novelraw Chapter 388 - 341: I Refuse to Yield!
Chapter 388 - 341: I Refuse to Yield!
Chu Huaixu sat on the meditation cushion, listening to the sounds coming from outside the room, his eyes slightly narrowed.
His Majesty the Moon Emperor summons?
He stood up and opened the door.
Seeing Jiang Zhi, Nangong Yue, and Chu Yinyin standing next to the National Guardian, he immediately said:
"My heart has gained some insight, and my cultivation is not yet stable, so I cannot go."
The Moon Country Imperial Palace is naturally a dragon’s lair and tiger’s den.
He must be crazy to go with the National Guardian.
In the Cultivation Hall, at least the Great Cultivators of the Four Great Sects are all gathered, who can look after each other.
You can’t expect me to call Sword Venerable and Tianluo and others to follow me closely wherever I go, right?
"Although, if I did do that, perhaps they would be willing." Chu Huaixu knew well his current importance.
But why should I be summoned by your Moon Country Emperor and have to run over there, causing trouble for a bunch of people?
I won’t go, just say I have diarrhea! I really can’t go!
Xiahou Yue gave Chu Huaixu a deep look. As a Great Cultivator of the Ninth Realm, he could naturally see at a glance that this young man’s aura was long and unbroken, his state couldn’t be better!
So good that I suspect he has really mastered the Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Root!
Previously, over ten thousand Spirit Swords had gathered over the Cultivation Hall, and finally, they all mysteriously scattered to the ground.
This caused outside rumors to split into two factions.
One faction believed that Chu Huaixu had succeeded in comprehending the Sword, managing to achieve the legendary number one technique in the world with just a glimpse of the Sword Venerable’s display in the Third Realm!
——Worthy of being second to the Dao Ancestor!
The other faction believed that Chu Huaixu was close to success, but ultimately failed to comprehend it, falling short at the last step!
Otherwise, these Spirit Swords wouldn’t have suddenly all fallen.
In fact, even these cultivation giants were at a loss.
Because this kid directly fainted from exhaustion!
Who could possibly figure that out!
Moreover, the Sword Venerable, who nearly had the sole right to interpret the Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Root, stood up for him!
No way! No way! Did someone really learn the world’s number one technique in the Third Realm?
Xiahou Yue hesitated several times, and finally said, "I will relay your words to His Majesty. By the way, has Chu Leader really mastered the Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Root?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhi and the others smiled and looked at Chu Huaixu.
They understood this kid’s conceited nature well, didn’t they?
As expected, Chu Huaixu looked leisurely at the Moon Country’s National Guardian, suddenly sighed, and then said:
"Yes and no."
Looking unfathomable, as if it’s not for outsiders to know, but actually it’s just the two most annoying words:
——You guess!
....
....
The dignified Xiahou Yue of the Ninth Realm Fifth Heaven flew toward the Imperial Palace with a displeased expression.
He quickly met with His Majesty the Moon Emperor.
Learning that Chu Huaixu was unwilling to come to the palace, the Moon Emperor was not much surprised.
This elderly sovereign, no sorrow was visible on his face from losing a royal grandson.
On the contrary, he looked especially well, full of energy and spirit.
Xiahou Yue even felt that His Majesty looked somewhat excited now, but also more dignified than usual!
Perhaps... this is the taste of power!
Or rather, the taste of truly holding power independently!
He was nurtured by the Moon Emperor, with countless resources poured into him, in Xiahou Yue’s heart, His Majesty was both mentor and father.
In simple terms, the National Guardian was the Moon Emperor’s most trusted confidant.
Xiahou Yue could vaguely guess why His Majesty invited Chu Huaixu to the palace.
He just didn’t dare to think deeply!
Because this would change the appearance of Moon Country for hundreds of years!
——His Majesty made a decision that goes against the ancestors!
At this moment, it was the Moon Emperor instead, who looked at him and said with a smile, "Xiahou, you should already have guessed what I have in mind, right?"
"Xiahou does not dare to speculate." Xiahou Yue said immediately.
The Moon Emperor looked at him, lowered his eyes and said, "Do you know how many years I have sat in this position?"
"It has been... sixty-seven years." Xiahou Yue answered.
The Moon Emperor Qin Tianyang nodded and said with a rather emotional tone:
"In the blink of an eye, I have been in power for sixty-seven years."
"Or rather, I was chosen by the ancestor for sixty-seven years."
"As for how the former emperor left, I suppose I don’t need to say more?"
Xiahou Yue dared not respond.
Although the Profound Yellow Realm is different from Kunlun Cave Heaven, cultivation won’t grant hundreds or even thousands of years of lifespan, but at least it keeps one healthy, prolonging life.
Qin Tianyang ascended young, and he was the former emperor’s eldest son.
It goes without saying, the former emperor passed at a robust age.
How else could he have died?
Of course, the Royal Family’s outward explanation was that he died from becoming a fallen entity.
Moon Emperor Qin Tianyang continued, speaking to himself: "The world always says that the Moon Country has maintained the supreme power of the royal family for centuries."
"But only we know, whose Moon Country it has always been."
"Whether it was I, or the former emperor... every so-called emperor was merely managing the family business for the ancestor temporarily."
"Everything was just for the day when the ancestor would possess and be reborn, to return the well-managed Moon Country back into his hands."
"If anything didn’t meet the ancestor’s liking, then naturally there was only one outcome."
"Had there not been the coincidence of Xuanxiao’s birth, chosen by the ancestor as the ’vessel’, most of the divine thoughts requiring entry into his body, then which of you National Guardians, or a Blade Holder like Zhuge Boyue, wouldn’t harbor a wisp of the Emperor’s Divine Thought?"
"When you proud geniuses first received the Divine Thought, who didn’t feel, like Xuanxiao, that they had gained the Ancestor Emperor’s approval, feeling they had received a great fortune and opportunity?"