Chapter 2858 — Failed Inheritance
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Kang Jingming likewise dared not linger. He hurried back in the direction of the teleportation array—after all, he was the managing elder here, and after trading a few tender words with Little Peach Blossom, he ran back.
Tianchan let her thoughts wander for a while, never expecting footsteps to come again from the entrance of the traveling palace's side courtyard. This time, however, there was no knock—the door was pushed open directly. The side courtyard was never locked, but ordinarily even elders of the Xuandan Sect would not dare push the door open at will.
Tianchan quickly opened her eyes, rose, and went out to greet them. Anyone who could enter like that had to be one of those important figures!
Sure enough, the visitors were Ancestor Xuanzhen and Ancestor Xuanchen! Ancestor Xuanzhen was no stranger to Tianchan, but Ancestor Xuanchen she knew far less well. His sudden appearance at this moment made her heart tighten slightly!
Only a handful of people knew of her relationship with Ancestor Xuanzhen, and this matter had always been kept hidden from Ancestor Xuanzhen himself! Of course, Tianchan did not yet know that while she was away taking part in the trial, Ancestor Xuanchen had already pointed out to Ancestor Xuanzhen that he knew Tianchan was his disciple—and that he knew of Ancestor Xuanzhen's connections within the Xuandan Sect!
Tianchan and Tianbian outwardly obeyed Ancestor Xuanchen in all things, but in secret they still revered Ancestor Xuanzhen as their master. Some things simply had to be concealed—otherwise not only she and her younger brother Tianbian would suffer, but Ancestor Xuanzhen as well.
"Chan'er pays her respects to Ancestor Xuanzhen and Ancestor Xuanchen!" Tianchan bowed cautiously in greeting.
"Tianchan, call us Master and Martial Uncle." Ancestor Xuanzhen waved a hand. Some things he had believed were done in secret had in fact never escaped Ancestor Xuanchen's eyes and ears, so there was no longer any need to hide the master-disciple relationship between him and Tianchan.
"Yes..." Tianchan's heart jumped. So Ancestor Xuanchen did know everything after all! But she was, after all, the young sect mistress of the Xuandan Sect, and she greeted them again without betraying a thing. "Chan'er pays her respects to Master and Martial Uncle!"
"No need for such formality!" Ancestor Xuanchen did not dwell on the matter. He waved his hand—he was currently the acting sect master of the Five Luminaries Sect, so although Tianchan was Ancestor Xuanzhen's disciple, it was Xuanchen whose word carried the most weight. "Sit. I have brought the Five Luminaries Sect's ancestral physique-testing orb. Place your hand upon it and check whether the inheritance succeeded!"
In Ancestor Xuanchen's eyes, Tianchan was nothing but a chess piece. His sole measure of a person was whether that person was of use to him. Those who were useless were kicked aside.
"Yes!" Tianchan sat down on the floor of the reception hall as instructed, while Ancestor Xuanchen produced a box, took out a round orb from within, and set it before her. "This is not your first time testing. Try it again."
"Yes!" Tianchan hastily extended her hand and placed it on the physique-testing orb.
In an instant, five rays of light appeared upon the orb. Four of them shone especially bright, but one was somewhat dim—and hollow at its center.
Had Wei Zhao been present, he would surely have been astonished that the Five Luminaries Sect possessed such a physique-testing orb as well! And Tianchan was indeed of four true-attribute systems and one false-attribute system!
"What!? She did not receive the inheritance of the origin power? Still four true-attribute systems?" Ancestor Xuanchen's expression changed at once, and Tianchan was startled as well. Her inheritance of the origin power had actually failed?