"Soon enough... the Tang clan will collapse, what happens afterward will be most interesting!" A raspy female voice resounded, none would hear it for it was deep inside the earth, undiscovered by the common eyes...
"Indeed, however, I am still upset... the younglings who begged for my help all those years ago, their legacy is destroyed..." A man grunted, to which the inheritor of the raspy voice giggled.
Her body suddenly undergoing extreme changes, the wrinkles wearing off, saggy skin becoming firm again, darkened skin, now lightened...
Overcoming those changes, the lady crosses her legs, the spotted rags of clothing covering only a few inches of her divine body.
"You finally took a form pleasing to the eyes, Yao Wu..." The man stated, his voice containing humor. The young lady snorted, waving her hand in a casual motion, her nearly nude body glowed in a bright light, and now leaving her with beautiful clothing...
"Hn! Do you want this lady to teach you your place, Filth?" Yao Wu demanded, her eyes narrowing down at the male...
"Apologies Lady Yao, please calm your anger!" The man had no choice but to submit to her awe-inspiring power, that radiated from her body!
'Another breakthrough?! I'm in the Divine realm but I can't read her cultivation...' Said male was spooked, terrified over the consequences of his actions, which had insulted Yao Wu...
"Tch, I'm leaving!" Yao Wu informed, as her body disintegrated into countless particles of light and disappeared.
•••••
"Master... Where are we going?" Xiao Ling groaned, her eyes shut tight and yet her mouth forming a pout.
Xieren saw this and smirked, "We are going to see an old friend of mine!" He replied, Patting her head in the process as Akagi followed behind, staring into him suspiciously...
"Milord, who is this friend of yours?" Akagi inquired as Xieren scratched his face awkwardly.
"It's the Fox Matriarch..." He laughed weirdly, feeling the atmosphere turning a little tense, Akagi huffed, crossing her arms around her chest as she grumbled in annoyance.
"I can't believe it! Eventhough I said a harem was acceptable, I did not expect you to have one within a day!" She scolded Xieren who simply stayed silent.
"Hmph! Fine, let's see just how great this Fox Matriarch is..." Akagi turned away from his face, not wanting to stare at the man who looked down...
"Akagi, Xiao Ling! Look" Xieren alerted, he was pointing at a paw print of a beast, the foot of the beast had to be as big as his head!
To make things worse, they were going through a thick field of vegetation that would reach upto their hips.
Xieren crouched, feeling the ground with his index finger as he closed his eyes, expanding his observatory skill...
'...oh' He exclaimed inwardly, he could see a holographic mental image of a terrifying green lizard, it was four meters long. The lizard's mouth contained hundreds of razor sharp teeth that seemed to go all the way through to its throat.
The sharp nails it had, would easily be able to fell a tree! The lizard looked around, it's big brown beastly eyes boring deeply into it's new prey...
Moving stealthily, the lizard slid glided through the vegetation, as if it had not hindered it's ability to navigate, in the slightest!
Xieren observed the lizard's movements with a thoughtful expression, he then turned to his disciple, then to the lizard.
Perhaps he would be able to use this encounter as a small training session for his little disciple?
"Xiao Ling, consider this your first test, good luck!" Xieren smiled, clearly seeing the shadowy figure looming towards the little girl, Akagi covered her mouth and giggled as she snugged into Xieren who sweatdropped.
"Master..." Xiao Ling's eyes rolled, glancing at the lizard, her hands tensed as two shiny blades slid down from under her robes.
Gripping onto the blades tightly, she sidestepped when the lizard's tongue shot out to grab her into it's mouth.
Xieren saw his disciple spin around and counter, the blades went through the tongue as she ran towards it, her eyes glinting dangerously...
Kreek! Kreek!
The lizard stood on it's hind legs, howling at the sky over it's tongue that had been effectively removed from it's mouth.
It then jumped towards Xiao Ling, leaving behind a cloud of dust in it's wake...
"Milord! That's a hell hound, it's too much for Xiao Ling!" Akagi alerted worriedly, she frowned when her husband had not moved an inch and was about to help her when she felt him grab her arm.
"Milord?!" To say she was shocked was an understatement, would her husband really let the little girl die?
"Wait and see" He smiled, bringing her over to his side once again, observing the little girl with his keen eyes, preparing to dive in, if something happened.
Xiao Ling traded slashes with the lizard, her blades barely withstanding the lizard's razor sharp nails.
"It's so strong!" She mumbled, jumping back and encasing her blades with Qi as they vibrated violently, charging in once again.
The hell hound stared at the tiny human warily, and yet it attacked once again as Xiao Ling's swords went through it's nails as if it were butter!
However, she did not stop there, Xiao Ling grabbed onto the lizard tightly, stabbing the lizard multiple times, mutilating it's face in the process.
The lizard wailed in agony, yet it was left unheard, there was no point humanising animals that dine on humans...
Xiao Ling felt horrible, she believed her method to be too cruel and fell on her eyes in shock.
Holding onto the tiny blades of hers and staring into the unrecognisable head of the lizard, she ran away and emptied her stomach...
As Xieren sighed and walked over to her, she tightly clung to him and sobbed, he helped her up and carried the little girl towards Akagi who glared at Xieren.
"Xiao Ling, shall we go? We need to be at the beast people's kingdom before your birthday..." He felt her nod weakly and wrapped his free arm around his wife and disappeared from the grasslands they had just been to...
Just as they left, a dark skinned lady came out of the shadows, this lady was Yao Wu!
She had been observing the handsome young man for sometime, intrigued by his actions and then smirked.
Yao Wu then followed the man's trail, hoping to find more and more about the young man, who knowingly or unknowingly, was tremendously gifted by the heavens!
"To think that a twenty four old would reach a realm which took me several decades... the young generations truly have surpassed the old..." She sighed reminiscing her life...
"That boy will reach the Divine realm before his fifties, how enviable! And if I'm correct... he had a trace of my brother's blood..." She mused to herself and laughed.
"Oh dear brother... you would be elated to see your descendant being such a prodigy!" Yao Wu looked up with a smile as she hummed, walking towards the direction Xieren had gone to, with each step taking her several hundred meters!