"What do you mean?" Xiao Chen looked at Ezio with a cold face. His finger was on his Spatial Ring, ready to pull out his weapon any second.
"Why are you so worked up?" Ezio said with a smile as a Signium appeared on top of his head. It was the exact same one Xiao Chen awakened after he got the inheritance. "I trust you, brother."
The bastard looked at the Signium with his eyes wide open and was about to attack but he held back. He couldn't attack just yet. Ezio's master was sitting a few floors up. If he were to make a move, Yontu would appear in seconds to kill him.
Ezio started to walk outside of the window. It was opening straight to the garden. Above the garden, there was the ballroom. Xiao Chen knew he couldn't touch Ezio if Master Yontu was there.
"Thank you for your trust." Xiao Chen looked around vigilantly as he followed Ezio out. "I didn't make a mistake by marrying Little Princess to you."
"That was when I understood you really cared for me, brother," Ezio said with a beaming smile. "Before, I always thought you wanted to harm me, but now I am certain, you want us to be brothers."
"Yes, that is what I want." Xiao Chen said slowly, as he followed Ezio. He didn't know where he was taking him, but it worked for him. Since the fool was walking away from his master, he was more than happy to follow him wherever he went. "How did you get the Signium, Ezio?"
"It happened in the domain. I was meditating, and this Signium appeared in front of me despite not breaking through. Then the Purple King explained to me the concept of the borrowed Signium. I could have it, but next time I break through, I will not be able to gain a Signium." Ezio told him the 'true story.'
"I had never heard that term before." Xiao Chen said as he scratched his cheek. "Why would he do that?"
"Purple King must have split off the heritage so we can rule together. As brothers, right?" Ezio said as he turned around. They were in the middle of the garden now, and Xiao Chen could see knights. This was his chance.
"My King!" Sir Remon and others kneeled down when they saw Ezio and Xiao Chen. "Do you have any orders for us?"
"Rise." Xiao Chen said with authority. "The groom is feeling a little bit nervous. I am gonna take him for a walk. Tell my Uncle, he will know what to do."
"As you wish!" Knights bowed and left. Ezio kept on walking until he was in front of a rock. There were strange carvings on the wall. Ezio ran his fingers on the carvings and then turned to smile.
"You too want to rule together, right?"
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Six months after the Third Prince was kicked out of Master Yontu's mansion,
"I finally got it," Adrian said as he panted on the ground. The technique was so hard to master.
"You are almost ready." Ezio nodded. When Adrian awakened his Mana Signiums, he was more selective. One of them was the Feathers of Peacock. Since he already stepped into the Fifth Curtain, all three of his Mana Signiums from the Fifth Curtain and the Feathers of Peacock was from the peak of it.
It was a special Signium that allowed Adrian to bend the light. With it, he could create illusions, but it was damn too hard to master. But it created an opportunity for Ezio. Since Master Yontu was known for his technique of changing his skin, Ezio used him to teach Adrian the same technique, when mixed with the Signium, his shapeshifting was even better than Ezio's, when he first started to use the technique.
He wasn't as good as Pride, who could change its skin naturally, but it was still impressive. But Adrian had to master it before he was ready to step in front of all those big shots.
"Are you sure this plan will work?" Adrian asked. "What if he attacks me there and then."
"He won't dare. Trust me." Ezio said with a reassuring smile.
"I find it hard to believe." Adrian shook his head but kept on practicing.
They were underneath the capital at the moment. Ezio, after he purchased the mansion for Master Yontu, carved a giant cave for the members of Zeus's Fury Sect. Of course, he couldn't take them above the ground, so he carved a tunnel from the sect to the mansion. Since he started, he has carved to other locations as well. At first, he thought it would be hard but Formy said because of the Qi in the soil, the formation wasn't covering the underground.
Not everyone had Signiums like Formy, and couldn't find the best natural spots to set up formations as easily as he did. His mastery in formations was much, much higher than Alcy's mastery in Alchemy compared to the locals. Although there were formation masters on the continent, it wasn't a popular occupation. Thus the science of formations wasn't as advanced. With his Signiums that could see the special spots, Formy could even set up formations without any tools. He could set them up just with the power of nature.
That is why Formy was able to temper, steal and re-create the formations as if they were child toys.
Since he had the Compass of Light, he could find the natural spots that had the best compatibility with the doors of the formations. Although the Qi in the ground was rampant, Formy could use it as a secondary defense instead of fearing it. That was the true power of formations. And that allowed Ezio and others to hide a giant underground city under the capital.
After he was done with the tunnel leading to the Demeter's Blessing Sect, he let the Third Prince in and told him about his plans. And ever since, they were using the room right beneath their sect to secretly meet.
"Adrian, you are the key person in this plan. ATG cannot succeed without you." Ezio sighed.
"I know, I know!" Adrian said as he pouted. "Stop pressuring me already."
"I am just saying." Ezio shrugged, "If you fail, we are all going to die."