143 The Hand of Friendship

As suggested by Pangu the various forces of alliance created a taskforce whose sole purpose was to gather the contents of the remaining stone staeles.

It was by no means an easy task, the only thing that each of them got from the staele's were the location of the next one but nothing about the challenges surrounding them.

After an arduous 7 long months they had pieced together the entire puzzle thus creating a complete technique Pangu glanced at the technique as he sighed the memories of the last few months came to him.

Flashback a few months ago,

Pangu was moving towards the mess area when he came face to face with Nuwa herself.

Nuwa glanced at her own flesh and blood as the feeling of guilt and remorse rose within her which was being reflected by her eyes as she gazed at her son, "Pangu how have you been?"

Pangu: "I have been well, I married the love of my life though I recently lost my 'in laws', and otherwise I have been fine and you?"

Nuwa: "How can we be without our son? You have always been our pride and joy yet now you refuse to even acknowledge me as your mother."

Pangu shook his head as he spoke, "Senior Nuwa you are mistaken you brought me to this world that is always true and always will be no matter what happens I will never claim otherwise, but our relationship ends there, I have already severed my 'Fate Threads' that connected me to you as such we have no relation what so ever."

Nuwa replied back, "We refuse, you are our child no matter how much you deny it, it will never change we will never allow it."

Pangu gave a sigh of resignation as he said, "Fine believe what you want just leave me alone."

Before he could move away he was stopped by a hand firmly grasping his legs stopping him he cast his glance down as his eyes widen Nuwa was on her knees as she held his legs firmly as she bowed her head low touching his feet as she wept, "Please please child come back home come back to your mother please we will do anything to atone for our sins anything so please give us chance please come back home."

Pangu looked at her with pity in his eyes by now their confrontation had gather quite a few audience as he looked at them Pangu idly thought, 'the only thing they need is a couple of couches and wine.'

Nuwa one of the greatest 'Array Master' which had ever lived, was on her knees holding Pangu's legs begging for mercy who wouldn't want to see something like that.

Pangu scowled at that they may not be related anymore but he will not let someone who held great respect for her because of her status as an Array Master.

Pangu grabbed her hand as he tried to make her release him as he spoke, "Senior, please release me and stand up."

Nuwa stubbornly refused, "NO we will never release you, you are our son, we will not let you leave."

Pangu felt a terrible headache coming from all this, since the time they agreed to use Antariskh's ship he knew a confrontation was inevitable but like this he did not want for it to be.

Pangu spoke kindly as he held her shoulder as he spoke, "Senior, how about this you go and gather others then I will speak with everyone of you together not separately is this acceptable."

Nuwa wanted to refuse but Pangu cutoff her, "Please", Nuwa nodded at that she will do anything to get her child back with that she let Pangu leave as she quickly went to gather others.

Meanwhile Pangu changed his direction and went towards his cabin which he shared with his wife.

Apolonia: "Love you look troubled is there any problem."

Pangu glanced at her as he spoke, "Senior Nuwa came across me today, when I told her I am not her son she broke down crying as she held my legs preventing me from leaving, not only that she begged as she lowered her head on my feet for me to return back home."

Apolonia was stunned she knew how prideful Pangu's parents are, they did rather die than lower their heads but today was really something, to throw away their pride for their child was not something many cultivators would do rarely does someone has guts to acknowledge their mistakes and seek for atonement, especially in case of cultivators who did rather die than throw away their pride.

Apolonia understood the amount of love Pangu's mother had for her, but still her Amma and Abba are the best as they never betrayed her like Nuwa, but …..

She sighed as she spoke, "Love I believe you should give them a second chance."

Seeing Pangu was about to protest she raised her delicate finger putting it on Pangu's lips with a shushing sound preventing him from speaking, "I understand that any relationship you had with them had ceased to exist any future you had with them had vaporized while past lays in a meaningless heap with the present being frivolous. But upon saying that another road opens up for you that is of friendship, you can start anew with them as a stranger meeting another stranger becoming friend, in a way as a person had his clothes burned he buys another, it may look the same but at the end of the day it is not the cloth you had previously everything related to it is gone and now this new cloth is replacing it similarly why not extends a hand of friendship to them."

Pangu silently contemplated Apolonia's words before he cracked a smile, "I do not know what I would do without the brilliance of my wise wife."

Apolonia gave a coy smile as she spoke, "Why of course you would be living a life of a cave man in that backwater planet."

Pangu gave a playful glare as he hugged his wife who melted into her husband's embrace as she genly kissed his cheeks.

A couple of hour later Pangu and his wife made way into a private room where his ex-family were now sitting waiting for him.

As he entered he gave soft smile as he spoke, "Greetings Seniors, it has been a while."

A few hours of heated discussion filled with lots of begging, crying and lots of snot dripping his ex-family had relented to accept his offer of friendship although he knew it would be not the last time they will not pester him to rejoin his ex-family but what really astounded him were Shamiran and Antariskh since the beginning they tried to extend their hand of friendship to him instead like the rest of them who were asking him to rejoin the family.

He sighed as he pushed back those memories into the deepest recesses of his mind as he looked at the complete form of the technique as he frowned hard.