At this moment, Ye Xiao wanted to turn and flee. His blood no longer felt drawn by a strange force, but the words that came from the glowing stone made Ye Xiao pause for a moment.
"Don't be afraid, child. I am your ancestor, and you are my descendant. There's nothing to be afraid of."
Ehhh...
My ancestor?
And the next moment, the stone emitted a light like a flashlight, and from that light emerged the figure of an old man with a face and body covered in wrinkles.
Seeing the appearance of the figure formed from the light, Ye Xiao looked surprised and doubtful. Certainly, in the Ye family residence, especially in the residence of the Ye family head, there was a large portrait of the Ye family ancestor hung on the wall. And the appearance in the picture was very similar to the figure formed from the light stone. Therefore, Ye Xiao doubted whether what the figure said was true.
But, Ye Xiao immediately shook his head and said,
"Impossible, you must be a fraud."
As he spoke, Ye Xiao turned to leave. He didn't want to believe the words of the figure formed from the stone's light. After all, Ye Xiao knew many of the deception methods a cultivator could employ.
Although Ye Xiao didn't know how a stone could emit light and form a figure that resembled his ancestor, his gut feeling told him it was definitely a trick.
"Hehe, kid, did I trick you? Tell me how did I trick you?" Seeing that Ye Xiao still didn't believe him and was about to leave, the shadowy figure resembling the Ye family ancestor spoke with a smile, but at this moment, Ye Xiao's body became uncontrollable again.
Ehhhh...
"Let me go..." Feeling his body become unrecognizable again, Ye Xiao was shocked and immediately realized that this must have been caused by the shadowy figure formed from the stone's light. He immediately asked the shadowy figure resembling his ancestor to let him go.
"Tell me, how did I trick you?" The shadowy figure resembling his ancestor spoke again with a calm expression, clearly understanding Ye Xiao's current fear.
"I don't know. I just can't believe what you're saying," Ye Xiao replied resignedly. He tried his best to control his body, but he couldn't. At this moment, Ye Xiao doubted whether the shadow figure was lying to him. After all, it could do something to his body without Ye Xiao being able to do anything, but up until now, the old shadow figure hadn't done anything, merely confirming the truth of his identity.
He thought that if the shadow figure resembling the Ye family ancestor wanted to do something bad, couldn't it just do it without having to go through the trouble of convincing him?
"Are you calming down now?" Seeing the change in Ye Xiao's expression, the shadow figure asked again.
"What can I do? You won't let me do anything," Ye Xiao said, shaking his head. Indeed, after trying for a while, he realized he couldn't do anything, so Ye Xiao felt he didn't need to do anything anymore.
Furthermore, Ye Xiao tried to calm himself down, because in this situation, he could only gamble on whether the shadow figure that had emerged from the glowing stone had a sinister plan or not.
Seeing Ye Xiao's attitude, the shadowy figure that resembled the Ye family ancestor smiled, he thought that if he had made Ye Xiao surrender from the start, he wouldn't have had to go to the trouble of explaining at length to convince him.
"Alright, since I don't have much time, I'll just get straight to the point." The shadowy figure resembling the Ye family ancestor began to speak, and at the same time, the power controlling Ye Xiao's bloodline suddenly disappeared.
Feeling the foreign power no longer controlling his body, Ye Xiao felt like this figure had no ill intentions towards him. He began to listen to what the shadowy figure resembling the Ye family ancestor had to say with a serious expression.
"As I told you, I am the ancestor of the Ye family. More precisely, my current form is the remnant of my soul energy that I once left within this stone. And with the Ye bloodline in your body, the stone I left behind can attract you to this place. But of course, that also depends on your talent and opportunity. The point is, you were able to find this place because of your great luck and opportunity. Essentially, you are my bloodline, chosen to receive what I left behind," the old shadowy figure explained, explaining the preciousness of what he left behind in this place.
"Eh, you mean... you are just a remnant of my ancestor's soul?" Ye Xiao was shocked by the old shadowy figure's words.
"Yes, that's right. Look closely. Don't you recognize your ancestor's aura on that stone?" The old shadow nodded in response to Ye Xiao's words and asked Ye Xiao to take a closer look at the stone.
"My ancestor's aura?..." Ye Xiao tried to observe; there was indeed an aura on the stone, but Ye Xiao shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, but I don't recognize my ancestor's aura."
Ehhhh...
You...
"How can you not recognize your ancestor's aura?" Hearing Ye Xiao's answer, the old shadow was shocked, and his expression turned sullen, as if he was angry with Ye Xiao's answer.
"Yes, I don't recognize my ancestor's aura." Ye Xiao replied again with the same answer.
"You... how can you not recognize your ancestor's aura?" The old shadow became even angrier upon hearing the same answer from Ye Xiao.
Ehhhh...
Now, Ye Xiao was confused as to why the old shadow who claimed to be his ancestor was angry.
What's wrong with someone who doesn't know?
Didn't I just awaken my golden core?
How could I have sensed anyone's aura before?
But as he thought that, Ye Xiao suddenly discovered the reason behind the angry expression of the old shadow figure before him.
"Eh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it the way you think, but I truly don't recognize my ancestor's aura, because I just awakened my golden core." Ye Xiao explained that the old shadow figure was wrong about him, because that was indeed the case.