Chapter 1733 Preparations
?"If I might interject," Qiu Jianhong of the elders spoke out loud.
Everyone's eyes turned toward him with a curious look on their faces.
"Elder Qiu," Alex said. "Do you have something to say?"
"Yes," Qiu Jianhong said before turning toward Hannah. "I congratulate the young lady Hannah for having completely healed, but I must let you know that you cannot have your marriage right now."
"What do you mean?" Alex asked.
"Your Majesty," the old man turned back toward Alex. "Before we think of marriage or any other thing, we need to prepare for a funeral."
"A funeral?" Alex asked with surprise before understanding. "Right... Yao Ning's funeral. I thought you guys did it already."
"We had no confirmation that she had died before you returned your Majesty," Tan Yang spoke up. "Or maybe, we were deluding ourselves into thinking there was no evidence to suggest her death. But it has been confirmed now, so we have been waiting for you to completely heal before we move on that."
"Is this about the elder who I heard died in order to save us?" Hannah asked.
Alex and the rest nodded.
"Then I agree," she said. "Our marriage can wait. It's for show only anyway. Let us give the elder the proper funeral she deserves."
Everyone nodded.
"Go make all the preparations you need to make," Alex ordered. "Tell her family about it too. Let them be the ones to do it."
The elders nodded, but they were still somewhat hesitant about it all. "Your Majesty," Hou Xinya called out. "If we hold a big funeral, the people will realize what is going on. Do you let the news spread?"
Alex thought for a moment. Was there any reason to hide the news? There would be panic and unrest for sure if the regular citizens found out that the Emperor of the Eastern Continent had killed one of their strongest individuals.
Alex shook his head. "Give Yao Ning the biggest funeral you can," he said. "As for the truth, let it spread. Tell them we'll have our revenge too. There's no point in hiding it anyway."
"Is that... very bad?" Helen asked from the side.
"Not very bad," Alex said. "Sister's cultivation base has dropped, but that's all there is. She is still able to continue on her cultivation journey and reach the cultivation base she had before."
"That's a relief," Liz said. "As long as there are no long-lasting problems. It's fine."
Hannah nodded. "That's alright," she said. "I can get back to my original cultivation base any time I want."
"I wish I had your speed too, sister," Alex said with a sigh before leaving to do his job as a King of the entire continent.
There were many things that needed his hands that the elders couldn't decide, which had been put off for a long time.
Hannah's return to health had been spread amongst the small group of people who were close to Alex, so they had come to meet her and give her well wishes.
Zhan Luoyang arrived with old man Zhou Linfan.
"Little sister!" Zhan Louyang's eyes widened in happiness seeing the healthy Hannah. "Congratulations."
"Forgive me, child. I should have arrived to aid you much sooner. That way you wouldn't have to have gone through all that trouble in the past," Zhou Linfan said after meeting Hannah. "Still, to make up for it, let me make you some meals that will bring your body back to life. That ki— I mean, his Majesty has already asked me to do so for him, so I can do it for the both of you."
Wen Cheng, Lang Shun, Luo Mei, and her husband, Du Yuhan arrived sometime later. They were the ones most close to Alex, so they had received the news a little earlier.
Alex introduced his master, his martial uncle, and his senior sister to Hannah, and they started sharing all the stories they had about Alex.
Kong Yuhan, Wan Li, Zhou Mi, and Fan Ruogang were much later, but they still came to meet Hannah.
Hannah spent her days with her family, learning about what they had been doing the entire time. Hearing about the past made her happy and sad.
While she had already known that her father was dead, hearing how her mother had found that out had brought back the grief once again.
Liz stayed by Hannah's side the entire time, not letting her out of her sight. She had finally had her child returned to her, so she wasn't going to let her go any time soon.
The funeral preparation had been completed in 5 days, and a pyre had been prepared in the Skyfire City, in the Yao clan's ancestral ground.
This was the family that Yao Ning had been born to, so it was only right that her end was here as well. While nothing of Yao Ning's body had been present for the funeral, people had still gathered around items that they associated with Yao Ning which they were going to burn in her name.
Alex and the rest arrived at the funeral ground, and their arrival marked the beginning of the funeral.