While Di Xueyan is wallowing in her own self hatred, the cracks in her life crystal multiplied as time passed by, making Feng Huali breaks into cold sweat in the other side of the continent.
Feng Huali concentrated her spirit qi into finding what is really happening but she found out that her daughter's location is quiet special. If not for the familiar aura of that place, she wouldn't be able to forcefully let her consciousness enters the place and investigate even for a thousand years.
She is quiet skeptical with that familiar aura, but she has to know what is happening first. If not even her can enter that place, who would? So she is curious as to what endangers her daughter that it resulted to the cracks of her life crystal.
In a moon lit room, the figure in white furrows her brows as the two layers of little fire tattoo like in her forehead is forcefully glowing. Due to the calmness of her figure, no one would suspect that she is already so weak but has to persist for her daughter. Letting your divine sense to wander a few kilometers is already very taxing, what more if it is for thousand of miles? Adding to the fact that the place she forcefully enters is very mysterious, she really can feel the spirit qi in her body deteriorating so fast. No matter how powerful she is, that mysterious place seems like way powerful than her.
In no time, she found her daughter's position. She doesn't know what place it is as the place seems to clouded her divine consciousness but she doesn't care anymore. Knowing that her daughter is not harmed in the slightest makes her furrowed her brows as there is only one possibilty for such phenomenon then... Self harm.
The most dangerous enemy that one can ever have is not the enemy that schemes to harm you at every single turn of your life, but the one inside your every being...yourself...
The most dangerous enemy you can ever encounter is you.
Ever since ancient times, an empire will not be totally conquered if it is only because of the outside wars alone. Everything will start to crumble only because of internal rot. A rot that neither the emperor nor the other ministers are guarded about. The fall of some empires are not because of the enemies, but the rot inside the state itself.
Same with yourself. You can kill your dreams, your ambitions and your goals in just a snap of a finger if you are not strong enough to stop the struggle inside of you. Our mind is a very powerful tool that we can use against our enemies, but it also can destroy us once it over powers our every being.
It is a double - edged sword.
Feng Huali soon found out the reason why her child is in such state and became very worried. She can still help if she is fighting against her enemies but she can only curse in her breath because the only person who can defeat you thouroughly - - - is still you, making her very hopeless.
But a sudden idea sprung in her mind. Feng Huali gathered her last power. She spreads her hands while looking at the cracks in her daughter's life jade. A blue light surrounded her hands, giving a peaceful glow to the already faint light of the life crystal in front of her. She pointed her hands at the heavens and a burst of cold violent wind surrounded the whole place, making her white robe to flutter in every direction. A crack of lightning disturbs the peaceful night sky as a whirlwind of dark cloud gradually emerge above her. Even though the wind is so violent that even the grandiose cry of the phoenix embroidery sways with it, Feng Huali is drenched in cold sweats as her face turns paler every second. A gust of metallic taste forcefully rushed out inside of her but she stubbornly swallows it back. Her determined gaze is mirroring a mother that would die for the safety of her children.
Another crack of lightning, but much stronger, illuminated the night sky again, making the whole capital tremble with its might. A strong violent wind assaulted the whole capital, making the already empty roads become crowded with different trashes. Some opened windows are broken and some roofs of lower class courtyards are carried by the torrential wind. The whole place looks like a big storm razed it. The big and ancient clans all around the central region are now disturbed with the phenomenon. Everyone of them dispatch an intelligence team to gather some information, but all they gather is that it comes from the most mysterious family of the whole region, the Di family. They have always frowned upon that family as they think that they only relied in their 'mysterious' title. But never would have they imagine that one move from that family can make the entire capital tremble with its might. A sudden fear struck the hearts of countless patriarchs and elders across the region. Even though it happened in the capital, the commotion they made is just too big that everyone in the entire central region felt fear gnawing in their hearts but too proud to admit it. Even though they are clueless as to what is happening, but someone who can command such phenomenon can never be underestimated. They can only hope that the Di family is only experiencing a heavenly punishment right now. Who among this big families can stomach a birth of another powerful clan?
Those big clan's ignorance, if Feng Huali is to know about it, she will surely die of laughter (which is very uncharacteristic of her). If she knew that they began to officially fear the power of her clan because of it, she would surely mock them in their faces.
Another crack of lightning disturbs the sky, but at this time, it already looks like complex veins illuminating the whole central region, enclosing the whole place with its majestic blue light. This time, many patriarchs already felt a permanent lump in their throats.
In the other far side of the capital, only one influential family is calm enough to continue sleeping after being pacified by their matriarch and patriarch.
In an extravagant moon viewing platform, one otherworldly and mesmerizing pair is looking at the skies unworriedly. The man in a black silk robe with spider lilies embroidery enclosed the woman in plain white dragon silk cloth in his arms, hugging her intimately. The intelligence and faint amazement in their enchanting eyes can suck a soul in an instant. Their beautiful faces is so godly, that no one can associate them with a mortal. Such beauties can even make the heavens covet it.
" Xia'er, I never thought that the Di family hidden themselves so deeply", an enchanting baritone voice echoes across the platform, the voice is full of warmth and affection, as if the owner is not the man who is known as a blood thirsty azura by those who knew him. Only his wife and youngest daughter can elicit such tender voice from him, their sons are out of the list.
" Hmm...", the soft hum sounded so satisfied and contented as the woman snuggles herself in her husband's embrace more, eliciting a gentle smile from him.
" Even I, a hailed genius, can't do such literal heaven defying thing such as calling a soul who is in the process of reincarnating. I wonder who among the direct descendant of that family can command the heavens like that", the woman continued, but unlike any other humans, her eyes are not full of jealousy, but amazement instead. If she has a chance, she really wanted to know if she can be that person's disciple. Such person who understands the heaven is very rare. Even she only read such thing in the books before but it was regarded as a myth. She carefully watches the whirlwind of dark clouds as a bright wisp of blinding blue light descended towards the Di family's estate.
" Ah Ying, the person succeeded!", her eyes went wide as she felt the pure aura of a soul who is in the verge of being baptized by the Sea of Lost Memories. Once a soul is baptized there, it will leave its memories behind, making the soul has a peaceful reincarnation without being burdened of its past life. The soul that was baptized is said to be colored white, but since the one who descended is color blue, then it must be at its final process of soul cleansing, before being baptized.
" If such, it can only mean one thing. The Di family is very powerful contrary to what we initially thought.", the man replied his assumption in a calm voice, as if not bothered by the rise of another power. All he can hear is the excitement of his beloved's voice, knowing that she wants to learn again, a small smile graced his handsome features as he thinks that she is very cute.
Those who watched her kill like a maniac before would surely feel shivers down their spines if ever they knew this man's thought.
Love is blind indeed.
" Hmm... We don't have to offend such power", the woman pensively said, it is not because she is afraid of trouble but because she and her husband is just too lazy to have conflict everywhere anymore, gone is their frivolous youth where they attracted enemies left and right, all they just want now is to spend their time with each other until the day they perish.
" Do you want me to prepare gifts for them to show our good will?", the man asks nonchalantly. If the people who can only look up to them will hear their conversation, they might puke blood. As the most powerful family of the whole central region, why do they have to lower themselves and give gifts to a family who is uncertain if it really possessed such strength or not?
Actually, the two doesn't give a fuck at the attitudes you should have based on your social status. As people who does not even give a fuck at the public's opinion, what is wrong with giving gifts to someone that is deemed by the public as lower than them?
They both believe that they only became powerful to protect their family, that doesn't necessarily mean that they would use their status at every turns of their lives. How exhausting it would be. It is not fun at all.
" Nice idea, but no need. Let us let nature take its course", the woman replied, because even though she wants to, she still has to know more about the Di family. She has to curb her excitement for the sake of the safety of the people she loves. Sure, the Di family has been around for decades, but it was too low key that they can easily be forgotten. They also never throw their weights in the public, so no one but the upper society knows them. They heard that some families tried to look for trouble because of business conflicts, but none of those they hired went back alive, some even said that those people turned into meat patties after entering the 50 meters range of the outside of the Di estate, making those power who experienced their might dubbed them as someone mysterious, but a lot, specialy those who thinks too highly of themselves, easily forgotten their existence as such incidents only happened a few times anyway.
And even if they want to forge connection, the woman wants it to happen naturally. If they are not fated to be on the same boat, then so be it.
Never would they have imagine that their chances of forging a good relationship is in the hands of their second generations.
Because of Di Xueyan's hatred towards herself, the Di family unwillingly gained a foothold in the central region. If she will be clear headed enough, she would not know whether to laugh or cry at this dramatice turn of events.
Feng Huali is aware of the consequences of her action. She does not want their family to be famous because she is too lazy to deal with schemes, but she also can't let her daughter die just because she is lazy. She saw the blue wisps from the heavens encircling her pointed fingers. She tiredly guided the soul towards Di Xueyan's life crystal. The soul is gradually absorbed by the crystal until it was gone. The whole place bacame eerily calm instantly. The whole capital became peaceful once again, as if what happened a while ago was just a dream. The turbulent wind vanished instantly. The whirlwind of clouds instantly dissipated, as if it was not there in the first place. The night once again regain its calm.
Feng Huali smiles tiredly as she lets herself collapse heavily on the cold ground. She can feel the toll the spell brought to her body. Right now, she feels like she is now an empty shell. A commotion broke outside the Ancestral Hall as the elders and the desciples of the family gathered together in worry, but they knew that they can't enter the place, so they can only camp outside.
Feng Huali tried to stay awake but she knows she can't, so she lets herself to be swallowed by darkness.
' Everything is up to you now'.
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A/N: Good day everyone!!!! I wish you a very good start of the day. I got guilty with the lack of updates for months so, yeah, I decided to write a chapter this morning. I hope you'll enjoy it!!!
Hopefully I can finish my works early today so that I can write tonight.
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