Chapter 916: The Truth of the Hei Yue Clan (1/2, Requesting Moon Tickets)

The Lord of the Moon, Gui, was willing to sacrifice everything for the Hei Yue Clan, willing to ignite a frenzy for the Advent of the Hei Yue Clan—but he did not wish to drag his family into it, nor did he want his descendants to repeat his life.

His life was a cursed life; his ancestors, his forebears—all were the same!

But all of this ended with his generation.

Because he had finally found it—he had found that "Black Moon"!

The Lord of the Moon, Gui, said excitedly.

"Wanfa Xianren placed the Gui Curse upon our clan, forcing us to guard a secret for them across generations—a secret concerning the Black Moon!"

"Wanfa Xianren? The Black Moon?"

The Lord of the Moon, Gui, pointed with his finger toward the sky.

That eclipse-like sun was nearly fully aligned.

This meant the Tianshi Sun was not far off.

"There are two Black Moons: Tian Yue and Dishi Yue. Tian Shi is Tian Yue; the refugees are Dishi Yue."

"Tian Yue is the anomaly our Hei Yue Clan has waited for across generations—we waited for many years, until my generation, when Tian Yue finally appeared."

"But Dishi Yue—we have yet to find the person Wanfa Xianren spoke of. After all, not every refugee is called Dishi Yue!"

It's not like all milk is called Telunsu, right?

Tian Yue—Fang Yue understood—it was Tian Shi.

He did not know what exactly its function was.

But judging from how the cheaters, upon the game's internal test ending, exited the game and brought their in-game power and items into reality, this situation was probably similar?

What was this? Last time was the end of internal testing; this time is the end of public testing?

What comes after public testing? Official operation? Is this even possible?

"Blue Sea" was no ordinary game—it could not be judged by ordinary logic—so Fang Yue did not know what would happen after Tian Shi.

"So you mean I'm the Dishi Yue you're looking for—the special refugee? And who exactly is this Wanfa Xianren?"

"Wanfa Xianren was an immortal from the Yueyuan Era—over two eras ago. His origins are so mysterious, no one can trace them; it's as if he appeared out of nowhere. Then, in an extremely short time, he rose like a comet—and vanished just as quickly. After the last Tianshi Sun ended, all traces of the immortal vanished completely; our clan's contact with him was severed then."

"Yueyuan Era? That's the same era as Meiyu Xianzi…"

"Correct. When Wanfa Xianren rose to prominence, he outshone even Meiyu Xianzi of that time. But after a brief brilliance, he fell like a dying comet, withdrew abruptly, and vanished from everyone's sight—deliberately erasing his own history and traces. When our ancestors investigated these matters, they suspected Wanfa Xianren had discovered some immense secret, which is why he withdrew so suddenly; otherwise, with his power, he was stronger than Meiyu Xianzi of that era!"

Fang Yue noticed that as the Lord of the Moon, Gui spoke this, his emotions surged, and his tone carried a hint of pride.

This puzzled Fang Yue.

"But didn't this Wanfa Xianren place the Gui Curse upon your Hei Yue Clan? Why don't you seem to hate him at all?"

At this, the Lord of the Moon, Gui, stiffened slightly and sighed.

"In those days, my ancestors were disciples of Shang Qing Tian, a supreme sect, immensely powerful, with boundless prospects—they refused to submit beneath Wanfa Xianren as his pawns or servants, and even ended up exiled to places like Qingchuan Jie."

But times are not what they were. In my generation, both talent and power have decayed beyond any possibility of further advancement."

"The only hope left is that our former master, Wanfa Xianren, might see that our Hei Yue Clan fulfilled his old orders, and appear to grant us some fortune—so we might defy fate, and return to the embrace of a great sect like Shang Qing Tian."

Fang Yue understood: once, his ancestors had the capital to refuse being Wanfa Xianren's dog—but lacked the strength, so they were cursed into becoming dogs.

Now, the family had fallen into ruin; to rise again, they had to become complete dogs, hoping their master would glance back and toss them a bone.

But where was the master? Would he even still toss a bone? That was uncertain.

Of course, dogs have no choice. After generations of bloodline inheritance, they could only bet everything on the elusive hope of Wanfa Xianren—hence why the Hei Yue Clan worked so desperately, why they had shifted from passive to active, striving to fulfill Wanfa Xianren's commands.

Though he understood this relationship, Fang Yue's doubts grew deeper.

Shang Qing Tian—he had heard of it long ago; he remembered it as a very large sect.

Back then, he was still Captain of a village in the Heiqing Shanmai; his greatest imagination of Shang Qing Tian was something like a major sect in Jingcheng.

But now that he had actually come to Jingcheng, he realized the strongest sects here were only things like Jibing Sect and Liehuo Sect—of Meiyu Xianzi's Qianyao Palace, or the Shang Qing Tian the Lord of the Moon, Gui, mentioned, there was not a single trace.

No, Qianyao Palace did have some rumors—the legendary Qiankun Master, said to be more powerful than all the physicians of Jingcheng's Seven Great Medical Halls combined, had once been a disciple of Qianyao Palace—there should be some traces of Qianyao Palace.

But since arriving in Jingcheng, Fang Yue had been too busy with one thing after another to ever find time to seek out Qiankun Master for information.

Of course, all that was a problem for later.

Right now, he wanted to ask…

"Why do you think I'm the Dishi Yue—or rather, what makes you believe I'm the person Wanfa Xianren recognized?"

"Not just you! Anyone who meets the conditions can be Dishi Yue."

"What conditions?"

"First, one must be a refugee. Second… one must possess a special power capable of consuming our clan's flesh! Our clan's Gui Curse has gradually transformed our bodies across generations into a unique constitution. After our clan's deep research, we found this constitution bears resemblance to the strange beings' bodies—but is absorbed by even more peculiar entities!"

Though we are willing to die for Wanfa Xianren's will, if there is any chance, we naturally hope to lift our own Gui Curse.

Through persistent research, our Hei Yue Clan discovered that our constitution, through certain methods, can be perfectly transformed into a strange body. Though irreversible, the possibility exists—and after transformation, even the most ordinary clan member can become a powerful strange being. To increase the stability of this transformation, I specifically had the Fifth Huang Nu summon experts from the Phoenix Organization to assist in research. The final result, naturally, is what you see now."

"Without incident, in just a few days, I will become a strange being without independent consciousness, indistinguishable from wild stranges. If there is any difference at all, it is only this… the stranges transformed from our clan, upon encountering you 'Dishi Yue' types, will be fully absorbed."

(End of Chapter)