The next morning, my cultivation plans fell through again, because Si Nan Yuan dragged me straight from the martial arts arena to the Central Court.
After an extremely strict inspection and body search, I was finally let through, exhausted, and Si Nan Yuan led me into the most central place in the Si Nan Family—the Central Court.
"Tell me, is it really okay for a newcomer like me to just walk into the Central Court?"
"Quit talking, and stop looking around. Just follow me quietly!"
Si Nan Yuan was only the captain of the guard squad, after all. Under normal circumstances, she wouldn't get the chance to enter the Central Court, so she was rather nervous herself, afraid they'd mistake her for a suspicious character and chop her down.
There were only four buildings in the Central Court—or five, if you counted the unassuming little ancestral shrine in the middle. Both their architectural styles and layout were completely different from those of the other four courts, and the whole place was filled with a grave solemnity.
The four big buildings were probably important institutions of the Si Nan Family, but what was that shrine in the middle doing there? As the ancestral shrine of a super-family like this, it was just too shabby.
Just as I was thinking that—
"Ugh!?"
I suddenly felt a commotion inside me. But it wasn't my blood stirring. It was something deeper, something buried deep in my body and spirit...
"What's wrong?" Si Nan Yuan asked, puzzled.
"Nothing... It was probably just my imagination," I said dismissively.
I glanced at the shrine again. Had that stirring really been my imagination? I had the distinct feeling something inside the shrine had resonated with something within me...
Forget it. Now wasn't the time to think about that.