[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-ancestor-the-times-have-changed":3,"chapter-ancestor-the-times-have-changed-ancestor-the-times-have-changed-chapter-645":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Ancestor, the Times Have Changed",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2299967,4498,"Chapter 645: Countermeasures Against the Righteous Alliance","ancestor-the-times-have-changed-chapter-645",645,"\u003Cp>Not long after.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi Jiuyu, face stiff and expressionless, returned Yi Ming Zhenjun to the Sword Ancestor Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had gone to deliver a message for her uncle, representing his dignity—she could not act as casually as usual; she had to be serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uncle, Yi Ming Zhenjun has arrived.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After bowing, Chi Jiuyu stepped aside, each step precisely measured, not the slightest deviation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, she stood still in the corner, motionless as a statue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was now emotionless Fish!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Xing: “...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This guy is as abstract as ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, now that he’s here, you may leave. Don’t just stand around.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi Jiuyu blinked: “Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s already kicking her out!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She still wanted to see what kind of connection this Yi Ming Zhenjun—the founder of [Seeking Truth]—had with her uncle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cross the river and break the bridge...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, yes, yes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uncle, this is crossing the river and breaking the bridge!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as she opened her mouth to say something, a flash of light descended before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi Jiuyu fumbled to catch it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon closer inspection, it was a storage ring, identical in design to the ones Xu Xing had given her before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She probed it with a thread of spiritual sense—her expression instantly turned serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uncle, then I’ll take my leave.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next time there’s something like this, just call me!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silently adding that to her thoughts, she turned and swiftly left the training ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when her figure vanished completely from view did Yi Ming Zhenjun take a deep breath, step forward, and bow deeply:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zhu Er, pays respects to the Sword Ancestor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, Yi Ming Zhenjun’s real name was Zhu Er.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sit.” Xu Xing said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not refuse, sitting directly on the lotus cushion that suddenly appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How did your negotiations with the Sword Sect go?” Xu Xing asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...” Yi Ming Zhenjun paused. “Fine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the other immortal sects had not yet been spoken to, and the cost [Jingyue] had paid to gain support from the Divine Mechanism Alchemy Pavilion remained unknown,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he could not judge whether the Sword Sect’s current terms were lenient or harsh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Try more. Choose the one with the best terms.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cooperation between [Seeking Truth] and the Sword Sect...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He naturally would not interfere in such minor matters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He mentioned it only to ease Yi Ming Zhenjun’s concerns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I understand,” Yi Ming Zhenjun said without surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had anticipated this before coming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Sword Ancestor’s vision had been limited to the Sword Sect, he would never have raised his sword against it after learning of his past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Having met the Sword Ancestor, I have a question I wish to ask.” He spoke up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ask.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is your opinion of Yuan?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he had joined no immortal sect, his information was scarce—far less than even the Righteous Alliance’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when Xuan broke into the Central Continent to take the “Will of Heaven,” he only knew that a great enemy of humanity had intruded—he knew nothing of the details.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was his opinion of Yuan?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Xing felt a flicker of oddness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He did well. He accomplished many things I never did.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yi Ming Zhenjun smiled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If Yuan knew you said that, he would surely be pleased.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“From your tone, you and Yuan are acquainted?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. Yuan is indeed my friend.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Yuan was first a Nascent Soul, still very weak, he had already seen great potential in him and aided him multiple times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not to hide it from you, when I first met Yuan, I had some intentions of testing him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His talent and character were both exceptional.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To say he never entertained the thought of taking him as a disciple would be false.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh?” Xu Xing grew interested. “Then why didn’t it happen?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remember, since the purge, Yi Ming Zhenjun had ascended to Tongxuan—he was now a powerful figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Yuan’s cultivation advanced rapidly later, at that time he was still weak, precisely when he needed to cling to a strong ally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet it never happened...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was strange!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Actually, nothing much. Yuan later joined the Listening Rain Pavilion, and I couldn’t compete with them for a disciple.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had gotten along well with the previous head of the Listening Rain Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Besides, as a friend, one is freer than as master and disciple.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention Yuan’s later cultivation advancement was terrifying—he surpassed him completely in just over a thousand years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they had become master and disciple, and the disciple surpassed the master in realm, how awkward would that be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did he later invite you to join the Righteous Alliance?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No,” Yi Ming Zhenjun shook his head slightly, then paused. “But he did explain this to me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was some time after Yuan founded the Righteous Alliance and became its chairman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He said he had acted on a momentary impulse, earning the favor of many elders, and thus founded that odd, ill-formed Righteous Alliance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But the Alliance was too idealistic from the start. Even if he remained within it, he could not guarantee it would not veer off course.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So he hoped to keep some elders outside the Alliance, so they could warn it if it ever strayed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, Yi Ming Zhenjun smiled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“According to him, this is called ‘don’t put all your eggs in one basket.’”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides him, several other high-level cultivators he was close to had also received the same request.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way,” Yi Ming Zhenjun seemed to recall something. “I remember Yuan mentioned that if the Alliance ultimately headed toward a future he did not wish for, a certain elder—eccentric in temperament, whom he preferred not to deal with—would use his arrangements to correct it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was what Yuan had mentioned after getting drunk during their last meeting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Xu Xing’s eyes flickered with something inexplicable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eccentric temperament, preferred not to deal with...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he guessed correctly...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tsk tsk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To escape his harassment, he went to great lengths to find solutions—yet his final trump card turned out to be himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan was indeed a heartless one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, elsewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sword Sect’s outer gate training ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Lin Changsheng had recently arranged for his sentient sword to deliver the batch of spirit herbs he had traded back to his cave to Qing,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and because many areas of the Sword Sect imposed speed limits—especially on uncontrolled flying swords...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Changsheng, despite being a swordsman, ultimately chose to spar barehanded with Zhu Feng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Feng was deeply resentful of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He believed Lin Changsheng was looking down on him, and insisted on waiting for his sentient sword to return with the herbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then would he engage Lin Changsheng in a proper, honorable duel!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Lin Changsheng explained that his results were identical barehanded or with a sword, Zhu Feng refused to accept it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after Yue Chongfeng grew impatient and urged him did Zhu Feng reluctantly agree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For some reason, even though he already knew Yue Chongfeng was a Celestial cultivator, he still wanted to show off...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this was only his own thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a clear clang of metal, the sharp battle knife plunged into the arena’s stone tiles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Feng’s face flushed crimson; he knelt halfway, his body sliding backward as if gliding, the knife’s tip sparking brightly against the arena floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Across from him, Lin Changsheng appeared utterly at ease, his pinched fingers glowing with a thin layer of white light.\u003C\u002Fp>",1233,"2026-06-20T06:44:15.330Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","af9906790d31c26c44dd137747d2e7d444ba311d98ed960f633fc4c6c46673ee","ancestor-the-times-have-changed-chapter-646","ancestor-the-times-have-changed-chapter-644",648,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fancestor-the-times-have-changed-cover.jpg"]