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Chapter 1113 Ancestral Hall Space
The secret room where Zhou You was located was the ancestral hall of the Western Branch of the Zhou Clan.

As is well known, the foundation of a family lies in its clan residence, so the defense of its own gate is often the most important and strongest point.

Any family that has survived to this day must have had at least one powerful figure at the Heavenly Sect level in its ancestors, so building a city within the family is no problem.

The capital city of Dijing was known as the "Capital of Ten Thousand Cities," which had two meanings. First, the feudal lord was stationed in Dijing and ruled over tens of thousands of cities of all sizes in fifty states. Therefore, Dijing was undoubtedly the central capital of all cities.

The second meaning is that the two prefectures of Dijing (the capital) truly have 'ten thousand cities'. These cities exist in reality but are nameless, and are the residences and mansions built by the ancestors of aristocratic families using the earth-based city-building techniques.

To ensure the continuation of their descendants, these ancestors went to great lengths to construct their family residence system using geomancy techniques, with the ancestral hall and temple being the most central part.

Many powerful families, when faced with formidable enemies, would concentrate their elite forces and hide in the ancestral hall, waiting for reinforcements to arrive before turning the tide.

If the mansion of a noble family is a miniature city, then the ancestral hall is the inner city within the inner city, the last resort for survival.

Generally speaking, the most important aspect of wiping out an entire aristocratic family is destroying their ancestral hall.

For example, the most professional assassins in this line of work have their trump card: infiltrating ancestral halls.

For example, the once arrogant and domineering demon lords slaughtered powerful families like chickens, and their demon soldiers could easily crush the ancestral halls of various families, breaking through the trump cards of the major families.

That was a contest of spatial dimensions!
In order to break through to the Earth Sect level, Zhou You was able to hide in the family ancestral hall to cultivate in peace, without fear of being disturbed by the outside world.

"..."

Having tested the waters a few times, I discovered that the spatial barrier was exceptionally sturdy.

Zhou You felt more confident. In fact, when it comes to breaking through a bottleneck, what's truly frightening is not how stubborn it is, but rather not being able to pinpoint where that bottleneck is.

Practicing martial arts is like conquering a challenge; knowing the goal gives you the skill and direction to overcome it.

Zhou You punched the void in front of him again, and the crisscrossing spatial forms, like those built of reinforced concrete, trembled and shook with a rumble.

The ancestral hall space around him resonated with it and trembled slightly.

The ancestral hall is the most important place for a family. Unless it is targeted for destruction or attacked by a powerful expert from the Heavenly Sect, it is generally not a big problem.

Even if Zhou You's power is unstable and spills outwards from the Human Sect to the Earth Sect, it will not cause too much damage to the ancestral hall space.

This is why the Zhou family's western branch agreed to this matter without hesitation!

But now it seems that the previous estimates were wrong!
Zhou You threw another punch, and the crystals in the space around him shifted slightly outward, a sign that they were being shaken by his power.

The ancestral hall space trembled, the amplitude of which grew larger and larger. Suddenly, the dark sky above them lit up with straight lines, forming a dense network of intersecting lines, resembling a chessboard pattern that stretched as far as the eye could see.

This is a mark left by the Zhou family ancestors when they reinforced the ancestral hall. It will not appear under normal circumstances, but will automatically appear to deal with a sudden and powerful enemy.

"Crash!"

The Zhou clan's western branch immediately noticed the shaking of the ancestral hall. The venerable patriarch strained to open his eyes wide and asked, "What's going on?"

I thought a powerful enemy was coming, but now it seems the commotion is coming from inside.

He hadn't expected that Zhou You's mere breakthrough to the Earthly Realm would cause such a commotion.

The old master wasn't worried about the ancestral hall space. After all, it was the work of the Heavenly Sect, and no matter how much Zhou You messed around, it wouldn't be completely destroyed. At most, it would need to be repaired afterward.

The key point is that although the Zhou family's eastern and western branches separated, the connection between the ancestral hall spaces was never broken.

This commotion is so big that it will definitely reach the Eastern Sect. I wonder what the consequences will be.
What you fear most is what happens.
As expected, Zhou Tianyuan and Zhou Feixing, the grandmasters of the Eastern Sect, sensed the tremors in the ancestral hall space. They initially thought it was an attack from outside, but upon closer inspection, it turned out to be nothing. The Eastern Sect was calm and peaceful, so the problem must lie with the Western Sect? In recent times, the aristocratic families supporting the royal family and the ancient people's aristocratic families have been engaged in fierce battles, with both sides attacking each other. Attacking ancestral halls is not a new occurrence for them.

Since the Xizong School produced two outstanding figures, Zhou Nanwang and Zhou Daqian, its development has been booming, making the Xizong School look rather pathetic in comparison.

The Eastern branch was clearly unhappy about this, but the ancestral hall was shared by both branches, and if one side damaged it, the whole would suffer.

"Why don't we go take a look quickly?"

Zhou Tianyuan and his group swiftly arrived at the Western Branch of the Zhou Clan, ready to rush in and investigate, but were stopped by the venerable Grandmaster. "Wait," the Grandmaster said, "My young master is in seclusion inside. You cannot go in."

"What? No one is attacking, Zhou Daqian is just in seclusion?"

Zhou Tianyuan found it hard to believe that such a big commotion was necessary for seclusion.

Just as he was about to retort, suddenly there was a loud bang, the entire ancestral hall space shook violently, and the sky seemed to be torn apart.

The next moment, to everyone's horror, a layer of spiderweb-like black patterns appeared on the surface of the ancestral hall space, crackling outwards.

Could it be...

Zhou Feixing pointed with two fingers, and a chess piece condensed in the void and flew to the outer edge of the ancestral hall space. As soon as it touched the spider web-like patterns, the chess piece instantly shattered into pieces.

Now it's undeniable that those patterns are cracks caused by damage to the space of the Zhongchi Ancestral Hall, which couldn't withstand the pressure.

This caused a stir among everyone, as the ancestral hall space cracked open without any external enemies present.

"Whatever he's doing, he must stop now, immediately!"

Zhou Tianyuan threatened sternly, "If Zhou Daqian destroys the ancestral hall, he will be a sinner for all time, and Zhou Nanwang will have to commit suicide to atone for his sins and kneel to death before the ancestral tablets."

The old master was also flustered, thinking to himself, "What is this brat doing? I told you to go into seclusion and cultivate, not to mess around like this."

What was he doing that caused even the seemingly unbreakable ancestral hall space to crack?

"It's just a minor crack. My Western Sect still has the Governor of Li Huo Prefecture, who is from the Earth Sect and can take charge of repairing it..."

The venerable master said, forcing himself to speak.

Indeed, this is true. The Earth Sect possesses the art of city building and has an extremely profound grasp of space. Moreover, after Zhou Nanwang became the governor of Li Huo Prefecture, he personally built the Great Thousand City. With his level of control over space, he can repair the torn wounds of the ancestral hall.

Zhou Tianyuan snorted coldly. He and Zhou Nanwang were of the same generation and had been fighting fiercely. Now, he had been left behind by the other party. He was still a Human Sect member, while Zhou Nanwang was already an Earth Sect member and a governor of a prefecture.

What he found even more unacceptable was that Zhou Nanwang's adopted son, Zhou Daqian, had recently risen to fame and was widely known, and was vaguely approaching the threshold of the Earth Sect.

This is outrageous! Why does it seem like all the good things are happening within the walls of their Western Sect?
"It's best if nothing serious happens, otherwise..."

Zhou Feixing, noticing his elder brother's displeasure, menacingly threatened the venerable master, when suddenly...

"Clap!"

The ancestral hall space shook again, spiderweb cracks flew wildly, and suddenly a piece... fragment fell down.

It's not just cracked, it's also chipped off.

(End of this chapter)