76 Must Return... (1/2)
When Wang Li Jie hears what the eunuch says he stands up, ”He's back? Who gave you the information, is it accurate? If it is true I will need to return to the Capitol at once!” he glances over at Xiaolian to see her reaction.
Xiaolian seems unfazed, that's a relief she doesn't remember his brother's obsession and treatment of her. When he extracted the memories from the Ice Mirror to implant in her mind he deliberately only retrieved those memories that she would need. The happy memories and connection to him, her beginnings, what she would need to aid her cultivation. He was afraid the mention of his brother right now might trigger more memories.
That evil bastard Chao Han..he would return now before I finished my preparations. He must not find Xiaolian...Dammit!
He needs to return her to Yun Tai's house soon. How can he have her cultivation level increase by at least two stages in the Ice Flower Cave before tomorrow, can he entrust her cultivation to Yun Tai? The thought of depending on Yun Tai or Feng Tian to help her cultivate really bothers him.
”Your Highness are you fit for travel? How is your leg? You barely received treatment for it, shouldn't you rest at least for a few days?” XiXi's voice tinged with guilt.
Jiang Bai gives Wang Li Jie a look of disdain{he didn't get rid of that problem in the last five hundred years when I was locked as The Astral Void Beast under the Red Lotus Pond...his haste to be rid of me enabled that Demon seed to live?..}
When will we leave?” I have never met your brother what is he like?”
”...”
”I will have to travel on my own, the Capitol is too unsettled right now with his return for you to accompany me. Excuse us for a moment I need to speak to Jiang Bai privately, finish eating we won't be gone long.”
They rush out of the kitchen, go to his study to discuss the implications of Wang Chao Han's return.
”Wang Li Jie! You couldn't get rid of that scum in five hundred years?”
”Listen it's much more complicated than you think! I can't believe I need to explain this to you.”
”Well how am I going to protect Xiaolian if I don't know the details?” Jiang Bai's eyes turn fiery red as he glares at Wang Li Jie.
” Xiaolian is not herself which I told you when you were awakened by her at the pond. The memories she has right now I extracted from the Ice Mirror. It is as though the girl XiXi is a dream state as Xiaolian”
”Explain”
”Her name is XiXi she arrived here from another world half a month ago, it's a long story why she is here now. Chao Han had you and I set up that day because he was going to steal Xiaolian away to that world he had discovered. He and I fought at the palace, he applied Demon Snake Venom onto his dagger to poison me, I was instantly paralyzed unable to chase after them.
He used his Sorcerer to lure you away but his plans were disrupted by the Seventh Demon King. He had a spy in the inner palace, he used Chao Han to get rid of us then he captured Xiaolian wanting to take her to the Demon Lowlands. You and Yun Tai arrived too late to save her, but Chao Han was able to retrieve her soul and encase it in a Soul Sealing Egg .
He then traveled through the astral plane to this other world. I tried many times to find a way to this world but no Sorcerer I found could unlock the secret of the vortex you need to pass through. The last bit of information I got was that Chao Han had some connection to XiXi's father being sent here but didn't know the girl was transported with him. He must have recently obtained that information which is why he has returned to Heavenly Lotus Star Kingdom
”I'm going to kill you!” Jiang Bai furious, grabs Wang Li Jie's robe. ”If you hadn't blamed me for what happened and locked me under the pond, I could have found a way to bring her back!”
Wang Li Jie gives Jiang Bai a palm strike,knocking him into the wall ”Get off me bastard, if you weren't selfish and left her alone she wouldn't have died! You deserved to die for failing to protect her. If you had been there and still couldn't have prevented it, I wouldn't have blamed you. Your lack of faith in her and desertion was unforgivable. I knew she wouldn't forgive me if I killed you... so I placed you in that watery hell. ”
Jiang Bai realizes there is truth in that statement, guilt is written all over his handsome face as he thinks about his actions. His self interest contributed to her death, he really can't blame Wang Li Jie. He had just wanted to become a man again so desperately he wasn't thinking she might be in danger if he left for a few hours. He had fallen in love with her and wanted to confess his feelings, causing him to be tempted when Wang Chao Han approached him.
”I will never leave her side again...
”I will show no mercy if you do!”
”What should we do now?”
Wang Li Jie formulated a tentative plan while they were walking to the study. ”First of all she needs to go back to Yun Tai's home, I will wake Feng Tian up, he won't know a moment has passed since she picked the red lotus flower from the pond. I placed the area under a Time Dilation Array.”
”If this girl XiXi doesn't know me how are we going to explain my existence?”
”Feng Tian and Yun Tai know you, I have a plan.”
”I will have the thought placedintoFeng Tian's mindhe found you in the Red Lotus Pond, that is why he brought her to The Mystical Moon Garden. He will give you to XiXi for protection. She might be frightened by you at first, you need to remember she isn't Xiaolian.”
”Well that sounds plausible.”
”Let's go back”