone else, then they would be suspicious that Li Qiye was spying on their clan. However, Buzhan Feng knew that this wasn't possible. If he, as a disciple, didn't even know about it, how could an outsider figure it out?

He took a deep breath and sat back down. While staring at Li Qiye, he smiled wryly and shook his head: "If Brother Li knows so many secrets already, you should also know that I'm not qualified to open the secret edict. If I could do so, I wouldn't be asking you right now."

The level required to look at these edicts was usually the Immortal Emperor realm or something very close. Some said that supreme Godkings could look at them as well, but the future generations didn't know if this was true or not.

Li Qiye laughed in response: "I know that you are not qualified, but don't tell me that no one has seen it in your clan. This might fool others, but not me."

Buzhan Feng quietly pondered for a moment. There was indeed someone in the clan who was qualified to do so. However, they wouldn't necessarily disclose the contents to him.

He revealed: "We do indeed have someone qualified to read it, but this is not the right time. At the very least, this was the case for that ancestor."

Li Qiye gently shook his head: "If your clan won't assist you in this matter, then I can't help you either. There are some things that you need to work for and, when necessary, you will need to break the rules."

Buzhan Feng gently sighed. After a brief pause, he looked at Li Qiye and said in a serious manner: "I know a little bit about the legends regarding the vortex and our Charming Spirit Race, but I do have some questions."

With that, his attitude became very respectful and sincere.

Li Qiye slowly sipped another mouthful of wine and said: "Go ahead. Since I have drank your wine, I will think about answering if possible."

Buzhan Feng began: "As I speculated, Brother Li has gone to the vortex. You also know that we have always been watching it. When one goes there, screams and roars seem to come from its depths. The world quakes before them, is this right?"

The boy was very careful with his words lest Li Qiye became unhappy.

Li Qiye looked at the boy and said: "I know what you want to ask. You are afraid of the beginning of some unwanted matters."

Buzhan Feng nodded in response: "I am indeed very worried about this. This is our clan's mission. There have been rumors that one day, the inevitable shall come and it will bring about a disaster to us charming spirits."

"It does exist." Li Qiye said: "However, this is a needless anxiety for you right now. You don't know that the charming spirits in this world have left certain things behind. This disaster won't be able to descend on a whim."

With that, he stared at the youth and continued: "In the Heaven Spirit World, the true power of the Charming Spirit Race is beyond your imagination. And also, if your forefather, Immortal Emperor Buzhan, was able to make his way down there, surely he would have left some precautionary measures behind."

"And here is the final statement." Li Qiye raised his cup: "I'll be borrowing an old saying; one might be able to survive an act of god, but no one can survive a self-brought calamity."

"One might be able to survive an act of god, but no one can survive a self-brought calamity…" The youth carefully thought over this line from Li Qiye.

"Okay, I have said all that needs to be said, drink up." Li Qiye laughed and took another gulp.

The youth calmed down and quickly poured another cup for him.

Since Buzhan Feng insisted on him staying, Li Qiye remained on the island. In these last few days, the youth came to ask Li Qiye many questions. Whether he answered or not depended on his mood and the nature of the question.

Buzhan Feng could be said to be a very studious person, someone who had no shame in asking and learning from even his own subordinates. His questions for Li Qiye had nothing to do with cultivation or merit laws. The majority of them were interesting anecdotes.

A person like him was quite rare. The Buzhan Clan had an exceedingly high position in the Heaven Spirit World so he, as the successor, had great authority. However, he had no visible arrogance or contempt for others. The majority of disciples from the great powers had some pride in them; even if they didn't bully others, they wouldn't try to learn from those they deemed inferior.

However, Buzhan Feng didn't feel that his intelligence was superior to others. He acted as a junior before Li Qiye in his inquisitive quest for knowledge.

It was precisely due to his commendable personality that Li Qiye decided to teach him a thing or two. If it was another successor from a great power, Li Qiye would have ignored him completely.

The youth didn't give up on trying to set up his big sis with Li Qiye, but regardless of his efforts, there was not the slightest sign of progress.

His sister had no interest in this type of marriage or the bloodlines from stallions. She was even against it, so no matter how much Buzhan Feng tried to persuade her about how great Li Qiye was, she remained aloof.

Li Qiye was even more tired of this matter and was too lazy to go see his sister. In the end, Buzhan Feng had no choice but to give up.

He helplessly said: "Sigh, Brother Li, I really do want you to be my brother-in-law. Then, we can be even closer, right?"

Li Qiye didn't want to be rude and only smiled at the boy's wish to connect the two.

"Really, Brother Li, everything about my big sis is great, it's just that she doesn't like to talk about marriage. She views inter-clan marriage as a type of transaction, but we do think that if you two stay together, you will be able to win her over with your charm."

"Trust me, girls will swoon over your charisma." The youth persuaded: "Let me arrange it so you two can have a talk under the moonlight."

Li Qiye gently shook his head: "People will meet if it is meant to be. If not, then it shouldn't be forced."

Buzhan Feng sighed as another attempt at matchmaking failed.

After several more days at the island, Buzhan Feng came and told Li Qiye some news: "Brother Li, you said you wanted to go to the Dragon Demon Sea? There is news that I'm sure will interest you."

Li Qiye asked: "What news?" After staying here for a while, he had been wanting to leave the Jade Sea for the Dragon Demon Sea because Su Yonghuang had gone there. He wanted to see what clues she was after.

Buzhan Feng quickly said: "I heard a skeletal horse has appeared in that region. It is only bones and keeps on running like crazy. No one knows where it came from. The cultivators there tried to capture it to no avail since it is way too fast. A God-Monarch from the sea demon race tried himself, but he still failed."

"Skeletal horse?" Li Qiye's eyes narrowed after hearing this.

"So you are interested." Buzhan Feng smiled after seeing Li Qiye's demeanor: "I heard it appeared in the southwest area—"

But before he could finish, Li Qiye pointed in front of him. With a buzz, he opened a portal and disappeared inside.

His sudden departure left Buzhan Feng speechless since he couldn't even say goodbye.

At this time, a woman with a supreme appearance appeared by the door. This was a beauty that would cause others to be lost in admiration.

Buzhan Feng asked after seeing the woman: "Sis, you are finally here, are you not angry anymore?"

"He is a guest, after all. It would be very rude if I don't receive him at all after several days." Her voice was very pleasant.

Buzhan Feng shrugged and said: "You're one step too late, Sis. Brother Li has left already."

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