The Chen Kingdom palace of Chen Kingdom was bustling with people today.
After Chen Hongjie gave the order, tens of thousands of royal descendants rushed back from all over the Chen Kingdom, traveling day and night.
After decades of development, the royal family of the Chen Kingdom has flourished, and if we were to be precise, its population would definitely not be less than 100,000.
Of course, this includes the underage descendants. If you remove the old, weak, sick, and disabled, and those who are useless and have no talent, the true pillar of the Chen Kingdom is the more than 10,000 royal family members who are attending the gathering.
Among these people were city lords, legion generals, elders of the Rune Research Institute, leaders of free demon-hunting groups, and high-ranking officials of merchant guilds, etc.
Although these members of the royal family have always enjoyed the resources and preferential treatment of the Chen Kingdom, they are not hothouse flowers, but have fought their way up with the development of the Chen Kingdom.
The laws of the Chen Kingdom have always been enlightened, with clear and distinct rules governing the enfeoffment of territories, the allocation of resources, and rewards and punishments.
Therefore, the royal family rarely suffers from internal strife. They each excel in their respective fields, and the prosperity of the Chen Kingdom in recent years is absolutely inseparable from their contributions.
The purpose of this gathering was unclear to many members of the royal family; they had only heard rumors and speculated that it might be related to the God-Slaying God Clan.
In the palace square, nearly ten thousand members of the royal family gathered together, waiting patiently. On the high platform in front, Chen Mu led a large number of talisman masters to set up the altar, clearly preparing for some kind of ceremony.
"Gentlemen! Does any of you know why His Majesty has gone to such lengths to bring us back?"
The royal children, growing increasingly bored, couldn't help but start gossiping among themselves.
"What else could it be? Recently, the Haotian Empire has been hearing rumors from somewhere that our royal family are descendants of Sinful Blood Lineage."
I think His Majesty summoned us back this time to clarify this matter for us.
A young man stepped forward and declared confidently.
I don't think so!
An intellectual and elegant woman shook her head and retorted.
"I compared the timeline of the destruction of the God-Slaying God Clan with the timeline of our Wilderness Chen Clan's genealogy and found that there is indeed an overlap in the starting time."
Furthermore, the God-Slaying God Clan shares the same surname as us, Chen, so I believe that what the Haotian Empire said may not be unfounded.
While ordinary people may not have access to documents about the God-Slaying God Clan, those present today are not ordinary people; many have even reached the Core Formation stage, so researching these things shouldn't be difficult.
Furthermore, since the Haotian Empire issued its proclamation, the past of the God-Slaying God Clan has been unearthed one after another, and now the outside world is spreading this matter everywhere, making it much easier for them to investigate.
"No way, could we really be of the Sinful Blood Lineage?"
The woman's conclusion caused a huge uproar, and everyone present was agitated, with some even starting to argue.
"So what if it's blood of sin? Does the Haotian Empire say it's blood of sin, then it is blood of sin? I don't believe our ancestors would betray Human Clan!"
Chen Kingdom's open social atmosphere fosters independent thinking among more young people, enabling them to approach issues critically rather than blindly following the crowd, which is undoubtedly beneficial to social progress.
"But after all, public opinion is a fearsome thing. Now everyone in the cultivation world knows that the God-Slaying God Clan once colluded with the Abyss Devil Race, intending to rule the entire Pan Emperor Continent."
"If it weren't for the Heavenly Emperor's intervention, which thwarted the God-Slaying God Clan's plot and repelled the Abyss Devil Race, our Pan Emperor Continent would probably have long since become the Abyss Devil Race ' backyard."
After these words were spoken, the debaters fell silent.
It is a consensus among all parties that the God-Slaying God Clan are traitors. Even if they don't admit it, it's useless. So many years have passed, it's almost impossible for them to overturn the verdict.
"Hehe, the reason why our Chen Kingdom has such a reputation today is because we stopped the invasion of the Abyss Devil Race."
Now they say we brought the Abyss Devil Race here—how ironic!
Currently, the rumors about the descendants of the sinful bloodline are only circulating in the cultivation world. As the matter unfolds, it is estimated that it will soon spread to the general public, which will undoubtedly deal a greater blow to the reputation of the Chen Kingdom family.
At that moment, a majestic voice came from above the sacrificial platform.
"All members of the royal family, line up and gather over here in the square."
The voice was Chen Mu Mu's. He had already adjusted the Awakening Altar, making it large enough to accommodate the awakening of ten thousand members of the royal family.
Despite their large number, the royal family members are all military-trained, and most are highly skilled and agile.
In less than fifteen minutes, everyone had formed a neat square formation in the square, appearing well-trained.
"Recently, as you've all probably heard, there have been many rumors circulating outside."
On the high platform, Chen Hongjie, as the emperor of the Chen Kingdom and also the patriarch of the Chen Clan, stood up and gave a public speech.
"The main content of the rumor is that our Chen Kingdom family is a descendant of the Sinful Blood Lineage that betrayed the Pan Emperor Continent, God-Slaying God Clan."
The reason I've summoned everyone back today is to tell you the truth behind this rumor.
As Chen Hongjie spoke, a huge three-dimensional illusion suddenly appeared behind him. The contents of the illusion were vividly displayed, giving people a sense of being there.
The illusion led to a cave. As Chen Hongjie dragged the view deeper into the cave, primitive murals appeared on the tunnel walls, attracting attention.
"This place is the ancestral land of our Wilderness Chen Clan. In the past, only senior elders and clan leaders were allowed to come here."
Soon, the illusion's vision reached the end of the cave, a place rich in natural resources and a peaceful paradise.
"Please pay attention to the murals on the wall. Although they are primitive, they record the origin and history of our Chen Clan."
The mural immediately drew the attention of everyone in the square, and many people wore thoughtful expressions.
Chen Hongjie was in no hurry to give the answer. Instead, he pulled out the murals from the illusion one by one, placed them aside to form independent scenes, and made the royal children observe them.
There weren't many murals, not even a hundred in total, but the scenes they depicted deeply moved the members of the royal family.
The little figures on the stone wall Long Bo, contended with the true phoenix, and even battled against hordes of demons.
Any one of these creatures that escapes would be difficult for the Chen Kingdom to deal with, but in the murals, they are all defeated and killed one after another.
Are these fierce primitive people really our ancestors? That's incredible!
This was the thought of the vast majority of the royal family members at this time. In the past, they had always thought of themselves as ordinary Wilderness tribespeople and never imagined that their ancestors had such a distinguished past.