Xia Chujian suddenly thought of Huo Yushen. What rank was he? Could he also live for a thousand years?
That was far too ridiculous! Xia Chujian immediately asked, "I know there are still quite a few Rank S Gene Evolvers in the Beichen Empire. How long have they lived?"
Zong Ruoning suddenly smiled. "So far, there truly hasn't been an S-Class Evolver who lived as long as five hundred years."
"The oldest living S-Class Evolver in our country is two hundred and ninety-eight years old, but he has already grown so old that he is spending his remaining years at home."
Xia Chujian raised her brows. "So even Rank S Gene Evolvers can only extend their lifespan. They can't slow down aging."
Zong Ruoning nodded. "Mm, that's right."
"After the Founding Emperor of the Tan Tai Dynasty, Tantai Lin, ascended the throne, he spent at least nine hundred and ninety-nine of the next thousand years searching for Maze Yellow Springs."
Xia Chujian said, "...Where did you find that out? That's not what our history books say."
Zong Ruoning said, "The Zong family history books."
Xia Chujian said, "..."
Fine. The Four Great Noble Families really were something else.
As old as the nation, with their own family historians.
Existences like the Four Great Clans, with enormous legacies, populations, wealth, even their own planets and histories...
How were they any different from a country? Xia Chujian asked curiously, "Then why don't your Four Great Clans break away from the Beichen Empire and become independent?"
Zong Ruoning glanced at her and said irritably, "You're getting bolder and bolder."
"Why would we break away from the Beichen Empire and become independent?"
"What benefits would that bring us?"
Xia Chujian said, "..."
Benefits?
She considered it carefully. Wealth, power, land, population, and history—they lacked