Chapter 1070: The Most Crooked One (2/2)

Nie Tian’s expression flickered with surprise. “Vice sectmaster Chu Rui has high hopes in senior martial sister Wang Meijia?”

Fang Yuan nodded. “Yeah.”

“Elder Han Wanrong is on your side, isn’t she?” Nie Tian asked.

Fang Yuan didn’t try to hide the truth as he said, “That’s right. But who knows? Perhaps she’ll switch to second martial brother Fang Zhe in the future.

“Both Fang Zhe and I are from the Fang Clan, which is one of our sect’s many subordinate clans.

“Elder Han has been grateful to our clan because we provided him with significant help before.”

Nie Tian was at a loss for words for a brief moment before asking with shock written all over his face, “Your clan has actually cultivated two Sons of the Stars?!”

Fang Yuan smiled and said, “Well, a talented member of my clan’s previous generation became a Son of the Stars as well. However, he died rather young, and didn’t even have a chance to compete for the position of the Lord of the Stars. As for now, the head of my clan saw the potential in me and has bet the entire clan on me. Fang Zhe, however, came from a remote branch of my clan, and didn’t receive much support from my clan when he was growing up.

“He grew to resent my clan, and declared that he was no longer a member of my clan many years ago, when he became a Son of the Stars.

“Now, I have my clan’s support. But what if something happened to me? Would the head of our clan place his bet on Fang Zhe instead?”

Nie Tian was stunned, not knowing what to say.

He hadn’t expected the Fang Clan’s internal affairs to be in such a tremendous muddle. It reminded him of grand elder Mo Heng’s clan.

As they spoke, the two of them arrived in front of the Vast Heaven Pavilion. Fang Yuan patted Nie Tian’s shoulder and said, “Fang Zhe isn’t fond of me. Seeing that you and I are pretty close, I doubt that he’ll treat you nicely. Now that he’s stronger than our entire clan now, he even pisses on our clan with every chance he gets. Luckily, like me, he’s also going to march into the Dead Star Sea, so he won’t be able to cause you any trouble for now.”

Nie Tian smiled. “I’ll be fine, even if he tries something funny.”

Fang Yuan laughed heartily and bid him farewell.

All of the other Sons of the Stars made preparations and braced themselves for the upcoming battle against the Demons in the Dead Star Sea.

Nie Tian, however, stayed in the Vast Heaven Pavilion. His original plan was to visit the Domain of Heaven Python upon returning to check on the situation there, but he somehow felt that Mo Heng’s wisp of soul awareness might still be in the Realm of Fragmentary Star, and that he might have something to say to him. Therefore, he remained in the Vast Heaven Pavilion.

He had a feeling that grand elder Mo Heng had placed his bet on him.

Days passed...

He sensed something while channeling flesh power from outsider corpses to nourish his bloodline aura.

As he had expected, Mo Heng’s soul shadow show up.

It flew soundlessly through the stone door to Nie Tian’s room as soon as Nie Tian opened it, and immediately said, “The information the Divine Daughter of the wood element sect gave us about what happened in the Domain of Heaven’s Origin was very limited.”

Facing him, Nie Tian instinctively felt an uncle’s solicitude from him.

Then, he explained everything that had happened in the Domain of Heaven’s Origin in detail, including how the flame spark had devoured the Domain-corroding Flames, and how he had dealt Froste a heavy blow.

Mo Heng listened attentively.

Only after he finished did Mo Heng say in a soft voice, “I didn’t know you actually had such dangerous encounters in the Domain of Heaven’s Origin. Hou Chulan, He Lianxiong, and you were almost killed there... Where did you get that flame spark? The Domain-corroding Flames are very hard to get rid of, how is it able to do that?”

“It was a gift from the Divine Flame I encountered in the Domain of Flame’s End,” Nie Tian said.

Mo Heng gasped with astonishment. “That Divine Flame from the Domain of Flame’s End?! Why did it give you a spark of its flame?”

“If fact, it was more of an exchange,” Nie Tian explained. “It gave a flame spark to me in exchange for a few drops of my Blood Essence.”

“So it’s your bloodline all over again...” Mo Heng muttered in a low voice.

Nie Tian’s eyes suddenly lit up. Looking unblinkingly at Mo Heng he asked, “Do you know something about the origin of my bloodline? Do you know my father?”

He finally asked the question he had longed to ask for years.

Mo Heng fell silent.

Only after a long time did he slowly open his mouth. “Your father was the reason why I am who I am today... If he hadn’t shown me the right path, I wouldn’t have been able to join the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace, much less become the grand elder. Instead, I probably would have given myself up and idled my time away because I didn’t have a cultivation attribute.

“Also, it was him who first put forth and experimented with the idea of mixing outsider bloodlines with humans to create hybrids.

“It’s just that major mishaps occurred during the process, which forced him to stop. Many of his experiments and thoughts were considered wildly crooked.

“If we’re talking about crooked human forces, he’s the ultimate one. Compared to the road he took, the ideas and doings of the Nether Spirit Society, the Death Curse Sect, and the Blood Spirit Sect aren’t even worth mentioning.”

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