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Chapter 67 - Millennium Grudges (2)

One thousand years ago, when Martial Empire was still in its prime, an outstanding person named Xiang Tian appeared in Xiang Family.

Xiang Tian had been extraordinary since he was born. He could walk at half a year old, he could talk for eight months, and he started practicing martial arts at the age of two.

At that time, Xiang Family was only a small family, and it couldn't be counted as a small family. At that time, the patriarch saw that Xiang Tian's performance was extraordinary, so he nurtured him.

Xiang Tian did not live up to his name as a prodigy. He could read and memorize books and display great literary talent. However, what was surprising was that his martial arts talent was even greater than literary talent. Xiang Tian's martial skill had reached the Fifth Order at the age of ten, and the Sword Saint at the age of twenty-one. He was known as the genius amongst geniuses.

Although Xiang Tian was talented, he was extremely amiable and made many good friends. The clan elder saw in Xiang Tian the hope of revitalizing the family, and thus passed on the position of the clan's patriarch to Xiang Tian.

Xiang Tian did not disappoint the expectations of everyone in the family. Under his lead, the family slowly walked towards revitalization.

When Xiang Tian was twenty-five, a son was born named Xiang Yu. Xiang Tian was extremely happy.

One day a year later, Xiang Tian went out to do some work. Just as he walked to the side of a small forest, he discovered a dying little boy. He was about three years old, and beside the little boy lay a wounded man, long dead.

Xiang Tian's compassion flared up and he carried the boy home for treatment.

After the boy was rescued, he seemed depressed, but there was a trace of ruthlessness hidden in the depths of his eyes. However, his uncle had been heavily injured, and had fled for three days in a row. He was already exhausted, and after his uncle had died, the boy had fainted beside his uncle's corpse due to a long period of bumpiness and hunger, as well as fear. Fortunately, Xiang Tian had passed by him at that time and rescued the boy, or else his life would have already been taken away. This little boy's name is Liu Bang.

After Liu Bang settled down in the Xiang Family, he started to learn martial arts from Xiang Tian. The talent that Liu Bang displayed was even higher than Xiang Tian's back then. Furthermore, he had inherited his father's godly strength. At the age of six, he was able to lift a five hundred jin boulder.

Liu Bang was very well-behaved, other than learning martial arts, he never participated in other matters. Xiang Tian looked at the well-behaved Liu Bang, and adopted him as his foster son.

From then on, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu began to train in martial arts. As the two of them were very good at fighting, their relationship was very good and they often fought together. When Liu Bang was eleven years old, he had reached the Fifth Rank of the Innate Realm. At this time, even the young, nine year old Xiang Yu was a Sixth Rank Innate.

As he grew older, the killing intent in Liu Bang's heart became more and more obvious. Xiang Tian realized that something was wrong and he kept on observing Liu Bang. Xiang Tian guessed that Liu Bang definitely wanted to take revenge. After a secret inquiry, Xiang Tian was actually uneasy in his heart.

Liu Bang had reached the Sword Saint at the age of 22. After consolidating his cultivation, he went to Xiang Tian, saying that he wanted to seek revenge. Xiang Tian doted heavily on this foster son of his. Liu Bang also loved Xiang Tian as a father son.

Liu Bang had originally thought that Xiang Tian would agree, but who knew that Xiang Tian's expression would be sorrowful. He rejected him immediately and told Liu Bang that if he didn't ask his permission to take revenge, then he would have to sever all ties between father and son. How could Liu Bang bear to accept this, but he had no choice but to take revenge.

On the seventh day, Xiang Tian really could not bear to see his foster father do such a thing. He immediately told Liu Bang, as long as Xiang Tian could defeat him, he would not stop him. At this time, Xiang Tian was already a late stage Sword Saint.

Although Liu Bang felt helpless in his heart, this was the only way, as he could not bear to part with this rare fatherly love.

From then on, Liu Bang began to train assiduously. When Xiang Yu saw that his brother was sad, he also silently accompanied Liu Bang to practice martial arts.

In the blink of an eye, twenty years had passed. In these twenty years, Liu Bang's martial skills advanced by leaps and bounds, and he had already reached the strength of a late stage Sword Saint. In these twenty years, Liu Bang didn't have to challenge Xiang Tian once a year, but the difference was still a difference. Every time, he would be completely defeated.

Liu Bang suffered greatly from the torments of revenge, and often dreamed of his parents who died tragically.

One night, Liu Bang who was practicing his martial arts at the training grounds suddenly realised that Xiang Tian's complexion had turned pale, as if he had just recovered from a serious illness. Liu Bang knew that it was very likely that his foster father had suffered serious internal injuries. Although he couldn't bear it, the craziness of wanting to take revenge told him that this was a rare opportunity. Even though he struggled a few times in his heart, he still decided to challenge his foster father right now.

When Xiang Tian saw Liu Bang, who was challenging him with a pair of eyes that flashed with the desire to take revenge, he sighed in his heart. Thus, he agreed!

Although Liu Bang felt that his foster father was injured, he did not know that Xiang Tian's injuries were extremely serious.

In just a few moves, Xiang Tian suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted. It was at this time that Xiang Yu coincidentally saw Liu Bang knock his father out on the ground, blood spurting out from his mouth.

Xiang Yu's eyes immediately became wide opened as he crazily rushed towards Liu Bang. was also stunned, he never thought that his foster father would actually be so seriously injured, but for his own self-esteem, he did not care about his own safety, causing Liu Bang to immediately sniff and cry.

"Brother Yu!" Quickly go and visit your foster father! " Liu Bang shouted to Xiang Yu.

Xiang Yu reacted and stopped in an instant, but the anger in his eyes was still there, and he said to Liu Bang: "If anything happens to father, I will fight to the death with you!"

Liu Bang wanted to catch up and see the situation of his foster father, but he was sent flying by Xiang Yu's fist. Liu Bang was helpless, he knelt down in the distance and kowtowed three times to Xiang Tian, then turned and said to Xiang Yu: "After I take revenge, I will come back and beg for forgiveness!" With that, he walked into the distance.

What Liu Bang did not know was that even though he was separated by heaven, Xiang Tian would never be able to get up.

Liu Bang had already found out the background of the Chou family. Although there was a high chance that they would not be able to return after taking revenge, the suffering of the family was already very painful for Liu Bang.

However, what surprised Liu Bang was that the enemy family that had the Sword God cultivation was actually heavily injured, Liu Bang smoothly killed his enemy to take revenge. After investigation, he found out that the foster father Xiang Tian actually wanted to take revenge for him, but both sides suffered. Liu Bang finally understood that his foster father did not want him to take revenge for his own good. Against a Divine Level expert, only death awaited him.

When Liu Bang returned home, he discovered that his foster father was already in the clouds. Liu Bang's tears of blood gushed out, and slowly took out a dagger from his body, wanting to kill himself. But after looking at Xiang Yu and then looking at the Liu Family, she made a decision in an instant.

After all that had happened, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu had become mortal enemies. Xiang Yu had sought revenge on Liu Bang several times, but his strength was still lacking slightly.

Later on, the two of them established a family, one was the Liu Family, the other was the Xiang Family.

As Li Yi listened to his ancestor Li Shengtian narrate the hidden deeds of the two families, he was also rather disturbed. The power of hatred was so powerful, yet it actually created two great families as a result.

"Sigh!" Xiang Yu and I have a very good relationship, a portion of it was told to me by him, and the rest was inferred from our Li Clan's investigations. " Li Shengtian raised his head, looked at the sun and sighed, "The hatred between the two families is no longer irreconcilable, although some of the younger generation do not know of the new secret."

Li Yi rested for a while and the four of them rushed back to the Li Clan to prepare to watch the shocking battle three days later.

When Li Yi returned home, the happiest couple in the world was Li Yunfeng and his wife. When his family reunited, Li Yi once again relived the warmth that he had not felt in a long time.

After going through Li Yi's earth-shattering battle, the Han Kingdom royal family was terrified. They immediately asked the Chu Kingdom for peace, and a war that was about to spread across the entire continent was wiped out in one night.

The Chu Kingdom Emperor then conferred the title of War God to Li Yi! There are many privileges.

The name of Li Yi the War God once again swept across the entire continent like a tornado. However, many people were shocked by Li Yi's terrifying strength, especially the people from the Han Kingdom. Someone once said that if Li Yi were to use a sword on Han Kingdom every day, then the Han Kingdom would be destroyed in a few days. However, this statement shocked the entire Han Kingdom.

However, what was even more, was their worship of Li Yi. Not long after, the deep pool carved out by Li Yi in front of Phoenix Sun City became a place that people loved to visit. People on the continent wanted to see the might of this shocking sword strike.

The Chu Kingdom took the opportunity to erect a gigantic sculpture of Li Yi in front of Fengyang City. The sculpture was a hundred meters tall, and the sword in his right hand pierced through the sky, his black hair fluttering, his eyes shining.

The deep pool that was slashed out was known as a miracle, Li Yi's gigantic statue also became the object of attention. And what made Li Yi at a loss of whether to laugh or cry was that there were actually people who produced a large number of statues of Li Yi, whose swords were ready to slash, and were extremely popular at the same time. This had become a good excuse for the Li Family to make fun of Li Yi.

Even though Phoenix City was destroyed, the quickly established a compensation system for it, and because of the matter with Li Yi, Phoenix City quickly became a gathering place for people, and soon developed into a city of an even larger scale.

Li Yi used the night time to teleport to Nie Family's Mountain City. The anxious people all heaved a sigh of relief when they saw that Li Yi had returned. Li Yi told them everything that happened after he left, which caused everyone to sigh in shock. After comforting everyone, he returned to the Li Clan and waited for the three days for Liu and Xiang to fight.

Chu Kingdom!

In a room that was obviously a secret room, a tall and powerful man was standing in front of a tablet. This person was over two meters tall, with broad shoulders and a broad waist.

This man's eyes were round and wide like two copper bells, his eyes shone brightly, like the stars, his face rough, his heroic spirit filled with determination, this man was Xiang Family's ancestor, Xiang Yu.

Xiang Yu lit up three incense sticks to worship towards the tablet, and then carefully inserted the three incense sticks into the incense burner in front of the tablet, which had the words "Ancestor Xiang Tian's tablet" written on it.

"Father, I have finally broken through. Three days later, I will kill Liu Bang Na Si as a sacrifice for you. Even if we die together, I will make that child pay with his life for your revenge!" Xiang Yu muttered as he stared at the tablet. All these years, his heart was filled with endless hatred.

Hate!

He hated Liu Bang for being heartless, for killing his own father, his foster father!

Hate!

He hated himself for being incompetent, and for not being able to take revenge after so many years!

Hate!

He hated the injustice of the heaven and earth, and good people would not live for long!

Han Kingdom!

Liu Family!

This place was clearly a secret chamber. A seemingly elegant middle-aged man with a frail body was kneeling in front of a tablet and kowtowing! After the middle-aged man kowtowed, he lit three incense sticks and respectfully placed them on the incense burner before the tablet.

This person seemed to be a middle-aged man in his forties. He had a refined aura around him, his face was pale, a beard hung down from his lips, and his eyes were bright. However, deep in his eyes, there was endless grief. This person was actually the ancestor of the Liu Family, Liu Bang. The tablet he was kneeling on astonishingly read "Heavenly tablet of the foster father".

"Foster father, your son has let you down! Your son's life was saved by you, your son was raised by you, your son's martial arts were taught by you, everything that your son has done was given by you! " Liu Bang's face was filled with sorrow, he kneeled down in front of the tablet, "But, but I personally killed you!" 's face showed pain.

As if his words could ease some of the pain, Liu Bang continued to speak towards the tablet: "When this child finds out the truth of the matter, I will not be able to save the heavens, and your compassion will be exchanged with my unfilial piety. Father, you must be very sad! Initially, I wanted to follow you and leave, but Xiang Family is still weak, I want to fulfill your wish and make Xiang Family the biggest family on the continent, so I wanted to help little brother Yu and help him build a Xiang Family. Although I can't openly help Brother Yu, but I can stimulate his growth! Right now, Xiang Family has already become one of the top great clans in the continent. Father, I hope this can make up for my mistake. After so many years of suffering, I can finally let it go. I can finally follow you and no longer have to endure this heart-piercing pain. "

Liu Bang was once a legend of the continent. He single-handedly established a gigantic Liu Family, and with a stamp of his feet, the entire continent trembled.

Three days. It was very long and very long.

Many experts knew that three days later, there would be a showdown between two top experts. Any expert with higher cultivation would not want to miss out on this duel, and what they wanted to see was not just the glory of the experts, but also the opportunity to improve their cultivation. Of course, the majority of the experts wanted to watch the show.

For these people, three days was already a long time.

Three days was actually a very short period of time, almost like an instant.

Three days, three years, maybe an instant for an expert to meditate.

This was the difference. The difference in strength, the difference in attitude!

Three days, just slipped away like the clouds in the sky with the wind, leaving no trace.

Xiang Family!

Xiang Yu summoned his clan's core members to the secret room, and after everyone bowed, they sat down.

Xiang Yu looked at them from left to right, these were his descendants, the pillars of the clan.

Xiang Yu said with a serious face: "Regarding the history of the clan, you already know that I have come out this time to take revenge for what happened that year. No matter the outcome, even if I were to die in battle, I will not allow you to seek revenge!" After saying that, Xiang Yu became extremely stern.

"We vow to follow the Patriarch to the death. The Patriarch's enmity is our enmity. Patriarch, please allow us to fight!" The dozens of people instantly kneeled down and said resolutely.

Xiang Yu was very pleased, he was his own grandson after all, "The clan still needs your support, I want to die in battle, and have Xiang Fei take charge of my position. No one is allowed to bring up the matter of revenge, it's already enough for people to die, if there are any violators, they can be expelled from the clan."

On Xiang Yu's right hand side, there was a person who looked extremely similar to Xiang Yu. This person was the eldest son of Xiang Yu, Xiang Fei.

Everyone heard Xiang Yu speak sternly and knelt down together: "Ancestor!"

Xiang Yu turned to Xiang Fei and said, "In the future, I'll leave the family to you, lead the clan to glory. Revenge is my business, so don't mention it again, remember this, in the future, you have to be on good terms with the Li Family, especially with a person called Li Yi. He is not a simple person, I'm afraid that the entire continent will belong to him!"

"Yes, Patriarch!"

Xiang Yu looked at the crowd one last time and then walked away with big steps, his heart ready to die.

Han Kingdom!

Liu Family!

At this moment, the hall was already filled with people from the powerful families. Everyone knew that today, the patriarch was going to attend his appointment, a date that might be ruined.

Liu Bang slowly walked to the top position, as if he wanted to stay a moment longer.

Liu Bang's refined temperament gave off a sense of elegance, like a bamboo in the mountains, fresh and simple! But at this moment, Liu Bang gave off a heavy feeling.

Liu Bang valued relationships greatly, if not he would not have suffered so much in his heart all these years without knowing, but right now, facing his own descendants, it was hard for him to let them go, these were all his own blood!

Liu Bang suppressed the sadness in his heart, and carefully looked at the people around him. Then, he said, "Today is the day of my duel with the Liu Family Patriarch, so you all do not need to know the inner workings of this battle. From today onwards, Liu Teng will take over my position! "

"Ancestor, let us fight with you together! If you think that our Liu Family's strength is not weaker than the Xiang Family's, we will fight with them! " All the clan elders said in unison. The clan elders were extremely respectful to this refined ancestor.

was very pleased and turned serious, "If I die in battle, you are not allowed to avenge me, you are not allowed to intentionally cause trouble for the Xiang Family, and you are not allowed to expel us from the clan!"

"Plop!"

Everyone kneeled down and said, "Patriarch, please think twice. The clan cannot afford to lose their ancestor. Let us represent him in battle!" Everyone could hear the death intent in Liu Bang's words.

"Father, let your son bring you out for battle!" Liu Teng said as he knelt down. His eyes were filled with anxiety, he was clear about the grudge between his father and the Liu Family.

"Teng, don't you know father's problem! Get up! In the future, the family will be led by you! The revival of the family is on your shoulders, your every word and action will most likely affect the survival of the family! Also, you must find some time to go to the Li Clan to apologize to Li Yi personally.

After Liu Bang finished speaking, he walked out with large strides, as if he had let go of the burden in his heart, his heart was at peace.

Picking up and putting down was a form of presentation, and picking up required great courage. Picking up and putting down required not only great courage, but also great wisdom.

Pick up is the reason, put down is the result, did not pick up is unable to start to put down.

Picking up a strong courage, because to pick up a person must take responsibility, no responsible person is unworthy to pick up, only by taking on their own responsibility bravely can they truly pick up.

To put it down, to pick it up, to put it down before, means to have strong courage to take responsibility, to take responsibility for it, but to put it down, courage alone is not possible, and it requires understanding, life's understanding, we call wisdom, only by great enlightenment, understanding the cause and effect, can we truly put it down, and here, like a saint, is to have no desire, to understand the nature of the heart of heaven.