Minh Yong’s body trembled slightly, then he knelt on one knee and said to Qin Ning, “Thank you, Young Master Qin, for your help!”
“Get up!”
Qin Ning waved his hand and replied, “If you can truly make the Northern Ming Empire strong, it will also make your ancestor a little happier.”
Qin Ning did not continue the rest of the sentence.
So that when he met that brat Ming Yuan again, the latter wouldn’t blame his grand-ancestor for not caring about his descendants.
But as time passed, he had transformed from the first generation Nine Nether Great Emperor to the current Qin Ning, through nine generations and tens of thousands of years. He no longer knew the situation of his disciples and grand-disciples.
Perhaps some of them had already entered the Nine Heavens Cloud Alliance…
Minh Wu was completely at a loss for words at this moment.
Just a moment ago, Qin Ning had said that if his imperial father dared to deceive him, he wouldn’t hesitate to kill his imperial father.
His imperial father wasn’t angry at all; instead, he was now kneeling!
Until now, when had his imperial father ever knelt before anyone?
This was an emperor!
The group continued forward, arriving before a palace.
“I did not know of His Majesty’s arrival, this concubine could not welcome you from afar!”
A beautiful woman slowly emerged from the palace and bowed in greeting.
“It’s nothing, Consort Shu, this is Young Master Qin Ning!”
Minh Yong looked at Qin Ning, then said, “Young Master Qin, this is Consort Shu!”
“Qin Shuyue, a descendant of Qin Tianyuan!”
Qin Ning looked at Qin Shuyue, assessing her, “Indeed, there is some resemblance to your ancestor from back then.”
Hearing this, Qin Shuyue didn’t know how to respond.
The Qin family back then followed the Northern Ming imperial family and could be said to be extremely prosperous.
In those days, the Northern Ming imperial family was the Northern Ming Strong Nation, its power several times stronger than the peak forces of the Nine Nether Continent. When Great Emperor Ming Yuan was alive, no one dared to rebel against the Northern Ming Strong Nation.
The Qin family, having achieved great military exploits back then, was itself as strong as a superior nation. Its status on the Nine Nether Continent was unparalleled, known to all.
But now, the Northern Ming imperial family had declined, and the Qin family was even more miserable.
“Let’s go inside and talk!”
Minh Yong nodded and said with a smile.
To be honest, the Northern Ming imperial family no longer valued the Qin family much.
They weren’t even as good as the Ye, Xu, or Guo families.
After all, with the decline of the Northern Ming Empire, the Qin family also declined even more severely and could not assist the Northern Ming imperial family. Therefore, the Qin family’s position also fell.
Entering the courtyard, Qin Ning slowly sat down, while the others remained standing.
But at this moment, no one felt that Qin Ning sitting was wrong.
“You sit too!”
Qin Ning looked at Qin Shuyue and said with a smile, “I also have something I want to talk to you about.”
“Please speak, Young Master Qin!”
Qin Shuyue, knowing etiquette, replied with a smile.
Qin Ning then looked at the others.
Sheng Dengfeng understood and immediately said with a smile, “Young Master Qin, please speak, we will wait outside!”
Then he hastily pulled his son out.
Ye Yuanyuan was also very proactive.
It was the same when Qin Ning imparted the Yin-Yang Profound Spirit Art to her mother.
Perhaps Qin Ning had something important to say today again.
In the courtyard, only Minh Yong, Minh Wu, and Qin Shuyue remained.
“What are you two still doing here?” Qin Ning looked at Minh Yong and Minh Wu.
“Huh? Oh, oh… Then we’ll leave too…”
Minh Yong immediately pulled Minh Wu out.
At this moment, Sheng Dengfeng became even more puzzled when he saw Minh Yong and his son come out.
What was so mysterious about this matter?
Sheng Xinyue was even more astonished.
That day, Qin Ning had driven them out of Gu Yuehan and Ye Yuanyuan's room, leaving only the mother and daughter.
Today, he drove everyone out again.
Could it be...
Sheng Xindui's face turned pale.
Then, his gaze towards Emperor Ming Yong suddenly held a strange glint...
Qin Ning, of course, didn't know that Sheng Xindui was misunderstanding him again.
"Young Master Qin, may I ask what you wish to say?" Qin Shuyue also didn't understand.
"I saw Ming Wu display the Azure Dragon Seal and White Tiger Seal, which are two of the Four Spirit Incarnation Sutra, so I was curious."
As soon as Qin Ning spoke, Qin Shuyue was startled.
The Four Spirit Incarnation Sutra was a unique skill of the Qin family, not something everyone knew.
"Please speak, Young Master!"
"The ancestors of the Qin family actually didn't bear the surname Qin. To be precise, they had no surname. That year, the Qin family's ancestor followed Emperor Ming Yuan to conquer the land, rising from a soldier to a Grand Envoy, but still had no surname."
"One day, by chance, your ancestor met the grand-master of Emperor Ming Yuan, who bestowed upon him the surname 'Qin'!"
Seeing Qin Shuyue's bewildered expression, Qin Ning shook his head and laughed self-deprecatingly, "I've said too much again. This story is probably not recorded in the Qin family's historical texts. I'm being redundant!"
"How does Young Master Qin know about this?"
"Why I know is not important."
Qin Ning said seriously, "That year, the Qin family's ancestor was Qin Tianyuan, also a genius of his time. Thanks to cultivating the Four Spirit Incarnation Sutra, his strength surpassed the Four Spirit Realm, and he was also the foremost figure in the Nine Nether Continent."
"Logically speaking, even if the Northern Ming imperial family declined, the Qin family could still rely on the Four Spirit Incarnation Sutra and wouldn't be reduced to merely guarding a single prefecture as they are now!"
Hearing this, Qin Shuyue sighed softly, "Tens of thousands of years have passed. When the Northern Ming imperial family declined back then, how many spirit techniques and spirit artifacts disappeared? What about our Qin family?"
"Lost?"
"Yes!" Qin Shuyue nodded, "The latter two forms of the Four Spirit Incarnation Realm, Vermillion Bird and Black Tortoise, have been lost for tens of thousands of years..."
"No wonder..."
Qin Ning was silent, then said, "Bring me paper and brush!"
Although Qin Shuyue didn't understand what Qin Ning intended to do, she still complied.
With paper and brush laid out, Qin Ning slowly picked up the brush and wrote five large characters.
"Four Spirit Incarnation Realm!"
Seeing those characters, Qin Shuyue was stunned.
But then, what Qin Ning wrote next completely petrified her.
The Azure Dragon and White Tiger scrolls were meticulously and perfectly written out by Qin Ning.
The Vermillion Bird and Black Tortoise were also complete.
However, since she hadn't cultivated them, she didn't know if they were real or fake.
"Alright!"
Qin