Lu Jiahe's expression was grave. He let out a long sigh, the worry in his eyes deepening. "Those two children, Yun Qing and Lesser Mastery..."
"Ah, they..."
The words reached his lips, yet Lu Jiahe seemed as though something had lodged in his throat.
In the end, it became a heavy, helpless sigh. "Those two children..."
"They've gone mad!"
"Big Brother!"
At this moment, Lu Yun'an stepped forward and added, "Fifty years ago, Cousin Liang Cheng and Brother Yun Qing both suffered sudden abnormalities, one after the other!"
Lu Yun'an's Adam's apple bobbed violently, panic and confusion churning in his eyes.
"Fifty years ago, on the day Cousin Liang Cheng entered seclusion to break through to a higher realm..." Lu Yun'an took a deep breath.
"The power within his body suddenly ran wild. His eyes turned blood-red, and he actually wreaked havoc throughout the Blackbird Guard headquarters in the Imperial Capital."
Lu Yun'an's voice grew clearer. "Fortunately, half an hour later, Your Majesty personally dispatched several Imperial Ancestors who had been in seclusion for years. Only then was Cousin Liang Cheng suppressed."
"To prevent any unforeseen incidents, the Imperial Ancestors had no choice but to imprison him deep within the imperial palace's forbidden grounds."
As Lu Yun'an spoke, his fists unconsciously clenched. "Even stranger, Cousin Liang Cheng was not the only one."
"Several more cases like this appeared in the Imperial Capital afterward."
"So, ten years later, when Brother Yun Qing was also breaking through his Martial Realm..."
Lu Yun'an's voice caught. "He actually displayed the exact same abnormality. As though possessed, he descended into madness."
"In the end, Brother Yun Qing was also taken away by those Imperial Ancestors and imprisoned alongside Cousin Liang Cheng."
The air in the courtyard seemed to freeze. Lu Xuan said nothing, but his