"You, young man, are the first of the Jiang Family juniors to enter my quarters and likewise, the first to sit down without an invitation," the eldest elder spoke with profound implications.

Jiang Chen was slightly startled and said with a light chuckle, "I believe I have the qualifications to sit here."

"Can't you be a little more humble, you brat?" the Third Elder glowered at Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen smiled faintly, "If I were any more humble, wouldn't that seem too hypocritical?"

The Third Elder was taken aback.

"Haha..."

The eldest elder burst out laughing, and the corners of the Second Elder's mouth curved as well.

"What exactly do you mean by that, boy?" the Third Elder looked at Jiang Chen with a puzzled face.

The eldest elder chuckled, "What this young man means is, if he doesn't have the right to sit here, then what face does an old fellow like you, who was pushed back by someone's presence, have to sit here?"

"I..." The Third Elder's expression turned awkward, and he glared at Jiang Chen with annoyance, "You little rascal, stand up, let's go out and practice."

"Enough, Third Brother, you are no match for this youngster!" the eldest elder stretched out his hand to stop the Third Elder, who was about to get up.

Regaining his stern demeanor, the Second Elder said indifferently, "Three moves!"

"Second Brother, what three moves?" the Third Elder looked at the Second Elder, puzzled.

The Second Elder glanced at Jiang Chen, then back at the Third Elder and repeated, "Three moves, you lose!"

"I... How could that be! How could this boy defeat me in three moves? It should take over a hundred moves, right?" the Third Elder exclaimed, not insisting that he could win against Jiang Chen anymore, but instead trying to preserve his last bit of dignity.

"Use the saber," the Second Elder uttered once more.

The Third Elder wanted to argue, but the eldest elder waved his hand, turned his head toward Jiang Chen, "Child, I sensed your murderous intent just now, it contained an overbearing aura of killing intent, because your killer move is a saber technique, right?"

"Yes, my killer move is this Blood Saber, however, if the Third Elder wants to give it a try, I can manage without the saber!" Jiang Chen leaned his cane against the table and spoke confidently.

The cane concealed a Blood Saber, which the three elders had already seen. There was no need to hide it, and Jiang Chen had never intended to do so. He disguised the Blood Saber with the cane for convenience when carrying it around, since walking down the street with a saber in hand always seemed out of place.

However, Jiang Chen's latter remark implied that even without using the Blood Saber, he could still defeat the Third Elder.

Hearing this, the Third Elder's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief, but before he could speak, the Second Elder preempted, "Correct."

"Hold on, Second Brother, you have so little faith in me?" the Third Elder looked at the Second Elder with a feeling of grievance.

The Second Elder looked at the Third Elder and spoke again, "Yes."

"I..." The Third Elder nearly lost his breath in frustration.

The eldest elder glanced at the Third Elder and looked solemnly at Jiang Chen, "Child, is it Ancient Martial Arts that you're cultivating?"

"Huh?" No longer concerned with his argument with the Second Elder, the Third Elder turned sharply to look at Jiang Chen, and the Second Elder also turned his gaze to Jiang Chen, their eyes showing complex emotions.

Jiang Chen nodded slightly, as he had no intention of deliberately concealing the truth from the three elders. Since his secret was seen through, he might as well acknowledge it generously, taking it as an opportunity to add a bargaining chip to his side. However, he was somewhat puzzled, as the expressions of the three elders seemed a bit off!

"Sure enough, it has happened again!" the First Elder exclaimed with a sigh, his gaze towards Jiang Chen filled with hesitation.

"You... you, you, you..." the Third Elder's face changed dramatically, his eyebrows tightly furrowed.

A murderous intent flashed through the Second Elder's eyes as he stared at Jiang Chen, clenching his fists tightly.

"Old Second!" the First Elder reached out and held the Second Elder's fist, speaking gravely, "He is our Jiang Family's child, the only direct descendant of this generation!"

Jiang Chen was slightly taken aback. He actually felt a killing intent, and it was not just from the Second Elder; even the Third Elder's gaze towards him contained a hint of murderous intent, and even the First Elder, after his sigh, had a flicker of killing intent that vanished in an instant!

Why is that?

Jiang Chen looked puzzled and confused. He scanned the three men, his eyes fixed on the First Elder as he said in a heavy tone, "Please, First Elder, enlighten me!"

"Alas!" The First Elder sighed, understanding what Jiang Chen was asking, his eyes filled with reminiscence as he said, "This matter begins with the origin of our Jiang Family!"

Jiang Chen was stunned for a moment. The origin of the Jiang Family? What did that have to do with him?

"Our Jiang Family is actually a branch of a Martial Sect, and like our branch, there are six, which are the Six Great Families."

The First Elder began to reveal an unknown side of the Jiang Family: "A thousand years ago, the sect we belonged to was one of the eight great sects in the Martial Dao World, and the six branches, including our Jiang Family, also had illustrious names in the secular world."

"However, a war a thousand years ago greatly damaged the sect's strength, and at one point, the sect even closed itself off to the outside world, leaving only two of the six branches of our families remaining!"

From the First Elder's narration, Jiang Chen learned a different side of the Jiang Family.

A thousand years ago, martial arts flourished in the Flame Dragon Kingdom, and one of the eight great sects, the Chixiao Sect, had an awe-inspiring reputation, even showing signs of becoming the leading force in the Martial Dao World.

However, at that time, a Blood Venerate suddenly emerged in the Martial Dao World, leading his sect, the Blood Blade Sect, and a family that had voluntarily become subordinate, the Dark Night Family, and they burst onto the scene, causing an uproar in the Martial Dao World.

Several sects were exterminated by the Blood Blade Sect at that time, incurring the animosity of the entire Martial Dao World.

Consequently, under the leadership of the eight great sects, the sect forces of the Martial Dao World united to besiege the Blood Blade Sect. The battle was so intense that it shattered the heavens and the earth, and the sun and moon lost their light.

In the end, two Saint Realm Experts at the pinnacle of martial arts, the number one master of the Martial Dao World, the Sect Master of the Chixiao Sect, Fairy Red Lian, and the Sect Leader of the Blood Blade Sect, the Blood Venerate, perished together. Legends say that dozens of experts in the Venerable Realm lost their lives, and more than a thousand Innate Grandmasters were either killed or injured!

After that battle, the Blood Blade Sect completely vanished without a trace, the Dark Night Clan went into hiding abroad, and the sect forces of the Martial Dao World never recovered.

Since then, the second-tier forces in the Martial Dao World, the martial arts families, began to emerge. A hundred years later, when the older generation of the sect forces were nearly all deceased, the martial arts families initiated a Supreme struggle for power in the Martial Dao World, a conflict that lasted five hundred years.

The martial arts families had always been suppressed by the sect forces. However, after that prolonged five-hundred-year war, the martial arts families emerged on par with the martial sects.

Yet, at that time, a genius youth emerged from the leading martial arts family forces, the Zhuge Family.

This youth executed a plan that directly caused a substantial decline in the strength of the Martial Sects.

Since then, the martial arts families have been on the rise, gradually becoming stronger than the Martial Sects.

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