Chapter 830: 830: Eldest Princess of Regal Lei Clan
After being welcomed over by the maids, Pei Ju, Shan Xu and Shan Du were invited to the receiving area. All of the gifts they had with them were given to the puppet maids. Their gifts were mostly little snacks for the children and Yue Xuexia to enjoy. Only Shan Du didn’t know much about what to prepare and brought flowers as well as toys for the children. The Moon Goddess accepted the gifts and the children took off the moment the toys landed on their hands and thanked Shan Du. As for the guests, they waited for a while for the Moon Goddess to see them.
After the children had left, the Moon Goddess had isolated the hall preventing the children from entering. The puppet maids were on standby outside the hall. The reason for this is simple. Yue Xuexia needs to appear before them as Yue Xuexia, the Goddess of the Moon. She would no longer appear in her disguised form.
Yue Xuexia appeared before them wearing red-black empress robes with her long, white hair flowing behind her back like a river made of moonlight. Her eyes were also pure silver. Her current appearance shows her bloodline as someone from the Moon Clan, yet the power she emits wasn’t simply the energy of the Moon but also the element of lightning.
So the moment she came out and appeared before the guests, Shan Du and Shan Xu felt a powerful element of lightning on her. Making her figure matches the majestic aura of the First Prince, Lei Yuya, when he was young.
Shan Xu mumbles, "So similar. Truly so similar! She is truly his highness, the first prince’s daughter."
Shan Du was too shocked to react much at this moment and Yue Xuexia was walking towards them about to join their group. Before Yue Xuexia could take a seat, Shan Xu and Shan Du immediately fell on one knee and saluted her.
"We greet her highness the eldest princess!"
"Be at ease. I only showed you my real appearance as this is the fastest for you to believe my identity. I have accepted your greetings. Take your seats!" The Moon Goddess said as she finally took her seat on a single sofa.
Shan Du and Shan Xu upon learning that their greetings had been accepted they also took their seats.
With a wave of Yue Xuexia’s hand, the tea sets before them had started serving on its own. Controlled by the qi of Yue Xuexia, each cup was filled with spiritual tea.
Yue Xuexia said, "Pei Ju, why haven’t you returned to your clan yet? Don’t you know that within three days from now on, your younger brother was about to remarry your current wife and take over your clan."
Pei Ju, Shan Xu and Shan Du didn’t expect to hear this. The one with the largest reaction was Pei Ju, who stood up from his seat. Despite his younger outer appearance, his realm had mostly returned by now and the aura of the king spread in the hall. Among the three guests only Shan Du was affected by his qi and Shan Xu made a move to protect him before talking to his friend, Pei Ju.
Shan Xu said, "Lao Pei, calm down. Don’t forget where you are right now!"
Reminded by his friend, Pei Ju glanced at the calm Moon Goddess and Shan Du whose face had turned pale from the suppression of his aura. If not for the protection of Shan Xu, this young man would most likely cough blood and suffer a bit of internal injuries.
Pei Ju after calming down had retracted his aura and sat back down while saying, "Please forgive my rudeness, your majesty!"
"No problems as no harm was done," said the Moon Goddess. His aura was fully isolated in this hall and no one from the outside was affected by it.
Yue Xuexia added, "However, the need for you to return soon cannot be delayed. Most elders who support you are now being imprisoned as they cannot be convinced to accept your brother as the new clan master. If you don’t return within three days, they will most likely be killed. You have nothing to worry though, no one aside from the First Elder of your clan can match you at least. If you want to win, bringing Shan Xu with you is a must."
"Shan Xu, you must come with him. Don’t worry about the Lightning Ancient God’s Abode, I have Shan Du with me here. Just give the map to the core region instead," the Moon Goddess added.
Pei Ju bowed his head and said, "Thank you, your majesty!"
Shan Du and Shan Xu stood up and clasped their hands in acceptance of their new tasks from their princess.
"As you will, princess."
"Also, do not tell Zhiya and Liye about my identity, if they can guess on their own then that’s fine. I simply have too many enemies in this world and so many annoying people wanted to find me as well. To protect them, others must not know right now their connection to me. Shan Du, if you are going to report to the clan tell them to send Uncle Yuye. Only then will I allow Zhiya to come back with you after the training," said Yue Xuexia.
Shan Du responded, "Yes, I will inform the Thunder King, princess."
Yue Xuexia observed Shan Du and noticed that the reason he couldn’t break through to the King realm was because he couldn’t fully promote the quality of his lightning. Seeing this, she had also observed Shan Xu and noticed that unlike Shan Du, his lightning had been promoted enough to materialize a part of his lightning armor. The reason they couldn’t fully form their lightning armor is due their lack of ability to absorb more lightning and that their bodies couldn’t bear it much. After all, the bodies of those who inherited the Lightning God’s Physique can even contend with those body cultivators that were called perverts in the cultivation world.
The Moon Goddess said, "I have a way to change your physique which would allow you to bear more lightning in your body. Though you might not fully form your lightning armors like we do. At least you can cover your chest and head. The process is extremely painful though. Are you willing to go through it?"
The three men looked at each other and finally fell on their knees together saying collectively, "We are willing!"
"Alright. Pei Ju and Shan Xu should finish your business with Pei Clan. I will arrange this for you after that. Pei Ju, I will begin yours today so that when we arrive at the Lightning Ancient God’s Abode, you can start gathering lightning and increase what you can absorb during the training," The Moon Goddess said.
The three men looked so delighted that they almost wanted to jump around on the spot. But they couldn’t forget their manners before the Moon Goddess.
"Thank you, Princess! (Your majesty!)"
The Moon Goddess had excused Shan Xu and Pei Ju as they were still to make some preparations for when they leave for the Core Region and resolve the problems of the Pei Clan. So they had excused themself ahead of them and left the mansion after bidding their farewell to the Moon Goddess. As for Shan Du, he would begin this physique changing treatment from the Moon Goddess. Yue Xuexia looked through her inventory and still found some dragon blood essences the Dragon Clan had given her as a tribute. The Dragon Clan decided to stay in her Moon Star even after she left. She trusted them with her world as they are Shen Jueyang’s people. There is also the blood essence of the Ice phoenix from the Xue Clan and Xuanwu blood essence from the Xuanwu King. Though these two blood essences cannot be compared to the dragon blood essence, it still had the ability to change one’s ordinary physique.
’This man’s body can only bear Xuanwu’s blood essence. It can be said that the defenses of the Xuanwu clan is even greater than the dragons. With its blood essence, it could at least increase his body’s defenses and tolerance to pain. This is more suitable to him as he cannot bear the dragon blood essence like my grandfather.’ The Moon Goddess thoughts.
"Wait for me here, Shan Du. I will get a few things that can help change your physique," Yue Xuexia said.
Shan Du said, "Please go ahead princess. This servant can wait no matter how long it is."
Yue Xuexia also changed her clothes to ordinary looking clothing. Though it is not as exquisite as her usual empress robes, the materials of the robes she wears are never simple, especially the ones Shen Jueyang and Taiyang prepared for her. She had once again changed her hair and eye color to black, hiding her features as someone from the Moon Clan. Once she had returned, Yue Xuexia brought Shan Du to the background. She can change the pond from Immortal Mountain Dew to the concoction that increases one’s tolerance to pain which would at least lessen Shan Du’s pain in the process of evolving his physique. As for Shan Du his clothing had changed to a thin white robe for bathing.
She commanded, "Enter the pond, there is a concoction in there that would aid your physique awakening." When she pulled a vial with a golden green hue, Shan Du immediately realized what it was and was stunned.
He mumbles, "Xuanwu blood essense!?"
