99 Brothers’ Last Wishes (1/2)
Yun Yang smiled serenely. It was like an active volcano that was about to erupt, going through the final stages of boiling up.
It was the calm before the storm.
”Actually, I really miss the simple days when we didn’t have to think much. All there was to think about were always victory and defeat, and killing the enemy. We would never consider the fierce undercurrents under the façade of this calm times.”
”Perhaps only eldest brother, only the eldest has thought of it. That time, the eldest had held my hand when he was near death. He said, ‘Ol’ninth, if you can go escape with your life, be an extrajudicial enforcer.”
”Perhaps the eldest had already seen the ugliness and the flaws of this nation then, the hidden tumors and sores…”
”Perhaps… the eldest had only seen the undercurrents that were brewing like the most violent of storms and wanted to save me. My identity as Supreme Cloud… once it has been exposed, only death awaits…”
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Yun Yang sighed, retrieving his will.
What an odd feeling it was for someone alive to be reading his own will.
Yun Yang had only a few lines scribbled it. ”I don’t know who I am. I don’t have any worries to leave behind, so, there is nothing much to say.”
Yun Yang smiled, thinking whether his brothers would laugh or cry if they were the ones reading his will.
But, I really do not know who I am…
The will belonging to Yun Yang then slowly turned into ashes in his hand, becoming a ball of smoke and ceased to exist.
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”Old Dugu is my father, help me take good care of him. Let him pass his remaining years comfortably, help me provide for him and send him off when the time comes!”
This was seventh brother Supreme Blood’s will. Other than the various comments and advice like all the brothers had left behind, he only had these words to say about himself.
Yun Yang felt a pang in his heart, the Medallion of Gratitude against his chest hot like a burning coal, pressing with uncomfortable heat against his heart.
Sixth brother Supreme Thunder’s will read, ”I got chased out by my family, I have eight innately awakened chakras and still got called trash. I wasn’t able to cultivate my family’s cultivation skills; my birth parents were both dead and I was chased out by my eldest uncle. If I have died, any one of my brothers who are still alive, go offer incense to my parents, should there be a chance. Tell them their son has gone to find them, they’ve passed too early and their son was bullied… Hmm, I forgot to mention; my home is at the Bound of Universe, Lei Family. Forget about avenging me, the Lei Family is too strong; I’ve lived rather happily anyway. If I wasn’t chased out, I won’t have met all of you. If any of you really go stand up for me and got injured and died in the process, I won’t acknowledge you in the next life!”
”Live well, live wonderfully and live life at its best that I, Lei Mufeng, did not have the time to!”
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Yun Yang stared at the letter.
Supreme Wind’s words seemed to replay itself right before his eyes, ”Ol’sixth seems to be the descendant of some noble family.”
What family was this Lei Family? They actually called the gift of eight innately awakened chakras trash? Even to the point of chasing him out? Even if he was not the first in the entire Empire of Yutang to have eight innately awakened chakras, it was still rare. It was still an obvious gift that one ought to be proud of!
How could it have been called trash by the Lei Family?
I only manage to have seven innately awakened chakras from the Lotus of Endless Fate… If sixth brother is trash, am I worse than trash?
And that Bound of Universe… Where is it?
I’ve never heard that such a place exists in Tianxuan Continent!
With the Labyrinth of Nine Heavens Intelligence, it’s truly a wonder that I’ve never actually never heard of this place.
”Bound of Universe…”
Yun Yang murmured, ”Sixth brother, don’t worry. If my ability is inadequate, I’d definitely not provoke a mighty force but once little brother’s capability is up to par, I shall wipe out this Lei Family to stand up for you. As long as I don’t get hurt or die, you have no excuse to not acknowledge me.”
”Leave the offering of incense to our parents to me. As long as I get news of it, I'll get youreunited with your father and mother.”
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Yun Yang looked at Supreme Flame’s will that he had left unopened.
What would fifth brother say?
Thinking of Supreme Flame, thinking of Yun Zuiyue, thinking of…
Yun Yang felt his heart throb with a piercing pain.
”If I die, help me take care of Zuiyue.” Supreme Flame’s letter contained a sense of passion within its indifference. ”Zuiyue is a stubborn girl. All of you know her. Whether I die or live, she’s my wife! Call her sister-in-law whenever you see her, whether you’re older or younger. If you don’t recognize her status, she will follow my footsteps.”
”Eight or ten years later, when her emotions have simmered, think of a way to give her the happiness of a family. If she finds a good family, none of you are allowed to disturb her. All existence of the Nine Supremes are to vanish before her, In case she reminisces of the old times and hesitates when she sees any of you…”
Yun Yang sighed despondently.
”I’m an orphan, so is Zuiyue. Yun Zuiyue is a name she gave herself later on, like how I made up my own name as well. It doesn’t matter if I mention it, I still like Supreme Flame the most.”