Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1560 The Untamed 40

The cause of his parents' death remained a mystery, so Wei Ying naturally wanted to investigate. "Besides, I also want to go to the mass grave to see if I can find some of my parents' belongings..."

Jiang Cheng couldn't bear to see Wei Ying feeling down, so he stood up, patted his shoulder, and said comfortingly, "It doesn't matter if you can't find Uncle Wei and Cangse Sanren's relics. Your existence is already their greatest contribution to this world."

Lan Zhan, who had originally felt sorry for Wei Ying's parents, noticed something unusual after listening to their analysis and offered, "My uncle once went on night hunts with Cangse Sanren and Young Master Wei Changze. Perhaps he knows a lot."

Wei Ying finally pulled himself together and solemnly bowed to Lan Zhan in thanks, "Then I'll trouble Second Young Master Lan to ask Mr. Lan for me."

Lan Zhan tactfully left the space to Jiang Cheng and Wei Ying, and he went back to his room to write a letter to his uncle Lan Qiren. In the letter, he also mentioned that Jiang Fengmian might have encountered secret obstacles when he was looking for someone, and hoped to get useful clues from Lan Qiren.

After Lan Zhan left, Wei Ying sighed deeply. He didn't dare to think too deeply about what kind of conspiracy his parents had encountered. But when he thought about his parents' unjust death, he could only offer tablets for them in Yunmeng. Not to mention their corpses, he couldn't even set up a cenotaph.

Wei Ying couldn't help but smile bitterly as he asked Jiang Cheng, "Ah Cheng, how powerful do you think one must be to be able to deceive the Jiang family in a place closer to Yunmeng?"

Jiang Cheng analyzed carefully, "Let's rule out the Lan and Nie families first. Of the remaining Wen and Jin families, I'm more inclined to the Jin family."

"Back then, Lotus Pier faced a major crisis. If it weren't for my mother bringing support from the Meishan Yu Clan, I'm afraid our Yunmeng Jiang Clan would have been relegated to a second-rate family, and would never have been able to maintain its position as a top family."

"I've also secretly investigated some of this over the years, but most of the elders from back then are no longer alive, and the remaining branches may not know the inside story. But what I do know is that Uncle Wei is also implicated."

Wei Ying really didn't expect that there were so many things involved. Since he was old enough to understand, the Yunmeng Jiang Clan has been one of the five major families. Even though the rankings within the five major families change from time to time, it is normal for the top families to suppress other families. What's more, since he started practicing with Jiang Cheng, Jiang Yanli and so many other brothers, the strength of the Jiang Clan has continued to increase.

So he really couldn't imagine that the Jiang family was still so dangerous and almost became a second-rate family.

There is also his father's status in the Yunmeng Jiang family. People outside generally believe that his father, Wei Changze, is a servant of the Jiang family. Even though he is the companion of Jiang Fengmian, the head of the Jiang family, he is definitely not a guest official of the Jiang family and has a low status.

But what Jiang Fengmian and other people in the Jiang family told him was very different. Jiang Fengmian said that Wei Changze was a fellow apprentice who grew up with him, just like him and Jiang Cheng.

Wei Ying took a deep breath and asked Jiang Cheng, "So, what exactly was the crisis that the Jiang family faced back then?"

Jiang Cheng sighed, but then spoke of something else. "You should know that the hundreds of immortal sects today have almost completely established a basic yet stubborn environment based on blood ties and marriages."

Wei Ying nodded, and thinking of the current situation of the Jiang Clan, he couldn't help but say, "But nothing in this world is absolute. Even though all the immortal families value bloodlines, there are still those like the Jiang Clan who recruit disciples from outside. Moreover, which immortal family doesn't have guest officials?"

Jiang Cheng shook his head. "But that's not enough. Those who can become guest officials are almost all independent cultivators with great talent or luck. Most of them have made their mark on their own and were accepted into the ranks of the hundreds of immortal sects along the way. We only see that the Jiang family's guest officials can freely choose the Jiang family's techniques to verify and learn, and they are also very willing to share what they have learned with the Jiang family—"

Wei Ying understood, "So there must be some guest officials who are willing to join the hundreds of immortal sects because they are forced or even desperate."

Jiang Cheng continued, "From what I've learned, the Jiang Clan realized the dangers of continuing this way early on. So, starting with the previous generations of clan leaders, they used the excuse of purchasing servants to aggressively recruit talented ordinary people from all over the world. Originally, this wasn't a problem, but the problem was that it led to the Jiang Clan's rapid growth, attracting the attention of other clans. As a result, the Jiang Clan was forced to lay off a large number of personnel, nearly bringing disaster upon themselves."

Wei Ying really didn't know that the Jiang family had encountered such a major crisis not long ago.

He couldn't help but laugh, "No wonder the hundreds of immortal families are wary of the Jiang family. The Jiang family's move is just digging into the foundation of the family!"

In this way, Wei Ying finally understood why his father was a slave of the Jiang family outside, but a relative within the Jiang family.

Jiang Cheng also laughed at himself, "Yeah, I asked a lot of people and found out that before the Sun Shooting Campaign, the Jiang family was almost surrounded and annihilated by hundreds of immortal sects."

Jiang Cheng directly excluded the Lan and Nie families purely because the Lan family did not easily interfere in the affairs of other families. Even the vassal families of the Lan family around Gusu would only be interfered with if they were specifically invited.

The Nie family, being the only one to practice swordsmanship among all the aristocratic sword-practicing families, was independent and eye-catching enough. Therefore, they would not easily interfere in the internal affairs of the Jiang family, even though the Jiang family's actions back then were seen as undermining the family's foundation.

Therefore, the only ones who could force Jiang to cut off his own arms and almost fall into ruin were Wen and Jin.

The Jin family is the bloodline of the former imperial dynasty. They appear wealthy and elegant on the outside, but in fact, such publicity conceals countless shady schemes. One can get a glimpse of the whole situation just by looking at every handover of the position of the head of the Jin family.

As for the Wen Clan, the Qishan Wen Clan has been destroyed now, the direct lineage has been slaughtered, and even the side branches are only left with the Dafan Mountain medical lineage that has been separated for hundreds of years.

But before the destruction, the position of Immortal Supervisor was almost established for the Wen family of Qishan. It can be seen that the origin of the Wen family's ancestors must be not low. Not only is it higher than the Jiang family's ancestors who were born as knights and the Nie family's ancestors who were born as butchers, it is even higher than the Jin family's ancestors who were born as relatives of the emperor.

In the secular sense, the only beings with higher status than the royal family are those who practice Taoism.

The Wen Clan has always been very conservative. If Wen Ruohan had not used the Yin Iron, the Qishan Wen Clan would probably not have been destroyed. Therefore, it must have been the Qishan Wen Clan who forced the Jiang Clan to cut off their arms. However, they were not necessarily the ones who plotted against Wei Changze and Cangse Sanren.

Wei Ying listened for a while, then smiled and said, "After all, you still have a certain prejudice against the Jin family."

Jiang Cheng didn't deny it, and even admitted it directly, "With all those shady methods that Jin Guangshan uses, I wouldn't be surprised if he did anything. I even think that Jin Zixun was deliberately spoiled by him. Look at how Jin Zixun acted like the master of Jinlingtai. He jumped out even when the legitimate young master, Jin Zixuan, was still there."