Star Trace Gate

Chapter 909 Each with their own calculations, preparing for the rescue.

Inside the hall, Sun Michen looked at Ren Ye, who was bowing to him, and asked with feigned surprise and shock, "Nephew, what are you doing? Why are you admitting your mistake?"

Beside her, Sun Qingxue sipped her light tea, glancing at the blind man with only a slight lift of her eyelids, her expression subtly filled with indifference.

Ren bowed and clasped his hands, shouting, "I was wrong to judge you by my own petty standards. My uncles and aunts risked their lives to save me, but I hesitated and lied... I am truly ashamed of the Sun family's kindness."

"What do you mean?!"

Sun Michen stared with wide, round eyes, seemingly utterly astonished.

"Actually, I had intentionally concealed some things before," Ren said, feigning guilt. "It's just that my aunt and niece were in a very dangerous situation, so I really had a lot of concerns."

"What are you hiding?" Sun Michen asked again.

Ren swallowed nervously, stood ramrod straight in front of the table, and replied like a schoolboy who had made a mistake: "Actually, we did peek into Zhou Taozhi's soul memories in the peach grove courtyard that day...!"

"Is this true?!" Sun Michen was shocked and stood up abruptly, his voice trembling as he "reprimanded" him, "Nephew, why didn't you say so sooner about such an important matter!"

Ren simply lowered his head and remained silent with an awkward expression.

“Alas, though you are intelligent, you are still a child after all, and your mind is not mature enough. Never mind, never mind…!” Sun Michen waved his hand with feigned relief, then raised an eyebrow and asked, “So what exactly did you glean from Zhou Taozhi’s soul memories?”

Upon hearing this, Ren looked up again and replied decisively, "Reporting to Uncle, I saw Zhao Mi. The night before I was taken out of my coffin, Zhao Mi entered the Divine Tomb and tried to force his way into the Heavenly Palace. However, the three tomb guardians, including Zhou Taozhi, were simply doing their duty. As a result, a great battle broke out between the two sides."

"And then?" Sun Michen asked again.

"After that, the two tomb guardians besides Zhou Tao were both killed by Zhao Mi outside the Hall of Immortality. Zhou Tao, in a moment of desperation, escaped into the Hall of Immortality...!" Ren Ye responded truthfully.

“Zhou Taozhi entered the Undying Palace?!” Sun Michen murmured, then nodded slightly and said, “That makes sense. He escaped into the Undying Palace, which is why he avoided Zhao Mi’s pursuit and managed to save his life. However, the Undying Palace contains unknown and strange creatures… that’s why he went mad.”

“Exactly.” Ren Ye nodded in agreement. “That’s why Zhou Taozhi didn’t emerge from the Tomb of the Gods for a long time.”

"Continue," Sun Michen urged.

"Zhou Taozhi's memories are very vague, and I only glimpsed two scenes, which may be related to his madness." After a brief introduction, Ren Ye continued, "The second scene I saw was that Zhao Mi found my coffin, and when he opened it, an extremely terrifying devouring power burst forth from it, echoing the devouring power in the Undying Hall, creating a strong resonance...!"

Upon hearing this, Sun Michen's eyes flashed with barely suppressed excitement. He thought to himself, "These two devouring forces show a strong resonance. It seems that the legends about the Huang family are true... It was the last Huang family patriarch who changed the laws of the Divine Tomb."

He had many thoughts and guesses at that moment.

Ren Ye's thoughts, however, were not so complicated. His reason for lying in this part of his confession and forcibly adding the "story" of Zhao Mi opening the coffin and witnessing the resonance of two devouring forces was to lure out the Undying Palace. His fabricated logic was that his own primordial eyes and the Undying Palace did indeed possess devouring forces…

He glanced at Sun Michen's expression and then decisively added, "When Zhao Mi opened the coffin, the two devouring forces resonated... and the scene of the soul's recollection disappeared. So, what happened after that, I have no idea."

Sun Qingxue, who had been listening in, seized upon the flaw in Xiao Huaiwang's narrative at this moment. She frowned, utterly perplexed, and said, "You were clearly peering into Zhou Taozhi's soul memories, so how could you have seen Zhao Mi opening the coffin alone?! Isn't Zhou Taozhi already trapped in the Undying Palace? How could he possibly have such soul memories?!"

Ren glanced at her and immediately replied cleverly, "The second perspective of the soul recollection actually begins from inside the Hall of Immortality. This scene of the soul recollection is like Zhou Taozhi standing in the Hall of Immortality, looking out, and witnessing Zhao Mi opening the coffin...!"

"I suspect that after Zhou Taozhi fell into the Hall of Immortality, she did not go insane immediately, but remained conscious and struggled, and secretly noticed Zhao Mi's actions."

He had already thought of this, and his explanation was airtight and logically sound.

"Hmm, Zhou Taozhi's cultivation level is no less than that of the clan elders. Even if he falls into the Undying Hall, he won't die immediately," Sun Michen commented softly. "Moreover, he even walked out of the Undying Hall alive...!"

Upon hearing this, Sun Qingxue said nothing more.

"Nephew, did you really only glimpse these two scenes?" Sun Michen asked with a solemn expression.

"I swear to the heavens, I really only saw two images." Ren Ye's face flushed red as he tried his best to explain, "Furthermore, after seeing these two images, I was certain that the person who stole my opportunity that night was Zhao Mi. And he most likely hid my Origin Eyes in the Undying Hall!"

"Why? Because these two devouring forces resonated strongly, most likely originating from the same source. And Zhao Mi has not killed me all these years, but instead disembowels me every day to peer into the star core inside my abdomen, his purpose being to comprehend the secrets of my inheritance. I have made a hypothesis in my mind: if the star core inside my abdomen is the carrier of the myriad Great Daos, then the eyes of the origin are the 'blood-red maws' that devour the myriad Great Daos. One is responsible for devouring, and the other for storing; only when the two are combined can the inheritance be complete."

"So, after Zhao Mi stole my original eyes, he discovered... that these eyes couldn't last long after leaving my vessel, but he couldn't possibly return this opportunity to me. So, he found inspiration in the resonance of the Undying Palace's devouring power, secretly hiding my original eyes in the Undying Palace, nurturing them with the palace's devouring power, and then absorbing the little golden figure from the sacrificial ground outside the Divine Tomb Immortal Palace as spiritual nourishment to slowly grow my original eyes...!"

"This is why we suspect Zhao Mi can enter the Divine Tomb at any time; why his cultivation has advanced by leaps and bounds in recent years; and why he didn't kill Zhou Taozhi, the witness. It's because he glimpsed some of the secrets of the Undying Hall's laws through Zhou Taozhi and gradually grasped the true meaning of my inheritance."

Ren spoke with great excitement and deep emotion: "That's why my aunt and I went to find the storyteller late that night. He also wanted to enter the forbidden area of ​​the Illusionary Village to take a look, and he stole a guide talisman for the Divine Tomb from the array eye room. So we hit it off and secretly used the guide talisman to prepare to enter the Divine Tomb to find my Origin Eyes. But unexpectedly... Zhao Haochen happened to propose to the Clan Hall at this time that the three halls should arrest me."

"In fact, when Sister Sun entered the tomb, we had already tried to force our way into the Divine Tomb and Immortal Palace. The storyteller also used forbidden secret techniques and even went mad... but... we still failed and couldn't break into the Immortal Palace to explore."

After listening to his account, Sun Michen raised an eyebrow and asked, "How confident are you that your own Origin Eyes are in the Undying Hall?!"

"I'm at least 90% sure," Ren said confidently. "Because I really can't think of any other place besides this where I could nurture my Origin Eyes; and I can't understand how Zhao Mi could have hidden them for so long."

"Entering the Undying Palace and obtaining the Origin Eyes... this is really a bit tricky." Upon hearing this result, Sun Michen could not hide his worry, because he had never been to the Undying Palace before, and he was not confident that he could retrieve the earth-shattering inheritance from it.

Seeing that he looked constipated, Ren immediately pledged his "loyalty" and said, "If Uncle Sun can help me get back my original eyes, I am willing to swear to the heavens that I will do my best to comprehend my own inheritance and share the secrets of the inheritance with the Sun family without reservation, and study this strange devouring power together."

He had intended to say that if he could spare his life, he would be willing to offer up the star core and his eyes as a direct tribute to the Sun family, but anyone who heard that would find it insincere. If he truly didn't care about these things, why would he have colluded with the storyteller and risen up against Zhao Mi's exploitation and oppression?

Therefore, he chose the most truthful explanation: to inherit and share the legacy, and to willingly serve as the Sun family's lackey.

Sun Michen gave him a deep look, then revealed a gentle and kind expression, shaking his head and smiling, "Nephew, you underestimate my character... If my ancestors hadn't received the Huang family's care, how could they have achieved today's glory?!"

"I'll say it again! With Tianwei here and our past friendship intact, my Sun family will help you find your original lineage without reservation."

He paused slightly as he said this: "However, if this matter is accomplished, I have only one request."

“Uncle Sun, I will do anything you ask, even at the cost of my life.”

“If you can find the Eyes of Origin and regain your astonishing inheritance, your talent and potential will absolutely overshadow your peers in the Void Village.” Sun Michen said softly, “I have betrothed my daughter to you, which can be considered a good match. When you two become husband and wife, you will be the son-in-law of my Sun family, and at the same time, you will possess unparalleled talent and limitless potential… These two identities alone can offset your treason. I am also confident that I can persuade everyone in the clan hall to forgive your past mistakes or give you a lenient punishment.”

“In this way, I can also persuade the Sun family to help you re-enter the Divine Tomb, explore the Undying Palace, and do everything in my power to reclaim your original eyes. Otherwise, although I am the clan leader, I cannot gamble with the fate of the clan and risk my life for you.”

“But if you are engaged to Qingxue and will become my Sun family’s son-in-law in the future, then we will be one of us, and the elders of the clan will agree to this risky plan.”

He spoke with great emotion, and his eyes gleamed with admiration for the blind man.

Not far away, Sun Qingxue, after hearing her father's words, did not show any dissatisfaction or resistance. She just looked at the blind man with a calm face, as if waiting for a loving answer.

In the hall, Ren Ye listened to Sun Michen's suggestion and immediately showed a somewhat embarrassed expression. He turned his toes inward, lowered his head, and only glanced at Sun Michen out of the corner of his eye as he replied, "Nephew... I will follow Uncle Sun's arrangements in everything."

他心里想得很明白，不管你是出于啥原因非要嫁女儿，但对我来说也绝对不吃亏。你非要往前凑，那老子就该摸摸、揉揉，回家大不了挨一顿爱妃的胖揍呗。只要不失身，那就跟着你的感觉来呗。

"Hahaha, good, good." Sun Michen laughed heartily upon hearing the blind man's answer, "In that case, tonight I will gather the elders in charge of the household to find a way for you to enter the Undying Palace and reclaim your Origin Eyes."

"Uncle Sun's kindness is something I will never forget." As Ren Ye bowed his head in greeting, he gritted his teeth and thought to himself, "Damn it, you old bastard, you're finally willing to step up and take charge! Then you'd better go and arm wrestle with Zhao Mi...!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Sun Qingxue gracefully stood up, then walked smilingly to the blind man, and took his wrist with her soft, boneless hand: "Brother Zhihai said that Auntie has been feeling a bit feverish lately and wants to eat some cool fruits. Hehe... I prepared some in my room this afternoon. Come on, I'll take you to get them...!"