Archean Eon Art Chapter 5: The Return of the Ancestor

Chapter 5: The Return of the Ancestor

Translator: CKtalon Editor: CKtalon

th February, in a moor outside Eastcalm City. The sky was gloomy.

Screech! A bird’s lodious cry rang out. A giant bird bathed in thunder swooped down from the clouds. On its back sat two figures.

Boom!

As the flying bird approached the ground, the entire wilderness trembled as lightning blasted out from its massive wings. Lightning bolts snaked into the distance before dissipating.

Two figures descended from the bird’s back.

One was a middle-aged woman, the other an elderly woman holding a walking stick.

“Junior Sister Huang, you don’t have to accompany any further now that I’m back in my hotown. Go back,” said the old lady with a smile as she supported herself with the walking stick.

“Sister ng.” The middle-aged woman’s eyes welled with tears. Her “Sister ng” wasn’t this old in the past. Her severe injuries showed her age. However, one could still tell that she had been a beauty when she was younger.

“I’m afraid it will be difficult for us to et again after this farewell,” said the old woman with a happy sigh. “However, I think I have it okay. At least I can return to my hotown before I die and spend the last few years here. Those who died in battle are nothing but piles of dust.”

“Sister ng, just send a letter if you need my help. I, Huang Xiangning, will do my best,” said the middle-aged woman solemnly.

“I’ll do so if it’s needed.” The old woman smiled. “Alright, hurry back.”

The middle-aged woman carefully glanced at the old woman before finally jumping onto the avian creature’s back. Soon, the bird flapped its wings and lightning filled the void.

Whoosh.

With lightning and thunder following, the avian creature soared into the sky and disappeared into the horizon.

The old lady watched her companion leave before turning to look at Eastcalm City. She smiled. It’s ti to go ho. The heavens have treated well, having allowed to return to my roots!

Dong!

Ripples surrounded the old lady when she tapped the ground lightly with her walking stick. Nurous ripples spread out in all directions—enveloping a 1000 feet radius.

She held her walking stick as she walked towards Eastcalm City—completely covered by the ripples. Every step she took covered hundreds of feet. Nobody seed to notice her, even when she walked past so travelling rchants along the way. They continued to laugh and chat.

She arrived at the city gates monts later.

Eastcalm City.

The old woman held her walking stick and stared at the majestic city before her.

This was her hotown—the place she lived when she was young!

The old woman smiled as she continued to advance. Despite the huge number of people at the gates, nobody saw the old woman—including the guards. It was as if she didn’t exist. She walked through the streets and arrived at the ng family’s ancestral mansion.

She entered the ancestral mansion.

Many clansn were patrolling the ancestral mansion, but likewise, none of them could see the old woman.

Gulp! Gulp! Gulp! Inside one of the courtyards of the ancestral mansion, a fat elder was drinking in low spirits.

“Pingping, is that so secret drinking I spy?” A voice rang out in the courtyard.

The fat elder shuddered in fear. He looked around and couldn’t help but ask, “Third Sis, is that you? Third Sis?”

A smiling old woman with a walking stick appeared out of thin air in the courtyard.

“Third Sis.”

The fat elder’s eyes turned red. He was Fairy ng’s only younger brother. The other family Elders addressed her as “Third Sis” out of practicality. The family clan was too large with its millennium-long history. Many mbers of the family were separated by a few generations. The fat elder’s na was ng Yanping, the current clan leader of the ng family. He was about twenty years younger than Fairy ng. Therefore, he was brought up by Fairy ng when he was young. He treated her as both his sister and mother.

In his heart, his sister had always been young, beautiful, and omnipotent. Now, she had aged so much.

“Why are you crying? Am I not living well?” said the old woman with a smile.

“Third Sis, are you really unable to treat your injuries?” asked the fat elder.

“As long as I don’t fight with full strength, I should stay alive for another eight years,” the old woman said calmly. “Humans are affected by sickness and death, and Godfiends similarly have a limited lifespan. What’s there to be sad about? The next few years give plenty of ti to put the ng family back on track. Did anything happen when news about my severe injuries reached Eastcalm Prefecture?”

“Our family annulled the engagent with the Yun family. It’s the engagent of that little fellow, ng Chuan,” said the fat elder. “As for the rest, the four Godfiend family clans only engaged in so cheap tricks. They didn’t dare to truly provoke our ng family.”

“Yes. Back then, Yun Wanhai wanted to use our families’ engagent as a way to better his family. Now that I’m seriously injured, it’s not surprising that he canceled his engagent.”

The old lady instructed, “Right, Pingping...”

“Third Sis, I’m already ninety years old. I’m the ng family’s clan leader. Can you call by my actual na?” The fat elder couldn’t help but lant.

“Oh, alright, alright. I won’t embarrass you,” said the old woman with a smile. “ng Pingping, gather all the Clan Elders to the Blazing Fire Hall. I want to et them.”

“What ng Pingping? My na is ng Yanping,” the fat elder mumbled as he quickly went to gather the Elders.

His sister was like his mother who had brought him up. She protected him and allowed him to co this far.

Hearing his elder sister call him “Pingping” made Clan Leader Yanping walk with a bounce in his step.

...

The ng family’s ancestral mansion, the Blazing Fire Hall.

Only the most important matters regarding the family clan would reach here. The area around the Blazing Fire Hall was heavily-guarded today.

In the main hall.

Fairy ng stood there with her walking stick. She looked at the plaque in the hall: “Blazing Fire.”

The clan leader and the elders all stood respectfully, not daring to make a sound.

In terms of age...

Fairy ng was 112 years old this year. She was the oldest in the family. In terms of strength, Fairy ng had beco a Godfiend at 35. She had protected the ng family for nearly eighty years and the ng family had flourished for eighty years. There was no doubt about the prestige she held in the ng family. With a single order, many clansn would not hesitate dying.

After staring at the words “Blazing Fire” on the plaque for a long ti, Fairy ng turned around. Her gaze swept across all the Elders present. All the Elders bowed nervously.

“Are there any talents in our ng family’s younger generation, ones who have a chance of becoming a Godfiend?” inquired Fairy ng. Although the ng family had been rooted in Eastcalm Prefecture for more than a thousand years, it had only produced two Godfiends. One was Patriarch Yushan from five hundred years ago, while the other was Fairy ng. Their eras allowed the ng family to reach its peak. What Fairy ng wanted the most was...

To be able to nurture a third Godfiend in the history of the family clan.

Initially, she could have patiently searched for a suitable junior worth nurturing. However, ti was of the essence, and she could only choose from whoever was available.

“Dajiang is quite talented. He figured out the saber’s secret technique at 19 and gained insights into Saber Force at the age of 30. Now, he’s only 47-years-old. There’s a sliver of hope for him to beco a Godfiend,” said a bald elder.

“Dajiang?”

Fairy ng looked at the ng Dajiang.

“Aunt.” The plump ng Dajiang imdiately bowed.

“Have you condensed your core?” asked Fairy ng.

ng Dajiang shook his head.

Fairy ng frowned. To not condense a core at age 47 made his chances of becoming a Godfiend very slim.

“What about the young ones?” pressed Fairy ng.

“Among the young ones, three of them are not bad,” said Clan Leader ng Yanping imdiately. “ng Zhu is 23 this year and at the Seamless realm. He is in the midst of military service at Qinyang Pass. He figured out the secret technique at 19. And there’s ng Wenying. She’s 16 and she achieved Greater Mastery of a top-notch sword art at 12. There’s also Dajiang’s son, ng Chuan. He is 15 this year, achieving Greater Mastery of a top-notch saber art at 13. ng Wenying and ng Chuan are both young, but they haven’t figured out the secret technique yet.”

Fairy ng fell silent.

ng Zhu had only figured out the secret technique when he was 19. This was very late for those becoming Godfiends! This was because it was unknown when he would gain insight into “Force.” By the ti that happened, the chances of him becoming a Godfiend beca even more distant.

ng Wenying and ng Chuan; one was 16, while the other was 15. Ti was tight, and they had yet to grasp the key secret technique.

Even if she wanted to choose from second best, they couldn’t be considered as good.

“All of you can go back,” said Fairy ng coldly. “For the next few years, the juniors of the entire family clan will receive better nurturing. This is an important matter for the family clan. Nothing else supersedes this in importance. Before I die, I want to see a seedling who has a chance of becoming a Godfiend.”

Clearly, she didn’t see any outstanding seedlings. All she could do was spread the net, hoping for the nine to twelve-year-olds to beco geniuses.

“Yes,” the clan leader and the elders replied in unison.

“This matter involves the rise and fall of the family, so there’s no room for delay. If anyone were to siphon off the benefits while this happens, they will be punished as per the family’s rules.” After Fairy ng said that, she walked out with her walking stick.