Chen Xiaojun's emotions settled. After a moment's reflection, he said, "So all Twelve Families are descendants of the Three Ancient Heavenly Sects."
"Our Chen Clan, the Ximen Family, and the Yang Family inherited the Seven Heavenly Martial Weapons of the Heavenly Soldier Sect. The Gui Family, Ma Family, and Long Family came from the Divine Beast Sect, while the Fang Family, Xue Family, Zhong Family, Chen Family, Ning family, and Bu Family inherited the legacy of the Heavenly Revelation Sect."
Chen Yu nodded in agreement. "Yes. Nearly a thousand years ago, when the ancestors of our Chen Clan, the Ma Family, and the Xue Family were helping Ning Yanjun of the Ning family hunt Soul Beasts, they discovered a ruin. That set of Cherry Blossom Bright Mirrors was among its treasures."
"In that turbulent age, when winds rose and clouds surged, the Heavenly Revelation Sect had just been destroyed. The four of them planned to unite their families."
"Since there were twelve subsidiary mirrors, they agreed that each family would invite two others. That was how the Twelve Families of Soul Fighting City came into being."
"Since they were all families with long-standing legacies from the Three Heavenly Sects, they already shared many years of friendship."
Chen Xiaojun asked, "Didn't those four ancestors invite any other families? Why did they have to choose these particular families out of so many?"
"I read in a book that there were many other families with long histories, such as my mother's Begonia Ye Family, which you mentioned, the Soul-Suppressing Cauldron Xiao Family, and the Star Crown Xu Family."
"You said our family and the Ye Family had been friends for many years, too. If I'm not mistaken, the Soul-Suppressing Cauldron Xiao Family also inherited the Heavenly Revelation Sect's legacy, and the Star Crown