CHAPTER 521: CHAPTER 13: BREAKING OFF THE ENGAGEMENT

"The master waited outside the room all night, and no amount of persuasion would make him budge," Uncle Yun knew that the tempers of father and sons were all bull-headed and without someone mediating, this deadlock would be impossible to break.

After receiving the Life Spring Water, Yun Bahe followed Yun Sheng’s instructions that the earlier the use, the better. However, he insisted on waiting until Yun Canghai awoke before he began his seclusion.

After Yun Bahe left, Yun Canghai sighed.

"Father has aged a lot," Yun Canghai had been in a coma for over six years and although he could not speak or move during that time, he vaguely remembered that Yun Bahe often came to see him.

The old man would ramble on, talking about things from when he was a child; the resentment he had towards his father gradually abated.

Seeing that Yun Bahe and his daughter Yun Sheng had much to discuss, Yun Canglang took the initiative to stand up, "You father and daughter haven’t seen each other in a while and must have a lot to talk about. I’ll go and inform Zhan Li and the others about big brother’s awakening."

Yun Sheng likewise had this in mind, as she wanted to inquire about Hu Jiusheng.

That day, in Ice Waterfall City of Xianju Country, her meeting with her mother was extremely brief, and she didn’t even have time to understand why Hu Jiusheng would be with the Summoning Court.

She clearly remembered Uncle Yun mentioning that Hu Jiusheng had killed an important figure from the Summoning Court.

Logically speaking, the Summoning Court would certainly have no choice but to kill her, yet now she was one of the Thirteen Bishops of the Summoning Court.

"Did you really see your mother?" Yun Canghai was beside himself with excitement, grabbing Yun Sheng, his face full of disbelief.

Not only Yun Canglang—Yun Sheng herself, even now, sometimes couldn’t believe the sight of Hu Jiusheng that day.

Not to mention anything else, it seemed that Hu Jiusheng didn’t recognize her at all.

The name Yun Sheng was chosen by Hu Jiusheng and Yun Canghai together while she was pregnant.

If it was a son, he would be named Yun Ge; if a daughter, then Yun Sheng.

But when Hu Jiusheng heard her name, there wasn’t the slightest reaction.

From her appearance, it was clear she had lost her memory.

"Jiusheng must definitely be with the Summoning Court!" Yun Canghai became agitated, especially upon hearing that Yun Sheng had almost died due to Hu Jiusheng’s magic in Xianju Country; he could no longer contain himself.

"Father, who exactly is Mother? Why did Old General Yun curse her as a foreigner, and... why did the Great Zhou Army conspire with the Summoning Court to harm Mother?" Yun Sheng thought that Great Zhou and the Summoning Court shouldn’t have any direct dealings.

Yun Canghai fell silent.

He gazed at his daughter, whom he hadn’t seen for several years. Yun Sheng had grown from a small child he could lift with one hand into a graceful young woman. Her features, already resembling her mother’s by five or six points, now seemed even more refined thanks to undergoing the cleansing of the Karmic Fire and the Life Spring.

In comparison to her mother Hu Jiusheng, Yun Sheng, when angry, was like a blazing Fiery Fire, yet her smile was as refreshing as a sweet spring.

"Sheng’er, I heard that you’ve engaged to Prince Beiming of Great Zhou, haven’t you?" Yun Canghai was full of guilt; he truly was an irresponsible father.

Back in Banana Leaf Village, due to the toxicity, he spent his days drowned in alcohol, morose and despondent, neglecting his daughter’s growth.

After leaving Banana Leaf Village, he fell into a coma and slept for six years.

Any other child might have struggled to keep going, but Sheng’er supported herself and got through it with her tender shoulders.

Even his daughter’s lifelong matter had been decided without his knowledge.

Though he also knew that today’s Emperor Beiming of Dazhou was the blind boy who had spent some time with him and his daughter back in Banana Leaf Village.

In his memory, there was a reticent yet exceptionally handsome youth.

He was quite kind to Sheng’er, unfortunately, he came from the Royal Family.

Yun Sheng did not understand why her father would suddenly inquire about this matter.

Thinking of Ye Beiming, a softness touched the depths of Yun Sheng’s heart, "Father, actually..."

What Yun Sheng really wanted to say was that she herself did not know that she and Ye Beiming were not in the kind of relationship her father imagined; Ye Beiming’s engagement was, in fact, merely a protective measure.

But when the words reached her lips, Yun Sheng felt unable to speak them out loud. Was the relationship between her and Ye Beiming really nothing more than the constraints of a marriage contract?

This thought threw Yun Sheng into some confusion.

Seeing his daughter speak haltingly with uncertainty in her eyes, Yun Canghai slightly furrowed his brow. He could tell that Yun Sheng harbored some feelings for that young man.

"Sheng’er, you must promise your father that you cannot marry Ye Beiming; you must dissolve the engagement with him," Yun Canghai’s stern tone startled Yun Sheng at first.

She did not understand why her father would suddenly say such a thing.

"Father..." Yun Sheng had actually considered dissolving the engagement before.

After all, it was due to the Dark Crown Prince of Hou Qin that she had to get engaged to Ye Beiming in the first place.

She had thought that once Ye Beiming found his true love, she would voluntarily dissolve the engagement. However, her father’s abrupt opposition to her marriage left her feeling inexplicably uncomfortable.

"Sheng’er, your father is doing this for your own good. If it were an ordinary family, perhaps they could accept your background, but if it is the Royal Family, once your true identity is revealed, what awaits you, I fear, may only be death," Yun Canghai looked at Yun Sheng’s expression.

In his heart, he sighed. A grown daughter can’t be kept at home; he feared that his daughter had already developed a quiet affection for the Beiming King.

Yun Canghai, as someone who had been through it all, knew that Yun Sheng was intelligent. She could be considered precocious compared to other children, but she seemed indifferent to matters of love.

On the continent, girls at twelve and boys at fourteen were indeed at the age to discuss marriage. Having engaged, in two or three more years, it would be time to proceed with marriage.

Yun Canghai did not want to wait until that time to separate Yun Sheng and the Beiming King.

"Father, is there anything special about my birth?" Yun Sheng detected an unusual undertone in her father’s voice.

"Now that things have come to this, your father will simply be frank with you. Your mother, Hu Jiusheng, is not an ordinary person; she is a descendant of the Heavenly Fox from the Eight Desolate Beast Clan," Yun Canghai sighed and revealed the biggest secret of Hu Jiusheng to Yun Sheng.

Hu Jiusheng was not human; to be precise, she had a Demon Beast Body.

At the easternmost part of the continent, there lies a boundless Dutian Beast Blood Realm. The Dutian Beast Blood Clouds that have been ravaging all over the continent these years come from there.

But on the other side of the Beast Blood Realm lies the legendary beasts that were once driven out of the Wuji Continent by the eight greatest martial artists, mages, and summoners of the time.

Untold years ago, the Demon Beasts reigned supreme on the continent, and the Human Clan could only struggle to survive under their attacks.

But at some point, the eight most powerful martial artists, mages, and summoners on the Wuji Continent found the Eight Desolate Divine Artifacts. With these Divine Artifacts, they expelled the Demon Beasts that once dominated the Wuji Continent from the land.

The Demon Beasts were either killed or exiled, including several of the strongest Demon Beast tribes, collectively known as the Eight Desolate Beast Clan.