Chapter 572: Speculation
Three days after arriving in the hidden world, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue met Gu Dong.
Compared to Xue Zhang who had a combative temperament, ancestor Gu had a bookish aura.
However, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue didn’t underestimate him.
Although the man felt like a scholar, his blood was surging and concealed an overwhelming ferocity.
"Swordswoman Yu, Master Jiang, I have heard a lot about you. It’s good to finally meet you." Gu Dong greeted with an amiable smile on his lips.
"Ancestor Gu." Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue greeted.
"Please have a seat."
After that, the old man brewed a pot of tea and poured it into three cups.
"Good tea." Jiang Yue praised.
"I am old and don’t have many hobbies. Tea is one of the few things I enjoy. What about you, do you like tea?"
"My wife and her master like wine. Before I knew it, I had already become a veritable wine brewer." Jiang Yue said and the three burst into laughter.
When the laughter subsided, old Gu turned to Yu Nianzhen.
"To teach such an excellent swordswoman, your master must be very powerful." He said.
Hearing this, Jiang Yue chuckled but said nothing.
"My master is not a swordsman." Yu Nianzhen said with a soft look in his eyes.
It had been more than one thousand years since he saw his master and sworn brothers.
Now that someone mentioned them, he couldn’t help but miss them a little.
"Not a swordsman?" Gu Dong didn’t believe it.
After all, Yu Yue was less than twenty years old.
If her master wasn’t a powerful swordsman, how could he teach such a disciple?
"Believe it." Jiang Yue said, sipped his tea, and quickly continued.
"My wife is a self-taught swordswoman."
When he heard this, Gu Dong couldn’t help but be shocked.
His hand subconsciously trembled and his gaze turned solemn.
"May I ask where swordswoman Yu and Master Jiang come from?" He asked.
"We used to be ordinary people but later encountered an opportunity." Jiang Yue vaguely revealed their origin.
"Is that so?" Gu Dong said.
Although he was curious, he didn’t insist on asking.
After all, he and the two people were strangers.
If he asked too many questions, he would disgust the two and their relationship would break down.
After that, no one spoke until Yu Nianzhen broke the silence five minutes later.
"Ancestor Gu, we want to ask about the ancient relic." Yu Nianzhen said without beating around the bush.
"What does swordswoman Yu want to know?"
"What can you tell us?"
Hearing this, Gu Dong narrowed his eyes.
However, he and the council had already expected that swordswoman Yu and Master Jiang would come to them.
Now that their speculations had come true, Gu Dong directly revealed what he could.
"More than one hundred thousand years ago, the hidden world suffered a catastrophe. Most of our records and resources were lost during this catastrophe. However, some records still remain." Gu Dong said, his eyebrows creased into a frown.
"What do the records say?"
"After studying the records, we don’t know the truth about the ancient relic. However, we know the relic is something our ancestors brought from another world."
When they heard this, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue looked at each other in surprise.
They didn’t expect the truth to be like this.
After thinking about it, Yu Nianzhen had some suspicions and his eyes narrowed in thought.
"Ancestor Gu, did your ancestors travel to another world or did they originally come from another world?" He asked.
Hearing this, Gu Dong carefully looked at the two.
In fact, he didn’t casually mention the matter.
The purpose of mentioning other worlds was to gauge the reaction of the two people.
At this time, he confirmed that the two knew about other worlds besides Earth.
’Could the opportunity the mentioned be related to another world?’ Gu Dong couldn’t help but wonder.
However, he forcibly kept his cool and answered Yu Nianzhen’s question.
"The records are unclear about this matter. We don’t know if our ancestors are natives of Earth or another world."
"Is that so?" Jiang Yue muttered but millions of thoughts were flashing in his mind.
Originally, he and Yu Nianzhen had nothing to do with the hidden world.
However, the way of heaven forcibly drafted them to enter the ancient relic.
Considering this, the two were surer that the way of heaven wanted them to uncover something in the ancient relic.
"What’s the population of the hidden world?" Yu Nianzhen suddenly asked and Jiang Yue looked at him in shock.
"You don’t think..." He started but couldn’t finish.
"It’s likely." Yu Nianzhen said and helplessly sighed.
"Swordswoman Yu, Master Jiang, what are you talking about?" Gu Dong asked.
Unfortunately, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue did indulge his curiosity.
At this point, everything was just their speculation.
Until they entered the ancient relic, they wouldn’t know for sure the intentions of the way of heaven.
"Ancestor Gu, how many people are in the hidden world?" Jiang Yue urgently asked.
"Close to four thousand." Gu Dong said and the other two looked at each other with a meaningful look in their eyes.
Although their ancient palace was not enough to house so many people, they had several flying ships.
The ships belonged to the pirates and robbers they encountered in the Reincarnation World and their size was not small.
If they had to migrate everyone from the hidden world, the ships were certainly enough.
However, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen were not convinced.
After all, they were not saints.
This time, they specifically came to Earth to retrieve their friends and relatives.
If asked to bring back a group of strangers, neither of the two was willing.
Unless the way of heaven compensated them for their troubles, the two were absolutely unwilling to do such a troublesome thing as migrating four thousand strangers.
’Maybe Azhen and I are overthinking.’ Jiang Yue thought and forcibly tried to suppress his discomfort.
However, the unease lingered at the back of his mind and refused to be quashed.
