Novel Full Chapter 456 - 220 Clues
Chapter 456: Chapter 220 Clues
Su Mo looked at the box and then at Li Zhengyuan.
His gaze carried a trace of confusion.
This box was taken by Duan Song from the Ziyang Escort Agency, and according to the letter from Su Tianyang, this object was actually entrusted to Su Tianyang by the Ziyang Sect for safekeeping.
Now, the questions Su Mo was asking, this box obviously couldn’t provide the answers.
Li Zhengyuan smiled, gesturing for Su Mo to take a seat first, then sat down opposite him.
“Do you know the origin of this box?”
Li Zhengyuan’s first question after sitting down rendered Su Mo speechless.
He shook his head gently: “Please enlighten me, Grandmaster.”
“This box… was found by your great-grandfather, Su Chengyu.”
Li Zhengyuan didn’t beat around the bush: “Inside this box, there lies a huge secret, including the secret of the Snake Head Sword.
“Yet for many years, even your great-grandfather was unable to open this Secret Message Box.
“In the end, it could only be passed down through the generations of the Su Family.
“It started with your grandfather, then your father.
“Now…this box should actually be handed over to you.”
“…”
Su Mo looked at the Secret Message Box pushed towards him by Li Zhengyuan, at a loss for words for a moment.
He had previously heard Uncle Fu mention that everyone in the Su family had their secrets.
His father was like this, his grandfather was too; could it be… that their secrets were all within this Secret Message Box?
“What exactly is the secret hidden in this Secret Message Box? And what’s the deal with that Snake Head Sword?”
Su Mo couldn’t help looking towards Li Zhengyuan.
Li Zhengyuan sighed:
“This matter goes way back, to the time when your great-grandfather Su Chengyu was brought back by the Grandmaster.
“My Grandmaster, known among Jianghu people as Hero Tieyang.
“’Tie’ stands for his impartiality, while ’Yang’ describes his martial arts prowess and obscurely hints at his origins.
“He was dashing and forthright, just and incorruptible.
“His martial arts were unparalleled in Donghuang, and while it’s presumptuous to say he was invincible there, very few could defeat him.
“One thing to note, he enjoyed roaming the world, whether it be the Northern Territory, Ten Thousand Mile Ice Field, or South Sea, he had ventured to all.
“Intending to wipe out the injustices of the world with his own strength.
“However, such an endeavor is as challenging as ascending to the heavens.
“Yet he indulged in it tirelessly, spending most of each year traveling all around the world.
“Every year-end, though, he would return on time and always prepared some gifts for my mentor and my mastes.
“But there was one year…when he did not return as expected…
“Considering his martial prowess, the members of our sect were not worried about his safety.
“Assuming he was simply detained by some affair and could not extricate himself temporarily.
“However, three months after the new year, one night, he returned to the Ziyang Sect covered in blood.
“Only then did everyone realize that for those three months, he had been entangled with a group of mysterious individuals.
“This gang had extraordinary martial arts, were brutally cold-hearted, and had particularly cunning methods.
“And on their clothing was the emblem of a Snake Head Sword.
“When Grandmaster first encountered them, he rescued a child from their grasp, which marked the beginning of a three-month long entanglement.
“Willions on his body, both visible and hidden, numbered no less than several hundred.
“No one knew what kind of willpower he relied on to force himself to return to the sect on his last breath.
“All we knew was that before his passing, he instructed us to take the child he had saved under our wing.
“Unfortunately, his life was at its end, and he ultimately couldn’t teach the boy himself, leaving my mentor to pass on the teachings in his place.
“And that child…was your great-grandfather, Su Chengyu.”
“So it was… to save my great-grandfather?”
Su Mo looked up in astonishment.
Li Zhengyuan nodded slightly: “This has always been a knot in your great-grandfather’s heart that he could never undo.
“Though the mentor repeatedly said, the Grandmaster acted not for any reward, but to live a life without regret, true to his own heart and to the Path of Chivalry.
“Seeing a young child in dire peril, if he did not save him, his lifelong cultivation of martial arts would have been in vain.
“Because of this, he never harbored any resentment towards Su Chengyu.
“However… Master Su always felt he fell short of the Grandmaster’s expectations, and since a young age, he tended toward melancholy.
“After growing up, even with his extraordinary martial skills and wisdom, past the age of twenty, not even my mentor could withstand more than three moves against him.
“Later, he made considerable contributions to the secttime and again.
“At that time, the Demon Path was thriving, with continuous clashes between good and evil.
“Your great-grandfather single-handedly turned the tide and saved the day on three separate occasions.
“As a result, the Sect Leader intended to hand over the leadership, to have him shoulder the responsibility of the Ziyang Sect.
“But Master Su was not willing and simply awaited the settling of the confrontations between good and evil before resolutely leaving the Ziyang Sect.
“He set up the Ziyang Escort Agency in Luoxia City.
“Whether the escort agency was important to him wasn’t the point; he merely wanted to leverage the convenience of escorting to search for those people.
“However, to everyone’s surprise…
“After years went by, the reputation of the Ziyang Escort Agency soared, and its footprints covered the majority of Donghuang.”
As Li Zhengyuan spoke up to this point, he couldn’t help but shake his head and smile.