Chapter 451: 452 Yang Junyue

Chapter 451: Chapter 452 Yang Junyue

Xu Mengqing said this, and the faces of everyone present drastically changed as they looked at him in disbelief.

Seeing the expressions on everyone’s faces, Xu Mengqing also sighed, “I knew you all would look like this.”

“Little Xu, what’s going on here, and why didn’t I know about this?” Hearing this, Fu Deqing’s face also changed as he quickly pressed Xu Mengqing for answers.

“What exactly happened here, don’t hesitate to tell it straight,” Lin Qian said, now intrigued, urging Xu Mengqing to elaborate in detail. What he was particularly concerned about was the Black Corner Emperor swallowing Yue Liqun’s wife whole.

Could it be that the Black Corner Clan had the practice of devouring members of other races?

“You all know that Yue Liqun and I are the best of friends,” Xu Mengqing said with a sigh as he looked around at those beside him.

The crowd nodded in agreement; indeed, it was a fact. Xu Mengqing and Yue Liqun had the best relationship. Otherwise, Xu Mengqing wouldn’t have thought to challenge Lin Qian initially.

Xu Mengqing had planned that if he could defeat Lin Qian, he would then help Yue Liqun obtain a Potion for refining.

The result, as it turned out, was that Lin Qian had kicked him away with a single blow.

“Actually, only I know about this matter. If it weren’t for this situation, I wouldn’t have planned to let you all know,” Xu Mengqing sighed softly and looked around at everyone, “Yue Liqun is actually Yang Junyue!”

“What!”

As soon as Xu Mengqing said this, aside from Lin Qian, everyone else in the courtyard showed a look of shock, unable to believe what they had just heard.

Seeing the crowd’s reaction, Lin Qian became even more interested in this matter; it seemed that Yue Liqun’s true identity was very famous in the Ancient Forest World.

“Liqun… He’s actually Yang Junyue!” Fu Deqing, in his role as a master, stood still, reminiscing about the first time he had met Yue Liqun.

Back then, the man was injured all over, weary from travel, and no matter where he was, he always had to eat a lot—very often and in large quantities.

Fu Deqing found his own disciple’s strange habits quite peculiar; he wondered why he ate so voraciously, ballooning to such an excessively portly figure. Now it appeared to be a cover.

“What is the true identity of Yue Liqun, and why is such a revelation causing you such astonishment?” Lin Qian turned to Wang Qiongxing, his eyes filled with curiosity.

Wang Qiongxing’s expression was complex as he bowed to Lin Qian, “Lord… no, Your Majesty, this Yang Junyue, despite being a member of the Human Clan, has become the grandson-in-law of the Black Corner Emperor…”

As Wang Qiongxing slowly narrated, Lin Qian gradually learned who Yang Junyue was.

The Black Corner Emperor had numerous offspring, among which his third son was particularly outstanding. And his third son’s daughter Shen Li was even more remarkable.

However, what caused an uproar in the entire Ancient Forest World was that this human named Yang Junyue had married Shen Li and become the son-in-law who had entered through marriage into the household of the third prince of Black Corner Country.

By this time, most members of the Four Clans had already defected from Black Corner Country, and thus they didn’t have much regard for someone like Yang Junyue.

Just for that, those present didn’t pay much attention to Yang Junyue, a guy who became the Black Corner Clan’s son-in-law; he wasn’t worth their concern.

However, what really surprised everyone was an incident that occurred a hundred years ago, when Yang Junyue suddenly became wanted by the entire Black Corner Country.

The cause of the matter was the news from the Capital of the Black Corner Country, that Yang Junyue had exploited the trust of the royal mansion and poisoned his own father-in-law, the Black Corner Empire’s elite warrior, and personally murdered his Black Corner Clan wife Shen Li, then vanished without a trace.

As soon as this incident broke out, it shocked the entire Ancient Forest World, leading the Human Clan to feel surprise and respect for this man, whom they had previously scorned…

What a brave man he was!

But now, from Xu Mengqing’s words, people realized that the matter might not be as simple as it seemed on the surface.

Because they had just clearly heard Xu Mengqing say that Yue Liqun, that is Yang Junyue, had a one-track mind, and that was because his own wife had been devoured by the Black Corner Emperor.

Xu Mengqing’s face was one of sorrow as he slowly began, “That day, he got dead drunk without using his Soul Power to dispel the alcohol and told me the whole story of what had happened…”

“That day, he was discussing cultivation insights with his wife as usual, when the Black Corner Emperor suddenly visited their mansion.”

“Since her grandfather had come, Shen Li naturally went to greet him.”

“According to his account, the Black Corner Emperor was extremely off that day, his body exuding a black aura, tinged with the scent of blood, and his scarlet eyes were fixed on his wife Shen Li, heaving with heavy breaths.”

“I will never forget that night.” Just at this moment, a deep voice came from the entrance of the courtyard, and a rotund figure appeared before everyone—it was none other than Yue Liqun.

“Lier’s own grandfather suddenly opened his mouth wide, and a powerful suction force emerged, swallowing my wife whole!” As he said this, Yue Liqun’s plump hands covered his face, “There wasn’t a drop of blood spilled; my wife was devoured alive by her grandfather.”

“My father-in-law witnessed this scene and was uncontrollable with rage; he fought with the beast and told me to run away!”

“The news that came afterward made me certain that my father-in-law must have met with more misfortune than fortune.”

At this point, Yue Liqun was in tears, sobbing uncontrollably, “Neither my father-in-law nor Lier believed that different clans should live together without distinction, not enslaving one another; that was the future for the Black Corner Country. They were different members of the Black Corner Clan; they never discriminated against me for being of the Human Clan, never…”

“I hate myself for being so weak; if I had been in the Life and Death Realm then, with real power, perhaps Lier wouldn’t have died. I couldn’t accept it, so I abandoned my cultivation and started over, yet still, nothing has changed!”

Yue Liqun’s words caused everyone present, including Lin Qian, to slightly alter their expression. This man before them, of the Awakening Realm, had actually been in the Life and Death Realm in the past and had destroyed his cultivation to start over!

After abandoning one’s cultivation, the difficulty of practicing again increased exponentially.

“It’s normal to see no change; the medicinal power of the Spirit Transformation Fruit accumulates on the walls of the Dantian and meridians, and abandoning your cultivation won’t change that.” Looking at Yue Liqun before him, Lin Qian spoke indifferently, but he understood why the other party felt so insecure.

He must have been extremely eager to gain strength, even to the point of being willing to destroy his own cultivation to start anew in the hopes of breaking through, yet all in vain, a hope for revenge that seemed unattainable. Therefore, he would have such despondent thoughts, attributing everything to the innate insufficiency of his own Human Clan.

Bang!

Just then, Yue Liqun suddenly knelt before Lin Qian and banged his head on the ground, “Lord, I beg you, grant me that refining Potion. Once my cultivation succeeds, and I’ve slain the Black Corner Emperor, I will immediately take my life as an apology!”