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Chapter 1243: Route of Retreat; Resolve
Translator: RITF_Rain Editor: Chrissy
On the next day.
The Moon Queen convened another high-level meeting to confirm and announce several matters officially.
"First, as the Saintess of Qiong-Hua Palace, Yue Gongxue knowingly violated the rules of the palace, and secretly gave her virginity to Ye Nantian. Eighteen years of imprisonment is merely a meager punishment for that sin. Since she intends to break away from the palace, we shall not waste any more time trying to ask for her stay. From this day, she is no longer a disciple of Qiong-Hua Palace. The rules of the palace do not have the power to restrain her will. From now on, Yue Gongxue and Qiong-Hua Palace are no longer related. What has happened is done. We shall all let it go!"
The first announcement was a matter of extreme severity and firmness. She didn't show any hesitation but only pursued to the brutal end.
Yue Shuang and Yue Han both thundered up in anger, nearly started a big fight right away. Luckily, the others kept holding them down and made them calm down. The two ladies managed to hold down the anger in their hearts in the end after all. [We wonder what else the Moon Queen could possibly say after the fxcking bullshxt she just let out! She better understand that we two are willing to start a fight inside the palace!]
"Yue Gongxue was, after all, born and raised in Qiong-Hua Palace. She used to be our Saintess. Even though she will no longer be one of us after marrying her man, Qiong-Hua Palace should not show any narrowness and indignity on this matter. Before the wedding ends, Qiong-Hua Palace isis still Yue Gongxue's family.
"The wedding should be held under the direction of the ancient tradition! No detail should be missed! Dowry, includes four Qiong-Hua Pearls, three Pure Lotus Seeds, one piece of Ice Essence Soul, ten thousand pieces of spiritual jade! Other than these, Yue Gongxue has the right to choose any three pieces of Qiong-Hua Palace's treasures, and take her maids away with her…"
The second announcement was also pretty mind-blowing.
Comparing to the strictness of the first, this one was extremely favoring. These two announcements had two completely different meanings, like one was heaven while the other was hell.
"After the wedding, Yue Gongxue is nobody else but the wife of Ye Nantian, daughter-in-law of Ye Clan. She is no longer a member of Qiong-Hua Palace. She has no relation with the palace, and should never make use of Qiong-Hua Palace's name to travel the martial world. Once caught in violation, she should be sentenced in the severe penalty!"
The third one was pretty confusing though. People had no words to say about it, except Cheng Bingmei. She must be quite happy about it at the moment.
After all, the biggest enemy in her life, Yue Gongxue, was going to disappear in her sight forever.
Not just that, the enemy was going to disappear in the rest of her life!
She wouldn't bother noticing if Yue Gongxue was alive or dead anymore.
Nor would she spend time on plotting and scheming anymore…
[What a stupid woman! She actually gave up on the crown of the Moon Queen for the so-called true love that only considered meaningful for mortals. She was so close to becoming the new queen. How foolish!]
"Four! The wedding should be the most significant event in a person's life. Thus, I hope that everyone in Qiong-Hua Palace can be happier to enjoy the joyous occasion and give our girl, Yue Gongxue, the warmest wishes!
"This is the first time, also the last time Qiong-Hua Palace ever holds a wedding! This shall be the only exception!"
When the Moon Queen said so, her face was seen in a big smile, but the elders all clearly felt the worry and anxiety were deep behind her eyes.
The elders were surprised about the Moon Queen being anxious, because they did have the same anxiety in their minds. [The Vice-prime Master and the Prime Enforcer haven't sent back a word. There is going to be a disaster in the martial world. What is the point to keep eyes on the petty things at such a critical time?]
[Since Yue Gongxue was determined to leave… we shall just let her go.]
[Nobody has the time to bother thinking more on this matter now…]
That was why nobody stood opposed to the wedding anymore. Even those who had strongly objected to it chose to remain silent at the moment.
What they were having in mind was wondering what was going on in the martial art at the moment.
They wonder to what end this unpredictable calamity would lead the world into.
After done with all the announcements, the Moon Queen uncurled the roll of paper in her hand that she had been holding tight since the beginning, blandly said, "Those who have no more duties to this meeting should be off. Now!"
The elders were all shocked when they saw the scroll in the Moon Queen's hands.
After a few seconds, all those stood below the position of elders were gone. Whoever stayed were at least elders of Qiong-Hua Palace.
The Moon Queen was sitting the highest spot on the chair, casting a look around the leaders of the sect. She was worried and heavy-laden. Suddenly, the mountainous stress was hovering down on everybody's heart.
They were all holding their breaths, waiting for the Moon Queen to speak.
The Moon Queen looked around their faces and finally said, "Here. I have some news from the replies of the two great halls, the two other great palaces, and the seven great sects."
The others were all frightened, ready to hear what came next at the same time.
"The West Hall says… None of their people has sent a word back. Nobody has made it back to their sect yet."
The Moon Queen finally continued talking, yet what she said had drawn the atmosphere into darkest hell.
Suddenly, they felt like a massive wave of murder came from nowhere suppressing them all.
Their eyes started to glow in dim lights, and everybody began to breathe heavily.
"According to the East Hall, no message received from their people in Heaven's Terrace. Nobody returned… To the date they sent the letter, their people had been missing for twenty-three days!"
The Moon Queen's cold eyes cast around the others' faces, and she blandly said, "The Prime Enforcer and Vice-prime Master lost contact twenty-four days ago. They were lost on the same day… Is it a coincidence or…"
Nobody made a sound.
"Cold Moon Palace has sent a message too. Their Prime Master, Yue Changtian led sixteen disciples to Heaven's Terrace, end up missing. No more message from him. None of them returned. Twenty-seven days already!"
"Saint Sunlight Sect says that their Prime Master Wu Huitian…"
The Moon Queen shared the replies from all the other dominant sects to everybody in the meeting. Two great halls, three great palaces, seven great sects… Nobody had returned from Heaven's Terrace! None of these sects had ever received a word from Heaven's Terrace!
Finally, all the messages were finished.
The Moon Queen was pacing around her armchair, blandly said in a cold tone, "I think you all heard clearly what the messages say. I believe you all know what is happening and how serious it could be…"
"Qing-Yun Realm has been in peace for tens of thousands of years indeed, but… maybe it is time for the world to be reformed, isn't it?" The Moon Queen asked, but had the answer in her heart. She laughed in self-mocking, and then started to speak in a furious tone, "I don't care what is going to happen in Qing-Yun Realm! I don't care how it will change! Qiong-Hua Palace will always be the same Qiong-Hua Palace!"
That was like bolts of lightning striking around the hall!
Everybody else was shocked and frightened.
"If Qiong-Hua Palace has to be involved into the calamity, we shall face it with all we have full-heartedly!"
The Moon Queen was casting cold and frosty light out of her pretty eyes.
"If Qiong-Hua Palace was doomed to end up collapsing in this disaster, I don't want any of you to beg for survival!
"We have always been ruling a piece of the land for centuries! We are beyond mortality! Even if the world is going to become the territory of one, we should still be the second reigning force in the world! If we can't achieve that, we should at least keep our dignity and not to bring shame to our forefathers!
"We would rather die with the palace!
"We live and die with the palace!
"Qiong-Hua Palace stands, our honor shining upon the sky; Qiong-Hua Palace falls, our dignity casting light in the history!
"Qiong-Hua Palace will never surrender!
"This is the attitude that we should hold up to from the beginning till the end!"
The Moon Queen's speech had boil everybody's blood!
"No more words to be said. All is clear. From now on, I will have only one answer to any question about the coming calamity we are about to confront."
She cast a look around everybody's face with cold eyes, spoke out word by word, "We give all in to fight!"
"We give all in to fight!"
All the ladies gave a loud positive response at once!
Although they were all women, at this moment, the rising aura of them all was more shocking and heroic than any men, strong enough to move anybody in the world!
"Prime Master, as it is what it is now, should we put off the arrangement of the wedding, or maybe we should scale it back. I am sure Xue-er will show her understanding when she realized what we are going through at the moment…" The Second Elder said, brows frowning.
Everybody else was enlightened.
[We are currently at a critical moment. If we are making such a huge event for Yue Gongxue's wedding, wouldn't it be too much of putting the cart before the horse? Maybe it is quite the opposite to what we should do at the moment, isn't it?]
The Moon Queen made a sigh lightly.
She blandly said, "What I am going to say, is absolute classified. None of you are allowed to leak the information in any way! If we can get through the calamity safe, what I am going to say will only be an unnecessary statement. But if we can't… Listen. If anybody dares to leak out anything about this, she will be expelled from the palace, and none of her relatives will hold the right to sleep their long sleep in our Divine Cemetery ever!"
The ladies were shocked.
"There was nothing about this calamity heard in the world. Suddenly, it started. For some days, nobody even noticed it's existence. Whoever is performing it must be powerful enough even to turn the world upside-down… Therefore, even though having faith in our sect Qiong-Hua Palace, I still can't be certain for a positive result. Nor can I face it with a relaxed mood."
She blandly continued, "In this critical time, I insist that we should hold a big wedding ceremony, because first of all, we need to show the world our unquestionable dominant power, to tell the world how destructive our counter-attack can be to those who dare to offend us, and second, we should tell the entire world that Yue Gongxue is no longer a member of Qiong-Hua Palace!"
"We may get through the calamity till things were settled, and by then, Yue Gongxue won't be one of us anymore. It is reasonable that we hold a proper wedding for her before anything unfortunate happens. If… If Qiong-Hua Palace doesn't get the fortune to survive the disaster…" The Moon Queen spoke in a deep voice, "If we all die before the end… Yue Gongxue, whom we are expelling from the sect, will become… the only remaining seed of Qiong-Hua Palace… She used to be our Saintess. Maybe she is weak in cultivation, but what she has mastered were all the best parts of Qiong-Hua Palace's martial arts. We all know that this is why I wouldn't let her go with Ye Nantian. I would never take the risk of leaking our secret martial arts to the world! However, things have changed. We may need her to keep the continuity of the great Qiong-Hua Palace!"
"No matter she is or not resentful and full of grudge about the palace, what she has… the significant knowledge in her head…" The Moon Queen took a long breath and said, "…is always the heritage of Qiong-Hua Palace!"
"That would be the last step we make! The most helpless one!"
The elders all took a tumble. They never thought that the Moon Queen would have had such a profound view of the future.
No matter what the calamity in the future would bring to Qiong-Hua Palace, the Moon Queen had prepared for it.
The inheritance of a great sect always went beyond the vicissitude of it, because it was much worse to lose inheritance than to end in collapse. If the inheritance were cut, the sect would lose the possibility to last any longer!
"I am afraid I am not the only person in the palace who are making way open for the future…" The Moon Queen spoke in a deep voice, "I hope that… what I said will be the what happens in the future."
The others nodded, with sullenness in the face.
It was an important issue for the palace to protect the inheritance. Whoever leaked the information would definitely become a sinner in the history of Qiong-Hua Palace, that would be ironed with the mark of a traitor for a lifetime!
"From now on, all members of Qiong-Hua Palace, including the elders and the grand elders… must keep in mind the names of the people to whom you have the most to complain about… because for the coming days, you will be practicing with the people you hated the most in the palace so that we can be more and more in unity and harmony. We shall give up all the personal animosity against any others, and prepared both your souls and bodies to confront the calamity before us!" The Moon Queen sounded strict. "Whoever dares to haggle over every petty thing during this critical time… I will be happy to see her death!"
The main hall was in sudden silence.
"Ladies, let's wait for more messages to come!"
The Moon Queen looked around the ladies with a profound look in the face and then walked away.
"The wedding is tomorrow. It is a good day! All must join the ceremony! We don't need the other sects to come for congratulation. Just cut it."
The last few words were resounding in the hall, yet the Moon Queen had already gone.
The ladies in the hall all looked sullen and anxious. Nobody dared to leave even after a long while.
…
When Yue Shuang and Yue Han arrived at the Moon Queen's residence, the Moon Queen was staring at the ice and snow of the mountains in the distance. All that filled her sight was desolation.
"Yue Gongxue will leave for Ye Clan with Ye Nantian. You two will protect them on the way… I am afraid there will be troubles… Please, elders, go with them on the same way back to Ye Clan. Make sure everything goes right." The Moon Queen didn't turn to look at them.
Yue Shuang nodded and said, "We certainly will. However…"
"What?" The Moon Queen blandly asked. That was just one word, yet it sounded powerful like the abruption of a volcano.
Yue Shuang hesitated and said, "We, all that have attended the meeting, understand what you have in your mind as we all heard your words… However, Yue Gongxue, as the bride, doesn't know a word of it. She will become an abandoned disciple, leave the sect to marry a man… Isn't it unfair for her to keep the truth from her?"
The Moon Queen fast turned around and stared at Yue Shuang.
In her eyes, there seemed to be tears, but also the flame of anger.
Yue Shuang was frightened, so she said, "Moon Queen! Why? Did I say anything wrong?"
The Moon Queen couldn't bear the emotion anymore, so she grabbed Yue Shuang's clothes and spoke in a sincere voice word by word, "Elder Shuang, I know you are asking this dumb question for the sake of her… even for the sake of Ye Clan… But… you know what…"
She paused and spoke in a low voice, but with the voice growling through her teeth, "Yue Gongxue… is my daughter!"
"She is my daughter! I brought her to the world after ten months of difficult pregnancy… I am her mother! Elder Shuang, I will give up everything to protect her! How would I do anything to hurt her?"
Her voice was no longer elegant and imposing as usual. She was more like a wounded animal, growling in pain for her beloved child.
Yue Shuang and Yue Han were both stunned!
[Yue Gongxue… is the Moon Queen's daughter?]
[What…]
[Is this even possible?]
[Isn't it unbelievable? Isn't it scary?]
"You have all the rights to have doubts about it, but I won't waste my time explaining it. I can only assure you that all I am doing is merely the best way to protect Xue-er. Don't you agree, elders?"
The Moon Queen bitterly laughed and continued, "Two halls, three palaces, and seven great sects have sent people to Heaven's Terrace. It made an incredibly powerful team… All these people together must be even stronger than the entire Qiong-Hua Palace. So many superior cultivators… actually all have gone missing at the same time… We can't be careless on this, can we? Isn't it obvious? Don't you see what is going to happen?"
"I am surely not as good as you at shouting out for fights and acting on impulse without consideration!" She fiercely said, "But when we are talking about self-protection, protecting the inheritance, playing schemes, cutting our hearts to achieve the greater thing for the palace…"
"You have to know that you are not a patch on me!" She shouted out the last words.
Yue Shuang and Yue Han both lowered their heads.
"Grievance… they say… Well, who can really escape from grievance in the history?" The Moon Queen furiously said, "Is there anybody who actually had a successful and fortunate life? If we can not even endure such grievance, then Qiong-Hua Palace deserves to die, and the only people we can blame are ourselves!
"Yue Gongxue is my daughter! And she has to accept the fate to be a daughter to me!
"She was the Saintess, so she had to bear the responsibility!
"In the past, at present, or in the future… she has to bear it!
"No excuses!
"Do you understand?
"Do you?"
She tried to lower her voice down and growled through her teeth like crazy. Finally, she got the opportunity to vent out all the grudge and sadness that had been buried inside her for all those years!
The growl of her made every of her word sound like bursting out from deep inside her heart with blasting!
She didn't know why she would lose control either. Nor had she thought that she would expose the biggest secret in her heart to someone else!
After all, she needed to let it out!
If not… she might never be going to have the chance anymore.
…
The next day.
It must be the most memorable, enjoyable, and cheerful day in Ye Nantian and Yue Gongxue's lives!
Qiong-Hua Palace had approved the marriage due to the Moon Queen's promise. Yue Gongxue was going to marry Ye Nantian officially.
The entire palace would wish them all the best!
However, they would also expel Yue Gongxue on the same day. Yue Gongxue and Qiong-Hua Palace wouldn't be related anymore after the wedding. Even though she would still be in touch with Qiong-Hua Palace, the palace would never admit her!
That meant Yue Gongxue got to do whatever she wanted after leaving Qiong-Hua Palace.
No matter what happened afterward—maybe she would become wealthy, powerful, dominant, or world-reigning… Qiong-Hua Palace would share no joy of it.
No matter what happened to her, death or life, honor or shame, she would never get any warmth from Qiong-Hua Palace.
She was no more than a stranger to the palace.
When Yue Gongxue heard the announcement, she nearly freaked out because of the sadness.
She was still recollecting the warmth of her master's arms… enjoying the tenderness…
Yet after just one night, her world was turned upside-down. She was no longer close to the Moon Queen anymore. In fact, she felt like just a stranger to her master and the palace!
…
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Chapter 1244: Tied the Knot
Translator: RITF_Rain Editor: Chrissy
Yue Gongxue was begging the Moon Queen, but the Moon Queen was cold and indifferent. She would not give in, not even talk to Yue Gongxue face to face.
"You have chosen your beloved husband over the sect's anticipation and failed the people of Qiong-Hua Palace who have done so much for you. When you made the decision, you knew what was going to happen. One can never get all the advantages in the world! When you get something, you must give up something else!" The Moon Queen let somebody else deliver these cruel words.
"From now on, Qiong-Hua Palace will be the same Qiong-Hua Palace, yet you, Yue Gongxue will never be the same Yue Gongxue anymore! You are an orphan, who has no family name, so we won't stop you from using Yue [1] as your surname!
"You should be grateful that we allow you to marry somebody as a girl named Yue! It is more than you deserve!"
Such words broke Yue Gongxue's heart—she was hopeless!
When she saw Ye Nantian, she had a feeling that was strongly filling her heart. [In this complicated world, only this man will never give up on me, no matter whether I will become poorer or richer, sick or healthy, no matter how time will change my face, no matter how life will become difficult… he will unswervingly stay with me.]
[No matter how the storm strikes our life, he will stay by my side.]
[No matter what hardships fall on us, he will confront them with me and never leave me!]
[Only he!]
[Only he!]
"I will accept this!"
"Thank you! Master!"
"Thank you! Qiong-Hua Palace!"
She was on her knees, with her forehead touching the floor, sobbing.
However, she didn't know that the Moon Queen was also bearing the sadness behind the curtain before the throne. She seemed determined, yet her two hands were holding together so tight that the nails were sticking deep in the skin. She was gritting, biting her own lips and her lips were bleeding.
She clearly realized that from that moment on, she didn't have her daughter around anymore.
Her beloved disciple was going to be with that man.
The couple's life never had anything to do with her anymore!
She never had the chance to quietly get into her daughter's room in the night and checked if she was sleeping well…
At this moment, the pain that was sharp enough to tear her body apart kept expanding in her heart.
She was heartbroken.
The phoenix coronet was ready, as so was the wedding clothes. The Qiong-Hua Palace, which had been clean, plain, and snowy for ten thousand years, for the first time, became an ocean of wedding red!
It was soaked in a warm atmosphere.
Yue Gongxue didn't feel the warmth and happiness as she expected. Instead, she felt cold in her heart. Although she was going to marry the man she loved for the rest of her life, the loneliness and loss had filled her heart, and she knew that nobody could share with her and help her out!
She dazedly walked on the red carpet, driven by only instinct.
Ye Nantian was right on her side. She could definitely feel the joy and excitement from deep inside his heart. In his heart, there were excitement, encouragement, relief, and extreme happiness.
She knew she should be having the same feelings with her husband, yet the sorrow in her heart had diluted the happiness a lot.
The red bridal veil, which was a symbol of a wedding, had been put on her head.
The only thing she could see with her eyes was the red carpet under her feet. It was so red… just like blood!
Blood!
It was a wedding ceremony! All that surrounding her was blessing from others and jollification that rarely happened in this place. However, all that she felt was blood… A lot of blood…
[Why?]
[How come?]
[Why am I having such a feeling? Why am I so weird?]
[I feel like… I feel like walking on a path to death… to hell… I feel like they are all dead… that they are a crowd of people killed blessing me!]
[I feel incredibly uncomfortable… I feel choked… Where does this feeling come from?]
While she was lost in confusion and questioning herself, the sound of percussion and talks suddenly stopped.
Everything became silent.
After that, a voice sounded.
"It is time!"
It was the First Elder's voice. She was surely qualified to be the host of the ceremony.
"The newlywed, to bow to the sky and the earth!"
As the First Elder spoke it out loud, the cheering sound burst again all of a sudden.
Yue Gongxue was still blank in the head, just followed Ye Nantian and bowed to the sky, and then she heard First Elder's voice sounding again. "To bow to the parents!"
Silence stroke the atmosphere again all of a sudden.
The Moon Queen's voice sounded, full of joy and happiness, "As we all know, Xue-er has been working so hard in the sect. She is one of the best disciples of Qiong-Hua Palace… We also know that she is an orphan. I found her in the snow storm outside… Nobody knows who her parents are. That is a tiny bit of a pity, to be honest. After all, this is such a special day…"
Her voice suddenly stopped weirdly, but then she went on, "However, in this great moment, we can't skip any of the important steps of a wedding. I am the person who has raised her and taught her all she had learned. We are master and disciple, and we are like mother and daughter… Today, I am not the Prime Master of Qiong-Hua Palace, no the Moon Queen, not Xue-er's master… but her mother!
"Now, let me sit here, embrace the couple, accept their bow, and watch my daughter… marrying the man she loves! I would like to watch her catch the happiness of her life!
"I hope… that everyone in Qiong-Hua Palace would bless my daughter… congratulate her with the best wishes… We wish her a peaceful, healthy, and happy life! I hope that her life will have no more twists and turns… She has suffered too much more than she deserves!
"I wish her a beautiful, enjoyable, happy life afterward!"
She didn't sound peaceful, calm and elegant as usual, but emotional. For several times during the speech, she nearly stopped because her voice was shaking badly.
Yue Gongxue started to sob.
She could hear the blessing and the love of her master!
Nobody could fake it. She was sure that every word of her master came from deep inside her heart!
Bing Xinyue and Ye Nantian slowly got down on their knees.
"Get up, my child." The Moon Queen's gentle voice sounded again.
Yue Gongxue had a strange feeling. She felt that the Moon Queen didn't want her to leave. The next moment, she felt two shaking warm hands holding her up.
"Listen, girl. Being expelled by your mother in Qiong-Hua Palace is the last thing you should keep in your heart. It doesn't mean anything. Seize the day. Seize what you have in your life. From now on, enjoy every second of your life. Live well. Live happily. There should be nothing more you need to worry about. You don't need to take the burden as the Saintess of Qiong-Hua Palace anymore…"
She was playing the role as Yue Gongxue's mother at the moment—at least the others thought so, so she talked just like a mother. However, she didn't need to really act like Yue Gongxue's mother, because she was. For the first time, she got the chance to talk to her daughter as a mother.
"From now on, you belong to Ye Clan… You can't get into a huff just as you like. Remember, harmony and peace are the most important. Don't ever think that you are more important than others just because you are the former Saintess of Qiong-Hua Palace… No matter what happens, you should talk to Nantian, listen to him…"
"My child, I hope… I hope that you can… you can have a happy life… enjoy every second of your days… be together for the rest of your life in this wonderful marriage…" Finally, she couldn't help starting to get sentimental, nearly shed tears in front of all the others… She hurriedly operated her spiritual qi to hold the emotion down to calm down.
"Master…" Yue Gongxue was sobbing too much to speak, and her body was shaking.
"That is not right." The Moon Queen joked on it, "Today, you can't call me master… You should call me… mother…"
"Mother…" Yue Gongxue finally burst into tears and was choked with sobs. She got down on the knees again and crawled forward a few steps, holding the Moon Queen's legs and cried, "Mother… you have always been my mother…"
The Moon Queen was shaking. She nearly passed out because of what her daughter just said. With the shaking voice, she said with a bitter smile, "My silly child… You should have been married eighteen years ago if not that I stopped you… Don't be childish now… You are a mother yourself after all…"
Even though she said so, deep in her heart, she felt so painful that she nearly passed out.
[Today… I am finally a mother.]
[Today, my daughter finally call me mother in front of everybody else…]
[Today, I finally sit here as the girl's mother to witness my daughter's wedding, and accept the bow from her and her beloved husband!]
[Today, I watch my girl marry somebody…]
[It's enough!]
[I am satisfied enough!]
[There is nothing more I would ask for!]
"To bow to each other!" The First Elder spoke loudly, even though she didn't know if it was appropriate to do it at this particular moment!
"I announce you, husband and wife!"
…
The wedding ceremony, which was eighteen years late, was finally done.
Yue Gongxue, who had been feeling the sadness in her heart since the beginning finally came to joy and happiness after all that was spoken.
The Moon Queen said, "Twenty years afterward, Yue Gongxue will not be allowed to step into Qiong-Hua Palace any more!"
Yue Shuang, who stood beside the Moon Queen couldn't help but asked, "Your great Moon Queen, what about twenty years after?"
The Moon Queen said, "I won't be the Moon Queen of Qiong-Hua Palace after twenty years. Yue Gongxue will be not the disciple of the Moon Queen, or the heir of the Prime master anymore, but only the daughter, the beloved disciple of an old lady in the palace. It is reasonable that she comes to see her master. I don't think anybody will stand on her way. It will only be a personal affair. It won't violate any rules of the sect."
What she said had eventually calmed Yue Gongxue down.
She finally understood that as the Prime Master of the palace, her master had to do this, no matter how she loved her disciple. Yue Gongxue was the Prime Master's disciple, the former Saintess, so she should have obeyed the rules of the palace more strictly than others… However… she chose to marry Ye Nantian. What her master had done was only what she was required to do as the Moon Queen.
[Master is still the Prime Master of Qiong-Hua Palace. What she has done for me are already against her responsibility. When I was imprisoned, I actually hated her for what I suffered. In fact, I never tried to see things on her perspective. I… I was too unfilial to her!]
[Master, you are always my master!]
[Master, you are always my mother!]
[Not to mention twenty years, even two hundred years, even two thousand years, as long as I can still move, I will come back for you!]
[I will!]
Yue Gongxue, the former Saintess of Qiong-Hua Palace, had been prisoned for violating the rules of the palace. When Ye Nantian reached Dao Origin Stage, the Moon Queen agreed on the marriage as promised, so Yue Gongxue and Ye Nantian eventually got married. In the end, Yue Gongxue was expelled. That was all had happened.
Yue Gongxue and Qiong-Hua Palace were no more rated afterward!
Qiong-Hua Palace announced it to the world.
…
The news spread fast in the martial world.
People had different opinions on whether it was good news or not. The entire Qing-Yun Realm was in a discussion of the matter.
The news emphasized the words 'eighteen years'… and the promise of the Moon Queen…
…
"The couple has been loving each other from the beginning, and they were forced to be apart because of you, Moon Queen. The lady has been prisoned for eighteen years, during which she didn't even have a chance to see her husband and son. She has all the rights to hate every single person in Qiong-Hua Palace. Now her husband is a great man who has achieved greatness in cultivation. That is the only reason why the couple could finally be together. That is the blessing from heavens. I don't think Qiong-Hua Palace can actually stop them from leaving the palace… Yet the Moon Queen said the lady was expelled… What a joke! Qiong-Hua Palace truly cares too much about their stubborn pride."
"That's right. If I were Yue Gongxue, even though not powerful enough to burn the palace down, I would have left that merciless place as soon as I could. Expelled huh? Really? She would have left that stupid place if she could!"
"Well, Qiong-Hua Palace did hold a great wedding ceremony for the lady, but so what? If not for what they have done to the poor couple, how would the eighteen good years be wasted in nothing? A hypocritical wedding is all you can do to cover your shame, isn't it?"
"I guess the biggest enemy of Yue Gongxue and Ye Clan afterward will be Qiong-Hua Palace… Expelled? Come on… Leave it to yourself, Qiong-Hua Palace!"
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These were what people said in the martial world. Gossip never died…
However, what they said were pretty convincing to the world. Almost everybody in Qing-Yun Realm agreed on the opinion above because it genuinely made sense!
What they believed was simple.
[If I were Yue Gongxue, I would never stop hating Qiong-Hua Palace…]
[The hatred will always remain in my heart for all the days to come in my life!]
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In Qiong-Hua Palace.
"Please be careful on the way, dare elders. It is a practical time. We can't put her in any risk." The Moon Queen was holding Yue Shuang and Yue Han's hands, said, "Please, sisters."
"Don't worry, Prime Master. We will do our best to keep them safe." Yue Shuang nodded to agree.
"When you arrive, please tell the couple that they should not show themselves to the public for the shortcoming future when they reach Ye Clan. The best they should do is to live their life…" The Moon Queen was smiling, yet her eyes were red, "Maybe we will meet again someday. Tell them not to worry. Things will get better."
"Yes, we will."
"Tell them not to get involved in trouble. Don't stand out for justice for somebody else. No matter what happens in the future, they should be out of it. They can just stay out of it."
"Okay."
"If somebody mentions Qiong-Hua Palace, mention me to them, tell them to think about the eighteen years… Tell them to hate me… curse me… They have all rights to do so after all."
The Moon Queen blandly said, "Only you two have the chance to tell them these words. After all, you two support Ye Clan the most among us. I believe you sisters can find the best way to deliver the message I want to send them."
"Okay."
"One more thing, tell them, that no matter what happens… they should always save their lives first… Tell them to have their happy life."
The Moon Queen took a long breath and finally said, "Now you are free to go."
In fact, she still had a lot of words in her heart, but she decided not to say it.
"By the way, I have a question, Moon Queen…" Yue Han suddenly looked at the Moon Queen and said, "There are so many elders in Qiong-Hua Palace. Why would you only trust us on this matter? You know… What you have just said have shocked us both! What you said should be a secret of yours, that nobody, not even us, should know any of it."
Apparently, what the Moon Queen said was so frank that even the two sisters were shocked!
The Moon Queen remained silent.
She did not say a word after that.
When the two ladies believed the Moon Queen wouldn't answer the question and were ready to leave, the Moon Queen suddenly sighed and said in a low voice, "Because… in Qiong-Hua Palace, you two the only people who are nice to the couple… You are protective to them. I don't know why you treat them this well, but I know I can count on you."
"That is why you two are the only people that I can trust on this matter. If I am wrong, then there is nobody in this world that I can count on anymore!"
The Moon Queen sounded sad and bitter in the heart.
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Yue Gongxue and Ye Nantian's wedding was a big ceremony indeed.
However, there were only four people to accompany them back to Ye Clan after the wedding.
Yue Shuang and Yue Han, and Yue Gongxue's two maids. That was sad.
The two sisters volunteered to go with the couple. Qiong-Hua Palace never sent anybody to do it.
The two ladies had tried to make the palace arrange a big team of people to carry all the dowry for the bride, yet they apparently failed. All the dowry were inside Yue Shuang's space ring.
If not for the ring, they might not even have a way to take the dowry back with them!
The palace offered eight treasures, and the Moon Queen personally provided one. Other than these, each of the elders offered one gift. Shuang and Han had spoken loud to everyone that everybody should give something to the couple as a wedding gift and also a sign of respect to the two sisters. Everybody knew that the Moon Queen gave the couple a Pure Lotus Seed. That was extremely valuable. So none of them dared to stingy on this. Ye Nantian and Yue Gongxue did have gained a lot of treasures from the wedding though!
However, when they left the palace, Yue Gongxue nearly passed out because she cried with tears so bad. She kept looking back at the palace while holding Ye Nantian's hand, but the gate of the palace remained closed.
Nobody opened the gate and watched them off.
Not a single person of Qiong-Hua Palace showed up to say goodbye.
Yue Gongxue had thought about seeing her master for the last time before she left, but she didn't have the chance!
The coldness and resolution of the palace made Yue Shuang and Yue Han who knew the truth feel cold in the hearts. If they were the Moon Queen… they wouldn't be so coldblooded.
Yue Gongxue's face looked pale. She just walked on Ye Nantian's side like a person without the soul.
The temporary warmth at the wedding was gone. All that filled her heart was disappointment and sorrow.
When they took a turn at the foot of a mountain, Yue Shuang finally couldn't help speaking blandly, "We are going to leave the palace's territory. We will arrive safely. There is no need to keep following us like this anymore, Prime Master."
She looked at the dark forest behind them and spoke in a bland voice. Her voice was like a beam of light shooting into the woods.
Yue Gongxue was shocked, with her eyes open, staring at the forest where the last bit of hope remained.
A sigh sounded inside the forest.
"Yue Shuang, I was wrong to trust you. You didn't keep my secret!"
Yue Gongxue was shaking. Tears rushed out her eyes, and she kneeled down at once, choked in sobs and tears.
[It is master's voice!]
[She has been watching me all the time!]
[She never truly broke with me! She is always still my master!]
The wind blew the leaves of the forest. A white shadow suddenly appeared, looking at Yue Gongxue in the distance, warm and soft in the eyes.
However, when Yue Gongxue was about to rush over, the Moon Queen shook her head and made a wave of gentle power to push Yue Gongxue away!
"My child… You will understand why I would do all that I have done to you. Remember. Stay away from Qiong-Hua Palace. You are not a disciple of Qiong-Hua Palace anymore. Do not forget…"
The Moon Queen looked at Yue Gongxue and spoke in a low voice, "I… I know you will be happy. Do not let your mother down!"
The shadow flashed and then disappeared.
This time, she was gone.
Yue Gongxue couldn't help bursting into tears.
Yue Shuang sighed. She knew that the Moon Queen was gone this time…
"Let's go."
Yue Gongxue still kept looking back, hoping that she could see the Moon Queen again.
However, she was disappointed again and again… However, she didn't feel hopeless anymore…
What the Moon Queen said to her had been resounding in her heart.
Especially the word, mother.
…
She had been thinking of the last few words in her heart even when they were already over a thousand miles away…
[Master…]
[Master seemed different…]
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Chapter 1245: A Calamity Began
Translator: RITF_Rain Editor: Chrissy
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Because Ye Xiao was the brother of Yue Shuang and Yue Han, the two ladies treated Ye Nantian and Yue Gongxue intimately with respect. However, the respect was hidden deep inside their hearts, because they were senior to the couple in the martial world after all. If they acted too respectful, Ye Nantian and Yue Gongxue might panic. Aside from that, because of the two sisters' effort, the four of them got along well with each other like real families. Nobody felt overcautious anymore. Yue Gongxue felt the difference, so she implicitly asked the ladies about it, but Yue Shuang and Yue Han didn't mention a word about Ye Xiao.
They only answered with the same words.
"Your master would never set you up."
"Just do as your master wants you to."
"The only thing that matters is that you should work on your own happiness. That is the only thing you master wants."
"As long as you are happy, your master will be happy too!"
"The relationship between you and Qiong-Hua Palace is over. You don't need to keep thinking much about it!"
"Just be a good wife in Ye Clan. That is all that matters for the rest of your life!"
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Sometimes, people are helpless facing their sentiments. There is always something unspeakable in people's hearts that make people feel heartbroken. Who could tell? Nobody could truly make it clear.
People couldn't even understand their own feelings… There must be a long list of people in the same situation…
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As they went farther on the way, Yue Gongxue was becoming happier. The Moon Queen's appearance had driven away most of the negative feelings in Yue Gongxue's heart. Besides, she got Ye Nantian, the man she loved on her side all along. She started to enjoy the pleasant views of the mountains and rivers along the way.
The spring wind breezed, and the soft sunshine splashed over the world. In her mind, even the grass and flowers on the roadsides were full of liveness and hope.
"Where is our son?"
"Why isn't Xiao Xiao with you?"
These are the two questions Yue Gongxue kept asking again and again.
After the sadness in the beginning, her role shifted from a daughter, a disciple, a wife to a mother. The love to her son that had been deeply hidden in her heart for eighteen years was now rising up.
"How does he look like? Does he look more like you or me? Is he handsome? Does he look well? How tall is he? Is he a bit overweighted or just slim?"
The questions made Ye Nantian feel awkward.
He had been loving his son, spoiling him like he was the most precious treasure in the world. For eighteen years, he had been working so hard to be an excellent parent to Ye Xiao. He absolutely had loads of compliments for him.
As he kept commending Ye Xiao again and again in all kinds of ways, Yue Gongxue became happier and happier until her eyes turned into two narrow lines because of her smile. She wished she could see her beloved son at once.
"He is tall, not overweighted or skinny, looks slim when the clothes are on, but muscular when clothes are off, with a strong back and a well-shaped waist. He is handsome, elegant, decent, and pretty. What a pretty young lord in the mortal world, an elegant and beautiful man!" Ye Nantian was also smiling with narrow eyes.
"Great." Yue Gongxue kept nodding, with the eyes shining, "What else?"
"He has a beautiful face, looks like you, but also a bit like me. His face looks like a warm jade, with two sharp eyebrows and two clear eyes, and a nose that stands high-bridged. His eyes are just like a pair of glaring stars in the night sky with a significant glow. When he smiles, the small dimples on his cheeks are adorable…" Ye Nantian just couldn't stop talking.
"Really?" Yue Gongxue's eyes were full of shining stars too.
Ye Nantian nodded against his conscience…"Of course! I raised him by myself. I know every single bit of him!"
Shuang and Han had been enjoying the compliments about Ye Xiao because he was their beloved brother after all. Although what Ye Nantian said was exaggerated, it was not too unreasonable. However, as Ye Nantian said more, the two ladies felt it become more irrational. They knew that their brother was a good man, but what Ye Nantian was describing just didn't sound real at all!
[Warm jade? His face? Come on! His eyes? Two glaring stars in the night sky with a significant glow? No way!] They just couldn't accept the lies. [Since when does our brother have dimples on his cheeks? That doesn't sound like a tough man! Come on! Uncle Ye, are you sure you are talking about our brother?]
However, the two ladies didn't know that what Ye Nantian was talking was the younger Ye Xiao—the seven or eight years old boy. When he was a child, he was indeed adorable with two dimples on the warm-jade-like cheeks.
As for the present… well… it was complicated. He definitely didn't have the cute dimples anyway…
"Is it true that he looks like both of us? He must be handsome. I am sure!" Yue Gangue sounded full of longingness and sighed emotionally, "I must make it up for him after we are finally together… Poor son… He hasn't seen his mother for eighteen years…"
As she spoke, she started to sob.
Ye Nantian hurriedly stopped her. It was such a great day that he finally could bring her home, yet his wife just couldn't stop sobbing and feeling sad all the way along. They should be talking about something happy, yet she still wept. [Women are genuinely made of water!]
The two ladies had been staying with them all along and had seen how the couple act like crazy. Sometimes, they laughed like two blossoming flowers, yet sometimes, one was trying to stop the other from sobbing in tears…
They just kept doing it again and again… never stopped…
[For eighteen years…] The two ladies thought in the heart and sighed.
Thinking about how hard life must have been for the family in the eighteen years, the two ladies felt gloomy. That was why after being close to the couple at the beginning, they started to try to keep a distance so that Ye Nantian and Yue Gongxue could have enough private space…
They didn't move too slowly, but absolutely not fast either.
They never flew at all, just kept walking on the road, enjoying the views along the way, as if they were having a honeymoon.
After three days, they had only moved about four thousand miles.
During the three days, the entire Qing-Yun Realm fell into a real mess!
The reason was simple and violent… All the dominant powers in the world, including the dominant sects, had lost their people that had been sent to Heaven's Terrace… Every single one of them disappeared just like they hadn't been there before.
Even the Prime Master of West Hall, Zong Xingyu, was missing.
Zong Xingyu had led over a dozen good men including his two Prime Guardians and three elders to Heaven's Terrace. Even such a powerful group was missing.
The West Hall was in a mess because they had been leaderless for a long time.
The other people that were missing were not ordinary people either. There was the Second Prime Master of the East Hall, the Second Prime Master and the Prime Enforcer of Qiong-Hua Palace, the elders of Misty Cloud Palace, the Prime Guardian and Elders of Ice Cloud Palace… Yue Changtian of Cold Moon Palace, Wu Huitian of Saint Sunlight Sect, Yun Xiran of Saint Starlight Sect…
These were super influential figures in the realm that people could hardly see their faces in regular days, yet they were all gone missing at the moment!
Aside from these people, many leaders of other important sects were missing too…
All these people were traceless, like muds that sunk in the water.
Nobody saw them alive, but nobody saw their dead bodies either!
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The different sects had started to communicate with each other and sent out their men to search for the lost people. The sky of the realm was full of flying carrier birds that nearly covered the sun and the clouds.
Everybody was anxious.
[Where are they? Why can't we find them? Why isn't there even traces of them?]
[What is going on? How could it be so weird?]
[Qing-Yun Realm… is going to fall to a calamity…]
That was the common thought in people's minds.
Who was missing? The Prime Master of the West Hall, Prime Masters of Saint Sunlight Sect, Saint Starlight Sect, and Cold Moon Palace, elders of Misty Cloud Palace, Qiong-Hua Palace and Ice Cloud Palace… These people made the most powerful force in the entire Qing-Yun Realm. If any other force could defeat such a dominant team, it must be a force that nobody in Qing-Yun Realm could rival!
The power of the enemy might be horrible, but the mystery of the enemy was even more horrible!
All the dominant forces in Qing-Yun Realm had been working together on the event, but still, even with such a powerful intelligence jointed-network, no useful information was found. The enemy must be marvelous in hiding traces!
Knowing that the enemy was strong and not knowing how powerful the enemy could be, aroused the fear for this mysterious force from the bottom of everybody's heart in Qing-Yun Realm!
Because of the fear, when everybody noticed how dangerous the current situation could be, each of them couldn't help imagining the worst case that could happen. All men shared the same thought.
All the cultivators were terrified, waiting for the arrival of the calamity!
Maybe there would be a sudden thunderclap that stroke the entire martial world and brought the world into endless storms of blood.
However, all they could do was waiting…
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Yue Gongxue and the others in this group had just walked out a huge mountain.
They were currently four thousand and eight hundred miles away from Qiong-Hua Palace.
What lay ahead of them was a peculiar place of Qing-Yun Realm—the Dark Forest. The forest was thousands of miles wide, covered in shadows and darkness. It was the fairyland of the spiritual beasts of Qing-Yun Realm. In the forest, there were lots of powerful spiritual creatures, and that was why ordinary cultivators didn't dare to enter this place recklessly. However, it was where the great sect would send their young disciples to be trained.
A few years earlier, in the war between Xiao Monarch and the Three Factions, they happened to have a battle in this forest. Those who were qualified to join the group to fight Xiao Monarch must be pretty good. When they fought against Xiao Monarch and moved past the woods, over half of the wood was ruined by their destroying power. They had collapsed several mountains in that battle. After that, the Dark Forest became a little bit brighter.
The forest was still full of big trees with big leaves covering the sky, but some places in the forest finally got the sunshine. It made the forest eventually not so creepy.
"After the Dark Forest, we will walk two more days to approach Oracle District." Yue Gongxue was excited at the moment. She couldn't wait to see her beloved son.
"When we are back to Ye Clan, we won't leave our home if nothing went wrong." Ye Nantian put his hand on Yue Gongxue's waist, holding her, speaking with hope, "We have been parted for eighteen years. It is time to enjoy some peaceful days…"
Yue Gongxue softly leaned on his chest and nodded. "Yes."
They slowly walked over to the Dark Forest.
Yue Shuang and Yue Han suddenly stopped.
They stared at the forest which was covering the sky, and then they were alarmed. They had an uncomfortable feeling of danger about what lay ahead of them.
The dark woods seemed to be full of… killing intents! It was like the entrance to hell.
They felt like they would put their lives in great danger if they entered the forest!
They weren't familiar with such kind of feelings, because it hadn't been there for a long time. Powerful cultivators as they were, there were very few people in the world could cause such feeling in their hearts!
They had passed the Dark Forest many times, but never had such undesirable feelings before, even though they did hate the sunless and dark environment!
"It doesn't feel right here." Yue Shuang was murmuring, exchanged looks with Yue Han.
"Maybe you are just over thinking about it…" Yue Han blandly said, "Things changed fast in martial world… Hidden flows are everywhere… Many people are missing. There must be something big happening… But we don't have to be overcautious. This Dark Forest is full of negative power. It is reasonable that we will have some negative feelings about it…"
"At the very least… Even if there is some deadly danger hidden in the forest, how bad could it be? You and me, we are powerful enough to handle anything. Cultivators should confront all difficulties with confidence and never fear to move on. We shouldn't be frightened." Yue Han was confident, "As long as it is not Zong Yuankai, Xuan Bing, or Wu Fa… I don't see the reason we should be scared!"
The two ladies were born with a strange condition, who had suffered significant damage when they were babies. Gradually, with their efforts, they got rid of the sickness and became two of the most influential figures in the world. However, after cultivating for all those years, they had hidden wounds indie them too.
When they went to Ye Clan and met their brother Ye Xiao, he gave them lots of supreme dan beads which were enough to purify all hidden sickness inside them. He even shared what he had learned from his martial arts to them so that they could be better improved. At the moment, the two ladies were in their most potent status both physically and mentally!
That was why they were pretty confident. In fact, the two of them didn't care about a possible ambush ahead of them—they might intentionally go somewhere there was an ambush to sweep off the enemies!
Not that they were arrogant, they did have their own point…
The martial world was in disturbance… Dangers were hidden under the table… If there were enemies ahead of them, they would love to catch a few and ask some questions to figure out the truth.
They thought they could probably get to know something about what was really happening.
Anything was better than nothing.
The two ladies had a short conversation discussing the next step, and finally decided to stick to the old plan to get past the Dark Forest!
They would love to figure out how dangerous it could be!
Yue Gongxue and Ye Nantian were both in low levels of Dao Origin Stage. That meant they could protect themselves in most circumstances… After all, if Yue Shuang and Yue Han couldn't preserve the couple in the Dark Forest, they wouldn't do any better in other places.
"There might be dangers in the forest ahead of us." Yue Shuang talked to Yue Gongxue and Ye Nantian.
"Dangers?" The couple was much weaker than Yue Shuang and Yue Han in cultivation. Besides, they had been soaked in their own romance all the way along, so they were much less alert. As they heard what Yue Shuang said, both of them were shocked.
"That's right." Yue Han frowned, "Something doesn't feel right in there."
"To keep away from entering a forest is always a safe solution. Maybe we should go around the forest to the other side…" Ye Nantian said after thinking for a while, "We can walk along the edge of the Dark Forest… take a turn near the three forbidden areas and then come back to the route… It will take longer time, but also get us out of many dangers…"
He was an expert in battle strategy, who knew that the dangers in Qing-Yun Realm were much more dangerous than those in the Land of Han-Yang. Even though Yue Shuang and Yue Han, the two domineering cultivators would protect them, he still suggested a safer solution.
"If we go around the forest like that, we will have to walk nearly thirty thousand miles more!" Yue Gongxue was anxious. She couldn't wait to see her son and hold him tight in the arms, so she wouldn't agree to waste time to wait. "Doesn't it mean we have to walk for one month more? Besides, it is a long and difficult way to go… Do we really have to?"
Ye Nantian understood the feeling of his wife, but for safety, he still insisted they should choose the longer path even after thinking for a while.
"Nantian, Qing-Yun Realm is different from Land of Han-Yang. Cultivators here are mostly beyond your imagination. If they can set up an ambush here, they can do it anywhere else… No matter where we go, they will set up traps ahead of us. If we spend more time on the way, they have more time to prepare the ambush. It seems safer to choose the other route, but it may not be really as safe as you think." Yue Gongxue used to be the Saintess of Qiong-Hua Palace after all. She was well informed.
"If they decided to come against us, no matter where we go, we will have to confront the battle!"
Yue Gongxue continued, "Since we know that there is an ambush in the forest ahead of us… we should think of some ways to defeat the enemies once and for all. It should be more efficient than going a long way and staying in a negative position all the time."
"We sisters have the same thought. To face the enemies, we may have the chance to figure out what they have been hiding." Yue Shuang and Yue Han exchanged looks and spoke proudly, "The battle is ahead of us. No matter what it is ahead of us, we should confront it with confidence. No matter how difficult it may be, we will go through it with courage!"
"We go ahead to solve the dangers, not to avoid them!"
"Ladies, you have a strong point. I won't deny it. Maybe I have been fighting in the Land of Han-Yang for too long and couldn't get rid of the influence of the old days. Anyway, I was wrong. However, battle strategy plays the same role no matter what war we are fighting. Since we are going to go through the danger bravely, we have to do our best in preparation before we confront it." Ye Nantian said, "We must think of some schemes that could increase the chance to win the battle."
"Alright, Commander Ye. You know it. The schemes in the land of Han-Yang are not useful in here. I don't think we should waste time on thinking." Yue Gongxue smiled warmly. "I know you are a general, an expert in martial strategy and battle schemes, but the problem is we are a six people team including two maids of mine, Qingxue and Wuxue. No matter how good you are at fighting a battle, your strategy is limited."
Ye Nantian smiled and said, "All that matters in martial strategy is what we keep in mind. There are schemes that could be proceeded by only a few people. My strategy will still work. Sometimes, fewer people may make a better opportunity…"
Aside from Ye Nantian, Yue Gongxue, Yue Shuang, and Yue Han, there were two maids in the group, one was Qingxue, while the other was Wuxue.
"Qingxue and Wuxue were only level nine of Dream Origin Stage. Wuxue was a little better, but still only in the top of Dream Origin Stage. They are my maids, as people know, but in fact, are like my sisters…"
Yue Gongxue knew that Ye Nantian would want to know the real power of the six of them to make a plan of battle strategy, so she started to introduce the others. "Yue Shuang and Yue Han are honorable elders of Qiong-Hua Palace, who are two of the most powerful figures in Qing-Yun Realm. I don't think I need to say more about them, do I?"
Ye Nantian nodded and said, "Ok. I now know about our force here… There are a few things we can do afterward."
He thought for a while and continued, "Since the enemy chose to set up the ambush here, they must know well about us. We don't know who they are yet, but I am sure they must be powerful. They know that we have Elder Shuang and Elder Han on our side, yet still dared to set up the battle. They may have lots of superior cultivators this time. At least they believe their people together can defeat the two ladies. They may even have some equally powerful figures to rival Elder Shuang and Elder Han. We must be cautious."
"Maybe they are from that secret organization which Xiao Xiao told me before…" Ye Nantian frowned and said, "This is unavoidable. Xue-er is right. No matter where we go, we will have to confront the same danger.
"According to what we can see right now, I think they have at least thirty level nine Dao Origin Stage cultivators. Otherwise, they won't be able to rival the two elders.
"Besides, they must have been arranged to stay in certain spots. Over thirty persons fighting together in the forest, they have to wait in certain positions… Only when they cooperate well with each other, they could do the best they could in the battle, to fight against the two ladies.
"However, that means they have a fatal weakness. No matter how well they prepared for this attack, as long as any of them makes one tiny mistake, we will have the chance to destroy them all. In front of powerful cultivators like Elder Shuang and Elder Han, a tiny mistake of the enemies is enough for them to win the battle.
"Environments in the forests are always the same, no matter in Land of Han-Yang or Qing-Yun Realm. They just have different plants. In fact, what matters in the forest while there is a battle are the trees, grasses, and shadows."
Ye Nantian found a quiet place and told everybody to sit down. He said, "Listen. Let me talk about the situation inside the forest before we enter it. Let's assume I am the one who has arranged this ambush… If I were the enemy, I would do this…"
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