The several elders, swept up in excitement, seemed not to notice the slight astonishment on Zhang Tie's face at all. After a moment, when Zhang Tie's Sixth Granduncle gave two soft coughs, the other two elders finally drew deep breaths and regained their composure.
At that moment, Zhang Tie realized that the way the three elders looked at him was like a miser gazing at a golden child dug out of the earth, making him feel rather uncomfortable.
"Cough... cough... Does anyone else know about your ancestral bloodline awakening?" one elder asked Zhang Tie.
"No. This bloodline only awakened recently, and I haven't had time to tell anyone else."
"Do not mention this matter casually to others in the future, lest you bring disaster upon yourself. Even within Huaiyuan Hall, the ability you displayed today will be classified as a secret. In the end, fewer than ten people in the entire Huaiyuan Hall, aside from the elders, will know of it. So you must be extremely careful!" the elder earnestly warned him.
Although Zhang Tie also felt there was no need to flaunt his bloodline ability everywhere, seeing how gravely the elders treated the matter still surprised him slightly. "Is there some hidden complication here?"
"Do you know what a divine lineage is?" the elder who had been the most excited asked Zhang Tie.
Zhang Tie shook his head.
"Then do you know where your surname, Zhang, came from? Have you ever wondered why the character Zhang in Hua Script is formed from the characters for 'long' and 'bow'?" Sixth Granduncle asked.
Zhang Tie was dumbfounded and shook his head again. The three questions sounded simple, yet they went straight to the root of things. He truly had never considered them.
"The Zhang surname is one of the great surnames