Oh Big Brother Big Brother

From the Great Khan's demeanor before and after, you can basically confirm it.

This person is likely your own elder brother, who disappeared along with your second sister when you were eight years old!

Good heavens, the Great Khan of the Northern Frontier is my own brother?

How did I suddenly go from being a nobody to having a powerful background?

This backbone of mine, hey, just won't bend anymore, see!

The Great Khan didn't believe you just because of your words.

He released you, but his oppressive aura remained on you, and his spiritual sense locked onto your every movement, making you dare not act rashly.

"It's no secret that I come from the Central Plains.

The previous Great Khan was infertile. He widely adopted foster sons, trained us, made us compete and fight, to select the most outstanding successor.

These are no secrets!

Anyone with the slightest intention could easily find out about my origins with a little investigation.

Do you think that by knowing my background, you can impersonate my family and escape from my grasp?"

The surrounding soldiers watching all nodded in agreement.

"The Great Khan speaks reason!"

"Kill this spy!"

"Tear him apart with five horses!"

The customs of the Northern Frontier are fierce and bold.

If you can't prove what you said is true, you'll really have to leave your life here today.

But you are brimming with confidence right now.

"Some things can be investigated, but there are many matters that only family members would know, big brother!"

The way you keep calling him "big brother" has no technique, it's all genuine emotion.

The Great Khan pondered for a moment.

"My fourth brother has a unique double-hole birthmark on his left buttock. If you have one too, I will believe you."

You touched your own buttocks and looked at the soldiers around you who wore knowing smiles.

"What, right here?"

"We're all men, what's there to be shy about? I'm afraid you just don't have it and are scared of being exposed on the spot."

You showed a helpless expression.

"What birthmark are you talking about..."

The Great Khan wore an "I knew it" expression.

"That year when we were six, you took me up the mountain to gather firewood. We came to a pond. You told me to watch the firewood while you went to relieve yourself.

I waited there for a long time, but big brother never came back.

Instead, I waited for a snake, which bit two bloody holes in my buttock, and the scars have remained ever since.

People in the village joked, saying it's my acquired birthmark.

Later, I found out that big brother wasn't going to relieve himself that day, but went to the pond to peek at a girl bathing..."

"Ah! Fourth brother!"

The Great Khan suddenly raised his voice eight octaves, trying to drown out your words.

The Great Khan affectionately pulled you into an embrace, patting your back deeply, patting so hard you coughed uncontrollably and couldn't speak.

"Sixty years apart, fourth brother... you've aged!"

Although Chen Jing is the elder brother, because his cultivation has reached beyond the Martial King realm, his lifespan is extended, so he shows no signs of old age, appearing only as a weathered middle-aged man.

But you, after years of hardship, exposed to the elements, and even experiencing hunger in the demon realm...

You long ago took on the appearance of an old man.

Of course, you aren't wearing the "Ageless Male God" trait. If you were, you'd instantly outshine your big brother!

To prevent you from revealing more of his "past," Chen Jing quickly took you back to the military tent and forbade anyone from entering.

Just in case, he even deployed a formation to block all detection.

Now, inside the military tent, there were only you, Chen Jing, and Shen Qingshan.

Shen Qingshan looked at you, finding you familiar.

As soon as you spoke, the familiar voice made him remember instantly.

"Third brother-in-law."

"Fourth brother! Is it really you?"

"It's me. Are third sister and Shen Jia well?"

"They're well, all well. Third sister is safe and sound at the estate in the capital. Shen Jia hasn't been back for many years; she entered the Ten Thousand Laws Sect to cultivate, so I suppose she has little time to return home.

However, your third sister and I had three more children. Their innate talent is very poor, unfit to be martial artists, so they bring joy to us old folks at home. The whole family is quite lively.

Fourth brother, and you?

You left that year, and it's been fifty years..."

"I've been to many places: the Eastern Wastelands, the Limitless Sword Sect, the Southern Border, and... uh, let's talk about that later."

And the Shen Family.

That's complicated to explain; you're afraid Shen Qingshan wouldn't understand.

Watching you and Shen Qingshan catch up, Chen Jing's eyes still held a trace of doubt.

"Chen Yi, I'll address you as such for now. If I were merely a common folk, I would already be willing to believe you are my fourth brother. But unfortunately, I am not.

My position does not allow for any slip-ups.

Therefore, I must verify your identity clearly!"

You looked at your overly meticulous big brother.

"Big brother, I also know many of your embarrassing secrets, the kind only the two of us would know."

"Ahem! Those things aren't reliable! What if you're an evil cultivator who extracted my fourth brother's memories?"

"That's a bit extreme."

"I want to perform a blood recognition test with you!"

Blood recognition test?

Big brother, that's not scientific!

But soon you realized it was actually quite scientific.

The blood recognition Chen Jing spoke of wasn't just casually using a bowl of water and dropping blood into it.

He summoned a "Shaman."

This was a middle-aged woman, dressed in black robes, adorned with various bone chains, looking quite sinister.

Martial artists cultivate the martial path; Shamans cultivate the shamanic path.

The shamanic path is not unfamiliar to you either; it's among the Shen Family Ancestor's eighteen paths.

In the current Five Domains, Shamans are extremely rare, mostly concentrated in a small area of the Southern Border.

This female Shaman was likely invited by Chen Jing from the Southern Border.

Shamanic arts can measure geomancy for fortune or misfortune, confuse enemies, or see through illusions, which are somewhat useful in military campaigns, which is why Chen Jing invited one to serve in the army.

The Shamaness performed a shamanic art on a bowl of water, and the water instantly turned red.

"Great Khan, if you and this person are blood relatives, when your blood drops into the bowl, the water will turn clear. If not kin, the water will remain red."

Since it's shamanic art, it shouldn't be mistaken.

Chen Jing drew the dagger from his waist, directly cut his finger, and let a drop of blood fall.

"Your turn."

Calm and composed, with ease to spare, you drew your Soulchaser Sword, directly sliced your palm, and let a large amount of blood flow in.

All four people present watched the change in the water.

It turned clear!

The Shamaness immediately bowed in respect.

"Congratulations, Great Khan, on reuniting with your family!"

Shen Qingshan also revealed a relieved smile.

"Clatter..."

The dagger in Chen Jing's hand slipped and fell to the ground.

His steps were even a bit unsteady as he walked closer to you.

"Fourth brother?"

"Big brother!"

"Fourth brother!!"

"Big brother!!!"

Two rough men embraced and wept.

"My heavens! The Great Khan of the Northern Frontier is my brother, I, I, I... do I even need to strive anymore?"

Chen Yi outside the simulation was overjoyed.

But then, as if suddenly remembering something, the smile vanished from his face.

"That's fifty years from now. Right now, Eldest Brother is still being raised like a gu..."

Knowing that his eldest brother was safe and would one day become the Great Khan of the Northern Frontier, Chen Yi still felt a genuine, heartfelt relief.

"Is Second Sister alive as well? Is she with Eldest Brother?"