You don't want your secret to be revealed by others, right?-Chapter 403 - 22, Deception_3

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The most peculiar thing was those empty, soulless eyes, they were actually double pupils!

He was thoroughly shocked.

Because... before the Ancestor Hall, he had seen the statue of this burly man.

It was the Human Ancestor!

He saw King Cang Yu take out a bizarre treasure and stab it into the Human Ancestor's body, seemingly absorbing some kind of power, insignificant as it was, yet it made him tremble all over, uncontrollably shaking.

At that moment, he finally understood why his father said the Imperial Family of Great Yu had committed such blasphemy.

The legendary Human Ancestor had disappeared for countless years but actually appeared in the Imperial Mausoleum of the Great Yu Imperial Family and was being treated in such a manner?

He immediately decided to leave and report this matter to the Main Hall Master of the Ancestor Hall.

However... perhaps it was due to that wisp of mysterious power being too terrifying, King Cang Yu discovered his presence!

"Hmm? Xiahou Shou?"

King Cang Yu recognized him and without any hesitation exclaimed, "He found out, kill him! He must not leave alive!"

The unparalleled array in the Imperial Mausoleum fully activated, and as he was about to be killed, just when he was about to fight desperately, the Demon Path expert, who appeared to be the Primordial Demon Ancestor from last night, suddenly appeared to save him.

"Primordial Demon Ancestor? Didn't you agree with my Wu Clan never to step into Jingzhou?"

"Hahaha, what I agreed with your Wu Clan was not to send my true body, this time it's just a mere avatar with a fraction of my power, it doesn't count as breaking the promise. Besides... what if I break the promise? If I want to break it, I'll break it. Does your Wu Clan think they can restrain me?"

Even while protecting him, the avatar of the Primordial Demon Ancestor easily blocked King Cang Yu's attacks assisted by the array and effortlessly took him out of the Imperial Mausoleum.

"Senior is so powerful, why not expose the Great Yu Imperial Family?" he couldn't help but ask.

"Why expose them?" the Primordial Demon Ancestor chuckled as he said, "The Great Yu Imperial Family is also working for the Human Clan, is there a major wrongdoing? They're just using the Human Ancestor after all, with the Divine Soul being asleep."

He was stunned and asked, "Then why did senior help me?"

"I helped because I felt like it. I thought so in my heart, so I did it, is that not okay?" the Primordial Demon Ancestor responded with a smile.

He couldn't help but ask, "Is it true my father was killed because he discovered the Human Ancestor, then accused as a traitor to the Human Clan?"

"It was indeed King Cang Yu who used the mausoleum's array to kill him."

The Primordial Demon Ancestor said with a chuckle, "There's another truth that you have the freedom to know or not know, it's concerning the Ninth Princess, but once you know, there will be no going back for you and her, do you... want to know?"

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"What's going on? Why meet me here?"

Under the moonlight that evening, the Ninth Princess looked at him, puzzled.

He lowered his head, remained silent for a long time, then spoke hoarsely and somberly, "Why are you and I married, what's the real reason? Is what you told me true?"

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He raised his head, as if pleading, and said, "Don't lie to me, okay?"

The Ninth Princess remained silent for a long time before slowly saying, "You are the one who sneaked into the Imperial Mausoleum today, right? It seems you indeed know quite a lot... Fine, then I'll tell you the truth."

"You should have seen the Human Ancestor's body. My Wu Clan is a direct descendant of the Human Ancestor. When we found the sleeping body of the Human Ancestor back then, we suspected the Human Ancestor might already be dead. However, there existed a peculiar power within the Human Ancestor's body, seemingly remnants of the Divine Power of the Ancient Gods.

"My Wu Clan wanted to harness this Divine Power and could only draw out the life force and Divine Power from the Human Ancestor's body bit by bit, but we could never truly utilize it well, until I appeared.

"I am a bloodline descendant of the Human Ancestor, possessing both the Taiyin Body and Innate Water Virtue Body. These two constitutions are adept at fusion and inclusion. The Great National Master calculated that, as long as I gain mastery over Taiyin True Water, a Dao that defies nature, I could truly fuse the Divine Power within the Human Ancestor. If integrated into the bloodline of descendants, perhaps it could be passed down from generation to generation.

"My father had me marry you with no special motives, only because your Martial Arts Talent was high enough; the descendants born with me would have a higher chance of inheriting that Divine Power."

She spoke softly.

But his face grew even paler, not because of hearing the truth, but for realizing the truth told by the Ninth Princess was identical to what the Primordial Demon Ancestor had told him.

This was indeed the truth!

"Then you..."

He held onto one last glimmer of hope, looking at the Ninth Princess, wanting to ask about their feelings, if they were real.

But at this moment—

"Boom!"

A terrifying aura suddenly descended, and a brilliant force fell from the sky, enveloping him. He felt instantly bound all over, everything became blurred, and he could no longer question her.

He only heard uproarious laughter suddenly resound—

"Haha, Your Highness's prediction was indeed correct, this brat really came to find Your Highness. Now capturing him is all too easy."

He was stunned.

There was no need for answers anymore.

At this moment, boundless grief and rage surged in his heart.

You deceived me... Even you are deceiving me...

You lied to me!!

He screamed unwillingly in his heart, but bound by that immense power, he couldn't resist, nor did he hear any explanation from the Ninth Princess, as if... she didn't intend to explain anything to him at all.

Despair filled his heart as he felt darkness ahead, not wanting to struggle any longer.

At this time, he suddenly heard the voice of King Cang Yu again:

"Huh? This kid has actually cultivated the 'Primordial Spirit Attachment Scroll'? Hahaha, it's hilarious, this foolish boy, still thinking of avenging his father, but it turns out Chong Yuan just saw that his Martial Arts Talent was high, wanting him to become a vessel to house the Human Ancestor's Divine Soul?"

In an instant, his mind went blank, for a moment he couldn't hear anything, only feeling like the sky was collapsing.

No...

This can't be! It can't be!!

In a moment of madness, fury utterly consuming his reasoning, he began to forcefully Harmonize regardless of anything.

He knew that with an insufficient Dao Heart, forcefully Harmonizing would inevitably cause his Divine Soul to collapse, almost certainly leading to death!

He didn't know why his Master did not save him either.

But he hadn't even given these a thought, he only wanted to use his own power to shatter these bonds and fight his way out, to get some clear answers!

"Boom!"

Amid the psychic uproar from the depths came forth a terrifying power!

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Memory abruptly ended.

Only scattered, fragmented pieces of memory remained.

In the cultivation chamber, Lin Yue slowly opened his eyes, sitting silently, without speaking for a long time.

Without knowing how much time passed, he muttered to himself, "Ninth Princess... so it was her? No wonder she would be threatened like that..."

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