Signing-In: The Lazy Moon Goddess
Chapter 874: Shan Xu’s Past
It didn’t take long for everyone in the Immortal World to know that one of the ancestors of the Regal Lei Clan had gotten stronger. Everyone had guessed that it might have something to do with the woman’s figure who had appeared in the sky that day. Those who recognized the woman that day, realized why the Lei Clan had been suddenly blessed with a heavenly blessing. It was something the Goddess that day had bestowed to her. After all, her father is the first prince of the Regal Lei Clan and it is only right for her to give all advantages to her own family. Even if they had complaints, the goddess might not even know them, much less listen.
Of course, not everyone recognized who she was and thought that the Lei Clan being chosen was just because they were lucky. It would take a few days or weeks before they all realized that it was indeed because they are family that the blessing had fallen on the Regal Lei Clan. After all, there are also rumors going on that the same heavenly blessing had fallen in the main palace of the Everlasting Moon Empire and that the former first prince of the Regal Lei Clan, who is now the Everlasting Moon Emperor had successfully broke through the Tribulation Realm which is graded with halo.
But since Yue Yuya had just broken through, he didn’t have a halo yet but he is indeed a Tribulant Cultivator like his father and father-in-law. Everyone didn’t expect that with just a single blessing, a few godkings and Tribulant cultivators would be born. What everyone didn’t know was that the one who had brought this blessing was just someone who had arrived in the Immortal World and had only been here for a few months.
Even so, this change was something the Heavenly Laws welcomed the most. As long as the original people or the aborigines of her world got stronger, those foreign cultivators will not be able to take over their world. Her world had gotten weaker after the slow disappearance of the Primordial Gods. The death of the Immortal Sun Emperor in the past had caused the deadlock in the cosmos battlefield to be broken allowing a few foreign cultivators to enter their world and it was unknown how many were hidden in the Immortal World.
If not for the suppression of the Heavenly Laws to these individuals the Immortal World would have been taken over. What confused it the most is the existence of the Immortal Star Emperor, he is an aborigine with half of his blood being that of a foreign. He believes that he isn’t welcomed in both worlds, not in the Immortal World and not in the world where his other parent was born. He had caused the death of the Immortal Sun Emperor due to jealousy but he also didn’t allow the foreign cultivators to control the Immortal World. All for the reason that two of the ancient clans were the family members of the woman who had had only love in his life.
That’s why the Heavenly Laws didn’t want the Immortal Sun Emperor to kill the Immortal Star Emperor. After all, as long as the Moon Goddess, the Immortal Star Emperor would no longer betray them. The problem is that the woman he loves is just a part of the current Moon Goddess and the current Goddess of the Moon is a woman who would not have a heart to love a partner, her love was only for her family and her care were only for her friends and the people she deemed important. There would never be a man that she loves in her heart. That is unless her heart was restored to normal.
Currently, the Goddess of the Moon had just completely merged with the legacy and welcomed the people who had just arrived in her house. She had heard the report about the Hidden Tang Sect and what the Du Clan had done.
Yue Xuexia said, "Since we don’t have fate with the Hidden Tang Sect then let them be. But as for the Du Clan, since they cannot listen to words they can only be destroyed. On our way to the Inner haven, we will go drop by to their place and exterminate them. I am true to my words."
"Yes, Mistress. When are we going to leave?" Tan Bingyu asked.
The Moon Goddess thought for a while and recalled Shan Xu. This is a subordinate of his father, Yue Yuya and one of his loyalists. Since his injuries are fully healed, he had to ask him if he wanted to go leave with them. Though she cannot go home yet, it is not a problem to have her uncle bring him over when he comes to visit the Everlasting Moon Empire.
Yue Xuexia said, "Sister Bing, Ren, do invite Shan Xu the town master over. There is something I wanted to ask him."
"Alright!" The young couple once again left the courtyard and invited Shan Xu. It didn’t take a while, after an hour Tan Bingyu and Xue Renxue returned with Shan Xu.
As soon as he saw that the Moon Goddess had woken up, he immediately fell to one knee and saluted Yue Xuexia. After all, as a subordinate of the former Lightning Emperor, Yue Yuya, the children of his master are also his master.
"This servant, Shan Xu, greets the Princess!" Shan Xu said.
The Moon Goddess said, "Stand up. I call for you here only to ask you one thing. Shan Xu, do you want to return to the Core Haven?"
Shan Xu suddenly asked this one question which shocked him to the core. After all, this had always been his dream. After the day, he and his comrades choose to sacrifice themselves to their prince, he was determined to die. Who would have thought he would survive and only did survive. He wanted to wait for the prince’s rescue however he didn’t want to burden him as he already became a cripple with that last battle. Though he knew that the prince would definitely come to save them, Shan Xu at that time felt he cannot drag his prince down and disappeared even before the reinforcements arrived. That’s why when the First Prince had returned with only the dead within the area, he was devastated. That was the day the Lightning God’s revenge was feared by everyone.
After all, to avenge the death of his people he had exterminated the assassination group who took on the job of assassinating him and killed everyone who had made a move that day. Shan Xu, who was saved by the former Town Master of this place, had heard about the news from his master and cried all night when learned about this. He knew that this move from the First Prince was revenge for those who had died that night. However, this led to the prince’s injuries and is said to have been bedridden since that day. Shan Xu upon seeing the news was delighted and regretful at the same time. If that day he didn’t leave, would the master still not care for his injuries and take revenge on the same day. If he had at least seen that one of them was alive he would have taken his rest and taken revenge afterwards. For this reason, he felt even more guilt for what happened.
Seeing Shan Xu’s hesitation and the words his niece had spoken, the Thunder Emperor realized something.
Lei Yuye asked, "You... Don’t tell me you are the remnant of my brother’s loyal knights?"
When this was asked, Shan Xu lowered his head even more, making Lei Yuye frown. He suddenly grabbed his collar, lifting him in his hand. Shan Xu upon facing the enraged face of the Second Prince, he felt even guiltier.
Lei Yuye said, "You are still alive, why didn’t you come to find him!? Don’t you know that my brother’s lungs were almost stabbed that night yet still come back for you!?"
"He also knows that one of his knights is missing? Despite being badly injured he came looking around for you. Only when we saw your armor at the raging river did that brother finally hold back finding you and take revenge for the rest of his knights that had died that day! After taking revenge he was almost half dead and if not for Uncle Zhiyan begging the Elf King Andromeda to save him, he would have died that day!"
"Uncle, calm down. He had his reasons. When I met him he was already a dying man and his cultivation had regressed so much that he could only live on the outskirts. You know how potent the qi in the Core Region is. At that time for his state that is nothing but poison. Leaving that place was his only way of surviving. To even live this long was a miracle," said Yue Xuexia.
Everyone knew about Yue Xuexia being the Divine Doctor of this era except the Thunder Emperor and Shan Xu, so when she explained how bad Shan Xu’s state was at that time, they knew that waiting for reinforcement is simply death. If leaving is the way to survive, he can only choose to do that. After all, as long as he is alive, the chance of returning would be greater than waiting for his death.
Shan Xu said, "Please forgive me! At that time, I felt like I couldn’t die. My comrades had died because of those assassins and my own branch family. They needed to pay for what they had done!"
"The reason the Shan Clan had been in chaos before and their leader was replaced... You did that? You killed your own grandfather, the culprit who betrayed my brother?" Lei Yuye didn’t expect this to be the truth.
When his brother finished exterminating the assassination group, they had learned that this is all because of the secret collaboration of the Shan Clan’s leader at that time who wanted to switch sides with the Immortal Star Emperor’s reign. He immediately tried to come back to clean up that clan only to learn that those who were involved in the hesitation had died that night. Only those who didn’t know and were imprisoned due to disagreement with the leader were spared.
Shan Xu said, "I had no face to see the First Prince! I cannot believe that my own grandfather for the sake of power would do such a thing. I am surnamed Shan even if I am not involved in that plan, this surname still made someone from the traitor’s family and caused the death of my comrades and brothers. I couldn’t bear the guilt and left the Core Haven for good."