Signing-In: The Lazy Moon Goddess-Chapter 416 - 415: My Mistress

After the two outsiders were sent away by Xue Yi and Tan Huangyu, the two of them, who hadn’t seen each other for too long, were a bit awkward. It was Tan Huangyu glaring at the Clan Master, while Clan Master Xue Yi was avoiding the eyes of the former. The eldest member of the Tan Clan jumped on the Clan Master and gave him a headlock from behind.

"You damn old brat! I thought you were dead! It was enough that you blocked your clan that day, but because of you, Shu’er copied you and stayed over as well," said Tan Huangyu.

The Xue Clan’s current clan master, Xue Yi, seems to be Tan Huangyu’s close friend, more like a brother with a different name based on how they interact at this moment. Except for Tang Yuyi, the rest of them were shocked by the scene in front of them. This is also the first time Xue Shuyi is seeing her father like this.

Xue Yi bumped fists with Tan Huangyu, and the two finally approached the mansion. This time Xue Yi was no longer attacked by ice controlled by Tan Bingyu. However, she was still towards this clan master of Xue Clan that locked her mother and grandmother to this desolated area. Tan Huangyu noticed the vigilance of his family towards his brother and knows the reason for that.

He said, "Get inside the mansion. I will tell you everything that you guys know."

After entering the mansion, everyone gathered in the living room. Clan Master Xue Yi was nervous himself despite his strict, cold face. After sitting together as a family, Tang Huangyu noticed that they were all looking at Xue Yi.

Tan Huangyu said, "This is Xue Yi, my sworn brother and Shuyi’s father. He is also the reason why you two are still alive and why you were just captured by the Snow Clan and not killed. I was the one who asked him to secretly protect you if you were ever captured by the Snow Clan. It is just that on the day the Tan Clan was attacked, he was injured in his last mission."

Xue Shuyi finally noticed something she had only realized at this moment. That day, when she and her mother-in-law were captured, they were at first thrown in jail. However, three days later, they were sent to this mansion instead. As if someone chooses to save them from being exploited. If what she heard from her father-in-law was right, the reason they weren’t tortured was because of her father and not because she is surnamed Xue.

Moreover, Xue Shuyi realized that his father was not opposed to her marrying Tan Shenyu at that time and even gave her big gifts when she got married, while the Snow Clan treated her marrying outside as a form of betrayal to the clan.

Tan Bingyu collected her thoughts and read through her memories. It was true that the Snow Clan didn’t accept her family. However, before the Hidden Tan Clan was attacked by the Snow Clan, her grandfather heard some news about the ambush from someone. It must be from this person.

Xue Yi looked at her daughter, feeling guilty, and said, "Sorry, Shu’er. It was not my intention to hide everything. It’s just that your mother loves the Snow Clan so much. To protect you two, I can only send you away from the main mansion. If you live there, you will have to live a life full of hidden danger, like being poisoned or something."

"Moreover, at that time, the clan leader was Xue Xian. If not for the fact that I begged your mother to spare you two, she wouldn’t have asked Xue Xian, her cousin, to send you away."

"I don’t believe it! Then why are you forcing me to marry someone?" Xue Shuyi questioned.

Xue Yi sighed and explained, "That’s because I heard that the hidden Tan clan had survived. The marriage is just a fake one so I can send you out of the Snow Clan’s territory. I heard that Brother Tan was alive thanks to Xue Xian returning from the mortal realm with the corpse of his beloved grandson. In exchange for sending you away, I agree to your mother’s request to fight for the position of clan master. Sending you to this small mansion is also the preparation for that. This place is the closest to the back door of the territory that leads outside."

"Why didn’t you just tell us before?!" Tang Yuyi said as she hit Xue Yi’s head in anger.

The Xue Clan’s leader, Xue Yi, frowned and said, "There is a traitor in the clan. Not only was this person hidden, but he also sent Xue Xian, who was supposed to be doing an escort mission, to be crippled. I don’t know who that person is yet or to what power he is connected. I can’t allow them to notice my intention to send you two away, or you will just be ambushed. At least this mountain is under my name; anyone who approaches your mansion will be notified of me. I didn’t expect to see the formation that keeps this area invisible to be destroyed. Moreover, I was worried when I felt a nascent soul entering the mountain."

Tan Bingyu looked awkward as the one who had destroyed that formation around this mansion was her, thinking that it was a formation that locked her mother and grandmother to this place. No wonder her grandfather Xue Yi appeared today; it was because she had broken the foundation that he came to this place to check on the small mansion and them as well. Who would have expected to bump into two seniors who appeared to be snooping around?

Tan Huangyu asked, "What is happening in the Snow Clan? You guys are lacking in people to guard your territory? I haven’t met a single soldier in this place. I’ve met a group of mortals instead."

"Those mortals, I was the one who saved them and hid them on this mountain. But you also know about this, right?" Tang Yuyi asked Xue Yi.

He answered, "Those guys were registered slaves under my name. That’s the only way they will not be killed after entering the Xue Clan. The Snow Clan is currently being targeted by enemies. Adding the fact that there is a traitor inside, this place is no longer safe. You guys should leave as soon as possible. I will cover your tracks after you leave. When you leave, take those mortals with you."

"Who are your enemies?" asked Tan Huangyu.

Xue Yi let out a helpless smile and said, "When Xue Xian was still the clan leader, he had made a lot of enemies after cleaning up all his grandson’s mess. After he had fallen, those clans, sects, and people he offended started to attack the Xue Clan, and everything that was involved with us is now being attacked. They no longer feared the Snow Clan after Xue Xian’s fall. If not for me eating a Shattering Breakthrough pill to reach the Nascent Soul realm, those attacks would still continue to the present."

"Shattering Breakthrough Pill!?" everyone collectively exclaimed.

Shattering Breakthrough Pill is a limit-breaker pill. It is potent and only used as a last resort. Anyone who ate it will be able to break through to the next realm, and as long as they survive their tribulation, that realm will be theirs. However, any further breakthrough will no longer be possible, as after a decade, the effect of the pill will be useless, and the host body, especially their meridians, will be destroyed, leading to the host becoming mortal and never being able to cultivate anymore.

Tan Huangyu shouted, "Why the hell did you eat such a sinister pill!?"

"It was not only you who ate it, right? Your wife and all the elder class in the Snow Clan did. You guys have sacrificed this generation for the future generation. Is that your plan?" Tang Yuyi asked, and they only saw Xue Yi smile.

The clan master of the Snow Clan said, "If we don’t do this, our children and descendants will be massacred by the clan’s enemies. There are simply too many of them, especially after we received the divination result when Xue Xian intended to go to the Mortal Realm to kill the one who killed his descendant. The result was total extermination. It was so terrifying that even the Starfield Sect was frightened. Our hell started that day."

"Though I don’t know who they had offended that may cause future extermination of the clan, after Xue Xian returned from the Mortal Realm, he became crazy. His grandson, who left with him, returned only as a corpse. Just how powerful is the person he had met?" said Xue Yi.

Meanwhile, after hearing this part of the description, the Hidden Tan Clan turned silent as they knew who did it. Of course, this sudden silence was noticed by Tang Yuyi, Xue Yi, and Xue Shuyi.

Tang Yuyi asked, "Don’t tell me you know who it is?"

They saw the Tan family nod their heads with a serious expression.

Tan Bingyu said, "I was there when Xue Xian came to the Mortal Realm. The one they met was my mistress and her friends."

"What kind of person are your mistress and her friends, Bing’er?" asked Xue Shuyi.

Tan Bingyu answered, "My mistress is the Moon Goddess, and her friend is the Sun God. The mistress is the one who killed Xue Lengya. It was her last warning for the Snow Clan."