653: Chapter 653 Tianxuan Awakens

On the other side, inside the third-floor pavilion of the void-breaking boat, you sat upright on a refined seat, glancing at Qin Chuan and Qin Yao from time to time, not knowing how to start the conversation.

The two of them didn't speak either, just sitting there.

Qin Han, who was beside you, suddenly spoke up: "Daddy, are they my younger brother and sister?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Chuan's eyes widened, his expression darkened, and he stared at you: "You actually had a son with a Yao Beast?"

Qin Yao's face turned livid, and she said angrily: "No wonder you didn't want us anymore."

Your expression darkened, and you coughed: "Qin Han was adopted by me."

"Daddy, you're lying!" Qin Han said solemnly, "Didn't you hatch me? Only my daddy can hatch me!"

"Scum," Qin Yao whispered, "Since you had him, you should be responsible for him."

"Exactly," Qin Chuan chimed in.

"Can humans and the Yao Race have children? Can you two have some common sense?" You shook your head helplessly.

"Why not?" Qin Yao interrupted directly, "It is said that Yun Xiaozi was born to a member of the Demon Race and the Human Race."

You sighed and didn't respond.

Qin Han jumped in front of Qin Yao with a grin, tilting its head to examine her: "You look seven or eight parts similar to me."

Qin Yao smiled and patted its head: "You are so cute."

Qin Han narrowed its eyes and shrank its neck: "Older brother will protect you in the future, okay?"

"Okay, what is your name?"

"My name is Qin Han, the 'Han' for clever."

Qin Yao chuckled: "Okay, Brother Han."

Qin Chuan leaned over and asked in a low voice: "Where have you been for the last few decades, Father? Was it fun? What did you do?"

Apart from being in the Tianxuan Immortal Dynasty or the academy, the siblings had always been full of curiosity about the outside world. It was just that their mother was strict and didn't allow them to go out. This time, because their mother was injured and comatose, they dared to sneak out.

Upon hearing this question, Qin Han immediately perked up and began to chatter excitedly.

Qin Chuan and his sister listened with great interest, sometimes laughing happily, sometimes becoming tense.

Amidst this noise, seven days passed unknowingly.

You took them through several twists and turns, passed through the Teleportation Array, and finally arrived at the Karma Court of the Kunlun Dao Academy.

Inside a mansion in the Karma Court, Empress Tianxuan and Demon Lord Tianxuan had lived for a long time—Empress Tianxuan had been cultivating here year-round as a Prodigy of the Karma Court.

The comatose Fairy Tianxuan was also here.

Empress Tianxuan led you to a side room in the East Court. The room was not large, but it was covered inside and out with layers of array patterns.

She led you into the side room, pointed to the bed, and said nothing.

You saw Fairy Tianxuan.

She was lying there, her complexion as white as paper, her lips chapped, and her eye sockets slightly sunken.

Not having seen her for decades, she had become much thinner and much older, but her features hadn't changed; it was still that same face, still those same brows and eyes.

Your heart sank, and with guilt, you sat down by the bed and opened your palm.

The immortal medicine hovered in your palm, its entire body glowing white, emitting a warm, gentle light.

You brought it close to Fairy Tianxuan's lips, urged your spiritual power slightly, and the immortal medicine began to dissolve, turning into fine powder that seeped into her slightly parted lips.

Then you took out the divine wood spirit peach, placed it close to her lips, and urged your spiritual power. The spirit peach turned into a cyan warm current, silently slipping into her body.

After the immortal medicine and the divine wood spirit peach were completely absorbed by her, her body trembled slightly.

You swept your Divine Sense over her and could see those dried up, broken, and withered Meridians gradually refilling little by little.

Her complexion gradually became rosy, her lips were no longer chapped, her eye sockets were no longer sunken, and her breathing went from weak to steady, and from steady to deep.

A moment later, her eyelashes trembled, and she slowly opened her eyes.

The room was very quiet.

She looked at the bed curtains, looked at the rafters, looked at the light filtering in from outside the window, and then she saw you.

She was stunned, her lips moved, and her voice was very soft: "Is it you?"

"It's me," you said in a very soft voice.

"Really?"

Her eyes turned red, and a tear slid from the corner of her eye, flowing down her cheek and dripping onto the pillow, silently.

Qin Yao rushed to the bedside, her voice choked with sobs: "Mother, wuwuwu... you've finally woken up."

Qin Chuan stood to the side, his eyes also red. He clenched his fists, pursed his lips, and it took a long time before he squeezed out one word: "Mother."

Empress Tianxuan looked at Fairy Tianxuan, was silent for a long time, and then slowly spoke:

"Huanger, since you are awake, pass the throne to Yaoer. You can cultivate wholeheartedly in the academy from now on, and the Celestial Palace will not dare to act recklessly here."

Fairy Tianxuan did not respond.

She looked at you, and you couldn't clearly see what was in her eyes—there were tears, there was light, and there were words that had been left unsaid for decades.

She smiled, her voice very soft.

"Okay."

Empress Tianxuan nodded, took Qin Chuan and Qin Yao out of the side room, and gently closed the door.

Only the two of you were left in the side room.

She lay on the bed, and you sat by the bedside.

She looked at you, and you looked at her.

Neither of you spoke.

After a long time, she said softly: "You've lost weight."

You were taken aback.

Having not seen each other for decades, you had thought of many kinds of opening lines—you didn't expect her to say that you had lost weight.

"You too," you said.

She smiled and added: "It must have been hard for you, being alone outside?"

"It wasn't hard," you said, "It's just that you have suffered."

"I haven't suffered," she shook her head, "I understand. I know about your grievances with the Celestial Palace, and that you didn't want to implicate us."

"But I implicated you anyway."

She didn't respond, was silent for a while, and then said: "I have told Chuan'er and Yao'er since they were small that their father is great, but also very lonely, and that many things were beyond his control."

Your heart felt as if it had been gently touched by something.

It wasn't pain, it was soreness.

"I understand," you said, "Thank you."

She didn't say anything more.

You didn't say anything more either.

The light from outside the window leaked in through the gap in the curtains, landing on the floor in a thin strip, like a glowing thread.

Their playful laughter and noise came from the courtyard.

Qin Han was shouting: "How about that, am I amazing? Daddy also often praises me for being amazing!"

"Amazing, amazing!" Qin Yao laughed.

"Then come and chase me, if you catch me, I'll let you spank my butt," Qin Han shouted again.

"Alright, you said it yourself, okay?" Qin Yao laughed playfully.

Listening to Qin Han's laughter in the courtyard, Fairy Tianxuan looked at you and asked softly: "Is its name Qin Han?"

"Mm."

"Does it like being spanked? Is it from the Cat Yao Race?"

"I don't know, perhaps it's a special hobby."

"Did you raise it?"

"It raised me," you said.

She chuckled, a very soft but very genuine laugh.

After a long time, she asked: "Are you leaving again?"

Her voice was very, very soft, as if she were afraid of disturbing something.

You were silent for a moment: "Mm, I'll leave after staying for a few days."

She didn't ask when you would return, nor did she say she would wait for you.

She just reached out and took your hand.

Her hand was very cold, very thin, with prominent knuckles.

You held it tight and didn't speak.

She felt the warmth of your palm, and her heart felt as if it had been gently filled by something—the loneliness of more than thirty years vanished into thin air at this moment.

Silence filled the entire side room, and the wind blew in from outside the window; it was clearly cool, yet it carried an inescapable heat.