Badass Celestial Emperor Returns!

(80) Xing Stone

Zi Yingjun brought Hai Liang into her tent. He tossed her on the bed and didn't even bother to put a quilt on her. It was already kind of him to carry her. If he were to even arrange her quilt then he can be regarded as an angel! However, he is not an angel but a demon instead. Zi Yingjun returned to the camp fire and saw Zi Mingde sitting there. He gestured for Zi Yingjun to join him.

"Yingying, Xiao Wen told me Ah Yue fought another girl because of you. Was it true?" he asked. Zi Mingde didn't expected Zi Yan Yue will fight someone else just for Zi Yingjun. Well, the only thing he know is that Zi Yan Yue regarded Zi Yingjun as her playdate in the past. But now that they're already growing up, he needs to be concerned for his daughter's life.

"Ah Yue didn't. It was a rumor in the academy since my fiance from Jiang Clan doesn't like how close we are. Their elders even came to interrogate me and Ah Yue. But Uncle, I only regard Ah Yue as a sister since she also sees me as her brother. Furthermore, her engagement to Brother Wen is not yet announced so a lot of people misunderstood our relationship." Zi Yingjun knew what Zi Mingde is thinking. Moreover, Zi Mingde obviously wants him to marry Zi Yan Yue than hand her to Zi Gu Wen.

"Sigh, she's starting to be like Xian'er." Zi Mingde suddenly said. Zi Yingjun raised a brow. What Xian'er?

"Do you mean Mother?" he never heard Zi Mingde refer to Zi Xian that way. But he remembered, Zi Xian, Zi Mingde, Zi Yanfan and Zi Ming Yun were all childhood friends in the past.

"En. I used to call her Xian'er, back when she hadn't met Ye Huai, your father." Zi Mingde smiled bitterly. He looked up to Zi Yingjun but he was unable to find any resemblance of Zi Xian from him aside from his eyes. Zi Xian have a pair of clear lovely eyes that were always bright but Ye Huai have a sharp cold phoenix eyes. Zi Yingjun inherited his mother's clear pupils and the demeanor of his father. "Yingying, I need you to do something. This will be difficult but please do me a favor, for Ah Yue."

"If I can, I'll try." Zi Yingjun hid his indifference. Though he felt a little bit intrigued to what Zi Xian and Zi Mingde's past relationship really is.

"Xian'er left her wealth for you as an inheritance. One of them is a strange necklace with a pendant she named as Xing Stone. Ever since she found the Xing Stone, she became blessed in every way. You must not know but the Jiang Clan wants the Xing Stone. However, Ye Huai appeared before they can even eradicate Zi Clan to take the stone from your mother. We don't know why they let a demonic cultivator like Ye Huai freely wandering around. Until they knew he was being attended by Xian'er more often. Thus, they asked for her in marriage as the only step left."

"This seems to be planned." Zi Yingjun caught an inkling to what Zi Mingde is trying to say. In secret, he was surprised. A Xing Stone is a Star Dao and Time Dao artifact. It was related to astronomy and it can calculate the stars in order to guess someone's destiny.

"It is. Xian'er refused their proposal and chose to give herself to Ye Huai. We saw it as forced and her only escape from the proposal as to avoid getting Zi Clan in danger since they fear Ye Huai for some reason. I will not hide it from you but I had loved your mother once. When Ye Huai left her pregnant, she told me I should take care of you after her fated death. I didn't understand but then, she informed me of the capability the Xing Stone has. She predicted the future of you being bullied, humiliated and exiled. She feared of that day and entrusted you to me instead of Zi Ming Yun. After her death, your uncle took the Xing Stone and gave it to Ah Yue when she was born rather than having it given to you."

"To Ah Yue?" he was stunned. Zi Yingjun never saw Zi Yan Yue wearing any necklace or a remnant of the Xing Stone. He simply must have it.

"En. However, the Xing Stone was cursed. Anyone that wears it will die in the hands of the person they love. Xian'er said the other ancestors who wore it were killed by their lovers. It happened to her. Ye Huai easily took her life and I can do nothing. Your father used forbidden methods that is why no one can defeat him. Even Jiang Clan is afraid of him. He tried to take the Xing Stone but in the end, he made you wore it before giving you to Zi Ming Yun. Your uncle didn't follow Xian'er's last will to hand the Xing Stone to you and gave it to Ah Yue in secret. You must have realized now that Jiang Clan is after you because they think you inherited the stone."

Zi Yingjun went silent. He never payed attention to his parents' history. To think his mother was able to control a Xing Stone! In truth, all Xing Stones are cursed. Using a Xing Stone in order to overlook the future have a payment. His mother accessed the future to see what will he become and the exchange is that she will carry the curse to end her own destiny. Within the five continents, there were less than ten owners of a Xing Stone. A lot of people are afraid of its curse and refused to use it. Thus, Xing Stones are very limited.

"Yingying, you think, who does Ah Yue love?" Zi Mingde asked. Zi Yingjun gave a meaningful look.

"Brother Wen." he lied. From the start, he knew Zi Yan Yue have deep feelings for him. If she had used the Xing Stone then both of them will not escape its curse. Moreover, Zi Yingjun is not full of mercy. It is now assured that one day, he will kill Zi Yan Yue.