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Chapter 55: Chapter 55 Your Ancestor is Back
"Who goes there!!"
Several guards at the entrance of the Ji Family estate immediately stopped Lin Feng.
Lin Feng slightly pondered, "I have traveled from afar to see your Family Head, concerning an issue related to your former Family Head."
"Related to our old Family Head?" The guards exchanged glances and then looked at Lin Feng as if he were a fool.
Their old Family Head had been gone for hundreds of years. How could this young man know anything about him?
"Kid, if you are here to swindle and deceive, I advise you to beat it quickly. Do you even know where you are, to be spouting nonsense?"
"Get lost quickly, or don’t blame us for being rude!!"
The two guards made a move as if they were about to start a fight.
"What’s going on?"
At this moment, a middle-aged man with a dignified face and profound eyes walked out from the estate and caught sight of this scene.
Seeing him, Lin Feng knew that a formidable figure of the Ji Family had arrived; his aura was subtle yet powerful like a tiger, and his eyes gleamed with vitality, a sign of abundant Qi-Blood. From experience, Lin Feng guessed this man must at least be an Earth Martial Master.
"Family Head!"
The two guards immediately bowed with their hands clasped in respect and then one pointed at Lin Feng and said, "Master, this person claims to have news about our old Family Head."
The middle-aged man’s pupils shrank in disbelief as he looked at Lin Feng, then naturally revealed a disdainful scoff.
"My Ji Family might have declined, but it hasn’t fallen so low that a little swindler dares to come here, bluffing and deceiving. Break his legs and throw him out!"
The middle-aged man waved his hand disinterestedly.
"Yes!"
The two martial masters glared fiercely at Lin Feng, ready to make a move.
Yet Lin Feng did not step back; he suddenly said, "Could Ji Wuya be your Ji Family’s old ancestor? You must be his grandson."
The middle-aged man staggered, regaining his composure after a long look at Lin Feng.
Lin Feng, facing the scrutiny of at least an Earth Martial Master, remained calm, a composure that greatly surprised Ji Dong; he could see that the young man was likely just a Martial Master Third Layer at the early stage.
To face a gaze from an Earth Martial Master without flinching, and even mentioning the name of the old Family Head, was intriguing, he was almost beginning to believe.
"How is he now?"
Ji Dong stared intently at Lin Feng, suddenly asking this.
"Dead."
Lin Feng said frankly.
"What nonsense are you spouting!"
Ji Dong’s pupils shrank, but before he could speak, a young man who appeared to be a younger generation of the Ji Family pointed at Lin Feng and said,
"The old Family Head was a Heavenly Martial Master, how could he possibly die so easily! Father, don’t listen to this guy’s nonsense. In my opinion, this guy must be from the Wang Family. Their old ancestor recently advanced to Heavenly Martial Master and they must have sent someone to deliberately say this!"
Lin Feng glanced at him, "Dead is dead, not dead is not dead. I received some benefits from him and came here to repay the kindness, solely to fulfill a wish of his residual soul, which is fading away now."
"Are you asking for a beating!!"
The young man glared at Lin Feng and roared, running to someone else’s house, claiming their family pillar was dead, how could he not be furious.
But Ji Dong abruptly stopped him and instead said, "Young brother, please come inside!!"
He then stepped aside.
Lin Feng was not worried at all that they would harm him, and he stepped inside.
"Father, why..."
Ji Wuye wanted to say something, but Ji Dong interrupted him.
He watched Lin Feng’s retreating figure with a flickering gaze.
"This young man is extraordinary, his temperament, his demeanor, are definitely unmatched by his peers, even you are not his equal."
Ji Wuye felt a wave of annoyance upon hearing this, "Isn’t he just a Martial Master Third Layer? Father, I’m a Martial Master Fourth Layer, am I still inferior to him?"
Ji Dong shook his head. What he was talking about was not cultivation, but a person’s character; character often reveals a lot about someone.
Of course, what was most important was that he noticed the storage ring Lin Feng wore on his finger, unknown to others, but he knew it was the Storage Ring that the old Family Head had always worn.
Now it appeared on this young man, clearly, this youth must have met the old Family Head.
Inside the meeting hall.
Numerous voices were seated, both old and young, all staring intently at Lin Feng.
Sitting at the very top was their current Family Head, Ji Dong.
"Family Head, are you saying this kid knows something about our old Family Head?"
The Ji Family Great Elder stood up and pointed at Lin Feng.
Instantly, many people showed expressions of astonishment; they mostly didn’t know what had happened, and hearing this news, they were shockingly surprised. The old Family Head was the only Heavenly Martial Master in the Ji Family in the past hundred years. He disappeared a hundred years ago and has since been missing. And now someone suddenly claims to know something about the old Family Head?
"What a joke, Family Head, can the words of this brash young man even be trusted?"
Someone questioned.
Ji Dong did not speak but only watched Lin Feng; surrounded by many people, Lin Feng was not in the least bit intimidated, instead, he raised his hand showing the ring.
"This was left to me by your old Family Head. Some of you must recognize it."
The Ji Family Great Elder’s pupils shrank: "That’s the Cold Moon! It’s the Storage Ring of the old Family Head!"
"What? Is it really the old Family Head?"
"Where is he now?"
"Yes, recently the Wang Family has been encroaching on our Ji Family; without him returning to hold the fort, our Ji Family might not last long!"
A group of people immediately became extremely excited.
"He’s dead."
But the next sentence felt like a bucket of cold water, and instantly the entire meeting hall fell into a deathly silence. In reality, they had been prepared in their hearts, having heard no news for a hundred years, he was likely gone.
"He was killed by some powerful enemies. Inside this Storage Ring, there is a trace of his Residual Soul, but due to excessive energy consumption, it can no longer materialize now. However, if the Ji Family has an Ancestral Hall, perhaps harnessing that, he might be restored."
Like the Ji Family which had a Heavenly Martial Master appearing among the ancestors, if there is an Ancestral Hall, it will ambiguously nurture Ancestor Power in the background. Ancestor Power can protect descendants, enhancing the chances of prodigies emerging among them.
Also, Ancestor Power has nourishing effects on Residual Souls. Throwing Ji Wuya’s Residual Soul in there, accumulating over days and months, might slowly bring it back.
"You actually know about the Ancestral Hall?"
Ji Dong now fully believed Lin Feng. The Ancestral Hall was a sacred place for their Ji Family, even the younger generation didn’t know the purpose of the Ancestral Hall, but Lin Feng, a martial master, revealed its true significance; obviously, in his view, it must have been Ji Wuya who told him.
