99: New leeks are ready

Jun Wenhao was a Great Emperor, exerting immense pressure, so only a Dharma Body appeared here.

After he walked in, he first glanced at Jun Hongxuan, a slight frown on his face.

"You brat, you still haven't fixed your hair. How many times have I told you?!"

"Elder, I think it looks quite good." Jun Hongxuan offered a small protest, but didn't dare say much more. He just lowered his head, told Jun Lingxiao he'd pick him up tomorrow, and left.

He understood everything, but this was the only way he could mourn the past, and there had been no shortage of gossip about it.

After all, white hair symbolized misfortune.

"Looks unlucky."

Jun Wenhao said, walking over, a small boy following behind him.

An Luoxin understood and retreated. Over the years, her ability to read people had improved significantly. Looking at her, no one would likely believe she was an Imperial Dynasty's princess.

"Lingxiao, Old Ancestor is traveling, so I will tell you about these matters."

"You may have heard that our Jun Family's success to this point is actually due to its all-encompassing nature; even a True Dragon can be a member of our Jun Family."

"Originally, our Jun Family once coexisted with many Yao Beasts and Immortal Beasts, with Ten Thousand Beasts paying homage. It was such a prosperous Family, but as you saw today, apart from the Qilin, there are not many of these Beast Races left in the Jun Family."

"Do you know the main reason why?"

Jun Wenhao sat down, first glancing at the words Jun Lingxiao had written before slowly beginning to speak, a hint of regret in his voice.

"Because of the Jun Family's previous Family Head?"

Jun Lingxiao replied.

He hadn't been idle and had also learned some information.

Simply put, the Jun Family had a Qilin Child in ancient times. His Qilin Blood had the ability to be close to any wild beast, whether it was a rare beast, a Yao Beast, a blood beast, or even an Immortal Beast or Divine Beast. All could be close to him and sign a contract.

The ability to command Ten Thousand Beasts was passed down in this way.

These Ten Thousand Beasts elevated the Jun Family to an unimaginable height. While everyone in ancient times was still figuring out how to Cultivate, the Jun Family was already leading Ten Thousand Beasts to conquer the Three Thousand Dao Provinces.

A generation's Foundation was laid in this manner.

But later, the Ten Thousand Beasts left due to a wrong decision by the Jun Family's high-ranking members.

Because the Ten Directions Immortal Court was originally a Domain of foreign races, and this place bordered foreign races most deeply, the Law here was not suitable for the survival of Ten Thousand Beasts. This was also why there were fewer Yao Race and Beast Race in the Ten Directions Immortal Court.

So, the Jun Family members at that time thought of first moving their clansmen to the Ten Directions Immortal Court, then settling the Ten Thousand Beasts in the Upper Thousand Provinces, and making plans later.

But this violated the ancient alliance the Ten Thousand Beasts had made with the Jun Family.

The alliance only had three provisions:

One: The Jun Family will protect all beasts like true Family members, with no discrimination, no exploitation, mutual cooperation, and peaceful coexistence.

Two: 'I' will stay in the Jun Family, treat all Jun Family members as Family, lend my eyes, my ears, my sharp claws, my flesh and blood, and my power to the Jun Family, to kill all enemies.

Three: If one party feels unfair, this alliance will immediately terminate.

This alliance was essentially a cooperative relationship, with no master-servant distinction. Whether to obey the constraints still depended on oneself.

The reason for the beasts' defection was also quite simple.

We joined your Jun Family, were said to be members of the Jun Family, but in the end, there was still a distinction between humans and beasts, with differential treatment. Why would we help you then?

Thus, led by the True Dragon Clan, the Ten Thousand Beasts departed one after another.

The fact that the Ten Directions Immortal Court was not suitable for the survival of Ten Thousand Beasts only began to improve after a Great Emperor successfully achieved the Rank of Emperor in the Ten Directions Immortal Court. However, there was one point Jun Lingxiao couldn't understand.

Ten Thousand Beasts, that number must be considerable, and there must have been wise ones among them. They were told that the Ten Directions Immortal Court was not suitable for them, and that they would be picked up later, but they still didn't listen and insisted on leaving.

This should be impossible. This is what Jun Lingxiao couldn't understand.

However, he also had his own conjectures.

"Grandpa, the Jun Family's history... is actually incorrect, isn't it? Is it related to the Jun Family's current hierarchy?"

Others were not fools either. The only possibility was that the Jun Family had excised parts of its history, or simply never recorded them.

The Jun Family's main branch now despises the collateral branches, and the collateral branches despise the affiliated ones. He refused to believe that this chain of contempt hadn't been passed down from ancient times.

"History..."

"Lingxiao, you are truly very clever."

Jun Wenhao sighed heavily before continuing, "I don't actually know the details, but from what my grandfather's generation said, it can basically be described in four words —"

"Merit overshadows the master."

Jun Wenhao spoke each word distinctly, his meaning self-evident.

"In ancient times, the beasts were too strong. The Yao Race and Beast Race were naturally stronger than the Human Race, both physically and in Cultivating. They had an innocent heart, no deception, only single-minded Cultivation. It was hard for them not to be strong."

"The Jun Family rose because of them, but also feared their defection. Although it wouldn't shake the Foundation, the Ten Chiefs' struggle for supremacy was at its peak, so that method was used. It seems brief, but many, many things actually happened in between."

"Essentially, they were still foreign races. It was inevitable that the Family's Disciples would clash with them, and too much power could accidentally harm others. Anyway, there were already rifts, and after that Qilin Child's demise, it was maintained only by a written alliance."

"So, leaving them in the Upper Thousand Provinces was actually a planned separation. It was initially conducted in secret, but later, for some unknown reason, it was leaked, and then came the outcome of widespread betrayal and abandonment."

"Lingxiao, there are still many secrets that even I don't know, but telling you so much today is really just to tell you."

"The Jun Family's underside is actually not clean. There are countless dry bones. What others see as the Great Emperors Treasury, in the eyes of us Jun Family members, is nothing special. The few spots each time are just for Disciples to gain experience and for the ancient tradition of seeking the True Dragon."

"This True Dragon, it's fine not to seek it. A broken heart cannot be pieced back together."

"Don't be like my unfilial son..."

Jun Wenhao spoke many words of earnest advice.

But Jun Lingxiao heard the key point in his words.

His grandfather, he was afraid.

Yes, a Great Emperor, a controlling Elder of the Jun Family, he was afraid.

Afraid of what?

His son, Jun Chengtian, was the most anticipated and youngest Genius before Jun Lingxiao.

But this Genius, under the pretext of searching for the so-called True Dragon, left home and then... disappeared in the True Dragon Secret Realm.

Of course, the world knew that Jun Chengtian had gone to find the woman he claimed was his true love, but his disappearance in the Secret Realm was indeed a fact.

Jun Wenhao was truly afraid that Jun Lingxiao would also disappear like his father.

The Jun Family, and he himself, could not withstand this blow.

It had nothing to do with strength, only with worry for a loved one.

He certainly wasn't dead; the Family's life lamp was still lit, but being missing was even more terrifying, with no place to search.

In short, Jun Wenhao's message was simple: if you can find this True Dragon, find it; if not, forget it. You don't even have to go to this Secret Realm; the Jun Family will send people anyway.

However, he was overthinking it; Jun Lingxiao had no intention of looking for any True Dragon.

"Grandpa, don't worry, it's just an experience."

"I've been stuck in the Spirit Domain Realm for so long. I'll just go have some fun. Maybe I can Breakthrough this time."

There were two reasons to go to this Secret Realm: first, to follow in his convenient father's footsteps and see if he could discover why he disappeared; second... an Opportunity of this Rank, any protagonist wouldn't miss it, it would definitely appear.

He was definitely going to cut the protagonist's leeks!