Chuzhou, the Zhang Family ancestral home.
Guarding the ancestral hall was a Qi Cultivation Stage Cultivator from a direct lineage of the Zhang Family.
Though he was of a direct line, he was from a marginalized branch—one that possessed the bloodline but lacked distinction, leading to his exclusion. Otherwise, he never would have been assigned to guard the ancestral hall.
Spending all day in the ancestral hall, unable to achieve anything of note or build connections—how was this any different from being exiled?
Since it was essentially an exile, it was no surprise that this Zhang Family disciple guarding the hall was inattentive.
As dusk approached, the Little Cultivator guarding the hall was half-dozing. When a faint, ghostly breeze blew through, the rows of candles in the ancestral hall suddenly flickered in unison.
Zhang Si was startled awake and immediately turned to look at the tall tower of stacked Life Plates in the depths of the hall.
