In fact, without Lan Xuan telling me in too detailed anything, I could probably guess some things about myself through clues.

However, through Lan Xuan's clear logic and one by one, I found that there were too many things that shocked me if I didn't know.

There was also a cup of coffee in front of me. After Lan Xuan finished speaking, I was shocked and subconsciously picked up the coffee and took a sip.

But I didn't expect that the coffee was already cold, and the astringent taste in my mouth was magnified, as if I couldn't say what it felt in my heart. I just felt that all this was unfamiliar and made my heart feel astringent.

Yes, this building is strictly my asset, an asset that has been passed down since the reign of Emperor Taizu of Song.

In the middle of this, Lan Xuan said it very vaguely. According to her meaning, before I completely "turned" Nie Yan, telling me too much about Nie Yan may not be a good thing, it will cause me to be confused and confused.

Of course, Lan Xuan is a person who always feels right. When she said this proposal, she naturally asked me: "Zhengling, what do you mean?"

What I mean? Of course it's very simple. I kind of resisted and knew what happened in Nie Yan's life. After all, I have lived as Ye Zhengling for 27 years. Recently, someone told me that it was another person? If it weren't for someone with thick nerves and steel bars, I'm afraid I couldn't accept it very smoothly, right?

But I can't deny Nie Yan's existence. Those scattered pieces of memory can clearly understand it. It was not something that someone forced me into, but something that came from the depths of my soul.

Just as Lan Xuan said, I'm afraid I know too much and it will be confusing.

"Also, Lord Nie wandered all his life, and he often went alone in the deserted mountains and marshes. If he didn't say anything about what he experienced, we servants would never know before. Especially what happened before his death, it was a secret. Until now, we only have sporadic clues. It's better for you to remember these things yourself." Lan Xuan added a special explanation to me.

I think this sounds very strange, just because I want to think about how I died? How can I not be weird? I am probably unique in this world?

But no matter what, Nie Yan's life was skipped like this. All I know is that in 971, Song Taizu Kaibao (971 AD), Nie Yan returned here once, instructing his affiliated family to keep and inherit everything he had, and then he disappeared completely.

Later, I got news from Nie Yan that it was two years after Emperor Taizong of Song ascended the throne, that is, in 978 AD.

The news quickly spread throughout the circle of cultivators. Nie Yan died in a deep mountain, with only one broken arm remaining in the corpse. He was sent back to Nie Yan's former residence by a woman stained with blood.

The most shining Gemini among the demon hunters, Nie Yan, officially declared a loss, at the age of 38.

At that time, I heard this. It was such a reaction. In fact, I shouldn’t have had such a reaction at all, just because what Lan Xuan said wasn’t it myself?

However, it is difficult for me to integrate into the identity of Nie Yan, and I am just curious about the woman covered in blood.

"Who is she? I mean the woman who sent a broken arm back?" Even if Lan Xuan didn't tell me the answer, I didn't care. I was really just curious.

"I don't know. The one who witnessed this scene that day was just an outside servant. It means that it was not a real servant of Master Nie. I asked someone to help take care of the house. How could he know what was behind this? The woman only appeared, put down Master Nie's remaining remaining arm and disappeared. It was late at night, and the outside servant who witnessed him only witnessed this scene according to the rules and patrolled the house." This was how Lan Xuan told me.

After hearing this, I didn't ask anything more? It was still that weird feeling. I could neither fully integrate into Nie Yan's identity, nor could I listen to this past from the perspective of a bystander.

That's why there is a thought that you don't want to ask too much.

After Lan Xuan told me all this, the predecessor of Qifan Building was basically confirmed, and it was the location of Nie Yan's former residence during his lifetime.

Nie Yan's servants have been inherited and preserved for Nie Yan, and finally became the current Qifan Building.

Speaking of this, I asked, “Why did it become a commercial building instead of being preserved like a ruin?”

Actually, I asked this because it was just because it was fun. Who doesn’t know that City C still retains the former residence of a certain person during the Tang Dynasty? Why can’t Nie Yan’s be preserved?

When Lan Xuan heard this question, she showed a sense of fun in her eyes. She looked up at me and said, "Zhengling, is this your intentional childishness? What identity do you want to use to retain this former residence? The identity of a demon hunter? And the times have changed, so everything is not that simple? If you didn't manage it carefully, just keep the former residence, do you think this place will still belong to the Huo Nie family? I'm afraid it has become a visiting site, and then how the owner's identity will be fabricated, I'm also curious."

I laughed and Lan Xuan deliberately teased me. She was not as ‘mechanical’ as I imagined. It’s hard to imagine that she would have a faint humor.

But this is just an episode in the conversation. The most real situation is that what Nie Yan left behind must be managed with care, because Nie Yan is supported by several affiliated families as a demon hunter. In that era, demon hunting was never what the movies showed. A hero walking alone could meet a demon in the mountains, forests and wilderness, and then kill the demons and eliminate the demons.

That requires a force to confront it.

Although Nie Yan died, he left behind the instructions to preserve the inheritance of the Huo Nie family. From now on, it can also be called a "will", so the loyal affiliated family must be executed to maintain the operation and inheritance of the Huo Nie family. All of this requires a lot of funds.

Because I have to support so many families.

"If there is no money, these families will not have cohesion. If you think, you can't even eat enough and can't get enough money from the Huo Nie family, how can you maintain everything you spend? The most important inheritance has never been material, but family members, elites cultivated from generation to generation. Some things are not enough to have a loyal heart. Now all the funds of the Huo Nie family come from this building, to be precise, the rent of the building. This is the safest way, and all the other commercial activities have been terminated. Because the times have changed drastically, everything has the meaning of a comeback. It seems that there is nothing to do with the circle and insignificant commercial activities can also become a point to the fight against the Huo Nie family. I do not allow such things to happen." When Lan Xuan said this, her eyes were shrewd and capable, and she also had a certain determination.

But I don’t understand these at all. I was also moved by the headache of listening.

After a long silence, I said: "Tina, it is not easy for thousands of years to persevere. What supports you? Why are you so loyal?"

This is my question. Nie Yan has been dead for so long, and why can these so-called affiliated families still maintain their loyalty for thousands of years?

"This is a very complicated history. To put it simply, Master Nie is actually a very unique person. Unlike other demon hunters of all sizes, they cooperate with certain secular families in the secular world, or directly acquire them as affiliated families. Instead, the Huo Nie family originally did not have these families, and the predecessors of these families were talented people rescued by Master Nie. These people are the heads of the first generation of families. Under the arrangement of Master Nie, they learned different things according to the different talents of each person. This is the basis of loyalty." Lan Xuan explained all this to me.

I felt a little indescribable, and I felt that Nie Yan was really extraordinary. I actually had the urge to understand myself.

"Of course, this kind of loyalty is not enough. After all, the first generation of heads who received the favor of Master Nie was not us. Even under the ancestral teachings, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no one with dissatisfaction. The more important reason is that the affiliated families are equivalent to entering the circle of demon hunters. What are monsters? They do not have the kind of passionate feelings like humans, and some are more of the existence of animal nature. Compared to humans, they are too cold-blooded, in fact, I really need to say too much about this. Zhengling, you can imagine that once you enter this circle, it is equivalent to forming a deadly hatred with the demon, and it is a deadly hatred for generations." Lan Xuan sighed tiredly.

"But, Nie Yan is gone," I murmured.

"So, all the talents of the affiliated family need to be united! The inheritance left by Lord Nie cannot be broken." Lan Xuan's eyes flashed with firmness.

"But people affiliated with their families do not have the ability to hunt monsters, can they fight against each other?" My meaning is already very straightforward, that is, even if they are united, they may not be able to resist.

"Although Lord Nie likes to be alone during his lifetime, he has many followers. Not every demon hunter can have an existence with his family. The circle of demon hunters is very complicated, with various forces intertwined and many rules. You will understand it slowly in the future. Simply put, our affiliated family is just the second level of the core circle around Lord Nie. The real first level is the one who follows Lord Nie - the demon hunter." Lan Xuan said seriously.

"You are just protected by them?" I asked.

"Yes. Moreover, there have been great people among them." Lan Xuan said, her eyes bent slightly, and she actually smiled a little, as if she was recalling someone?

"But since the Ming Dynasty, have the monsters gone?" Doesn't that mean that these affiliated families are safe?

"Zhengling, if it is truly safe, what is the disaster now? Don't you? You must have never heard of the prophecy passed down in the circle of demon hunters." Lan Xuan sighed softly, and her eyes became slightly afraid.

What prophecy?
Chapter completed!