" Master, Master" Xhan suddenly called shaking Weng Xing vehemently to wake up, something was definitely wrong outside ever since he heard the voices of people hailing or protesting on something or against some kind of event ready to occur " Master" he yelled pushing him so hard that he hits his head against the wall finally waking up " They want to burn the crow" Xhou immediately said lifting his head up...it has been two hours they have been here. He knew something wasn't right ever since he brought the crow home and there have been this instinct telling him that he will cause danger or something that might not be right... but he can't possibly leave that crow out there to be causing more trouble.
His eyes peered at the hole above which the daylight passed through to feed them and he suddenly asked " Weng what is the eleventh law of this land?" and you can see he was inwardly panicking " Burn anyone or weapon that emits black magic" Weng replied trying to understand the chaos..... Why did Xhou suddenly start asking him? because he believed in Weng for being a genius " Twenty seventh law" Xhou asked again his eyes upwards " Destroy any being or thing that encountered Black energy either burned or cleansed" Weng answered again now clearly understanding the plot in a second " The cat and the crow will be burnt and we will be cleansed" Xhan pointed out like a student who finally understood the rough play.... what in the heavens was going on? how can this land be this inhumane?
" we are getting out of here" Xhou ordered creating a white portal through the light " won't we get punished?" Xhan asked still not sure whether they were making a right move "it is not now that I received harsh punishments" Xhou replied his countenance icy cold making Xhan to swallow hard " we will talk about this later" Weng Xing interrupted disappearing into the portal before anyone else and Xhou trailed behind him leaving Xhan with no other choice than to follow behind shutting the portal.
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The cries and shouts that emerged from the people alone shook the gigantic mountains as it was going to be their first time of witnessing some people been burnt to death in Two thousand years. The heat and climax of the event was going to be memorable passing to all generations in future to warn them to abstain from all evil doers and seekers of darkness. It was going to be mad and will surely spread like a raging fire also to warn clans and sects dwelling the secret place of evil, the crowd surrounded a stage which was called the Retribution stage.
It was divided into sections for different types of punishment for offenders and law breakers but at the middle of the stage stood stakes used to bound people who cultivated in evil and black magic burning them to death. The stage was covered with little darkness and it emitted aura of vengeance, punishment and cruelty which made the people to step aside,a bit scared that the gods of monsters will pop out of nowhere stripping them of their mortal bodies.
Two beings were dragged to the stage by cruel guards and thrown roughly to the ground of the stage, their hairs were unkempt and garments partly torn leaving them unrecognizable by peeps who knew them. The one on torn black garment weakly crawled towards a direction but was kicked hard on the abdomen making him to crash heavily on the stony area; Will he survive this? he groaned as he laid flat on the stones with tears....after everything he sought for...he fought for.... this was how his life was going to end. " Zhou" he heard someone softly call him yet he was so dizzy to grasp the voice of the caller,he felt a soft palm on his forehead calming his beating heart.....if he was to die.... at least something warm and caring touched him and these thoughts alone made him smile bitterly.
"We are all here to witness the cleansing of our land and burning of evil creatures" The right hand man of Lord Zao announced bringing forth silence to the domain...He is Li Yao best Archer and bowman in Dijin ( we will know about him deeper in the next chapters), the people paid solid attention to him as he kept talking " We all know the laws of the land... wiping out evil is our call.....we will pass this event down to our kids, warning them of the implications of mingling with evil and seekers of darkness" Li Yao kept saying but Zhou and Mu Song were in their own world. The words of Li Yao made the Excellency's face to darken like a storming night,his eyes were almost filled with burning anger with the touch of betrayal..... why was he like this? His wife was burnt here when only Xhou was two years old; he could remember quite her pleadings and her claims for innocence and till this day he doesn't know whether she was guilty or not. The sudden death of his wife was the main reason behind Xhou's unnecessary coldness,anti socialism, loneliness, stubbornness and having his way at all times "I was clearly at fault" he murmured before averting his gaze at the creatures.
" Why didn't you use your spiritual power?" Zhou weakly asked Mu Song and for the first time in his life,he found comfort in the arms of a stranger " The chains had bounding spell and the cell we were in too" Mu Song replied as he weakly sat up . Zhou bitterly smiled as his fingers brushed Mu Song's flawless face, he finally found him! his soulmate! but why was nature always against him? he found him and found death at the same time " I am sorry" his eyes broke down in tears, he was the one that dragged the innocent cat into his mess and he won't rest in peace for this " Zhou" Mu Song softly called caressing the wounded face of Zhou who was beaten badly since he was from sharata clan " I didn't complain did I?" he lowly asked with a painful smile across his face.
" We will go together" Mu Song still grinned in this situation...he was so selfless and humble even though he was freaking annoying and getting on the nerves of others " Put them on the stake!" Someone yelled interrupting their romantic moments and in a second, they were dragged forcefully and tied on the stake.
His heart skipped,his heart pounded so bad,he was panicking but Mu Song's smile was comforting him as they laid their heads towards the sky ready to be lighted up . He wanted freedom, a life worthy to live but look at how he ended...an example of a shameful life of a villian " To cleanse our land,I here by sentence these two to death by burning" Lord Zao declared stamping his spear on the ground... this was exactly what he had said to his wife and watched her yell in pains as the stake was lighten up "I am innocent!!!!!" she had cried watching her husband turn away in tears, walking away as she burned to death.... what was her crime? .
Parents covered the eyes of the younger ones waiting for the persecution of the Creatures but behold! a yellow tailsman flew to the direction of the stage creating a yellow barrier around Zhou and Mu Song, quenching the fire that has been lit and destroying everyone's climax " Weng Xing" Zhou's heart leapt with joy as soon as he recognized the Quenching tailsman which only Weng Xing used as a kid... don't be shocked when he says he created it himself.
Everyone looked up to see who the Messiah was and currently at the right time, Weng Xing appeared flying towards the stage putting all viewers into total confusion " Who let him out?" the elders asked looking bewildered by his entrance at the wrong time.
They watched him descend right in front Zhou and Mu Song like a Father protecting his children and his eyes spoke many languages which noone could interpret nor understand " Burning them without finding the truth? is that what a clan leader or an Excellency does?" Weng threw a daring question at Lord Zao who felt the question in a different way, his sudden question alerted curious whispers and commotions as the king stood on the Cliff looking Disturbed at the audacity of the lad.
" Is that how you have been burning innocent Souls?" Weng asked again widening the eyes of Lord Zao, the question hit so hard....his wife? was she innocent? was it really a frame for her to get killed? His gaze never left the daring eyes of Weng and it seems as if that Weng was tagging him guilty for his sins " How dare you escape from the cell?" a guard asked his voice blazing fury " The question should be how did I escape?" Weng replied coldly with a sneer before averting his eyes back to the king for clear answers.
His answer was distracted by an impatient elder,the same elder who yelled that another evil has befallen Dijin " Get him" he yelled fuming poisonous venom and the guards rushed at Weng who tutted feeling entertained and amused " I asked a question and you sent bodyguards on me" he paused with smile " was my question a savagery or just a plain truth?" He asked folding his arms like a noble unbothered by what the hell that was going to happen.
Lord Zao swallowed hard at the question... why does it feel that this lad was opening his sins right in front of him? " HOLD" he finally ordered his graceful eyes still on Weng Xing who smiled sweetly at him " They are evil creatures" Lord Zao calmly replied,he hated to argue with Weng Xing because he lost all the times in it " Evil creatures? did you find out first?" Weng asked feigning shock, he gets to rub his imaginary beards like Lord Zao does saying " Get to interrogate before jumping into essence conclusion" and the crowd which were gloomy began to laugh..... Weng Xing will always be Weng Xing!