Seven Cubs, Seven Fathers, Zero Days Off

Just as she was finding this all a bit incredible, the woman, Lan’er, looked at the man beside her with an affectionate expression.

"Qi Ge, why don’t you give her a name?"

The man named Qi Ge heard this and thought for a moment.

"Alright. Let’s give her your surname. We’ll call her Shen Yue."

"I hope she will be as dazzling and brilliant as the moon in the sky. What do you think, Lan’er?"

Shen Lan seemed very pleased and nodded happily.

"Yes, Shen Yue. It’s a beautiful name."

’Shen Yue??’

’Isn’t that my name?’

’It seems I wasn’t wrong. These are the original owner’s parents.’

’But why do they look nothing like the parents from the Duke Mansion in the original owner’s memories?’

’What is going on?’

Shen Yue was confused. ’If the people I’m seeing now are the original owner’s real parents, then who are the ones in the Duke Mansion?’

Just then, the scene in the dream shifted again.

Shen Lan ran out of a towering, heavily guarded palace, holding her anxiously.

"Yue’er, don’t be afraid. No matter what, Mother will never let any harm come to you!"

She ran for her life as the sounds of fighting erupted around them.

It was as if a coup had broken out in the palace. Flames shot up everywhere, and bloodcurdling screams were incessant.

An attendant protecting Shen Lan said while escorting her out,

"Spirit Master, the High Priest has betrayed us! He’s trying to seize the Vitality Power."

"The situation is critical. I’ve already instructed a spirit servant to take you and the princess to safety. Only if you are safe is there hope for the Spirit Realm."

Shen Lan listened and asked,

"What about the rest of you?"

The attendant replied, "The people of the Spirit Realm still need our protection. Spirit Master, you must protect yourself and the princess."

With that, the attendant waved his hand. Spirit servants appeared in an instant and whisked Shen Lan away from that place.

The scene shifted again. Shen Lan stood before a waterfall that seemed to hang from the very sky, her eyes red as she looked at Shen Yue in her arms with extreme reluctance.

"Yue’er, in the days to come when Mother is not by your side, you must learn to protect yourself."

"You were born extraordinary. Remember, never reveal your abilities under any circumstances. Protect your Vitality Power."

"Mother believes in you. You will surely fulfill your destiny. One day, Mother will be able to see you again."

After she spoke, Shen Yue suddenly felt her body become weightless.

She realized Shen Lan had dropped her into the vast waterfall.

Her body plummeted downwards.

In the instant she fell, she saw dozens of dark gray figures suddenly appear behind Shen Lan above.

Their vicious posture made it clear they were about to attack Shen Lan.

At that moment, a pang of bitterness clenched her heart.

It was an indescribable feeling.

Instinctively, she cried out,

"Mother!"

Just then, as she was about to plunge into the water, a vortex appeared in the waterfall beneath her.

She fell into it.

In the second before she lost consciousness, she saw the dark gray figures also leap down from the top of the waterfall.

It was as if they meant to capture her, relentless in their pursuit.

Shen Yue’s heart tightened unconsciously.

Just as she thought she would drown, the expected sensation of suffocation never came.

Suddenly, the scene in the dream came to an abrupt halt.

She snapped her eyes open, only to meet a pair of purple eyes.

The man was watching her, looking as if he had been studying her for quite some time.

"You’re awake?"

Still shaken by the images from her dream, Shen Yue’s forehead was beaded with cold sweat.

As she met the black-clothed man’s eyes, she had trouble distinguishing reality from the dream.

But after a few short breaths, she was jolted back to her senses.

She looked at her surroundings, which resembled a sealed, secret chamber.

The room was extremely dim, with only a small, metal-plated window letting in a sliver of faint light.

The air was also very damp and heavy with moisture; it was clearly a secret chamber deep underground.

Her heart skipped a beat. ’Where has this man brought me?’

The black-clothed man saw her shocked expression and asked,

"What, you don’t remember this place?"

Shen Yue glared at him.

"What do you mean?"

She secretly gripped the silver needle in her hand.

"Who are you, and why did you bring me here?"

The black-clothed man stared at her somewhat nervous expression, as if trying to confirm something.

"Is it possible you really don’t remember?"

A flicker of movement crossed Shen Yue’s eyes.

’Am I supposed to remember something?’

’The way this black-clothed man spoke before, and the feeling he gives off... it’s like he knew the original owner.’

’But I’m not the original owner. I have no idea what their relationship was.’

She narrowed her eyes at him and said impassively,

"Does it matter if I remember? What do you want?"

Hearing this, a profound look surfaced in his purple eyes.

"It seems you truly don’t remember."

Shen Yue didn’t speak, merely watching him warily.

’This black-clothed man must know some of the original owner’s secrets.’

’Last time, he feigned injury and then slipped away like a Golden Cicada shedding its skin. After that, he failed to steal the Devouring God Flower from the underground abyss and disappeared.’

’Now he’s suddenly reappeared and captured me.’

’Before, I thought this man was here to kill me. But now, it seems that isn’t his only goal.’

’If he wanted to kill me, he could have done it ten thousand times over while I was unconscious.’

’Therefore, he must want something from me.’

’But what exactly is his connection to the original owner? And what is his ultimate goal?’

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