Chapter 487: 487: Di Family and Tan Bingyu
While the Moon Goddess had invited the guests to her mansion. Tan Bingyu had come out to meet the people from the Heavenly Medicine Sect. Xue Shuya was nervously waiting for her arrival with her husband, Sect Master Du Luya and their son, Di Lou. Since it was a family matter, no one else from the Heavenly Medicine Sect had come with them.
Inside the receiving pavilion, the wife of Heavenly Medicine Sect Master, Di Luya is anxiously looking at the direction of the door while holding on to her husband’s hand. The strength of her grip as she held Di Luya’s hand showed how nervous she was. Di Luya gently pats his wife’s hand in comfort.
He said, "Wife, calm down. We are still unsure if this disciple, Tan Bingyu, had connection to the Snow Clan."
"No. She is definitely connected. Of the bloodline of the ice phoenix only the Snow Clan possessed them. I heard that our daughter married someone from the Hidden Tan Clan," said Xue Fuya.
Di Luya was a bit surprised and realized their connection with Tan Bingyu. He asked, "Is she our granddaughter then?"
However, before he becomes happy, Di Luya recalls their relationship with their daughter, Xue Shuyi, and loses their smile. They knew that their daughter might have thought they had abandoned her. Moreover, the fact that his cultivation was sealed and they couldn’t even leave the Heavenly Medicine Sect until recently was only known to a few people in the Heavenly City.
Xue Fuya gave her husband an answer, "If she is the daughter of Shu’er then yes."
On the other hand, Di Lou, who was listening at the side, was about to question life. He was even younger than his niece, and weaker than her. What about his dignity as her little uncle? Boohoo~
After waiting for a long time, Tan Bingyu finally arrived with her master and the sect master of the Heavenly Sword Sect. Of course, they knew that Peak Master Guan is her master and a master is no different from another kind of parent. They were surprised about Sect Master Wan though, but when they saw how sticky he was towards Peak Master Guan, they no longer cared much about his presence.
Tan Bingyu was calm and her demeanor was cold as she entered the room. But when her eyes landed on Xue Fuya, it became a hundred times colder as if she wanted to kill her on the spot. Everyone was surprised, including her master.
Sect Master Wan could sweat in this situation. If this young lady wanted to kill the wife of Sect Master Di, it would be hard for them to stop her. After all, her cultivation is the highest among them.
"Child... you look truly alike. If Shu’er had grown up, she would definitely be as beautiful as you are."
Xue Fuya wanted to cry and as if she didn’t see Tan Bingyu’s murderous intent, she wanted to approach and hug her. But before she could stand up her arm was grabbed and was prevented from moving.
She looked to her husband and asked, "What’s wrong?"
"Stay here. Don’t approach her. She is Peak Yuanying Realm Cultivator," said Sect Master Di Luya.
Xue Fuya and Di Lou were shocked that they both exclaimed loudly and shot up from their seats.
"Peak Yuanying Realm!?"
Di Lou denied it right away and said, "Impossible! She looks so young! How can she be at Yuanying Peak? It’s not like she is the Moon Goddess!"
"The Moon Goddess you are talking about is my master. I am the Mistress’s closest aide," said Tan Bingyu.
When Yue Xuexia was mentioned and even telling her connection to the Moon Goddess everyone now thinks that her high realm is not that surprising anymore. After all, the Moon Goddess herself was even younger than the lady in front of them and is already a goddess.
Tan Bingyu said, "Answer my questions truthfully. It will depend on your answers whether I will exterminate your Heavenly Medicine Sect."
Sect Master Di Lou, Xue Fuya and Di Lou noticed the sudden raise of temperature in the room. A sudden frost spread all around the walls, table, windows and doors. Except for Xue Fuya, almost all of them were affected by the cold. Tan Bingyu protected her master and uncle from the cold. Xue Fuya also did the same thing and protected her husband and son from the cold.
She realized that the hatred in this young lady’s heart was directed to them and she knew the reason for it. She also didn’t blame her for this sudden coldness as this is a phenomenon caused by the raging emotion in Tan Bingyu’s heart. Such deep hatred, Xue Fuya realized in the eyes of this young lady, she is not her grandmother but just someone who had abandoned her mother even before she was born.
In Tan Bingyu’s eyes, Xue Fuya and her family were nothing but bastards who left her mother behind when she was young and if not for her granduncle, Xue Xian, her mother would have suffered even more. She had suffered enough before marrying her father and they suffered even more when the Snow Clan attacked their Hidden Tan Clan.
She started asking, "Before and right after my mother, Xue Shuyi was born. Did you truly leave without even feeding her? You cannot lie, I saw that recording with Granduncle Xian."
Xue Fuya was confused at first as there is no way she would do that to her daughter then she suddenly remembered. At that time, before the existence of her daughter was learned by Di Luya, she had indeed chosen to abandon her and right after she was born, she left the newly born Shuyi without even breastfeeding her even once. If not for her brother, Xue Xian, that child might have died that day. This is also the reason why Xuex Xian didn’t side with her when she wanted to take Xue Shuyi away after that. She had already abandoned her daughter for her man once, she can definitely do it again.
Thinking of the past events and her immature actions at that time made Xue Fuya’s face turn white in guilt. Upon seeing this Di Lou and Di Luya frowned as they couldn’t believe Xue Fuya to do such a thing. But seeing her not denying anything, the expression of the two had become even more darker.
"At... At that time, I was so young and I... was afraid that... Luya will not be able to accept... accept a daughter. I..."
This answer from Xue Fuya made Di Luya sighed with a disappointed expression on his face, as for Di Lou, he was so shocked that he didn’t know how to react in this situation. At this time, even Peak Master Guan was looking at Madam Di with an disapproving look while Sect Master Wan couldn’t smile at all and his face turned cold.
Peak Master Guan said, "To abandon a newly born baby without even feeding them is no different than sending them to death."
"I was wondering why your brother hates me so much. Did he think that I abandoned my daughter? Is this the reason why he thinks that I hate Shu’er?" Sect Master Di Luya said.
One can feel the anger in his words and felt that no wonder Xue Fuya was acting so strange especially when he learned that he had a daughter from Xue Xian.
Sigh~
He felt depressed just thinking about it and covered his face as if trying to hold his anger. As for Xue Fuya, she felt even more guilty this time. While Di Lou looked like he had lost his soul. The mother he remembers is completely different from the one that is being foretold before him at this moment.
Tan Bingyu observed their reaction calmly and remained unmoved by anything. Keeping a cold face and icy eyes. However, the hatred within those eyes had lessened enough that Peak Master Guan and Sect Master Wan had sigh in relief quietly.
She said, "My second question. Did you choose to leave behind my mother to the Xue Clan?"
This time the one who answered is both Xue Fuya and Di Luya. "NO!"
"There is no way that is true! I begged my brother, the elders, and the whole clan to let Shu’er leave with us that day but they wouldn’t give her to me!" said Xue Fuya, getting emotional at the very scene that plunder her dreams into a nightmare everyday. How can she ever forget how her brother would ignore her pleas and how the clan treated her as an outsider.
Di Luya added, "We were told that your mother is young and unawakened. The first awakening of your bloodline needs to happen in the Snow Clan territory. They won’t give her to us no matter what. However, at that time something had happened in the Heavenly Medicine Sect and I needed to come back right away."
"At that time, I planned to leave alone and let Fuya accompany our daughter through her awakening. Then I would come back to pick them both. But my wife was in exile, they weren’t welcoming to her and even wanted to kill her. I can only bring her with us and promised Xue Xian that we will be back to take Shu’er home with us."
"However, you didn’t come back all this time," said Tan Bingyu. "Isn’t that right?"