Little Sorcerer, Divine Doctor-Chapter 861 - 13: Ye Huli’s Origins (Part 2)

The appearance of Hei Linlin plunged Ye Chengtian into memories of more than a decade ago.

Ye Chengtian and Hei Yao were originally completely unrelated. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Ye Chengtian, at that time, was merely a weak Prince. He had a beautiful wife but lacked the backing power to support his rise.

In contrast, Hei Yao was young and aloof, backed by the Upper Beast Clan. At that time, he was already a Martial Emperor peak-level master.

Upon learning of Hei Yao’s identity, Ye Chengtian was astonished, but soon he discovered that it was a golden opportunity for him.

He immediately proposed to team up with Hei Yao, serving as the eyes and ears of the Hei Qilin Tribe on the Wuji Continent, while the formidable Hei Qilin Tribe would help Ye Chengtian ascend to the throne.

Ye Chengtian played a clever hand, yet he still underestimated Hei Yao.

Hei Yao was similar to Hei Linlin, but compared to her, he was undoubtedly a more farsighted person.

Rescuing Ye Chengtian was originally part of a plan.

He agreed to help Ye Chengtian seize the throne of Great Zhou but had conditions of his own.

Even after more than a decade, Ye Chengtian still remembers that day when Hei Yao said, "I can help you realize your dream, but I have one condition: I want your woman to accompany me for three days and nights."

Upon hearing this, Ye Chengtian felt as if struck by thunder.

He never expected that Hei Yao would covet his woman.

At that time, Ye Chengtian had just married Li Family, whose beauty was renowned across Great Zhou.

Ye Chengtian struggled within, weighing pros and cons, and finally convinced himself, reasoning that women were like clothes. Li Family, being a sensible person, would surely understand his predicament.

He agreed to Hei Yao’s condition and upon returning to Yujing, told Li Family about his agreement with Hei Yao.

Ye Chengtian knelt before a woman for the first time, crying and recounting his years of depression and frustration to Li Family.

The sixteen-year-old Li Family, upon hearing everything, showed no extra expression on her beautiful face.

She merely changed into a plain dress and, amidst the biting wind, boarded Hei Yao’s carriage and left for three days and nights.

Those three days and nights were the most humiliating for Ye Chengtian, yet he was equally filled with anticipation, knowing he was one step closer to the throne he desired.

However, what Ye Chengtian did not expect was that upon Li Family’s return, she was pregnant.

There was no need to ask; Ye Chengtian knew it was Hei Yao’s blood.

Ye Chengtian hated this to the core, wishing to kill Li Family and the abomination in her womb.

But Ye Chengtian dared not do so because he knew that the abomination left by Hei Yao was the most advantageous piece for the Hei Qilin Clan’s future retribution against Wuji Continent.

As Li Family’s belly grew day by day, Ye Chengtian, with the help of the Hei Qilin Clan, gradually rose to the pinnacle of power.

Nine months later, he was established as Crown Prince and ultimately inherited the throne.

By then, Hei Yao had to leave Wuji Continent to return to Bahuang Continent to inherit the position of Kirin Clan Leader.

Hei Yao left without a word.

Li Family also became Empress Li, but her child was born blind.

Eventually, Empress Li was cast into the Cold Palace and died in the chilly Cold Palace, yet Ye Beiming survived like wild grass, even his eyes regained sight.

The existence of Ye Beiming was a constant reminder of the shameful act of swapping wives for honor that took place over a decade ago.

Yet Ye Chengtian dared not kill Ye Beiming, for he knew that someday Hei Yao would return to reclaim his blood.

Ye Chengtian was lost in his memories, unable to extricate himself.

Meanwhile, Hei Linlin was observing this Human Clan Emperor.

Undeniably, Ye Chengtian had good looks. Despite his middle age, traces of his youthful elegance were still visible. His long eyebrows were like willows, his body like jade trees; no wonder the Empress Li of Great Zhou was infatuated with him for decades.

However, a man who would even sell out his wife, can he really be considered a man? He has no qualifications to compare with her father.

Hei Linlin, as a child, had seen her father Hei Yao often gazing into the distance with a trace of tenderness in his eyes.

Her father did not love her mother; it was said that while traveling the Human Clan’s continent, he fell in love with a married woman, and that woman was Li Family.

Only upon her return to the Bahuang Tribe, after telling her father about Ye Beiming, did he reveal that Ye Beiming was likely her brother.

"Holy Daughter, did you come this time just to find your brother? To be frank, Holy Daughter, he’s currently in Yujing City. If you wish to reunite with him, I’m afraid it can only be privately..." Ye Chengtian gathered his thoughts.

Faced with the Hei Qilin Clan that had once aided him, Emperor Ye was both awestruck and fearful.

The cooperative relationship he had with the Hei Qilin Clan was an unspeakable secret. If other countries on the continent knew, Great Zhou might bear the stigma of betraying the Human Clan, and even the people of Great Zhou would not forgive him.

"No, I’m not here to reunite with him. I want you to, in the name of Father Emperor, bestow marriage upon him. I want to marry him," Hei Linlin said unabashedly.

"What? How can this be? Holy Daughter, you and Beiming are blood siblings," Emperor Ye of Great Zhou was shocked by Hei Linlin’s audacity.

It is said that women of the Beast Clan tribes are bold and open, but sibling marriage, an act almost disorderly to ethics, sounded utterly rebellious and against the norm to Emperor Ye.

"Humph, what’s wrong with that? Prohibition of marriage between close relatives is merely a foolish concept of you Humans. In the Hei Qilin Clan, there has always been a tradition of sibling, even close-kin marriages. Especially for the Royal Family, marrying close relatives is customary to maintain the nobleness of bloodlines. My grandparents were first cousins," Hei Linlin sneered.

Such a notion indeed existed within the Eight Desolate Beast Clan.

Within the same tribe, when blood relatives married, there was a chance to produce offspring with disabilities, but there was also a chance to give birth to ones with extraordinary talents.

Hei Yao himself was born of a close-relative marriage, ranking among the Top 3 strongest of hundreds of Kirin Clan Leaders, second only to the Black Qilin King of the Eight Desolate Beast Tombs.

Hei Linlin and Ye Beiming were separated from childhood, with no sibling relationship whatsoever.

Ye Beiming was the man she picked at first sight.

She was determined to become his wife.

Hei Linlin believed that as long as she and Ye Beiming were together, their future offspring might even surpass the strongest Black Qilin King.

"But, Holy Daughter, Beiming already has a fiancée, he might not agree to your proposal," Ye Chengtian regretted personally agreeing to such marriage when he recalled.