Chapter 143 - 133: Chen Sha’s Killing Intent!

Chapter 143: Chapter 133: Chen Sha’s Killing Intent!

A carriage was parked at the entrance of Jade Capital Temple. Its curtains were drawn, making it impossible to see who was inside from the outside.

It wasn’t until Chen Sha walked out of the temple entrance that the carriage driver finally walked up to the vehicle and spoke a word to the person inside. Seeing this, Chen Sha spoke up, "Since you claim to be my relatives, may I ask who is in the carriage?"

Perhaps having heard Chen Sha’s voice, or perhaps due to the driver’s confirmation, the carriage curtain was lifted by a fair hand, revealing the face of a beautiful woman with a distinctly heroic air. Upon seeing Chen Sha’s face, she was slightly taken aback.

"Indeed, the resemblance..." As she spoke, she gently pushed aside the curtain and stepped out.

As soon as Chen Sha saw a beautiful woman of this age, he had already confirmed more than half of his suspicions in his heart. Immediately after, he realized that when the beautiful woman stepped out of the carriage, she was holding the hand of a young girl around ten years old. The girl wore her hair in pigtails and kept her head down, gnawing on her fingers. Chen Sha couldn’t help but frown.

Ten years ago, his father hadn’t descended the mountain for at least three years. How could this be? The girl’s age didn’t add up... Then, he looked at the beautiful woman and said, "Who exactly are you..."

The beautiful woman led the little girl up to Chen Sha and said, "I am the Flying General of the Great Primordial Spirit Strategy Mansion, Mu Hongfu. Your father and I are... If you don’t mind, you can call me Lady Mu."

Mu Hongfu. Chen Sha grumbled inwardly; she really was one of his father’s confidantes. Moreover, she was one of the very few he actually knew about. In other words, Chen Sha knew she was among his old man’s women. He had long heard her name but had never met her in person.

"And she is..." Although Chen Sha had inwardly complained about his old man a hundred times over, he still looked at the little girl in confusion.

The beautiful woman, who claimed to be a Flying General of the Divine Strategy Mansion, sighed. "This is your younger sister, Ancient Bell Spirit."

Chen Sha immediately raised an eyebrow and said, "Your surname is Mu, and my father’s surname is Chen. How could this little girl have the surname Gu?"

But just as Chen Sha voiced his doubts, the little girl’s clear voice called out loudly, "Brother! Lady Mu said that when we meet, Bell Spirit should treat you to candy."

As she spoke, she pulled out a small oilcloth packet covered in drool from her red sleeve. It looked as though she hadn’t been able to resist secretly biting it a few times on the way, but hadn’t actually bitten it open, keeping it in her pocket the whole time. She spread out her small hand, offering the candy in her palm to Chen Sha.

Chen Sha absentmindedly took the drool-covered treat, then looked up at Mu Hongfu. "You’re her aunt, not her mother?"

Mu Hongfu sighed softly and said, "Her mother passed away when she gave birth to her. I’ve been raising her all these years."

Chen Sha’s heart twitched. His old man was truly something else. But then he let out a sigh. What could he do about it? After all, she was his own biological sister. Having another family member wasn’t a bad thing. He leaned down slightly and patted the little girl’s head, saying, "Bell Spirit, how old are you?"

"How old, how old..." Hearing this, the little girl lowered her head and counted on her fingers. It took her a long while before she finally said, "Bell Spirit... is fif... fifteen years old."

At first, Chen Sha thought this younger sister of his had just miscalculated like a child. But soon, his expression grew serious as he carefully examined Ancient Bell Spirit’s eyes. The little girl’s gaze was faintly dull, and her childishness seemed far too pronounced for a ten-year-old child. He realized something. His expression changed slightly. Looking at Mu Hongfu, he asked, "What’s wrong with my sister?"

Mu Hongfu offered a bitter smile and said, "When her mother gave birth to her, something went wrong. She is indeed fifteen years old, but her body is only the size of a ten-year-old’s, and her mental age is only that of a four or five-year-old..."

Chen Sha’s face darkened as he said, "If Bell Spirit is in this condition, why didn’t you bring her to Dao Yi Mountain earlier?"

Or could it be that his father didn’t even know he had such a daughter?

Mu Hongfu sighed again and said, "Logically speaking, I should have brought Bell Spirit to meet her father and brother earlier, but... before her mother died, she asked me to keep this a secret. She didn’t want anyone to know that she had borne a child for Chen Canxuan."

Chen Sha frowned. "Why?"

Mu Hongfu let out a breath and said, "I just told you that Bell Spirit has the surname Gu. You should be able to guess a little from that. In Yuan Country, the Gu surname signifies a Royal Family identity, with royal blood flowing through their veins. Back then, a princess of the Ancient Country Royal Family demonstrated extremely high comprehension of the Zen Dao at the age of fifteen. Afterward, she successfully joined the Water Moon Temple of the Buddhist Sect. Within a few years, she became one of the two most outstanding successors of the Water Moon Temple.

"Bell Spirit’s mother was Princess Gu Rusu, who almost succeeded as the Nunnery Master of the Water Moon Temple, and she is the sister of the current Emperor Yuan Gu Xuanong.

"Back then, Bell Spirit’s mother and I met at a lantern festival in Yuan Country..."

Chen Sha simply asked quietly, "Thirty years ago, my father captured the Emperor of Yuan Country, Ancient Transformation Dragon. To think that the Royal Family’s Gu lineage would still..."

He didn’t voice the rest of his question.

Mu Hongfu chuckled to herself. "If your father hadn’t captured Ancient Transformation Dragon, how could Emperor Yuan Gu Xuanong hold the position of Emperor today? Although they both share the Gu surname, the bloodline between them has thinned out so much that they are practically two separate families. You must know that Yuan Country was founded five thousand years ago, enfeoffing Princes across the realm. Even now, the blood ties between the Princes of various provinces and the Primordial Palace’s Royal Family have long become as thin as they possibly could be..."

Chen Sha came to a slight realization. With this, he could understand. For the current lineage of the Yuan Royal Family, they didn’t hold that much hatred toward Dao Yi Mountain. It turned out that the captured Emperor had absolutely nothing to do with them. Conversely, without his father’s intervention, it would have been impossible for the current lineage to ascend to the position of Emperor.