"Mon, dad". Yanmei said weakly as she stared at the empty quiet room. She could see two shadows walking towards her. They stopped and gesture for her to follow.
"Where are you taking me?" she asked confused. The shadows didn't bother responding but continued moving. She stood rooted for five seconds before deciding to follow the shadows. As she trailed behind them, she felt as if she's walking deeper into the darkness and felt it engulfing her. The shadows finally stopped and turned slowly to her.
"My lovely Yanmei". The shadow face could finally be seen and it was the face of the very person she's been longing to see.
"Mom?" she asked scared that this is just a dream.
"My dear Yue, you've suffered a lot". The other shadow turned revealing the face of the second person she's been longing for.
"Dad?" she whispered as she felt tears running down her face.
"We love you do much, and missed you dearly. We are sorry we couldn't protect you, in the past and even now....my poor baby". The woman with the same face like hers but black eyes and long black hair said crying.
"We wanted to protect you dearly, but faith played a very cruel joke with us. We wanted to see how you look one last time and give you our last gift". The man with the same hair colour with her but blue eyes said smiling sadly as he stared at her. He stretched his hand and series of information and cultivation techniques quickly filled her brain.
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"We love you so much our baby". They both said.
"Mom! Dad! Please don't leave me! I promise to be good! Please". She pleaded as she ran towards their body that was slowly disappearing.
"We're sorry, and will always love you". They said before disappearing completely.
"NOOOO!! COME BACK!! NOOO!!" she screamed and cried trying to catch them.
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"Physician Luo what's wrong with my mei'er?" general Zhou asked scared as he watched her sweating profusely and turning paler and seems to be in pain. He held her hands and it was cold as ice.
"General..... Zhou... I... Don't....know.... Please punish this incompetent physician". Physician Luo quickly knelt down kowtowing. He can feel a strange energy surrounding the young miss but can't tell what exactly it is. He dares not tell the general or he may end up losing not only his head but that of his family.
"NOOOOO.... MOM! DAD! PLEASEl DON'T LEAVE ME! I'M SCARED!" Yanmei suddenly screamed out crying. General Zhou and Zhou Honghui were heartbroken as they listened to her pitiful cry. General Zhou turned his face to the side and cried as he remembered his beloved son and daughter-in-law.
"I'm so sorry gang'er (Zhou Gang He, Yanmei father) and Yue'er (Tang Yue, Yanmei mother), father failed to protect your precious child". General Zhou wiped bitterly. He was feeling very guilty for not being there to protect his son and daughter-in-law, and now he failed to protect his grandchild.
"I'm so sorry gang'er and Yue'er, please forgive little brother for breaking his promise". Zhou Honghui cried bitterly too.
"General.... I've been able to reduce the cold from spreading, this are some herbs that you should feed to the young miss... For now this is all I can do till the young miss wakes up". Physician Luo said fearfully.
"Someone! Excort physician Luo to one of the room". General Zhou said sternly. Immediately a servant came in, physician Luo as no choice but to bow and quietly follow the servant.
"Guard the door and don't let anyone step into her room". General Zhou commanded and immediately three dark figures appeared and bowed before disappearing. Turning to Zhou Honghui, he said: "Come with me". And they both left the room.
Immediately they left, a faint light emitted from Yanmei body as Feng Huang appeared. He looked at her sadly as a faint light flown from his finger straight towards her heart. Immediately, she started breathing normally and the ice in her body melted slowly.
"I can't let you die, it's time for you to start your journey, we have little time to get ready. The journey ahead is lonely and difficult but I promise to guild you and protect you to fulfill your destiny". Feng Huang said with emotions as he looked straight into space. He had been with her since she was born and know all what she has gone through. He felt all her pain, hurt and loneliness. He watched as she lost all hope and became emotionless but he couldn't do anything. The only thing she ever longed for was love but sadly she never had it and she got used to it.
He stared at her for a while as he caress her hair calmly. Her eyes fluttered slightly as she started waking up.
"Huang?" Yanmei called weakly. She stared at the handsome godlike man in front of her as she smiled slightly.
"Yes it's me, how do you feel now?" he asked concerned.
"I never thought there would come a day I could actually see the great king of mystical beast show such expression". Yanmei said smiling.
"You.... Forget it, enjoy it while it last". Feng Huang gave up.
"This body is too weak, I want to get stronger, there are some bitches and bastards I need to take care of personally". Yanmei said emitting a cold and sinister aura.
"There's still poison in your body that's why you were unconscious for three days. Whenever you use your power, it triggers the poison in your body to act and now that it's triggered it'll continue eating you up until you die, and sadly it's spreading very fast and the only way to save you is to remove the poison completely from your body or once it spreads to your heart there's no way again". Feng Huang explains.
Yanmei was silent for a while before asking, "How long do I've before the poison reach my heart?"
"You had only one week left and you were already changing to a frozen stature but I poured some of my spiritual energy into your heart to protect it, so you have one month left before the poison breaks the barrier and freeze your heart".
Yanmei smiled coldy, the person who poisoned her calculated everything well, even if she managed to start cultivating she'll die. So she have no choice but to be a trash and wait for death. They didn't even give her any chance to fight and would watch her die slowly. "I'm sorry to disappoint them but I, Zhou Yue Yanmei, I'm not a pushover and would never accept that fate! I've died once but I'll not die again!" she declared. As if acknowledging her, the whole sky darkened and loud thunder could be heard shaking the ground. The shout of the spirit beast could be heard from the mountain. A strange wind flew inside the room and surrounded her as her dress dance in the wind her long silver hair flew, her golden eyes shinning brighter than ever.
Feng Huang bower before her, "Master I promise to follow you till the end". He declared firmly.