Su Baiyi knew that if he wanted to know more about Yingzhou and the Lu family, he would need to get some information out of them. He asked tentatively, "Can you tell me the story of you and my mother?"
Lu Xuanshui laughed loudly a few times and answered very straightforwardly: "Okay!"
Three hundred years ago.
Yingzhou Fairy Mountain.
The cry brought a hint of worldly air to this peaceful and harmonious fairy mountain. At that time, Lu Xuanshui was practicing martial arts on the Lingyao Pool. After hearing the cry, he immediately ran towards the mountain.
"Is it a younger brother or a younger sister?" Lu Xuanshui asked everyone he met along the way, but no one could answer him, because the Xuanyang Palace at the top was a place that only the orthodox Lu family could enter. These people only knew that the Lu family had a new heir, but they didn't know the rest. Lu Xuanshui was only ten years old at the time, and he couldn't find a person of the same age in the entire Yingzhou, so he was more excited than anyone else about the birth of this child.
Rushing to the Xuanyang Palace, Lv Xuanshui's father, Lv Canglang, the master of Yingzhou at that time, was standing outside the palace. Looking at the excited Lv Xuanshui, he shook his head and scolded, "I told you to practice in the Spirit Demon Pool, why did you sneak back?"
"Is it a brother or a sister?" Lu Xuanshui leaned inside to look.
"Sir, it's a little sister." The wet nurse came out holding the still crying baby.
"Hahahaha, sister. Daddy, have you given her a name?" Lu Xuanshui asked Lu Canglang excitedly.
Lu Canglang shook his head: "You arrived just after the child was born, so there was no time to name her. Since you like this sister so much, you can name her."
Lu Xuanshui thought for a moment and replied, "I was reading a book yesterday. There was a line in the book: Ice gives birth to jade water and clouds are like cotton wool. Since my name is Lu Xuanshui, then my sister should be called Lu Xuanyun."
"Okay." Lu Canglang nodded.
Lu Xuanshui looked at the baby in his arms happily and said with a smile: "Xuanyun, you will be called Lu Xuanyun from now on."
After that, sixteen years passed quickly.
On Yingzhou, time is the last thing that anyone cares about. Because of the cultivation methods of the Lu clan and the strangeness of Yingzhou itself, their appearance changes very slowly after they grow up. For example, Lu Xuanyun has become the most beautiful woman on Yingzhou, while Lu Xuanshui, who is nearly 30 years old, is still a teenager. When the two stand together, it is even difficult to tell who is older. They practice together every day, travel to every corner of Yingzhou together, and go out to sea to ride whales together. Their relationship is getting closer and closer.
But even the people on Yingzhou cannot achieve true immortality. Aging slowly does not mean that they will not age. Although their father, Lv Canglang, still looks like a middle-aged man, his body is actually exhausted. Then one day, Lv Xuanshui suddenly found that Lv Xuanyun was missing. He searched all over Yingzhou, but could not find Lv Xuanyun. He asked the people around him, but no one knew. His parents did not seem to care about it. Lv Canglang just said that Lv Xuanyun went out to sea again because of playing. But Lv Xuanshui knew in his heart that his sister would never disappear without saying a word to him. He saw that his father was different, but did not ask any more questions. After leaving, he continued to look for Lv Xuanyun's whereabouts on Yingzhou.
Finally, in the Heavenly Prison, he saw Lv Xuanyun who was locked up. At this moment, Lv Xuanyun was seriously injured and dying. Lv Xuanshui was furious and killed all the guards of the Heavenly Prison, rescued his sister, and learned the truth of the matter. It turns out that the guardian of Yingzhou seems to have been passed down from generation to generation, but in fact it has always been one person, that is, their father Lv Canglang. Lv Canglang needs a new body every three hundred years, and then completes the reincarnation ceremony of blood exchange between the two on the Yingzhou Holy Artifact Wheel Platform. After the ceremony, Lv Canglang's body will be restored to its heyday, and the person whose blood was exchanged will only have a human skin and a pile of dry bones in the end. Lv Canglang has lived to this day and has experienced many reincarnation ceremonies, and this time, Lv Xuanyun was chosen to become the new body. Originally, the candidate was Lv Xuanshui, but because Lv Xuanshui's martial arts talent far exceeded their expectations, they were worried that choosing Lv Xuanshui would cause unnecessary waves, so they chose Lv Xuanyun.
After hearing what Lu Xuanshui said, he was furious. At this time, the three envoys from Yingzhou arrived at the Heavenly Prison. They scolded Lu Xuanshui and ordered him to lock up Lu Xuanyun again. They went to the ancestral hall to apologize for their crimes. Lu Xuanshui rejected this request without hesitation. The Great Envoy saw Lu Xuanshui's pity for his sister, so he gave a second way. He would take his sister's place on the reincarnation platform. If he died, his sister would live. Lu Xuanshui answered him by chopping off the head of the Great Envoy. Then he killed the remaining two envoys within 20 moves. After that, he carried Lu Xuanyun, who could no longer walk, and walked out of the Heavenly Prison. He came to Xuanyang Palace and killed all the masters from Yingzhou who blocked his way there. When he finally walked in front of Lu Canglang, the steps outside the gate of Xuanyang Palace had been dyed blood red, and there were bodies with heads and bodies torn apart everywhere. Only the two brothers and sisters and their parents were left in the orthodox Lu clan.
At this moment, Lv Canglang was exhausted and had no strength to fight against Lv Xuanshui. Lv Xuanshui's mother knelt down and asked for forgiveness from both of them. But Lv Xuanshui was already bloodthirsty at this moment. He hated his parents' ruthlessness and exploitation of his brother and sister, and was also angry at the harm suffered by his sister, so in the end, he used the knife in his hand to chop off the heads of both parents at the same time.
From then on, the master of Yingzhou became Lü Xuanshui, and Lü Xuanyun was named the Great Emissary. Lü Xuanshui selected the most talented disciples from the branch family, incorporated them into the clan's orthodoxy, and inherited the positions of other Emissaries. Yingzhou returned to peace, drifting on the edge of the South China Sea, guarding the southern world until another three hundred years passed.
Three hundred years later, Lv Xuanshui and Lv Xuanyun were no longer young, and their lifespans would come to an end in a few decades. However, on Yingzhou, they were the only two people with the true bloodline of the sect. They seemed to have only one choice, which was to abandon the orthodox bloodline that had been passed down for thousands of years and find two of the most talented young disciples of the branch family to reincarnate and exchange blood. However, Lv Xuanshui thought of another option, which was to marry his sister and give birth to a child, which would not only ensure the orthodoxy of the bloodline, but also prolong the lives of both of them.
After hearing this story, Su Baiyi couldn't help but ask, "Did you make this choice to ensure the bloodline of the Lu family, or because—"
"Of course it's because I love her. It's been three hundred years, and I can no longer suppress my love for your mother. Although we are far away in Yingzhou, I have read those ancient books since I was a child. The human relations and worldly affairs mentioned in them also affect the entire Yingzhou. Brother-sister marriage is a taboo in human relations." Lu Xuanshui clenched his fist and said, "But at that time, I was in power in Yingzhou, and no one dared to disobey me. My momentum was several times stronger than that of my father back then. I could do anything!"