Yan Xing opened his eyes and lifted his right index finger. The sparrow flew down from his shoulder and landed on Yan Xing's finger.
Yan Xing stroked its feathers a few times before taking out a tiny piece of rolled paper from its feathers. He unfurled the letter and seeing the contents of the letter his lips curled upwards.
'As expected', thought Yan Xing.
The letter only contained one sentence.
'The mountains are not green anymore, and the idle clouds receded with the singing of the birds'
The next day, Jingsheng rushed into the Fifth Prince's estate early in the morning.
"Your Highness, why are you in a hurry to send the betrothal gifts?" asked Jingsheng with a baffled expression as soon as he saw Yan Xing.
He was forced to wake up before the break of the dawn. Xiao Yi only informed him that Fifth Prince wants to send betrothal gifts to Second Miss Zhao today. But he knew that Yan Xing might have a purpose behind it.
The living room was bustling with servants preparing the betrothal gifts, and the head butler was busy listing out the name of items that were going to be sent out as betrothal gifts.
Yan Xing motioned to Jingsheng and both of them headed toward the study room.
Once inside the study room, Yan Xing simply took out the tiny rolled paper and tossed it to Jingsheng.
Jingsheng deftly caught the paper and opened it to read. After a second, he raised his brows and looked at Yan Xing.
"The Sect leader wants us to pay attention to the Green Cloud Qin?" asked Jingsheng.
Yan Xing nodded his head and replied, "Yes, people from the secular world only knew that Green Cloud Qin is the number one Qin among the top five Qin's. Well, even in the pugilist world, only a few old Gingers and the heirs knew about its history"
Yan Xing paused and looked at Jingsheng, "You are aware of its history too, right"
Jingsheng was a smart person, and he already had a vague guess in his heart. Taking in a sharp breath, he asked, "Are we going to witness what happened a hundred years ago again?"
Yan Xing shook his head and walked towards the table and from the table drawer, he took out a piece of sheep skin map the size of two palms.
"That 'Sect' was completely obliterated by the combined efforts of various sects and independent experts, but there are still some remnants which remained. Although they had been silent for the past hundred years, we can't say that they will continue to remain silent. It's obvious that they had been waiting for the right moment", Yan Xing said as he laid the sheep skin map on the table and beckoned to Jingsheng to come forward.
Jingsheng walked towards the table and looked down at the sheep skin's map, he furrowed his brows and asked, "What map is this?"
"The inheritance of 'that sect' is said to be buried somewhere, but no one knows where. This map here is the map to find that place", Yan Xing said while tapping on the red dot on one of the terrains drawn on the map.
"What?", Jingsheng's pupils constricted as he looked at the map. This piece of information was like a bolt from the blue.
"Then..then. Why did…."
Jingsheng stammered, and before he could finish the sentence, Yan Xing said, "This map is incomplete. It is only a part of that inheritance Map"
Jingsheng took a deep breath and after calming himself down he said, "If that Green Cloud Qin lands into the hands of those people then.."
Jingsheng shuddered and continued, "If Venerable Wang is also a remnant of that sect then, we can't let him take away the Green Cloud Qin"
Yan Xing laughed, "You are forgetting one thing"
"What?", Jingsheng asked raising his brows.
"Do you think the Green Cloud Qin being able to remain inside the Zhao family safely for a hundred years is something normal?", said Yan Xing with a smile.
Jingsheng slapped his forehead and said, "Right, how can I forget it?"
Those who are aware of the history behind the origins of the Green Cloud Qin are all experts in the pugilist world. If they had ulterior motives, then the Green Cloud Qin would have long been snatched away from the hands of the Zhao family. But even the remnants of 'that sect' didn't make a move.
Why?
Because the Green Cloud Qin is useless if it's not in the hands of someone with the blood of the Zhao family. And, not just any member of the Zhao family. There are still conditions to be met to unleash its true strength.
"Your Highness, do you think Venerable Wang is aware of its history?", asked Jingsheng.
Yan Xing remained silent for a while and said, "Not sure but the incident outside the Lan City that happened a few days ago and now the appearance of Green Cloud Qin…. Something is brewing in the dark"
"We have to figure out the motive behind Venerable Wang wanting to obtain the Green Cloud Qin publicly at this moment", Jingsheng said, pacing around the study room anxiously.
Both of them knew that things are likely to become chaotic from now on. And, whether they wanted or not, they are sure to be dragged down into this muddy water.
Yan Xing observed the ship's skin's map for a while and put it away with a sigh. As the prince of the Yan Empire, he is familiar with the terrains of the empire, but the terrains drawn on the map were not familiar to him and not to mention that the map is incomplete.
"Let's go now", Yan Xing got up and said.
"Where?", Jingsheng asked.
"To the Zhao family estate to deliver the betrothal gifts", Yan Xing said with a smile as he strode out of the study room, leaving the confused Jingsheng behind.
"Are we only going there to deliver the betrothal gifts? Do you think I would buy that", Jingsheng grumbled as he followed him out.