"Who are you? Which fellow Daoist of my Daoist sect is your master? Why should I help you?" Xiao Hua asked calmly.
"I am not a disciple of the Daoist sect." Young Master Zhu drew a deep breath and said, "I am a descendant of the Zhu family of Wuyuan County, Xuzhou, named Zhu Xiang. My father's name is Zhu Cheng. My Zhu family descends from the great Confucian Zhu Xi. It was because of rumors outside that our ancestor Zhu Xi had accidentally obtained the True Explanation of the Heavenly Book that we were oppressed by Confucian cultivator families. Now my Zhu family has fallen into decline and can no longer be considered any great family, yet the ruler of Tongzhu Kingdom still cannot forget our family's True Explanation of the Heavenly Book. My father and the disciples of my Zhu family were seized by them and taken into Qianyu Mountain. Their lives and deaths are now unknown!"
"The True Explanation of the Heavenly Book?" A thoughtful expression appeared on Xiao Hua's face as he pressed, "What is that?"
"I do not know!" Zhu Xiang answered without hesitation. "I have never heard my father mention this matter! My Zhu family probably never obtained any True Explanation of the Heavenly Book at all. This must all be fabricated by our ancestor's enemies!"
"I see..." Xiao Hua nodded faintly. He understood in his heart that this so-called True Explanation of the Heavenly Book was likely truly nothing more than a rumor. If a true explanation existed in this world, how could Xin Xin, who came from a Confucian cultivator family, not know of it? How could the true meaning of Five Qi Ascending to the Origin have been lost?
However, whether the True Explanation of the Heavenly Book existed or not