Xiao Zhan raised his head from the toilet sink and looked into the mirror on the wall.
After Xiao Lijuan managed to get his depressed self out of the bed, she insisted he at least wash his face cause in her words, he looked like someone who's girlfriend just ran away with his best friend.
Xiao Zhan pushed his wet hair out of his face. His appearance in this world haven't changed a bit from in his own world. His eyes were still black which he had come to find out was the color of every human's eyes until they awaken a talent and begin to cultivate unless in special cases like Xiao Lijuan who's eyes and hair were colored from birth because of her potential talent. The princess was the pride and joy of the kingdom.
"I don't memories of this world but I don't have parents. It seems I was found in a trash truck. A fucking trash truck! That old man that calls himself god actually took me from my comfortable bed and threw me in a fucking trash truck!"
Xiao Zhan couldn't help the anger forming in his heart. He felt like punching the mirror in front of him into million of tiny bits.
"Elder brother Zhan, come out already or we'll be late for the awakening ceremony!" Xiao Lijuan sweet voice called from the bedroom.
Xiao Zhan sighed. "Forgot it" he said and grabbed a towel from the towel rack and expeditiously dried his hair. He blindly reached for the shelf to his left and grabbed a comb.
Only when his fingers touch the hot surface of the comb did he look away from the mirror.
"What the hell?" he asked as he examined the comb. It was red in color and gave off a faint red glow. The surface was warm like it's been sitting on under the sun.
"Brother Zhan, quickly come out already, father has sent a maid to get us!" Xiao Lijuan urgently called again.
"I'm coming" Xiao Zhan didn't have time to examine the weird comb more and used it instead. However, immediately the comb ran through his hair, his previously wet hair dried up and became soft and slick.
Xiao Zhan started at the mirror in disbelief. He could even swear his hair became a darker black if that was even possible.
"This must be the comb I got from that damn god. Who knew it'll have this kind of effect"
However, he didn't have time to continue experimenting with the hair comb and quickly grabbed a random hair pack and rushed out of the bathroom.
"What took you so long?" Xiao Lijuan asked immediately he walked through the door.
"Nothing, nothing. Let's hurry up and go down" Xiao Zhan replied pulling his hair into a ponytail.
"Uh, didn't you wash your hair?" Xiao Lijuan asked looking at his already dried hair.
Xiao Zhan chuckled awkwardly. "We better get going before your dad comes up here himself" he said and that seems to snap Xiao Lijuan attention back to more pressing matters.
"Oh right, let's go" she said and they both rushed out of the room
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The Black Diamond Kingdom biannual awakening ceremony was the biggest of the talks of the Kingdom and all teenagers of age fourteen attend it. Like the others before it, second and last awakening of the year gathered a lot of people from far and wide.
"The awakening ceremony is a very big deal as it will determine ones future. In a way, it's a kind of life and death situation. On this day, many teenagers who haven't awakened any talent gather at the Xiao Sect Ceremonial field. The Sect Masters of the cities and few big shots of the Kingdom are usually always present too to see if there would be any extraordinary talents awaken.
Naturally, if you awaken an extraordinary talent, affinity or bloodline, you have the chance of catching the attention of the higher ups and even becoming a personal disciple of an elder!
It wasn't a surprise why the awakening ceremony was such a big deal."
Xiao Zhan walked along side Xiao Lijuan through the empty hall leading to the ceremonial field.
"Everyone must already be in the ceremonial field. We're late because of you!" Xiao Lijuan said in dissatisfaction, he beautiful face forming a frown. She had changed her dress to an elegant blue knee length gown with golden vial over her face and her hair was flowed behind her.
"Sorry." was Xiao Zhan's reply. He too had changed his robe to a black one with gold linings and had of a mask which covered half his face to his nose. As royalty, not many were qualify to view their face.
The sons and daughters of the sect masters and senior sect elder of the sects all covered their faces in the presence of commoners. However the children of the senior sect elders are free to mingle as they like and reveal their faces to those who they thrust while the children of the sect masters didn't have this privilege.
Soon they got to the field and just as Xiao Zhan suspected, it was half filled with people both old and young all here for the awakening ceremony.
"Let's go" Xiao Lijuan pulled him by the hand away from the entrance of the field and to the upper stage of the field. This is were the big shots of the Xiao Sect, the Sect masters and other elders stay for any occasion
Since Xiao Lijuan was the second princess of the Xiao Sect, her father being the king of the kingdom himself, she didn't have to sit with the other disciples.
However, Xiao Zhan didn't have any right to be sitting on there. He was unknown to everyone in the Kingdom and only a few people on the stage knew very little about him. Naturally, his appearance with the famous princess of frost and the mask over his face caused confusion and people began to talk.
"Who is that?" a young man asked.
"I don't know but he came in with the Xiao sect second princess." another replied.
"Oh my god, he's sitting with the King! He must be very important!" a young lady exclaimed in shock.
"He's actually quite good looking. Is he the King's illegitimate son?" a girl asked her friend
"Shut up. Do you know the consequences of what you're saying?! You're lucky no one else heard you!" an elderly lady snapped at her.
"But he has a mask on. He must be royalty or the son of a great elder" someone else said.
Of course the people below the stage weren't the only once confused and in shock. Even the Second Elder Prince of the Xiao Sect who always had an indifferent look on his face looked surprise.
Just who was this young man what what gave him the right to sit by the sect master's side?