Chapter 1167 A Message From The Past (4)

The pale light quickly filled the entire floor and slowly faded away, revealing an illusory old man figure.

When the figure appeared, Shen Liqiu's eyes widened in shock as she exclaimed. "Grandpa!"

The old man was no other than Shen Clan's founder, Shen Tingguang.

Yun Lintian was surprised and quickly greeted him. "Junior Yun Lintian greets Senior Shen."

Although Shen Tingguang was a residual soul, Yun Lintian could still feel his majestic aura that surpassed anyone he had ever seen. To be able to keep so many ancient records here, how could he be an ordinary character?

Shen Tingguang looked at Yun Lintian for a long while and turned to Shen Liqiu. "You've finally grown up."

"Grandpa…" Shen Liqiu's eyes moist immediately when she heard this. In this world, her great-grandfather was the one who cared about her the most. No matter how badly she performed, he never blamed her but encouraged her instead. It could be said he was the most important person in her life.

Since the departure of Shen Tingguang, Shen Liqiu's life in the clan was never the same. She would be constantly surrounded by a group of old men who treated her as a tool and commodity for benefits. Even her birth father was helpless to protect her.

"Why are you crying? Didn't I tell you before that crying will make you ugly? At that time, who's going to make you a wife?" Shen Tingguang said with a doting smile.

Shen Liqiu wiped the tears away and smiled brightly. "I know. I won't cry anymore."

Shen Tingguang laughed gently and turned to look at Yun Lintian. "I have been waiting for you. Unfortunately, my lifespan had come to an end first. This is the only way I can talk to you."

He paused briefly and said further. "You must be curious about why I have been waiting for you and how I know you're the one. However, these things are unnecessary. It won't give anything good to you. So, I will leave this part out."

Yun Lintian's brows raised slightly. He didn't say anything and waited for Shen Tingguang's explanation.

On the side, Shen Liqiu seemed to think of something and hurriedly said. "Grandpa, is this why you told me to go to the Southern Continent after leaving the clan?"

She remembered that before her great-grandfather died, he seemed to reckon that she would escape from the clan, and he told her to go to the Southern Continent and stay there.

At first, she didn't think it was anything special, but now, everything seemed made sense. Obviously, he knew that she would encounter Yun Lintian!

Shen Tingguang smiled and said nothing regarding her question. Instead, he continued to look at Yun Lintian and said further. "As you have seen in the records, this world's history keeps repeating itself like a cycle. Every four thousand years, a great war will occur, and someone with the surname Yun will have to sacrifice themselves to give the world a way out."

"Does Senior know the reason?" Yun Lintian asked.

Shen Tingguang shook his head. "I do not know. However, I can guess one or two things."

He said further after a brief moment of silence. "Let's say this world is a box where someone can manipulate things inside. Everything inside, you, me, your friends, and the enemies, were arranged by this person to do things according to his settings."

"Every four thousand years, everything will be reset and start anew with the same settings but different characters."

"Hold on, Senior. How did you come up with such a guess?" Yun Lintian suddenly asked. It wasn't that Yun Lintian thought he was crazy. He just wanted to know what made him think like this.

Shen Tingguang smiled and asked. "Do you know why I have all of these records here when the others, like the Star Gazing Palace and the Azure Palace, haven't?"

Yun Lintian shook his head. "I only know from Liqiu that you have a special soul allowing you to remember things in the past."

Shen Tingguang suddenly laughed and said. "That's what I lied to Qiu'er. In fact, I possess no special soul whatsoever that allows me to remember things."

Hearing this, Shen Liqiu was stunned. She always believed that her great-grandfather possessed a unique soul. It was a lie?

Shen Tingguang glanced at the bookshelf on his right and said. "Take a look at this book here."

Yun Lintian didn't hesitate to walk over and pick up the book that Shen Tingguang told him.

When he saw the book's title, his face changed drastically as it was written as "The Records Keeper Clan, Shen Clan."

Shen Liqiu walked over and was stunned by the title as well. "This…"

Yun Lintian quickly opened the book and was stupefied by the contents inside.

The first thing he saw was that the Shen Clan had existed before the Azure Calendar Year. It was even earlier than the Xia Kingdom that Shen Liqiu had read a while ago. If this was true, the Shen Clan should be the first clan in history.

"Grandpa…?" Shen Liqiu raised her head to look at Shen Tingguang in confusion.

Shen Tingguang smiled and explained. "This is a secret that I have never told anyone. Even your Grandpa Ning doesn't know this. In fact, our clan had long existed before the history was being recorded."

"In each generation, the mission of the clan head is to write down all the things that happened at that time and keep it. As for why? I have no idea as well. It has been passed down like this from the ancient time."

Shen Tingguang paused for a moment and said further. "Everything kept in this place will never be erased or destroyed. You can try it yourself."

Shen Liqiu hesitated briefly and raised her palm slightly, throwing a fireball toward the bookshelf nearby. Immediately, the books on the shelf were burned and reduced to ashes. This scene made Shen Liqiu's face turn pale directly.

However, the next moment, the ashes were actually gathered together and slowly reverted into the books, looking exactly the same as before.

Yun Lintian and Shen Liqiu were stunned by the scene. What kind of magic was this?

"Power of time!" In Yun Lintian's mind, Hongyue's voice resounded with a hint of astonishment.