"I wonder where Brother Tu learned of this news?"
"To be honest, our Nanya Capital City City Lord's Mansion is a branch descended from the Holy Lord's offspring, so we know rather more than most. We happened to come across these records in the lineage's library." Tu Gao Yi explained.
His family carried the Holy Lord's bloodline. That was rather explosive news.
"Brother Ye, don't read too much into it." Seeing Ye Tian's expression, Tu Gao Yi could neither laugh nor cry. "Though we are a branch of the Holy Lord's descendants, the Holy Lord had far too many descendants. You could say the branches and leaves spread far and wide. We are no different from ordinary cultivator lineages."
Only then did Ye Tian put away his teasing look and gaze at Tu Gao Yi. Earlier, when Yu Huachi had heard that Tu Gao Yi belonged to a branch of the Holy Lord's lineage, his body had stirred ever so slightly. Ye Tian had noticed it. Could the Holy Lord also be connected to Yu Huachi's lineage?
He did not ask. Although they were merely drinking tea and talking, both Ye Tian and Tu Gao Yi had explained something of their backgrounds, while Yu Huachi had said nothing. Perhaps Yu Huachi's status was simply ordinary, and he had been embarrassed to mention it. The thought flashed through Ye Tian's mind, but he did not deliberately dwell on it.
"It's getting late. Let's head to the Bijing Tower together."
Ye Tian had previously looked over a map of the Holy City. Not only was it surrounded on all sides by four guardian cities, but buildings also stood in dense ranks within the city. The largest structure was the Bijing Tower at the center of the Holy City. Ye Tian had heard