Family is always the best, even when some act like they don't care. And there is no place better than a home with people that makes you feel safe.
The Hand of Fake Marriage
Feng-Huang opened his fan, extending its sharp blades. Without even a second thought, he used it to slice the palm. He didn't even wince when the stinging pain from the wound took effect. He dip his index and pointer fingers into the blood, before using said fingers to draw a symbol in mid air. Then he took out a summoning talisman from his sleeve and pushed it on the symbol, which now became visible. Before taking on an orange glow, and then caught fire. The air soon became freezing cold, and the sky became grey black, but only overhead the four Prospectors.
"T-this w-weird ac.. activities means that i-i-it worked right?" Kai asks, his teeth chatting. As he wraps his arms around himself to stop his shivering.
"You tell me." Feng-Huang pointed behind Kai, where Hu Delun appeared out of nowhere.
"Wrath, what is your purpose here?!" Huang Bao gruff voice boomed over the new silent school.
The atmosphere has changed to one that resembles a ghost town. The one lively school was now vacant, and the air surrounding it has this dark feeling to it.
"Wharth? Where?" Hu Delun fane innocence. His facial expression is one of confusion and worry, but his sinister smile was still prominent.
"Don't act innocent, we know that you are not the real Hu Delun. But sent here by Fong Woo to seek out Kai!"
The Wharth laughed, clapping his hand as his face transformed into a disfigured shape made of clay. He made a noise in between a roar and growl, before charging at Kai.
Feng-Huang jumped in front of Kai, blocking off Hu Delun from getting to Kai. Striking him across the face with his fan. The Wharth growls in pain, wet clay running from the cut. It advanced at Feng-Huang, spitting dirt like slime at him, which Feng-Huang used his fan again to hit out of the way. Hu Delun made another growl, knocking Wang Feng-Huang out of the way, which opened an opportunity for him to manipulate the earth element. Turning it into quick sand underneath Kai's feet.
Kai struggles, trying not to sink further. But the more he moved, the more he sank.
"Don't move." He heard Qing Yuan murmuring from beside him.
Kai, held his breath and stayed still. Watching as Qing Yuan move his left hand to the side and his his right hand in a pulling motion, using the wind element to part the quick sand. While pulling it towards him, before freezing it. After he ran up to it, kicking the now solid earth, smashing it into small pieces of rocks. Qing Yuan quickly pull Kai up and out of the way, just as Hu Delun throw a full size bolder his way.
"Woah, how is he that strong?" Kai asks, both amazed but terrified at the same time.
"He is a creature made from the earth element, so his level of skill with it is far more advanced than us who are skilled in different areas of different elements."
"So what are you saying, is basically, that he can easily defeat us with so many earth around?" Kai sass a bit, making Qing Yuan pause and ponder what he said.
"Yes."
"I was really hoping you said no."
"Boys, watch out!" Huang Bao shouted, hitting Hu Delun to the side with water he levitated from a barrel nearby.
"Alright, we need to join our fire elements together, in order to loosen the clay that makes up his body structure. Then when he is melting down, we use the wind to harden him-"
"Then use our swords to break him." Kai quickly interrupted Feng-Huang. Watching from the corner of his eyes as Hu Delun shook the water from him, and turned back to them.
"Right." Feng-Huang smiles at his son. "How did you know that is what we are supposed to do?"
"I read it in a scroll. We will be like a containment, so the Wharth won't find a way to escape." Kai impatiently answers, Hu Delun gets closer to them. "No disrespect, but can we do it now? He has gotten up!" Kai dodge to the side, from out of the way of Hu Delun's hand. He then spun a little closer to Delun and grabbed a hold of his still outstretched hand and pulled him towards him, Kai then kneed him in the abdomen. Before doing an open hand strike into his chest.
Hu Delun screamed in pain as Kai's palm started to generate heat, causing the clay that made up Hu Delun's body to melt. Hu Delun struggled to get out of Kai's hold, but his screams of pain suddenly turned to agony when he felt multiple hands on him and the burning sensation got worse.
The first thing that Kai noticed was how the hair from Hu Delun's head started falling out, then his face started to liquify, like when the wax of a burning candle starts to melt. And before that, his whole body was a mountain of molten clay.
"Ok, now we need to harden his body before he starts to form again." Wang Feng-Huang quickly said. Which they did, mimicking the move that Qing Yuan had done earlier when he had saved Kai from the quicksand. Then they stood at four points around the Wharth hardened…well not body anymore, drew their swords out, and Feng-Huang with his fan, and started to strike the Wharth from each angle. Before Qing Yuan ran his sword through the empty shallow cavern that was the Wharth's heart.
The Wharth crumbled to pieces, and king Huang Bao jammed his sword into the ground. Which create some cracks, then he pull it out. And then used the sword to smash the ground, which crumbled and a deep hole is left. The crumbled remains of Hu Delun's body fell in and Huang Bao set ablaze before closing back the ground to how it was.
"So that's it then? The Wharth is gone." Kai took a shake breath of release and said.
Qing Yuan nodded and took a hold of Kai's hand and started to follow the others when something caught his eyes on the ground.
"What?" Kai asked, when he saw Qing Yuan stop abruptly and bend down and take up a piece of rice paper.
Qing Yuan unrolled the paper and started to read it. A look of dismay and worry took over his once stoic feature.
"What is it son?" King Huang Bao asked when he saw the state his son was in.
"It's a message from Fong Woo, instructing Hu- I mean the Wharth, to follow Kai and get him alone." Qing Yuan told them. "Fong Woo knows that Kai now holds the lotus aura, and he had sent the Wharth here to get it."
A moment of silence fell over the group, knowing that the battle was far from over. It wasn't until Li Jie came up to them, that the silence was broken. Li Jie has just received news from the Drogan's kingdom. It is about a wedding that will be held at the palace, and the bride and groom are Feng Gao and Wang May. Kai's heart swelled with pride for his sister for finally getting her childe that she always whined about marrying. But Qing Yuan, it's a big problem. Kai might not have remembered that Feng Gao tried to kill him, but he did. And anyone who knows Feng Gao, knows that he is good at cunning people. And one thing for sure, is that Feng Gao is a man of wonder and being a rebel. But when it came to status, he always went for females from the highest family. So there is no way he would marry Kai's sister, so he must have something planned up his sleeve. And Qing Yuan would ensure that he takes him down first, before he hurts Kai or anyone else. But mostly Kai.
It's two days after Li Jie had given them news of the wedding between Feng Gao and Wang May, and now they are on their way to the Drogan's kingdom. Kai is all excited as he and Feng-Huang, who is also happy to see his senior brother again, chat up a storm. Earning irritating groans from the other drogan disciples and a few other disciples from other places who are invited to the ceremony.
"Oh hush all of you, can't two men be excited to see their family who they haven't seen in ages." Feng-Huang said with a playful scowl, which made king Huang Bao laugh from inside his carriage. He is accompanied by Li Jie and an emotionless Qing Yuan, who couldn't wait to get his hands on Feng Gao. When it comes to Kai, Qing Yuan vowed that he would forget his Prospector's morals just to keep Kai safe. And just the thought of Feng Gao planning on hurting him, just made Qing Yuan see red. "Why are you laughing, old friend? Do you find it funny that you are traveling in style, while the rest of us are burning under the heat of the sun." Feng-Huang spoke loudly, but you could hear the playfulness in his voice.
King Huang Bao stuck his head out of the moving carriage and stared at Feng-Huang like he had grown two heads. "You and Kai were asked to join us, but you refused. And now you are complaining. How prepasteous of you." There was a few minutes of silence, before they burst out into laughter. " But seriously, there is space if you want to join us."
They have finally arrived in the Drogan's kingdom, and Kai and Feng-Huang have parted ways with the rest of the disciples and Li Jie and king Huang Bao, who went back to the palace. But Qing Yuan decided to accompany Kai and Feng-Huang to the Wang's home in the village.
Kai ran up to the front of the house, and knocked on the door rapidly. Excited to finally see his family again.
The door opened, just as Kai was about to knock again. Revealing his father's annoyed face, which now became one of joy.
"Kai, you are home! Sue-May, Sue-May! Come quick, Kai is back!" He called out to his wife.
Sue-May heard all her husband's commotion and ran out of the kitchen, wiping her floury hand on her apron before pulling her son in a motherly embrace. "Oh my sweet baby, you have come home." She cried. She pulled away when she noticed Qing Yuan and a strange man she had never seen before, standing behind her son.
"Your highness." Both Sue-May and Wang Guang bow to Qing Yuan. But Guang's eyes never left the man standing on the right side of the prince. There is something familiar about him, but Guang just can't place it.
"Who is this wonderful gentleman?" Sue-May ask. Her heart warmed from the friendly kind smile the gentleman flashed her way.
Kai open his mouth to answer, but close it back again when his father beat him to it.
"Feng-Huang? Junior brother is that you?" Wang Guang cried, running from the doorway and engulfed his younger brother and spin him around in his arms.
"Yes senior brother, it is me." Feng-Huang cried tears of joy. Happy to reunite with his brother.
"But how?" Wang Guang pulled away from his brother, touching Wang Feng-Huang's face and hair which is completely different from how he was sixteen years ago. "Why do you look so different?"
Feng-Huang sigh, and patted his brother on the shoulder. I don't know why, but I was reincarnated as someone else. And I might have a theory that I was brought back to help Kai-"
"Kai? What's wrong with him? And why does he need help?" Wang Guang started to bombared him with questions.
"You know about my lotus aura right?"
"Yes, and you passed it on to Kai."
"That's right. And now the son of Fong Wen have gotten a hold of the Dark Moon orb and he knows that the lotus aura is inside Kai, and now he Fong Woo is coming after Kai. And need to protect him, no matter what it cost."