Seven years ago, the Ran Lineage had been slaughtered to the last person, with only Ran Chao escaping the calamity. Later, Su Jiu learned from her master that Demonic Cultivators had been responsible, all for the Heavenly Origin Lock the Ran Lineage had guarded for generations.
The Heavenly Origin Lock was a sacred artifact, generally used to preserve souls. It could lock a cultivator's soul in place and keep it from dissipating. Although it fell short of a divine artifact, it was still a rare Magic Treasure in the Azure Realm.
Still, it was surprising that a minor aristocratic clan like the Ran Lineage would possess the Heavenly Origin Lock.
Once anyone learned of its existence, the disaster of extermination would await them.
What deserved deeper thought, however, was how the Demonic Cultivators had known the Heavenly Origin Lock was with the Ran Lineage.
Thinking of the Ran Lineage inevitably brought to mind Ran Chao, one of the book's protagonists. Having read the book, Su Jiu knew the chief culprit behind the Ran Lineage's extermination was Gong Hao, yet in the end, the two had actually let their old grudges melt away for Bai Su's sake.
Su Jiu thought there was something seriously wrong with Ran Chao. His entire clan had been exterminated; the dead were his own blood relatives. Even after that, he could bury the hatchet with the murderer over a woman. Forgive her, but she could not comprehend the greatness of their love.
She wondered whether the Ran Lineage's ancestors would crawl out of their coffins and strangle this unfilial descendant if they knew.
In this life, however, the paths of many people's fates had changed. She simply did not know whether those two would still reconcile in the end.
Li City did indeed look more prosperous