Sky Ruler
34. Facts of 'Sky Stones'

"The poison given by your Uncle, it has indeed been absorbed completely. However, the black octopus poison you obtained recently, 'The Sky Stone' 'was the one that cleaned it up. If it's a little late, your body will become weak, and all the power in your body will disappear for good."

Liiu Yaoshan scratched his non-itchy head. He was confused by all the words his mother gave him. His body was poisoned? by when? why did he not realize it himself? liiu Yaoshan thought.

"You must still be confused by what your mother said, right? Don't worry, I'll tell you everything. Come here!"

Liiu Yaoshan shifted his sitting position closer towards Liiu Donghai. He then prepared himself to listen to all the stories that his father would tell.

"It all started with your uncle's greed. He wanted to seize power in the Sky Palace, and also snatch the great power stored in Father's 'Stone of Heaven."

"Your uncle, then ordered the demon of his trust to harm Dad. Several times Father has been attacked by deadly poison from the black octopus demon. Fortunately, the poison was always absorbed by the 'Stone of Heaven' that I always carry everywhere."

"However, one day, Dad accidentally heard your Uncle was talking to a foreign man. They planned to kidnap your mother, and would ask Dad to exchange her for 'The Sky Stone'. Dad then told me everything I heard to your mom. And it was your own mother who advised Father to hide this 'Stone of Heaven' in Pian Lu Hill" Liiu Donghai concluded.

"But Father, what does 'Glove Stone' have to do with my recent intoxication? I was also still confused, how could I be exposed to the poison of a black octopus! As I told you, the octopus demon must be in the Sky Palace, right, now?" liiu Yaoshan asked curiously.

Listening to the story of the father, Liiu Yaoshan assumed that the octopus demon was with his Uncle now. So, how could he be exposed to the poison again, if he had always been on earth?

"You're wrong, son! The octopus demon was not in the Sky Palace!" liiu Donghai's rebut made her Son feel astonished.

"If so, where is the octopus demon now?" liiu Yaoshan asked in full investigation.

"In Pian Lu City! And the Mayor who now served there, was actually an octopus stealth incarnation!" liiu Donghai said that made Liiu Yaoshan to be shocked to death.

"It's only fitting that I always felt something strange about what happened in Pian Lu City. Apparently, all this is because of the act of an octopus demon." Liiu Yaoshan murmured to himself.

Queen Xia Shi glanced at her now confused-looking Son.

"There is no need to be confused, my son. The octopus demon was indeed assigned to look for the existence of the 'Sky Stone' by your Uncle, Liiu Yanhui. That was why, the existence of the octopus demon was never far away from the 'Heaven Stone'. But unfortunately, the power that protects Pian Lu's hill is too strong, to make the octopus demon can not penetrate into here." said Queen Xia Shi with a sweet smile that always adorned her face.

"I remember! There was a man Grandfather of Pian Lu's hill guard, who was surprised by my arrival. He said, I am very great because I can easily enter the hill area." said Liiu Yaoshan who remembered the figure of Grandpa Yan.

Liiu Donghai smiled at Liiu Yaoshan's words. Of course he was very familiar with the figure of Grandfather whom his Son told him about, that person was Grandpa Yan!

Yan's grandfather was the one who was sent by his father Liiu Liiu Donghai, Dongyi's grandfather to guard him from danger. However, after Liiu Yanhui's plan was uncovered, Liiu Donghai asked specifically for Grandfather Yan, to guard the 'Heaven Stone' he had hidden in Pian Lu's hill.

Until now, Grandfather Yan still remained in the Pian Lu hill and still faithfully obeyed his orders even though the current Liiu Donghai was gone. Only a fragment of his soul remained, which was now inside the void space of the 'Stone of Heaven'.

"Of course you will easily enter the area of Pian Lu hill, because in your blood flows the blood of my descendants, the blood of the Celestial Master!" liiu Donghai replied with a meaningful smile to Liiu Yaoshan.

"So, you mean Dad? Father himself, who made the shield on this hill of Pian Lu?" liiu Yaoshan asked curiously who was answered nodding his head by Liiu Donghai.

"Only a pure Sky Ruler's bloodline can break through the shield that Father made." Liiu Donghai said.

Liiu Yaoshan furrowed his brows, if his Father's words were correct, then what about Grandpa Yan?

He is not a pure blood descendant!

And his Uncle, he was a pure descendant, why couldn't he come and break through Pian Lu's hill as well?

"Dad, if it's true what you said. Then, what about Grandpa Yan, as well as Uncle?" Liiu Yaoshan finally could not help his sense of rudeness.

He dared to ask, rather than having to dissolve in his own confusion.

"There's something you need to know, my son. Your uncle, it is not pure to have a bloodline of Sovereigns. He's not actually your Grandpa's real son. However, from birth, it was your grandfather who took care of him like a child himself. And Dad, too, always thought of him like Dad's own little brother. And regarding Grandpa Yan, he was an exception. He can freely go in and out of Pian Lu hill as he pleases, as long as his heart, origin, soul remains clean." Liiu Donghai said.

Liiu Yaoshan was increasingly clueless as to what the father was talking about. The more he tried to figure it out, the more confused he was in thinking about it.

"Alright, Son! We don't have much time, you can ask your Grandfather the whole story. Now, focus on what your father will give you." said Queen Xia Shi gently as she rubbed the top of Liiu Yaoshan's head.

Liiu Donghai waved his hand. Instantly, a large flat stone appeared not far from where they were sitting at the moment.

"Stay on that flat rock, son. Absorb all the power that is in the 'Stone of Heaven' into your body." said Liiu Donghai who was nodding his head back by Liiu Yaoshan.

"You have to go for a month on this flat rock" he said, holding his Son to approach the rock.

Liiu Yaoshan frowned, a month is a very long time. How could he possibly do asceticism for that long here, whereas he had the responsibility of looking after Yihua who was still out there.

"Don't worry, son. A month's time inside the 'Stone of Heaven' room was the same as a day's time in the outside world."

"What?! Just one day?!" Liiu Yaoshan was shocked upon hearing the father's words.

"True, just one day. And I'm very confident in your abilities, you'll definitely be able to complete this hermitage in less than a month. Try harder, so you can get it done quickly."