Bai Lei rushes over to his study with Ren but as soon as they enter, he turns to Ren and says "Speak." Ren lightly bows and says "After your command, we went to see if anything had changed with the Under Realm and we found the barrier had been damaged..."
Bai Lei narrows his eyes and says "Damaged how?" Ren frowns and shakes his head saying "It looks like the impact came from within but we can't rule out the possibility of them receiving help from the outside."
Bai Lei nods his head and turns to face the window while saying "Leave several Shadow Guards there to keep an eye on it... if there are any changes, let me know immediately." Ren nods but his frown continues to grow as he disappears.
Bai Lei clenches his fist as he looks out the large window facing the large mountains. How were they breaking the barrier? His Grandfather sacrificed his life to erect that barrier... The people from the Under Realm use to be like the rest of the Realms Until they started messing with evil...
The people from the Under Realm suddenly became stronger and shocked the entire world but no one really knew how. Others figured it was a new cultivating technic but then one day, Bai Lei's Grandfather and his men witnessed the people from the Under Realm killing and eating women for power.
It shocked and disgusted them so they confronted the people from the Under Realm but it only caused a large backlash. A war broke out that nearly destroyed life as we know it but Bai Lei's Grandfather, Lady Xue's father, sacrificed himself to create a barrier around the Under Realm.
Sealing all the evil people up within the Realm so that they couldn't harm the rest of the world. He wanted to kill them, to erase them from the face of the planet but he wasn't strong enough. No one was... so that was the only thing he could do.
Since the Demonic Realm sits on the border of the Under Realm, he felt like it was his responsibility to take them out. To keep his people from being killed... Bai Lei closes his eyes and instantly sees the strong laughing man known as his Grandfather.
He was more than just a Grandfather, he was like a father to Bai Lei as well... Now, all Bai Lei had left was his Mother. Bai Lei slowly opens his eyes as the sun's last rays of sunlight streak across the darkening sky. Well, he had more than just his Mother now... a pair of jade color eyes come to mind making him smile.
When she was sitting on his bed looking up at him with those jade-like eyes... his insides clench as he slowly closes his eyes. She was so pretty is was hypnotizing... he finds himself slipping into those eyes and falling further and further.
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The next morning, I get up and stretch with a yawn. I look around the empty room with a slight frown. I guess he's still busy... I can't help but keep thinking about the Under Realm that was mentioned before.
It wasn't so much the Realm as it was his reaction... I'll just ask him about it later. I get cleaned up and change into a new white dress with a smile. I really didn't like other colors... But when I sit in front of the small mirror, I freeze.
I lean forward with a frown and look over my face with suspicion. Why do I feel that I look... different. "My Lady?" Chyou calls out to me from behind causing me to jump and hit my knee on the table. I grab my knee and slowly lower my head onto the SOLID WOOD table in silence.
Chyou runs over in a panic asking "My lady! Are you okay? Do I need to call for a doctor!?" I lift my face up and look at her in disbelief as I say "My ass isn't on fire! I just hit my knee... Don't sneak up on me like that..." I say rubbing my sore knee.
Chyou twists the ends of her sleeves as she says "I'm really sorry my lady... I ... I just wanted to see if you were ready for breakfast? You didn't eat dinner last night..." I look at her with despair. "Alright alright, I'm sorry okay? You didn't do anything wrong. I just need to pay more attention to my surroundings and I would love breakfast."
Chyou looks like she wants to say something else so I quickly wave her off and sigh with relief once she's gone. "Can this Grandfather have breakfast with you?" Zhen says from the door behind me. I look up to find the morning sun washing over him in a warm, golden glow.
I smile at him and stand up while saying "I wouldn't have it any other way! It's gonna take me a bit to get used to you looking so..." Zhen chuckles and says "Young?" I nod my head as he chuckles again while saying "Everyone from our fox clan was like this... it's just a part of who we are."
I nod my head and walk over to the table as Chyou sets the table. "I wanted to ask you something," I say taking a bit of food. Zhen takes a sip of tea and lifts a white brow at me. "What's in the Under Realm?" I asked taking another bite of food.
Zhen chokes on his tea, causing half of it to go all over the food on the table. I look to the food before looking back at him in horror. "You just ruined all the food!" I say with bewilderment. He coughs several more times before wiping his mouth and clearing his throat.
"Why are you asking about the Under Realm?" Zhen asks with worry. I frown at him and his reaction before putting my chopsticks down and saying "Bai Lei acted strange when Ren said something happened with the Under Realm."
Zhen stiffens in his seat and quickly asks "What did he say?"
An hour later, we both sit at the table in complete silence. Zhen had told me everything... including what Bai Lei's Grandfather had done. "Is there a way to fix the barrier?" I ask with worry. Zhen's eyebrows come together in thought as he sighs and says "That... I don't know."