Chapter 119 - Dongxue's Path (1)

"If we were to take my feelings at face value... I would still say the person who I 'Love' the most is Wuya, my dear… after all you should be most aware of this"

Yun Long then proceeded to ask her "But from my interpretation, you no longer hold that love for him anymore... so I can safely ȧssume that you do not wish to abandon your family and leave to him?"

Yun Long had told her in his childhood that he had wanted to kill Yue Wugou for this very reason, however now that he had grown up with this caring Mother-in-Law of his… he couldn't bring himself to harm her, even if it was the best for everyone.

Dongxue just looked into his eyes and asked "If this was 8 years ago I may have done so, but time and other factors have led to my thought process to change slightly... but to answer your question no, having love for someone and loving them is two different concepts, and love is a silly yet wonderful thing my dear, you should know this better than most" she responded with a cheeky smile.

Yun Long heard her and blushed, after all even at his current age he already had 4 women… and those were only counting those he had marked and established a White Yin Yang Dragon Mark with.

'Hang on a second… ever since the change of the Yin Yang Mark I haven't checked the markings to see whether the females I have connected with the Yin Yang Dragon Mark have changed'

Before its evolving, the previous version of the technique only had Black, Pink and White. The current upgraded 8 stages (4 Being the same categorising different feelings – Diamond (Family) – Emerald (Friends, Sworn-Sisters) - Sapphire (Disciples, Subordinates, Servants, Maids) – Pink Diamond (Forbidden, Taboo relationships)).

Yun Long guessed that Bing'er had most likely an extremely pure ruby phoenix mark and he most likely was at either the Amethyst Dragon or similarly the Ruby Dragon.

Bai Youyou and Bai Zhenzhen should likely have a Ruby Phoenix or a Pink Magenta Phoenix with his being the Pink Magenta Phoenix, after all even he couldn't lie to himself and admitted that he may have slightly forgotten about them… cough…

Whereas for Est, Yuehai, Lingxi and Qingyue, he had no doubt that they both possessed the completed Yin Yang Dragon Mark of an Amethyst Dragon coiling a Yellow Sapphire Phoenix, with a silver circular outer seal.

Noticing he was getting of track, Yun Long just made a mental note to check it out later on as he faced Dongxue once more.

"Then mother, I will first reveal to you my plan for little Qingyue and you first, before explaining to you how you should proceed with your future actions… after all I hate to be the bearer of bad news but judging from your decision making in that alternate timeline, you are not so smart at making such a decision" Yun Long spoke in a steady tone, looking straight into her eyes as he practically called her a dotard.

Dongxue's eyebrow just twitched as she carried on listening, what made it annoying about his comment was the fact that she could not even make a counter to what he said, since she had also witnessed the consequences of her decisions at that time, so she just left it to her little Long'er to decide.

Feeling her intent, Yun Long just smiled as he spoke "In the alternate life you saw, Qingyue would have been chased by those idiots who think with their… *cough*… anyways and she would be sent to the Realm of Gods before being saved by Yue Wuya, do you remember?" he coughed as he was about to talk about something one doesn't talk about in front of their mother

Dongxue just looked at him strangely before nodding "My plan is for you and her to directly head to the Moon God Realm when she reaches around twenty two years of age… to be more direct is when she was attacked by Ye Xinghan in the timeline you witnessed, however I have already negated the circumstance from happening so I will just visit Frozen Cloud Asgard at that time to teleport her then and this is when I plan to send you both to the Moon God Realm…"

Although she guessed it so, she was really surprised at Yun Long actually accepting the situation and sending them to the Moon God Realm, after all she could see within his eyes the reluctance and helplessness when talking about the situation.

"Long'er… are you really planning to go forth with this plan? You did sacrifice a lot just so that Qingyue and I could stay with our family and have a great childhood…" thinking back carefully this Son-in-Law of hers really had done the Xia family too much that they could never return the gratitude that was owed.

Yun Long just interrupted her thoughts as he spoke "Like I told Father-in-Law at the time, it was mainly his fault so I cannot hate on you for that, back then the only person that I hated was Yue Wugou because of who she seemed to be in the alternate reality, however mother I could never truly hate you, whether you are Xia Dongxue or you are the Moon God Divine Empress Yue Wugou…"

"Listen mother, there is no point reflecting on nonsense such as feelings, at the end of the day I care about the people who I love, and their safety, their happiness, their ability to live a prideful life without fearing any other and not suffering losses from others…" Yun Long said with great determination in his starry pupils.

He continued after he regained his train of thought "To do so I require the ȧssistance of the memories I have seen regarding the future, and that also means I have to chain myself to make sure the events play out similarly, otherwise they become useless as the buŧŧerfly effect will destroy their worth".

Dongxue just nodded "Listen mother, all I will say is to live your life with Uncle Xia for the next ten years or so properly, and you can explain to him properly in the future about the situation you are in. Although it is cruel of me to say so, but Uncle Xia is the type to accept all situations since his heart is as broad as the heavens themselves…" Yun Long said with a sad smile.

Essentially, what he was about to say was something he would never allow, so do to so seemed extremely hypocritical for him to suggest himself, but looking at the situation he decided the advice he would give to his Mother-in-Law…