Chapter 223: Prison Night Talk

By: I Eat Tomatoes

Word Count: 4206

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Torches burned in the dungeon, casting a faint light in the gloom. Meng Chuan walked through it, familiar with the path, arriving at his father's cell. His father, Meng Dajiang, was still portly, sitting there in despondent solitude.

Click.

Meng Chuan pulled at the cell door, his true essence sharply cutting through the lock. He directly pulled the door open and calmly stepped inside.

Meng Dajiang looked up and was startled to see the familiar young figure enter. He couldn't help but speak, "Chuan'er."

"Father," Meng Chuan said, sitting cross-legged facing him. "I'm here."

Meng Dajiang's expression was complex. He sighed, "I've disgraced you, son."

"The letter said you colluded with the Demon Gate, and the evidence was conclusive. It also said you admitted it," Meng Chuan said calmly. "But I don't believe it."

"Ha..."

Meng Dajiang gave a bitter laugh and shook his head. "Who hasn't made a foolish mistake in their life? Back then, I had a rage simmering inside me, which led me down the wrong path. I even thought that leaking only partial information wouldn't significantly affect humanity."

Meng Chuan looked at his father, neither angry nor upset, and calmly asked, "What was the reason for that simmering rage back then?"

"Chuan'er," Meng Dajiang said, looking at Meng Chuan. "I never dared tell you before. Now that you've become a Great Sun Godfiend, perhaps it's still a bit early to tell you, but since I've been charged and might be executed, I might as well tell you everything."

Meng Chuan frowned. He knew his father had secrets! He just didn't want to believe that these secrets were related to colluding with the Demon Gate.

"Your mother... she's actually been alive all this time," Meng Dajiang said with a smile.

"Mother... alive?" Meng Chuan was stunned. He had come today because of his father's alleged collusion with the Demon Gate, only to learn an unbelievable piece of news. The gentle figure from his memories was still alive?

"The grave I've been visiting?" Meng Chuan asked, bewildered.

"I lied to you, saying your mother died resisting the demons and her body couldn't be found. So I made a cenotaph," Meng Dajiang explained. "In reality, that was all a lie for outsiders. Your mother is alive and well. Not only that, she's also a powerful Godfiend. Her name is... Bai Nianyun!"

"Bai Nianyun?" Meng Chuan was startled. "The Lunar Saintess 'Bai Nianyun' from Black Sand Grotto-Heaven?"

Black Sand Grotto-Heaven has five Lunar Saintesses, each a Marquis Godfiend, all vying to become a King Godfiend. Whoever achieves King Godfiend status can wield control over the mysterious Lunar Temple.

"Yes, a Lunar Saintess," Meng Dajiang continued. "From a young age, your mother was trained to be a Lunar Saintess, with strict rules governing her every move. She was strong-willed and hardworking, cultivating to become a Godfiend, even reaching the Great Sun Godfiend realm, before she was finally permitted to travel the world. After thirty years of restraint, once she descended the mountain, she longed to break free from her family's shackles and truly travel the world as a free spirit. So, she quietly came to our Great Zhou Dynasty."

"And she met me, your old man," Meng Dajiang said with a sweet smile. "I had just finished my military service back then."

Meng Chuan listened intently.

At Xiangshan Garden, a group of Godfiends had gathered outside the dungeon. Suddenly, they saw a figure appear in the distance: a robust man in purple robes, who naturally exuded a terrifying pressure as he approached.

"Marquis," all the Godfiends respectfully saluted. These Immortal Godfiends instinctively felt awe and fear in the presence of Marquis Gongxu.

Marquis Gongxu calmly walked over. News of Meng Chuan going to the dungeon to see his father naturally reached him immediately! Without hesitation, despite it being late into the night, Marquis Gongxu rushed over.

"Marquis, Senior Brother Meng is still inside the dungeon, talking with his father," a Godfiend came forward to greet him. "Marquis, would you like to go in?"

Marquis Gongxu looked at the dungeon entrance and calmly said, "Let Meng Chuan and his father have their talk." He remained standing outside the dungeon, not entering to disturb them.

Inside the cell.

"That was the first time I discovered your mother was a Godfiend," Meng Dajiang said with a laugh. "I was shocked. How could a Godfiend be willing to marry a mortal like me? But she just smiled and asked me, 'Dajiang, if I were mortal, would you marry me? And if I'm a Godfiend, you wouldn't?'"

"'Of course I would,' I immediately replied. Then she said, 'Dajiang, it's the same for me! Whether you're a Godfiend or a mortal, I don't care. The person I want to marry is Meng Dajiang himself.'"

Meng Chuan listened carefully, observing the happy expression on his father's face.

"What virtue or ability did I, Meng Dajiang, possess to marry your mother?" Meng Dajiang said. "I swore then and there that I would spend my entire life making her happier and more content, even if it cost me my life."

"Your mother also told me her identity. She was a descendant of the Bai family from Black Sand Grotto-Heaven! The Bai family is even more powerful than King Godfiend families... it's one of the most top-tier families in the world," Meng Dajiang continued. "And she, Bai Nianyun, was also a Saintess of the Lunar Temple. Lunar Saintesses are forbidden from marrying and must remain chaste."

"Your mother defied all these rules. Once exposed, the Bai family would lose face and severely punish her. The Lunar Temple would also severely punish her for violating its rules," Meng Dajiang added. "Someone from the Bai family might even direct their anger towards me, a weak mortal, and even towards my Meng family."

"So, it had to be kept a secret. Your mother planned to keep it a secret indefinitely, to stay hidden in the Great Zhou Dynasty, so our family of three could always be together."

Meng Dajiang looked at Meng Chuan. "However, when you were six, I was doing something for the family, and you and your mother were traveling with me. That time, we encountered a demon invasion! When we came across the demons, they were everywhere, a vast horde, relentlessly pursuing more people."

"At that moment, your mother had two choices. One was to watch the demons slaughter, remaining disguised as a mortal and fleeing with us. The other was to truly display her Godfiend power, to kill those Second-Heaven Demon Kings and slaughter the demons, forcing them to retreat. But the Lunar Saintess's cultivation system is unique; once she used it, our Great Zhou Dynasty's Earth Net surveillance system would undoubtedly detect that a Lunar Saintess had acted. Black Sand Grotto-Heaven would also find out before long."

Meng Dajiang looked at Meng Chuan. "Your mother chose to save those people. In front of you, she pretended to resist the demons, while your father and I fled for our lives. In reality, in the blink of an eye, your mother swept through the area, killing Demon Kings and slaughtering demons, making them flee in terror. That time, she saved over a hundred thousand people," Meng Dajiang said. "Outsiders said a Godfiend arrived and saved those people, but no one knew the Godfiend's name! That Godfiend was your mother."

Meng Chuan listened in silence.

"Once her power was exposed, your mother had to return," Meng Dajiang said, looking at Meng Chuan. "The Star Spirit Grass was also something she left for me, to build your Godfiend foundation in the future. Your mother told me that she had no regrets about those eight years we spent together. Since then, I've never seen your mother again."

Meng Dajiang looked at Meng Chuan. "Those eight years were the happiest eight years of my life. I also understood that I was a mortal, too weak. If I were strong enough, strong enough that even the Bai family wouldn't dare look down on me, then your mother and I could be together openly. That's why I've tried everything to become stronger! I've poured all my effort into getting stronger, dedicating my life to it, just for a glimmer of a chance to be with your mother again."