Both of Yue Chen's daggers had dug half inch into Mu Yang's back then recoiled violently, throwing both blades into the air. Yue Chen performed a jump, grabbing at his blades.
"I won't let you!" grabbing Yue Chen by the feet Mu Yang performed a 70° fling, slamming him into the ship
"Yue Chen alone isn't enough!" Bo Yang frowned as he watched the battle from a distance, Yue Chen alone wasn't enough to hold his own against Mu Yang. Just as he was about to take action Bo Yang felt a surge of killing intent pressuring his mental state.
"Emperor's Calling:Black Star"
In an instant the seas and skies were dyed black and time came to a stop. "Come to me Zephyr" Yue Chen commanded with an eerie voice, shadow aura spiralled around both his arms in a chaotic manner as his hair came loose.
Above the clouds a middle aged man that had been silently observing let out a deep breath. Massaging his temples the figure cursed to himself at how troublesome his days were. Soon the figure flickered and vanished completely.
Tapping Yue Chen's shoulder the middle aged man shook his head "you're doing it all wrong, sleep for now" as he said this Yue Chen's body collapsed at his feet unconscious. The middle aged man hoisted Yue Chen over his shoulder and jumped into the air, as if attracted by an unknown force the middle aged man rose above the clouds "right, I'll take care of those sea bandits while I'm at it" with a wave of his hand a torrent of air smashed into the warship below, causing it to explode.
Bo Yang trembled as he watched the ship explode and as the unknown person took the unconscious Yue Chen away. His mind was screaming to save his friend but his body wouldn't move like he wanted it to. After all the man that had taken Yue Chen was atleast the Sky realm!
"I'll be taking your friend with me, don't bother searching for him, with me around even your emperor can't touch a hair on this kid" the middle aged man's fading voice came from above the clouds like booming thunder in Bo Yang's ears.
"..." the middle aged man glanced at Yue Chen who was now in his grasp and smirked slightly "Let's see where you'll run to now you little bastard"
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A month later news of the cursed child's appearance in Archen City and the murder of the Lion Fist's first son spread like wildfire, once again putting Yue Chen in the spotlight. With no idea of where Yue Chen had been taken Bo Yang and the princess Zhou had no choice but to change directions.
At the same time Yue Chen who was the cause of a major upheaval was sitting cross legged in a dark cellar with his arms folded pondering how he'd end up where he was.
"I see you're awake" A middle aged man with long scarlet red hair, and blood red eyes pushed open the door to the cellar with a bowl of soup in his hand
Yue Chen shot a look at the bowl of soup and felt his stomach rumble "Who are you? Did the emperor order you to capture me?" The last thing he remembered was being tempted by the voice to surrender his rule.
"I'm Yue ManTian, a resident of the Blood world" the middle aged man named Yue ManTian introduced himself as he moved closer to Yue Chen. "I thought you might be starving since you've been out for a while now"
"That's some remorse you got for a kidnapper". Yue Chen snorted yet his hand moved closer to receive the bowl from Yue ManTian
"This is mine, not yours" Yue ManTian raised the bowl above his head, dodging Yue Chen's advance "as I said thought you might be hungry so I came to look for you"
Yue Chen was speechless at how irritating this Yue ManTian person was. "What does the emperor want from me? He's probably gotten his hands on my treasure ring by now anyways"
"Emperor? pfft! That Royal dog? I'm not working for the empire, but rather for myself" Yue ManTian cooled the soup with his mouth then tilted his head back and drank his first mouthful with a satisfactory look. "The truth is I've been eyeing you for 16 years. Something about your body makes me want to observe you" as he said this Yue ManTian scanned Yue Chen's body from head to toe with a warm smile.
Yue Chen noticed Yue ManTian's strange gaze and a cold feeling rushed down his entire body. He shouldn't be.... right? Instinctively Yue Chen retreated "I'm not into men!"
"Neither am I" Yue ManTian smirked while holding in his laughter.
Yue Chen immediately understood he was being toyed with. Did this bastard just scare me on purpose?
"There is an intrinsic flow in your qi that isn't from this world, to be more specific it's from the blood world" as he said this Yue ManTian became stern "Tell me, are you a familiar with anyone with features similar to my own over the years?"
Yue Chen shook his head, showing his lack of knowledge of such a person.
"Exactly" Yue ManTian nodded "That means the your intrinsic qi wasn't Influenced by a second party and if that's true then you must be a child from the blood world"
"Is that why you spent 16 years stalking a stranger?" Yue Chen wasn't convinced by what Yue ManTian told, if anything it seemed made up after all, he'd already been told his Bai family was in the Western Seas. How could they suddenly be located in another world?
"If you don't believe me check on your body for a sigil like this" before he even finished Yue ManTian's clothing came loose, revealing his bare chest.
"That sigil, you're a cursed child?!" Yue Chen's eyes widened in surprise. At the area directly above Yue ManTian's heart was a sigil similar to Yue Chen's own.
Yue Chen lifted his hand before himself and his cursed sigil that had been hidden became vivid.
"See you have it too!.....it has an abnormal shape and color but I'm sure the qi is from the blood world!" Yue ManTian was like an overgrown child as he wore a foolish smile. If not for the devasting power of the sky realm he had shown a month ago Yue Chen would never believe it was the same person.
"If it's like this then I'm sure of it now, you're the one Miss sent me to protect after all!"
"Miss?" Yue Chen's brows furrowed in confusion. Who was this "Miss" Yue ManTian spoke of? Wasn't the Bai family in the Western Sea?
"Come with me, I'll take you to the blood world" Yue ManTian grabbed Yue by the collar and bolted out the door. "Miss will be overjoyed to know you're well!"
"....." Yue Chen could only helplessly let himself be dragged along by the overpowered brute with little to no mental activity.
"Brace yourself, I'll jump through space to get us to the border in two days, it's a winding path if we use mounts!" as Yue ManTian said this the space before him warped, sucking him and Yue Chen in.