OBS Chapter 274 Blood is Thicker than Water - Tear-jerking
Chapter 274 Blood is Thicker than Water - Tear-jerking
Nangong Ziyu, the leader of the Qingqiu clan, cried for a full stick of incense before he began to sob softly.
Zhu Yan felt his bones stiffen and he moved with extreme discomfort.
Nangong Ziyu seemed to realize that she had lost her composure a little bit, and choked with tears as she said with red eyes:
"Nephew, what did you say your name was?"
"Zhu Yan."
“Oh! Nangong Yan! What a great name!”
Nangong Ziyu talked to himself, changed Zhu Yan's last name, and was about to pull him into the temple:
"You must have a lot of doubts in your mind, right?
Don't worry, uncle will take you inside and we'll talk slowly."
Seeing Zhu Yan refused to leave, and her eyes kept looking vaguely in the direction of Chu You, Nangong Ziyu finally realized that this trip was to welcome Ye Lang, the "master". She hurriedly wiped her tears from her face, bowed to Ye Lang and said:
"Master Ye, your companion Yan'er is my nephew who has been lost for twenty-four years. Could you please allow us two uncles to talk alone?"
Before Yelang could answer, Zhu Yan spoke first:
"If they want to talk to me, they both need to go in together. There's no need to avoid them."
His junior sister already dislikes him so much. If he continues to act so weird, what if the junior sister really ignores him?
After a pause, Zhu Yan took a half step back, finally breaking free from Nangong Ziyu's restraints, and smiled unrestrainedly:
"If not, I will not enter this Phantom Bone Temple."
Zhu Yan could probably guess what the other party wanted to say to him. Although he found it unbelievable, it was not unacceptable.
Nangong Ziyu pondered for a moment before nodding:
"In that case, please follow this clan leader in."
Elder Nangong Zhao quickly followed suit and made the gesture of "please", but his heart was already in turmoil.
Originally, his mission this time was to find a capable assistant for the Qingqiu Fox Clan in the "Awakening Trial".
Not only did he find Lord Ye to help, but he also found the bloodline of the previous clan leader by chance?
If this is true, the future of the Qingqiu Fox Clan is promising!
When he was thinking happily, he was blocked outside the study on the second floor by the cold scepter of his family head.
Before he could figure out the reason, he heard the clan leader give an order with great vigor:
"Stay here and don't allow any of our tribe members to get close!"
Although Nangong Zhao's gossip-mongering mind had reached its peak, he did not dare to go against the wishes of his own family head and could only nod very seriously:
"Yes!"
After all, he is just the cousin of the head of the family.
Although he secretly criticized the clan leader, Nangong Zhao's loyalty to the clan leader and Qingqiu remained unwavering.
Moreover, not only was he stopped, but even the family head's daughter, Nangong Xiaoxiao, was refused entry and could only guard the stairs and the gate with him.
Nangong Zhao regained his balance instantly, but Nangong Xiaoxiao pouted angrily and glanced towards the study from time to time.
Nangong Zhao advised:
“Xiaoxiao, if Young Master Zhu is truly the descendant of the previous clan leader and can return to his ancestral home, that would be a joyous occasion.
You are the patriarch's only daughter, and he definitely loves you very much, so don't worry."
"I'm not worried that Master Zhu will take away my father's favor!"
Nangong Xiaoxiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "I just don't understand why my father said he was looking for my uncle one moment and then his uncle's son the next."
Nangong Zhao: "The clan leader will let us know what we should know sooner or later. Now, it depends on Mr. Zhu's attitude."
After entering the study, clan leader Nangong Ziyu activated a mechanism next to it.
The bookshelves retreated to both sides, and a painting slowly rose from its original position.
The portrait shows a loving couple. The man is dressed in red and looks elegant and graceful.
It's not just that she looks like Zhu Yan, she looks exactly like him!
No wonder the clan leader Nangong Ziyu was so sure before verifying it with the scepter.
The woman is also bright, gentle and charming, with a radiant look in her eyes.
These should be the Nangong Zimo and Yun Mengwan mentioned by Nangong Xiaoxiao.
Based on this comparison, Chu You and Ye Lang both felt that the other must have a relationship with Zhu Yan.
Zhu Yan himself became unusually quiet when he saw the portrait, and the atmosphere around him was even a little solemn.
Clan leader Nangong Ziyu's tears, which had just stopped flowing, began to flow again, and he choked up and said:
"Nephew, come here and kneel down. Uncle begs you for a favor!"
Chu You and Ye Lang: "..."
Just saying this sounds weird, doesn't it?
How can you ask for help from others and make them kneel down?
But Zhu Yan, who had always been unruly, was surprisingly obedient this time. He walked slowly to the portrait and knelt down properly.
His eyes were even slightly moist.
Chu You understood that these must be Zhu Yan’s biological parents!
The demons are different from humans, they have a blood connection with each other.
The higher the level of a monster's bloodline, the stronger its sensing ability.
Zhu Yan had already confirmed it when he saw this portrait that condensed the demonic power, which is why he cooperated like this.
The clan leader, Nangong Ziyu, also knelt beside Zhu Yan and cried to the portrait:
"Brother, sister-in-law, I'm so useless. I've been searching for twenty-four years to finally find your bloodline. Wuwuwu...
But at least, I finally found it!
If you knew what was happening in the underworld, you would rest in peace."
After saying this, clan leader Nangong Ziyu burst into tears again before turning to Zhu Yan and saying:
"Nephew, your name is still 'Yan', proving that the human couple who found and adopted you are also good people, and they complied with the wishes of my eldest brother and his wife.
Back then, my eldest brother and his wife were ordered to lead nearly a thousand elite members of the Qingqiu Fox Clan to exterminate the 'mutated' demon clan, but they never returned.
When they fell, they used the last bit of their original demonic power to send back their final shadows."
After saying that, Nangong Ziyu injected a magical power into their portraits.
The two people in the painting seemed to come alive all of a sudden, and walked out of the painting, but they were just shadows.
Even so, Yelang was still frightened and hid behind Chu You.
The shadowy Nangong Zimo put his arm around Yun Mengwan's shoulders, looked at Nangong Ziyu, and said something that was not meant to be said at this time:
“Zi Yu, when you saw our phantoms, your sister-in-law and I, along with the elites of other tribes, had already sacrificed our souls to seal the indestructible ‘mutated’ demon tribe beneath the abyss.
But we can't come back.
Don’t cry, I will now pass on the position of the leader of the Qingqiu Fox Clan to you, you have to…”
After rambling for a while, Nangong Zimo realized that time was running out, so he supported his wife Yun Mengwan again:
"Wan'er was pregnant seven months ago.
We wanted to give our tribe a surprise, but we didn't expect... We had to sacrifice the seal, and last night we induced labor and gave birth to a son, named 'Yan'.
The demon world is currently in turmoil, and we're unsure whether the sacrifice will be enough to completely seal the mutated demon race. So, we modified Yan'er's skeleton, transforming it into a human baby, and using the secret techniques of our Qingqiu Fox Clan, we sent it to the world of cultivation."
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