The Legend of the Destroyer
Ch. 28 - Return of the 21st Elder
When they were all in a fuss over Rey, suddenly there was a handsome young man right next to Rey. I don't know when and how the handsome young man was suddenly there which of course made them all surprised instead of playing.
Rey immediately jumped towards Patriarch Mo and looked at the handsome young man she didn't know about, Rey, who was always wary of her surroundings, did not know how the handsome young man was suddenly beside her.
Patriarch Mo and the Elders looked at the handsome young man closely, they seemed to recognize the handsome young man, but somehow and exactly where they had met. All the disciples there seemed to be remembering who the handsome young man in front of them was, because they felt they had seen the exact same look as the young man.
Rey, Zenith, and Feng Qiuyu only put on a look of astonishment looking at everyone there who seemed to recognize the young man, because after all the three of them were still new disciples who of course did not know about the information that was in the Blue Sea Sect.
“It's been 5 years that I didn't return, it seems like a lot has changed as long as I'm not here.”
The handsome young man's words made everyone there glare at his eyes, a voice they had not heard for a long time, a figure that made the Blue Sea Sect victorious before, a figure that became an idol to all of them.
“Su-the voice?!”
“Not wrong again, he definitely..”.
“Chairman To 21, Shen Xuan!”
They were all flocking to Elder Shen Xuan even the female elite disciples there were scrambling to hug the extremely handsome Elder Shen Xuan. While Patriarch Mo and the Elders were just smiling happily, they all naturally wanted to hug Elder Shen Xuan as well, just that they were embarrassed given their age which was no longer young.
“Kyaaaa! I managed to hug Elder Shen Xuan!”
“Finally Elder Shen Xuan is home!”
“I managed to hold his face!”
“A-I managed to caress it!!!! Kyaaaa!”
It appeared that Elder Shen Xuan's face was tangled because he was a quiet person, liked to be alone and did not like the crowd. Everyone who swarmed over him made Elder Shen Xuan upset, let alone the female disciple who had been presumptuously holding onto his heavenly pillar, of course it made him both embarrassed and angry.
Patriarch Mo who saw the elder's tangled look to Shen Xuan immediately dispersed the crowd, “It's been quite awkward, Elder Shen Xuan has just returned home from his mission, so he must be exhausted.”
Hearing Patriarch Mo's words made them all disappointed, whereas they still wanted to hug Elder Shen Xuan. However, Patriarch Mo's words were correct, because no matter how Elder Shen Xuan must have been exhausted after a long journey, they immediately all stepped aside from there.
Patriarch Mo took Elder Shen Xuan into his room followed by all the Elders. However, they all did not know that Rey and Elder Shen Xuan had looked at each other since, it seemed like there were some things that caught each other's attention between them.
“That child is dangerous.Hm” muttered Elder Shen Xuan while taking his eyes off Rey.
Rey was certainly interested in Elder Shen Xuan, as only this time did she find a very calm look in her eyes, even she herself was slightly affected earlier. Rey also found out about the other oddities such as not being able to sense the aura of Elder Shen Xuan's presence, and she couldn't even gauge Elder Shen Xuan's strength.
“That boy is very strong.” Inner Rey was still looking at Elder Shen Xuan.
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It was seen that Patriarch Mo, Elder Shen Xuan, and Elder Fengyi were chatting inside a room that was already prepared by Patriarch Mo. While the other Elders are not allowed to join them, because however the room is quite small and certainly will not fit to accommodate 20 people at once.
“Shen, I didn't expect that you had currently grown into a very handsome young man, surely your late Mother was happy to see her current Son.” Patriarch Mo's facial expression looked sad as he seemed to recall the memories of his late wife.
Like his reserved nature, Elder Shen Xuan only smiled in response to the words of his adoptive father Patriarch Mo.
Shen was the name given by Patriarch Mo, while Xuan was given by his late wife . Previously, Shen Xuan was a street child whose condition was very bad, thin, dry, even if accidentally hit by a bone must have broken.
At that time, Patriarch Mo and his wife were walking in a park in the middle of the city, seeing a park that turned out to be very quiet made Patriarch Mo take his wife under a large tree, which was very quiet, of course Patriarch Mo's goal was none other than to skidipapap uhuy-uhuy with his wife.
The Wife did not reject the invitation of her husband Patriarch Mo, because she wanted to be a good wife. However, just now they were going to run the sacred ritual, suddenly there was a skinny little boy right beside the tree they occupied.
Patriarch Mo and his wife felt sorry to see the skinny little boy, Patriarch Mo's Wife then asked about the place where the skinny little boy lived, the little boy did not reply, and just look at the tree beside him.
Patriarch Mo and his wife seemed to know the meaning of the little boy indirectly saying that the tree beside them was currently his residence. Finally, Patriarch Mo and his wife offered the little boy to be their adopted son and also as the older brother of their daughter Yui, who was 3 years old at the time, it seems that the little boy nodded enthusiastically.
Patriarch Mo and his wife gave Shen Xuan's name to the little boy. The little boy smiled, as he seemed to be very happy with his new name, Shen Xuan. Finally the three of them returned towards the Blue Sea Sect.
But who would have thought? The skinny little boy grew into a very strong and handsome young man, he even always won any match or competition he participated in. Of course, this made the Blue Sea Sect gain abundant praise for having talented disciples like Shen Xuan.
After 5 years passed, Patriarch Mo's wife suddenly fell ill, and in just 2 months, Patriarch Mo's wife died of the disease. From then on, Yui who was originally a cheerful child instantly became quiet, the grieving Patriarch Mo was further struck by grief at the sight of his only daughter being a sullen one.
While Shen Xuan who was then 18 was offered by Emperor Chen himself to carry out a mission, without a second thought he immediately accepted the offer. Although his expression was flat and tend to be indifferent, it was actually Shen Xuan who was the most sad among them all, because after all it was Patriarch Wife Mo who had been taking care of him without favoritism until he grew up.
Patriarch Mo asked the emperor to delay Shen Xuan's departure in just 2 weeks, as he wanted to elevate Shen Xuan to one of the Elders in his Sect. Emperor Chen did not mind that, and of course the opportunity was not passed up by Patriarch Mo, he immediately raised Shen Xuan to the 21st Elder, everyone there was sad because their idol was about to go on an unknown mission when it was completed.
They all made the most of the last moments. They held a very luxurious farewell event that took a very large cost, but it seems they all do not care about it, according to them money can not buy the happiness they get.
Day after day they went through with happy feelings, Shen Xuan also did his duty while being an Elder well like teaching the disciples, even some of the female disciples also expressed love to him, she said, because after all Shen Xuan was still very young despite already serving as an Elder.
It didn't feel like 2 weeks had passed that it was time for Shen Xuan to set out on his mission. Everyone there was sad to be mixed with happy feelings, as they naturally did not expect that Shen Xuan would be the one chosen to carry out the mission by Emperor Chen himself.
Patriarch Mo went on a hunger strike for a week because of the sadness left by his wife and also his adopted son Shen Xuan, let alone seeing Yui's mental state getting worse and worse.
However, because he did not want to see Yui sick, it finally made Patriarch Mo slowly rise up and begin to eliminate all the sad feelings that had haunted him.
