Chapter 97 - Innate Moon Spirit Body (2/2)

Zhong Yue's heart was stunned whereas Xin Huo was thrilled and overjoyed within his psyche ocean. He quickly said, "Celestial race? Will it be the Fuxi Celestial Race coming in search of their people? Brat Yue, quick, let's go and have a look!"

"Celestial Race? I've never seen a true member of the Celestial Race before, this is a good opportunity!"

Zhong Yue's spirit was roused, he followed the sounds of the bell and eventually reached to a ganoderma-like palace; nearly all of the inner hall disciples were gathered here, divided into eight groups according to their respective halls.

There were many disciples in Swords Gate; every year would see an addition of 20 to 30 new Qi Practitioners, and there were a lot of them within their 80s and 90s that were still stranded at the Spirit Nurturing stage, unable to break through to the next level of the Spirit Body as One. This situation was so pervasive that throughout the past 80 years, the number of incumbent Qi Practitioners of the inner hall disciples numbered almost 2000 by now. The youngest was in their teens years old while the oldest would've reached over a hundred years of age with their hairs having already turned white-gray!

The over thousand disciples were currently gathered right here. Thankfully, the terrace beside the palace was big enough to contain them all, so that it was not too pack and crowded.

Zhong Yue had just arrived when a saintly aura burgeoned out from the palace. In the palace, voices of the You Yu Clan elder could be heard laughing while he spoke, "Senior Martial Brother Xiao comes all the way from the West Barren, I wonder what you seek from us?"

In the palace, another voice, grand like an ancient bell, answered. The sound trembled the air and quivered the ears of the couple thousand disciples. "It's a shame to say it out loud, but in my early days, I'd fallen in love with a human woman and we had a daughter, Chuqing. Half of the blood is of her human mother's and the other half is mine. Hence, I plan to send her over to cultivate under Swords Gate so that she wouldn't forget her origins. I wonder if Swords Gate may approve of my request?"

You Yu Clan great elder answered, chuckled and said, "The Xiao Mang Celestial Race has temples in the West Barren, there, you have the great techniques of the Xiao Mang Celestial Race. The heritage of the celestial race is leagues beyond ours in the Swords Gate, so why would Senior Martial Brother Xiao intend to send over your lovely daughter to the humans?"

"Senior Martial Brother Yu, there's something you don't know, the Xiao Mang Celestial Race values bloodline greatly. My daughter, being half-human, was neglected among the vast number of purebloods in the West Barren, and so she wasn't permitted to learn the heritage of our ancestors. Even the guardian spirit in our temple had refused to give her its blessings."

The 'Senior Martial Brother Xiao' sighed and said, "I'm forced to do so, I have no choice but to send my daughter here to Swords Gate as I didn't want to see her future ruined. To tell you the truth, my daughter is also an innate spirit body. Chuqing, show your spirit and let Elder Yu take a look."

"Yes," a young and sweet voice sounded out in the palace.

Warm and bright rays emitted out of the palace, it was like mercury splashing down on the ground. The rays were mild and yet possessed a saintly aura along with a nearly imperceptible and inexplicably ethereal air. It shone all the way from inside of the palace to outside, as if the moon itself had risen in the palace!

Moments later in the place, the You Yu Clan grand elder's voice was shuddering as he stammered, "The Innate Moon Spirit Body…."

The 'Senior Martial Brother Xiao' smiled and said, "That's right, my daughter is an Innate Moon Spirit Body, and at the same time as having half of the blood from the Xiao Mang Celestial Race. I hear that in Swords Gate, there are five innate spirit bodies that are analogous to the five celestial stars. But they are after all, a level below the moon celestial. The Innate Moon Spirit Body is one that can rival with the Innate Sun Spirit Body! Senior Martial Brother Yu, I wonder if Swords Gate is willing to accept my lovely daughter?"

While outside of the palace, the hairs on Zhong Yue's skin bristled up, his bones quivered, and a frigid sensation engulfed his soul!

The Innate Moon Spirit Body!

But the moon was already hollowed out, the spirit in it had disappeared, and in its place was the statue of a multi-armed god, the spirit of a god!

Without the moon spirit, how could there be an Innate Moon Spirit Body?

No other race can birth an Innate Moon Spirit Body other than the terribly strong celestial race that stole the moon's core and the moon spirit!

Zhong Yue gazed at the palace, his limbs were shuddering from the cold, These two celestials in the palace are from the celestial race that stole the moon's core and the moon spirit! This celestial race, they arranged for their half-blood celestial to infiltrate Swords Gate, what are they trying to do?

"Hahaha, since its the Innate Moon Spirit Body, how can Swords Gate decline her?"

In the palace, the elders held a small discussion, Elder Lei Hong smiled and said, "Senior Martial Brother Xiao, don't you worry, if you are willing to send your lovely daughter over to us, we the Swords Gate will surely not treat her poorly. From now on, your lovely daughter will be one of our Swords Gate inner hall disciple!"

"Good, good! Alright, my lovely daughter will be handed over to all you senior martial brothers!"

Sounds of footsteps came, Zhong Yue lifted his head up and look over, Grand Elder Yu and the other elders were sending that 'Senior Martial Brother Xiao' off from the palace, and beside them, was a little young girl between 14 and 15 years of age subserviently following beside the 'Senior Martial Brother Xiao'.

The air of the young lady was saintly like the moon – pure and holy. It was as if she was born to attract attention from other, a riveting figure that incited all to stare fixedly at her angelic figure.

But all Zhong Yue could feel was danger, extreme danger!

Kill her! An impulse suddenly took root firmly within Zhong Yue's heart.