Chapter 328: Chapter 328: Heartless
Nalan Gui Xue listened to these words, and the color drained from his face. In a hoarse voice, he said, "Mother, could it be that you mean to say I have some Demon Clan blood in me?"
Master Xie replied, "Indeed, I didn’t intend to tell you this so soon."
"But since you want to understand everything, I will tell you."
"Once you have fallen in love, love will give rise to various inexplicable emotions, and these emotions will cause you to be unable to suppress the dark aura within your heart. Once others find out, both you and I will die."
"We may even die under a cloud of infamy."
"You should already know how Demon Beast Men are perceived among the Beastmen; they are beings everyone wants to destroy."
"So, by remaining unemotional and aloof, you can best protect yourself."
Nalan Gui Xue was pained to learn this truth.
His heart felt as if it were bleeding.
He never expected that he would indeed carry half of a Demon Beast Man’s blood.
At this moment, he sat down, feeling as if all the strength in him had dissipated, a wave of powerlessness surging through his body.
It turns out the truth is so cruel.
Nalan Gui Xue pinched the bridge of his nose hard; such a truth made his head throb in pain.
He never thought he would have a portion of Demon Clan blood.
Ha!
Dark Beastman.
This was something he couldn’t have imagined before, a bloodline despised and rebuked by others.
"Mother was wrong; since I’m a Dark Beastman, it means I’m not worthy of being with my wife, not that my wife isn’t worthy."
"My wife deserves a more outstanding male."
Master Xie heard these words and responded angrily, "What do you know? In ancient times, the Demon God Emperor was a highly noble being, even higher than the Beast God. The Demon Clan bloodline was extremely noble because Demon Race Beastmen could awaken the Dark Ability, the most powerful superpower system."
"But later, due to a war in ancient times, the Demon Clan was massacred and attributed with unfounded crimes. The Demon Clan was not guilty; they should have been revered by the Beastmen."
"If not for the efforts of generations, how could the Demon Clan bloodline have survived?"
"We carry the hope of the entire Demon Clan; you absolutely cannot develop emotions or let anyone discover your identity."
As he finished speaking, Master Xie looked extremely solemn and grave.
Listening to this, a bitter sensation surged in Nalan Gui Xue’s heart, and after a long while, he spoke hoarsely, "If that’s the case, why did Mother choose Father?"
"Father was deeply in love with you then, yet you harmed him this way?"
"Could it be that Mother could remain cold and emotionless while deceiving Father back then?"
Master Xie remained silent for a while before speaking faintly, "I should have felt genuine feelings for your father; although I initially had intentions to use him, sometimes in close interactions, some feelings cannot be controlled."
"Your father was indeed very good, caring for me and taking care of me in every possible way; I’m not so stone-hearted as to remain unmoved."
"Moreover, had I been cold and emotionless, your father wouldn’t have believed me. In matters of the heart, only by deceiving oneself can one deceive the other."
Talking about this, Master Xie recalled past events. Though they were still sweet memories, her heart felt particularly cold and emotionless.
"When I thought about giving up my plan and simply living incognito with your father, I discovered I was pregnant."
"I had the Demon Clan bloodline, and the child I gave birth to would undoubtedly have demon blood, so I had to reawaken, and thus I swallowed the Heartless Pill."
Hearing this, a tremor appeared in Nalan Gui Xue’s eyes, and he looked at his mother in disbelief.
"You actually swallowed the Heartless Pill?"
Master Xie laughed self-mockingly, "Yes, do you think I’m extremely ruthless to myself?"
"The Heartless Pill is an elixir left by our ancestors. My father took the Heartless Pill, I took the Heartless Pill, and you’ve taken it too, though I don’t know why it doesn’t work on you."
Clearly, the Heartless Pill was very effective for her.
Nalan Gui Xue gazed deeply at his mother, "So ruthless, Mother is indeed heartless."
"If it weren’t for Father retaining a soul back then, and the Nalan Family having Secret Techniques to restore him, Father might indeed have died, and Mother probably would have felt no pain when Father died."
Having taken the Heartless Pill, Master Xie indeed felt no pain back then, but over the years, she felt an emptiness in her heart.
Master Xie was determined not to let herself dwell on past emotions, and with a stern and cold tone, she said, "To preserve the Demon Clan bloodline, I had no choice but to act this way because too many of our ancestors were sacrificed."
"And our lineage carries the blood of the Demon God Emperor, the most noble and exalted bloodline that must be preserved."
Nalan Gui Xue spoke with sorrow in his heart, "At that time, was the Sect Leader of the Jue Sha Sect also a Demon Person?"
Master Xie, knowing there was nothing to hide at this point, said, "No, that Sect Leader was merely a Dark Beastman. Like I mentioned, we Demon Beast Men were the earliest Dark Beastmen, more noble and powerful than the Dark Beastmen, and controlling them to do our bidding was easy."
"You can blame me for being strict with you from a young age and trying to control you; it was because I feared for your safety, I had to protect you."
Nalan Gui Xue continued, "Was my weak body since childhood also because of this?"
Master Xie nodded, "Yes, I was weak from childhood as well because I had a portion of Demon Clan blood. Demon Clan blood is inherently powerful, but my body couldn’t contain this power, leading to frailty over time."
"You’re the same, but fortunately, you’re an Ice and Snow Spirit Beast. The Ice and Snow system’s constitution can naturally suppress the Dark Bloodline. As long as you stay unemotional, you will become stronger, perhaps restoring the glory of my Demon Clan from ancient times when all Dark Beastmen revered the Demon God Emperor."
Nalan Gui Xue’s gaze became icy and cold, his eyes seeming to congeal into a block of ice, and he spoke coldly, "So, was Mother’s choice of Father also planned from the start?"
Master Xie remained silent for a moment before conceding under her son’s gaze, "I do not deny it."
Nalan Gui Xue felt as though all his beliefs had collapsed.
His long fingers pinched the bridge of his nose, a self-mocking curve on his cold lips, "How ironic."
"If that’s the case, there’s no need for this demon blood to exist; Mother shouldn’t care whether I live or die."
Master Xie’s expression changed, frightened by Nalan Gui Xue’s words. A paranoid look came over her eyes as she said, "You can end yourself, but if that happens, I can’t say what crazy things I might do."
"Perhaps I would kill everyone you care about and love."
Nalan Gui Xue’s eyes were as cold as a frozen pond, his aura like Ice Blades, "You’re insane."
"Yes, I’ve been insane ever since I took the Heartless Pill."
After taking the Heartless Pill, she did everything according to her predetermined plan, unknowingly forcing Nalan Ling to offer himself as an elixir, restoring her strength.
Though she was heartless, whenever she recalled those past events, it was as if she went insane.
It seemed Master Xie was provoked, and she shouted hysterically, "Perhaps I went mad the moment I found out I had Demon Clan blood and understood the mission I carried from my childhood."
"Your grandfather was a madman, too. I wasn’t allowed to have anything I liked from childhood. If I liked a particular food, your grandfather would force me to eat it until I was sick of it. I once kept a pet, but because I liked it, your grandfather killed it and stewed its meat for me to eat. What could I do?"
"I was already quite good to you."