The Ji Family members were dumbfounded. With a treasure right before him, Jiang Ming recoiled as though it were venomous. They flushed at the thought of the tension that had suddenly filled the air and their own desire to keep the eternal blue gold fragment.
They had judged a gentleman by their own petty standards.
"Don't touch that thing with your hands. Aren't we inside your Ji Family's grounds? It should be possible to use the Void Mirror."
Jiang Ming spoke calmly.
"I'll do it!"
Just then, an ordinary-looking young man in a dark gray robe appeared. He said only those three words, but every elder of the Ji Family trembled inwardly.
They had all seen his portrait beside the Void Great Emperor's in the ancestral shrine. It was enshrined there not because he was dead, but so that every member of the Ji Family qualified to enter would remember his face.
He was the Ji Family's young ancestor, the Void Great Emperor's own son, who had been named Ji Zi.
None of the Ji Family members had expected Ji Zi to awaken and leave his divine source at this particular moment.
Ji Zi had just sensed the Void Mirror trembling and felt the contingency his father had left behind. The outsider who had earned the Void Great Emperor's approval and received the Void Scripture had appeared.
No matter what, a prodigy like this deserved the Ji Family's attention. As it happened, Ji Zi had already been preparing to emerge. Coming out eight or ten years early made little difference.
Ji Zi waved a hand. "Uncle Mirror, lend us a hand."
The moment he finished speaking, a brilliant radiance like moonlight lit up above the Void Ancient Hall, resembling a full moon suspended in the Endless Starry Sky.
Under that