Chapter 1067: Reforms.
Shi Lang finished killing the people, one by one, he suppressed them with his aura, and then he skinned them alive. The gory sight caused the people to puke blood, as they just watched things unfold. They never expected that someone would come back inside their house, and kill their elders as if they were chickens.
The slaughter lasted for half an hour, and Shi Lang turned back, just when he was about to walk away, a young man, around fourteen years walked out of the crowd, with red blood coursing through his eyes, and he asked, "Why? Why did you do this? Answer me."
Shi Lang turned around and looking at the young man and said coldly, "They killed my siblings, they killed my fellow soldiers, and they did it without remorse. My youngest sister lacks a little when it comes to killing people. However, I don't. Those who attack the Federation, or try to trick us, they would be dealt with one method only, death."
The young man flinched, but he clenched his fists and said, "I will kill you someday."
Shi Lang looked at the young man and cast a shura illusion on his mind. He knew that killing this young man might cause the people to see him as a maniac, but since someone wanted to kill him, how can he let the man be? Shi Lang cast the illusion so that he could put an end to this whole enmity.
After a few moments, he reappeared back inside the cockpit of the space craft and Shi Ting asked, "Brother, shall we head home?"
The young man nodded and said, "You can drive, I need to calm down a little, cannot face them like this."
Shi Ting knew that he was talking about visiting the shrines of his relatives. She controlled the spacecraft as she moved, and the young man closed his eyes to meditate.
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Back on Beacon X, Amelia sat in the chair of the head of the family, and Shi Yen sat next to her, while the rest of the family elders were standing before her. She said, "You all will be given the information on how to refine pills, Mei will give you the data, and she will also give you some pills and recipes that will help you improve the potential of the bloodline to get better in cultivation. However, these recipes will be different from the ones we have traded with the Federation.
They will be the secret of the family, if any of you are to leak, then the soul of the person shall perish. Every Shi Family descendant who accepts the baptism of these recipes, they should swear on their martial hearts. Understood?"
The people nodded, and Amelia said, "The General Council have been hiding a lot of things, and the Prime Minister has just appointed me and Lang as a special consultant, so we will be handling a few things and reforms in the coming days.
Xiao Yu, you will oversee the construction of Tartarus here, and also Xiao Meng, cast high level illusion arrays, and establish practice grounds for the people and at the same time, educate the youngsters about the repairs and potential improvements of the structure. Okay?"
The three young ladies nodded and they left, they had quite a fan following in the family youth and they were going to use it to complete their tasks. Amelia looked at Shi Yen and said, "Xiao Yen, send someone to clean the cemetery, I am sure we will be visiting soon."
Shi Yen nodded and then he delegated the task to someone under him. The discussion continued, and after an hour, Shi Lang and Shi Ting arrived with each other. The people had just finished watching the whole slaughter on the holo screens and they were hesitating in approaching him.
The young man took a deep breath and looking at Amelia, he said, "We will hold the ceremony before the parents, and then we will head down to the Blue Star. It is about time we see the place once again."
Shi Ting looked at Shi Lang and asked, "Can I also come?"
Shi Lang nodded with a smile, although he viewed Shi Ting as a teenager, but he knew that this girl has gone through a lot of things in her life and thus he held back the urge to pat her head. Shi Lang looked at himself and said, "I will go take a shower."
He left the main hall, while Amelia smiled watching his back. Shi Ting asked, "Sister-in-law, is something wrong?"
Amelia shook her head and said, "He wanted to pat your head but held back. He may look like his heart is filled with nothing but blood lust but their is more to him."
Shi Ting nodded and then she smiled as she said, "I feel that the connection between us is getting stronger with every moment we spend together."
Amelia nodded in agreement and replied, "That was what Shi Lang felt as well. When he first saw you he said that you look a lot like Mom. Maybe that's why."
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The two women also bonded over the conversation and soon after Shi Lang was ready, he called over the three girls and then they headed over to the cemetery where all the Shi Family members were resting. Shi Yen said, "After you ascended, their had been a few cases where some grave robbers attacked the tombs of some fallen experts. To prevent that from happening, Lady Tao made a rule that we should cremate the fallen and bury the urns here."
Shi Lang nodded as he entered the cemetery, he counted over three hundred graves and in the center of them all stood a cluster of grand grave stones. These belonged to his siblings, and parents. Shi Lang's parent's ashes along with the ashes of Lady Knight were divided in two different portions and placed in different places.
The pavilion was for the family members to visit and remember their message stored for Shi Lang, while the rest of it was in the cemetery. Shi Lang took a deep breath and he mumbled while standing before the gravestone, "To think that I cannot even bow to you now. When I had no power, I had you, and now that I have the power to change the world, you are gone."
He presented some stalks of flowers to his close ones, and he looked at the pictures of the family members painted on the gravestone as he said, "Today, I have come over to introduce you all to three of my daughters."
He looked at Hao Mei and she stepped up beside him, as he said, "This is the second child, Hao Mei, she is the gentlest of them all and also is the most compassionate. She leads the family with emotions and virtue. She is also the strongest alchemist in the immortal plain. Please bless her and bestow your blessings on her."
Hao Mei stepped up, holding a thick stock of the lily flowers and she bowed to the three tombstones before kneeling down and knocking her head thrice on the ground. It was as if the will of the elders was still residing in the cemetery, a golden thread condensed in the void and fell on the back of Hao Mei's head and she stood up in a blink, before she bowed to Shi Lang and then moved back.
The ceremoney continued, and Shi Lang then introduced Yu Xeidi to the fallen and the little girl was blessed by the same blessings. Hao Ren really didn't know what to say at this moment, but he smiled anyhow. Yu Xeidi was not a fan of the sophisticated wordings, but she just simply said, "Hello, Grandpa, Grandma*2, Big aunt, Uncle."
She then kowtowed and then Xiao Meng came over to greet her elders, and she talked a lot. She had to be told to stay quite. After a few minutes, the young man took a deep breath and said, "From today onwards, you would be known as, Shi Hao Mei, Shi Yu Xeidi, and Shi Xiao Meng."
The three girls smiled and then knelt to kowtow to Shi Lang and Amelia. They were raised by the movement of his hand and the Terran said, "Amelia and I will be heading to the blue star, you can come over after finishing your tasks here, okay?"
The girls nodded, and then they Shi Yen said, "Umm, elder, we have prepared a feast for you all."
Shi Lang chuckled and said, "Good, I will drink and play music for you all tonight."
Amelia shook her head and said, "I will not dance."
Shi Lang smiled and shook his head as he said, "I didn't ask you to. Did, I?"
The family left the cemetery and they set up the tables, soon, Shi Lang was sitting in the void and his fingers were running across the piano. He was very fluent in his movements and the songs burst out with colors. Making every one smile and cheer.