The Frostmoon Family
Author: Vibrant
last update2026-05-10 08:40:53

'I definitely don't remember anything related to having a sister in the memories you showed me, am I right?'

{It must've been a malfunction, the memories were incomplete or flawed}

"You're getting more unreliable...." Yan Ming muttered then hurriedly stepped aside to avoid the impact.

She had blonde hair tied up in braids, tiny freckles on her face and a cute face.

'That was close.'

The girl paused in her steps, raised her head and stared into his eyes with puppy eyes, tiny drops of tears beside her eyes "Brother, don't you love me anymore?"

'Okay what's going on here?'

{I have no idea}

---

"Do I really have to stay here for so long?" Yan Ming grumbled with a muffled voice.

He was walking across the villa after barely escaping from the clutches of his half sister Aurelia.

Draxus was the only son of his mother who died shortly after giving birth to him, he lived in his mother's courtyard with Aurelia who was taken in by his mother from a young age.

Unlike Draxus who was barely able to cultivate to the third stage of the body tempering realm, Aurelia was unable to cultivate at all, she had zero talent for cultivation and was declared a cripple, ignored by the family.

The only reason the two could stay in the villa was because of his mother who had once been a member of the family, they couldn't just throw them out after all, Draxus was still the fifth son of the family head.

She was worried when the seventh son Chris suddenly invited him for a hunt, she almost passed out from fear when an unconscious Draxus was brought over to the courtyard with bruises all over his body.

Fortunately they were just minor bruises that healed up in a few hours with the help of the medicines given to him.

The maids nearby would stop and point towards him, whispering inaudible words to each other, he could've strained himself to listen or amplify his hearing with Qi but he couldn't be bothered with them, he walked along with a carefree smile on his face.

{Master I'll suggest you cultivate for a while}

'Don't worry, I'll just check around for a while then return to the courtyard, a few minutes won't hurt. You should focus on unsealing the flames.'

{We're in a race against time master, the faster you regain your strength the better it will be for us or the consequences might be dire}

Yan Ming halted his steps, right in his sight was a huge dragon statue over twelve meters tall with wings spread wide, it's head raised high, a proud look on it's lifelike expression.

'A race against time, that's the same thing he said right? I can still remember it, even though it's been long.'

---

"Yan Ming what are you looking at?" The sudden voice caused him to lose his standing, almost falling into the deep gully stretching far ahead just a few feets away from him.

"What is wrong with you Ai Ming? You could walk about normally without moving like a ghost and it'll be fine!"

Ai Ming scratched his head with an awkward look on his face "You know it's not my fault Yan Ming, I can't make a sound even if I want to."

"Forget that, what's wrong?"

"The barrier broke again, The others are waiting for you." Ai Ming said with a solemn look on his face.

Hearing this, his face changed once again, he let out a huge sigh and said "The gully is expanding, the longer this drags on the worse it'll be, at this point it might go out of control."

The two fell silent for a few seconds, Yan Ming's red hair were slumped like autumn leaves on the verge of rotting.

"Come over, we'll know what to do there."

Ai Ming said then walked away with light steps, Yan Ming followed behind with a thoughtful look on his face. After walking for a while the two reached a clearing, a little campfire was set with logs of wood arranged round it.

"Tian Yi! you're back." Ames said with a smile.

Tian Yi in pure white clothing, her long hair drooping over her shoulders raised her head and said "Yeah I returned early, there's no reason for me to stay there anymore, they're all dead. I failed, there was little I could do."

The campfire fell silent, the others had crestfallen looks on their faces, Yan Ming walked over and sat beside the campfire with a light snort.

"You should've just let me go over, I knew she would mess things up."

"You aren't making things better Yan Ming, the gully might break out at any moment we need you and Ai Ming stationed there, there are only ten of us and there's only so much we can do." A young teen said, he had black hair and eyes, at first glance he looked no different from an average human but the rest fell silent when they heard his words.

"What do we do?" Tian Yi asked with a light voice.

"There's no other choice, we have to proceed with our initial plan regardless of the cost, everyone of us. We're in a race against time and we must treasure every minute we have."

---

"It's been long I felt that thrill, millions of years idling around doing nothing but managing the infernal realm, I've gotten way too dull, ever since the end of the dark age." Yan Ming thought with a light shake of his head, everytime he recalled the incidents during the dark age was like torture, a thorn gnawing at his soul.

"Alright then, the earlier I leave the mortal realm the better it is..."

"Draxus!!"

The sudden voice made Yan Ming who had decided to return to the courtyard raise an eyebrow, turning around he could see Chris standing a few meters ahead staring at him.

"Well, well... What have we here!"

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