Chapter 275 - 137: Infatuation

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No wonder Xuan Wuji, the son of the City Lord in Emperor’s Song City, was furious when he found out his fiancée admired someone else and even conspired with Hou Qin and Tang Yuan to kill Yun Canglang. If Yun Canglang was not the son of Yun Bahe, or if Yuan Shahu had not played the Emperor’s Song for three days and nights, Yun Canglang would have probably died long ago. "By the way, Zongren, if someone can summon a Ninth-level Demon Beast, does it mean their skill in Emperor’s Song is also very high?" Yun Sheng was worried about the city lord’s son who was seriously injured by Yun Bahe but did not die. Although there was an agreement between Yun Bahe and the Post Qin Martial Saint years ago, in recent months, Hou Qin has been restless, with the Dark Crown Prince brazenly attempting to assassinate the Crown Prince of Dazhou. Now, with Yun Canglang’s hands restored and an additional Marquis in Great Zhou City, this news will soon spread out. "Being able to summon a Ninth-level Demon Beast? I heard that no one capable of using the Emperor’s Song to summon a Ninth-level Demon Beast has appeared in Emperor’s Song City for a long time. In recent years, however, there was a rumor within the Yuan Family about a prodigious teenager, who at just sixteen was able to use the Emperor’s Song to summon an Eighth Rank Magical Beast. But that’s just a rumor; no one has actually seen it. If that teenager really is sixteen now, I believe he should be leaving the city to travel," Zongren couldn’t help but sigh. It’s truly a case of the new waves surpassing the old. I, an old wave, am afraid I will be washed up on the shore. "But, master, why are you asking all these questions?" After telling Yun Sheng all he knew about Emperor’s Song City, Zongren looked puzzled. "Just out of curiosity, Zongren, listen, I want you to accompany me into the palace," Yun Sheng already had a plan in mind. Meanwhile, at the distant Southern Border of Great Zhou. "You say his hands have recovered?" In a plain house, a woman with a veil on her face was adjusting the zither strings. When she heard the news the young man told her. The woman’s hands paused, and her fingers were immediately cut by the sharp zither strings, bleeding crimson blood. "Big sister, don’t get agitated," standing in front of the woman was a handsome young man dressed in white, with thick brows and starry eyes. A Phoenix Head Jade Flute was tucked at his waist. "Is this news true?" A tear shimmered in the woman’s beautiful eyes. "Absolutely true. The news came from Duke Wei Wu, who has always been our informant in Yujing City. But since I know this, people from the City Lord Mansion must also be aware, and I think Xuan Wuji must have heard it too," the young man said, quietly observing the woman’s expression. The woman indeed became lost in thought. "Sister, do you still care about that man?" The young man’s words carried anger. "Younger brother, the events of the past were not Cang Lang’s fault, and I willingly did what I did," the woman spoke calmly, her eyes serene behind the veil. The woman had beautiful eyes and a distinguished air, even with a veil covering her face, it was clear she was a graceful beauty. "Big sister, how can you not blame him? You were driven out of Emperor’s Song City and ended up like this, isn’t it all because of him?" the young man was furious. Under the woman’s veil, her once beautiful face had become... Back then, the young man was just a six-year-old child. He remembered how his big sister, dearly beloved, left Emperor’s Song City on her 16th birthday to travel the continent as per the city’s custom. Before she left, she promised to bring back something fun and delicious. A year went by before she returned to Emperor’s Song City. When she did, the young man noticed his once gentle natured sister had changed. She became less cheerful, no longer played with him, and even had conflicts with their parents, locking herself in her room for days and nights, refusing to eat or drink. Later, the young man learned that his sister had fallen in love with someone from a foreign clan during her travels. The Yuan Family, a lineage secluded within Emperor Hong City, rarely ventured outside. As direct descendants of the Yuan Family, most of them practiced marrying outsiders every third generation. The young girl’s elder sister was betrothed to the city lord’s eldest son, who was three years her senior, at the time of her birth. In Yuan Bupo’s eyes, his elder sister had always been a well-behaved person. Before Yuan Bupo came of age, Yuan Shahua had been the most gifted individual of her generation in Emperor Hong City and the leading figure of this branch of the Yuan Family. The outside world knew of the ’Emperor’s Song’ consisting of nine Chapters in Emperor Hong City, but what they didn’t know was that the song was divided into three parts: upper, middle, and lower. The first three Chapters were inherited by the city lord’s Xuan Family, the next three were guarded by the Yuan Family, and the legendary final three Chapters were accessible only after the best heirs of the Xuanyuan Clan married and mastered the initial six Chapters, after which they could enter the Xuanyuan Emperor’s Tomb to acquire the legacy. Xuan Wuji was a summoner, and Yuan Shahua was a mage. From birth, they were designated as the heirs to enter the Xuanyuan Emperor’s Tomb. Yuan Shahua didn’t particularly like the son of the city lord, Xuan Wuji, but they were childhood sweethearts and had grown up together. She didn’t have any aversions towards him and, if Yun Canglang had not appeared, she would have settled into a life prearranged by her family. Everyone, including Yuan Bupo, thought that after completing her coming-of-age journey, the elder sister would return to the city and marry Xuan Wuji. After all, intermarriage was a tradition within both branches of the Xuanyuan Clan for many years. However, the usually sensible elder sister showed unprecedented defiance after being forcibly brought back to Emperor Hong City. This put the Yuan Family elders in a rather embarrassing position, with the City Lord Mansion applying continuous pressure. Xuan Wuji, in a fit of rage, went to Great Zhou City to find Yuan Shahua’s beloved, Yun Canglang. When Yuan Shahua heard this news, she insisted on leaving Emperor Hong City despite her family’s opposition. Her parents, who were the current heads of the Yuan family, reluctantly sealed her Magic Soul and forcibly confined her in the Yuan Family’s ancestral shrine. Yuan Bupo, still young and rather mischievous, had a good relationship with his elder sister and couldn’t bear it; he secretly visited her, deceiving his parents. "Bupo, let sister go. I must find Canglang. If he dies, I cannot live on," she said in the pitch-dark ancestral shrine, her eyes empty as if she were already dead. She spent her days in tears, her once beautiful features quickly becoming haggard. Moved by empathy, Yuan Bupo eventually helped Yuan Shahua escape secretly. Their usually loving parents were furious for the first time, severely beating Yuan Bupo. But Yuan Bupo felt no regret because he saw the expression on his sister’s face as she left Emperor Hong City; it was like a bird long imprisoned in a cage, finally set free. To outsiders, the mysterious Emperor Hong City was nothing more than a prison that confined her love and freedom, in the eyes of elder sister Yuan Shahua. However, the development of events had exceeded Yuan Bupo’s expectations, leading to the involvement of the two great Martial Saints from Great Zhou and Post Qin, resulting in Emperor Hong City’s first setback against external forces and eventually, a truce between the three countries. The once invincible Xuan Wuji within Emperor Hong City had been severely injured and brought back along with an almost lifeless Yuan Shahua. Yuan Shahua had grown to despise Xuan Wuji. Yun Canglang had become handicapped, and over a thousand soldiers of the Yun Family Army had died in vain. However, she also couldn’t betray Emperor Hong City. Seeing Xuan Wuji’s injuries, Yuan Bupo realized for the first time that there were hidden dragons and crouching tigers outside Emperor Hong City. Even with the aid of the city lord’s summoned beast, Xuan Wuji was deeply humiliated. The City Lord Mansion, outraged, vowed to kill the father and son of the Yun Family. Caught between her family and her lover, Yuan Shahua stood up resolutely. Not only did she publicly refuse to marry Xuan Wuji in front of the entire city, but she also disfigured her peerless face with a sword to prove her point.

Chapter 275 - 137: Infatuation

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