Chapter 578: How Could He Be Willing
Everyone's heart was filled with sighs. None of them had expected that Yun Canghai did not die in the Tian Xuan Continent a hundred years ago, but had truly passed away only three years ago. The Demon Emperor Catastrophe had already passed for a hundred years, yet it was only today that they finally saw clearly the scenes behind this catastrophe. The truths and rights and wrongs that they had previously believed and thought they understood had been utterly overturned within their hearts.
"I always thought that Brother Yun and I had been separated between heaven and man, but I never expected that he only left us three years ago… Sigh." Mu Feiyan let out a long, deep sigh, his emotions a mix of grief and joy in that moment. He was grieved for Yun Canghai's hundred years, and joyful that he had such a descendant. He believed that, upon his deathbed, being able to see his own biological grandson, entrusting him with what he had fought to protect, and witnessing his extraordinary excellence—he must have passed away with peace and a smile.
Within the Demon Emperor Hall, the gazes directed at Yun Canghai's remains were filled with deep sighs, admiration, respect, and profound guilt… the guilt of having, under the influence of public opinion over these hundred years, regarded him as a "criminal."
The elders of the Yun family had long been brimming with tears, and the younger disciples of the Yun family clenched their fists, staring straight at Yun Canghai… their gazes as if looking up to a deity. When they were born, the Yun family was already in decline. The Demon Emperor City was always filled with all kinds of criticisms against the Yun family. When facing other Guardian Clans, they always felt inferior. But at this moment, they were so intensely proud to be sons of the Yun family.
Prince Huai's chest heaved. He spoke relatively calmly, "So that's how it is. Then it truly is an arrangement of heaven. However, I still have one matter that is unclear… and it is an extremely important one." He narrowed his eyes and said, "How did you come from the Tian Xuan Continent to the Huan Yao Realm!"
"The Tian Xuan Continent and the Huan Yao Realm are separated by a vast distance. Even for our Yun family, the strongest family in the Huan Yao Realm and the most steadfast protective barrier beside the Demon Emperor, he told me that although the Yun family no longer has him, it will surely be even more prosperous, because the Yun family has always been the foremost of the Twelve Guardian Clans and has always been most valued by the Demon Emperor."
"But when Grandfather, in order to save the Former Demon Emperor, did not hesitate to bring all the pillars of the family to the Tian Xuan Continent… and when he endured a hundred years of torment to protect the Demon Emperor Seal… what was the reward my Yun family received? What was the reward my grandfather received?!"
"If my grandfather knew about all this, how could he rest in peace?!"
"To save the Former Demon Emperor, my Yun family's ten Supreme Elders perished in vain. To protect the Demon Emperor Seal, my grandfather endured a hundred years of torment before passing away, yet my Yun family bore a hundred years of infamy, suffered repeated punishments and suppression, endured cold stares and scorn, and has now declined beyond words… All the sacrifices, my Yun family bears. All the accusations, my Yun family carries. All the punishments, my Yun family grits its teeth and endures…"
"Now, the Demon Emperor Seal has returned, yet you want me to hand it over just like that… How could I be willing to return it to you like this?!"
Yun Che's gaze blazed with anger, his voice like thunder: "If I were to simply return the Demon Emperor Seal like this, how could I face the hundred years of injustice my Yun family has suffered? How could I face the hundred years of cursed reputation my grandfather has innocently borne?!"
"Xiao Yaohou, if you were in my place… would you be willing?!" Yun Che stared straight at Xiao Yaohou, his eyes fixed as he questioned.
Xiao Yaohou was stunned, silent for a long time. The hall was utterly silent… When Yun Che declared his refusal to return the Demon Emperor Seal to Xiao Yaohou, everyone had thought he was being boldly defiant. But as they listened to his accusations one after another, they all fell silent… All the sacrifices, punishments, and infamy had been borne by the Yun family. Now that the Demon Emperor Seal had been brought back by a son of the Yun family, to simply hand it over like this—how could one be willing? Who could be willing!
Had everything the Yun family endured over these hundred years been in vain?
They asked themselves, and if it were them, there was absolutely no way they would be willing or content… absolutely no way.