Lord Zao stared at the prisoner Weng had turned into a puppet, his eyes lingered around the prisoner who sat in the cell with his arms folded around his legs " Lord Zao" A few elders rushed towards him with concerned faces, after hearing the news.
They saluted him before saying what they wanted to say " Who did this to him?" An elder asked and it was around this time that Jing Su came along with his guards.
" The one who killed the elders in Flower clan" Lord Zao drily repiled,his eyes still on the poor prisoner.
Murmurs filled the place instantly but nobody could decipher the thought of Lord Zao " He made him like this? what sort of power does this fella have?" another asked but Lord Zao shrugged indifferently " Tommorow is the seige and I want y'all to prepare, Jing Su I hope everything is put into order?" .
" Yes My Lord" Jing Su bowed trying to act normal seeing the spy he sent on Weng Xing, indeed as it was, Weng Xing was getting so much powerful ever since he came back.
" Great" was all Lord Zao said before walking out with the elders leaving Jing Su behind. His eyes laid on the spy with fists clenched " He might say the truth since he is now controlled by Weng Xing" he thought still staring at the prisoner " I must kill him" he gritted his teeth before sending his guards away to do his deed.
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" That bastard has killed him" Weng Xing hissed cleaning his flute as he sat down in Xhou's room " Does he think it will solve the problem? Let's see Tomorrow then" .
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" Push the darn stone" Mu Song yelled at Zhou who kept using his spiritual power to push the large Stone covering a secret tomb they had found. It was suitated underneath the court of the kiribi clan with strong spells around it, what was hidden inside here with such strong spells around it? " Get out of the way, let me open it" the white paper tailsman yelled sitting cross-legged on Zhou's shoulders.
" Talkative" Mu Song hissed at the paper man who flew towards the tomb, it moved around the arc for sometime before hitting it with it's small foot.
" What is he doing?" Mu Song whispered looking shocked " Summoning the taunting dragon" Zhou exclaimed recognizing one of Weng Xing's illegal techniques for torture. What in the world was this mad man doing? How could he use a torture technique for breaking a powerful spell?
" I can't decipher the spell, so I summoned the taunting dragon" The paper man explained " Weng Xing created it for torture and for deciphering spells" he explained further before caressing the lines of spell muttering something and all of a sudden, A red light appeared in shape of a dragon hovering around the circle of the spell " Do we need blood?" Mu Song asked knowing most illegal techniques needed blood summon.
" I am here" the paper man calmly said still controlling the light more and more as the stone began trembling, The arc spell broke instantly pushing down the stone " Get down you bastards" the paper man yelled at the shocked Mu Song and Zhou " Did you just summon the third eye?" Zhou asked seeing a diagram of two eyes mixed with a diagram of the dragon on the spell " Get down" he kept yelling seeing that the red surge of power was getting stronger and might kill them all.
The duo jumped down only to be welcomed by a toxic darkness and frosty smell, with a confusing staircase which was leading beneath and a cold silence settled there.
" Second Weng Xing, get down here" they yelled looking up but silence repiled "Second Weng Xing?" Mu Song called again in fear but a white paper tailsman flew down perching on his head.
" He is weak, I will let him rest" and Zhou nodded before using the fire tailsman to summon light in the darkness " Do you see in darkness?" Zhou asked Mu Song who nodded as his eyes turned into a green light bringing calm brightness inside the tomb.
Zhou gave him a slight nod and they ascended the wary stairs in a mild and careful way, Zhou saw symbols and signs drawn on the walls and instantly knew that they were fresh " Someone was here" He heard Mu Song say facing a particular wall " who was it?" Zhou asked bending down to check the symbols. " I see a blurry figure on black cloak " Mu Song whispered as his inner sense gave in , searching around the places the figure has been.
The paper tailsman moved as if recognizing the symbols " The summon" it gasped diverting their attention to a huge circle created with blood " The summon!" Zhou and Mu Song exclaimed examing the symbol. Their eyes hovered around the place seeing more and more symbols on the wall " What are all these symbols and blood?" Mu Song asked caressing a particular symbol that was like a star " These are the arcs of blood summon, the summon of an evil ancestor seeking for revenge" The paper tailsman replied " The figure you saw....is the creator of demonic cultivation".
Their discussion was halted by fall in the deeper darkness, Zhou's eyes widened as he pushed Mu Song away dodging the Six nails thrown at them . He cuts himself using his dagger and rub his blood around the whole wall, ruining the power of the symbols " Why do you keep using blood?" The paper tailsman asked " That's how I grew up, i learned this type of illegal technique from my master" Zhou replied watching his wound heal.
" You learnt the healing process, just wow!" The paper tailsman clapped feeling proud, Weng Xing really had powerful friends.
Zhou picked up the six nails and beamed " It's maradona" he nodded at Mu Song who kicked the small gate in front of him, the darkness that emitted from this part can't be described but his eyes were giving way light to take over.
The body laid at the end of the gate shaking massively, he had used his last strength to attack them thinking it was the enemies he kept seeing. He whispered feeling heartbroken but wished he can't die " Stupid Jing Su" he kept cursing inside him until he felt a palm touch him " Maradona Shuî " the voice called,it was sounded gentle and mild " You used the six venom nails of the water clan to attack us" he heard another familiar voice chip in and he slowly lifted his head to see the visitors.
Black and green garments stood powerfully in front of his hazey eyes and he tried to see their faces, he suddenly felt a small thing walking right to his face and using his hands to caress his nose " Weng Xing?" he softly called recognizing the tailsman. His heart beamed as he sharply sat up only to see Zhou and Mu Song smiling at him " Long time brother" Zhou said feeling relief " You... you broke the spell?" Maradona weakly asked " Weng Xing did" Mu Song replied giving a nod to the white tailsman still clingy to maradona.
" Where are the rest?" Zhou asked as his face darkened " Inside.... mostly unconscious and deprived from our spiritual powers" He replied like a child as he pointed deeper into the darkness " You got to be quick before the demon arrives" he stuttered hugging himself in fear.
Zhou and Mu Song sped up running deeper into the darkness with lights around them and they broke down another gate, alerting the prisoners " No don't kill us yet" a familiar voice begged like a child making Zhou to frown " Force" he called walking deeper. The latter who begged crawled out hearing his name called in a mild way, his robes were out of color and he looks pale yet still pretty " Zhou? Mu Song? you are alive? is Brother Xhou here? Brother Weng Xing? Xhan?" he asked at same time trying to hold back his joy " Alive" Mu Song replied before helping him to stand.
" We are here with few disciples that stuck to us" Force replied as his whole body shivered because of cold " Maradona and Lan Guang has been trying for years to get us out of here but our powers have been deprived by a strange power" He continued as Mu Song helped him sit " Zhou do you have water?" Mu Song asked and Zhou gave a nod before dipping his hand inside his garments to bring out a gourd " Thank you" Force stammered grabbing the gourd with both hands as he drank the whole water.
" Where is Maradona?" Force asked his eyes moving " Doesn't your eyes hurt for lighting this horrid place?" He asked Mu Song whose eyes has been beaming with green light " No" Mu Song replied rubbing his unkempt hair.
" Second Weng Xing ,summon Your master and Xhou....we can't do this on our own" Zhou half yelled looking at the clan leaders with their sons and few disciples.
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A red signal flashed in the sky attracting Weng Xing who sat in the garden with Xhan and the others, another white signal flashed across the sky making Xhou to narrow his eyes " We are summoned " Liu Qu said looking at the soulmates. Weng Xing felt his neck itching again " The kiribi clan" he said in pain as his sign kept itching with high velocity before calming down " They found them" he said between gasps as he held his chest " you damn bastard, must you kill me?" he was telepathing with his inner being " you killed me already inside this tailsman and I know you are not ready to release me" the being snorted making Weng Xing to smile.
" You need to stop communications with him" He suddenly heard Xhou drily say and his gentle eyes fell on the jealous man " He is part of me and I can't resist it" he explained " I will do so,I want you to be normal like in our past lives" Xhou snorted looking away.
Xhan crossed his legs smiling at Xhou " but you in our past lives, didn't call him abnormal?" he asked taking Xhou by surprise " we have work to do ,Liu Qu tell the older disciples to take care of the young ones and meet us at the dancing garden" he ordered avoiding the question thrown at him and Liu Qu nodded before departing.
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A white portal appeared and four beings stepped out with disbelief written on their faces " Someone more powerful is behind the scenes" Weng Xing replied seeing the unconscious bodies " Xhan and Liu Qu, you know what to do" and they gave a mild nod before rushing to the bodies to examine them.
" We found this" Mu Song said behind them and they turned receiving a small purple stone " The infinity yin stone" Weng Xing gasped recognizing the stone " Xhou, I think this more than we can explain.... it is seriously complicated" and Xhou agreed with a nod " What is the yin stone doing here? " Zhou asked baffled " The stone of the supreme immortal cultivators , I thought they have destroyed it because of the havoc it created?" He asked still confused.
Weng Xing also looked confused " The creator of demonic cultivation was here" he snapped immediately before looking at the wall that have been ruined by Zhou's blood " You keep doing this and you get weaker" Weng Xing sounded worried looking at Zhou who smiled " I won't, I learnt the Seven nature of cultivation and it's healing process" Zhou replied making Weng Xing to heav in relief " I am not the only illegal person here after all" and his words received a glare from Xhou.
Weng Xing swallowed hard before proceeding to study the broken diagrams and symbols " The blood summon, the arc of the summon...hmm" he said caressing the symbols " The summon the demonic cultivator...a symbol of blood revenge" he gasped tracing and joining the symbols " Someone summon him using the yin stone" Weng solved the whole puzzle looking at Xhou whose eyes widened.
" The infinity yin stones have been destroyed after huge setback it created or else it was divided and sealed in different places" Weng Xing explained " Stones?" Mu Song asked in surprise " I thought it was one" Zhou said more than baffled.
" They are Seven and I think this purple one is the heart, The yin stones are made up of seven components: The Guard, The key, The Heart, The soul, The Era, The lock and the lead" He explained further " We have the minor stones and major stones, this is one of the major stones; The Heart" .
Xhou collected the stone from him to examine it " The heart was used to resurrect souls but some cultivators were greedy and started to convet the stones turning it into what I don't know causing setback and darkness those years before our existence" Weng Xing explained according to what he knew " so the Creators of the stones broke it and hide them with power spell and my question now is.... how was this stone found?" .
" Jing Su used it and must have found it here" Xhou answered "One of the Supreme creators made a mistake unknowingly while creating the spell" .
Weng's eyes lightened up " Yes... Xhou you are right, it affected the whole bound making it weak and making one of the stones escape" he exclaimed " We need to find Jing Su" Xhou said suddenly " I think he has been studying many ways to decipher the spells and find the location of the stones" he coldly said.
" Tommorow is the seige Xhou, you need to hurry and get prepared and leave the rest to me" Weng Xing smirked looking at the wall and his evil crept in his eyes " What are you going to do?" The paper tailsman asked perching on his shoulder " What I always do" he grinned devilishly making Xhou to clench his fist.
If you keep going on this way, you will turn to something else he thought glaring at the mischievous Weng Xing " Brother Xhou, their souls were paralyzed" Xhan shouted gathering their attention.