Chapter 276 Your Royal Family’s Melon Is So Big and So Sour
"In that battle, the entire clan of the Tomb Keepers was slaughtered."
"My clan also suffered heavy casualties, with only one in ten surviving. Our ancestors risked their lives to escape with the last trace of the Tomb Keeper's bloodline."
"That baby still in swaddling clothes is the saint of the previous generation."
"That is, the girl you mentioned called Ah Jiu."
Xiao Yu was completely stunned.
For the first time, my body shook slightly uncontrollably.
Ajiu's hatred for the extermination of his clan actually originated from the high and mighty Xiao royal family from which he came.
He and his family owed her everything.
The huge irony and guilt were like two invisible hands, strangling his heart and making it almost impossible for him to breathe.
"Our ancestors fled with the saint, but the royal family and the evil demons followed them closely." The queen seemed not to notice the two people's misconduct and was still immersed in sad memories.
"During a breakout, in order to avoid being captured alive, the Mermaid Queen at the time, my mother, hugged the Saint and... jumped off the cliff."
"That was the last time we saw them."
"We have searched here for a hundred years, but have never heard of them. We once thought that the last bloodline of the 'Tomb Keeper' had been cut off."
"Until today, until I once again felt this familiar, supreme aura of holy blood."
The queen turned around and looked at Xiao Yu and Chu Xuanyi with an extremely complicated look in her eyes.
"Now, do you understand?"
"Do you understand why we can't give you Mermaid Tears?"
"Because my only daughter is of royal blood, second only to the Tomb Keeper. She is the last barrier protecting the Saint. If the Saint is gone, then it will be she who sacrifices her life, leaving the last trace of purifying power for this world."
"But now, the real Saint is back."
"So, from the very beginning, the person you want to save is not someone else, but herself."
Chu Xuanyi suddenly thought of something and asked anxiously.
"Your Majesty, where is the soul-guiding lamp? We still need to find it."
When the queen heard the words "soul-guiding lamp", a sad smile appeared on her face.
"Soul-guiding lamp?"
"Child, there is no such thing as a soul-guiding lamp in this world."
"What?" Chu Xuanyi was completely stunned.
"That was just a lie we made up out of necessity to protect the Saint's secret."
"We deliberately spread the rumor that obtaining the power of purification requires three things: the Heart of Buzhou Mountain, the Mermaid's Tears, and the illusory Soul-Guiding Lamp. This is to confuse people and divert those who covet the Holy Blood to these false things."
The queen looked at Xiao Yu and spoke word by word.
"There's no need to look for the soul-guiding lamp."
"Because it is the divine artifact that the Saintess of the Tomb Keeper was born with."
“It’s not an object.”
"It is Ah Jiu's blood, her soul, her innate talent and power."
"It has already been integrated into Jiu's body."
The soul-guiding lamp is Ajiu's bloodline.
All the previous confusions and puzzles have answers at this moment.
Why does the soul-guiding lamp require the blood of a loved one?
Why the tears of the mermaid are the key to saving lives.
Because all of this, from beginning to end, revolves around one person.
A little fool whose entire family was wiped out and who didn't even know his own life experience, but still followed him foolishly and even gave up his life for him.
The culprit who wiped out her entire clan was none other than the almighty Xiao royal family, the one that Xiao Yu was proud of and whom he protected with his life.
It's his ancestor.
Xiao Yu's mind was buzzing with thoughts. The kingdom he protected, the glory he carried, the bloodline he was so proud of...
It turns out that everything is built on a pile of bones.
Built on the bones of his beloved woman and his entire family.
How ironic!
How... cruel.
"Your Majesty."
Chu Xuanyi noticed that something was wrong with him and reached out to support his slightly shaking body.
"so……"
Xiao Yu's voice was hoarse, and every word seemed to be squeezed out of his throat.
"So, this king... is her enemy."
He looked at the queen, and for the first time, cracks appeared in those eyes that once looked down upon the world.
"What I guard day and night is a land stained with the blood of her people."
"The blood flowing in my body is the sinful blood that slaughtered her entire family."
"What qualifications do I have to love her?"
"What qualifications do I have to stand beside her?"
From Xiao Yu's clenched fist, bright red blood was flowing through his fingers, dripping drop by drop onto the cold ground.
His nails had dug deep into his palms, but he seemed to feel no pain.
How can the physical pain compare to even one ten-thousandth of the pain that is being torn apart at this moment?
The Queen looked at him quietly. "You are right."
"By blood, you are."
"The Great Zhou Dynasty you protect is indeed the sworn enemy of our two races."
"But..." She changed the subject and her eyes became sharp.
"The one who slaughtered the 'tomb keepers' was the Xiao emperor from hundreds of years ago, not you, Xiao Yu."
"When you were born, the sin was already committed, and history cannot be changed."
"The sin of bloodline is not your fault."
The queen walked in front of Xiao Yu and looked straight at him with her sea-blue eyes.
"If you continue to sink into despair and never recover because of this sin that doesn't belong to you, then I will only look down on you."
"You are not worthy of our supreme Saint."
"The one she loves is the Regent Prince Xiao Yu, who can overcome all obstacles for her and change her fate."
"Rather than a coward who only dwells on the past and is weighed down by so-called guilt."
"Since you are her lover, the burden you bear now is no longer just that ridiculous guilt."
"You are responsible for resolving this centuries-old feud."
"It's our duty to avenge the blood debt of the Tomb Keepers."
"It is our responsibility to protect her, help her, allow her to reign supreme over this land once again, and let the glory of the 'Tomb Keeper' shine upon the world once again."
Every word the queen said was like the morning bell and evening drum, striking hard at Xiao Yu's heart defense that was about to collapse.
yes.
What's the use of complaining about yourself?
Can Jiu wake up by drowning himself in guilt?
No.
What he wants to do is not to atone for his sins.
Rather, liquidation.
That blood debt from hundreds of years ago, that dirty history that was deliberately buried, was to be ended by Xiao Yu himself.
No matter who it is, whether it is the evil demon from outer space or the ancestor of the Xiao family who has been hiding behind the scenes and lingering for hundreds of years, he will make them pay the price in blood.
He slowly loosened his clenched fists, looked at his bloody palms, and felt the pain.
"I see."
Xiao Yu raised his head and looked at the queen again, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your enlightenment."
"I will take back this blood debt."
"Ajiu, I will save him too."
The Queen nodded with satisfaction, "Very good."
"Now that you've come to your senses, it's time for me to fulfill my promise."
She turned around and faced the ancient altar in the center of the grotto. "Chu Xuanyi, you just said that you need three things to save Ah Jiu."
"The Heart of Buzhou Mountain, the Tears of the Mermaid, and the Soul-Guiding Lamp that has been integrated into her blood."
"Now, you already have the Heart of Buzhou Mountain and the Soul-Guiding Lamp."
"There's just one last thing missing."
Chu Xuanyi's heart moved, and he blurted out, "Tears of the Mermaid."
"Indeed," the queen said with a smile, "the true Saint has returned, and my daughter's mission has been completed."
"Then let me offer you this last thing."
"Your Majesty, what do you mean?" Chu Xuanyi's expression suddenly changed, and a terrible thought surged into his mind, "Didn't you say before..."
"I said before that the tears of the mermaids were the tears shed by the saints when they sacrificed their lives." The queen interrupted him, "But there is one exception."
"That is, when the guardian of the previous generation, that is, me, voluntarily sacrificed my entire life and soul, activated the royal blood in my body in advance, and forcibly condensed my life energy into a tear, it could also form a mermaid tear."
"Although the effect will be weaker than the Saint's personal sacrifice, it is enough to awaken her from her slumber."
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