(Hello my beautiful Lotuses and Jades, it's been a long time huh? I had writers block but don't worry this chapter will be good 😏)
Narrator's POV
After Sizhui had left Gusu he started his way to find Wen ning. He couldn't go back, he refused so he decided to stay with his Cousin Wen for a bit before he sets off again to find that women and get clues to find Jin ling. But lately that woman didn't show up, he didn't understand so he kept coming everyday but she never appeared. He felt lost. Where did she go? Is she ok? The more questions that ran through his head the more he worried for the women as well. As Sizhui was walking through the woods he saw that he appeared in front of a place that he was born in... a place where Wen ruohan was killed and Jin guangyao was named a ' hero '... Qishan Wen.
Sizhui's POV
'It really looks abandoned, I never thought it would look this quiet ' I thought as I started my walk through Nightless City. It does live up to its name. It looks beautiful but I know the full story behind it. The houses in Qishan are abandoned and broken. Some even have rats running through them. As I walk up the stairs I felt like I belonged, maybe it's cause I am a Wen myself. I giggle and keep walking.
6 minutes later
'So many stairs ' I though huffing and stood up straight. I walk towards the doors and open them wide CREAK ' so nosey ' I thought and walked into the room, "so dusty.... " I mumbled as I ran my fingers on top of the small trouble. I wall towards the throne, ' How could they even sit on that?... Why don't you find out? Hell no, it's not even clean... and it's covered in dust' I thought then I decided to walk around and look at things. The rooms had dust, spiders, rats, bones, cobwebs. It was disgusting. I walk into Wen Rouhan's room, all of his things were still in place. I trace over the desk and walk around the room. His sword, clothes, papers were the only thing left in that room. But he did have a beautiful balcony, 'if only'. I was about to walk to Wen Chao's room when i say something under the bed. I moved the bed to the side and noticed a hatchet. ' Why does he have a secert room under his bed? ' I grab the hatchet and open it, cobwebs were everywhere and it was very dark. ' Wait didn't I see a torchlight in the main room! ' I rush to the main room and I was right, there was a torchlight on the wall. I grab the torch and take it off the wall. I walked back to Wen Ruohan's room and noticed a ladder, ' it's now or never I guess, no turning back ' I started to climb down the ladder with the torch on my side. Once I got to the bottom the only thing I could see was darkness, I grabbed the torch and I place a fire talisman on it and a flame appeared. I still couldn't see anything so I decided to wall down the dark pathway.
Narrator's POV
As Sizhui walked down the dark path, he noticed that it got longer the more he walked. After bout an hour and a half, he finally got to the end of the hall, it had these big iron double doors. When Sizhui placed his hand on it the markings started to glow and the door opened. Sizhui froze but decided to keep going and decided to keep his guard up. But what he saw was a surprise. In the room it had four shelves of books, four torches on each side lit, books, maps, papers, dried ink was all over the place. The walls looked like they could cave in any moment. Sizhui walked in slowly and looks around the room. It was very different then anything he ever saw before. He walked towards the table and saw a red scrolls with the Wen sign on it. ' it must be the rules ' he thought and kept looking till he saw a book with a black and white cover. He picked up the book and opened it but something fell out, " What's this he mumbled, he picked up the scroll and walked towards the table and placed the scroll on the table with the book. When he opened the book again it had words in it... but the words looked like they were made of gold.
The book read : This is a story about Yin and Yang. In native Chinese cosmology, Yin and Yang are archetypal energy that permeate every Phenomenon of the universe. The world is co-created by a Yang-God and Yin-Goddess. They take turn sleeping and waking up. When they sleep, their dream becomes the world that their partner lives in his or her waking life.That is how they sustain the creation of the universe. For a long, long time, they can never meet each other while both are fully awake.When she sleeps, she cradles him in her dream. Her dream is the world he lives in. In this world she dreams for him, he only has a faint idea of her image. His heart is filled with longings for her. He goes around to look for her, projecting her image on every woman he meets in his world. But all women are all just a pixel of her but not the real her. Because she is not part of the his world; his world is part of her. Eventually she wakes up and he falls asleep. And they exchange roles. His dream is the world in which she lives her waking life. Now she lives her life searching and longing for him, projecting his image on every man in her world. But all men are only a pixel of him but not the real him. Because he is not part of her world, her world is part of him. The cycle goes on and on like that. The universe is being created through their longing, desiring, loving making, heartbreaks and tears. Day and night. Dream and awake. Tens and thousands of years go by. Finally, one day, she finally understands what is going on. She understands that he is a void in her heart that she will never fill, yet he is everywhere around her. There is nothing in her world that is not part of him. So she accepts that this unfulfilled longing is her connection to him and stops projecting his image onto other men. She learns to love every man in her world, and knows that none of them is him. They are all an imperfect version of him. Living inside his dream means she will always feel this unfulfilled longing, and in this longing she feels close to him. In this longing, she learns to love herself and accept her own imperfection. When it is her turn to dream, she pours all her longing and passion into her dream, knowing that her dream will hold up the sky under which he lives. And maybe, just maybe, one day, he will understand this too… And then, once every ten thousands years, there is this one day when finally they can meet when both are awake. As the sun rises, as he is about to wake up and she has not fallen sleep, they meet for a brief moment and embrace each other in full flesh. As the sun sets, when she is about to wake up and he has not gone sleep, they meet for a brief moment and embrace each other in full flesh. They are so happy to finally hold their beloved in their arms. Their happiness has painted the most beautiful sunrise and sunset.
( you don't wanna know how many times I had to copy and paste that story!!! IT TOOK A LONG TIME )
Sizhui felt touched by the story but noticed something. One of the pages in the back of the book was stuck together, he managed to pull them apart and started to read again. ( Now this part is my own)
The book reads : As the love story of Yin yang continues, both had died together in each others arms. But their love never stopped, their love and power was turned into 2 cores, 1 is Yin that has dark energy and 2 is Yang that has light energy. When both are together they are more powerful. Many people in the world tried to find them but they never could, but only one person will have a map to where the cores lay waiting to be reunited.
Sizhui had never heard of the yin yang cores before but I guess now he did, he looked at the scroll and back at the book. He grabbed it and slowly opened the scroll not wanting to rip it, but the page was blink till pictures started to form on the scroll. " What is this ? .... A Map!? " Sizhui said as he recognize the places, but before he could study more the ground started to shake. " WHAT'S GOING ON! " Sizhui shouts in panic, he grabbed the book and scroll and started to run down the dark pathway again ( yes he did take the torch). He ran and ran till he saw a light and noticed it was the place where the ladder was, he quickly raced towards it and climbed up. He closed the hatchet fast with the ground still shaking, he moved the bed back in place and ran out of Qishan Wen. Once he was far away from Qishan wen and into the woods once again, he slid against the tree and down to the ground panting.
Sizhui's POV
After that 'exciting'experience, I throw the torch and make sure the book and scroll are ok, " Thank god there ok " I sigh in relief. I get up and started to go back to Wen Ning's home.
After 15 minutes
" Sizhui! Are you ok? Your covered in dust!? " Wen ning said worriedly, I making him worried, he didn't deserve what happened to him. " Yes I'm ok Wen ning, I was just exploring. Do you mind if I go to my room and take a bath " I asked putting up my innocent smile. Wen ning nodded and I walked to my room and closed the door. I clean myself up and dress in the black robes Wen ning let me wear. I grabbed the scroll and open again. I don't know why but I want to find these cores, they might help me find that woman and Jin ling.
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Surprised to see me 😏😏, Yes I know it's been a while. But I kept my promise to make it long, But why was there a secert chamber in Wen Ruohan's room? Why was Sizhui the one who found the scroll? Couldn't the person who was in that room find it? I'll let you in on a secret and hint... the room that Sizhui went in.... Wen ruohan never even knew it was there 😈 So who's room was it? And why was it underground. Next time we will hear from another person and their side of the story😉 Till next time my Lotuses and Jades ✌✌