Chapter 1621

"My name is Su Xuan, and I suppose I'm an old friend of Jiang Chen's." Su Xuan answered Ma Dingdang's question, then paused and said, "Well, I've known him for about two thousand years or so."

Of course, he had existed in this world for more than two thousand years, but before that, he had not revealed himself to people like Jiang Chen, always carefully hiding himself.

It wasn't until the Qin Dynasty, over two thousand years ago, that he appeared before Jiang Chen for the first time.

Upon hearing that Su Xuan had known Jiang Chen for over two thousand years, Ma Dingdang was also startled, "So, you are also a zombie?"

She subconsciously identified Su Xuan as a zombie.

Only zombies, who are outside the Three Realms and Six Paths, could live for such a long time.

Well, that's not entirely true.

Those with great supernatural powers within the Three Realms could actually live for that long as well.

But in the current world, these beings with great supernatural powers rarely came to the human world, always staying in their own realms.

"I am not a zombie."

Su Xuan shook his head, "I am a human, through and through."

"Really?"

Ma Dingdang did not believe him.

Even if Su Xuan had answered that he was a zombie, she wouldn't have been surprised.

Even if there was no scent of a zombie on Su Xuan.

It was possible that Su Xuan was hiding it very well.

After all, when Jiang Chen was with her, she hadn't discovered any clues either.

It was evident that powerful zombies had ways to hide themselves.

"Of course it's true. I have no need to lie to a junior of the Ma family."

Su Xuan's tone was gentle, appearing as if he were treating Ma Dingdang as a younger generation.

Upon hearing this, Ma Dingdang, who had a free-spirited nature and always hated those tedious formalities, felt annoyed; otherwise, she could not have ignored the ancestral instructions of the Ma family and given up on hunting Jiang Chen.

Hearing Su Xuan's words, she immediately raised an eyebrow, feeling somewhat dissatisfied with the attitude revealed in his speech.

"Don't be unhappy. I still remember witnessing the scene of your Ma family ancestor, Ma Ling'er, exorcising demons with my own eyes. That was already an old story from over two thousand years ago."

Hearing Su Xuan mention her ancestor Ma Ling'er, Ma Dingdang was stunned again.

At this time, she was still very young and didn't know much about the many secrets of the Ma family; she only knew that the curse that Ma family women could not shed a single tear for a man, or they would lose all their magic power, originated from their ancestor Ma Ling'er.

At the same time, the descendants of the Ma family hunting the Zombie King Jiang Chen also started from that era.

But she didn't know the specific reason why.

Upon learning that Su Xuan had met her ancestor Ma Ling'er, Ma Dingdang immediately asked curiously, "Since you have met my Ma family ancestor Ma Ling'er, then you must know what the Ma family curse is all about!"

Su Xuan nodded, "I do indeed know the origin of your Ma family curse."

Ma Dingdang looked as if she were eager to hear the details.

Seeing this, Su Xuan had no intention of hiding anything from Ma Dingdang, so, in the presence of Jiang Chen, the person involved, he recounted the old story from two thousand years ago.

"Over two thousand years ago, the Qin Dynasty destroyed the six states, smoke and fire rose everywhere, and corpses littered the fields. This caused Jiang Chen, who had been sleeping for many years, to wake up. Because he had just awakened and had not yet regained his reason, Jiang Chen killed everyone he met, causing a great upheaval."

After saying this, Ma Dingdang couldn't help but look at Jiang Chen on the side.

Anyone being evaluated in such a way probably wouldn't feel good.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Chen felt no displeasure; on the contrary, a faint smile hung on the corners of his mouth.

Ma Dingdang finally realized that Jiang Chen was not human, and his way of thinking was different from humans, so killing humans brought him no sense of guilt or remorse.

Su Xuan continued, "At that time, your ancestor Ma Ling'er was a witch of the Qin State, possessing the ability to subdue demons and ghosts. With Jiang Chen causing havoc, she naturally could not sit idly by, so she went to engage Jiang Chen, determined to subdue him, but her strength was insufficient, and she was no match for him."

"In order to deal with Jiang Chen, she decided to subdue the sacred dragon."

"Thus, she requested the help of the First Emperor, and the First Emperor dispatched the Grand General Kuang Zhongtang to assist Ma Ling'er in subduing the dragon."

"After much hardship, Ma Ling'er successfully subdued the dragon; this is the origin of your Ma family's dragon, and the name 'Exorcist Dragon Clan' also spread from that time."

"Ma Ling'er and Kuang Zhongtang also developed feelings for each other during this process and pledged their lives to one another, but unfortunately, good times did not last."

"Xu Fu, who had gone out to find the elixir of immortality, returned and presented it to the First Emperor. It was after this that the First Emperor issued an order to Kuang Zhongtang: kill Ma Ling'er."

"To force Kuang Zhongtang to comply, he even captured Kuang Zhongtang's entire family of thirteen, killing one every hour."

"How could this happen?" Ma Dingdang was shocked upon hearing Su Xuan's words.

She couldn't understand why the First Emperor would do such a thing.

Clearly, earlier, he had even sent Kuang Zhongtang to assist Ma Ling'er in subduing the dragon.

Could it be because Kuang Zhongtang and Ma Ling'er had feelings for each other? And the First Emperor had already secretly fallen in love with Ma Ling'er, thus turning love into hate?

Ma Dingdang couldn't help but let her imagination run wild.

"The answer is actually very simple." Su Xuan didn't keep her in suspense, "The reason the First Emperor wanted to kill Ma Ling'er was that at that time, he had already become a zombie."

"!!!"

Ma Dingdang's face changed drastically; this answer shocked her beyond measure.

"The elixir of immortality that Xu Fu brought back was actually him having Jiang Chen bite himself, and then having him bite the First Emperor."

Su Xuan explained the reason and then turned the topic back to Ma Ling'er and Kuang Zhongtang.

"For the sake of his family's lives, Kuang Zhongtang arranged to meet Ma Ling'er at the execution ground. At the execution ground, Xu Fu, in order to completely eliminate Ma Ling'er, went to read the imperial decree himself, but he did not expect Ma Ling'er's magic power to exceed his expectations; she discovered Xu Fu's abnormality immediately and intended to eliminate him."