In Luyang Commandery, a lively banquet came to an end, the guests departing in high spirits.
After the banquet, Liang Zhaohuang temporarily took up residence in Liang Garden. This was a separate estate the Crimson Cauldron Wang Family had prepared for his aunt; when they had attended her banquet for taking an equal wife, they had stayed here.
Now, more than a century later, Liang Garden had already undergone several expansions and renovations. Its grounds, interior arrangements, opulent scenery, and all else were no less impressive than the residences of ordinary commandery-clan aristocratic families.
This showed that Aunt Liang Xuemiao's standing and treatment in Luyang Commandery and within the Crimson Cauldron Wang Family had risen time and again over the years.
Inside the main hall of Liang Garden, Liang Zhaohuang sat with his aunt. After reminiscing for a while, he watched her take a jade box from her Storage Bag. Upon opening it, he saw a fiery crimson fruit inside, along with a jade slip.
"Ten-Thousand-Year Sacred Heart Fruit!"
Liang Zhaohuang recognized the fruit at once. His expression changed in shock.
He then looked toward the jade slip, and something stirred in his heart. He already had a guess.
Sure enough, when his Spiritual Sense swept into the jade slip, he found the complete inheritance of the Vermilion Bird Flame Scripture within, encompassing everything from Qi Refining to the Nascent Soul Realm.
"Aunt, who gave these to you?"
Although Liang Zhaohuang had already made a conjecture, he still wanted to ask.
"It was a female True Lord whose aura was like fire."
His aunt answered immediately.
Liang Zhaohuang formed a hand seal, gathering watery light and manifesting the Vermilion Bird Master's image within it as he asked, "Was it this person?"
"Yes, it was her!" His aunt immediately nodded. "Three