Yu Yaojing floated down the stage like a goddess walking on air. Moving as if stairs were being created infinitely beneath her feet.
Her black eyes resemble the abyss as they stare down on the masked girl whose bottom half was engulfed in black hands.
"You Central Domain people will regret messing with me." Yu Yaojing spoke in a soft tone that sounded both bewitching and devilish.
"Regret? You are merely a pawn in our plans to take over the Blue Domain." The masked girl sneered. Even when trapped and under Yu Yaojing killing intent she was able to keep her calm.
"A pawn? You think of me as a pawn?! You are wrong! I am the king, the king that will reap you Central Domain people like a flock of sheeps! I will snatch your hearts and gaggle them all down, I will take your heads and hang them around like treasures of war!" She roared in anger. Her roar causing the heavens to thunder.
Although Yu Yaojing wasn't a Domain Ruler, not many was able to match her power. It was to the point that some gods grew cautious of her.
"Wow! To be able to bring out the heavens fury is something only a few can accomplish." The masked girl said, impressed. Her eyes gleaming with admiration at Yu Yaojing.
The Heavens Fury is something that only exist in urban legends. It is said that when ones killing intent reach a certain point it will invoke the Heavens Fury.
For someone to invoke the Heavens Fury could only mean that the evil things they conduct is numerous. So much to the point that it is uncountable.
In theory, the Heavens Fury is meant to purge evil beings of their sins. Which means it came to kill Yu Yaojing.
One could only imagine the things Yu Yaojing did in the past....
When Yu Yaojing stare in the sky and saw the Heavens Fury, she took out a zither that was completely dye in black. When this zither appear the heavens grew louder. A stench that was very unpleasant spread as an evil will awaken.
When this evil will awoke the zither came alive. The Heavens Fury was torn apart leaving a giant hole in the sky.
The sky became black and the clouds turn dark. The darkness spread through the entire Human Domain managing to engulf the Elf Race and Human Race.
The Yinyue's around the stage eyes turn black as they stood still like robots.
"The Zither of Possession." Yu Jing whispered in fear. This Zither claim the lives of so many that it manage to awaken an evil spirit inside.
This Evil Spirit is impossible to tame. Its to the point that it tried many times to devour Yu Jing soul in the past which is why she is so afraid of it.
Two hundred thousand years ago Yu Yaojing used this Zither to devour a immortal item that dropped from the heavens.
After that Yu Yaojing never used the zither again. And it was at that time that she started developing other emotions.
When other races saw that Yu Yaojing stopped using the zither they thought it was destroyed by the will of the immortal item.
This resulted in the Yinyue Race being bullied by the other races.
If they knew that the Zither of Possession was still alive who knows how fearful they would become.
"This is the true mistress. A devil who sees herself above all things." Yu Yingzi said, mesmerizing by her appearance.
The current Yu Yaojing was so different it was shocking. Even Yu Sheng couldn't believe his eyes. The caring mother he envision suddenly became a wrathful devil that wants to plunder the lives of everyone.
When the zither appear the masked girl was left stunned. From the intel she received, The Zither of Possession should already be destroyed.
Now that she saw it with her own two eyes her calmess faded. She looked at Yu Yaojing with utmost seriousness.
"Ke..ke...ke. Are you scared, little girl?" Yu Yaojing said, her voice interwine with another. She and the evil spirit became one.
At the same time a woman that took on the appearance of Yu Yaojing appear floating behind her. It has two large black horns with claws sharp enough it could cut steel.
A tail wiggle behind this woman back. This is the spirit of the zither, a true devil.
"I seem to have miscalculated." The masked girl announced. "You are right. We are wrong to consider you a pawn. However, for you to call yourself a king in our plans is greatly underestimating us and yourself."
"It doesn't matter what you call us. You will die today." Yu Yaojing raise her zither. At that moment a melody was played.
This melody entered the mind of everyone. Yu Sheng saw himself in the middle of a chaotic battle. Both sides roaring at each other as they raise their weapons to fight.
When all was over blood cover the entire battlefield. When he looked around he saw a lone soilder plunging his spear inside a enemy soilder.
The soilder breathe loudly. He thought he won, he thought they defeated the enemy. Until a arrow came and claim his life.
The image ended there. When Yu Sheng look around though he saw that both Yu Jing and Yu Yingzi were breathing heavily.
As for the masked girl her head was in Yu Yaojing grasp.
Yu Yaojing looked at the head in her hand. She seem to understand something. "At the end of the day. The true pawn was you. How sad." She sympathized before crushing the head.
She put away the zither and snapped her fingers. The yinyue that were possessed fell to the ground, it was unknown if they were dead or alive.
Yu Yaojing appear beside Yu Jing and Yu Yingzi. Her eyes still black.
Yu Jing stare into her eyes. "Mistress your eyes..."
"Have you forgotten that I am blind?" She said coldly before grabbing Yu Sheng from her grasp. Soon her expression became a little gentler.
"My mistake..." Yu Jing lower her head.
Yu Yaojing nodded then look at Yu Yingzi "Take the three children to the infirmary. I will go take a rest."
"What about the citizens?"
"They are infected by the Zithers will. They are most likely dead by now. If they don't wake up in a couple hours dispose of their bodies." Yu Yaojing commanded in a ruthless tone before walking away with Yu Sheng.
Both Yu Jing and Yu Yingzi took in a breath of cold air. For Yu Yaojing to not care about the race people could only mean the old mistress is back, even worse than before.
When she was out of sight Yu Jing looked at Yu Yingzi with a hateful glare. "Is this what you wanted? Now that the Zither of Possession has awaken the mistress will never be able to revert to her old ways."
"You are correct. However, I feel no guilt. As I said before, this is war. The kindhearted don't have any place on the battlefield." Yu Yingzi said as she stare into her sister eyes.
"Now stop acting like a benevolent maiden. You need to revert aswell or else we will all die in the upcoming war."
After saying her piece Yu Yingzi left Yu Jing to think about her decision.
Yu Jing stare at the Yu Yingzi fading back, her eyes teary. "I thought that after the war 200,000 years ago we would be at peace."
"But I guess nothing last for eternity."
She stare at her hands that were trembling. "I really don't want to get my hands bloody again..."
.....
"Sheng'er do you think I took the right approach?" Back in the mansion Yu Yaojing asked Yu Sheng who was in her arms.
Yu Sheng looked into his mother black eyes as he ponder about the question.
If it was his old self then he wouldn't care about anything. As long as it doesn't interfere with the success of his fathers company then they can continue.
He recall the time a group of thugs were beating up a few teenagers.
Many people crowded around shouting at the thugs. However, no one dare to stop them because of the weapons in their hands.
When he walked by the crowd eyes gleam with hope. Surely the Music God would step up right?
However, he did not do so. He simply walked by with his two guards. Not even taking a glimpse of the situation.
It was at that time his reputation went down hill.
But that was back then. He no longer thinks that way. Nevertheless, the indifference inside him made it so that he still lack a few emotions.
"I see." Yu Yaojing suddenly said, shocking Yu Sheng.
He wanted to scream in his mind, but didn't dare. He didn't even dare think at that moment. He could only looked at his mother with wide eyes.
"What does a mere child have to do with anything we do?" At this moment the spirit floated behind Yu Yaojing, hugging her neck.
"He is not a mere child. He is our child!" Yu Yaojing rebuked.
"And what makes him so special that we must consider him a child of us, Yu Yaojing?" The evil spirit questioned as she float in the air with her arms around her neck.
"The Note of Indifference." Yu Yaojing calmly said.
"..."
When the spirit heard this she froze in mid air. Her eyes staring deeply on Yu Sheng.
"Hahaha!" Shortly after she laughed loudly. "To be able to comprehend a note this early Although it is currently incomplete it still shows his immense talent!"
"Now do you agree that he is worthy to be our child?"
"Very much! Still, at the end of the day he is still a child. He can't help us and the chances are that he will never be able to." The spirit said.
Yu Yaojing paused for a while before saying, "You're wrong. Never underestimate the Note of Indifference. The Ancestor was able to rule over the Blue Domain with this note."
"Even though he is merely a child just one glimpse of the Note of Indifference and you will be defeated without knowing how."
"How do you know this?" The evil spirit asked.
"That's because when I fought the Ancestor back then I was unable to move. The moment she used that note the battle was already decided." Yu Yaojing lament as she continue in a mournful tone, "I don't know how she did it, but luckily she didn't make it too hard for me and admit defeat afterwards."
"If she continued putting pressure onto me then with how prideful I am, I wouldn't be standing here."
"What will we do about those Central Domain bastards?" The evil spirit quickly changed the subject after she realize that her battle with the Ancestor left a scar in her already broken heart.
When Yu Yaojing heard this her aura became chaotic once more. Her killing intent leaking out of her body.
Yu Sheng soon started having troubles breathing. He looked at Yu Yaojing with pleading eyes while crying.
As if his tears work. Yu Yaojing calmed down. "They definitely have some sort of plan that will occur at the end of the competition. Their plan is to let the dragon race young experts kill Yu An and the others. In their plans, this will cause me to go beserk and enact the start of another Domain War."
"Hmm, as much as I love wars I know how much you cherish those little ones, are you going to still let them participate?"
Yu Yaojing sighed. "They are no longer innocent and carefree butterflies. They already lost their pride and confidence. If they don't participate they will most likely commit suicide."
"How about warning the dragons?"
Yu Yaojing sneered. "Those brainless lizards won't listen no matter what I say. Once our pride clash with one another it will only end up with one of us dying. That is why I don't interact with them at all."
Yu Sheng hearing this was shocked. He understood what it means to be prideful, but he never thought it could lead to a person committing suicide if it were to be lost.
Listening to Yu Sheng thoughts, Yu Yaojing chuckled. "Since you were previously a human you won't understand even if I were to explain it to you constantly."
Yu Sheng nodded his head. He truly didn't understand.
"The child can already express his thoughts?!" The evil spirit stared at Yu Sheng bewildered. She stare at him as if he was a monster.