Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

Later, after the meteorite fell, National Marshal Lin Piaopiao died suddenly from infection, and Divine Hidden Crane inadvertently awakened a superpower, becoming the first person to awaken a superpower after the meteorite impact.

The exact nature of Divine Hidden Crane’s superpower is still a mystery, but among those ancient videotapes, precious scenes can still be found of Divine Hidden Crane fighting with the Divine Hidden Sword in hand.

Yan Jingchen also heard two legends that somewhat differ from historical records.

One version says the Divine Hidden Sword was actually forged from the rib bone of Divine Concealment Shi himself.

Another version claims that the Hidden Python worshipped by the Divine Hidden Dynasty was actually Divine Concealment Shi himself.

The reason for the second version of the legend is due to rumors that every few hundred years, someone with the ’Divine Concealment’ power is born within the Divine Hidden Clan.

The so-called Divine Concealment Power is the power to repeatedly be reborn.

Researchers believe that the occurrence of such individuals in the Divine Hidden Clan is because the Old Ancestor married a demoness, the descendants of whom naturally possess unique traits.

Researchers believe that every person in the Divine Hidden Clan who possesses the Divine Concealment Power has their own python.

When a person dies, the python dies; when a person is born, the python is born.

The stubborn old coots of the Divine Hidden Continent firmly believe that their Old Ancestor, the Divine Hidden Emperor, is an awakened one with the Divine Concealment Power, and they believe he will be reborn and return.

But Yan Jingchen doesn’t believe this.

Dead is dead; what nonsense about rebirth?

They’re just a bunch of pitiable people who can’t accept reality and pin their hopes on a deceased emperor.

”Divine Hidden Sword...” Yan Jingchen looked at Huo Wen’an with some suspicion and asked him, ”Where did you get this sword from?”

Where did this sword come from?

Huo Wen’an looked down at the sword in his right hand.

This sword was his teacher’s final gift, having forged himself into a sword and given it to him upon graduation.

Rumors, to some extent, can often provide some reference.

Indeed, the Old Ancestor of the Divine Hidden Clan married a ’demoness.’

Huo Wen’an once browsed through the records of the Divine Hidden Clan.

The clan records say that one day, thunder continually roared in the sky, the land shook drastically in the west of the Great Sea, and a crack suddenly appeared in the sky, with a black object falling into the Great Sea amidst torrential rain.

The Old Ancestor, Divine Concealment Lie, happened to be in seclusion practicing martial arts in the west of the Great Sea, and when he jumped into the sea, he saw an injured black giant python.

Divine Concealment Lie rescued the python, feeding it himself for five years, and the black giant python unexpectedly transformed into a woman capable of human speech.

This woman, named She Yi, reportedly hailed from the Demon Beast Continent.

Their family faced slaughter by old enemies, and in a critical moment, her parents forcibly tore open a rift in space and threw her in.

She Yi was sent through a chaotic space-time rift to the west of the Great Sea, where she met Divine Concealment Lie.

Children born from Divine Concealment Lie and She Yi had somewhat unstable genes, and not every child inherited great powers.

Only once every few hundred years would a member of the Divine Hidden Clan with the Divine Concealment Power emerge.

To determine if someone possesses the Divine Concealment Power, one must see if they can successfully awaken the dormant python within after birth.

During the Xia Country Era, every child of the Divine Hidden Clan would be sent to the ancestral hall at the age of 12 for an awakening ritual of the python.

Both Divine Concealment Shi and Divine Hidden Crane successfully awakened their pythons.

However, the Huo Family in today’s Mortal World, due to a cultural gap, is completely unaware of the existence of the ’hidden python.’

In the past two thousand years, the Huo Family may have seen new awakeners of the Divine Concealment Power, but they remain oblivious.

Every awakener of the Divine Concealment Power is exceptionally valuable, enjoying family honors during their lifetime. Before dying, they offer their flesh and blood to the family.

Divine Concealment Shi had himself forged into the Divine Hidden Sword and gifted it to Divine Hidden Crane.

Should nothing occur unexpectedly, if Divine Hidden Crane dies naturally, he will also have himself forged into another weapon to gift the family.

This is the uniquely cruel yet romantic inheritance method of the Divine Hidden Clan.

Huo Wen’an glanced at the Divine Hidden Sword, recalling his master, Divine Concealment Shi.

”This sword.” Huo Wen’an smiled jocularly at Yan Jingchen, saying, ”I picked it up!”

Yan Jingchen did not believe him.

Yan Huxiao then said, ”Might be a fake replica. Last time when I went to Divine Hidden Continent Emperor City, the shops around the exhibition hall were full of replica Divine Hidden Sword toys.”

”Every child in Emperor City has one!”

This was indeed true.

Huo Wen’an raised his eyebrows, not knowing that his Divine Hidden Sword had become a cultural relic toy to the point where every child had one.