NOVEL NEXT Chapter 17: Not Over Till It's Over.
Chapter 17.
Not Over Till It's Over.
Unknown Room~
Endless Catacombs~
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An unknown amount of time had passed since the awakening of Lu Xie Tong's dual souls.
In a well furnished room that was brightly lit, Lu Xie Tong was still fast asleep on a cozy bed that was as fluffy as the afternoon clouds, she could be seen occasionally grinding her teeth in her sleep as a soft snore escaped her delicate cherry lips, there was also a light drool that flowed down her cheeks on a voyage to join the increasing puddle in the bedsheets. She was sleeping very comfortably.
"When do you think she'll wake up? She's been out for several hours now, even the sun is half way across the sky." Yang Chen inquired, standing beside the entrance door to the room.
"How am I supposed to know that? I have never had to take care of a human brat, much less reduced to a mere babysitter." Yin Yu protested, walking up behind Yang Chen.
"That guy sees us as some random servant he could order around." Yang Chen said turning to face Yin Yu.
"I wonder what his relationship with that little lass is," Yin Yu commented, peeking into the room to take a glance at Xie Tong.
"True. But where has he disappeared too, I haven't seen him since dawn, I bet he's snooping around in some unknown coner. I'm getting tired of being someone's lackey and always having to be on my toes afraid of when he did just pop up. I wish I could just give that guy a good beating." Yang Chen proclaimed with indignation, dropping his eyes to meet Yin Yu face.
Upon looking at her face, he was met with a stunned expression. Yin Yu was currently looking behind him with a stunned expression on her face. A sense of Deja Vu washed upon him, such a scene had happened many times before, when ever that entity was spoken of he did suddenly appear behind them quietly as a grim reaper in the dark ready to reap it's victims soul. The saying "Speak of the devil and he shall appear" was customized especially for him. Hence, he asked in dread, his face darkening, "He's behind me again isn't he."
Yin Yu placed a finger on his lips gesturing for him to be quite as she stared behind him more intensely with a serious expression played across her face.
Yang Chen turned around slowly anticipating to face "the devil" but against his expectation a shocking scene was happening.
Lu Xie Tong was levitating above the bed as what looked like tiny crimson snakes wriggle around within her body.
A sacred aura that was superior to that of the primordial carps exuded from her body.
"Bloodline veins!" Yang Chen exclaimed.
"So many of them as well, just what is it with this lassy, she's becoming weirder each time I see her." Yang Chen couldn't contain his awe.
"Her bloodline is awakening," Yin Yu mused.
After a moment they suddenly receded into her body.
Crash
Lu Xie Tong fell into the puffy cloud of a bed waking her up instantly.
Gasp
Lu Xie Tong awoke with a gasp as though she had just been pulled out of water before drowning.
Memories flooded her head as many of her hazy dreams and visions became crystal clear. Different scenes played in her head, akin to watching a live show starring herself. It replayed in a flash overwhelming her mind and came to a stop as suddenly as it began.
Lu Xie Tong held her head in pain, her eyes dilated as she was in a wretched state. Her mind slowly processing the newly unraveled information.
Yin Yu flitted across the room in a flash, appearing beside Xie Tong in the next moment, then placing her jade-white finger on Xie Tong's glabella, a divine light erupting from the impact point.
Lu Xie Tong passed out once again but was caught in Yin Yu's arms before she could hit the bed. Yin Yu then proceeded to lay her comfortably tucked away in the fluffy bedding.
"What did you do?" Yang Chen was shocked back to back by the series of action that had just unfolded. He couldn't help but question.
"Before that enigma had left, he had told me some things about her and the probability that she may regain her past memories. He made me promise to watch over her in his absence. It looked like she was having difficulties processing her lost memories; hence, I had to step in and soothe her mental state." Yin Yu explained.
Yang Chen was flabbergasted, "Has that entity left?" he questioned.
"Yes," She replied flatly.
"Good riddance, he shall vex me no more. Ahh! Do you know for how long I have wanted to be rid of him. Finally, after thirteen long years that felt like thirteen centuries, we are finally free forever!" Yang Chen exclaimed in pure joy.
"You just shut up." Yin Yu suddenly snapped at Yang Chen, his last statement seemingly to hurt her a bit. His words had hit a hidden nerve.
"Hey, what did I do? I thought you would have been happier but you seem disappointed instead. Wait, don't tell me that..., You, how could you let that happen." Yang Chen was suddenly stunned by his sudden realization.
"What do you know, shut the hell up and do start thinking rubbish in that thick skull of your." Yin Yu ran out, but the deep blush on her face didn't escape Yang Chen's notice as his eyes followed the fleeing figure, his mouth agape.
~NightFall
Everywhere had gone totally dark outside but the room Xie Tong lay in was still brightly lit with luminous bright rosy stone that cast a pink shade of light onto the room.
Lu Xie Tong awoke softly, sitting up to notice it was nighttime once again. She drove stray strands of loose hair backwards before binding her hair with the aid of a jade hair pin.
Her eyes glittered with a different light akin to the awaking of another person within her. Closing her eyes for a moment before reopening them.
"So long has passed," Lu Xie Tong said as old memories flashed back.
~Flashback.
Fourteen years ago, my biological father made a profound sacrifice, while my mother valiantly battled in an unending conflict to safeguard me. Entrusting my care to my elder brother Lu Huo Gui, who, through a daring feat, shattered the origin laws governing the space-time continuum.
In a stroke of fortuitous luck, the Nameless World Orb was activated; a priceless artifact whose ability is still a phenomenon, allowing us to elude our relentless pursuers.
However, this escape led us into a tumultuous rift within the fabric of space-time continuum, causing a regression of our ages by ten millennia. I, once a grown individual, was reduced to the tender age of a mere infant.
Faced with the dire prospect of further age regression leading to certain demise, my brother, in his enfeebled state induced by the age regression anomality, had to expend his life essence to summon the Ghostly Golden Buddha Palm, enabling our escape from the rift.
With a grand design in mind, he steered us towards the celestial domain, all the while evading our relentless foes. The catastrophic chain of events that transpired was undeniably triggered by my very existence. Endowed with the inconceivable lineage of the Sacred God Bovine Bloodline, possessor of both an immortal and demonic dual soul, and bearing the Void constitution concurrently, I embodied a triune physique that served as the catalyst for this catastrophe.
Each of these were already unprecedented through out the whole nine known realms, yet I had been born with all three of them.
My father clan had chosen to cut ties with him as they knew if the secret ever became known it would be their end, hence, my father had to fend for his family all on his own after my birth.
Over ten millennials after my birth my family was stable once again and had set up a powerful organization, becoming one of the realms' hegemon, supporting the organization with his profound ability.
But as they say, "the tree seeks still but the wind rages.", times of peace came to an end on my ten thousandth and one birthday.
The secret of my triune physique was somehow spread across the nine realms, leading to a disaster, with my father's clan standing idly by watching it all unfold with a smug face, believing that they had made the right decision many years ago.
~Backtothepresent.
"I will never forget their smug faces!" Xie Tong exclaimed as she clenched her fist tightly till her nails dug in leaking ruby drops staining the beddings. A savage look in the depths of her eyes.
"I shall have my revenge, for my family, my happiness and all that was snatched away I shall have it all back. Come what may, it's not over till it's over."