71 Day 70: The Scum Is A Traitor (2/2)
The others looked at each other.
”That's when the royal family found him.” Yu Sheng answered.
They all looked at him.
”Actually, he was found by my parents, who are from the middle realm.” He said.
”That's...” Zu Zhe said.
Yu Sheng turned to him. ”Not from your story, right?” he asked and smiled. ”Since I'm an orphan there...” he said.
Zu Zhe frowned when Yu Sheng messed his hair. Yu Sheng just laughed.
The others looked at each other, more puzzled by the minute passed. Who is this young man?
Yu Sheng turned to them. ”My parents are from the middle realm. They're the poorest, and so they went to the higher realm to ask for help. The royal family took them under their wing. My parents then lived as their servants in exchange for the help given to them.” He explained. ”During one of those days, my parents found him.” He said and looked at Mu Jun. ”Half – dead from crossing a realm.” He said.
”'crossing the realms'... how do you cross a realm?” Ming Ye asked.
Yu Sheng turned to him. ”You use your qi to cross the realm. The more the qi you have, the greater the times you could cross the realm.” He explained. ”That's why he's half – dead crossing the realm.” He said and looked at Mu Jun. ”It requires much qi just to reach the highest realm.” He explained.
They all looked at Mu Jun. For demonic cultivators, the only qi they have is their soul. Anything else are all malevolent energy that they cultivate.
”What happened then after your parents took him?” Luo Shi asked.
”They took him to the royal family.” Yu Sheng answered. ”The benevolent the royal family is, they took him in, too, like my parents.” He said. ”But...”
”'but'?” they asked.
”The royal family has long been in a rocky situation.” Yu Sheng said. ”They don't know the cause, but there's a rebellion brewing.” He said.
Their eyes went wide.
”Then, that's... that's why you came here.” Chen Shen said.
”Yes.” Yu Sheng said. ”But... the rebellion... ” he said. ”It happened a hundred years ago.” He told them.
Their mouth fell open, shocked. But, the one the one that has the worst reaction is Zu Zhe.
”You're an old man?!” Zu Zhe asked staring wide-eyed at Yu Sheng.
Yu Sheng looked at him, then frowned. ”Should I prove to you right here right now that I'm not?” he asked, his face serious.
Zu Zhe immediately shut up. He doesn't want to be ravaged by Yu Sheng live, in front of the others.
The others looked at each other, their face dark. This Yu Sheng... is he really the Yu Sheng that's the Upright Sect's prodigal disciple 15 years ago? They thought.
But, they didn't dare to speak when Yu Sheng continued.
”Since the royal family doesn't know the cause, they can't make a move.” He said. ”And so, the highest realm is in a stalemate. Well, on the surface.” He said and frowned. ”Underneath, the people's rebellion is getting worse.” He said. ”It got worse when they found out when the royal family is keeping my parents and Mu Jun, who are from the other realms.” He added.
”So, they tried to kill the royal family?” Ming Ye asked.
”Yes.” Yu Sheng said. ”But, that's not only it.” he said.
Their forehead knotted. ”There's more?” they asked.
Yu Sheng nodded. ”Yes.” He answered. ”I, as well as His Highness...” he said, then paused. ”We were born.” He answered.
Their eyes went wide, shocked.
”Wait.” Zu Zhe said. ”You mean to say... you're still not in the picture when the rebellion happened?” he asked, surprised.
Yu Sheng turned to him, his eyes full of understanding. ”What should I do with you...?” he muttered, then sighed as he smiled, shaking his head.
”What?” Zu Zhe asked then saw the others are looking at him, too. Uhm... I think I should better shut up? he thought, then zipped his mouth.
Yu Sheng continued after taking a deep breath. ”People from the other realm, though not forbidden, but still shouldn't be in other realm.” He said. ”That disrupts the movement of qi.” He explained. ”But, since a child of different realm was born...” he didn't continue.
Silence fell upon them.
After a while, Xie Lan spoke. ”This still doesn't explain what Mu Jun did.” He said, then looked at Mu Jun who's 'holding' Mu Jie down. ”Why do you look like you're mad at him?” he asked, then looked at Yu Sheng.
Yu Sheng's face went dark. ”How could I not?” he asked back, frowning. ”He made everything worse.” He answered. Before they could ask, he continued. ”He just sent out all the malevolent energy from his body to protect the royal family and us.” he said.
Their eyes went wide.
”But – ” it was Mu Xin. ” – he protected the royal family – ”
Yu Sheng cut him off. ”That doesn't justify it.” he said.
Mu Xin was about to speak when he dropped the bomb, along with his resentments from the incident.
”Because of him...” Yu Sheng said, gritting his teeth as his whole body shake from anger. ”Because of him... His Highness' body became frail!” he said and glared at Mu Jun who's just silently sitting on the ground, Fei Huang in his arms.
Their eyes went wide.
As if not enough, Yu Sheng continued. ”The malevolent energy affected the qi movement in the highest realm, thus affecting His Highness' body constitution.” He said. ”And... and – ” he said, balling his fists.
”The highest realm, along with the two realms...” Mu Jun said. ”It all changed and the space connecting the three realms were disrupted.” He said.
They all looked at him.
”Thus... the realms, which should be in different spaces, now all...” he said and looked afar. ”They're now all in just one realm – ” he said, then turned to their shocked faces, clearly realizing everything. ” – this.” he said. ”The realms are no longer realms. Just... changed to continents.” he added.
A deafening silence fell upon them. These all are just too much to process, much less to accept these truths.
But, they got not time to spare when the modified bodies suddenly moved. They all turned, alert.
”What... why did they - ?” Xi Ling asked as they all took out their swords, on guard.
They looked around when the malevolent energy in the Demonic Land thinned. They looked at the direction where it's going and saw it gathered around Mu Jie's body.
Their eyes went wide when they saw Mu Jie stood up and grinned. He opened his eyes slowly and looked at them, his eyes glowing red.
”Well, well... that was a great bedtime story.” He said, smiling as he looked at Mu Jun. ”Too bad the child woke up too soon.” He said, referring to himself. ”Now, then. Your story's nice and all, but – ” he said and looked around. His eyes stopped in a corner, then he grinned. ” – it's time to welcome our arriving honored guest.” He said and lowered his head.
A second passed before the thought sunk in their mind. They all turned when they felt their skin tingled.
Sure enough, it was Chen Sheng.
They felt their heart was eaten and crushed at the same time. Their heart thoroughly was crushed when they saw who he's with.
It's none other than Li Shan, their other enemy.
Did he (Chen Sheng) woke up on the wrong side of the bed, or he finally gone crazy because of everything that's happening, that's why he sided with the enemy?
Whichever of the two, the answer's not looking good for them.
The author (and Chen Sheng) has something to say:
Gray Dragon: Sheng... are you really siding with the enemy?! *cries.
Chen Sheng: *frowns. You know that's not –
Gray Dragon: WAAAAH!!! And I realized I have 14 chapters to write next - ! *wails.
Chen Sheng: -_-+++ don't just casually insert your complaint –
Gray Dragon: WAAAAAAHHHH!!!! T.T
Chen Sheng: ... -_-+++ stop crying first - !
Gray Dragon: AAAAAAHHH!!! Will this be the end of the story, now that Chen Sheng's siding with the enemy - ?
Chen Sheng: and don't just casually insert a spoiler - ! -_-+++
Gray Dragon: T.T it's not a spoiler... I'm just joking.
Chen Sheng: -_-+++++++