At those words, Mo Yin's gaze went blank for a moment, but he did not truly believe it and continued playing dumb. "Mother, you..."
Before he could finish, Li Lingbi said at once, "Your mother won't be coming back either."
At that, Mo Yin could no longer keep up the act. He anxiously pressed, "What happened to my mother?"
Indeed, ever since he had developed the so-called Soul-Loss Syndrome,
his father, mother, and the other members of the imperial family had all treated him poorly.
But blood was thicker than water. There were still the most basic familial feelings between them.
Besides, no matter how unwelcome he was, hadn't they still sent him to Dongting Immortal Sect?
Seeing this, Xu Changqing decisively took out a supreme grade black-rind watermelon and shared it among everyone nearby. They ate watermelon while watching the show unfold.
"What exactly happened?"
"Lingbi, hurry up and tell us!"
"We want to know too!"
Everyone urged him on.
Li Lingbi no longer hid the truth and immediately gave the answer. "Within the Black Rust imperial family, a group of people secretly colluded with the Yellow Springs Alliance. Taking advantage of the war between humans and demons, they suddenly launched a coup."
"The reigning emperor, empress, and more than a thousand imperial family members are all gone."
With a thud, Mo Yin dropped to his knees. Looking utterly lost, he said, "No, that's impossible. Father and Mother had so many people protecting them. How could something have happened?"
Central Region, the land where humans and demons were locked in chaotic battle.
There had to be a reason the Black Rust Dynasty had endured for a thousand years.
How could a coup happen just because someone said so? It was far too absurd.
Xu Changqing and the others beside