Douluo Dalu: The Frozen Throne

Chapter 152 Shu Yan's life experience, past and parents (4k)

About one kilometer away from the Xinghuang Hotel, Shu Yan and Su Tong appeared on the rooftop terrace of another hotel.

This hotel is Xu Jiujiu's property. As a princess of the royal family, Xu Jiujiu has actually always had quite a few properties under her name, covering a wide range of fields, and almost every one of them is located in an extremely bustling and prosperous area in Xingluo City. The annual income it can bring is an extremely terrifying figure, which is simply unimaginable for ordinary people. Xu Jiujiu gave nearly 30% of the dividends from all her properties to Shu Yan. In addition to her occasional bursts of gold coins and her earnings over the years, Shu Yan's net worth has reached tens of millions of gold soul coins.

Although these industries are extremely profitable, Xu Jiujiu has never paid much attention to them. She has some special people to look after these industries for her, and she only needs to wait in Shu Yan's arms to collect the gold soul coins.

There are several chairs on the terrace. It has never been open to the public. Only Xu Jiujiu and Shu Yan sometimes come here to sit. The view here is excellent, and you can overlook the busy streets. In addition, the hotel is much higher than the surrounding buildings, so from here, you can almost overlook the entire Xingluo City.

"Sit down, this is my territory, outsiders are not allowed to come up."

Shu Yan pulled out a chair and sat down.

Su Tong didn't say anything polite and sat directly opposite Shu Yan, but her eyes were always on Shu Yan, with a complicated expression, as if she was feeling relieved.

Shu Yan sighed imperceptibly. To be honest, he didn't know how to face Su Tong.

In the past, even when dealing with matters concerning life and death, he had never been so helpless, but now, he was indeed a little confused. After two lifetimes, this was the first time he came into contact with his blood relatives. His mood was turbulent but he was surprisingly calm. He just couldn't concentrate.

"Tell me what you know. To be honest with you, I don't know what to say. I also don't know how to face you or the family behind you."

After thinking about it, Shu Yan said directly.

Su Tong lowered her eyes and then said:
"That's not only my family, it's also your family. For so many years, mom and dad have been trying their best to find you and have never given up."

Parents?

Shu Yan's hand that was tapping the table paused for a moment, but then quickly returned to normal.

Su Tong took a deep breath, and Shu Yan could feel that her body was trembling slightly. This was a manifestation of her emotions being so excited and complicated that she couldn't control them. She tried her best to remain calm, but in Shu Yan's eyes, she was still full of loopholes.

"Let's talk about these things later. Tell me about your family and the things related to me. This is all I want to know now."

Shu Yan said softly.

A hint of sadness flashed across Su Tong's eyes, but soon she cheered up and said:
"The origin of our lineage is too ancient and long, and can be traced back to a period that ordinary people dare not even imagine."

"Perhaps you can't imagine that there is such a bloodline that has survived the erosion of countless years and has been passed down since the time when humans were still very weak."

"But what I can tell you clearly is that our ancestors are related to the gods in the legend. You can understand it this way. The blood of the gods flows in our bodies. We are the descendants of the ancient gods. This blood has been passed down from generation to generation. It contains a secret that we have not yet cracked. This secret protects us and guides us to avoid disasters time and time again, and pass on the bloodline."

Su Tong's voice was soft, but then it became a little heavier.

"Four thousand years ago, when the two continents collided, we were discovered by the army and strong men of the Sun-Moon Empire in our secluded place in Tianhun. The clan leader of that generation was unwilling to surrender, and led the clan's strong men to slaughter the Sun-Moon army led by the ninth-level soul master. However, the clan was also severely damaged, and only one in ten of the clan members survived."

"After that, the Sea God Pavilion Master of Shrek Academy stepped forward and led the three empires to defeat the Sun-Moon Empire. The remaining bloodline of the family moved eastward to the then weakest Douling Empire, and chose a new place to stay, and went into seclusion again."

"I am four years older than you. I am your parents' eldest daughter, and you are my younger brother, and also your parents' eldest son. Apart from you, your parents have no other children. The year you were born, your parents took the two of us to the Tianhun Ancient Land to worship our ancestors. After worshiping our ancestors, we planned to go south to meet some old friends, but we never expected an accident to happen on the way."

"At that time, we were traveling with a large caravan heading to Xingluo. Mother's health was not good to begin with, and the journey was long and the road was bumpy. Mother's old illness relapsed and she felt unwell, so she handed you over to her personal maid to take care of you while you were sleeping. At the same time, she was afraid that the illness would affect you, so she went to another carriage where my aunt and others were to rest for a while."

"But no one expected that an accident would happen on the way. The heavy rain for several days made the road more and more difficult to travel. The leader of the caravan changed his mind and took another road. However, he never expected that he would be ambushed by a group of evil spirit masters at the border between the two countries."

"The weather was extremely bad at the time, and one of the evil soul masters could actually control corpses to explode. The scene was extremely chaotic for a while. The horses were frightened and the carriages ran away. Corpses would occasionally cause huge explosions nearby. Even though my father's cultivation was far superior to that group of evil soul masters, he was still caught off guard for a while, and he was accidentally infected with corpse poison."

"My mother's cultivation was not very high, and she was not in good health. She could only take me and my aunt to protect us. The other strong men who accompanied my parents were powerless even if they wanted to. The corpse explosion was too strange, and the heavy rain affected our vision. Everything happened too suddenly. When we rushed to the carriage where you were, we found that the maid and you in the cradle had disappeared."

Shu Yan closed his eyes and then said:

"You mean, you were attacked by an evil soul master at the border between Tianhun and Xingluo?"

"Can you confirm whether those evil soul masters were seeking revenge on purpose or whether they met by chance?"

Shu Yan raised two questions in succession.

Su Tong nodded. Over the years, the memory of that day kept flashing before her eyes like a nightmare. The gloomy sky, the torrential rain, and the mud on the ground mixed with countless pieces of flesh and blood. Even though she was only four years old at the time, she still remembered it vividly.

"Yes, the mountainous and forested areas on the border between the two countries have always been densely populated by evil spirit masters. As for seeking revenge, it is unlikely. It's just that we were unlucky and happened to encounter them."

Shu Yan sighed softly, and then continued:
"and after?"

Su Tong pursed her lips and continued:

"At first we thought that the maid had temporarily fled to protect you, but later my parents, my aunt and others searched almost all the surrounding mountains and forests, but still could not find any trace of you two. Finally, we found the body of my mother's personal maid and the swaddling clothes that wrapped you at the time on a road more than ten miles away from the place where you were attacked, but you, who should have been with her, had disappeared..." "After you disappeared, my parents led people to slaughter almost all the evil soul masters hiding in the nearby mountains and forests, but still could not find your whereabouts. They judged that you were either devoured by the group of evil soul masters or picked up by passers-by, but no matter what, no matter how much manpower and material resources we invested, we still could not find any news about you."

"My mother has been bedridden ever since, and my father's hair has turned white almost overnight. This is their eternal worry. Over the years, my mother has regretted and collapsed countless times. Her health has been getting worse and worse. She can only rely on various life-extending herbs and the obsession in her heart to stay alive..."

Su Tong's tone became increasingly heavy, and her expression gradually became depressed. Over the years, she grew up day by day, and her mother grew older day by day. She had witnessed her mother's elegance in the past, so she could better understand how painful and depressed her mother was now.

With an innate seventh-level soul power, under normal training, at the age of nearly fifty, she should have broken through to the Soul Saint level. However, due to her mental illness, in the past fifteen years, her mother has only broken through to the third level of soul power, averaging one level every five years, and has yet to enter the Soul Saint realm.

Even her father was deeply affected, and his character had serious flaws, and he has not yet entered the realm of Super Douluo.

Shu Yan was inevitably touched. His emotions had become extremely complicated. He could understand the pain and suffering of parents after losing their children. This kind of suffering could easily lead to the breakup of a family. If the person involved had a weaker willpower, I'm afraid...

"Back then, I was picked up in Xingluo City and then sent to Xingluo Welfare Institution to be raised. After I awakened my martial spirit at the age of six, I was secretly trained. Over the years, Jiujiu and my brother have helped me investigate my life experience many times, but in the end, they found nothing."

Shu Yan was silent for a moment before speaking.

The memory of his past life came to him suddenly after he had a high fever when he was two or three years old, but he could not remember anything before the age of two or three. If he could recover his past life memory earlier, I am afraid everything would be completely different.

Su Tong analyzed a lot of things from Shu Yan's words. The titles of Jiujiu and Huangxiong meant that her younger brother had a deep bond with the Xingluo royal family. Jiujiu was undoubtedly the current Xingluo Jiujiu Princess Xu Jiujiu, whom she had just met. And the so-called Huangxiong could only be the current Xingluo Emperor Xu Jiawei.

However, she was also happy about it. At least her brother had received excellent training and had not suffered so much in the past days, and he had not completely disappeared from the world.

"My current name is Shu Yan. Shu means comfortable, and Yan means evolution. I cannot call you sister for the time being. I have guessed about my origins more than once, but now that I know it, I am a little afraid to face it."

"It's not your fault for what happened in the past. It's not your fault or mistake. It's just that fate likes to play tricks on people."

Shu Yan chuckled somewhat in a self-deprecating way. He learned about his parents' recent situation from Su Tong. His mood was extremely complicated. He felt heartbroken and melancholy, but also confused and at a loss. Reason was of no use at all at this moment. Shu Yan let his thoughts wander, letting himself be swallowed up by this complex emotion. At the same time, he felt for the first time that while fate loved him so much, it also made him unfortunate, and made his family bear such consequences.

"My name is Su Tong, and your previous name was..."

Before Su Tong could finish her words, Shu Yan reached out to stop her.

"Don't tell me this. I am who I am. Whether my last name is Shu or Su, I am the same person."

Shu Yan leaned back in his chair, feeling a slight pain in his heart.

A trace of heartache flashed across Su Tong's eyes. She opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.

The reunion of siblings is obviously an exciting and happy thing, but the gap between her brother and her and even the family behind him will take time to eliminate. She really wants to hold Shu Yan in her arms and tell him about her longing and pain.

When Shu Yan was just born, she vowed to be a good sister and protect her brother from wind and rain, but in the end they ended up being separated for more than ten years.

After a long silence, until the sky became dark and the lights in the city came on, Shu Yan slowly stood up, took a deep breath, and then said:
"Let's not talk about other things for now. Just do it in these two days. You lead the way and I'm going to go meet them. Since all this has a cause, there must be a result. Don't feel any psychological burden. I have never blamed you for all this from the beginning to the end, and I am willing to accept you. I just...some...some..."

Shu Yan was a little speechless and couldn't say the rest of the words.

Su Tong raised her head suddenly, and then a hint of surprise appeared in her eyes. She originally thought that Shu Yan was unwilling to accept them, but now it seems that everything is not what she thought.

She didn't mind whether Shu Yan was willing to recognize his ancestral roots or not. As long as he was willing to recognize her as his sister and her parents, everything would be fine. She didn't care about anything else.

"Okay, tell me when you are ready. Our family is now based in the northern part of the Douling Empire. I will immediately pass the news back to the family..."

Su Tong's voice was trembling slightly, and a drop of crystal tears passed across her cold and fair face. It was hard to imagine that such an icy beauty like her would actually shed tears.

Shu Yan looked complicated, reached out and gently wiped away the tear, then continued:

"Come back to the palace with me. The Titled Douluo who accompanied you must have been taken back by Jiujiu and the others. I still have one thing to deal with. We can talk more in the next two days. If you have anything you want to know, you can ask me at will. Don't be restrained or cautious."

Su Tong stared at Shu Yan blankly, sniffed, then nodded slightly and said softly:

"I'll listen to you…"

Shu Yan also nodded, stretched out a hand and placed it on Su Tong's shoulder, while admonishing:
"Don't resist, I'll take you back..."

Su Tong was very obedient and did not resist or reject anything. With a flash of silver light, the two of them disappeared instantly. After a distance of about two kilometers, in less than a minute, the two of them successfully entered the palace...

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(End of this chapter)