326: Chapter 326 Mother and Daughter Reunited

Seeing that her daughter had grown up to be so beautiful and lovely, and had even formed a contract with a Beast Tamer as monstrous as Chen Yi, living such a good life—

The heavy stone that had been hanging in her heart for over a decade finally crashed to the ground!

A tremendous sense of relief and satisfaction surged into her heart; she felt she had no more regrets.

However, to avoid disturbing her daughter's current life, to avoid bringing unnecessary trouble to Chen Yi's team, and also not wanting to see the events from the illusion become reality—after all, her current identity was that of a Demon Emperor!

She struggled to stand up, composed herself, and said to Chen Yi, "Lord Chen Yi, thank you for your... help just now! Seeing that you are all safe, I can rest easy."

"This Ultimate Darkness Zone is too dangerous. Our strength is low, and I fear we would only be a burden to you all!"

"Let us part ways here. I intend to retreat to the Light Zone to explore further!"

She planned to leave alone, burying this joy and bitterness of reunion deep within.

However, just as she turned around.

"Wait!"

Su Taotao suddenly called out to stop her!

Shi Yuying's figure stiffened, but she suppressed her surging emotions and tried hard to maintain her composure.

She turned around and asked with a smile, "Little sister, is there anything else you need?"

Su Taotao walked up to Shi Yuying and tilted her little face up.

Those big eyes stared straight at Shi Yuying, as if wanting to see into her soul and smell her soul's aura.

In that real illusion, she had not only experienced a tragic past.

But had also caught a trace of the soul aura that belonged to her biological mother!

And the sensing ability unique to the Taotie Bloodline was telling her with absolute clarity at this moment—the aura on this man who called himself Shi Yuying was identical to the one she had felt in the illusion!

Shi Yuying was very likely her mother!

Although this was truly fantastical, after all, the other party was a man, and a Japanese person at that!

But for some reason, she felt an inner urge to confirm it!

This wasn't an inexplicable whim, but a feeling truly stemming from her heart!

Su Taotao took a deep breath, turned to Chen Yi, and asked, "Brother Chen Yi, I... I would like to have a private word with this Big Brother Shi Yuying, is that okay?"

Chen Yi looked at Su Taotao's exceptionally serious eyes, then glanced at the expression on Shi Yuying's face, which had instantly turned nervous and complex.

He shook his head without hesitation: "No, Tao Tao! It's too dangerous here!"

He would absolutely not allow any risk of the tragedies from those illusions becoming reality!

Su Taotao understood Chen Yi's concern and knew he cared about her, so she took a step back and said, "Then... Brother Chen Yi, come with me. We'll just chat for a moment over there, okay?"

Chen Yi pondered for a moment and nodded: "Alright!"

With him there, even if Shi Yuying really had a problem, he should be able to suppress it!

The key point was that Su Taotao seemed to have really sensed something...

Otherwise, given her personality, she would rarely say something so willful.

Although The girls were curious about what Su Taotao wanted to talk about, they didn't ask further and tacitly stayed where they were to rest.

At the same time, they maintained a subtle vigilance against Shi Yuying's few Contracted Spirit Beasts.

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The three of them walked to the edge of the lighthouse's light.

Under the dim light, the atmosphere seemed somewhat subtle.

Su Taotao looked at Shi Yuying and cautiously probed: "Big Brother Shi Yuying, are you... from Japan? Your Contracted Spirit Beasts seem to listen to you very well?"

Shi Yuying dodged the question, saying: "Mm, they are all very important partners to me."

"Then have you ever lost someone very important?"

"Everyone... has some regrettable past, don't they? I'm not sure which people's passing is important to me."

"Then let me change the subject, are you actually a man?"

"Of course I am! If I weren't a man, how could I have contracted those spirit beasts?"

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Su Taotao kept probing, while Shi Yuying kept evading.

Chen Yi observed quietly from the side.

The sadness that Shi Yuying tried so hard to hide but still leaked out, along with Su Taotao's unusually persistent questioning, made the guess in his heart gradually clear.

He no longer hesitated and directly interrupted: "Brother Ying, or should I call you... Miss Shi Yuying? There's no need to hide anymore!"

"If I'm not mistaken, you are not an ordinary Beast Tamer; your true self is a Demon Emperor."

"And your purpose in approaching us was for Tao Tao, right?"

"What exactly are you hiding?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Shi Yuying froze instantly.

She suddenly raised her head, looking at Chen Yi in disbelief, her face full of shock and panic.

She had considered her disguise flawless, having even suppressed her Demon Emperor aura to the extreme; how did he see through it?

But looking at Chen Yi's certain gaze, and the somewhat shocked expression on Su Taotao's face next to him.

The string in her heart that had been pulled taut for over a decade finally snapped with a "pop."

After the shock came a sense of relief.

For some reason, having disguised herself for too long and hidden for too long, being exposed directly now actually brought a sense of liberation.

She no longer evaded and sighed: "Yes... you are right, I am indeed a Demon Emperor!"

"Demon Emperor?"

Su Taotao was stunned, "How is that possible? That aura clearly..."

Before she could finish, Shi Yuying interrupted: "Chen Yi, could you allow me to... make a small excuse?"

After being exposed, many things could be discussed openly and honestly.

Especially the secret hidden deep in her heart that she had always wanted to make public.

Chen Yi nodded: "Go ahead!"

Shi Yuying sat on the ground, looking up at the starry sky, and began to speak as if telling a story: "Remember that fallen friend I mentioned earlier? That... was actually myself. As for why I have appeared as a Demon Emperor now, it goes back to the great war twenty years ago..."

In the next half hour, Shi Yuying choked back tears as she recounted her experiences from back then.

How she fell, how she was eroded by the Queen's blood and transformed into a Demon Emperor, how she lost contact with her daughter in the chaos, how she came here, and how she chose to pay a great price to follow Chen Yi...

Su Taotao was completely dumbfounded listening to it!

Even Chen Yi was somewhat taken aback.

Previously, she had indeed heard the truth of the world from Black Rose, but it lacked quite a bit of supporting evidence.

But now, a living example had appeared before them...

This was truly a bit absurd!

However, Chen Yi soon regained his composure.

He told Shi Yuying the information he had learned from Black Rose regarding the Demon Abyss Cult, the Queen's ability to transform others into Demon Emperors, and that Demon Emperors seemed to have no memories of their past lives.

With the information from both sides combined, some shocking conclusions were immediately deduced!

The Queen's blood was actually the key to awakening past life memories and transforming into a Demon Emperor!