Chapter 2146: Lu Ming Ding

In the Panlong World, during He Lingchuan's tenure as Grand Prefect of Yuheng City, the envoy and liaison sent by Lingshan to Panlongcheng was the Lu clan's ancestor Lu Xun.

That was one hundred and sixty years ago.

Lu Xun was soon transferred back, and Panlongcheng affairs were handed over to Xin Yi. Since then, He Lingchuan never saw him again.

The sudden reappearance of an old acquaintance still stirred emotion in him.

He recalled that Lu Xun had once said the Lu clan's immortal ancestor came from the Great Return Sect, wandered the world after the Immortal-Demon Great War to establish his own lineage, and then joined Lingshan.

Then it was not strange that the Questioning Dao Tree would appear in his memories.

Everyone stared at the scene, eyes unblinking. Lu Feiyan quietly asked her father: "Have you seen it before?"

Lu Zhenxian shook his head: "Not to mention me, the clan elders, the ancestors — they probably haven't seen it either."

For so many years, the jade pendant has been in the ancestral hall or on the clan head; why would there be a need to verify it like this?

Seeing these water-moon mirror-flowers, even though Lu Zhensheng was prepared, his mood still sank to the bottom.

The jade pendant is real; the scene that seeped out has already proven this point.

The Nine Nether Great Emperor truly is a Lu clan member! After confirming this point, how would he treat the Lu Zhensheng father and son who seized the clan head position back then?

Facts proved that before the Nine Nether Great Emperor could speak, Lu Zhenxian was already impatient.

"Truly a great joyous event. A Bang, immediately announce to Bailie, respectfully welcome our Lu clan's true master's return!"

These words were spoken too hastily; Lu Zhenxian knew it himself, but what did it matter?

He stared straight at Lu Zhensheng.

How many years have you occupied the magpie's nest? Now the main lineage's bloodline king has returned; do you really have the face to keep occupying it and not return it?

If you don't want to step down gracefully, don't blame us for helping you be graceful.

Recalling the suppression he and his son had suffered over the years, Lu Zhenxian instead hoped Lu Zhensheng would be ungrateful now.

"Yes!" Lu Qingbang turned to walk out.

"Wait." Lu Zhensheng knew there was still one last chance to turn the tables; he absolutely had to seize it.

He pointed at the jade pendant in the furnace: "The jade pendant is real, but it can only prove the Great Emperor has Lu clan blood. Even if your birth mother is the main lineage's Lu Xiaoyun, she is ultimately a woman, married far away, and the child born is of a different surname, with no qualification to inherit the main lineage's estate!"

Several clan elders looked at each other in dismay.

That is indeed the reasoning. The estate cannot be passed to a different surname; this is not only the Lu clan's reasoning, all clans under heaven have this rule.

However, given the Nine Nether Great Emperor's current bearing, wouldn't taking the Lu clan be just a blink of an eye?

Rules, this thing, are ineffective against figures who cannot be constrained.

If they agree with Lu Zhensheng and provoke the Great Emperor's fury, would it bring the Lu clan a calamity of annihilation?

So they kept silent.

Lu Lianyun said dryly: "Isn't there also an exceptional case? A Child of Fortune can inherit the main lineage's estate!"

The Lu clan's difference lies in its main lineage actually shifting with the "Child of Fortune." Even if a Child of Fortune appears in a branch, they would be immediately elevated.

Lu Feiyan raised her voice: "Exactly! Look at the Great Emperor's achievements; who dares say this isn't fortune upon him?"

Great fortune upon him, in the end, isn't it manifested as meritorious deeds?

The Lu clan has produced so many generations of Children of Fortune; which one's flourishing fortune can compare to the Nine Nether Great Emperor?

"There are countless people in the world with great fortune; the Great Emperor has peerless merit, truly his qi rushes the huagai, but he is not necessarily my Lu clan's Child of Fortune." Lu Zhensheng tried to keep his expression unchanged, "Unless he receives the recognition of my Lu clan's ancestral spirits!"

Lu Feiyan was greatly surprised: "A Child of Fortune can also be recognized?"

"Never heard of it!" Lu Zhenxian spoke first to deny, then asked the clan elders, "Second Uncle, Fourth Uncle, have you ever heard of it?"

Lu Lianyun shook his head. He truly didn't know.

But Lu Lianqing said: "The Child of Fortune is the key to the Lu clan's continuous orderly prosperity; if there were no recognition method, the Child of Fortune would have long flowed to other clans, how could it still be inherited in the Lu clan? It's just that in the past hundred years, two Children of Fortune both appeared in the main lineage, and their features were very distinct, with no controversy, so no additional recognition was needed, and most clan members are unaware."

This appraisal method itself exists to resolve disputes. Otherwise, if Lu Laoda and Lu Laoliu both think their sons are the Child of Fortune, what to do when they dispute with no standard for evaluation?

But in the past hundred years, Children of Fortune have only appeared twice, so most Lu clan members are unfamiliar with this process.

Human lifespans are too short; some knowledge unknowingly breaks generation.

Lu Zhenxian asked curiously: "Then how exactly is it recognized?"

"I only know it relates to the ancestral secret treasure, and the process is all conducted behind closed doors." Lu Lianqing pointed at the incense burner and said, "The rest, you'd probably have to ask the clan head."

"Still, Second Uncle spoke fairly!" Someone chimed in, and only then could Lu Zhensheng continue, "You see this piece of yellow bronze fragment inside the furnace? Our Lu clan ancestors cast this Lu Ming Furnace based on this yellow bronze fragment. If the Great Emperor wants to appraise whether he is the Lu clan's Child of Fortune, he only needs to press his hand on this fragment. It will naturally give an answer."

Yellow bronze fragment?

The people by the furnace all stretched their necks to look inside, and finally, by the sky light, saw that near the ding mouth there was indeed a piece of yellow bronze, irregular in shape, as if broken off from some ring.

He Lingchuan looked at it; it looked very much like something he had eaten in the other world, half a donut.

He glanced at Lu Zhensheng, who averted his gaze to show respect.

Can't rush, can't show flaws!

The Nine Nether Great Emperor did not directly reach out as Lu Zhensheng thought, but asked him first:

"Do you know the origin of this yellow bronze piece?"

"The clan history doesn't record much, only saying this was obtained by the immortal ancestor during the Immortal-Demon Great War, later refined into the Lu Ming Ding, and together with the jade pendant became a heirloom treasure."

"Obtained during the Immortal-Demon Great War?" He Lingchuan asked again, "From whom was it obtained?"

"That's unclear; the clan history doesn't record it, history is too distant." It's been three thousand years; if the clan history doesn't record it, who can we ask?

He Lingchuan then lowered his head to look at the Lu Ming Ding.

"This guy doesn't want to give up the clan head position; he's definitely scheming something bad. Master, you must be careful!" The Soul-Capturing Mirror in his bosom reminded him, "This fragment is of completely unknown origin; for no reason, why would the Lu clan's immortal ancestor expand it into an incense burner?"

He Lingchuan coldly snorted; the Soul-Capturing Mirror only told him to be careful, didn't reveal the mystery, showing it also hadn't seen through what was special about this thing.

This large incense burner has sat before the ancestral hall too long; the accumulated incense ash has completely covered the yellow bronze fragment; normally no one can touch it.

Perhaps this is also a kind of protection.

The mirror's words, not a single word was wrong; Lu Zhensheng harbors ill intentions.

Lu Feiyan suddenly said: "Wait, if touching a piece of the bronze fragment can test it, how many people in our Lu family have activated it before? Why has there never been any sign of it in the past?"