"The Jade Shrine... actually flew?"
Miss Nan One stared in astonishment at the floating structure as countless tiny stones fell from beneath the shrine.
The main body of the Jade Shrine was shaped like a bamboo shoot, reaching dozens of meters underground.
"It's the Moon Palace... So the legendary Moon Palace really exists."
It was Long Jiu's voice.
Everyone instinctively looked toward Long Jiu.
Long Jiu did not waste words and said directly, "The royal family of the Styx Ancient Kingdom possessed two Outer Heavens-class battleships. The Moon Palace was one of them. Back then, during the royal power struggle in the Styx Ancient Kingdom, one faction was defeated and fled the Styx lands aboard the Moon Palace. In the end, the Moon Palace landed in Huoyun Land and vanished overnight."
"The Jade Shrine's Grand Sacrifice bloodline belongs to the Styx royal family?" A Xing was the one who was surprised.
"No." Long Jiu shook his head. "The Grand Sacrifices have always possessed pure Huoyun blood and maintained the tradition of keeping their bloodline pure. However, the previous Grand Sacrifice ignored the opposition within the clan and married a woman from another family. That was when things began to change."
"This woman from another family... could she be..." Miss Nan One murmured thoughtfully.
Long Jiu nodded. "That's right. This woman was a descendant of the Styx royal family who fled to the Huoyun region back then. In fact, for many years, the Yu family of the Jade Shrine had a precedent of intermarrying with this branch of the Styx royal family. The main family had forbidden such behavior, but the previous Grand Sacrifice broke the rule, married a woman with Styx blood, and eventually had a daughter... the current Yu Linglong."
"Why did the Yu family intermarry with the Styx