20 Golden Crow and Divine Realm (1/2)
'I hate him! I really hate him! In all my life I never hate someone so much that is making my mind fume from the injustices of this situation. I know that they are people favored by the havens but THIS IS INTOLERABLE! I was screaming in my head at the injustice and absurdity of this situation and above else my feelings of hatred are shadowed for Jealousy! Yes Jealousy! Why is that he only gives the good stuff to his wife? Why that I'm prettier and beautiful didn't receive anything?!' (Caiyi)
Well everything commenced when the three of them entered the Golden Crow's Valley, when they were walking a precious plant was in the feet of Lucius, a few kilometers later he encountered a Flame Jade; this phenomena continued for hours no matter if they were precious herbs, ores, jades, metals, or even beasts! Lucius found everything and was sucking dry the Valley. Caiyi at first thought that it was pure coincidence and maybe luck but…
”That's impossible! Why is that you encountered everything and give all that to your wife?! Why is that I didn't discovered anything in this place?!” I was screaming at the indignation.
”Well she is my wife. She calls dibs in everything that I encounter. And the why I can find a lot of treasures maybe my luck? Speaking of…SHIT! Hong'er!” (Lucius)
Lucius was speaking when suddenly he screamed and with a quick moment he took something from thin air and a pearl appeared in his hands.
Lucius POV
I took the sky poison pearl from the gate of Babylon and sent a spiritual thought to check on Hong'er. What I saw make me almost choke in my own spit. Hong'er was watching Korean soap operas in the TV that I installed and was crying. She was munching the Profound Crystals that I gave her like popcorn. Silently I returned the sky poison pearl to the gate of Babylon and continued our journey.
Caiyi POV
I saw Lucius shout a name and the next thing he did was take a pearl. When I saw that pearl my mind was blank; how is that he has the Sky Poison Pearl? Why one of the heavenly treasures is in his hands? Who in all that is dear to me is he?!
”Why!? Why do you have so many treasures? How is that you could find all the earthly treasures in this place? What is wrong with you?!”
”Don't worry empress, this is nothing. When we enter the trial grounds you will know how fucked up his luck is!” Mordred tried to appease Huang Caiyi that her mental fortitude was collapsing.
The three of us continued our journey to the depths of the trial grounds. In the road Lucius decided to help me and gave me a ring that contains a wealth equivalent to the entire illusory Demon Real. I'm gonna be honest, the smile that he had when gave me the spatial ring, make my hearth flustered. Now I know why his wife doesn't leave him alone. He is caring, strong, handsome and rich; I talked to Mordred in one occasion when we were resting.
”Excuse me Mordred! I want to talk, it is possible?” I used a polite tone because she is a good person although if you make her mad you are for a very ugly death.
”What's up?” (Mordred)
'W-w-what's up?! Urhggg, these barbarians!' ”I want to ask you, how is Lucius as a person” (Caiyi)
When I asked that, Mordred was making a thinking expression. After a few minutes of mulling for an answer, it seems that Mordred reached a conclusion.
”A black hearted man; the only ones that he cares are his family, friends and masters. If you are his friend he will help you only when is needed not before or after. As a warrior I will put him in the upper echelons because he knows his weakness and that is something that very few can recognize.” (Mordred)
”So you are saying that only a few can be together with him?” (Caiyi)
”Yes, although right now he only has me as his wife I think I will need more people that can help me. His endurance is something else!” (Mordred)
I heard that and involuntary blushed. Now I know why they will leave to someplace and comeback later sweating all over. But her words about that she need help… maybe I could help her? No! I'm the Illusory Demon Empress! I stand above everyone else.
After resting a little more, we continued our journey. Three days later we are standing in the entrance to the place that the Golden Crow is. Before my purification, the simple fact of standing here make my body and soul hurt so much that I always nearly faint, but know I can stand here without a problem.
The three of us entered the Holy Land and before us a massive cave with walls decorated in red veins that in them fluid magma is waiting. An altar in the center of the cave is the only construct that exist in this place. We approach the altar when Lucius told us something.
”There's someone watching our every move. Becareful” (Lucius)
Lucius POV
When we entered the cave I fell that someone was watching us from the moment that we set foot here. This presence has the same power that Qin Shi Huangdi in the throne of heroes, that man was very powerful.
Looking at the surroundings I start walking to the altar, when we approached it, an aura of heat assaulted us, next a pair of beautiful golden eyes and a feminine voice was in the altar.
”Who are you?!” (???)
When I was thinking of answering that question, Caiyi beat me for a few moments.
”Good day divine Golden Crow, I'm from the Huang Royal Family that shares your bloodline, this persons that are with me are Lucius and his wife Mordred. We came because we want to obtain your inheritance. I hope that you could give us the chance to prove ourselves.” (Caiyi)
So this pair of eyes is the remnant of the Golden Crow. Wow this is interesting; I look at Mordred and she is also staring at the remnant soul of the Golden Crow with vigilance. Well that is obvious that thing has a lot of power and right know we don't have the power to fight with her.
”Mmmm, Huang Caiyi you are the first in this place in almost three hundred years. I will allow it but they will be restrictions, the first restriction each one of you will be separated, the second restriction is the place that the trial will be is a vast wasteland that doesn't contain anything.
This two conditions need to be fulfilled, although you will be separated at first, with each passing trial you will be closer to each other.
The trial consists of 3 parts:
The first trial is endurance. Each one of you will appear in three different places in them you will need to resist the heat for ten days straight
The second trial is wisdom. You need to resolve the different puzzles in the form of a maze. The maze contains beasts that will attack you and every beast varies in power, the time allowed is only 6 months.
The third trial is power. You need to destroy all beasts that are in this area for a year.
Be aware, you can die in there.”
With that we didn't have time to say goodbye when we were teleported to the trial grounds.
After the transfer I was in the mouth of a volcano; without something better to do I sit in a stone and started to meditate and cultivate. Thanks to the blessings of the four beasts I have a lot of resistance to the elements. But…
”I know that you are there Golden Crow, why don't you show up?” I already know that Golden Crow is watching me, although I told them that someone was watching us, is more accurately to say that I was being watch. From the moment that we entered the valley I knew that someone was watching me, for what? I don't know.
”Young man. Why I can't sense your actual realm? The strength that you display and your actual strength is different.It's like a mist is covering you. Besides there's something more troublesome, how do you know the vermillion bird? He died billions of years ago.” (Golden Crow)
”I don't know my actual realm. And because this piece of cloth you can see my strength, and about vermillion bird that's something you don't need to know, because I'm pretty sure that the vermillion bird you speak and the one I know are different. But enough chitchat, why are you here?” (Lucius)
”You are right I don't need to know your strength and your other secrets, you don't have a bloodline in you and it seems you are waiting for something. What it is?” (Golden Crow)
”Golden Crow, this place is a pocket space right? If it is, I need to do something and I don't want that heaven barges in.” (Lucius)
”That is right; this place is something that I discovered millions of years ago. I own this place but I'm not the one that created it, I don't have that kind of power. But although heaven can't enter with his full strength, he can send an avatar with strength equals to what is permitted here. And that will be ten leven of Divine Tribulation Realm maybe first level of Divine spirit real but no more. If heaven enter with more power he is asking that the laws of the universe kill him. No one can't disregard those laws” (Golden Crow)
”You are right I don't have a bloodline and I only need to acquire two bloodlines for a certain purpouse. With the power I have I can pretty much sleep here without a problem so how about that if you send me to the next trial?” (Lucius)
”That is not why I'm here but… I allow it. I will send you to the maze. But first answer one question. Why are you helping the little demon empress?” (Golden Crow)
”Sigh… she resemblance someone that I know and if my plans are correct you will met her in a few more months.” (Lucius)
”Very well… I will send you to the maze.”
With those words Golden Crow send me to a maze that has the same temperature that the volcano, everything was red from the heat, and above all a lot of beasts are waiting for me. I launched myself with Joyeus in my hand to the first batch of beasts that are guarding this place.
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Four months later I was standing in the last fucking puzzle! The first puzzle was easy. It was only something that the sphinx asked. But the next were more troublesome specially the last one, that puzzle is the same as Einstein's puzzle. I lost one month trying to solve it and the occasional beasts were no much help.