Chapter 411 Aunt Sandals
Boom!
Just as Sean was lost in thought, a loud crash interrupted his thoughts. He looked back and saw that the white-clad women had activated some mechanism, and a stone door on the opposite rock wall slowly opened. The white-clad women filed through it one by one.
A moment later!
Another crash sounded as the stone door closed again. In the vast open space within the mountainside, only Sean and the purple-clad woman were left!
“You…”
Sean stared at the back of the purple-clad woman, about to confirm her identity, but the purple-clad woman spoke first, asking softly, “Are you… Mr. Mason?”
Mason!
Hearing the purple-clad woman blurt out his name, Sean’s pupils shrank. His guess grew stronger.
Just then!
The purple-clad woman finally stood up slowly and turned to face Sean, continuing, “From that fist just now, I can feel an extraordinary aura from you!”
“However!”
“What I mean by extraordinary is not how high your realm is or how strong your strength is, how abundant your Bright Energy is!”
“Rather…”
“Your aura gives me a sense of familiarity!”
After speaking!
The purple-clad woman stared straight at Sean. The two were dozens of meters apart, looking at each other, full of anticipation and excitement in their expressions.
It was as if…
You were at the ends of the earth, and I at the corner of the sea. We were strangers, yet you were looking for me, and I for you. Now, we have finally met. Through various clues and traces, we vaguely guessed each other’s identities but did not dare to show it too openly before confirmation. So we could only hint cautiously, waiting for the other to give an accurate answer!
A sense of familiarity?
Sean understood!
He knew!
Liane was Sean’s biological mother. Sean had inherited half of Liane’s bloodline. This bloodline inheritance could actually be discerned from the aura!
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It was the first time Sean and the purple-clad woman before him had met!
If Sean’s aura gave the purple-clad woman a sense of familiarity, then it was almost certain that it was the inheritance of Liane’s bloodline that gave her that strange feeling!
Within dozens of miles of Sunsetting Ridge, at the Hill of Swords, who would be so familiar with Liane’s aura?
Who could it be?
Who else could it be???
Also!
The purple-clad woman had deliberately taken the blood jade ring from Cecilia’s hand. She clearly recognized that blood jade ring, which was a relic left by Liane!
In an instant!
Sean completely confirmed the identity of the purple-clad woman!!!
So!
Sean took a deep breath, trying to calm the raging waves in his heart. Without beating around the bush, he asked directly, “You are Liane’s other disciple…”
“Aunt Sandals!”
“Right?”
Sandals!
True to her name!
In her purple robes, her face was like a flower!
Previously in the imperial city, before Liane’s consciousness dissipated, she had told Sean to bring Cecilia to the Hill of Swords to find her young disciple Sandals, saying that Sandals had a way to save Cecilia!!!
Now!
Sandals was standing right in front of Sean. It was a coincidence that when he came to Swordland, he happened to catch the Hill of Swords Pilgrimage, so he came to the Hill of Swords. By chance, he ran into the person he had wanted to find so badly in the belly of the mountain!
Damn, the heavens really opened their eyes!
Sandals…
Auntie!!!
Thump!
When Sean called out the name “Sandals”, the purple-clad woman’s heart skipped a beat. Her whole body stiffened with excitement, especially when she heard the word “Auntie”. Her expectant eyes suddenly felt a rush of warmth, and two lines of clear tears flowed unchecked down her fair and delicate cheeks!!!
“It’s you!”
“It really is you!”
“It’s really you!!!”
Sandals didn’t reach up to wipe away the tears. She couldn’t be bothered. She let the clear tears flow unrestrained down her cheeks like a stream!
Those were tears of joy!
Unspeakable joy!
So much so that a powerful Bright Realm cultivator like Sandals couldn’t control her emotions, and her voice, like her body, trembled slightly!
As she spoke!
Sandals took a step forward towards Sean!
As she walked, she said, “After Master gave birth to you that year, she immediately sent you away without telling us where she sent you, nor allowing us to look for you. She only said that one day, when you grew up, you would definitely come back!”
“All we knew was that your father was a Mr. Mason. He fell into Sunsetting Ridge severely wounded and was saved by Master. Even your father’s name I found out later!”
“Twenty-six years!”
“A full twenty-six years I waited here for you!”
“Now!”
“You’re back, just like Master said back then, you’ve returned to the place where you were born…”
The more she spoke!
The more agitated Sandals became!
These words!
She had bottled up in her heart for a full twenty-plus years. Seeing Sean so suddenly, she naturally couldn’t restrain her emotions!
Walking up to Sean, she stopped and raised her hand to remove the wolf mask Sean wore on his face. Sean stood there without moving, without stopping her from taking off his mask!
“Resemblance!”
“Such a resemblance!”
“Resembling your mother, and your father too…”
After scrutinizing Sean for a few moments, Sandals even couldn’t help but gently caress Sean’s cheeks a few times. The tender affection in her eyes was as true and pure as a mother’s love!
Liane’s senior disciple had died in the secret dungeon at Hill Riverside, and Lin Aobing had also been killed by Sean. In this world, the only person left who had seen both Liane Field and Parker Mason was probably Sandals alone!
When Sandals’ misty gaze fell on Sean’s head of white hair, her pupils suddenly contracted as she asked, “Your hair…”
“What happened?”
“Also!”
“The woman wearing this ring, she’s your wife, right?”
“She…”
“She is severely injured. It seems she has activated Master’s pure blood before. What’s going on with that???”
After the tremendous joy of recognizing each other, Sandals immediately sensed something wrong. One should know that Sean was only twenty-six this year, still young, so how could his hair be white already?
Also!
Sandals was very clear about the uniqueness of Liane Field’s pure blood. After all, back then, when King Ron led his men to attack the Hill of Swords, it was because Liane Field’s senior disciple had activated a drop of Liane Field’s pure blood that he was able to heavily injure King Ron, buying Sandals time and opportunity to escape, allowing her to survive until now!
“Aunt Sandals!”
Sean didn’t answer Sandals’ questions, but asked doubtfully, “Don’t you know anything about what’s going on outside?”
Indeed!
After Sean retired from the north, all the way from Spring City to the provincial city, from the provincial city to the capital, fighting and killing all along the way, destroying countless enemies. Just a few days ago, he had even charged into the imperial city and taken the life of King Ron!
This news!
Had spread like wildfire throughout the entire Shirine Empire, almost everyone knew about it!
Logically speaking!
Even if Sandals hadn’t previously known Sean’s identity, she shouldn’t have been completely unaware of the outside situation!
“This…”
Sandals’ expression darkened somewhat embarrassedly. “You don’t know this, but not long after Master gave birth to you and sent you away, she left Sunsetting Ridge’s paradise and disappeared without a trace, leaving only Isabella and me!”
“Later!”
“When the paradise was exposed, that scoundrel King Ron led his men here demanding the method to advance to the Bright Realm. Isabella fought with him to cover my escape, but couldn’t escape his venomous hands herself!”
“I hid outside for almost a year before sneakily returning to the paradise. I completely sealed off the entrance to the paradise, leaving only the exit at the peak of the Hill of Swords unsealed!”
“All these years!”
“I’ve been cultivating assiduously in the Hill of Swords, relying on the Sword of God. Every year I would go out once, traveling the world and recruiting disciples of outstanding aptitude to secretly nurture them, in preparation for one day being able to lead them to charge into the capital and kill our way into the imperial city to avenge my martial sister by executing that scoundrel King Ron!”
“Now!”
“I have a total of thirty-six disciples, seventeen of whom have reached the Complete Stage, but compared to the formidable forces of the imperial family in the capital, it’s still far from enough!”
“So!”
“I sent Spring out of the mountain to privately recruit the ten great families of Swordland on behalf of Saint Marie of the Hill of Swords to establish the Hall of Swords, hoping to use this as a foundation to attract more Complete Stage cultivators and rapidly expand our forces, in preparation to one day rise up and completely eradicate the imperial clan!!!”
Speaking of King Ron!
Sandals was immediately filled with boundless hatred. Her previously gentle expression and gaze instantly turned murderous!
“I see…”
After hearing Sandals’ words, Sean suddenly understood. No wonder she didn’t know about current events outside. Turns out she had been single-mindedly focused on revenge and assiduously cultivating to improve her own strength, living an almost isolated life like before, only going out once a year!
This was awkward!
Saint Marie of the Hill of Swords was Aunt Sandals’ disciple, and the Hall of Swords was established on Aunt Sandals’ instructions, yet Sean had unknowingly disrupted it!
“So…”
“Did I mess up Aunt Sandals’ plans?”
Sean’s face darkened!
Damn!
If he had known earlier, there would have been no need for such complications!
“It doesn’t matter!”
Sandals shook her head magnanimously. “Spring is my eldest disciple. Among my sisters, her strength and realm are the highest. She’s a bit wild and arrogant, with no restraint. It’s reasonable for you to discipline her for me!”
“As for those people outside…”
“Haha!”
“Even less of a concern! You are Master’s own flesh and blood, her successor. Now that you’ve returned, from now on you’ll be our young lord. All of us, including myself, are your subordinates who listen to your commands. Even our lives and property belong to you, for you to control as you wish, let alone a minor punishment?”
Young lord???
Sandals’ words gave Sean a shock. Without thinking, he hurriedly shook his head. “Aunt Sandals, don’t say that. You are Liane’s disciple, my auntie, my elder. I didn’t come this time to be any young lord, but for my wife’s injuries…”
“No!”
Sandals was just as firm. Before Sean could finish, she cut him off and solemnly said, “That scoundrel King Ron is the lord of the Shirine Empire, controlling the military might of the entire Shirine Empire in his hands. Until this villain dies, we will never see the light of day. Although you’ve advanced to the Bright Realm, you’re still far from being his match!”
“So!”
“You can only take over the Hall of Swords as the young lord and become the Hall Master, rapidly building up your own power and causing the Hall of Swords to expand swiftly. Only then will you have the foundation in the future to contend with that scoundrel King Ron!”
There was no choice!
Sandals had made King Ron into a demon in her heart. And she still didn’t know that King Ron was already dead!
So!
Sean sat Sandals down on a nearby cushion and smilingly said, “First let me tell Aunt Sandals about the outside situation. After listening, you may change your mind!”
“Oh?”
Sandals frowned in surprise. “What do you mean?”
“Today is originally the Hill of Swords Pilgrimage. According to custom, Spring would meet with the people of the ten great families of Swordland and hear their reports on the outside world.”
“Could it be…”
“Some major event happened?”
I see!
If not for Sean’s disruption, Sandals should have learned about King Ron’s death from Ernest Mason and the others today!
“That’s right!”
Sean nodded and said, “In fact, just a few days ago, that scoundrel King Ron died!”
“And!”
“He died right in front of me, self-detonating his flesh, leaving not even a corpse behind!”
Sean’s voice wasn’t loud, but every word transmitted clearly into Sandals’ ears, instantly causing her expression to change dramatically. She had just sat down on the cushion when she sprang up as if sitting on a spring, staring at Sean in disbelief as she asked, “What did you say?”
“You, you, you…”
“Say that again!!!”