Chapter 1452 Encountering Tianpeng Again (1)
"Peng Jiuyuan? A remnant of the Heavenly Court?"
Uncle Peng"s reaction stunned Zhou Shu.
He was even more shocked than when he learned that this was the Zhu Rong Heavenly Kingdom.
Peng Jiuyuan actually called himself a remnant of the Heavenly Court!
Moreover, what did Peng Jiuyuan mean by kneeling to him?
Did he recognize him?
Speaking of which, even he didn"t know what his relationship with the Ancient Heavenly Court was. Why did these people call him lord?
w.a.n.g E, the heavenly general of the Jade Pivot Fire Palace, called him lord, and so did Peng Jiuyuan.
Zhou Shu was silent for a moment before saying, "Uncle Peng, get up first. There are some things I"m still a little confused about…"
"Lord, you can call me Peng Jiuyuan," Peng Jiuyuan said and got up from the ground. His expression was complicated, but there was a hint of excitement in his eyes.
Zhou Shu: "…"
He had a million thoughts in his mind, and he didn"t know where to start.
He had originally thought that Uncle Peng was just a villager. But now, the truth was clearly different.
In that case, it wasn"t an accident that he fell into the Zhu Rong Heavenly Kingdom?
Zhou Shu carefully recalled what had happened after he dealt the final blow to the Xuan Ming Black Emperor, but he couldn"t think of anything.
He had lost consciousness after dealing the final blow. He had no idea what had happened after that or how he had fallen to the Zhu Rong Heavenly Kingdom.
If this wasn"t a coincidence, there was only one possibility.
The Legendary Armament Canon!
It was the Legendary Armament Canon that had brought him to the Zhu Rong Heavenly Kingdom before it was destroyed!
Zhou Shu wasn"t imagining things. Thinking back to how both Wu Gang and w.a.n.g E could sense the aura of the Legendary Armament Canon, didn"t this mean that Peng Jiuyuan called him lord because he could also sense the aura of the Legendary Armament Canon?
But Wu Gang and w.a.n.g E were both part of the 36 generals of the Ancient Heavenly Court. Their cultivation and strength were unfathomable.
But after Zhou Shu used his divine ability Unparalleled Benevolence, Peng Jiuyuan"s strength was very ordinary. How could he sense the aura of the Legendary Armament Canon?
"I"d better call you Uncle Peng for now," Zhou Shu said. "Otherwise, it won"t be easy to explain it to them."
Zhou Shu pointed outside the door.
Peng Jiuyuan understood and smiled bitterly. "That"s right. Lord, you look much younger than me…"
Peng Jiuyuan looked to be in his fifties, while Zhou Shu looked to be in his twenties. The villagers outside had never seen many experts. If Zhou Shu called Peng Jiuyuan by his name, they would probably find it difficult to understand.
"In the future, I will be impolite in front of others," Peng Jiuyuan said. "But in private, you should call me Peng Jiuyuan."
Zhou Shu nodded. He couldn"t be bothered to argue with Peng Jiuyuan on this issue. He pondered and asked, "Peng Jiuyuan, you said that you"re a remnant of the Heavenly Court?"
"Yes," Peng Jiuyuan said seriously. "My ancestor is one of the thirty-six heavenly generals of the Heavenly Court, Peng Zushou.
"Back then, my ancestor was ordered to hide in the Zhu Rong Heavenly Kingdom. Unfortunately, he was seriously injured and entered the Dao within a few years. The Peng family has pa.s.sed down our ancestor"s will for generations. Until now, I"m already the twenty-seventh generation."
A bitter smile appeared on Peng Jiuyuan"s face.
His ancestor"s will had been pa.s.sed down generations. Although it was still there, his strength was no longer worth mentioning compared to his ancestor.
In fact, the Peng family had already declined when it was pa.s.sed down to more than ten generations. The next dozen generations became worse with each generation.
When it came to Peng Jiuyuan, his Martial Dao apt.i.tude was even worse. After cultivating for decades, he had not even seen the threshold of the Earth Immortal realm.
Listening to Peng Jiuyuan"s description, Zhou Shu roughly knew the background of the Peng family.
He asked the question in his heart, "Peng Jiuyuan, who ordered your Peng family"s ancestor to hide in the Zhu Rong Heavenly Kingdom? Also, what is your mission? Why do you call me lord?"
Peng Jiuyuan didn"t suspect anything and said directly, "My ancestor was ordered by the Ancient Heavenly Court"s Marshal Tianpeng to hide in the Zhu Rong Heavenly Kingdom. This is so we can destroy it one day."
A bitter smile appeared on his face. "It"s just that my Peng family has declined. Now, I, Peng Jiuyuan, am just a country b.u.mpkin…"
Back then, the ancestor of the Peng family probably didn"t expect the Peng family to decline after his death.
Normally speaking, with the strength of the Peng family"s ancestor back then, he could at least become a marquis in the Zhu Rong Heavenly Kingdom.
In that case, the Peng family could naturally play a great role in destroying the Zhu Rong Heavenly Kingdom.
But now, Peng Jiuyuan was the only one left in the Peng family, and he didn"t have much strength. What use could he be?
"The reason I was able to recognize you is that my ancestor left something behind. The Peng family"s ancestral teachings state that when it shines one day, the people of the Peng family will have to serve the one who comes as their master and listen to their orders," Peng Jiuyuan said with a complicated expression.
"The Peng family has waited for dozens of generations, but it has never lit up. I always thought that this ancestral teaching was just a joke played by my ancestor until that day in the back mountain…"
Peng Jiuyuan took out something from his pocket.
It was a palm-sized Eight Trigrams Mirror, which looked like a commonly used feng shui mirror.
At this moment, the mirror was still emitting a faint light.
Zhou Shu raised his eyebrows. It"s Marshal Tianpeng again!
Previously, when he found w.a.n.g E, w.a.n.g E had also said that he had been waiting for an opportunity in the ancestral land in the name of the Ancient Heavenly Court"s Marshal Tianpeng.
And the ancestor of the Peng family had also been arranged by the Heavenly Court"s Marshal Tianpeng to be in the Zhu Rong Heavenly Kingdom.