Chapter 981
The Extinction of the Wind Clan!
The Feng family's secret location.
As Zhou Yi and Feng Huang entered the secret realm one after the other, the array flashed again and the entrance disappeared. The two or three saints of the Feng family looked at each other in bewilderment, and it was a long time before someone spoke.
One of them frowned and asked worriedly, "What is the patriarch doing? He actually brought an outsider into the secret realm, and he's even a quasi-emperor!"
The other person nodded with a worried expression and said, "Yes! The Feng family's secret place, how can an outsider enter? Even the Jiang family, which has been intermarrying with us for hundreds of thousands of years, has never had anyone enter!"
The Jiang and Feng families are both ancient aristocratic families, and they have an excellent relationship. The most important reason is that the two families are truly related by marriage. Daughters of the Jiang family marry into the Feng family, or vice versa. This kind of marriage has been going on for hundreds of thousands of years. Generation after generation, they are truly connected by blood, and their blood ties are unbreakable.
Even with such a kinship relationship, the Jiang family could not enter the Feng family's secret territory, and naturally, the Feng family could not enter the sacred mountain suppressed by the Jiang family's Hengyu Furnace. Their respective secret territories and sacred mountains remained secrets, even for those related by marriage.
But today, Feng Huang, the head of the Feng family, actually brought Zhou Yi, an outsider, into the Feng family's secret territory, which puzzled them greatly. They didn't know why Feng Huang would do this.
The last sage shook his head and sighed, "Alas! Perhaps the patriarch has her own considerations! These years have not been easy for the patriarch, especially after that Heavenly Emperor's Holy Body was perfected and she truly proved herself to be an emperor. She has hardly left the clan territory since then."
Immediately, the other two sages fell silent. They naturally understood what these words meant. Ultimately, it all came down to the fact that more than three thousand years ago, Phoenix rejected Ye Fan's marriage proposal and declared that she would marry no one but the Great Emperor.
Now, Ye Fan has not only achieved the Great Perfection of the Sacred Body, but has also truly attained the Dao and become an Emperor. This makes Feng Huang, who made such a boast back then, feel utterly ashamed.
Therefore, she naturally did not want to go out. What would she do if she went out? She would be laughed at and bring shame to the Feng family.
Therefore, it would be better to stay in the Feng family and devote all your energy to supplementing the Feng family's inherited scriptures, so as to lay a more solid foundation for the Feng family's inheritance.
Imperial weapons and scriptures are the greatest foundation of an ancient family. Imperial weapons are unattainable, and imperial scriptures have also been lost, but the Feng family still has some incomplete scriptures left behind. Completing them can be considered as adding to the family's foundation.
However, the Feng family's scriptures were indeed extremely incomplete. As soon as Zhou Yi entered the secret place, he saw layers upon layers of broken steles and fragments of stone, stretching as far as the eye could see.
Moreover, these broken steles and fragments form a huge Bagua (Eight Trigrams) formation, and at a glance, it is as if one can see a broken and devastated universe, and all the laws and principles of the world seem to be contained within this Bagua formation.
Zhou Yi was immediately moved and couldn't help but walk forward, entering the dilapidated Bagua formation to carefully observe it, not wanting to miss a single detail.
Because the principles of the Eight Trigrams and the Book of Changes are precisely what elucidate the laws of the world, and all the laws of the world are within the evolution of the Eight Trigrams and the Book of Changes.
Although the Bagua formation in front of Zhou Yi is dilapidated, it truly elucidates and evolves all the principles of the world, making it the best reference for Zhou Yi.
He walked into the area of broken steles and rubble, reaching out to touch and feel them, trying to understand the underlying principles. His expression was extremely serious, and he remained silent.
Seeing this, the phoenix did not make a sound to disturb him, and simply followed Zhou Yi into the Bagua formation, allowing Zhou Yi to observe and comprehend these broken stones and steles.
After an unknown amount of time, Zhou Yi finally arrived at the very center of the Bagua formation. Feng Huang followed him there, one standing on the Qian trigram and the other on the Kun trigram, facing each other. Then, Zhou Yi looked up again at the endless expanse of broken stones and rubbings, and sighed regretfully, "What a pity! What a pity! This is a ruined formation! Otherwise, it should have been a truly complete Bagua Imperial Formation! Who in this world could destroy such a complete Imperial Formation?"
Upon hearing this, Fenghuang said in a complicated tone, "In the ancient times, apart from the Great Emperors who had attained the Dao, only the Supreme Beings in the forbidden zones of life possessed this ability!"
Zhou Yi looked at her in surprise, thought for a moment, and nodded. Yes, in the ancient times, besides the Great Emperors who had truly attained the Dao, and the Supreme Beings of the Forbidden Zones of Life, who else could destroy this complete Bagua Emperor Formation?
Zhou Yi couldn't help but ask out of curiosity, "What exactly happened to your Wind Clan during the ancient times?"
Upon hearing this, Fenghuang shook her head and sighed, "I can't say for sure either! After all, hundreds of thousands or millions of years have passed. Perhaps you should ask the Celestial Venerable in the Hall of Longevity about what happened to the Feng Clan back then. He might know more."
"The records of the Wind Clan contain only a few words: 'Heaven appeared, the Supreme One emerged, and overnight, the Wind Clan was wiped out, leaving only broken steles and shattered stones!'"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yi was greatly shocked, his expression changing slightly. He muttered to himself, "What does this mean? Were the Supreme Beings of the Heavenly Burial Island the ones who destroyed this place back then? The Wind Clan was wiped out? But the Wind Clan has clearly continued from the Ancient Era to this day, and is the oldest Ancient Clan of the Ancient Era!"
Unexpectedly, Fenghuang shook her head, her expression sorrowful, and said, "The Feng Clan has indeed been wiped out! The Feng Clan of today is not the Feng Clan of the past; we are merely the outermost branch of the Feng Clan from back then!"
"When the Wind Clan suffered its greatest calamity, the Imperial Weapon disappeared, the Imperial Scripture was lost, and this Imperial Array was destroyed. The entire direct line perished, and countless collateral branches also died. Only some of our outermost branches survived. Then, after countless millennia, a member of the Wind Clan became a Quasi-Emperor and tentatively returned to this original clan territory, re-establishing the Wind Clan, which continues to this day!"
Zhou Yi was stunned. He never expected that the Feng Clan, which was considered the oldest ancient family in the Eastern Wilderness of the Northern Dipper, had actually experienced such a tragic extermination.
It can also be said that the Feng Clan was indeed wiped out back then. The imperial weapon, the imperial scripture, and this complete Bagua imperial formation were all destroyed. All the direct descendants died, and countless collateral branches perished. Only the outermost branches with the thinnest bloodline survived.
The Wind Clan has completely lost its lineage!
Therefore, Zhou Yi instantly understood why Feng Huang had said that she could not grant his wish, because the Feng Clan probably did not have the inheritance of Emperor Fuxi!
Thinking of this, Zhou Yi couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He came to the Feng family today for the inheritance of Emperor Fuxi, but now it seems that he is going to be disappointed.
However, at this moment, Fenghuang said, "The quasi-emperor ancestor of the Feng clan founded the new Feng clan here, and also discovered this dilapidated imperial formation here. He began to repair the imperial formation, and also dug out a lot of incomplete scriptures from the depths of the original clan land. He also began to supplement those scriptures!"
"Unfortunately, he was only a quasi-emperor after all, and not even a true quasi-emperor who cultivated the Eight Trigrams and the Book of Changes. The Eight Trigrams and the Book of Changes were only an aid to him, so he could only repair two or three tenths of this imperial formation before he was powerless to do anything more!"
"According to that quasi-emperor ancestor, if in the future there is someone who cultivates the way of the Eight Trigrams and the Book of Changes and can completely repair this dilapidated imperial formation, perhaps he can recreate the Imperial Scripture of Emperor Fuxi, which is hidden within this imperial formation!"
"Oh?"
Zhou Yi's eyes suddenly lit up. He turned and surveyed the dilapidated imperial formation. A thought struck him; perhaps he could give it a try. (End of Chapter)