Chapter 387: Blackened Junior Sister (92)
"The Way of the Heaven will not tolerate you. The combination of a human and a demon beast should not have appeared."
There was a trace of heaviness in the voice of Qing Yun, and his thoughts winded back to the past, as though he was sinking into his memories once more.
In the past, no demon beast could cultivate into a human form. Even if demon beasts could cultivate to a higher level, even with thousands of years of cultivation, they, at most, could speak human language and have human wisdom.
Moreover, humans and demon beasts are born to be incompatible. Humans have a stench that demon beasts innately detest, like a natural repeller.
That was until the fox came into the picture.
The fox was perhaps the most talented demon beast in the world and the sole bloodline of the nine-tailed fox clan. There were even rumors that the nine-tailed fox could sacrifice all its tails to grant a wish on a full moon.
Yes, that is correct. The fox had sacrificed his nine tails to turn into his human form. It was not clear, though, whether it was his wish or Luo Lian's wish that had been fulfilled.
Back then, it was impossible for a demon beast to have a human form, let alone give birth to offspring with humans. Thus, for Luo Lian, this nine-tailed fox had achieved a miracle.
The fox that had transformed into his human form captured a demon beast from another tribe to give birth to a child for him, breeding another nine-tailed fox. Then, on the day of the full moon, he used his child's nine tails to fulfill Luo Lian's wish to get pregnant.
Of course, all of this was kept a secret from Luo Lian.
On the day when their child was born, full of their hope and love, disaster befell them— the thunder calamity struck.
The numerous flashes of lightning that ripped through the mass of black clouds descended upon the two as though they were going to kill Luo Lian alive, regardless!
No matter how powerful the two were, no matter how hard they combined their strength, they were still powerless against this devastating thunder calamity.
The nine-tailed fox was originally a race that served the moon and derived their power from it. It just so happened that, on that particular day, there was a full moon. The nine-tailed fox was in his prime, yet he failed to save his beloved. However, he managed to save their cherished child.
"Yue Ran… you are the child born from a human and a demon beast," Qing Yun said.
Yue Ran thought about those words and muttered slowly, "The thunder calamity… a punishment from the Way of the Heaven…"
It turned out that the reason why she had endless spiritual power was because of this. In return, she would suffer the curse of bone-eroding pain as soon as she used it. It must be a punishment from the Way of the Heavens simply by existing herself.
It seemed that the mystery of how she contracted the demon beasts could now be solved. She originally had the blood of a demon beast running in her veins, and it was very easy for her to learn any skills, which might be because of this background of hers. After all, she took advantage of the loopholes of the heavenly way and could even ignore the existence of the rules in this world…
"Ha ha… I quite like this," Yue Ran sneered.
This character setting of hers in this world was interesting. Very interesting.
Yue Ran was still a little confused, though. Why did her identity this time appear like a standard female protagonist, similar to the female protagonist selected by the Way of the Heavens in the other worlds?
It turns out that in this world, the original female protagonist is abandoned by the Way of the Heavens. And now, the young woman was playing the role of an abandoned female lead, a female lead abandoned by the world.
"How do you know all this?" the young woman asked.
Yue Ran did not panic or have great emotional ups and downs after learning about her identity, background, and the story of her parents. She merely took a breath and exhaled slowly before looking straight at Qing Yun as she asked this question in a low voice.
Qing Yun seemed a little surprised at the calmness Yue Ran showed, and there was a trace of unsettled waves in his voice— still with the usage of spiritual power— as he continued his story.
"Between the demon beasts, the strong have absolute control over the weak. Your father… He is the most powerful demon beast in the world at that time. On the day your mother gave birth to you, only a raven that had not yet cultivated its human form witnessed everything that transpired. Later, the scene at the time was also recounted by the raven."
Qing Yun led the group to a house in the mountains. The bricks and tiles in the bamboo forest seemed particularly deserted, and the fallen leaves in the yard had piled up into mounds, as if they had been silent for a long time.
Yue Ran had no questions at this moment. At least, not for this second.
"Your father is named Yue Hu," Qing Yun continued. "He had long instructed us to take care of you if the two of them— your parents— had unfortunately left this world. It was a pity that the incident happened so suddenly, and you had already disappeared when we arrived. Now that I think about it, it must be fate that has led you to us."
Qing Yun had a lot of thoughts in his head. There were countless demon beasts that Yue Hu had taken care of a hundred years ago. Among the existing demon beasts in the world, all those who had cultivated immortality were once the subordinates of that fox.