<h4>Chapter 217 I Am a Descendant of a Goddess, Your Regret is Just Beginning</h4>


    [TL Note: The pronouns “he” (“him”) and “she” (“her”) sound exactly the same in Chinese. So, while some people refer to Zi You’s Shifu as “he,” Zi You is using the “she” pronoun.]


    The Emperor indeed stared at Zi You when he saw her. He smiled meaningfully and said, “Yatou, Muhou, the Empress, and the consorts are here specifically to see you. They’re all curious why you weren’t afraid of those poisonous creatures when you’re a delicate girl. So tell us why you weren’t afraid?”


    Zi You stood up and bowed. She replied calmly, “Replying to Emperor, Chennu knew that there are a lot of poisonous creatures in Nanjiang. To ovee the fear, Chennu took the female medical team into the mountains for military training. Otherwise, how can we go to Nanjiang to pacify the rebellion? To treat the soldiers, Chennu and the female medical team had to ovee the fear.”


    The Empress Dowager beckoned her and smiled amiably. “Good child. Come over to Aijia.”


    Zi You calmly walked over and bowed to the Empress Dowager.


    The Empress Dowager looked her up and down and asked in concern, “Did your injuries leave any prevailing conditions behind? Aiyo! Aijia heard that it took you a long time to revoer from your serious injuries.”


    “Thank you for your concern, Empress Dowager.” Zi You bowed and smiled. “Other than Chennu’s martial arts not yetpletely restored, the body is a lot better. To be exact, Chennu was not severely injured, but died. All of Chennu’s meridians were broken. If Shifu wasn’t there, Chennu would have died.”


    “Died?” Wu Jieyu pretended to cover her small cherry mouth in shock. “Back to life? Is your Shifu really an immortal?”


    “Yes, Chennu’s Shifu really is an immortal,” Zi You replied calmly.


    Wu Jieyu immediately asked, “Then how old is he? Are there any other disciples?”


    Zi You immediately looked awkward and exined. “Of course...... But I’m not with them......”


    Wu Jieyu became more excited when she saw Zi You like this. She didn’t let her off and asked, “Then why did your Shifu note to see the Emperor? It won’t be going overboard if the Emperor made such a talent the national teacher. Do you think that your consort is right, Emperor?” Wu Jieyu pursed her lips and acted coquettish.


    The Emperor was a little embarrassed as he smiled at Zi You. “You’er, get your Shifu toe out of the mountains. Zhen will certainly treat him well.”


    “Shifu is an aloof person.” Zi You shook her head in embarrassment. “She doesn’t interfere with the mundane world. Chennu asked her toe to the capital, but she refused.”


    “Emperor......” At this moment, a woman suddenly shouted out excitedly. “This official’s wife has something to tell you, Emperor.”


    The voice was jarring and everyone turned to look at the woman.


    Zi You also turned. As expected, it was Duke Yongnan’s wife, Nee Chen.


    Duke Yongnan had fallen ill recently, so he did note to the banquet. Only Zhao HongXiang and Nee Chen came tonight.


    Zhao HongXiang was feeling very conflicted right now. In the afternoon, Yu Lanxuan hade to find him and told him, “I already told Mu Zi You about us. She will definitely suggest dissolving the engagement tonight. If you don’t want to be humiliated, you should propose to dissolve the engagement first.”


    At that time, he was very unhappy. She was just a little Shu daughter and one whom he had yed with already. So, on what basis could she tell him what to do?


    She was on the Empress’ side, but he was Taizi’s valued confidant.


    Moreover, Zi You was even more beautiful now than she was two years ago. Old General Mu had also returned victorious. And Zhao HongXiang didn’t know what the Emperor was going to do.


    If the Emperor wasn’t going to take away Old General Mu’s military power, then wouldn’t he suffer a big loss if he dissolved his and Zi You’s engagement right now?


    Thinking to here, Zhao HongXiang had been very unhappy and dissatisfied with Yu Lanxuan. “Why did you do that? You didn’t even discuss it with me and you spoke nonsense to You’er?


    He hadn’t expected that Yu Lanxuan would immediately cry. “How can Shizi say that I was speaking nonsense? Is our love all fake? Are the vows that Shizi made to me all fake? I don’t believe it. I treasure all the love letters that Shizi wrote to me.”


    Zhao HongXiang had thought about all the nauseating love letters that he had written. There were a lot of them. They described his and Yu Lanxuan’s loving and affectionate times together in bed.


    So, he could only coax her. “Okay, okay. I was wrong. I’ll listen to you from now on, okay?”


    But once he saw Zi You, Zhao HongXiang regretted what he said. No matter how he looked andpared Yu Lanxuan and Zi You, he felt that one was the moon in the sky and one was a stone on the ground. One was a lotus in the Milky Way and one was a dogtail flower in the grass.


    So, when his mother constantly urged him to dissolve the engagement, he absolutely disagreed and didn’t stand up.


    As a result, his mother was anxious and jumped out herself. Zhao HongXiang wanted to stop her, but it was toote.


    Although Nee Chen was nervous at this moment, she was 70% certain that the Emperor would not punish her. That was because Wang Yiping had told her, “The Empress wants you to quickly dissolve the engagement with the General’s Manor, lest your Duke Yongnan fu struck by disaster. The Empress said, ‘The Emperor probably wants to keep that cheap little wench for himself! So, it’s good if she doesn’te back. If shees back, you have to do everything to destroy her. She cannot enter the Pce.’


    “Would you let your son marry the person whom the Empress wants to destroy and let her bring disaster to your son?”


    Nee Chen had told Wang Yiping’s words to the Duke and told him to dissolve the engagement. But the Duke had said, “Old General Mu is worried about his granddaughter right now. We can’t add fuel to the fire. We’ll be scolded.


    “We took advantage of themst time about the engagement. If we take avantage of them again to dissolve the engagement, we will be scolded to death. You can be shameless, but I cannot. Let’s wait. I have to carefully think about what the Emperor is thinking.”


    As a result, this matter was dragged out like this. It couldn’t be dragged any longer. Yu Lanxuan was right. “If that cheap wench Mu Zi You proposes to dissolve the engagement first, Shizi’s reputation will suffer.”


    Therefore, Mu Zi You could not suggest dissolving the engagement first. Duke Yongnan fu had to suggest dissolving the engagement first.


    Nee Chen thought of this and her uneasy mood slightly calmed down a bit. She gritted her teeth and said, “Emperor, originally, this...... this official’s wife shouldn’t bring it up at this time. But our fu is small. We cannot tolerate Mu Xiaojie!


    “We haven’t seen her in more than two years. Her Shifu is a man and she has so many martial brothers. Who knows what happened? We ordinary people can’t afford to marry an immortal’s disciple!”


    As soon as Nee Chen finished speaking, Nee Liu wanted to jump up in anger, but she was stopped by Mu YingYi.


    Wang Yiping immediately stood up and pretended to reproach her. “Nee Chen, you’re wrong. Our You’er has been injured, so she was being treated. You can’t have any crooked thoughts.”


    Nee Chen shook her head and looked scornful. “It’s even more objectionable because her injuries were being treated. Your daughter just said it. Her meridians were all broken. Let me ask you. If her meridians were all broken, then didn’t her Shifu need to mend them?


    “Our Duke Yongnan fu doesn’t want someone whose body was touched all over by a man. Ah.......”


    She hadn’t finished speaking, when Nee Chen covered her mouth. No one saw what happened when Old General Mu’s body slightly shook in his wheelchair. “I, Mu Junyuan, never hit women, but I made an exception today. That’s because this woman deserves to be hit! When your son’s leg was injured, you looked everywhere for a doctor. When he was about to die, Duke Yongnan came to beg me.


    “My granddaughter became engaged to him to cure him regardless of your son’s disability so she didn’t have tomit suicide to maintain her reputation. She was injured from the sh flood because she was trying to save injured soldiers. She was saved by her Shifu, but you’re now insulting my granddaughter.


    “You b*stard! Let me ask you. Are those soldiers not human? They shouldn’t be saved? Or was my granddaughter supposed to die from her injuries?”


    At this time, Wu Jieyu smiled coldly. “Emperor, your consort thinks that Duke Yongnan furen makes sense. After all, men and women are different. Mu Xiaojie knew that she couldn’t treat a man or have any skin contact with him, which was why she became engaged to Duke Yongnan Shizi. In the same token, for her to maintain her innocence, she should have died to prove her innocence and not ept her Shifu’s treatment.”


    Wu Jieyu! Very good. You asked for it. If I don’t make you die miserably today, then I would have studied for two years in ckwater Pool in vain.


    Zi You secretly gave Shuiling orders and then looked contemptuously at Wu Jieyu. She sneered and said, “Jieyu, who told you that my Shifu is a man?”


    Old General Mu (Shangguan LingRan) and Mu YingYi sneered contemptuously. They even wanted to use the expert as a man to make trouble for Zi You and destroy her reputation. Then let’s deal them a heavy blow!


    Everyone was stunned. Even Xuanwu Emperor asked, “What? Your Shifu is a woman?”


    Zi You looked mockingly at Nee Chen and Wu Jieyu. She calmly replied, “Replying to Emperor, Chennu’s Shifu is a woman. She is......”


    The pce hall was silent. Everyone stared at Zi You and wanted to know who her Shifu was.


    Zi You calmly and clearly said, “My maternal great-grandmother – Indian Goddess Mari. Goddess Mari is the goddess of rain and flowers in India. She epts the people’s worship. She is a true goddess. Chennu has lived in the Indian God Realm for the past two years. All the goddesses, guardians, and disciples there are female.”


    The pce hall waspletely silent. An embroidery needlending on the ground could be heard. A mor immediately sounded when Zi You finished speaking. “Heavens! Really? There are really gods in this world?!”


    “I knew it. How else could she have saved so many soldiers from the swamps? A god is omnipotent of course.”


    “It seems that it’s the truth when Mu Xiaojie said that she died, but she was saved.”


    “......”


    “Don’t be noisy!” Xuanwu Emperor obviously didn’t expect that Zi You was a goddess’ descendant. He couldn’t wait to ask, “Then your mother is the daughter of a goddess? How did she die then? Why didn’t your great-grandmother save her?”


    Zi You bowed and calmly answered, “That’s correct. My mother is also a goddess. She didn’t die. Her soul is immortal. My maternal grandmother, Goddess Mari, wanted her to go back to the Indian God Realm. So, my mother had to fake her death to deceive my grandfather, father, and uncle.


    “My grandfather followed mother’s request and sent her mortal body to Nanjiang. My mother soon came back to life, but my grandfather, father, and uncle didn’t know. They didn’t know that the expert who saved me on the mountains that day was my maternal grandmother. They thought that she was Bodhisattva Guanyin travelling on a cloud. Thus, they handed me to her with ease.


    “If you don’t believe it, you can ask officials from the Astronomy Department whether there was a blue light that covered the whole Mount Yunmeng on the day of the sh flood.”


    “Where are the officials from the Astronomy Department?” Xuanwu Emperor shouted loudly. He didn’t care about how Zi You referred to herself anymore. She didn’t use “Chennu,” but “I” instead.


    Two officials from the Astromony Department came out in a fluster. They kowtowed and said, “Replying to Emperor, Mu Xiaojie is right. Chen was on duty that night and observed the night sky. There was indeed a blue light that shed for about a quarter of an hour.”


    Xuanwu Emperor and all the officials looked shocked and dumfounded at Zi You.


    Some people were happy, scared, worried, regretful, resentful, and jealous. It was like many bottles were knocked over. They had all sorts of feelings.


    For example: Mu YingRui.


    For example: Zhao HongXiang.


    Who didn’t want to obtain a goddess? But they were truly the biggest fools in the world. They had actually obtained a goddess, but they threw her away.


    Zhao HongXiang quickly stood up and knelt in front of the Emperor. He kowtowed remorsefully again and again. “Emperor, Chen doesn’t want to dissolve the engagement. Chen’s mother didn’t get Chen’s consent before she asked to dissolve the engagement. Chen doesn’t agree!”


    “Marriage......” Xuanwu Emperor said this word before he was shocked by the following scene and couldn’t speak anymore.


    Mu YingRui ran over to Zi You and grabbed a hold of her. He asked incredulously, “You’er, you said your mother...... She’s still alive? She’s really...... really a goddess?”


    Zi You looked coldly at her g father and nodded. “Father, you shouldn’t doubt this. Didn’t mothere to see you?”


    Mu YingRui’s face instantly turned pale! So, he was really pped and shaved by Dier. Then it wasn’t difficult to exin what had happened.


    How hateful! So she really was a goddess. If he had treated her well back then, could he be enjoying life in the God Realm right now?


    Mu YingRui stood there stunned, which made Zi You secretly refreshed. You regret it now, right? This is just the beginning. From now on, I will return the bloody debts to you one by one!


    Taizi’s face also changed! His remorse was like a poisonous snake. It didn’t drill out, but it bit his internal organs. He was suffering unbearable pain, but he couldn’t say it out loud.


    But Zi You’s following words made him want to bang his head.


    “My mother met the Great Yan army that was pacifiying the rebellion back then. If she didn’t serve as a guide for them, the Great Yan army might not have seeded in the counterinsurgency. That was because Darong Ka’s father was also a famous shaman in Nanjiang like Darong Ka was. The two spirit snakes that he raised were killed by my mother. Darong Ka’s father couldn’t withstand the blow of failure and died from illness.


    “So, Darong Ka came to the capital and obtained Emperor and Taizi’s trust. His purpose was to seek revenge. He knew that I am Dier’s daughter and a descendant of an Indian goddess. He wanted to kill me, but I have spiritual power protecting me, so he could not harm me.


    “As a result, he wanted to kill my grandfather and uncle, but he didn’t expect that my great-grandmother knew everything that he did. She sent me and my mother to Nanjiang and saved my grandfather, uncle, and Great Yan’s soldiers. That scoundrel actually gave a gu to my grandfather and uncle. My mother got rid of the gus, but Darong Ka was bitten by his own gu.


    “When we upied Dali and before we entered the mountains for a counterattack, Darong Ka had died. But it’s a good thing that he’s dead. If he’s not dead, I will make him wish that he’s dead!” Zi You scolded viciously. That not only attracted the officials’ discussion, but the Emperor, the Empress, and Taizi were terrified!


    They were scared because they didn’t know Zi You’s ability. If she was as powerful as that whatever Goddess Mari, then wouldn’t she know all about their conspiracy? The Empress wanted to refute, but she was so scared that she didn’t dare to speak. She hid behind Wu Jieyu and nudged her.


    Wu Jieyu wasn’t afraid of death and foolishly asked Zi You, “Then isn’t Mu Xiaojie omnipotent?”


    Zi You still calmly shook her head and replied, “Does Jieyu think that it’s so easy to be a god? One has to go through thousands of hardships and practice in dangerous situations. My current spiritual power can’t evenpare to my grandmother and mother, much less my great-grandmother.”


    “Then what can you do?” The Emperor was the most concerned about this question, so he shouted.


    Zi You slightly smiled. A brilliant smile appeared on her beautiful face, like flowers floating in the snow and underneath the moon. For a moment, the whole pce hall seemed to burst with a snow plum blossom scent.


    She clearly stood below the Empress Dowager, the Emperor, and the Empress, but everyone was looking at her right now. She really was like a goddess standing on top of a mountain looking disdainfully at the mortal beings.


    At this moment, she was extremely beautiful. It was an extreme and unlimited disdain and self-confidence that emerged from the heart. The beauty eclipsed everyone there, including the most noble people in the world.


    They could hear a clear and cold voice ringing in the pce hall. “Of course I can treat and heal someone. But I can also see through a person’s body and see the true essence. I can also summon the wind and rain. Even Darong Ka can do this. If he didn’t summon the heavy rain, the sh floods wouldn’t have happened that day. Of course, the most powerful skill is killing someone! Do you want me to show you...... Emperor?”


    The Emperor looked at her smile that was not a smile. She was aloof and elegant. She didn’t have the slightest bit of charm no matter what. She was just chillingly cold.


    Xuanwu Emperor swallowed a mouthful of saliva. He nodded with difficulty and asked, “You can see through bodies and see the true essence?”