Will and Sia woke up in the morning and got ready for their date at the lover's temple.
"Do you know why it's called Lover's temple??"
"Hmm... there is a legend about it in the village but I don't remember the story. Now all I see is people going there to pray for their love life" saying this, Will went near her, took her hand in his hand, and kissed her; making Sia blush while Will felt giddy.
They reached the temple which looked like an ancient dilapidated stone house. From the outside, it looked like nothing extraordinary. they climbed the stairs and went inside...
Even on the inside, in the first room, there were rocks everywhere and some cheap clothes of some villagers but in the second room, there was a stone that roughly looked like a statue.
"Sigh...See there is nothing here."
"Don't be hasty my love, let's check out the statue." Will only knew that in his previous life the man tried to steal the statue as he thought it was some ancient relic that he could sell to some collectors or trick some auction houses. but accidentally opened a void crack to a cave. At least that's what he heard.
Will started rummaging the statue. While he was on the pedestal part, he saw a crack. through which after putting his hand he felt something like a liver. His eyes sparkled, and after pulling the liver the whole statue shook and started disintegrating which put Will and Sia in shock. After throwing the remaining parts of the statue they saw that the pedestal had a huge hole that lead to a cave.
"Wow!! Will, you were right about the temple" she excitedly said and kissed Will on his cheeks cause after two years she had seen hope... and also in those two years, she found the love of her life.
'I guess the information was exaggerated huh... there was no portal or void crack...'
"Shall we go then??"
"Y-you are also coming... I mean you have not started cultivation yet..."
Sia had a point, right now Will was very weak but he knew there were no dangers inside as the man who got the artifact was of Qi refinement realm. So he was adamant about going.
"Sigh... Ok, let go. But don't worry, I forgot to tell you but I am in the second level of the foundation establishment realm. So I will protect you" Sia stated puffing her chest, clearly feeling happy.
With that, they walked inside. The cave was dark and after walking for several minutes they saw light and a door. The door was neither too old nor too new. Will knew they found what they came here for... So he was going to open it but Sia interjected.
"Will I think the wall of the end of the cave is fake... I could feel open space beyond it.."
Saying this, Sia kicked the wall repeatedly and her strength was enough to break it.
It was like a huge passage that was even though dark, they could see shades of light coming from the end.
Will and Sia were shocked. But after Sia felt no danger she held Will's hand and started walking towards the end. Even though Will is now a mortal his honed instincts could tell that there was no danger and he even could feel some excitement. He felt like he will get something precious there.
They both started walking towards the end. At the start, everything was going well, they did not notice something pressuring them but after coming more than midway when they saw a silhouette of a huge door, Sia's legs felt weak... While Will was feeling fine. So Will picked Sia and carried her piggyback. He knew he cloud not leave her behind as she started to feel unconscious.
"Will..."
"Shh... don't worry if it feels dangerous we will go back immediately but until then I will carry you, okay."
Sia felt very happy, in her heart her love for her man increased a lot. Meanwhile, Will was starting to feel the pressure. His body started aching all over, he had many thoughts of giving up but he kept on. He knew it was not physical pressure or anything. It was a test, a test for his will, a test for his endurance, a test of patience.
A test to see if he has got what it needs to change one's fate.
After reminding himself of all the things he went through in his past life, all the regrets he had.
And the promise he made to himself; He pushed, and the moment he reached the gate, the pressure vanished.
Sia woke up and she could see that they reached the end but before rejoicing, she went towards Will who was sweating buckets she started wiping the sweat with her clothes. She hugged him.
"Thank you for your hard work Will." Will could feel the emotions in her words. They both stayed like that for minutes feeling each other's warmth.
After that, they turned their attention toward the huge ancient door. they both could feel the aura of the door. They both opened the door and entered a strange circular room.
The room felt like it was untouched by anyone. It felt like it was detached from time itself and in the middle, there was an altar. They saw something written near the altar, they could not even recognize those letters but they both instinctively could read what it said...
THE HALL OF FATE...
There was an orb in the middle of the altar. It only shined dimly but they felt that they were nothing... NOTHING... in front of it...
"Will... I-I have a feeling that we should touch the orb.. it does not feel dangerous..."
"Yeah...even I feel attracted to it.."
'It feels like... I will get something very important from it...i-it feels like...it has answers for our every problem' Will thought as he went near the orb.
The moment they touched the orb together, the orb shook and became brighter. Space started tearing itself apart and two void cracks were formed. Before they could even react they were consumed by different void cracks.
The orb came back to its former glow like nothing ever happened... there was silence everywhere and Will and Sia were gone like they never existed.
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