Chapter 52: Chapter 52
Cecilia looked as if she had been abandoned by a heartless lover. Her words were full of misery, her eyes brimming with tears as she gazed at Adam with a pitiful expression.
Adam could not bear such a gaze. It felt as if he had committed some unforgivable, heaven-defying crime.
"Cecilia, don’t talk nonsense. We have depended on each other since we were young. How could I abandon you!"
Adam gently wiped the tears from the corners of Cecilia’s eyes and explained helplessly, "The Sword Sect is a great sect, and you possess a peerless physique like the Innate Dao Body. It must not be buried here."
"Your Young Master is merely in the Qi Refining Realm. You staying by my side is nothing but a hindrance to you."
Cecilia did not believe a word of it. "Young Master, you are spouting nonsense. You are not in the Qi Refining Realm at all."
"It was you who made a move today and rescued me from those two Heaven’s Chosen of the Ancient Clan. And those Sword Talismans from a Sword Sect expert? Those were talismans you refined yourself."
Seeing that he had been exposed on the spot, Adam had no choice but to tell the truth. "Cecilia, your origin is extraordinary. How powerful is the Ancient Clan?"
"I spared no effort today to eliminate them at the root, all to prevent your trail from being exposed."
"But the entire Silver Willow Imperial Family knows of your existence, and it is not certain that those of the Ancient Clan do not know as well."
"They will follow the trail, and sooner or later, they will find me. If you are still in the capital when that happens, I will be in mortal danger."
Cecilia was not a stupid person. After the series of events today, she too realized that her origin was somewhat unusual.
Her eyes filled with worry. "Young Master, if that is the case, Cecilia cannot leave you even more."
"If those people from the Ancient Clan cannot find me, they will definitely find trouble with you. How could Cecilia abandon you!"
Desolate Sword, watching Cecilia weeping and wailing from the side, could not stand it any longer. He started to lecture. "You little brat, I thought pies truly fell from the sky! I did not expect you to have such underhanded schemes."
"It turns out you just wanted to borrow the power of my Sword Sect to save this little girl’s life."
Hearing the teasing in Desolate Sword’s words, which carried no hint of blame, Adam gave his guarantee. "Senior Desolate Sword, please rest assured. Those two Heaven’s Chosen from the Ancient Clan have already been eliminated by me."
"With my methods, regardless of the heaven-reaching capabilities those Ancient Clan members possess, they will never discover a single clue."
"The only thing that worries me is that the Silver Willow Imperial Family knows Cecilia is my maidservant. Those people from the Ancient Clan will definitely come looking for me."
"However, please rest assured, Senior. I will never reveal a single word. I will never involve the Sword Sect because of Cecilia’s matter."
A flash of admiration appeared in Desolate Sword’s eyes. "You little brat, you have quite a bit of ease about you."
"But rest assured, even if it were revealed that Cecilia is in my Sword Sect, so what? Those mere ancient clans, scurrying about like rats, what kind of climate can they amount to?"
Judging by his tone, Desolate Sword seemed to hold a certain disdain for the Ancient Ash Clan.
Could it be that the Ancient Ash Clan is not as powerful as I imagined? Confusion flickered through Adam’s eyes.
"Senior Desolate Sword, the Ancient Ash Clan is so powerful. Why are you so disdainful of them?"
Desolate Sword smiled faintly, a trace of pride surfacing in his gaze. "You little brat, it seems you do not understand these so-called ancient clans at all!"
"The ancient clans have their own secret realms, a long heritage, and an unfathomable foundation. Their strength is naturally powerful."
"However, they succeed because of their secret realms and fail because of them. Within those secret realms, even ten Sword Sects might not be a match for the Ancient Ash Clan. But once they leave, they might not be able to do anything to my Sword Sect."
Seeing that Adam still carried deep confusion in his eyes, Desolate Sword continued. "Little brat, do you know that to become a Mortal Supreme, one must comprehend the Great Dao Laws!"
"This is common knowledge that even a three-year-old child knows."
"That Heavenly Void Mystic Realm is a world unto itself. Within it, comprehending Dao Laws comes easily. But it is ultimately different from our great world of heaven and earth."
"Once they leave the Heavenly Void Mystic Realm, those people will be suppressed by the rules of heaven and earth. The more powerful one’s cultivation, the more severe the suppression."
"Furthermore, with the existence of the Adjudicator Divine Envoy, those Heaven and Earth Deities within the ancient clans are forbidden from appearing on the land of the Eastern Continent."
So that is how it is. Although Adam did not completely understand every implication of Desolate Sword’s words, he grasped the core of it. Ancient clans as powerful as these had to be restricted by rules he knew nothing about.
In other words, the ancient clans’ power was immense, but it might not necessarily be fully manifested in this world.
Thinking of this, Adam felt the heavy burden on his shoulders lighten considerably. However, Desolate Sword’s next words tightened his heart all over again.
"Do not be too happy yet, little brat. The Sixth Heaven and Earth Upheaval will arrive before long."
"If it evolves to its depths, those ancient clan secret realms will reappear in this world."
"At that time, the rules of heaven and earth will invade those secret realms. Once the rules assimilate the Dao Laws within, the people from those realms will completely break free from suppression."
"At that time, the power of the ancient clans will truly be fully manifested."
Fortunately, this could still be considered good news. Although it was not as wonderful as he had imagined, there was still some time before the Heaven and Earth Upheaval evolved to its depths.
