In the end, Lian Qingzhu asked her teacher, Phantom Spirit King, and only then confirmed it—
Her ancestor had truly come back to life!
Inside the great hall, Lian Luo and Lian Qingzhu sat facing each other across a table.
Lian Qingzhu looked somewhat embarrassed. "Ancestor, please forgive Qingzhu's earlier disrespect!"
Yet inwardly, she complained, oh my god! Who could have known that an ancestor who had fallen countless ages ago would suddenly pry open his coffin lid?
"It's nothing!" Lian Luo waved it off carelessly.
Even if he really had been Lian Luo, he probably would not have cared about Lian Qingzhu's attitude. After all, Lian Luo had died so many years ago. The people in the current Lian Clan Family were descendants of who knew how many generations removed.
He did not know a single one of them, much less share any emotional bond with them.
Moreover, the soul in this body was not the original owner's, but that of a transmigrator.
He had come to Blood God Star mostly out of curiosity, along with a trace of nostalgia influenced by the original owner's memories.
"Oh, right, Ancestor! Our Lian Clan has produced quite a few geniuses over the years." Lian Qingzhu said cheerfully. "Among them is a universe level youngster who, like you, entered the core secret realm of the Virtual Universe Company. But he was not as outstanding as you and only entered the Doomsday Secret Realm!"
"Oh? That really is quite good." Lian Luo was somewhat surprised.
The Five Great Powers recruited geniuses from across the universe through more than just the Universe Talent Battle and the Universe Strongest Battle. Their branches in each Universe Nation would also invite exceptional geniuses to join them, then spend resources cultivating and training them.
If these geniuses performed well enough, they would likewise have the opportunity to enter a core secret realm.
For example, Hong and Moro in the original story had entered core secret realms through this kind of step-by-step selection process. Moro had even advanced all the way into the Primal Secret Realm.
The genius Lian Qingzhu had mentioned had clearly entered the Doomsday Secret Realm through this method!
A universe level genius of the Doomsday Secret Realm, provided he did not fall, had an excellent chance of becoming an Invincible Realm Master recognized by the laws. Such a Realm Master might not amount to much in the universe, but in the Ganwu Universe Country, he would already count as an important figure and could help the Lian Clan continue to grow!
That was why Lian Luo had said it was good!
After learning about the family's situation, Lian Luo slowly said, "Qingzhu, I only returned this time to see how the family is doing. Since it has developed so well under your leadership, I can rest assured!"
Hearing Lian Luo's praise, Lian Qingzhu smiled as well. "You flatter me, Ancestor! With you watching over us, the Lian Clan can truly undergo great development!"
Lian Luo nodded. He knew Lian Qingzhu meant it sincerely, and it was also the truth.
He was a Marquis Immortal from one of the two strongest among the Five Great Powers. In status and strength, he was comparable to those unaffiliated King Level beings. Moreover, he was the disciple of the Dry Witch Universe Master. In this little patch of territory known as the Ganwu Universe Country, who would dare deny him respect?
If he focused on developing the family, the Lian Clan could immediately rise to become one of the top families in the Ganwu Universe Country.
If not for the Mysterious Blind Box in his mind, he really might have considered doing exactly that.
Develop the family, let it multiply, and wait for City Lord Luo to rise before promptly clinging to his thigh... But now, he naturally could not do that. He was going to fight on the Outer Domain Battlefield. Where would he find the time to concern himself with family matters?
Lian Luo smiled at Lian Qingzhu. "The clan did not revive me for free. I still need to go adventuring and repay the debt I owe the clan. Now that I have returned, I will soon depart for the Outer Domain Battlefield. I will not interfere with family matters. Things will remain as they were before!"
"You've only just been revived... and you're already..." Lian Qingzhu was rather astonished by Lian Luo's words.
Her expression seemed to say: You just came back to life, and you're already going off to get yourself killed again?
Lian Qingzhu said urgently, "Ancestor, it was not easy for you to return. Why not stay a while longer? If the other clan members learn that you have been revived and returned, they will certainly be very happy as well!"
"There's no need." Lian Luo shook his head.
What meaning was there in meeting those clan members below the Immortal level? By the time he emerged from a single period of secluded cultivation, they might have been dead for who knew how many years.
The universe was cruel. Without becoming an Immortal, one could not exist eternally and was destined to turn to ashes.
Lian Luo smiled. "You will continue leading the family's development in the future. Take down my Virtual Universe Network number. If there is a problem you cannot resolve, you can contact me!"
Knowing that Lian Luo had made up his mind, Lian Qingzhu did not try to persuade him further. After adding Lian Luo as a friend on the Virtual Universe, she began telling him about how she had become Phantom Spirit King's disciple.
Lian Luo listened with great interest and nodded from time to time.
It was quite an interesting story.
When she was younger, Lian Qingzhu had been emotionally deceived in an online romance. Furious, she went offline and personally killed the scammer. But who could have expected that the scammer was actually a core member of one of the Three Hundred Marquis families in the Ganwu Universe Country? After she killed him, his family naturally refused to let the matter rest.
They declared that she would pay the price. However, the Lian Clan was not easily bullied either. With that lingering bond with the Dry Witch Universe Master, they did not yield in the slightest before the Three Hundred Marquis family.
The two sides fought bitterly, and a full-scale conflict nearly broke out. At the time, the matter caused an uproar throughout the Ganwu Universe Country. Yet at that very moment, Phantom Spirit King suddenly ordered the Three Hundred Marquis family to withdraw, then personally appeared and accepted her as a disciple!
Afterward, under Phantom Spirit King's guidance and with the resources she provided, along with Lian Qingzhu's own diligent cultivation, she finally broke through to become an Immortal God.
Even now, Lian Qingzhu still did not understand why Phantom Spirit King had done all of this.
At the time, the upper ranks of the Lian Clan had even speculated whether it had something to do with Lian Luo. Did Phantom Spirit King owe their ancestor a favor?
"Hehe..." Facing Lian Qingzhu's confusion, Lian Luo smiled and shook his head. "That Phantom Spirit King is a King Level member of the Universe Mercenary Alliance. I do not know her well, nor does she owe me any favor. As for why she took you as her disciple, perhaps she saw potential in your talent!"
"Oh, I see." Lian Qingzhu nodded thoughtfully.
Although that was what he said, Lian Luo had already formed a rough guess as to why Phantom Spirit King had accepted Lian Qingzhu as her disciple.
In the original story, Phantom Spirit King's disciple Ji Qing had fallen in love with Hong, but Phantom Spirit King had done everything she could to stop them and refused to allow Ji Qing to be with Hong.
When Hong and Luo Feng went to see her, they learned that Phantom Spirit King had suffered heartbreak in her youth. As a result, she loathed romantic love between men and women and even strictly forbade her disciples from dating or marrying!
Anyone who violated that rule would immediately be expelled from her school.
Clearly, Lian Qingzhu's act of personally killing a romance scammer had greatly pleased her. That was why she stepped forward, forcing the Three Hundred Marquis family to retreat while also accepting Lian Qingzhu as her disciple.
Of course, that was merely his guess, so there was no need to say it aloud.
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