"So what if they're innocent? How can one person change the world?"
“Indeed.” Shi Liuchuan seemed to have suddenly come to a realization. “Since this world has never been kind to me, why should I be compassionate? I just want my mother and sister to be safe.”
Song Xia didn't know what to say. Should she advise the child to be kind? Just like what Liu Chuan himself had experienced, those people had never treated him kindly, so why bother trying to save him? Let Liu Chuan live a little more selfishly, but when the nest is overturned, no egg remains intact, and there's no guarantee that he can be saved.
But this strange phenomenon deep in the forest seems to be Heaven's final reward for saving the world, and it would be unreasonable not to do something about it.
"Mother, let's keep going!"
Shi Liuchuan's gaze was resolute. Song Xia opened her mouth, but in the end, she said nothing. Let nature take its course. Let the child choose the path he should take in this life.
"That is..." The mother and son stared intently ahead. There was a person writing supreme mental techniques on the cliff face. Just by looking at it, the two of them instantly entered the Dao, and the surrounding spiritual energy surged into them like spring water.
Because it was deep in a dangerous forest, no other cultivators knew about the strange phenomena there. In addition, the ferocious beasts were scared away by the noise, allowing the mother and child to focus on their enlightenment without any distractions.
In their meditation, neither of them noticed any movement from the Yin Soul Wood in the center. A nearly transparent phantom floated out from the Yin Soul Wood. At first, her eyes were lifeless, but gradually, as she listened to the sermon, she seemed to gain sentience and began to meditate along with it.
During this enlightenment, Song Xia and Shi Liuchuan didn't know how much time had passed. They only knew that when they woke up, they were starving, and then they both held their breath as they looked at Shi Shuangzhi.
"Sister!" Shi Liuchuan's throat tightened. Knowing that his sister's bloodline had been taken by those people was one thing, but seeing his sister like this was another.
"Brother!" Shi Shuangzhi said softly, a faint smile appearing on her face, before looking at Song Xia.
“This is your mother,” Shi Liuchuan explained. “She rescued you and brought us here.”
"Mother?" Shi Shuangzhi was stunned. So her mother had abandoned her and her brother? Because of her own abnormal condition, she could also sense that her mother was the same as her.
"Your mother was also drained of her bloodline by them, leaving only her soul." Shi Liuchuan's eyes were filled with hatred. "But Mother, it took you eighteen years to regain consciousness, why did my sister regain it so quickly..."
"It's probably because of that little tree, and also the blessing of this supreme mental technique," Song Xia exclaimed. "Mother's soul is more solid than ever before, and has recovered 50% of her former combat power."
Shi Liuchuan examined himself and realized that he had unknowingly broken through the Qi Refining stage and entered the Foundation Establishment stage. No wonder his body felt different. He had gained so much from just one enlightenment. This ancient cultivation method was indeed powerful.
"Mother, what was your cultivation level before?"
"Golden Core Stage".
"Then, Mother, how old are you this year?"
"Including the eighteen years I was in a coma, I'm forty this year."
Shi Liuchuan and Shi Shuangzhi both widened their eyes upon hearing this: "So, you've already reached the Golden Core stage at twenty-two?"
"Um."
"Then why did you marry that bastard Shi Changqing at such a young age?"
Song Xia smiled wryly, "It's because I'm too young that I'm easily deceived."
Then, she told the two how she met Shi Changqing and how he took her to the Shenyuan Sect. It was only then that Shi Shuangzhi realized that her mother's experience was even more difficult than hers.
"Shuangzhi, don't be afraid. One day, your mother and your brother will go and get your true phoenix bloodline back."
"Wasn't it already absorbed by Shi Tiankui? Can it be retrieved?"
Shi Liuchuan scoffed: "What doesn't belong to her, no matter how hard you try, will never truly be hers. Shuangzhi, we will rebuild your physical body."
"And what about Mother?"
“Mother, it’s alright.” Song Xia explained the same thing to Shi Shuangzhi again, “They were too arrogant back then, which wasted the True Phoenix bloodline. So it doesn’t matter whether Mother reshapes her physical body or not.”
How could it be unrelated? Shi Shuangzhi's eyes were filled with heartache. She hadn't known that her mother had suffered the same fate as her. She had even doubted whether her mother had really abandoned her and her brother. She shouldn't have done that.
"He is not only Shi Tianning and Shi Tiankui's father, but also our father! Why did he treat us like this?"
Shi Shuangzhi will never forget the day her bloodline was taken, and the cold look in her father's eyes, as if he were looking at an object rather than a living person.
“We were born because he schemed against us, while Shi Tianning and Shi Tiankui were born under his expectations, so naturally they are different.” Shi Liuchuan sneered, “Sister, you don’t need to be sad for such a person in the future, it’s not worth it.”
"I'm not sad." Shi Shuangzhi wiped away her tears. "I just hate them. It's one thing for them to take away my bloodline, but they even went after you, brother. I begged them for so long, but they said they were afraid of your revenge. I think they're not afraid of revenge, but they're afraid that you'll find out the truth and expose their ugly side to the public!"
“Now they should indeed be worried about retaliation.” Shi Liuchuan gripped the sword in his hand. “As for their ugly image, do they care? I’m afraid their supporters will even praise them for doing the right thing.”
"But how can the three of us possibly be a match for them in the future?"
"Based on these illusory images," Shi Liuchuan said sarcastically, "the Divine Origin Sect doesn't have such profound cultivation techniques, nor does it have a divine tree for them to comprehend the Dao. The fact that Heaven has bestowed such an opportunity upon us is precisely because it disapproves of their actions, isn't it?"
"But aren't they saviors?" Shi Shuangzhi was clearly unaware that all of this was just a lie concocted by the Shenyuan Sect and Xuanguang Sect to deceive the world. Perhaps even they themselves had come to believe it by now.
After Shi Liuchuan finished explaining everything, Shi Shuangzhi was still quite astonished: "Then what is the meaning of the Nine Heavens Palace's calculations?"
"Did the Heavenly Dao ever say that the Nine Heavens Palace was the spokesperson of the Heavenly Dao? It's been so many years. If they were really capable, the world wouldn't have become like this."
Shi Shuangzhi never expected the truth to be like this, but thinking about it, it makes sense. The actions of the Nine Heavens Palace are like a knife in the hands of an evil person. Since they are associated with evil, their actions can no longer be trusted.
“But they are indeed powerful now, Mother, Brother. Even if we can’t get our bloodline back, it doesn’t matter, as long as you are both alright.” Shi Shuangzhi said very sincerely. She already felt very happy now. Although it was very painful to be stripped of her bloodline, she felt that the price was worth it to be able to see her mother again and to be able to get her brother out of the Divine Origin Sect.
"Silly child." Song Xia patted her head, thinking to herself, how could she let it go?
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