Transcending the Nine Heavens

Chapter 17: Meeting Gift

“Elegant snow lotus…” Chu Yang murmured unconsciously.

“Indeed, it is the elegant snow lotus; there are two flowers on one stalk, one black and one white; one yin and one yang, complementary to each other, capable of curing chronic ailments, healing terminal illnesses, strengthening power, and breaking through barriers!” Chu Feiling said, “My wife and I each took half, and the injuries we had sustained were miraculously healed overnight! Moreover, our strength surged, both breaking through to second tier imperial level…”

“What a blessing in disguise,” Chu Yang sighed deeply.

“A blessing in disguise… Hehe…” Chu Feiling gave a bitter smile and continued, “As soon as we felt our injuries healed, we immediately rushed back, killing over a dozen enemies pursuing us along the way. There was no time to interrogate them, we just charged into that dilapidated temple… but…”

“The child was already gone…” Chu Feiling's voice was filled with extreme pain.

“The child… gone…” Chu Yang mumbled in confusion; he suddenly felt the long-buried resentment towards his family and the hatred for his parents abandoning him dissipate at this moment…

“We almost went mad, searching endlessly, even scouring through the wolf dens and tiger lairs on nearby mountains, but found nothing… After a long time, we returned to the upper three days, but for these eighteen years, that poor child has been like a thorn in our hearts. My wife yearned for our son, day and night, growing increasingly haggard. Over these eighteen years, not only did her strength stagnate, but she fell from imperial level second tier back to imperial level first tier, suffering from a stubborn pain in her chest…”

“The entire family has made us a laughingstock… My in-laws treated us like enemies… All these years…” Chu Feiling sighed sadly, “How can these years be described merely as sorrow…”

Chu Yang was completely stunned.

Without a doubt, the person before him, this 'sworn elder brother' he had just freshly accepted… was his biological father!

After Chu Feiling finished sighing, he turned to see that Chu Yang was actually in tears, and he couldn't help but be taken aback: “Brother, what’s wrong?”

“Wuwuwu… I’m just so moved…” Chu Yang wiped his tears, revealing a smile that looked even worse than crying…

Chu Yang's heart was in turmoil! He felt an intense urge to rush up, embrace this man who had suffered years of hardship, and tell him: I am your son! I am the son you lost eighteen years ago!

But… damn it! He couldn’t!

Especially since… they had just sworn brotherhood, and it had been somewhat coerced by Chu Feiling; if he revealed the truth now, that newly acquired father might be ashamed before he could even feel the joy…

Heaven, forcing himself to become sworn brothers with his own biological son?

Who could bear such a thing?

More importantly… he was still burdened with a heavy responsibility, the duty of the nine calamity sword master, to save Xiao Wu… If he were to acknowledge his lineage now; then he would have to continue unifying the lower three days, digging deeper, and his identity as the nine calamity sword master would inevitably be exposed.

His father and mother could certainly be trusted, but the problem was… the Chu family was not a united front! Within the family, who knew who harbored ill intentions? No matter who it was, if someone leaked his identity as the nine calamity sword master, the entire Chu family could be wiped out in an instant!

Acknowledging a son and causing the family's destruction was not a joyful matter, but a tragic one!

If he didn’t provide any reason for staying in the lower three days, his father and mother might just devour him alive… At the very least, he would need to send a few experts to protect him, but how could the Chu family's experts go unnoticed by the nine great sovereign clans? Wouldn’t that be like hiding three hundred taels of silver in this place?