Chapter 651


    The Emperor narrated the story of the Ancient Four’s origins.


    The Ancient Four dated back to a thousand years ago. “Prince of Orchid Mountain?”


    James frowned.


    There was no record of this person in history. He nced at the Emperor and asked, “Who’s that?” The


    Emperor shook his head.


    He also did not know who the Prince of Orchid Mountain was.


    “How would i know about a person that existed a thousand years ago? Moreover, very little is recorded


    about him in the ancient scrolls of the Ancient Four.”


    “Mr. Johnston, why are you exining so much to him?” Bobby said dissatisfiedly.


    The Emperor waved his hand and said, “Bobby, James is also a descendant of the Cadens. He should


    know about the history of his family. Plus, the things I’m telling him aren’t secrets anyway.”


    Bobby stopped interfering. His hand was broken, and he could not gather any strength in his arm.


    He waited patiently. When the people he arranged in Cansington to retrieve the chest unearthed from


    the Prince of Orchid Mountain’s ancient tomb in the House of Royal, he would find a ce to heal his


    injury.


    “I only know that the Prince of Orchid Mountain was a man from a thousand years ago. I think he was


    the younger brother of an emperor. He was exiled after failing to im the crown. However, he was not


    satisfied. He collected the world’s treasures and wealth. He wanted to make aeback but could not


    im the throne until his death. Before his death, he handed


    over the four paintings to his four officials for safekeeping. “It’s rumored that a huge secret is hidden


    within the four paintings. Apparently, the Prince of Orchid Mountain did not want the four paintings to be


    put together, so he deliberately separated them.


    “He never said anything about the way to unlock the secrets hidden with the four paintings. “It wasn’t


    until thest few decades that people from the Ancient Four realized the key item to unraveling the


    secret was in a chest buried inside the ancient tomb of the Prince of Orchid Mountain after they went


    through their family’s ancient scrolls. Therefore, the Ancient Four spent dozens of years investigating


    the whereabouts of the ancient tomb of the Prince of Orchid Mountain.”


    James listened carefully to the untold histories of his family.


    Now, he was curious about the rtionship between the meridian and acupuncture diagrams inside the


    bronze chest and the four paintings.


    He had seen the Moonlit Flowers on Cliffside’s Edge before.


    It was a simplendscape painting.


    There were mountains, rivers, and some bamboo houses.


    Other than that, there was nothing special about it.


    The Emperor continued to narrate the story.


    “Back in the day, the Prince of Orchid Mountain distributed his wealth to the Ancient Four. The families


    relied on the wealth left to them and livedfortable lives. However, in modern decades, the wealth of


    the Ancient Four had been exhausted. Therefore, they began to do business, and now each family has


    wealthparable to a country’s.” James nced at the Emperor and asked, “Who gave the grave


    robbers the location of the ancient tomb of the Prince of Orchid Mountain?”


    The Emperor shrugged and said, “How would I know?”


    “Then, why was your subordinate there to snatch the chest?” “You can’t simply use me of a crime. I


    have nothing to do with this. What do you mean by my subordinate? Is there some kind of


    misunderstanding?”


    The Emperor quickly defended himself. James did not ask any more questions.


    Although the Emperor denied it, James knew his subordinate had snatched the chest.


    The person’s name was Floyd. He was incredibly strong and was working under the Emperor.


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    Cynthia also listened carefully to the conversation.


    She was intrigued after hearing the stories and could not help but ask, “What’s the secret hidden within


    the four pictures left by the Prince of Orchid Mountain?”


    The Emperor shrugged.


    Bobby nced at the two and said indifferently, “It won’t make a difference to tell you two anyway. The


    Cadens had a myth that spread for a thousand years saying that unraveling the secret of the Moonlit


    Flowers on Cliffside’s Edge would allow one to gain eternal life.”


    “Ha!” James sneered.


    ‘Eternal life?


    ‘How is that possible?’


    James was a medical practitioner and was incredibly proficient in medicine.


    He understood that human cells had lifespans. Medicine could prolong one’s life, but only for a hundred


    years at most.


    Bobby’s words sounded incredibly absurd to him.