novelaction Chapter 190: Every word my little sister's master said is true.
Chapter 190: Every word my little sister's master said is true.
In Bei Yuze's narration, one by one, long-forgotten events reappeared before the group.
The establishment of the Northern Dynasty was not exactly honorable—the ancestors of the Northern clan made a deal with the Nightmare Beasts that had smuggled in from the Demon Realm in order to complete their unification and hegemony.
The Nightmare Beast helped the ancestor unify the dynasty, but the price was that a large number of humans had to be sacrificed to it every year for its cultivation.
The ancestor readily agreed, after all, every war back then resulted in countless casualties. In comparison, this was a very worthwhile deal, especially since there were many prisoners of war.
With the covert assistance of the Nightmare Beast, the Northern Dynasty achieved unification at an astonishing pace. But this also meant that the prisoners of war would eventually run out.
At first, the ancestors didn't care. Besides prisoners of war, there were also criminals, and new ones would always be added.
However, as the ancestors carried out significant reforms after establishing the dynasty, the Northern Dynasty gradually became wealthy, and the number of criminals decreased significantly.
Only then did the ancestor realize what a terrible thing he had done back then.
The deal he made with the Nightmare Beast was for an annual period! The Nightmare Beast has an incredibly long lifespan; if it were to continue doing this year after year...
The Northern Dynasty will be finished sooner or later!
The ancestor also considered finding a capable person to kill the Nightmare Beast, but the Nightmare Beast was no ordinary monster, and all the people he found died.
The Nightmare Beast also discovered that the frequent appearances of cultivators were the work of its ancestors, but it showed no sign of anger. Instead, it smiled and threatened.
"If you dare to play these petty tricks again, I don't mind playing a big game with you."
By then, everyone will know your true colors, and everyone will know about your dirty deeds with me. Do you think this dynasty will need a different name?
The ancestor was furious, but what the Nightmare Beast said hit him right where it hurt.
The dynasty can only be ruled by the North!
Ultimately, the ancestor died in despair. Each subsequent emperor, upon inheriting the throne, would learn of this secret and provide the Nightmare Beasts with a continuous supply of humans.
Until Bei Mu became emperor...
Bei Mu, also known as Bei Yan'an's father and Bei Yuze's grandfather.
Bei Mu could no longer bear to sacrifice innocent people, but he also could not abandon the land left by his ancestors. Later, influenced by his wife, Mu Qin, who was also a cultivator, he made a decision.
That year, Muqin gave birth to twins, but Bei Mu concealed the existence of the second son and sent him out of the palace under the pretense that he was born to a palace maid. He was secretly entrusted to Muqin's father to raise and embark on the path of cultivation.
His eldest son remained in the palace, named Bei Jin, and was groomed to become the next crown prince.
After that, Muqin and Beimu passed away one after another, and Beijin succeeded to the throne. Upon learning the secret, he also discovered that he had a younger brother.
Bei Yan'an returned the year after his father's death and, together with his maternal grandfather, devised a plan to kill the Nightmare Beast.
However, the cost was high; Bei Yan'an's maternal grandfather died protecting Bei Yan'an in this battle.
With its last breath, the Nightmare Beast cast a curse—anyone of the Northern bloodline will devour their mother at birth, and their mother will surely die!
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"After the Nightmare Beast died, Father disappeared without a trace. You all know what happened after that."
When Bei Yuze spoke of the curse, his voice unconsciously lowered.
"The Nightmare Beast's curse may not seem to harm our Northern Clan bloodline much, but... that's because it knew that my mother was already pregnant with me at that time..."
Although our ancestors weren't exactly good people, they were all passionate lovers. Once they set their minds on someone, they would never change their minds. Therefore, they were usually single-lineage heirs until the generation of our father, when twins appeared.
The Nightmare Beast's curse was intended to make my father hate him. If my father hadn't chosen to catch my great-grandfather's body, the Nightmare Beast wouldn't have had time to utter the curse.
Secondly, it's a satire of our ancestors and emperors throughout history... If they wanted to continue the imperial line, they had to sacrifice their most cherished people in exchange for it..."
Unfortunately, Bei Jin did not hate Bei Yan'an. He spent three years finding him and entrusted his son to him.
As for the so-called succession to the throne, Bei Yan'an didn't care, and Bei Yuze cared even less.
Bei Jin and Ning Xiyu are both ordinary people without spiritual roots, but Bei Yuze is not. He inherited his grandmother's spiritual root and is also a cultivator with a lightning spiritual root.
In a few decades, once he has raised the next emperor, he will abdicate and become a hermit.
Whether this emperor was of the Bei clan bloodline or whether the dynasty would continue to bear the Bei surname was irrelevant to him.
“They’re definitely not good people,” Han Luo said coldly.
"To dare to make a deal with the Nightmare Beast is utterly foolish."
Those who sacrifice their own kind to the Nightmare Beasts like livestock are unworthy of being human.
Furthermore, due to the so-called imperial power and wealth, such sordid affairs have been concealed until now, harming countless innocent people. Their crimes are heinous and deserve their deaths.
With each sentence Han Luo spoke, Bei Yuze lowered his head a little further.
Everything my sister’s master said is true.
Bei Yuze slowly raised his head, as if making a promise, "During my decades in power, I will do my best to make the people's lives better. After stepping down, I will travel far and wide, doing good deeds and accumulating merit... I don't know how much this can make up for the mistakes of my ancestors, but..."
Before Bei Yuze could finish speaking, his mouth was once again silenced by the pastries on the table.
However, this time, it was dried by Han Luogan.