But Time is really cruel. Giving you something that you would treasure but claim it back the moment that you are already attached and can't live anymore without it.
When Zen Fu turned twenty five, Long Zao started to act strange. He would sometimes vomit blood and grow weaker and weaker with each passing day.
One day, Long Zao called Zen Fu inside the cave where he is currently lying.
Zen Fu is not foreign in this place, there are a lot of different treasures scattered everywhere inside. But he didn't even bother to give it a glimpse.
He is nervous and scared at the same time. He knows that this will be the end but he is reluctant to accept the reality and just keep on living inside his own world, believing that everything would be alright.
He sat beside Long Zao without saying any words. Everything inside is silent until Zao spoke.
"I am Long Zao, One of the Great Dragons that protects the Dragon Race. One day, our Ancestor warned us for the incoming doom of our race that will lead to extinction.
But our Ancestor didn't tell us the cause of our doom, instead gave us a way out.
And now I volunteered to explore the whole Universe in search for the one.
But on my way, I was attacked by void monsters and barely scaped alive. As my consciousness started to fade, I tear the space, entered it and brought me here.
I am not originally from here in your world and I can not go back anymore. But I believe that he is here. Something inside me always told me that I should listen to this feeling.
I am not sure if he is even born right now, but I am sure of one thing, I would be able to meet him here.
I am willing to wait. Tens, hundreds or even thousands of years.
But the damage that I took was too great and I think that this will be my end.
I didn't regret tooking that damage. Since that injury gave me the chance of meeting you and spending my remaining life worth it.
I know that as soon as my life force fades, my kins would surely know about it. If that happens, they would send someone here directly." After saying that, a faint white light started to emerge from his forehead and directly fly in front of Zen Fu.
"Take this sliver of my soul with you. It would be useful in the future."
Zen Fu grab that tiny light at the size of his palm and hold it tightly while trembling all over.
His expression is dark. Tears slowly falls down from his eyes to his cheeks. He knows, he really knows deep inside him that this is the end.
He didn't know why but he wanted to escape this reality and just let his own world embrace him.
Long Zao transformed to his human form and embrace Zen Fu and placed his head to his shoulder.
Zen Fu grip his clothes tightly, afraid that he would just disperse out of nowhere.
He pat his head gently like a father bidding it's farewell to his own son.
Then Long Zao lift his head up while directly staring with each other. Seeing how tears keep on flowing from his eyes, he felt a sting inside his heart.
He chuckled when he realize that he was reluctant to leave this brat who only knows how to cling on him. Didn't even respect him and just keep on being stubborn for everything.
But all this reasons lead to how they are right now.
The surroundings felt gloomy. The sky darkened at the bright sun was covered by the cold and black clouds.
The Heaven and Earth is being affected by an Immortal's emotion.
'Back then, our Ancestor always told me that humans have something in them that made them terryfying and special at the same time. But I thought of humans like ants and weak lowly beings.
I finally realize, humans were born with their emotions driving them. They could be strong and weak for someone. They love, hate and regret.
It's funny how I, Long Zao the Great Dragon had been affected by these emotions. But they are blissful and hurtful at the same time.' Long Zao thought to himself.
Unbeknownst to him, a single drop of water fell down from his eyes.
'Drop'
The ground where the tear drops become green and vegetation started to grow in the radius of one meter. Flowers bloomed but no one could appreciate their beauty right now.
Long Zao gently removed Zen Fu's tears while showing a smile on his face.
"Why.. Are you just gonna leave like that? Can't you even give me a treasure that is deserving for an Immortal like you?" Zen Fu said while forcing his tears not to fall down.
He knows that everything would eventually end, so why don't make it something blissful.
Long Zao smiled when he heard his request.
"Well, aren't you a greedy one. I dying here and you even wanted to take a treasure of mine?" He was glad that this brat didn't insist on crying since that would just make him reluctant to die more.
"Humph! It's your fault. Who said that you could just die whenever you want." Zen Fu said while turning his head away.
Long Zao just chuckled and placed his hand on top of Zen Fu's head. He is smiling.
His lower body started to turn into wisp of energy and slowly reaching his upper body.
It was until his face turned into wisps. Slowly reaching his hand that was touching Zen Fu's head. When everything of him turned into wisps of energies, a faint image of his dragon form emerge from the horizon.
A shinny and long oval shaped object followed by another round and crystal shaped stone slowly fell down from those packs of wisp and landed beside Zen Fu.
Feeling the warm touch on his head gone, Zen Fu felt all of his energy being drain and just fell to the ground with a thud.
He looked towards the two object and grab them before placing both to his chest. He just stayed in that position without moving an inch.
The long oval shaped object looks like the typical type of dragon scale but a lot more smaller and softer.
This is a dragon's Reverse Scale!
The other crystal-like object contains vast amount of Energy.
That's Long Zao's Dragon Core!
A death of an Immortal will greatly affect the Heaven and Earth. Everything is gloomy and silent. The surrounding atmosphere will make someone sorrowful.
With the death of an Immortal, a great amount of energy wash over the whole forest. It started to give birth to different kinds of Herbs. Beast started to mutate and grow in their cultivation.
The whole forest is experiencing a great and massive evolution!
The cave where Zen Fu staying started to quake and enter the depths of earth and a huge clump of soil started to rise from the former position of the cave.
It rise and rise until the peak cannot be seen anymore! This is the Sky Mountain!
Different caves started to appear all around the edge of the forest and to cover it until the sight of the forest was gone! It teleported the whole forest that is undergoing evolution into a different space.
But the forest is still there! Albeit the trees here are normal and didn't have any evolution. The most odd thing is that all the Beast suddenly disappeared out of nowhere! They were transported together!
The ten or so caves started to appear in the different locations at the center most of the Forest. And when someone entered one of those caves, they would be teleported to a whole new different world! A world of another forest but looks more grand and majestic!
As time passed by, the forest was being affected by the vast and rich amount of energy from the forest inside the other space and slowly nurtured it.
Demon Beast in the inside forest started to become stronger each passing day. Some are even going out of the caves and appearing on the outside forest.
Just like these, the forest was named Demon King Forest as the amount of Demon King Beast starts to multiply.
It was divided into three parts. The Outer, Inner and the Center part. Wherein the Center Part of the forest is placed in another space that can only be accessed when someone entered one of the ten caves that serves as a connection between the outside forest and Center Part of the Demon King Forest.
It was known that the total measurement of the Outer and Inner Part of the Demon King Forest is the same as the measurement of the whole Center Part of the Demon King Forest.
"This is the reason why I swear to protect the whole Demon King Forest all my life. I want to search for the one that Long Zao search for, but I know that we would meet here just like how he trusted his feeling." Zen Fu said while shaking the bottle of his wine slowly.
Sadness flashes in his eyes. It was visible that he was already attached to Long Zao to the point that he already treat him as a part of his family.
"Woah! You are protecting the whole Demon King Forest!" Shu Feng said while holding his chest and tried to look shocked as much as he can.
"Tch! Don't play dumb, I know that you are already aware of my true Identity from the start." Zen Fu replied with a slight annoyance.
"With such a monstrous strength you have it was impossible not to sense my–" But Zen Fu suddenly stopped halfway and looked at Shu Feng again from top to bottom.
'Now that I think about it, there might be really a possibility.' He thought to himself.
"Ehem, I still have some matters to check and will take my leave now." Before Shu Feng could react, the man already disappeared from his spot.
The odd thing is that he could not detect him using his sense and even in his system map!
.....
Shu Feng was amazed when he heard the whole story. But that is not the thing that made him concern right now!
Long Zao has the same last name as the father of Kei! Which means that there is a possibility that they are both related since Kei's father has a dragon blood in him!
But this happened more than four hundred years ago.
Well, maybe all of the answers would be revealed once he went to the cave that is at the most bottom part of the Sky Mountain.
He was sure that the sliver of soul that Long Zao leave might have some clues in it.
'Sigh, I didn't think that everything would turn this complicated. I am glad that Zise is not that problematic.' Shu Feng thought while rolling on his bed and rested his exhausted body and mind.
But he didn't know that he will surely regret what he just thought. Do you think a Mythical Beast did not have any complicated background in it?
Sigh, you're intelligent but have a very low common sense sometimes...