"I know! I would never like you!" Stone declared angrily, but it was the truth. Although Stone was a looks-obsessed person, handsome guys like Isamu Tsuki were definitely not her type.
Well, to be precise, it's the person she's imagining...
Yi Shiyue stared blankly at the stone, sighed, and then said something that would drive the stone completely insane: "Sigh, my dear little sister, do you hate your biological parents that much?" (Welcome! Your support is my greatest motivation.)
☆, Chapter 228: Isazuki's True Intentions
"You bastard!" It's no wonder Stone suddenly swore; Yi Siyue's words had really startled her: "You you you..."
"If I told you that I already knew about your background, would you believe me?" Yi Siyue looked at the stone calmly, without the slightest smile on her face, appearing more serious than ever before.
Stone paused for a moment, then asked, "You already knew?"
"Yes."
Seeing that Yi Shiyue admitted everything without hesitation, Shi Tou felt a surge of anger in his heart, not knowing how to vent it: "You, you bastard!"
“I know your background and why you came to the capital, but to be precise, it wasn’t my idea to abandon you back then.” Yi Siyue looked at Shi Tou with an innocent expression: “You are only seven years younger than me, which means that I was only 7 years old when they abandoned you.”
"So what? You're innocent?!" The last word was practically squeezed out from between his teeth.
"All I can say is that I am someone who knows the truth."
"Knowing but not reporting!"
“Yes, I admit it. But you should know that my identity is quite awkward.” Yi Siyue gave a bitter smile: “Do you know how strange my so-called identity as the fourth prince came about? I am not a member of the royal family at all.”
"I know you're the eldest son of the Yi family!" Shi Tou pursed his lips and roared with considerable displeasure, "So what? Aren't you still on their side?"
"So what if he's the eldest son of the Yi family? Look at us now, people only know about the six great families of the Eastern Luoming Empire. Who knows that there's also the Yi family? The ancestors of the Yi family were there to help Emperor Kate establish the Luoming Empire!"
Stone frowned. Her so-called historical knowledge was all piecemeal, gleaned from Baozi and Luopipi. In fact, she knew a little about Princess Irene, the Goddess of Magic, but she knew absolutely nothing about the Irene family.
"You didn't know either, did you? But the Yi family was once the most powerful noble family in the Luoming Empire!" Yi Siyue's tone carried a clear hint of melancholy. As the eldest son of the Yi family, he was dissatisfied with the family's current situation, but he was also helpless to change it.
“In that case, you can revitalize the Yi family.” Stone was a typical example of someone who spoke without understanding the situation: “Aren’t you the eldest son of the Yi family? You should have a very high status in the Yi family, right?”
Yi Siyue stared blankly at the stone: "The Yi family? Heh, but now, only Xiaoyu and I are left in the Yi family."
"What?" Stone was startled. Yi Siyue and Yi Siyu weren't very old, so their parents and grandparents couldn't be very old either. Moreover, in this world, human lifespan was much longer than in Stone's previous life. If one lived without illness or disaster, living to two hundred years old was quite normal.
“They’re all dead. The Yi family has fallen, and will never return to its former glory.” Yi Siyue’s lips drooped, her eyes filled with desolation and sorrow: “Do you know why this happened?”
Upon hearing this, Shi Tou just wanted to roll her eyes. How could she possibly know? Even if she were a history buff, let alone someone like Luo Pipi, she would be completely clueless at this moment.
"Everyone knows that the Yi family produced an unprecedented genius magician, that's right, Princess Yilin, who was later known as the Goddess of Magic. I think you should know about her glorious deeds, right?"
This time, Shi Tou didn't hesitate and nodded directly.
"However, what the world doesn't know is that it was precisely because of Princess Yilin that the entire Yi family faced annihilation!" Yi Siyue suddenly closed her eyes and exhaled heavily. She seemed to have been completely drained.
"Huh?" Stone's eyes widened. Was Irene also a jinx?
After a moment of silence, Yi Siyue finally calmed down a bit before speaking again: "Irene is the Goddess of Magic, and I won't go into details about her deeds. However, the Yi family is known for its martial arts prowess. Before Irene's sudden emergence, the Yi family controlled most of the power in the entire Luoming Empire. The Martial Arts Master Guild, the Blacksmith Association, the Mercenary Association... all of them were under the control of the Yi family."
"So what?" Shi Tou shrugged indifferently. Her memories from her past life told her that no matter how glorious a dynasty was, it would eventually perish, let alone a family. Back then, when Qin Shi Huang proclaimed himself the First Emperor, he dreamed of a dynasty that would last for a thousand generations. Did he ever imagine that the Qin Dynasty would only last two generations?
"And the Imperial Capital Academy."
"What's wrong with Imperial Capital Academy? Is it also run by the Yi family?"
"The Imperial Capital Academy was originally named the Royal Battle Qi Academy, and it was later renamed the Imperial Capital Academy." Yi Siyue lowered her eyes: "Look, how much Princess Yilin has changed."
Shi Tou was truly helpless. Although Bao Zi kept telling her that she was the reincarnation of Yi Lin, she eventually accepted it. But you can't attribute everything Yi Lin did to her, can you?
I think things are pretty good right now.
"Really? So it's good that you were abandoned by your own parents?" Yi Siyue suddenly changed her tone and blurted out these words with great sarcasm.
Stone was stunned for a moment, then flew into a rage: "Yeah! I think it's great, at least it lets me know how heartless those parents are! Humph, I'll never go back to acknowledge them!"
"Then congratulations, they won't come to acknowledge you."
"Great, but I also hope you won't bother me!" Stone really couldn't be bothered to give Yi Siyue a nice look anymore, and waved his hand, indicating that he should get as far away as possible.
"Do you think I'm happy to come to you?" Yi Siyue's disdainful expression made Shi Tou extremely unhappy.
"I never asked you to come to me!"
"Alright, I won't come looking for you again, but please give me the real Nine Heavens World-Shaking Technique!"
Shi Tou looked up in surprise. At this moment, Yi Si Yue's face was full of disdain, as if he was already being very polite to Shi Tou. However, upon closer inspection, Shi Tou still noticed the tension he was hiding.
After pondering for a while, Shi Tou remembered that she had indeed given the Nine Heavens Shocking Technique to Yi Siyu when she left the capital. Although Yi Siyu had promised to keep it a secret, she didn't have much hope: "Your sister told you? In that case, did she tell you that I had already given her the Nine Heavens Shocking Technique?"
Yi Shiyue gave Shi Tou a deep look: "She said that she has always been someone who can't keep things to herself, so she told me everything."
"Isn't that enough? Why did you come all this way to see me?" Shi Tou rolled her eyes at Yi Si Yue with disdain. She knew it; men who looked like effeminate men were just that fussy and indecisive.
"Because that's not real at all."
"What?!" Stone looked at Yi Siyue in astonishment, knowing that the Nine Heavens Shocking Technique in her hand came from Baozi. Even if Baozi was unreliable, it wouldn't lie to him about something like this. More importantly, Stone himself had also cultivated the Nine Heavens Shocking Technique.
"Strictly speaking, that one wasn't entirely fake; it was just a condensed version of the real Nine Heavens World-Shaking Technique."
Shi Tou frowned and began to recall the Nine Heavens Shocking Technique she had seen. To be honest, that battle qi cultivation method was indeed quite good. Even someone like her, who wasn't very diligent, could greatly improve her battle qi after practicing it.
"Why do you say that? I've actually been practicing it too, and it's been very effective."
With a flick of his wrist, a thin notebook appeared in Yi Siyue's hand: "This is for Xiaoyu."
"right."
"Take a look at this." Yi Siyue flipped her wrist, and this time it wasn't a simple notebook, but a roll of exquisitely crafted brocade.
The stone had been covered in brocade, and upon touching it, she could tell that it was very old. Moreover, the texture told her that it was not ordinary brocade: "What material is this?"
Ishizuki looked at the stone with a strange expression and asked, "You don't know? How could you not know this?"
Stone stroked the brocade in his hand blankly: "It feels very thick, as if it won't break even after decades."
"Of course, this is something that's hundreds of years old, to be precise, six hundred years old!"
Upon hearing the phrase "six hundred years," Stone finally understood. He guessed this was another masterpiece by Princess Irene: "Is it a relic of Princess Irene?"
Yi Shiyue stared wide-eyed at the stone with a somewhat conflicted expression, then silently nodded.
"That must be some high-end stuff, how would I know?" Shi Tou pouted in dissatisfaction, stopped talking, and instead unfolded the brocade to examine it closely. It was precisely because she was looking down at the brocade in her hands that she missed the fleeting, strange look in Yi Si Yue's eyes.
"The Nine Heavens World-Shaking Technique? That's not right, it's similar to the one I have. Hmm, I knew it, there's no way Irene wouldn't leave the Nine Heavens World-Shaking Technique to her descendants." Stone glanced at it and immediately came to this conclusion.
However, when Shi Tou looked up, she saw Yi Si Yue staring at her with a twisted expression: "Huh? What's wrong with you?"
"Who are you calling Irene's descendant?!"
Blinking her eyes, Stone thought to herself that the person in front of her was probably going through early menopause, and without saying anything, she simply said, "You!"
Say that again!
Stone looked up, seemingly bewildered. Was "Irene's descendants" an insulting term?
"Let me tell you, I am the eldest son of the Yi family in this generation, and I am also the current head of the Yi family!" Yi Siyue gritted her teeth to prove herself. In fact, there are only two people in the Yi family now, and Yi Siyue, the head of the family, is only slightly better than a so-called leader without any power.
So what? Stone pouted, not asking the question aloud, but the expression on her face completely betrayed her inner thoughts.
Yi Siyue glared at her with extreme displeasure: "You are the descendant of Yilin! All the members of the royal family of the Luoming Empire are descendants of Yilin! And I, Xiaoyu and I are descendants of Brother Yilin!"
Why does this sound so familiar?
Honey, did you collude with Baozi to give your story?
Chapter 229 Irene, You Are a Demon
"Fine, fine, I am the descendant of Irene, okay?" Stone rolled his eyes and decided not to argue with this fussy and childish guy.
"Hmph, you always have been!"
When you say he's fat, he really starts panting.
Stone felt nothing but contempt for Yi Siyue's character: "The Nine Heavens Shocking Technique in my hand is exactly the same as this one." Baozi's memory was indeed excellent; basically, apart from punctuation marks, there wasn't a single word wrong.
"I want the original!" But Yi Shiyue was unmoved and immediately roared.
"I don't."
"impossible!"
Stone was about to vomit blood. Why was it so difficult to talk to this person? He silently called out to Baozi in his heart, and Baozi quickly gave him an answer: whatever it gave him was definitely genuine.
Having received an affirmative answer, Stone became even more assertive: "No means no! Besides, I'm the one practicing this myself!"
"This is a simplified version; there must be an original version too!" Isazuki had reached her limit and was starting to get furious.
But Shi Tou insisted that what she gave her was the original version, which made Yi Si Yue so angry that she almost spat in her face.
After a brief standoff, Isazuki finally relented: "If you give me a copy of the original, I can grant you one request, anything is fine."
"But I really didn't." Stone was exasperated. This guy was definitely doing it on purpose; he was just pretending not to understand human language!
"You have!"
Pfft! Is this a second time?
Turning to look at Luo Pipi, whose eyes were now swollen like mosquito coils, then glancing at Linda, good heavens, this girl was drooping her head, looking like she hadn't woken up yet: "Sigh. I just don't understand, why are you so sure I have the original? Hey, you're the eldest son of the Yi family, the current head of the Yi family, right? Logically speaking, you should be the one who has the real Nine Heavens World-Shaking Technique!"
Yi Siyue glared at Shi Tou angrily: "Yes, I am the head of the Yi family, but the Nine Heavens Shocking Technique was destroyed by Yi Lin long ago! What remains now is just a makeshift version!"
"Uh..." Stone was dumbfounded. What was going on now?
"It's all because of Irene that she destroyed the Yi family's century-old foundation. She even let her subordinates take over the Yi family's business, the so-called Six Great Families of the East. Humph! All those people's ancestors were slaves of the Yi family!"