Violet looked around but she could not find the shadow of the Empress. She hesitated but then the voice came again "You can use the Heavenly Ice Sword as the bet." Violet was stunned.
Heavenly Ice Sword was another divine artifact of Emperor Lin! After all, the Emperor was known as Twin Blades Sword Saint. Even after he became a Sword God, the Emperor still sometimes used both Heavenly Flame Sword and Heavenly Ice Sword.
After the fall of the Emperor, many people had been trying to master the two swords, however they always ended up in failure.
To begin with, there were not many sword experts in the clan as Valentine clan was known for their magics, not sword arts. As a result, the two swords were still without a master until the present day.
"Sure, why not?! I'll put the Heavenly Ice Sword. I just hope that someone won't go back on her words after losing her bet" Violet spoke in annoyance. She decided to trust the voice in her mind.
Everyone was shocked including Victoria. She wondered whether she made a mistake and fell on her own trap or was Violet such a fool?
This bet involved two divine artifacts! After all, counting the whole Black Snow Empire, there were less than 20 divine artifacts. No wonder everyone was astonished.
Victoria temper was already well known, however Violet usually could keep her cool. Did Victoria managed to provoke her that much, causing her to make such a poor decision?
"You took my words." Victoria replied. She showed a confidence expression on the outside, but inside she was not that carefree.
Reynold asked his father, the patriarch, on whether there was something special about Erza or not. However, he did not receive any reply.
Grandpa Qing was speechless. On the other hand, Marc was pondering about something. No one knew what he was thinking.
While everyone in the outside world was discussing about the bet, Erza arrived in the unknown world. She had no idea that her performance was now subject to a bet involving two divine artifacts.
She saw that the sky was red in colour and there was no living being around her. Breathing here was a bit harder than in the outside world. Soon, she realized that she was actually standing in the middle of an ancient ruin. She had a feeling that in the past, this place was a magnificent city.
"Where is this? I follow my dream to participate in this test. So far, everything goes according to my dream. However, after arriving at this point, things start to be fuzzy." Erza tried to recall her dream while walking aimlessly around the ruins.
"Welcome to my Samsara World." Suddenly, there was a voice coming from behind her. Erza was badly startled.
She turned around quickly and saw an astonishing beautiful woman was walking toward her. She was like a potrait of a Goddess, unbelievable perfect in every way. Her body was like an art from heaven. Her silver hair and red pupils were bewitching enough to topple an empire.
She wore a V-neck long white dress with an enchanting crystal blue necklace placed nicely between the lines.
Living in Valentine clan, Erza had already been exposed to a fair number of beautiful women. However, at this moment, she believed that no one could hold a candle against the woman in front of her.
"Who are you, Your Majesty?" Erza inquired. However, she did not receive any reply. Instead, the woman asked "What kind of ruler are you? Will you become a benevolent empress? Or will you rule the world by force?"
Erza stunned. She was still a six years old girl who had not even start her academy life. She had never thought of becoming an empress. She just wanted to lead a happy and peaceful life.
While Erza was still in daze, the woman waved her right hand. Next, the space around her twisted and the last thing that Erza could see was the fairy like tattoo mark on the back of the woman hand. After that, her vision blurred and Erza lost her consciousness.
When Erza opened her eyes, she seemed to be back in the real world. She obtained six colours mark from the Samsara Orb and became the clan true heaven chosen. She grew up. She entered the number one academy in Black Snow Empire, Black Snow Royal Academy, and later graduated with exceptional results.
After that, she started to contribute to her clan and ended up helping Lance fighting for the throne. In the end, Lance managed to become the emperor, while Erza was chosen as one of the Imperial Preceptors.
To consolidate his position, Lance arranged Erza to have a political marriage with someone from Seven Colour Pagoda Clan, another big clan in Black Snow Empire.
Years later, she had a son and a daughter. However, when she grew older, her husband took a young concubine whose schemes managed to kill both of her children.
Growing old without her son and daughter, she ended up being discarded by her husband and died alone in agony.
Erza was unwilling and wanted a revenge. She swore that if she was given another chance, then she would make a different choice. If the world forced her to her doom, then she would rule the world herself.
After a while, Erza was able to open her eyes again and she was back to the clan hall. She was reborn! In this new life, she decided to fight for the throne. Using various means, she managed to become the Empress.
In the process, she killed those people from Valentine clan who thought that she was an outsider and did not deserve the throne. She also slaughtered her enemies from the other big clans. She ruled the empire by force. No man dared to marry her and she also felt that no man was her equal.
When she grew older, various parties rebelled in the name of freedom. She ended up executed by the rebels in the middle of a street, in front of the people of the empire. People threw dirty things to her face, they cursed and paraded her corpse around the capital for 3 days straight.
She felt lonely and empty. People on her side like the Third Lady and Grandpa Qing were also executed. She regretted. She pondered what exactly she was fighting for? She thought that if she was given another chance, she would become a benevolent ruler, loved by her people.
Another life started. This time she chose to become a kind empress. She managed to ascend to the throne by her political skills. She roped in neutral sides, formed a big coalition, and convinced the people of the empire to stand on her side.
She used force as little as possible. If there was a dispute, she would try to solve it first through discussion and compromise. She eventually fell in love with one of her great generals. They married and had a son. However, during a love making session, the husband poisoned her and sealed her cultivation base. She became his puppet to control the empire.
As she grew more powerless, the emperor put her on house arrest with excuse of her being sickly. The emperor enjoyed his life with his young concubines. Her son, the crown prince, was plotted and assassinated during the fight against fellow princes.
She cried out in agony. Her heart was broken into pieces. In the end, she was killed when the new emperor ascended to the throne.
Her samsara life continued on and on again. New life started after she died. Regardless of whatever choices in life she made, she always ended up suffering. Her body was ravaged and tortured numerous times. She was barely able to hold on with a clear mind. Her soul was tired.
There was a voice in her mind which told her to give up. There was no point of living if one needed to suffer and strugle until the very end.
Years passed by in the samsara world but in the real world it had only been around 2 hours. The first who came out was George. The orb was glowing with four colours. Few elders from the third household were full of smiles.
Next was Felicia who also obtained four colours mark. Victoria was excited, whereas the third household people felt the pressure. The third lady still kept her cool. Seeing no worries on Violet face, Victoria mood went down a bit and she became worried. Nevertheless, she did not show it on the outside.
After that, it was the other boy from the first household. He only obtained one colour and became the shame of the first household.
Finally, there was another glow coming from the orb. It started from red, orange, yellow, then came green. "Another decent talent? Who is it?" Some people tried to guess.
"Hey, isn't that blue colour?!" Few people noticed an additional colour.
"It's Loki!" Some people exclaimed when they saw Loki appeared on the training ground.
Loki lied down on the floor unmoving. He was unconscious. Reynold came forward to pick him up. After Loki wake up, he seemed not to be himself. He muttered some strange words and kept looking around trying to find someone or something.
That was a normal reaction. All of the children would lose their consciousness when they were back from the samsara world. Some would wake up with calm expression, some would be shaken, while some would be half crazy.
It was not uncommon that someone wake up with crazy mind, crippled, or simply never wake up again. After a while, Loki regained himself and calmed down.
As everyone was still talking about Loki achievement, there was suddenly a reaction from the orb. The orb trembled for a short while before it shone brightly in seven colours! No one talked anymore. They were deeply shaken to their cores.
This was a seven colour mark! A legend was born right in front of their eyes! Next, everyone could see a body thrown out from the orb.
"It's him!" Everyone saw a boy floating above the testing ground unconscious. He was the mysterious boy covered in black robe. The Supreme Elder swiftly went forward to receive the boy, and then before anyone else could react, he used space magic to leave the main hall.
He brought the mysterious boy away with him, leaving behind the shaken crowds. Shorty after, everyone exploded.
"Who is he?!"
"Where is he coming from? Is he related with Valentine clan?"
"Damn, I need to report this to clan head." Few spies from the other clans secretly thought.
No one knew who was the boy. Few elders tried to reach out to the Supreme Elder but they received no reply. Some people also went to inquire the patriarch, but John just smiled in return.
While everyone was busy discussing about the identity of the boy, Lance came out. Surprisingly, he obtained six colours! Marc and the rest of fourth household members were beyond excited.
Reynold and Victoria could only stare in envy. Violet congratulated Marc and wished Lance the best of luck. Furthermore, some elders took their communication devices to inform the palace about the appearance of six colours talent in their clan.
The other clans spies also went to inform their respective employers. In a short time, people of Black Snow Empire would be aware of the emergence of peak level geniuses in Valentine clan, Lance and the mysterious boy.
"Eh? Where is the girl?"
"You mean Erza? Maybe she is dead. She entered first but now the other children are all already out, she is still inside." Someone from the second household laughed.
"Hahahaha.. Someone needs to start wrapping the gift." A person from the first household added. The faces of everyone from the third household were ugly.
"If I am you guys, I will not count my eggs before they hatched." Unexpectedly, it was someone from the fourth household who stood up.
"If I am you, I will try to catch as little attention as possible. Otherwise, it might invite unwanted accident." A person from the first household bite back while staring at Lance.
"Are you threatening us?!"
"Enough!" The patriarch voice reverberated throughout the hall. Everyone else shut their mouth.
Suddenly a piercing bright light came out from the orb. It was too bright, causing most people could not open their eyes. Then, dark light abruptly came out. It was so dark, making a person could not even see their fingers. After that, the bright and the dark lights magically mixed together forming Yin and Yang symbol!
In front of the Yin and Yang symbol, a space hole appeared and people could see a six years old girl was coming out!