Mythical Scroll Artist: Starting with the God of Wealth, Zhao Gongming

Chapter 158 Fragments of Divine Power
"He..." Wu Xian asked, puzzled, "What's wrong?"

“Back then, I fought alongside my family in the dimensional rift and was trapped and died,” Xue Qingyang explained. “But Third Master just said that he seemed to see Second Uncle in the dimensional rift.”

Wu Xian was silent. It was obviously unlikely that he had been brought back to life; he was afraid that he had become a puppet of evil forces.

"The Zerg dimensional rift, is it?"

“That’s right,” Master Xue nodded solemnly, “Looking at the entire Yaoyang, only your golden scroll can penetrate into it.”

Wu Xian understood; he definitely had to help.

But I still have many questions in my mind.

Soon after, they arrived at the Xue family's residence.

After hearing Third Master Xue explain the situation, the entire Xue family was deeply moved, and even the patriarch, Xue Zhengheng, couldn't help but have tears welling up in his eyes. "Third Uncle, are you sure you didn't see wrong? It really is Zhengying?"

“There’s no mistake,” Master Xue said with certainty. “I would never mistake Zheng Ying.”

Xue Zhengheng took a deep breath and immediately began arranging clan affairs, preparing to go with Third Master Xue.

At the same time, Xue Lingling, having heard the news, rushed out shouting.

"Second brother...second brother is still alive?"

Xue Lingling was more agitated than ever before, and it was the first time Wu Xian had ever seen her so out of control.

"Little sister, what are you doing?" Xue Zhengheng said anxiously and scolded, "Stay at home and comprehend your ancestral heritage. What are you doing here? Go away, we can handle this."

"No! I must go—!" Xue Lingling's eyes were resolute, her voice trembling, "I must bring my second brother home!"

Seeing this, Xue Zhengheng could only helplessly rub his forehead.

"At least we know the person is still alive, there's still a chance!" Master Xue took a deep breath, clearly not holding out much hope. "My Xue family sons will always return to their roots."

As they spoke, more than ten elites from the Xue family had already assembled.

The group embarked on their journey to the Zerg dimension in a grand procession, each face radiating determination and resolve.

"Third Master, why did you drag my good disciple into this?" Xue Lingling calmed down a bit and asked in confusion, "This is a matter for our Xue family, there's no need to involve him."

Master Xue sighed helplessly, "Zhengying's position is too deep; Wu Xian is of great use."

Upon hearing this, the Xue family members all looked puzzled.

"Wu Xian's golden scroll is a Bug-type special attack scroll, which will be of great help to our trip. You will understand when the time comes," Third Master Xue said calmly.

"A bug-type special attack scroll?" Xue Zhengheng and the others couldn't help but be curious.

Even Xue Lingling's eyes showed a hint of confusion, after all, she had never met Wu Xian's Pleiades Star Lord.

They only know that the [Guardian Chicken King] is very effective against bug-type monsters, but the highest level Guardian Chicken King can currently achieve is only silver axis, right?

In fact, they had prepared several servings of the Silver Axis "King of Chickens" for this trip.

"The King of Chickens has been upgraded to Gold Rolls?" Xue Lingling asked in surprise.

“No, not at all,” Wu Xian explained thoughtfully, “I recently created another golden scroll, which can be considered the rise of the King of Chickens.”

"The scroll depicting the rise of the King of Chickens to power?" The Xue family members were secretly shocked.

Xue Lingling's beautiful eyes sparkled with admiration. Only now did she understand why her third uncle insisted on bringing Wu Xian along.

It's important to know that the Guardian Chicken King already has a strong insect-specific attack ability, and the Guardian Chicken King's superior scroll will only be more effective.

Wu Xian silently looked around at the Xue family members and could clearly sense that everyone in the Xue family cared a lot about Xue Zhengying.

The purpose of this trip was simply to bring back Xue Zhengying, who had died far from home.

"Master, why was your second brother trapped and killed in the Zerg dimensional rift back then?" Wu Xian couldn't help but ask curiously.

"For the continuation of the family line," Xue Lingling said with sorrow and bitterness.

"Huh?" Wu Xian was puzzled. Faced with Wu Xian's question, the Xue family members remained silent.

Finally, it was Master Xue who spoke up quietly: "As the founding family of a martial arts school, it is no easy feat to have survived to this day."

"What do you mean?" Wu Xian was still puzzled.

Master Xue paused, then looked up at the sky with a sense of melancholy. “Countless members of the Xue family have sacrificed themselves to continue the legacy of their ancestors.”

Wu Xian took a deep breath and suddenly realized a serious problem.

According to the family ranking, the Xue family seems to be "missing" quite a few people.

In other words, the Xue family has only managed to survive until now at the cost of human lives and sacrifices.

"Why?" Wu Xian pressed, "Is it because of the other necromancer dojo families targeting us?"

“The targeting from other families is secondary,” Xue Zhengheng shook his head and sighed. “The most important thing is maintaining the divine domain authority within the [Founding Core], which is also the most important mission for generations of my Xue family.”

Wu Xian became increasingly confused as he listened. "Does the divine realm's authority still need to be maintained?"

“Of course,” Xue Zhengheng replied without hesitation, “Once the Divine Realm is constructed and condensed, it is like a wheel that can never stop, requiring massive resources to maintain it, and the authority imprinted in my clan’s heritage is naturally the same.”

"Once the Divine Realm is established, it can no longer be stopped?" Wu Xian was stunned.

Xue Lingling shook her head and said, "It's not that we can't stop, but once we stop, we have to start all over again."

Wu Xian clicked his tongue in amazement.

“The maintenance and development of the Divine Realm cannot be separated from something called ‘Divine Power Fragments’ in another dimension,” Xue Lingling continued to explain. “The Divine Realm authority of my Xue family is essentially a string of underlying code imprinted in the God Realm of the Dead back then. Other founding families don’t care about this string of code, so we can only rely on ourselves.”

Upon hearing this, Wu Xian finally understood.

To put it bluntly, every generation of the Xue family over the past thousand years has been striving to maintain the continuation of this "authority".

They were waiting for an outstanding descendant to step forward and lead the Xue family back to the Realm of the Dead.

"What are divine power fragments?" Wu Xian asked, puzzled. "Divine power factors?"

“Divine power factors can only be considered as fragments of divine power that have been dispersed and weakened into countless branches. When divine power factors are further dispersed and weakened, they become what is called spiritual matter,” Xue Lingling explained. “And such things as divine power fragments can only be found in the bodies of true extradimensional beings.”

Wu Xian clicked his tongue in realization.

As mentioned before, the so-called three dimensional control zones of Yaoyang City are essentially just human territories that have been eroded and assimilated by extradimensional forces, and are not true extradimensional worlds.

The reason why generations of Xue family members have ventured deep into the dimensional rift is to obtain [Divine Power Fragments] and maintain their divine domain authority.

During subsequent inquiries, it was learned that there were a total of six direct descendants of the Xue family's third master, but only the eldest and the third son survived. The other collateral and branch families also suffered heavy casualties.

The eldest among them was the father of the current family head, Xue Zhengheng, who eventually passed away early due to hidden injuries.

And that third brother is none other than the current Master Xue.

As the youngest daughter of the previous family head, Xue Lingling was raised by her older brothers and sisters from a young age and had a deep affection for them.

Yes, there are four members of Xue Lingling's direct lineage.

Besides Xue Zhengheng and Xue Zhengying, there was also a third sister who died five years ago in a strange abyss dimensional rift because the family was trying to obtain a fragment of divine power.

Speaking of these past events, the Xue family members all had red eyes and were filled with grief.

As an outsider, Wu Xian also felt a strange heaviness in his heart.

Although he could understand the sacrifices made by generations of the Xue family, he couldn't help but feel puzzled by their perseverance.

Is it really worth it for that so-called divine access?

At least from the Xue family's perspective, it was worthwhile.

Perhaps this is the fundamental reason why the Xue family has been able to continue to exist to this day?
(End of this chapter)