Chapter 153

About one kilometer away from the Star Emperor Hotel, Shu Yan appeared on the terrace of another hotel with Su Tong.

This hotel is Xu Jiujiu's property. As a royal princess, Xu Jiujiu has actually had quite a few properties, and she is involved in many fields, and almost every one of them is in a very lively and prosperous area of Star Luo City. The annual income they can bring is a terrifying number that ordinary people can hardly imagine. Xu Jiujiu gave Shu Yan nearly 30% of the dividends of all properties, plus the gold coins she occasionally "exploded" and her gains over the years, Shu Yan's current net worth is already tens of millions of gold soul coins.

Although these industries are profitable, Xu Jiujiu has never cared much about them. She has some specialized personnel to look after these industries, and she just needs to wait in Shu Yan's arms for the gold soul coins.

There are a few chairs on the terrace. This place has never been open to the public. Only Xu Jiujiu and Shu Yan sometimes come here to sit. The view here is excellent, and you can overlook the street with constant flow of people when you look down. Coupled with the fact that this hotel is much higher than the surrounding buildings, you can almost overlook the entire Star Luo City here.

"Sit down, this is my territory, outsiders can't come up."

Shu Yan pulled out a chair and sat down straight away.

Su Tong didn't stand on ceremony either and sat directly opposite Shu Yan, but her gaze was always on Shu Yan, looking a bit complicated, and also looking like she was rejoicing.

Shu Yan sighed imperceptibly. To be honest, he didn't know how to face Su Tong.

In the past, even when dealing with major events involving life, he had never been so at a loss. But now, he was indeed a bit confused. Living two lives, this was the first time he had come into contact with his blood relatives. His mood was surprisingly calm when it was turbulent, but his thoughts couldn't be concentrated no matter what.

"Tell me what you know. I'll tell you the truth, I don't know what to say, and I'm a bit at a loss as to how to face you or the family behind you."

After thinking about it, Shu Yan still said it straight.

Su Tong lowered her eyes and said: "That is not only my family, but also your home. For so many years, Mom and Dad have been trying their best to find you and have never given up."

Mom and Dad?

Shu Yan's hand tapping on the table paused, but soon returned to its original state.

Su Tong took a deep breath. Shu Yan could feel that her body was trembling imperceptibly. This was a manifestation of an emotional excitement that was too complex to control. She tried her best to maintain calm, but in Shu Yan's eyes, it was full of loopholes.

"Let's talk about these things later. Tell me about your family and things related to me. I only want to know these now."

Shu Yan said softly.

A flash of sadness crossed Su Tong's eyes, but soon, she cheered up and said: "The origin of our lineage is too long and distant, and can be traced back to a period that ordinary people dare not imagine."

"Perhaps you dare not imagine that such a bloodline could survive the scouring of time for countless years, and has been passed down to this day since humans were still very weak."

"But I can clearly tell you that our ancestors are related to the legendary deities. You can understand it this way: we have the blood of gods flowing in our bodies and are descendants of ancient deities. This bloodline is passed down from generation to generation, and it contains a secret that has not been cracked by us to this day. This secret protects us, guides us to avoid disasters time and time again, and passes the bloodline down."

Su Tong's voice was light, but then it became a bit heavier.

"Four thousand years ago, when the two continents collided, our hidden place in Tianhun was discovered by the army and powerhouses of the Sun Moon Empire. The clan leader of that generation was unwilling to surrender and led the clan's powerhouses to slaughter the Sun Moon army led by level 9 soul tool masters, but the family suffered heavy losses because of this, and the clan members could be said to be less than one in ten."

"After that, the Sea God Pavilion Master of that generation of Shrek Academy stepped forward and led the three empires to defeat the Sun Moon Empire. The remaining bloodline of the family moved eastward to the then weakest Douling Empire and re-selected a residence, hiding from the world again."

"I am four years older than you and am the eldest daughter of Mom and Dad, and you are my younger brother and the eldest son of Mom and Dad. Besides that, Mom and Dad have no other offspring. The year you were born, Mom and Dad took us two to the old land of Tianhun to worship our ancestors. After worshiping the ancestors, they planned to go south to meet a few old friends, but they didn't expect an accident on the way."

"At that time, our group was traveling with a large caravan heading to Star Luo. Mother's health was not very good, and coupled with the long journey and rugged roads, Mother's old illness recurred. Feeling unwell, she handed you, who was sleeping, to her personal maid to take care of, and she was afraid that the illness would affect you, so she went to another carriage where her younger sister and others were to rest."

"But no one expected that an accident would happen halfway. The continuous heavy rain made the road more difficult to walk. The caravan leader changed his mind temporarily to take another road, but didn't expect to encounter an interception by a group of evil soul masters at the border of the two countries."

"At that time, the weather was too bad, and someone in that group of evil soul masters could control corpses to explode. For a time, the scene was extremely chaotic. The horses were frightened and ran around with the carriages. From time to time, corpses caused big explosions nearby. Even though Father's cultivation was far superior to that group of evil soul masters, he was still caught off guard and accidentally contaminated with corpse poison."

"Mother's cultivation was not high, and she had always been in poor health, so her state was not good. Facing that situation, she could only barely protect me and her younger sister and others. Other powerhouses traveling with her parents had the heart to protect but no power. Means like corpse explosions were too weird, and the heavy rain affected vision and perception. Everything was too sudden. When we rushed to the carriage where you were, we found that the maid and you, who were in swaddling clothes, had disappeared."

Shu Yan closed his eyes and said:

"You mean, you were intercepted by evil soul masters at the border between Tianhun and Star Luo at that time?"

"Can you determine if that group of evil soul masters was seeking revenge or just happened to meet you?"

Shu Yan threw out two questions in succession.

Su Tong nodded. For these years, the memory of that day had been flashing before her eyes like a nightmare. The gloomy sky, the violent heavy rain, the mud filled with countless minced meat and blood—even though she was only four years old at the time, she still remembered it vividly today.

"Yes, the mountain forest area at the border of the two countries has always been a dense place for evil soul masters to hide. As for seeking revenge, it's unlikely; we were just unlucky and happened to meet them."

Shu Yan sighed lightly and then continued: "And then?"

Su Tong pursed her lips and continued:

"At first, we thought the maid fled temporarily to protect you, but later, Mom and Dad and her younger sister and others almost turned over the surrounding mountains and forests, but still couldn't find the traces of the two of you. Finally, we found the corpse of Mother's personal maid and the swaddling clothes that wrapped you on a road more than ten miles away from the place of the attack, but you, who should have been with her, had already disappeared..." "After you went missing, Mom and Dad took people and almost slaughtered all the evil soul master groups hiding in the nearby mountains and forests, but still couldn't find your whereabouts. They judged that you were either devoured by that group of evil soul masters or picked up by passing pedestrians. But no matter what, even if we invested more manpower and material resources, we still couldn't find a single piece of news about you."

"Mother has been ill ever since, and Father has almost turned white overnight. This is their heart disease forever. For these years, Mother has regretted and collapsed countless times, and her body is getting worse and worse, only relying on various life-extending medicinal materials and the obsession in her heart to hang on to a breath..."

Su Tong's voice became heavier and heavier, and her expression was slowly falling. For these years, she grew up day by day, and Mother grew old day by day. She had witnessed her mother's demeanor in the past, so she could better understand how painful and depressed her mother was now.

Innate level 7 soul power—under normal cultivation conditions, she should have broken through to Soul Sage at the age of nearly fifty. But because of heart disease, in the past fifteen years, her mother had only broken through by a mere three levels of soul power, averaging one level every five years, and had not yet stepped into the Soul Sage realm to this day.

Even her father was deeply affected, with serious loopholes and defects in his temperament, and had not stepped into the Super Douluo realm to this day.

Shu Yan was inevitably moved. His emotions had become extremely complex. He could understand the pain and torment of parents losing their children. This kind of suffering easily leads to a broken family. If the parties involved had weaker willpower, I'm afraid...

"Back then, I was picked up by someone in Star Luo City, and then I was raised in a Star Luo welfare institution. After awakening my martial soul at the age of six, I was secretly cultivated. For these years, Jiujiu and the Imperial Brother have helped me investigate my life experience many times, but in the end, I gained nothing."

Shu Yan was silent for a moment before saying.

His memory of his previous life only suddenly came back after a high fever when he was two or three years old, but he couldn't remember a bit of his memory before he was two or three. If he had recovered his previous life's memory earlier, perhaps all of this would have been completely different.

Su Tong analyzed a lot from Shu Yan's words. The address "Jiujiu" and "Imperial Brother" meant that her younger brother already had a deep bond with the Star Luo royal family. Jiujiu was undoubtedly the current Star Luo Princess Xu Jiujiu, whom she had just seen once, and that so-called Imperial Brother could only be the current Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei.

However, she was also happy for this, at least her younger brother received excellent cultivation, didn't suffer so much bitterness in the past days, and didn't disappear from the world completely.

"My name is Shu Yan now—'Shu' for comfort, 'Yan' for evolution. I can't call out the title of sister for the time being. I have guessed my origin more than once, but now that I really understand it, I'm a bit afraid to face it."

"The past is not to be blamed on you, and all of this is not your fault or mistake. It's just that fate likes to tease people."

Shu Yan laughed at himself. Knowing the current situation of his parents from Su Tong's mouth, his mood was extremely complex. He had a feeling of heartache and melancholy, and was full of confusion and loss. Reason couldn't play any role at this moment. Shu Yan let his thoughts wander and let this complex emotion swallow him. At the same time, he felt for the first time that while fate loved him so much, it also made him unfortunate and made his family bear such consequences.

"My name is Su Tong, and your past name was..."

Su Tong's words were interrupted by Shu Yan before she could finish.

"Don't tell me these things. I am who I am. Whether it's the surname Shu or the surname Su, it's the same person."

Shu Yan leaned back on the chair, his heart feeling a slight pain.

A flash of heartache also crossed Su Tong's eyes. She opened her mouth but didn't know what to say.

Sister and brother reunited—it should have been a very exciting and happy thing, but the gap between Shu Yan and her, and even the family behind her, still needed time to eliminate. She really wanted to take Shu Yan into her arms and tell him about her longing and pain.

When Shu Yan was just born, she swore to be a qualified sister, to shelter her younger brother from the wind and rain, but in the end, she ended up separated for more than ten years.

After a long silence, until the sky became dark and the lights of the city lit up, Shu Yan stood up slowly. He took a deep breath and said: "Let's not discuss other things for now. In these two days, you lead the way, and I will go see them. Since all of this has a cause, there must be a result. You don't have to have any psychological burden. I have never blamed you from beginning to end, and I am willing to accept you. I just... just..."

Shu Yan was a bit tongue-tied and couldn't say the words behind.

Su Tong raised her head suddenly, and a hint of surprise appeared in her eyes. She originally thought Shu Yan was unwilling to accept them, but now it seemed that all of this was not what she thought.

She didn't care whether Shu Yan was willing to recognize his ancestors and return to the clan. As long as he was still willing to recognize her as his sister and recognize the parents behind her, everything would be fine. As for the others, she didn't care.

"Okay, tell me when you are ready. Now the family residence is in the north of the Douling Empire. I will immediately send this news back to the family..."

Su Tong's voice was trembling slightly, and a drop of crystal clear liquid slid down her cold, fair face. It was hard to imagine that an ice beauty like her would shed tears.

Shu Yan's gaze was complex. He reached out and gently wiped away the tear, then continued:

"Follow me back to the palace. The Titled Douluo who accompanied you must have been brought back by Jiujiu and the others. I still have one thing to deal with. In these two days, we can chat again. If you have anything you want to know, you can ask me at will, don't be restrained."

Su Tong looked at Shu Yan blankly, sniffed, then nodded gently and said softly:

"I'll listen to you..."

Shu Yan also nodded, put a hand on Su Tong's shoulder, and instructed: "Don't resist, I'll take you back..."

Su Tong nodded without any resistance or rejection. With a silver light, the two disappeared instantly. About two kilometers away, in less than a minute, they successfully entered the palace...

(End of chapter)