Heavenly Secret Stone
Yang An lay on the bed. In his previous life, because he missed this awakening ceremony, he was just a useless person when the Yang Family was wiped out. After that, let alone the awakening ceremony, his spine was crushed by a falling roof beam, leaving him paralyzed for several months and losing all will to live.
By the time he regained his composure and discovered the secret of the Heavenly Secret Stone, he had wasted countless hours trying to secure a spot in the awakening ceremony. By the time he awakened, he was already eighteen years old, and his life soul space had become much more solid, resulting in insufficient profound energy. By the time he connected with his life soul, his profound energy was almost completely depleted.
In the end, he spent countless efforts and acquired numerous rare and precious materials to stabilize his profound energy, but his cultivation of profound energy was still inefficient, resulting in limited achievements.
Therefore, no matter what, the awakening of the life soul cannot be delayed for so long. Yang An made up his mind, got out of bed, dressed, tidied his appearance, and headed straight for the family's meeting room.
At this moment, Yang Mo, the head of the Yang Family and Yang An's father, was venting his Wrath on the seven old men opposite him. "Why can't we hold a personal awakening ceremony for An'er?"
"Third Elder, three years ago, your second son also missed the awakening ceremony due to illness, yet the family still funded his personal awakening ceremony, didn't they?" Yang Mo said angrily, "So why is it that it's not possible for my son?"
"There's a reason for that," said one of the elders with a white beard.
"That's right. If it were before, we wouldn't have opposed Yang An's personal awakening for the sake of a few resources, but that's absolutely impossible now," another elder said, and the other elders all nodded in agreement.
"Then I wonder what mistake my son Yang An has made that has caused you all to oppose him so unanimously." Yang Mo slammed his hand on the table, his voice filled with agitation. "Do you even respect me as the head of the family?"
"As the head of the family, you naturally have no problem with it. However, we seven elders have the right to oppose the head of the family's orders. As for the reasons, let's not go into them," another elder said.
"I'm afraid it's because of the Upper Splendor Sect," Yang An said, pushing open the door with a charming smile. Unfortunately, besides his father, the only people inside were a bunch of old men.
"My fiancée, Shen Yuexi, awakened the Heavenly Grade Superior Soul Enchanted Flower at the Upper Splendor Sect and was directly appointed as a candidate for the next sect leader of the Upper Splendor Sect. So, naturally, I, her fiancé, seem a bit of an eyesore," Yang An said with certainty.
"Whether it was the Wang Family's young master's sneak attack or your attempt to delay my awakening, it was all to make that woman Shen Yuexi annul the engagement. Tell me, elders, how much benefit did you receive from the Upper Splendor Sect?" These were things that Yang An, in his previous life, took a long time to understand.
"Nonsense! Utter nonsense! You've been unconscious for so long, only waking up this morning. How could you possibly know so much? If you're going to lie, at least come up with a better excuse! This is a family meeting. What right do you, a mere nobody, have to barge in here!" An elder shouted, his face flushed, as if he had been greatly insulted.
"Just because the Heavenly Secret Stone chose me." Yang An responded loudly in return, a smile on his face. "As for how I know this, it's because the Heavenly Secret Stone told me everything."
"Nonsense! Guards, take him away..." An elder's expression changed slightly, and he shouted loudly, trying to order someone to drag Yang An away.
But how could Yang An give him a chance? So he said directly, "Elder, there's no need to rush, just like you don't need to rush to deal with your eighth concubine, because it will be exposed no matter what."
This old elder, though old in years, was still young at heart. His white beard was practically pounding his chest, and he had actually taken an eighth concubine. As a result, one of the concubines became pregnant recently. When his own family found out about his affair, the old elder felt like he was being cuckolded. He had been struggling with how to handle the situation for the past few days, but unexpectedly, Yang An revealed it to him.
In his previous life, the Grand Elder killed the concubine a few days later to cover up the scandal, pretending to die of illness. However, the concubine was shrewd and told her younger brother about it. As a result, her brother came to the Yang residence and caused trouble, making the matter known to everyone.
Then, taking advantage of his rebirth, Yang An mentioned a few minor matters, causing the elders' faces to turn pale and then red. One of the elders looked at Yang An with a grim expression. "Have you really been chosen by the Heavenly Secret Stone?"
"Of course. If you don't believe me, you can take out the Heavenly Secret Stone. I can communicate with it and obtain the secrets of heaven," Yang An said confidently. The other elders also believed him to some extent.
Yang An had been unconscious due to his injuries, which was naturally known to the elders. However, he woke up less than a day later and suddenly learned so many secrets. It seemed unreasonable that it wasn't the Heavenly Secret Stone.
Then the Heavenly Secret Stone, which resembled a transparent diamond, was taken out. Looking at this stone that had helped him so much in his past life, Yang An smiled. "Old friend, now I'm going to have to trouble you again."
The Heavenly Secret Stone is a family heirloom of the Yang Family. Legend has it that the Yang Family was able to rise from a peasant household hundreds of years ago because of this stone, which has the ability to predict the secrets of heaven. However, since the death of the first head of the Yang Family, no one has been able to activate it.
Therefore, the Heavenly Secret Stone is now more of a symbol for the Yang Family. Yang An took the Heavenly Secret Stone. He understood the correct way to activate it, so he opened his palm without hesitation, took out a dagger, cut his palm, and blood gushed out.
The activation method was naturally not blood. The Yang Family had tried various methods before, including dripping blood. Yang An did this so that he could control the Heavenly Secret Stone and make it choose him.
Otherwise, he would never have been in charge of the Heavenly Secret Stone. This could be considered a selfish motive. The correct way to activate it actually involves using something else. Yang An had already coated that substance onto the dagger and applied it to his hand when he cut his palm.
Yang An dripped blood onto the Heavenly Secret Stone, then grasped it with his bloodied hand. A beam of light emerged from Heavenly Secret Stone, flashing several extremely tragic scenes—the horrific scene of the Yang Family's massacre a few months later.
"The Yang Family is already facing imminent disaster, yet you are still hindering the Yang Family's development for the sake of some small benefits offered by outsiders. Don't you think you are committing heinous crimes?" Yang An looked at the images that appeared in his eyes with sorrow, vowing that he would absolutely, positively, never let such a thing happen again!
"Then for the sake of the Yang Family, we need to make preparations as soon as possible," Yang An slowly stated his plan.
Niu Dingtian of Great Cloud Mountain suddenly raised his head, seemingly someone was plotting against him, but it didn't matter. The primary goal now was to collect materials, firstly to upgrade his skill level, and secondly to create the protagonist's halo!