In the mountains of desolate territory, at an inconspicious area stood a temple. Just a glimpse and one can tell that it is not able to stand the test of time, Full of dust, tattered exterior, plants growing from the walls.
In the depths of temple, sit a person in wheel chair surrounded by silence, looking at the sunlight that comes from the holes in the wall. Suddenly 'whoosh' a sound came along with distortion of space at an inconspicious place.The person in wheel chair seem to not notice it. The person who appear has an asassins appearance. All his body is covered by dark black clothes. He retrieved a dagger from his back waist and started walking step by step towards the person in wheel chair. Just when he is a step away from the wheel chair,
"you are not allowed to assasinate a mage at mid-4th level, and a peak 4th level martial warrior, otherwise you will die", voice of the man in wheel chair came
"Teacher guide me", the asassin kneeled on the floor and said
"You are still not able to mask the movement of space with your spiritual power yet. Any mid grade-4th level mage can detect your presence, with their spiritual power and If they isolate all the space element and replace it with their natural element, then you are done for. As for martial warriors, with their beast senses they will be able to detect the movement of wind and heat which will flow towards the vaccum in space and with their fast reflexes due to their beast form and high cultivation, you will surely die".
"Is there no way teacher", the asassin asked
"Well without the space isolating and disturbing formation. For the current you, there is none".the man said
"How much time till it is complete, Teacher", asked the student
"I am working on it", said the teacher
"Un..", said the student disappointedly
"Dont be disappointed and work hard feiji" (hangtian feiji ( means space shuttler)is the name of the asassin)
Suddenly another space distorted, and a woman came out of it.
The woman unlike the previous asassin, bowed to the man in wheelchair.
"Rise yinying", said the man in wheelchair.(yinying means shadow)
"Yinying greets the Lord Benefactor", said yinying
"Huh", nodded the man
"Lord your subordinate has some news", said yinying.
"Tell me" said the man
"Lord the eldest daughter of Gudong family "miren" is in trouble".( miren de shui means enchanting water)
"How does it concerns me", asked the man calmly
"Lord beacuse it concerns the royal family".
"Oh ,continue then", said the man with some interest
Lord the crown prince's youngest concubine "huli", is accusing "miren" of going back on the bet. Yinying said
"Lord the bet involves, if huli loses, she will accept in front of everyone in the academy that she is inferior and if "miren" loses, she have to accept her inferiority and become her junior sister in law and marry crown prince",said yinying in hurry beacuse she found from her lords expression that he is not liking the news because of its unworthiness.
"From what i know " miren" although is haughty but she still is not stupid and all the more not weak, and with her elemental advantage, she should have won the bet", said feiji
"Yes under normal circumstances but", continuing yinying said
"She fell into the trap", said the man interrupting her
"Yes Lord, miren was continously protesting for cheating but since huli has recorded all of what has ensued, from the bet to the fight, no matter what she says unless she can show evidence she would not be able to deny her defeat",continued yinying
"But is not it just a bet, as the eldest daughter of "gudong family" her father should be able to take care of this minor problem,why are you so worried yinying",said feiji being confused
"Because they have taken the oath that the loser has to fulfil the wager", said yinying
"Hahaha.....what a joke, oath i have taken so many oaths in my life whenever i am in trouble. what oath could bound a princess",said feiji laughingly
"Fire gods oath", said the man on wheelchairs
"Fire gods oath,haha.. haaan, half smiling feiji stopped
"Aaaaa...., fire gods oath, isss.. she crazy.
who takes fire gods oath for such minor thing", said feiji with surprise and shock.
"Only under two conditions, either she is insane or either extremely confident", said the man
" But teacher, If she was extremly confident. Then why did she Lost",asked feiji in a docile manner
"Because it was a plot, gudong family has occupied its wealth and market in just a short span of 50 years although they are far from strong enough to be a threat for the Royal family but they can still be a threat for another big families of the kingdom".
"But why would the royal family support them", asked feiji
"Heh, the royal family has only half the royal blood now, the other half is from these big families, who have always married their daughters to the royal family. After so many generations who knows, whose descendant is on the throne. the fire clans ancestor's or one of the big family's", said the man in wheel chair
"Teacher ,where exactly are you pinpointing", asked feiji with sincerity
"Why do you think the fire emperor has supported me in the past to compete for the throne", asked the man
"I dont know teacher", replied feiji
"With the inter marriage of royal family with so many different blood families the royal blood is thining".
"The ancestor of fire clan when young,loved adventure and travel. In one such adventure he has once fought with a beast who has been blessed by fire god relics aura. After defeating him he took him to the fire gods clan and infused its power within himself".
"Huh", But teacher did not you said it is impossible for others to practice both ways", said feiji with shock and fear.
"It is and thats why he destroyed his magical prowess and cultivated till martial king realm, before infusing the beast", said the man.
"But teacher why is it that one cannot cultivate both ", asked feiji.
"Thats the key, if they knew would not they have had the solution already, told the man.
Teacher you have once told me about this pro..",
"Ok that's it, no need to discuss what you can not understand", the man intervened feijis statement.
"From then on, the fire clan has always been the one to dominate the fire kingdom and thats how, the fire clan became the royal family as well. The royal family during the fire ancestor era had the potential to rule the continent But", said the man with a mocking and half laughing face
"But what teacher", said feiji
"But the king after the fire ancestor in order to expand and consolidate their position as a ruler. Begin marrying the daughters of all the strong families of that era.
Although he succeded, today the royal family cannot be shaken by anyone since today's royal family has the unconditional support of all the upper families, And why should they not, almost all the prince and princesses are somehow related to these families. At the cost of future, the fire clan has build the present, now their interests are in one boat so both are supporting each other", told the man
"But this way the soveriegnty of the royal family would be finished. Don't the royal family aware of it", asked feiji
"They are, but what could they do, and infact in reality, the royal family has always been the winner since every candidate is the royal family's candidate. Apart from the basic resources, they do not have to provide much resources, this work of their's is done by the big families who wants their family's royal member to first become the crown prince, and then the king", told the man
"But is not this situation too good for them, teacher", asked feiji
"Well this depends on how you percieve it. For the descendant of fire ancestor, who is responsible for all this. It's an excellent result but for someone like fire ancestor, and the current fire emperor this is not the result they wanted", said the man
"Why Teacher", asked feiji
"Well if the fire ancestor wanted only this. Then he would not have to do what he did, even without infusing the beast, his talent was good enough. he was the overlord even then, But he wanted to go beyond the fire kingom. Go beyond the northern continent", said the man
Beyond the northern continent, where exactly did he wanted to go teacher", asked feiji
"Curiosity kills the cat feiji", said the man
"Dont ask for what you are not ready to face, said the man calmly. As for the current fire emperor. He is of the same thought as that of fire ancestor, that is also the reason why he supported me. The reason, you both already know".
"Ok, keep me informed of whatever transpires, and arrange a meeting with Sir Guang". (Guang means light)
This Chapter's Side story,
( Elder Guang and Fenghuang's Discussion)
Guang de shui's room
"Hello elder guang", said a man
"Hello prince fenghuang" said elder guang
"Elder guang, I am here for your daugh....", fenghuang was going to say but got interrupted
" 'Phoenix Fenghuang', the once rising sun of the royal family who has burned every competition of his to ashes, never got defeated in same ranks, had the power to surpass the ranks in fighting.
(the once greatest, talent, of royal family')!
'and'
'now the crippled yet calm, cold but righteous, always under royal gaze, yet mysterious like the dark night'
'Your presence here just for my daughter seems not ordinary", intervened elder guang
"Well that's elder guang for us.
Always meddled with antiques, yet, aware of the present than anyone else. You have a good intelligence and intellect elder guang,
of course along with your discernible eye", applauded fenghuang
"So what really is your intentions", asked elder guang
"Anything but harmful for your interests", answered fenghuang
"continue", said elder guang
"Elder, you must have known that the situation is very bad for you. If 'miren'( elder guang's daughter) marries crown prince she would always be used as a tool to manipulate you, and, if she did not, it will be used as a reason to attack your family and business. One hand holds instant destruction, and other holds long term supression",
"Both are disasters for anyone", told fenghuang
"Do you think i have a choice?", asked elder guang
"Well..., Yes", replied after a momentary pause
"What! choice", asked elder guang suspiciously
"Me", answered fenghuang
"You ", asked elder guang confusedly
"Yes me, you choose me and then everything will be sorted", said fenghuang smilingly
"Specify", asked elder guang
"I want you to be my father in law, and like a supportive father in law to always support me in future", replied fenghuang
"And that's it", said elder guang
"Yes the rest you leave on me. You relax and enjoy", replied fenghung
"Why should i believe you", questioned elder guang
"Elder you have asked the wrong question. You already know the answer", replied fenghuang
"You should ask, how i trust you instead", he continued
"Um.... so how should i trust you", asked elder guang after realizing something
"Welll....", told fenghuang
"But can you really", asked elder guang with lack of confidence in him
Suddenly a strong spiritual power supressed him.
"You...ah...", screeched elder guang but nobody could hear his voice
"Well, i guess, this should be sufficient,
Right father in law", said fenghuang with a victory smile on his face
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