Chapter 571: Chapter 570: Absolute Control
Mu Chendong immediately said with a trembling voice, "Father, this is actually a very complicated matter. Please, let me explain it to you in detail!"
Then, Mu Chendong spoke torrentially, recounting the entire affair from beginning to end. The Red Sand Main God’s expression was dark and uncertain.
At this, he said, "I see. In that case, I won’t punish you. However, you must realize that you are normally very astute in worldly matters, yet you let someone get the better of you this time! Be more careful next time! You are to inherit my mantle in the future. Do not disappoint me!"
"Yes!" Mu Chendong said firmly, truly relieved to know he would not have to face punishment. His father’s punishments were known to be terrifying.
At this time, trying to curry favor with his father, Mu Chendong added, "Father, actually, that boy also... he tricked my sister and took advantage of her!"
The Red Sand Main God’s face instantly turned to ice. He looked at Mu Keqing, then said, "Forget it. I’ve changed my mind. You will go to the Gods Battlefield and train for a few years!"
Mu Chendong nearly coughed up a mouthful of blood. He had never expected to receive such a heavy punishment for trying to suck up to his father. Did I go about it the wrong way? By the looks of it, Father is truly furious.
Mu Keqing wore a look of schadenfreude. She had warned Mu Chendong not to speak so carelessly, but he had blurted it out anyway. Who else was there to blame? Besides, couldn’t Father tell whether my body had changed or not?
"What? Do you disagree?" the Red Sand Main God demanded.
"Father, how could I dare!" Mu Chendong reluctantly agreed, knowing he had no other choice.
Then, the Red Sand Main God turned to Mu Keqing. "You will accompany your brother to the Gods Battlefield to train for a few years as well! That should stop you from constantly causing me trouble! I can’t cover for you anymore!" he said, his voice laced with exhaustion.
To think that I, who have been wise and brilliant all my life, would be driven to distraction by my own two children.
The Gods Battlefield was the most brutal battlefield in the Divine Domain, a place where the Dark Gods clashed with their Sovereign Gods and where one could perish at any moment. He knew that to properly educate his children, he had to make them understand cruelty; only then could they mature quickly. This was the educational method he had recently settled on.
Mu Chendong now looked at Mu Keqing with schadenfreude. He had managed to pay her back in full. What a peculiar pair of siblings they were. Of course, he still cared for Keqing. When we get to the Gods Battlefield, I’ll just have to put in more effort to protect her, he resolved.
But at that moment, Mu Keqing’s face crumpled, and she looked as if she was about to burst into tears.
Seeing this, the Red Sand Main God’s heart softened. He sighed and said, "Fine, Keqing, you don’t have to go. Stay in the Red Sand Temple and spend more time with your mother. You are not to take a single step out of the Red Sand Temple without my express command!"
"Mm," Mu Keqing sobbed.
Mu Chendong felt a headache coming on. She got out of going to the battlefield just by crying. He wanted to cry too, just like his sister, but he knew that if he did, his father would kick him out viciously. It was a tactic he couldn’t imitate, much as he envied it.
"Get out now!" the Red Sand Main God barked.
The siblings meekly left.
The Red Sand Main God watched his children’s retreating figures with a helpless expression. To think that I, one of the most respected individuals in the Divine Domain... In my youth, I swept through the Divine Domain, unstoppable. Now, blessed with children in my old age, I should be enjoying familial bliss, yet I am endlessly worried over them! If outsiders saw me fretting over my children like this, they would mock me without reservation.
Of course, he wouldn’t act this way if he didn’t love his children so dearly. He couldn’t be like other gods who would sacrifice their own children for personal gain. It was simply because he was the Red Sand Main God.
His thoughts soon turned to Ye Fan.
"He integrated Divine Dragon Essence Blood, played my son for a fool, and stole my daughter’s heart and mind! On top of that, he killed the scions of so many great families," the Red Sand Main God said coldly. "Young man, I’m very curious to see who you are. You had better not fall into my hands!"
It was clear that the entire incident was Ye Fan’s doing, yet he had managed to walk away completely clean. The Red Sand Main God knew that if such a prodigious talent was allowed to mature, he would undoubtedly become a fearsome powerhouse. Thus, he was quite curious to meet this young man, this Ye Fan who was only at the Third Level of the Nirvana Realm and had managed to navigate everything so smoothly.
In Ye Fan, he seemed to see a reflection of that person from the past. But in his view, at the same age and cultivation realm, that person’s edge had never been as sharp as Ye Fan’s. At the thought of that person, the Red Sand Main God was filled with guilt. Once, they had all been that person’s most trusted allies, but in the end, they had all abandoned him.
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Meanwhile, a carefree Ye Fan had arrived at Shazhou City.
He had traveled over mountains and across rivers to reach Shazhou City, the largest city in the vast expanse of Shazhou. It had not been an easy journey. The region was sparsely populated, with likely fewer than several tens of millions of inhabitants, despite being ten times the size of the Secular World’s Earth. It was the very definition of a vast and empty land.
No wonder the Divine Race wants to annex the Human Clan’s secular world for slaves, but I don’t believe that’s their primary reason. I don’t know what it is yet, but I’m sure I’ll figure it out as my strength and horizons expand.
Shazhou City was under the control of the Red Sand Dynasty. The Red Sand Dynasty was a behemoth in Shazhou; in fact, they were the absolute controllers of the entire region. While the Red Sand Main God was Shazhou’s ultimate backer, his relationship with the Red Sand Dynasty was extraordinary and held a special significance. The current ruler of the Dynasty, the Red Sand Divine Emperor, was the Red Sand Main God’s older brother. This was the reason the Red Sand Family held such an untouchable position in Shazhou.
A Dynasty with only several tens of millions of people spread across a territory more than ten times the size of Earth... The Divine Race may be powerful, but their fertility is clearly quite low.
Now, Ye Fan had had an unpleasant falling-out with the Mu Family, and the one who called the shots in all of Shazhou was the Red Sand Main God. Therefore, he was extremely cautious with every step he took, fearing a careless move might get him put on a wanted list. Fortunately, the situation hadn’t escalated to that point yet.
Of course, with the Red Sand Dynasty and the Red Sand Temple backing him, Mu Chendong could easily shoulder the blame for me killing a few scions. In fact, even if I had slaughtered the nine great families and pinned it on him, he could absolutely take the fall.
