bioinnovel Chapter 191 Is Yue Lanzhou a fragment of the Moon Realm?!
Chapter 191 Is Yue Lanzhou a fragment of the Moon Realm?!
Xue Youyou took a deep breath and slammed the wine glass down on the stone table with a dull thud.
Her unique, icy eyes stared intently at Tu Shanyue, as if trying to dissect every inch of the fox woman's expression.
"Tu Shan Yue".
Her voice was low and dangerous: "Do you know what you're saying?"
The information about the Imperial Ritual is far more than just comparable to a gold skill card; it's priceless, top-secret information capable of igniting a bloody war across the entire state. And Tu Shan Yue just casually mentioned it?
Tu Shan Yue seemed to enjoy Xue Youyou's reaction at this moment. Her fox tail swayed gently behind her, and her eyes were full of sly smiles: "Of course I know. Besides, I haven't finished speaking yet."
It extended a finger and gently touched the stone table. A pale golden light spread from its fingertip, outlining the contours of an ancient map on the table. The air inside the soundproof barrier seemed to freeze, and even breathing became clearly audible.
"Miss Shirayuki, do you know why I'm in a lower-level state like Yuelan?"
Xue Youyou frowned slightly.
She had indeed thought about this question. Tu Shan Yue was the seventh princess of the Qingqiu clan, and her strength seemed quite formidable. It was rather illogical that she was sent to a lower-level state like Zhongyue Lanzhou to serve as a regional envoy.
Given Tu Shan Yue's status and strength, coming to Lanzhou is, to put it nicely, a demotion, and to put it bluntly, an exile.
"You mean..." Xue Youyou's pupils contracted again, and a suffocating guess formed in her mind.
"That's right."
Tu Shan Yue's smile deepened, her amber fox eyes reflecting the flickering candlelight, as if two golden flames were burning within them: "Although I was indeed ostracized and demoted here, among so many lower-level states, I chose this land of my own volition because I accidentally saw something in an ancient book a hundred years ago—"
Its voice was extremely low, each word like a piece of jade carefully carved from the tip of the tongue, carrying a heavy weight.
"According to the ancient secret records of our clan, Yuelan Prefecture was formed from a fragment of the Moon Realm, one of the Seven Great Realms, which drifted to this place after its destruction several eras ago."
boom--
Xue Youyou felt as if something had exploded in her mind.
The Seven Great Realms. The Moon Realm. Fragments of Realms.
Each of these terms, taken individually, is enough to cause an earthquake in the world of beast taming.
The Seven Absolute Realms are supreme realms that exist only in ancient legends. They are seven fragments of divine realms left behind when the gods created the world, each containing incredible power of laws and divine blessings.
However, with the passage of time, the Seven Realms have long become a mythical illusion, and most people even believe that they never existed at all.
And now, Tu Shan Yue is telling her that Yue Lan Zhou is actually the ruins of the Moon Realm.
"Several eons ago, the Moon Realm collapsed for unknown reasons, and its fragments scattered into the void."
Tu Shanyue continued, her tone unusually solemn: "One of the fragments, after a long drift, finally fell into this world. After hundreds of millions of years of geological changes, it merged with other landmasses to form what is now Yuelanzhou. Deep within this land, the divine power of the Moon Realm may still remain."
It paused, then looked directly into Xue Youyou's eyes: "And the occurrence of the Imperial Ritual requires the power of the gods as a catalyst. After years of investigation and deduction, I am 90% certain—an Imperial Ritual will soon take place within the territory of Yue Lan Prefecture!"
"For Miss Shirayuki, this may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
A brief silence fell within the soundproof barrier.
Xue Youyou felt her heart pounding, the sound of her blood rushing through her veins clearly audible. The Imperial Sacrifice, fragments of the Moon Realm, divine power—the sheer volume of information was overwhelming, so much so that she didn't know how to react for a moment.
But in the pet space deep within her consciousness, another tremor was just beginning.
"Clatter".
A crescent-shaped chess piece fell from mid-air and landed on the chessboard formed of spiritual energy, making a crisp sound.
The Yuki-onna, now in the form of a snowflake, trembled slightly and made a puzzled purring sound. She had never seen Guanghan Zhan look like this before.
The two were playing chess happily when Guanghan Zhan changed his expression as soon as he heard the words "Moon Realm".
The Guanghan Sword stood frozen in place before the chessboard. Its blade, as clear and bright as moonlight, now displayed an extremely complex array of emotions—shock, realization, bitterness, and relief. Countless emotions intertwined, causing the blade to tremble violently.
The Moon Realm is destroyed.
This land is a fragment of the lunar realm.
It turned out to be the case.
That's it!
Guanghan Zhan closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
The temperature inside the pet space plummeted, and the moonlight seemed to be shattered by sword energy, scattering like stardust across the sky. The long-dormant power within it seemed to sense something and began to stir slightly.
The questions that had troubled it for countless days and nights, the contradictions it could never understand, and the vague and distant fragments of memory, all clicked together in that instant, like gears turned by an invisible hand.
"So that's how it is... So that's how it is..." Guanghan Zhan murmured, his voice as soft as moonlight shining from a great distance.
"Lulu lulu~, what's wrong?"
The Yuki-onna from Kamishiro floated over curiously, her snowflake-shaped body swirling in the air like a miniature blizzard.
Having played the pet chess game with Guanghan for so long, this was the first time it had seen its aloof opponent lose its composure like this.
Guanghan Zhan sighed softly: "It's nothing, I just suddenly understood a lot of things."
"Lulu~, can you tell me what's wrong? I've seen you struggling with this for a long time." The voice of the Yuki-onna from Kamishiro was soft and concerned.
Although it is usually carefree, it is not obtuse. It had noticed that Guanghan Zhan was not in good condition recently and had a faint sense of depression on its body. That's why it suggested playing pet chess with it to relieve its boredom.
Guanghan Zhan remained silent for a moment, then shook the sword with a hint of apology: "I'm sorry, this is just a preliminary guess, and I'm not entirely sure yet."
Its voice returned to its usual calm, but beneath that calmness, there seemed to be something different.
"Lulu~, if you don't want to talk, that's fine. It's your turn, continue!"
The Snow Woman of the Gods didn't dwell on it. Since Guanghanzhan didn't want to talk about it for the time being, she readily skipped the topic.
In its view, since the other party was unwilling to talk, there must be a reason why, and pressing for an answer would be useless. In any case, once Guanghan Zhan figured it out, it would naturally tell it.
Guanghan Zhan paused slightly, then a faint smile curved the corners of its divine lips. It condensed a crescent-shaped chess piece and placed it on the chessboard.
"You and Youyou have very similar personalities."
"Lulu? How does it resemble that?"
The Yuki-onna tilted her snowflake-shaped body, looking puzzled.
"Same decisiveness, same—"
Guanghan Zhan's gaze fell on the chessboard, and the smile on his lips deepened: "Clean and efficient."
"Lulu~, is that a compliment?"
I guess so.
The ice and snow in the pet space warmed slightly, and the moonlight fragments floating in the air slowly drifted down, sprinkling onto the chessboard, as if covering this unfinished game of chess with a mysterious veil.
Meanwhile, outside, Xue Youyou had recovered from her initial shock, picked up her wine glass and drank the remaining fruit wine in one gulp, her icy blue eyes swirling with an indescribable light.
In this situation, even though it was a cup of fruit wine with something unclean added, Xue Youyou still couldn't help but drink it down.
She put down her wine glass, looked directly at Tu Shanyue, her cheeks flushed, and said, "If I'm not mistaken, you're not an emperor either. If the information is true, you and I should be competitors. The Emperor's Ceremony is a tremendous opportunity for you, so why did you tell me about it?"
"I don't understand. Please enlighten me, Miss Tu Shan Yue."
Although she was excited, she remained clear-headed.
Tu Shan Yue blinked, her fox tail swaying gently, and she smiled as she held up three fingers: "It's very simple, three reasons."
"Firstly, the Emperor's Sacrifice has a very inhumane and mandatory condition: only pets that have formed a contract with a Beast Tamer can be selected as pawns. As for me, Tu Shan Yue from Qingqiu, I once vowed to pursue absolute freedom and will never form a contract with any Beast Tamer in this life."
"Secondly, being promoted to emperor in Yuelan Prefecture is equivalent to becoming the emperor of this land. But I, Tu Shan Yue, do not want to become the king of the barbarians. My dream is to become the emperor of the Qingqiu Fox Clan!"
Xue Youyou nodded upon hearing this; Tu Shanyue's reasoning was indeed quite valid.
For example, if you suddenly asked a wealthy and beautiful woman from a developed country to become a chief in a primitive tribe in Africa, she might not be happy about it.
Xue asked softly, "What's the other reason?"
Tu Shan Yue chuckled mischievously and said, "As for the third point, I think if I share this level of information with you, maybe... even someone as stubborn as Miss Bai Xue Ji will be willing to call me an ally in the future~"