Reborn as a Hatrack in the Mystical Land-Chapter 854 - 104: Reunion of Grandfather and Granddaughter

The journey to the Divine Ruins unexpectedly led Yue Jinghua to reunite with her long-lost grandfather, Lie Changgong, after many years.

The reunion between the two generations was filled with mixed emotions, especially with Lie Changgong feeling very guilty about nearly harming his own granddaughter.

Yue Jinghua, not wanting him to blame himself excessively, quickly shifted the topic to talk about her mother, Lie Rou, and the affairs of the Lie Family Mansion.

After learning that both his sons had treated Yue Jinghua and her mother harshly following his disappearance, and that Yue Nian went missing shortly after his own disappearance with no news since, Lie Changgong’s face alternated between blue and white with anger and remorse.

He was frustrated and furious, wishing he could personally deal with those scoundrels and ungrateful individuals who had wronged his daughter and grandchildren.

"Good riddance to those two bastards; I had long suspected that my being injured at Danlu was related to them. They went as far as to harm their own siblings to seize the Lie Family Mansion’s assets - truly deserving of death. And that heartless Yue Nian, despite my opposing your grandmother’s wishes to marry Rou’er to him, he did not cherish her. To not only abandon Rou’er but also leave behind you siblings and escape alone is utterly despicable," Lie Changgong, with his fiery temper, was visibly enraged upon learning the hardships his granddaughter and daughter had endured.

"Grandfather, all these matters are water under the bridge now. The Duke Mansion has reestablished its enterprises, and my brother is engaged to Long Rui, the legitimate granddaughter of the National Guardian General. My mother no longer resents my father’s disappearance. I’ve encountered you here, and once we bring you back to the Imperial City, our family can reunite. My brother is also in the Divine Ruins; in a few days, I’ll take you to meet him." Seeing Lie Changgong covered in wounds and poison, Yue Jinghua offered to help him clean and heal.

She first trimmed Lie Changgong’s hair and beard, then asked Xi Yuan to prepare hot water and applied the lips of the Fire Dragon Fish on the poisoned sores on Lie Changgong’s body.

However, while treating Lie Changgong’s wounds, she discovered that his body was covered in various poisoned sores, and even the cooling effect of the Fire Dragon Fish lips could only provide temporary relief.

Seeing Yue Jinghua intending to use up all the fish lips on him, Lie Changgong quickly refused, "Huahua, the poison in me can only be relieved temporarily even with the Fire Dragon Fish. Don’t waste them; ten fish lips can ease the pain from my poisonous sores. Keep the rest for yourself and your brother. These Fire Dragon Fish only exist in the Divine Ruins and are rare ingredients without Evil Qi. The fish lips can clear heat and detoxify, treating most Beast Evil poisons in the ruins. As for me, my body is already broken; I won’t live much longer."

"Grandfather, who on earth did this to you? I will avenge you," Yue Jinghua couldn’t fathom how anyone could have injured Lie Changgong, who was nearly at the Pill Realm at the Dark Heavenly Peak during his disappearance, making him a formidable expert on the Canglong Continent.

Seeing his granddaughter’s fierce but adorable expression, like a little tigress, Lie Changgong smiled kindly, his washed face blossoming like an old chrysanthemum. He patted Yue Jinghua’s head, "Silly child, your grandfather did this to himself. I’ve seen how capable my granddaughter has become."

Lie Changgong was amazed at Yue Jinghua’s cultivation; at just eighteen years old, her Dark Heavenly Cultivation and elusive Step Technique surpassed many so-called experts he had encountered on the Canglong Continent.

"You did it yourself?" Yue Jinghua was taken aback.

Years ago, Lie Changgong suspected that Danlu had something to do with the death of his wife, Feng Wanwan, and sought revenge on Danlu.

But Danlu, having been tipped off by someone in the Lie Family Mansion, had long prepared a trap with a group of experts ambushing outside. When Lie Changgong arrived, they attacked him together, caught off guard, he was severely wounded, almost dying from self-detonation.

Returning to the Lie Family Mansion, he went into seclusion to cultivate, hoping to break through to the Pill Realm to challenge Danlu again. However, cultivation of Dark Power, especially at the bottleneck of the Dark Heavenly to Pill Realm, required calm and focus. Impatient, Lie Changgong attempted too much too soon and during a stormy night, his Dark Energy deviated in his Dantian, causing him to experience Deviation.

In agony, he rushed into the stormy night alone.

When he awoke again, he found himself in a place called "Senluo Sea." 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

When mentioning Senluo Sea, a trace of fear appeared in Lie Changgong’s eyes. It was a place more terrifying than Hell, filled with the aura of Evil Qi and vengeful spirits, a memory that continued to unsettle him.

"Senluo Sea?!" Yue Jinghua was shocked to learn that Lie Changgong had also been imprisoned in Senluo Sea, the place where the Sea Demon Clan’s Jue Shang was once imprisoned, "Grandfather, the Senluo Sea you speak of, is it the confined plane prison for the most heinous creatures and alien races?"

Though Yue Jinghua hadn’t spent much time in Senluo Sea, she learned from Jue Shang that the Senluo Sea was a place where only the Divine and Holy Beast Clans were qualified to exile prisoners.

After experiencing Deviation, Lie Changgong had been in a deranged state for quite some time, unable to recall any actions he took or people he met.

Therefore, he had no idea why he was imprisoned in Senluo Sea.

"Huahua, how do you know about that place?" Lie Changgong, had he not been imprisoned there himself, would likely have been unaware of such a place existing between planes.

"I... just heard people mention it. Grandfather, that place must have been heavily guarded; how did you manage to escape?" Yue Jinghua asked, noticing the severity of Lie Changgong’s injuries, furrowed her brows.

"I would’ve had no chance of escape. Although I was exiled to Senluo Sea, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise; my cultivation broke through to the Pill Realm under such adverse conditions, forming the Xuan Yin Pill. About two years ago, one night, a lapse in the Holy Beast guards’ vigilance caused a rift to open in Senluo Sea’s barrier. A group of Demon Clan and Demon Beasts escaped, and having broken through to the Pill Realm, I seized the opportunity to flee with the escape tide. However, instead of returning directly to the Canglong Continent, I was swept into this Ruins of the Fallen by a plane’s Evil Wind," Lie Changgong said, reminiscing about the past, wearing a face full of emotion.

Others perished in Senluo Sea, but he regained his clarity amidst the endless darkness and icy waters of Senluo Sea.

However, being a Dark Practitioner’s Body, his body in such a place suffered from the erosion of Evil Poison. Helplessly, he contained the poison within his blood, but over time, the poisons turned into sores that plagued him day and night.

Everything seemed too coincidental; the great escape that night was caused by her and Jue Shang, Yue Jinghua realized with shock.

Despite the shock, Yue Jinghua was determined to repay the suffering her grandfather endured several folds, but before that, she had to find the mastermind behind it all.