funbook-pk Chapter 405 A Barren Land
Chapter 405 A Barren Land
Chapter 405 A Desolate Wasteland
At the foot of Tian Shen Mountain, there was only desolation.
Not far away, there are houses built of piled stones.
But there was no one there. Seeing this, Liu Yue's heart tightened.
They rushed into the cave.
Jun Feiran frowned upon seeing this scene, if he remembered correctly.
Back then, the clan leader supported Fei Yan, and there were quite a few people who followed him.
And they are all elites!
Moreover, the lifespan of a Ghost Clan cultivator is at least several hundred years, although more than three hundred years have passed.
But they shouldn't all have died out! Besides, it was a clan; even if things had gone badly, they should have left some descendants.
But when Jun Feiran released his divine sense, he found that, apart from wild beasts, there was no sign of life in the surrounding area.
Jun Feiran quickly followed.
The huge cave was desolate.
Liuyue walked to a rock wall and parted the vines that were covering it.
A sharp pebble cut her palm, and blood dripped out.
"Little girl."
Jun Feiran's heart tightened.
Ke Jun Liuyue acted as if she hadn't seen anything and desperately tried to pry away the vines and stones on top.
Finally, the rock face itself was revealed, with scratches from the stone.
Jun Feiran walked closer and saw that it was the shape of a rabbit, drawn with very simple lines, and looked very childish.
It's clear that the person who drew this rabbit is very young.
A thought suddenly flashed through Jun Feiran's mind, and he looked at Jun Liuyue in shock.
“This is my drawing, and it’s still here, which proves that… everything that happened wasn’t fake. But what about Grandpa Clan Chief?”
Tears involuntarily streamed down my face.
She wasn't someone who liked to cry. Even when she was bullied by the people of the temple, called a bastard, and hurled all sorts of nasty insults at them, she never cried.
Because she knew that she needed to become stronger, and that her grandfather, the clan chief, was still waiting for her.
But she's back, and what about Grandpa Chief...?
"Grandpa, I'm back. Where are you? Didn't you say you were going to wait for me to come back and save you?" Liu Yue wiped away the wet tears from the corners of her eyes with her sleeve.
Blood dripped from his finger, drop by drop.
The rabbit was stained with bright red blood.
Liu Yue did not notice a strange light flashing across the stone.
"Girl."
From above, the old man's kind voice rang out, "You're all grown up now, and you still like to cry? Aren't you ashamed?"
Liu Yue stepped back, and a phantom figure appeared in mid-air—it was her grandfather, the clan chief.
The vague outline in my memory appeared clearly before my eyes.
"Grandpa Chief, where are you? Little A-Yue is back."
Seeing the phantom in mid-air, tears almost burst out.
She imagined rushing into her grandfather's arms, just like when she was a child.
She cried uncontrollably, expressing her grievances.
Back then, she would do this whenever she fell.
The clan elder comforted her patiently, saying, "Our little A-Yue is so brave."
The warm embrace of my memory has turned into a phantom; all that remains before me is a cold, hard wall.
"Our little A-Yue is really amazing, she's already at the Profound Emperor Realm. She must have suffered a lot." The clan leader's eyes were full of heartache.
Others might only think she's powerful and arrogant, but in the clan leader's eyes, she'll always be that little girl who cries when she falls down.
Along the way, at such a young age, he has already cultivated to the Xuan Emperor Realm. The hardships he has endured are unimaginable to the clan leader, who feels nothing but heartache.
If that incident hadn't happened back then.
This little girl was destined to grow up carefree, just like any other child, but she was born burdened with the grudges between two clans.
This life is destined to be anything but easy.
"Grandpa knew it all along, our little A-Yue is the most amazing child."
"Grandpa Clan Chief, you still haven't told me why you're like this? Where is your true form? What should I do?" Liu Yue said anxiously.
"Many things happened after you left the Ghost Realm."
The clan chief sighed, "I left behind this wisp of divine consciousness to wait for you. Three hundred years... I thought I would never see you again. If I never saw you again, that would be fine too. But I never expected... you would come back."
"Tell me, what exactly happened?" Liu Yue's tears had dried, and she raised her hand to wipe them away, looking firmly at the clan leader.
I had already guessed what was going on.
But she dared not think any further.
"Back then, after Emperor Qing brought you back to the temple, the people from the temple took you with them..."
A group of men in black wearing ghost masks appeared and forcibly entered the forbidden area.
They plundered indiscriminately, destroying all the hard work that the demon people had put into building over so many years, and even taking the children.
Jun Feiyan, the clan leader, and some high-ranking ghosts had no choice but to fight back and relocate the weaker ghosts.
These people were not only brutal, but also extremely powerful! Jun Feiyan, who was already weak, was no match for them at all.
During her battle with the man in black named Mo Que, Jun Feiyan was defeated and died by Mo Que's sword.
When the clan leader saw this, it was too late to save Jun Feiyan.
In her final moments, Jun Feiyan forcibly mobilized her profound energy and pulled Mo Que into a self-destruction.
The clan leader understood Jun Feiyan's intention; she wanted to buy time.
The clan chief had no choice but to transfer these people with heavy heart and seal the ghost clan people in a forbidden area.
After being sealed, these demons were in a state of suspended animation, no longer breathing, and thus escaped death.
The elder then led the man in black to another location.
After leaving behind a wisp of his divine consciousness, he perished together with the man in black.
Although Mo Que wasn't killed in the explosion, he wasn't in much better shape.
The clan leader witnessed Mo Que's chest being blown open, and the blood flowing out was black! Yet he was able to stand up as if nothing had happened!
This Mo Que is not human at all! And at the very last moment, the clan leader realized that Mo Que belonged to the temple!
"Mo Que?" The image of the man in black who appeared in Jun Fei Ze Palace flashed through Liu Yue's mind.
Jun Feize addressed him as Lord Mo Que.
It really is the temple! Jun Feize is colluding with the temple; this is a huge conspiracy.
Thinking of her grandfather, the clan chief who had watched her grow up, now only a wisp of his consciousness remained, Liu Yue felt as if an invisible hand was gripping her heart tightly, making it hard for her to breathe.
“Yan Yan, she…” Jun Feiran couldn’t accept it and staggered back two steps.
He had always thought that his sister was imprisoned in the forbidden area. Although the forbidden area was dangerous, there were so many guards protecting her that there shouldn't be any problems.
At least I could live peacefully, but I never expected that... my sister had already died more than three hundred years ago.
For Jun Feiran, although Jun Feiyan made a mistake, she was still his younger sister who had grown up with him since childhood!
Moreover, he now knows that even his poor sister was involved in that incident.
All of this is part of a huge conspiracy.
"Clan leader, what exactly does Mo Que of the temple want? Why go to such lengths?"
"At the beginning of the creation of the Nine Provinces, when the six races were born, the Creator God gave the Ghost Clan an ancient artifact."
The clan chief sighed, "This divine artifact has been passed down from the first Ghost Emperor to the present day, and it is called the Summoning Book! Legend has it that this Summoning Book can summon ancient true gods. When the continent is in irreversible danger, a chosen one will appear to restart this Summoning Book, and Mo Que came here for this Summoning Book."
"A summoning scroll?" This was the first time Jun Feiran had ever heard of it.
"The secret of the Summoning Book is known only to each Ghost Emperor and clan leader. Back then... His Majesty intended to pass the throne to Fei Yan. If that incident hadn't happened, Fei Yan would have already become the Ghost Emperor."
The clan chief sighed, "Now that you've appeared here, you should already know what Jun Feize did back then, right?"
Jun Feiyan is his apprentice, whom he has watched grow up since she was a child. Although her talent is extraordinary, she is still just a little girl.
Back then, Emperor Qing disguised himself to the extreme, even practicing the magic of the Ghost Clan! In order to conceal his divine aura.
Even he didn't see through it.
It's also his fault. If he had been more careful, Fei Yan wouldn't have been deceived by Di Qing!
"Yes." Jun Feiran nodded. "It's all my fault."
then……
When the incident occurred, he had just returned from overseas training. Both his parents had died on the battlefield, and his younger sister was pregnant with the enemy's child.
Only his half-brother Jun Feize fought alongside him.
On several occasions when life and death were at stake.
Jun Feiran has completely trusted Jun Feize.
Even when he was poisoned by the demon, Jun Feize cut off his own flesh and blood as a catalyst to force out the demon poison!
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed that the kind and honest older brother he remembered had harbored evil intentions so long ago...
All of this was the result of Jun Feize's meticulous planning.
Jun Feize knew that he couldn't compete with Jun Feiran and his sister, whether in terms of bloodline or talent.
So he took a different approach, gradually eroding the trust between the brother and sister.
Later, the clan leader protected Jun Feiyan, who was six months pregnant, and hid her in the forbidden area.
Jun Feize ordered a halt to the pursuit.
Jun Feiran was very grateful, and her trust in this older brother grew even stronger.
Therefore, in the subsequent struggle for the Ghost Emperor.
Despite possessing the legitimate bloodline of the royal family, Jun Feiran voluntarily relinquished the throne.
Jun Feize naturally took the seat he had always dreamed of.
After that, Jun Feiran thought that in the forbidden area... at least his sister could live a good life.
but……
Thinking of this, Jun Feiran clutched her head in anguish.
"Why, why did this happen? How could I be so stupid..."
Childhood memories surfaced in my mind.