Yang Botao's expression was mournful as he chuckled bitterly, "If it were someone else, I wouldn't believe it but it was my father! My biological father! My father had also asked me to check his dantian. I've checked and there's really a plant with nine leaves in his dantian. Once I checked, I felt that my cultivation base has improved. It's not a lie. If it's not a peerless treasure, how could it be so miraculous? "
"My father said that there are two of you now. The first one is to let me eat this herb so that I can live forever … However, the Rainbow Herb is something that the heavens are jealous of. It must be plucked before the host dies, and before it is plucked, the host cannot commit suicide. In other words, I need to kill my own father in order to obtain the Rainbow Herb of the Nine Firmament. As for the second option … it's to exchange the Nine-Beam Rainbow Herb for the Nine Supremes' help. The reason my father is suffering from such an injury is because he's nurtured this herb. This herb is envied by the heavens and only by gathering the nine energies can he escape this disaster and let my father live. My father finished and said that I'll choose between the two options. No matter what I choose, my father won't have any complaints. "
The more Yang Botao spoke, the more excited he became and the smoother his speech became. A tinge of redness appeared on her originally pale face.
Yun Yang sighed, knowing that Yang Botao was already in a state of terminal lucidity. He could die at any time, his soul going to the netherworld.
"I'm ashamed to say this. I hesitated then, fantasizing about becoming an eternal immortal …"
Yang Botao chuckled bitterly, "But I decided immediately that I had to save my father no matter what. I had to help my father survive. By then, the Nine Supremes Lords who had obtained the Nine-Beam Rainbow Herb would have a great increase in their abilities and become a true legend of Yutang, forever dominating Yutang …"
Yun Yang was completely dumbfounded as he spoke.
He really did not expect that there would be such a reversal from the beginning of the matter!
Was this a reversal of fate?
Was this the original intention of the person who schemed against the nine brothers?
"I told my father about my decision and he said that before I could seek help from the Nine Supremes, I still needed to find a miraculous herb called the Heartbreak Herb. As long as the Nine Supremes' location was confirmed, my father would be able to suppress his injuries temporarily after consuming the Heartbreak Elixir and negotiate with the Nine Supremes. Once the deal is done, when the venom of the Heartbroken Sorrow acts up, cut open his dantian and take out the Nine-Beam Rainbow Herb for the Nine Supremes to consume. Then, we'll transfer the spiritual energy to reconstruct my father's flesh and blood and condense the five elements into his body. Only then can the curse of death be completely lifted. It will be a happy ending for all! "
"Other than that, my father wanted me to make a vow that if the Nine Supremes were unwilling to help, or if the Nine Supremes could not be gathered in the end, he would only have a fleeting opportunity to consume the Heartbreaking Sorrow. If he missed it, he would not be able to live anymore. However, he wanted me to not hold a grudge against the Nine Supremes. After all, we are all citizens of Yutang. The Nine Supremes are too important, I must not hold a grudge against the Nine Supremes for a family matter."
Yang Botao's expression was one of shock. "At that time, I completely believed what my father said. I've even been worried that my father would die if the Nine Supremes did not agree to it. From then on, I became an orphan again. The sorrow of wanting to raise a child, but his parents are gone will come again … "
"It was also from that day onwards that I started collecting all the information about the Nine Supremes, any information, everything … For this, I've even bribed many people …"
"I've always wanted to talk to the Nine Supremes, but I never had the chance. Finally, one day when I came out of the palace, I heard that His Majesty wanted to meet the Nine Supremes' Supreme Earth …"
"I've been waiting in the palace with great effort and finally spoke to Supreme Earth. Lord Supreme Earth, I have something I need your help with, I wonder if it's convenient?"
"At that time, Supreme Earth said in surprise, 'What matter does Marshal Yang need from me? I'll come to your residence to look for you later.'"
"I went home happily, waiting for Supreme Earth to come and complete the important matter in my heart. However, Supreme Earth did not come that night. What I waited for was His Majesty's edict the next day, reprimanding me and depriving me of half a year's worth of salary to atone for my crime."
"I finally knew that the path of simply waiting for an opportunity was destined to be a dead end … Who knew that a few days later, someone in the palace would suddenly tell me that the Nine Supremes were going to do something important … At that time, I only knew that the opportunity had come and that it would never come again if I missed it!"
Yun Yang's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. He asked, "Who told you this?"
"The Minister of Imperial Household, Jiang Zhong!"
Yang Botao gritted his teeth hatefully. "How could I miss this last chance? So I went around asking where the Nine Supremes Lords were going. It was also at that time that another person came to me and told me that the Nine Supremes needed to bring eight hundred warriors to complete this mission. This person was Fu Baoguo. I was chatting with him in the Board of Military then and accidentally brought it up. He didn't say anything else after that … I was overjoyed then, thinking that heaven always blesses the kind, taking pity on me for saving my father's life and receiving this information! "
Yun Yang truly did not know what he was feeling at this moment.
Ring after ring … wrapped around Yang Botao's body, it was truly … extremely exquisite and tight.
Yang Botao had been asking for all the information about the Nine Supremes. These people who were on good terms with him would also help him in his search. Whether it was intentional or not, even if they leaked the information to Yang Botao, there was no way to prove that this person was the Four Seasons Tower's spy!
In spite of this, such a plan was shocking to hear.
"My only thought at that time was to find the Nine Supremes. The movement of eight hundred people was far from what the Nine Supremes could do alone. There were finally traces. After all, I was a marshal, it was easy for me to know about these movements. After many observations, I finally confirmed that a small troop had left Tiantang City and headed east. That small troop must be where the Nine Supremes were! "
"I knew that this was the only chance to ascertain the whereabouts of the Nine Supremes, so I went back and told my father about it. My father consumed the Heartbreak Pill and the Life Replenishing Pill at once to recover his Tenth Perfection cultivation base and went after the Nine Supremes through the night."
"Since then, I've been waiting for my father's news. I hope that when my father recovers and returns, when the Nine Supremes' names shake the world and become invincible experts, they will become the immortal legend of Yutang … Yutang will no longer have to fight and Tianxuan will be conquered!"
"Sometimes, I wonder how my father's cultivation base could be so high. Yet, I convinced myself that my father must have had a fortuitous encounter. If he didn't have such a cultivation base, how could he have nurtured the Nine-Beam Rainbow Herb? There are so many experts out there. As a son, I should be honored to have such a father. How could I doubt my own father? What an unfilial descendant! "
"I've been waiting … I've been waiting, but in the end, what I waited for was a nightmare that felt like the sky had fallen! The Nine Supremes were ambushed in Tianxuan Cliff, none of them survived! "
"This news was like a bolt from the blue! It broke me down on the spot! I was eating then and accidentally smashed the entire table into smithereens. It was as if I had lost my soul. Never would I have dreamed that it would be such an outcome! "
"But that was my biological father. Not to mention that his face, aura, and love for me remained the same, he knew everything about me since I was young, including how mischievous I was when I was young, what birthmark I had on my body, my real father … How could I doubt my own father?"
"Everything he did, all his thoughts and actions were reasonable, within reason, even righteous. Why should I doubt him?"
"If the nightmare hadn't come, I wouldn't have believed it at all. But the truth was right before my eyes. How could I not know that there's something wrong with my father, and it's because of the information I provided?"
"I, Yang Botao, have become the Empire of Yutang's unforgivable sinner!"
Yang Botao's eyes were filled with bewilderment as he repeated, "Sinner! He was a sinner for all eternity! … "
Yun Yang sighed inwardly. He did not know what to say.
Yang Botao's breath gradually weakened as he spoke.
His face grew paler and paler. He struggled with all his might and pleaded softly, "Lord Supreme Wind, give me a breath, let me finish."
Yun Yang sighed and pressed his hand against the center of his back, sending a wisp of refined mystical Qi over.
"I wanted to bring this matter to my grave … I didn't even tell my wife … This is the shame of my life … It's better to say that I'm a completely bad person … But when I saw Lord Supreme Wind that day, Lord Supreme Wind had clearly pointed his target at me. I had the urge to let it all out … It was only just now that I finally decided to tell everyone about this matter … I don't want my wife to still ignore me when she's in the underworld …"
"I … I don't want my wife to still think that her husband is a hypocrite, a treacherous, unpardonable person even when she's in the underworld … She has entrusted her life to the wrong person …"
Yang Botao's gaze was unfocused as he held his breath forcefully and mumbled to himself.
"She won't." Yun Yang sighed.
Yun Yang really did not know what to say at this point.
So many of his brothers had died because of his intelligence, yet he had to comfort him instead?
But who could be blamed for this?
"More than ten days later, my father came back … He said he wanted to bring me far away … He would even give me a brighter future …" Yang Botao said weakly, "I asked him then, I asked him frantically, 'Why? Why did he do this? ' Why? "
Extreme insanity flashed in Yang Botao's eyes. "Actually, I had already vaguely guessed then that my father … was from the Four Seasons Tower … and he was one of the Four Seasons Tower's higher-ups … If it wasn't so, I would have been silenced! But I still wanted to ask, to get to the bottom of this, to get to the bottom of it! I couldn't accept it! I had fought for Yutang my entire life, but in the end, I became a sinner! My father told me directly that the existence of the Nine Supremes was a huge threat and that they had to be eliminated. It would be the continent's fortune if all of them died. This wasn't a family matter, it was something that should be done, something that should be done … But I didn't understand, I really didn't! "
"Then I asked him, was the Nine-Beam Rainbow Herb real? He said it was fake. Everything was a lie to ascertain the whereabouts of the Nine Supremes. "
"I, Yang Botao, was the most important part of this lie. Heh, heh heh heh … "
"And the one who triggered this most important part of me was my biological father! Heh heh heh … "
Yang Botao's voice was bleak. Although he was laughing, his laughter was self-deprecating, his gaze empty and dead.
"If I were to die in the battlefield, die of illness, die of poison, I, Yang Botao, could smile and be fearless. But to die like this … because of such a reason, to bear the eternal infamy, a humiliation that could never be washed away, I, Yang Botao, would not die in peace!"
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