Using the Heavenly Dao for deduction could only trace the trajectory back to its source; it could not clearly reveal every minute detail. So I was not certain whether Winter Solstice was of my grandnephew's granddaughter's generation.
Of course, if she was a child of the clan chief's family, then she was most likely Zi Ying's descendant.
Even if she came from a collateral branch, there was still a blood relation, wasn't there?
I had appeared in the village town for only three or four breaths when several streaks of light rushed over from the surroundings. After descending from the sky, five members of the guard squad surrounded Winter Solstice and me.
Three more descended shortly afterward, each one acting as though facing a formidable enemy. It seemed that after the Purple-Eyed Clan had set up this great seclusion formation, they had not received visitors for a very long time.
The Purple-Eyed Clan here had already been altered by the New Heavenly Dao. Their appearance was no different from ordinary humans, though their eyes were still purple—just dimmer, closer to a purplish black.
"Outsider of our clan, how did you find our Purple-Eyed Clan? Are you a descendant of someone who left and has now returned?" The leading Purple-Eyed Clan member spoke neither humbly nor arrogantly, but his gaze was plainly wary.
Being able to break through the concealment formation here—strength like that alone was enough to shatter the peace of this place.
"My name is Zi Ye. Perhaps I am an old acquaintance of your clan chief. As for this child, she was abducted from here by her wet nurse ten years ago and had been wandering outside ever since. I happened to encounter her, so I brought her back along the way," I briefly explained.
The guards wore