Chapter 574: Chapter 576: The Revenge Campaign
 

Nan Yuso had waited for a while before she slowly awoke from the resonance of the qin music.

She turned her head, wiping away the mist of tears from her eyes, and quickly returned to her normally bright and cheerful demeanor.

“Did you discern the story hidden within the qin music?” Zhu Minglang asked.

Nan Yuso shook her head.

“Then why are you crying?” Zhu Minglang asked.

“The qin master is…” Nan Yuso bit her lip and hesitated for a while before saying, “The qin master is our mother.”

Zhu Minglang was taken aback upon hearing this.

So this ancient and wondrous Piano Palace was actually the palace of the four sisters’ mother?

Then weren’t they also from Absolute Ridge Chengbang?

“Are the people of Absolute Ridge Chengbang also your kin?” Zhu Minglang asked.

“You don’t know anything? Star Painting didn’t tell you, Li Yunzi didn’t tell you??” Nan Yuso turned around and glared at Zhu Minglang, clearly annoyed.

Zhu Minglang was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

So that’s how it was.

The sisters, each thinking the other would have informed him, ended up with none of them telling him, and all of them presumably believing he knew everything.

Don’t they say that siblings have some sort of telepathy? Even if there’s no telepathy, could you please leave a message for your sisters, otherwise it will indeed be very difficult for someone who’s supposed to be the head of the family?

“You tell me,” Zhu Minglang said to Nan Yuso.

“They are not our kin,” Nan Yuso said, bitterness lacing her voice.

“Then why is there a Piano Palace here belonging to my mother-in-law?” Zhu Minglang asked.

“This Ancient Relic predates the existence of Absolute Ridge Chengbang. It’s difficult to trace back our mother’s history, but the people in Absolute Ridge Chengbang sought refuge here. Mother provided them sanctuary, giving them a place to live in peace,” Nan Yuso explained.

“As you’ve seen, this Ancient Relic is filled with Divine Ze Soul Breath that isn’t found in the outside world. Cultivating and nurturing one’s spirit here easily leads to growth. However, the people of Absolute Ridge Chengbang are likely a group of deserters. Their first generation still fears being pursued and killed. Even though they’ve grown stronger, they dare not step out of Absolute Ridge City, which is protected by the Ancient Relics,” Nan Yuso said.

“So they established the Sect Palace and took charge of Li Chuan?” Zhu Minglang concluded.

Nan Yuso nodded.

“Pitiable people often have hateful aspects. If they could betray their original kin, they could also betray those who kindly took them in. Although we were very young at that time, we all knew that our mother was killed by the scum of Absolute Ridge Chengbang,” Nan Yuso said, her body starting to tremble lightly.

She was very clear about why she was still alive in this world.

The scum of Absolute Ridge Chengbang didn’t have the ability to defeat and kill the qin master mother, so they turned their poisoned blades towards herself and Li Xinghua, who were still young at the time.

In Nan Yuso’s heart, the image of her mother had long since become blurry, not even a shadow remained, but the respect for her mother and the undying love deep within her heart never faded away.

Now, upon seeing this Piano Palace and hearing that qin melody that wouldn’t fade even after decades, the rage surging within Nan Yuso’s heart flared even more intensely!!

A pack of ingrates!!

And to achieve their goals, they stopped at nothing, not even when it came to poisoning two young girls; they did not hesitate for even a moment.

At that instant, Zhu Minglang suddenly recalled the sacrificial temple behind the Nan Family, remembered Li Ying’s agonizing regrets there, remembered the stories he had shared with him.

It wasn’t a natural death; it was a revolting act of murder.

The victim was the very benefactor who had accepted them and offered them sanctuary!

How could they bear to do it? Had Absolute Ridge Chengbang truly become so tainted with the blood of beasts?

To save Star Painting and Yu Suo, the Qin Master sacrificed himself, allowing the two innocent girls’ spirits to reside within Li Yunzi and Nan Lingsha, a dual-soul existence. Behind it, however, lay such a sorrowful tale, and Zhu Minglang held the mother-in-law in even higher esteem in his heart.

Without the protection of a mother.

And Li Ying was purely obtuse; he clearly adored and shielded only the obedient Nan Sisters, while he detested Li Yunzi’s rebelliousness and even harbored blatant jealousy.

Perhaps it was the lack of a mother that allowed for a shred of respect and trust for her remaining father; Li Yunzi was the one person she did not fully guard against in her struggle against the Sect Palace.

Li Ying was one of the very few who knew of the dual souls within Li Yunzi and Li Xinghua.

He took advantage of this, imprisoning Li Yunzi.

And Li Yunzi’s stepmother, Kong Tong, took it upon herself to devise a humiliating plot, intending to make Li Yunzi suffer irreparable damage…

Alas, it had been hard on them. If Zhu Minglang hadn’t arrived in time, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Of course, the Sisters Li Nan didn’t just suffer in silence; from a young age, they had produced a facade of discord to the Sect Palace, whose spokesperson arrogantly thought by elevating Nan Lingsha, they could balance the power held by Li Yunzi. In the end, all their underlings were wiped out by Nan Lingsha’s ledger of life and death!

In that case, this battle wasn’t merely the Supreme Court Courtyard Continent’s eradication of foreign tribes; it was also the war of revenge for Li Yunzi, Li Xinghua, Nan Lingsha, and Nan Yuso!

Thus, it was not so much the Royal Family forcing Li Yunzi to lead the campaign against Absolute Ridge Chengbang as it was Li Yunzi using the Imperial Dynasty’s might to fulfill the revenge that had smoldered within her for twenty long years!!

The vengeance for her mother’s death, the hatred for the humiliation, Zhu Minglang suddenly thought of the small silkworm house and saw a silently weeping Li Yunzi, more helpless than one could imagine. The rage she harbored then could have turned the heavens and boiled the seas.

At that time, Zhu Minglang was also in a low point in his life; had he still been a Sword Cultivator, Zhu Minglang could have shattered the power-pretending Sect Palace with one sword, and Li Yunzi’s forbearing wouldn’t have been so arduous to break the situation.

Fortunately, it was not too late at this very moment. Zhu Minglang, now far from what he once was, was determined to help Li Yunzi flatten Absolute Ridge Chengbang!!

“Help! Help!!!”

Suddenly, a heart-wrenching scream came from outside the Piano Palace.

Zhu Minglang and Nan Yuso immediately stepped out of the Piano Palace, only to see a blood-soaked figure sprinting toward them; he was not very tall, like a teenager, but his disheveled appearance made it hard to discern his face.

“Zhu Minglang… Zhu Minglang!” At that moment, the blood-stained youth seemed to have spotted a savior, throwing himself forward.

Zhu Minglang looked carefully and realized that this youth was actually Mingji, the honored guest of the Great Zhou Clan designated by Zhou Xian.

This was the one Zhu Minglang had slapped into a pig’s head and thrown into Absolute Valley.

What was he doing here??

“Zhu Minglang, quickly call your Azure Dragon, there are Earth Devils, Earth Devils! They’re dead, our troops are dead, those elders are dead, the elders of the Great Zhou Clan…” Mingji said frantically, incoherently.