EBE Chapter 76: Thank You
Chapter 76: Thank You
Chapter 76: Thank You
The argent pillar of light was not only visible from the Fleeting Mist Sect and the northern region, but all of those who were on the Heaven Continent. Even Immortal Emperors of the other Continents were able to sense the pillar of light even if they could not see it.
And the reason for this was...
“Sovereign Nine Yin Lotus?”
Tianyi said, testing the words upon his lips.
Mengfei nodded. Currently, she was sitting inside the Fleeting Mist Sect’s Main Hall. She was not alone as Elder Shan, Tianyi, Daoyi, Sect Master Yun, and several Fleeting Mist Sect Elders were there too.
The pillar of light interfered with the techniques of cultivators so that Tianyi couldn’t kill the fleeing Five Poison Sect members. Mengfei had constructed a formation to temporarily protect the Fleeting Mist Sect against the pillar of light’s abilities, or rather the Sovereign Nine Yin Lotus. And now they convened to discuss the matters at hand.
“It is a legendary material that was rarely seen even in the primordial era.” Mengfei continued. “Just its mere presence distorts the qi, whether it be true qi or spiritual qi. It has many uses; the most prominent would be to form a new body or soul. It’s not the only component, of course, but it is the most crucial one.”
“Then shall I congratulate, Grand Elder Xi on her harvest?” Elder Shan said while stroking his beard.”
Mengfei shook her head.
“Strictly speaking, the Sovereign Nine Yin Lotus is not mature yet. It can only be considered an Eight Yin Lotus now. There will be some time before it can be harvested.”
“I have led the Fleeting Mist Sect for hundreds of years, yet I have not noticed such a thing.” Sect Master Yun said with a sigh.
“There is no need to lament. The lightning seas were suppressing the Sovereign Nine Yin Lotus. Had I not come, it is highly possible that it would be culled before it ripened. Although it is a material of the highest rank, it is still fragile. I had been watching it, waiting for it to mature.”
“Is the pillar of light part of the maturation process?” Tianyi asked.
Mengfei nodded. “I was initially suppressing it using a formation that controlled the lightning seas. But the balance was disrupted, and the light was released. The most powerful people in the Huang Realm would come to compete for it now.”
“Ah!” Tianyi’s voice leaked. He recalled when he summoned the black clouds and lightning bolts. He had drawn some of the lightning from the lightning seas to fuel his technique.
Elder Shan gave a look to Tianyi, but he looked away and dared not look at his mother. He kept his head down.
Sect Master Yun was worrying about something else. He had not seen the intricacies of Tianyi’s technique, neither had Daoyi or the other members of the Fleeting Mist Sect, so he did not know all this trouble was caused by Tianyi.
What he worried about was what would happen to the Fleeting Mist Sect. In comparison to the people of Xi Mengfei’s level, they were less than a flea. An insignificant bug.
If experts on the level of Immortal Emperors, no, even an ordinary immortal would be enough to decimate the Fleeting Mist Sect from the face of the Huang Realm. And that was only considering the stray attacks, just one unlucky shot, and they would be gone.
“It’s not fine,” Tianyi shouted, his voice grating and hoarse. “I ruined your chance! If I had not foolishly used the lighting from the endless seas, you would have able to take the Sovereign Nine Yin Lotus without attracting any attention! You wouldn’t have to fight other Immortal Emperors!”
Tianyi didn’t know what was going on. It was as if a lock on his emotion had been shattered, and he had no control over them. Red hot tears streaked down his cheeks. For the first time in this life, Tianyi cried.
“Since I’ve been born, all I’ve done is take! Take! And TAKE from you! I’ve never done anything in this life! I’ve only taken and never gave back! At the very least, I should be able to not drag you down! But I can’t even do that!”
As Tianyi shouted at Mengfei, his voice hoarse, he recalled a certain memory. It wasn’t as Tianyi, but back on Earth.
He didn’t remember the event exactly, but he asked his mother to buy something for him. He pleaded several times, but his mother refused. He had even thrown a fit at his mother, but it only lasted a day. He had thrown it into the back of his mind, but a week later, his mother had bought the thing he asked for.
Tianyi recalled he felt like this. Tears streaming down his face, his emotions unchecked, and an overwhelming sense of guilt eating away at him.
He knew it was selfish to ask his mother to purchase something for him. She had been divorced and had to work till late into the night to send him to a good school. She often said, “Study hard now, so you don’t have to be like me.”
He had comprehended why his mother rejected it logically, but he was just so driven by envy, envy at his friends who had it. And not him. But seeing his mother purchase it anyways after his outburst, it was like a knife had plunged into his heart. It would have been easier if she hadn’t. If she hadn’t, then Tianyi would have been able to continually release his dissatisfaction at life and blame it all on his mother.
I’m a terrible person for even thinking that.
And now, even as a weak Nascent Soul Grandmaster, he had even dragged his mother, an exalted Immortal Empress, down. Was there anymore wretched child than he?
Mengfei didn’t know what to do. She saw Tianyi’s reddening eyes, the clear liquid falling down his cheeks. She moved to wipe them off, but no matter how she wiped, more would come. Finally, she held Tianyi like when she returned from the Vast Void.
Her left arm wrapped around Tianyi’s back, protectively as if to shield him from all the sadness of the world.
“When I was young,” Mengfei said, her voice gentle and carrying none of the dignity it usually had. “Emperor-Father and Consort-Mother never heeded me. It was like I was an unneeded thing.”
There was a trace of melancholy and hidden sadness that she, herself, failed to detect.
“I grew used to it. I eventually grew to think that I did not need it. I just lived my days as if I was dead. Then my master discovered me. She told me I was a promising seed. I was needed, by her, by the sect. That is my only value, my talent in the Dao. So I came to love the Dao that made master take me in. Every time I ascended or made a breakthrough, my heart palpitated whenever master gazed at me with her eyes and complimented me.”
There was a faraway look in her eyes as Mengfei spoke. Her story couldn’t be considered common, but neither was it rare. She was simply a child who had never come to understand her love.
“I poured all my effort into developing my Dao. I became happy or what I thought was happiness. Even with this “happiness,” I could not forget the heartlessness of my Emperor-Father and Consort-Mother. They became my inner demons. Even when I passed my Inner Demon Tribulation, it still existed. After my master died, I began to look at things differently.”
“Although I became needed by the sect, there was no one to compliment me or stroke my head anymore. I started to become detached, I felt myself growing colder and colder. I began to see everything in a logical stating, from man to man, from earth to earth, from heaven to heaven, and eventually, I became an Immortal Monarch after completing my Dao of Heaven, Earth, Man. I don’t know how those days came to pass. I live my life like a golem, only focusing on becoming stronger and perfecting my Dao. Just like my master wanted.”
“Something things happened, and an accident occurred. Eventually, you were born. When you were born, I didn’t know what to do. I still don’t. But you were smart and brilliant, unlike me. Did you know? Every time you talked about me to others, I heard you? Whenever you said I was strong, my heart beat faster; when you said that you were proud to have me as a mother, tears streamed down my cheek? Every time you spoke of me, I was happy. Happier than when master compliment, happier than any day of my life.”
Mengfei hugged Tianyi even stronger.
“Yi’er, I’m happy that you were born to me. I am a worthless mother... but thank you... for being my son.”