Chapter 966: Shelved Plan
It took a while before Wu Zhou recalled when he had extracted a blood essence once, but that was only one time when the doctor from the Core Haven had said that maybe Wu Zhou’s blood essence can wake up his elder brother, Wu Yao, from his deep slumber. When Wu Zhou recalled this past, his face turned pale as he told his elder brother and the Hong brothers. As for what Hong Yi said to Hong Er, only they understood what they had said about. The words the eldest brother had said to the second brother, made Hong Er realize that what Hong Yi seems to be correct. The first people who seemed to have shown no fear against them were her subordinates as well. The only person who had trusted them enough to give a personal token was also the same person.
This shows that the Moon Goddess never cared about their origins whether they truly have the bloodline of demons or not. She had chosen to trust them because she had decided to. Yue Xuexia never cares about someone’s origin. She only accepts people whom she deems to have a good heart. She would even care if one is a demon or a human, as long as she sees through their heart.
Wu Zhou said, "Brother, I now recalled when that blood essence had come from, but I am a bit unsure about it. There was a time when a doctor from the Core Haven had descended in the Inner Haven and I invited him to check on you. I remember that doctor saying my blood essence is the closest to your bloodline and with it he can wake me up so... I remember giving it to this doctor. Don’t tell me he is a fake door that the supreme elder had found to fool me!?"
"That is most likely the case. The contract that was created through your blood essence had been approved because of your blood essence. That’s why your name was written on it like a signature," said Hong San. "Moreover, blood essence is as important as one’s foundation. They would not easily give it a way."
Wu Yao and Wu Zhou knew the importance of a blood essence. In reality, Wu Zhou only gave away as he was told it was something that can wake up his elder brother from his slumber. This shows how serious Wu Yao’s situation was before. It was to the point that even Wu Zhou believes that to wake his bedridden elder brother that giving away his blood essence might be possible. They are connected by blood after all. At that time almost all the doctors had no other way to wake his elder brother up and Wu Zhou was already at the state where he can only leave it to chance, so his elder brother could wake up.
"Then... Is there a chance to cancel this contract?" Wu Zhou asked.
Hong Er and his brothers turned serious at this moment. They knew the consequences of breaking this blood contract.
"Either you complete the contract or get struck down by the heavenly laws as punishment. The divine punishment is equal to the current cultivation realm’s tribulation," Hong Yi said. "You will get targeted by a Godking Tribulation Lightning."
Hong Yi, the eldest among the brothers, can see through Wu Zhou’s cultivation realm as he himself was already at the False Emperor realm. It was due to this realm and strength that he and his brother could enter the Blood Sea and fish for seafood everyday. When the Wu brothers heard about the punishment for destroying the contract their faces turned serious. A God king realm tribulation, that itself can destroy the whole academy if they aren’t prepared for it. However, they had another path to destroy this contract so the students could be freed.
Wu Yao said, "Thank you for telling us about this. In exchange for this information, is there anything we can do for you?"
The three brothers looked at one another and smiled. The Hong brothers only said, "If you want to buy some seafood just go find us."
"We will be back tomorrow again to send Miss Yue’s delivery," Hong Er said.
Hong San said, "See you guys again tomorrow!"
Wu Zhou had escorted the brothers out to the gates. On their way out, the students and the teachers noticed that their principal was personally escorting three Blood Demon Halfling which left them dumbfounded. Seeing how close they are, left in bewilderment the students and teachers were asking around what was currently happening. In the end, a teacher who knew about the contract had chosen to inform the students about what the supreme elder and his factions had done. Upon learning that the principals were all looking for a way to destroy the contract that involved the students, they started feeling that the academy truly cared for them.
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At the Yueguang Peak...
The Moon Goddess and the Immortal Sun Emperor were meeting with Hei Yu who was sending the current information about the Dragon-Phoenix Ancient Nest. It seems that this treasure land isn’t opening sooner than they had expected, the Ancient Golden Dragon Ancestor suddenly announced that the original schedule for their race’s return to the ancient nest had been postponed.
The Immortal Sun Emperor frowned and said, "The original opening day for the Ancient Nest of Dragons and Phoenix had been postponed?"
"Yes, Lord Shen. According to our investigations, it seems that the source of the key for the ancient ruins is gone," Hei Yu reported. "We’ve tried to investigate this source key but... We failed to get anything out of them. All of them died. It’s soul restraint."
"The source key is the deepest secret of the Golden Dragon Tribe. Since they are the only living true dragons in the Immortal World, then the key can only be taken from them. However, the golden dragon tribe had betrayed the oath they had made with me. So they are suffering from having their descendants cut off and their path of cultivation. They might have lost the last pure golden dragon descendant whose blood essence can open their ancient nest," said the Immortal Sun Emperor.
The Moon Goddess said, "So they are looking for people and without it they cannot open the treasure land?"
"Yes. That’s why the usual scheduled return to their ancient nest had been halted because they had lost half of the key to open the entrance so they cannot open it with just the phoenix-side. Well, for the divine beast blood essence is a part of their foundation and it was unknown if the old true phoenixes who are about to die would be willing to give up a drop of their blood essence," The Immortal Sun Emperor said.
Yue Xuexia was calmer than everyone expected and even chose to stop reading the reports now that it was unknown when the ancient nest would open.
She said, "Since things had ended to such then lets forget about the ancient nest for now. I will focus on winning that Alchemy Battle two months from now."
"But what should we do about your situation? Wouldn’t it be uncomfortable for you, Xue’er?" Shen Jueyang asked worriedly.
Yue Xuexia said, "No. This injury just prevents me from using my full strength. Using emperor realm cultivation is still within the range, just at an early stage though. Moreover, I have you by my side. Unless something happens to you, I will not need to use my full strength at all."
Upon hearing this Shen Jueyang had mistaken that Yue Xuexia had trusted him completely. What he didn’t know was that the woman he loves is a lazy woman. Someone who wouldn’t make a move unless there is a need for her to do something and this thing must be something she is willing to do.
The Immortal Sun Emperor smiled and said, "Okay. Leave things you don’t want to do for me to handle."
After a while, Yue Xuexia just nods her head and hugs a pillow intending to take a nap in the living room. Hei Yu who was watching the interaction between the two masters, he made sure to shut his mouth and that his presence wouldn’t be too obvious. Shen Jueyang took a blanket from the puppet maid and carefully placed it over Yue Xuexia.
Without even turning his head to look at the Assassin King, "Hei Yu, left some people to survey the Golden Dragon Tribe and also a few teams to find a golden dragon descendant. Try to find that missing one."
"Yes, Lord Shen!" Hei Yu saluted before disappearing in the shadows.
Just after Hei Yu left Shen Jueyang’s face turned serious and carried Yue Xuexia back to her room before heading outside the house and looking over the sky above his head. The sky was like a carpet of tangerine. Orange hue with hints of red, a gorgeous gradient color of light orange, orange and red. The Immortal Sun Emperor watches this scene with an expression face.
"System, I know you can hear me. Come out," Shen Jueyang whispered in thin air.