144: Chapter 144 Old Stories

In the vast, boundless sea of stars, the "star dome" was speeding towards the Third Star Zone in the heart of the Holy Spirit Star Domain.

Theoretically, once one's cultivation reaches the Domain Lord Realm, relying on the ability to traverse the Void Realm with one's Physical Body, the short-distance burst speed far exceeds that of an ordinary curvature spaceship.

However, Ouyang Hao and Ouyang Mingyu were originally here to keep their tracks hidden and secretly execute a mission in the nearby star sector, so they had not taken a spaceship.

Furthermore, because the Ouyang God Son was seriously injured and needed to recuperate, it was only natural for them to board Su Wu's shuttle.

Inside the main cabin of the shuttle.

Su Wu leaned back on the large, soft sofa, his fingers absentmindedly stroking Little White, who was dozing on his lap.

Ouyang Hao and Ouyang Mingyu sat upright on the guest seats opposite him, looking restrained, their eyes still lingering with awe for this expert who had effortlessly killed two Domain Lords.

"The two of you." Su Wu slightly lifted his eyelids and said nonchalantly, "As members of the God Race, do you know... if there is a woman named 'Lin Waner' in the Lin Divine Clan?"

"A woman named Lin Waner?" A look of distinct astonishment flashed across Ouyang Hao's wrinkled old face.

He rapidly searched his mind for the prominent power-holders and older generation experts of the Lin Divine Clan, but found nothing.

He shook his head somewhat awkwardly; clearly, this Elder of the Ouyang Family, who had lived for tens of thousands of years, had never heard of this name.

Su Wu was not surprised by this.

Lin Waner was at most only forty-something years old. In the Starry Sky Divine Clan, where lifespans easily reach ten thousand years, she and old monsters like Ouyang Hao were simply not from the same era.

"Lin Waner?" However, Ouyang Mingyu, sitting to the side, frowned slightly upon hearing this name.

He reached out to stroke his chin, a glimmer of contemplation appearing in his eyes.

"The person Senior is asking about... this Junior knows a little something about." Ouyang Mingyu looked up and cautiously glanced at Su Wu.

As a God Son of a branch of the Ouyang Divine Clan, he naturally knew much more about the gossip and secrets of the younger generation of the various God Races than an old man like Ouyang Hao, who only cared about secluded cultivation.

He keenly sensed that when this Senior before him uttered the three words "Lin Waner," those seemingly calm eyes were clearly suppressing some complex emotions.

Ouyang Mingyu did not dare to be negligent, nor did he dare to use the disdainful tone often used in the infighting between the God Races. Instead, he spoke objectively and cautiously:

"Within the Lin Divine Clan, there was indeed once a Goddess, and her name was Lin Waner."

"However, this Goddess, who should have had a bright future, encountered a mishap over twenty years ago..." Ouyang Mingyu paused here, seeming hesitant to continue.

"It's fine, continue. Tell me everything you know, word for word." Su Wu's hand stroking Little White paused slightly, though his voice remained calm.

Ouyang Mingyu continued: "This Junior only heard rumors. It is said that Lin Waner was the legitimate daughter of the current Head of the Second Branch of the Lin Divine Clan. Her status was extremely noble. However, over twenty years ago, she traveled privately to a remote area of the Aolan Star Domain."

"What is even more unbelievable is... this aloof Goddess of the Lin Divine Clan actually pledged her life to a common mortal man in such a barbaric land, and even... had offspring!"

Ouyang Mingyu could not help but steal another glance at Su Wu from the corner of his eye.

In his memory, according to the intelligence on the Lin Divine Clan, the man who had bewitched the Goddess was just a low-level native with extremely weak Aptitude who hadn't even reached the Martial King Realm!

He could never have dreamed that the rumored "useless" man was actually this unfathomable Senior before him, who could effortlessly crush a Domain Lord to death!

But, for a moment just now, he had indeed suspected that the Senior before him was that man.

Ouyang Mingyu shook his head, casting this absurd thought out of his mind, and continued to recount that sealed past:

"At the time, when the Head of the Second Branch of the Lin Divine Clan learned that his daughter had offspring with an ant, he was absolutely furious! In the eyes of those old fossils of the God Race who prided themselves on their noble Bloodline, this was a humiliation that dragged the entire Lin Divine Clan's face into the mud."

"Consequently, the Head of the Second Branch sent people to the Aolan Star Domain, attempting to dispose of the man who had defiled the God Race Bloodline, as well as the child who was regarded as a 'bastard'."

Hearing the words "dispose of," Su Wu closed his eyes.

Twenty years ago, that "Big Brother" who stood high above like a Heavenly God and destroyed all his cultivation with a single finger, the sky full of wind and rain, and Waner's desperate tears... were like a sharp knife, repeatedly cutting into his Dao Heart, which had long been tempered to be as hard as rock!

"However..." Ouyang Mingyu did not notice Su Wu's abnormality and continued, "It is said that for some unknown reason back then, the man and the child managed to survive."

"And that Lin Waner was brought back to the clan with a baby girl, but after that, her status in the Lin Divine Clan plummeted. She was completely stripped of her title as Goddess and vanished without a trace."

Su Wu sat there quietly, the expression on his face not changing in the slightest.

But if anyone could look directly into his eyes at this moment, they would discover that in the depths of those originally pitch-black pupils, there was nothing but pure killing intent!

"Lin Divine Clan..." Su Wu chewed on these two words in his heart, one syllable at a time.

"However." Ouyang Mingyu keenly sensed the oppressive atmosphere. He seemed to have suddenly remembered some extremely important intelligence and hurriedly added:

"Senior, although there has been no news of Lin Waner, not long after that scandal in the Aolan Star Domain subsided, a woman named 'Lin Yun' appeared in the Second Branch of the Lin Divine Clan!"

"Her Aptitude is simply monstrous to the extreme! She has risen strongly among the younger generation of the Lin Divine Clan, suppressing all her peers!"

"Now, this Lin Yun is not even thirty years old, yet her cultivation has already reached the Star King Realm!!!"

"There have always been rumors... that this gifted Lin Yun is very likely... the daughter Lin Waner gave birth to in the Aolan Star Domain back then! Of course, this is just rumors from the outside world; as for the truth, this Junior dare not draw any conclusions."

Lin Yun?! Not even thirty, and in the Star King Realm!

Hearing this name and this description, a flash of sharp light crossed Su Wu's eyes!

Back then! The reason that man who took Waner away and called himself "Big Brother" did not kill the daughter who was still in swaddling clothes on the spot was because, when he examined her, he was extremely shocked to discover that she possessed some kind of top-tier Aptitude that exceeded all imagination!

"Lin Yun..." It cannot be wrong! This peerless Genius who appeared out of thin air is very likely Su Wu's own daughter who was forcibly taken away back then!

Ouyang Hao and Ouyang Mingyu exchanged a glance, both seeing a terrified and absurd guess in each other's eyes!

Could it be... that this unfathomable Senior, who could crush a Domain Lord expert with a wave of his hand... is actually the "man" who secretly pledged his life to Lin Waner as per the rumors?!

But! How is this possible?!

How could a native born and bred on a planet, in just twenty short years, cross a chasm that even the God Race could not overcome in millions of years, and Cultivate directly to this terrifying Realm?!

Such cultivation speed, such monstrous Aptitude—even if one were to scour the million-year history of the Eight Great Divine Clans, one would absolutely not find a second person!

This is even more absurd than a myth!

"It seems that I was right to make this trip to the Ouyang Family." Su Wu sneered in his heart: "Then I will first borrow the influence of the Ouyang Divine Clan to thoroughly figure out the Lin Divine Clan's trump cards. When I am strong enough—stronger than that Lin Clan Ancestor—that will be the time for you to fall from your divine altar!"