You don't want your secret to be revealed by others, right?-Chapter 583 - 103, Demon Clan Empress_2

This ancient residence, weathered by millennia of frost and snow, was already steeped in the ambiance of passing time.

Three noble and beautiful Nine-colored Luan Birds, harnessed to a palace-like carriage, cut through the sky in an instant, arriving and gracefully landing at the entrance to Prince Jing’s mansion.

As the cloud mist dispersed, a young man dressed in the attire of a prince emerged from the palace, followed by a tall and beautiful female guard.

Naturally, it was Lin Yue.

"Greetings, Seventeenth Prince, please come this way."

Immediately coming out from the main gate of Prince Jing’s mansion, an old housekeeper greeted him respectfully and led Lin Yue and Baili Fengzhi inside.

"Housekeeper Qin." Lin Yue casually asked, "How many guests did Prince Jing invite to his thousandth anniversary banquet today?"

Housekeeper Qin had been following the Third Prince since a millennium ago and was a Saint-level powerhouse. Though among the Saints his strength was ordinary, he was indeed the Third Prince’s confidant, holding an extraordinary position.

"Reporting to Seventeenth Prince, the Prince didn’t invite many for his banquet."

Housekeeper Qin said with a cheerful smile, "Among the princes, aside from you, only the Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, Twelfth, and Fifteenth Princes were invited. Among the princesses, the Second, Fifth, and Seventh Princesses were invited."

He chuckled again and then added, "Actually, the Prince had also invited the Eldest Princess, but she refused."

"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Lin Yue seemed to understand the Third Prince’s pattern for inviting guests.

The Fourth Prince and the Seventh Princess were famously known as kind-hearted people, who never get involved in factional conflicts, only seeking to protect themselves.

And the Fifth Prince, Eighth Prince, Twelfth Prince, Second Princess, and Fifth Princess were all ancestors of other factions within the Demon Path, and though their allegiances differed, they were once part of the Demon Path.

As for why the Fifteenth Prince was invited, Lin Yue was somewhat confused.

Prince Ming, the Fifteenth Prince, was also a Half-demon, his mother being the Demon Empress, a Demon God.

It was said that in a previous life, the Fifteenth Prince was a great power who had practiced the Demonization Cultivation Method, and although he had not completed demonization before his death, in this life, he had like Baili Fengzhi, refined a complete Divine Beast, the ’Golden-Winged Great Peng’.

Perhaps it was due to the good personal relationship between the Third Prince and the Fifteenth Prince?

However, Lin Yue did not inquire further and followed Housekeeper Qin deeper into Prince Jing’s residence.

After passing through several gardens, crossing several lakes, and moving through numerous archways, they finally arrived at the lake palace where Prince Jing was hosting his guests.

Inside the grand hall, many guests had already arrived.

The middle-aged man seated in the main seat, dressed in the attire of a prince but without a crown, with long hair casually draped, appeared quite unreserved and at ease.

To his left were the princes arranged by seniority: the Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, Twelfth, and Fifteenth Princes.

On the right side were the princesses: the Second, Fifth, and Seventh.

Lin Yue slightly raised his eyebrow, not expecting the other princes and princesses to arrive earlier than him.

"Seventeenth Brother, you truly are the last to arrive."

The Third Prince laughed heartily and said, "We were just discussing you earlier. I wonder, Seventeenth Brother, have you brought a congratulatory gift?"

"At Prince Jing’s banquet, your brother naturally has a gift to offer, wishing Prince Jing’s blessings to be as boundless as the earth and his longevity as endless as the heavens."

Lin Yue bowed his hands, and Baili Fengzhi immediately handed over the prepared gift box to Housekeeper Qin.

After Housekeeper Qin presented the gift box to the Third Prince, it seemed that he had already checked it with his Divine Thought, causing him to raise his eyebrows slightly with a smile growing on his lips.

He deliberately glanced at the Fourth Prince next to him before he looked up at Lin Yue and nodded slightly, "A fine gift, Seventeenth Brother, you’re thoughtful."

"Prince Jing likes it, that’s all I wish." Lin Yue bowed his hands slightly.

The other princes and princesses, except for the Second Princess who sat with an uninterested face, and the Fifth Princess who was expressionless, looked curiously at the gift box, as though guessing what it was.

The Twelfth Prince also had a calm and friendly smile, as though there never had been any deep hatred.

"Seventeenth Brother, please take a seat, it’s just the right time to join in the conversation."

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Lin Yue nodded slightly and took his seat at the end of the left side of the main seat, next to him was the Fifteenth Prince.

The Fifteenth Prince was handsome with vivacious red lips and white teeth, and the exact appearance of a young master. His eyes bore dark golden vertical pupils, and a strange gold pattern could be seen on his forehead—clearly marks of his half-demon bloodline.

"Seventeenth Brother."

The Fifteenth Prince nodded slightly towards Lin Yue and glanced at the guard behind him, a hint of a smile on his lips as he said through Divine Thought Transmission:

"I heard that Seventeenth Brother was keeping a low profile back in the day, but for the sake of you, a half-demon guard, he risked revealing his prince identity, publicly confronting Prince Cheng. I truly admire that and have wanted to have a chat with you for a while; we should have a good drink together later."

"Prince Ming expressing such interest, I am naturally happy to do so," Lin Yue nodded slightly.

He hadn’t expected this Fifteenth Prince’s attitude to be quite friendly.

However, he had heard that because of his half-demon identity, his mother, in order to temper his temperament, had purposely concealed his identity when he was a child, leading to him being oppressed and humiliated because of his half-demon status.

It would be normal to have such thoughts.

"Speaking of which, I should also thank Seventeenth Brother," the Fifteenth Prince said with a light laugh through a sound transmission.

"Oh?" Lin Yue sent back a sound transmission, "What do you mean by that, Prince Ming Brother?"

"Do you know that the Main Hall Master came to see my mother a while ago?" the Fifteenth Prince sent back a sound transmission.

"Master visited Empress Yun? I wasn’t aware of that," Lin Yue shook his head slightly.

The Fifteenth Prince smiled and sent a sound transmission back, "It was for a deal. The Main Hall Master traded the semi-divine artifact ’Instantaneous Crown’ for the semi-divine artifact ’Mysterious God Wanxiang’ with my mother. My mother said that the ’Instantaneous Crown’ was acquired from a Golden Winged Demon Clan Demon Saint who came to assassinate you, right?"

"...Yes," Lin Yue looked at him and nodded slightly.

He was somewhat puzzled by the Fifteenth Prince and his mother’s thinking.

The Fifteenth Prince was a half-demon, capable of refining the bloodline and soul of a Golden-Winged Peng bird. His mother, Empress Yun, was clearly a Demon God of the Golden-Winged Peng bird bloodline.

Maybe... she even had some connection with one of the Winged Demon Gods of the Golden Wings Clan.

A rebellious Demon Saint of the Golden Wings Clan died because of him, yet Prince Ming and his mother, Empress Yun, still had such a good attitude?

However, the fact that the Divine Emperor was willing to take a Demon Clan Empress as a concubine and have a half-demon prince with her was already astonishing. Perhaps there was more to the story?

"So, I really should be thanking Seventeenth Brother."

The Fifteenth Prince sent back a sound transmission with a smile, "If not for Seventeenth Brother, I wouldn’t have been able to acquire such a suitable semi-divine artifact. This ’Instantaneous Crown’ you brought is perfect for me, and my mother is also very grateful to you."

After all, the ’Instantaneous Crown’ was a semi-divine artifact painstakingly crafted by a Winged Demon God of the Golden Winged Demon Clan.

Prince Ming being of Golden Wings Clan bloodline and having refined an entire Golden-Winged Peng bird, it made sense that the ’Instantaneous Crown’ would be suitable for him.

"Prince Ming Brother, I have a doubt; I’m not sure if I should speak of it or not?" Lin Yue couldn’t help but send a sound transmission.

"Just ask, and if it’s something I can say, I will," the Fifteenth Prince was rather forthright.

"Empress Yun must be a Demon God of the Golden Wings Clan, right?" Lin Yue sent a sound transmission, "But from Prince Ming Brother’s words, it seems..."

He didn’t finish his sentence, but the Fifteenth Prince surely understood his doubt.

"Ha ha, so that’s what you wanted to ask."

Prince Ming sent back a sound transmission with a laugh, "You want to know why my mother, being a Demon God, treats the Demon Clan with such an attitude, right?"

Lin Yue nodded.

"It’s quite simple."

The Fifteenth Prince smiled and sent a sound transmission, "Although this secret isn’t that big, not many know of it."

He pondered for a moment, then sent a sound transmission, "My mother was actually one of the spies the Human Clan sent into the Demon Clan thousands of years ago; she became a little princess of the Golden Winged Royal Family, and by chance refined a dying Divine Beast, a Golden-Winged Peng. Afterwards, she became a Demon God."

"A spy? Became a Demon God?"

Lin Yue was taken aback, then couldn’t help but ask, "Once you become of the Demon Clan, wouldn’t the body, mind, and Divine Soul all turn into a Demon Clan member, with no way to turn back?"

"My mother was born with Innate Divine Power, and with that she had already created a Second Primordial Spirit early on."

The Fifteenth Prince explained through a sound transmission, "The one that was born into the Demon Clan was her Second Primordial Spirit, and although as it grew up, because of the Demon Clan’s instincts and Eternal Night’s betrayal, it rebelled against her. But Divine Emperor went to the Demon Clan and captured her Second Primordial Spirit to bring back."

"The original mother then seized the memories of the Second Primordial Spirit, and the father emperor sealed away the Second Primordial Spirit of Mother Empress."

The Fifteenth Prince sent a sound transmission, "I am a half-demon born from the Demon Clan body of the father emperor and the Second Primordial Spirit of Mother Empress, but my actual mother’s original identity is of the Human Clan, so naturally she would consider our Human Clan’s interests."

Lin Yue was astonished.

So it was possible... like this?

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