"Your granduncle left home as a child to train under a master. It's perfectly normal that you've never heard of him!" Zhang Li said with a beaming smile.
If she had not long since become familiar with Zhang Li's aura over the centuries, Yu Xiuqin might even have suspected that the man before her was her father-in-law. Today, she had seen more smiles on his face than she usually did in an entire month.
Still, having suddenly gained such a granduncle—and such a young one at that—felt strange to her. He was practically younger than her own grandson; even her great-grandson was not this young.
But since Zhang Li had said so, Ye Xiwen's identity was naturally beyond doubt. With another elder now above her, there was even more she had to consider.
Before long, news that the family had gained another old ancestor had spread throughout the Zhang Family villa district.
As a great family with a legacy spanning over a thousand years, the Zhang Family was a martial family. It was common for its members to wait several hundred years before marrying and having children, so the family multiplied rather slowly. Yet by now, the direct descendants of the Zhang Family living here alone numbered several thousand.
Originally, Zhang Li had been the Zhang Family's sole surviving old ancestor. Now there was another old ancestor whose seniority even surpassed Zhang Li's, and many found it rather novel.
Especially Zhang Li's children. Apart from those out of town, all three still in the Capital City rushed back overnight.
They had gained another granduncle. How could they possibly stay away from something this momentous?
But when they truly learned what Ye Xiwen looked like, they all had the same thought: *Are you fucking kidding me? A thousand-year-old monster looks like