Chapter 16 (1/2)

Volume 2 – Birth of Heaven’s First Dragon Sacrifice

Chapter G – The idiot turned out to be a profound scholar

Liu Zhenhan wiped the tears off his face with his sleeves, and with slightly teary eyes, he started looking for dry bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest.

He piled up countless withered bamboo shoots on and around the black turtle’s corpse and put it on fire. The huge corpse of the black turtle was immediately wrapped in flames. The burning bamboo shoots were emitting loud sounds while the pa.s.sing wind carried along the fragrance of burnt meat and dark ashes.

There came a loud cry of an osprey bird from the sky which attracted the attention of Liu Zhenhan. He looked up and saw Hailun’s c.r.a.ppy magical bird circling over the bamboo forest.

He felt like something was off and immediately turned back, only to find Hailun standing in front of him.

Her face was covered with bruises and abrasions all over; her hair was a total mess, there were several scratch marks and cuts on her sacrificial robe along with traces of moss and gra.s.s; her delicate and charming appearance urged him to hug her in his arms and he did so immediately.

“How did you get down? You are so reckless! Don’t you know how high the cliff is?” Liu Zhenhan’s face twitched with beads of tears still flowing down his cheeks.

“Li Cha, I heard a loud thundering noise, what happened?” Hailun carefully looked at his face that was covered in tears and stained with grayish-black ash. She was stunned by this unexpected scene and hastily used her soft white hands to clean his face, however, ended up staining his face with blood instead.

“Blood?” Liu Zhenhan quickly gripped her hand and saw traces of vines and thorns sticking out of her palm, “Why did you have to come down? You could have slipped down and fallen to your death, dammit!”

“I was really worried about you.” Hailun pouted then said, “Li Cha, tell me what happened? Why are you crying?”

“d.a.m.n.” Liu Zhenhan again wiped the tears off his face and said, “I have been tricked. Just when I finally managed to make a magical beast pet, it kicked the bucket before I could get a chance to talk to it.”

“It is such a huge model!” Hailun sighed as she looked at the burning corpse of giant black turtle and said: “Unfortunately, it is dead, otherwise, it was certainly a powerful magical beast! I can even vaguely feel a hint of dragon’s aura from its body. I think it comes from a species of Yalong magical beast?”

(TL: Yalong: Asian Dragon)

“Yalong magical beast?” Liu Zhenhan looked at her face and asked in a confused tone.

“Yes, let me explain.” Hailun could not hide the prideful look suddenly appearing on her face: “My mentor, Mr. Cui Beixi is a distinguished Yalong sacred sacrifice of high rank! I can never make a mistake in recognizing the formidable yet familiar aura of a dragon.”

“What do you mean by calling it a model?” Liu Zhenhan asked in a weak voice.

“I mean it is a turtle.” Hailun answered naively with excitement: “Do you know, there is a temple in my hometown that is dedicated to the model race of turtle and is wors.h.i.+ped by Vian Shamans. It is such a pity that your magical pet died, or else if you could bring it back to my hometown then the Vian Shamans would have certainly acknowledged your talent! Your first magical pet was a Yalong magical beast! I still cannot believe this because it basically means that from now on, my dear Li Cha can wear the ritual robe with a Yalong embroidered on it. The aura of dragon that is emanating from this turtle’s body is a proof that my Li Cha is actually a Yalong sacred sacrifice! For your information, there are not more than ten Yalong sacrifices in all of the Beamon temples! Holy Campas!”

“Yalong my a.s.s!” Liu Zhenhan shouted: “My eyes have now almost turned into the Amazon River! And I don’t even know why this is happening to me. Why the h.e.l.l am I sad right now?”

“Do not cry! It’s okay.” Hailun patted his shoulder as if comforting a child, “Listen, a magical pet and its master are connected to each other through the contract that also connects their hearts. When either one of them dies, the other one will certainly burst into tears.”

“I obviously should not have a sense of loss, after all, I just met it a while ago.” Liu Zhenhan said.

“There is no sense in what you are saying! We sacrifices believe that only pure tears can offer the best place to bury the partner’s soul.” Hailun said with a sigh then she began to sing loudly the first half of the Requiem battle song, the final song of peace and salvation for the giant turtle’s soul.

Liu Zhenhan couldn’t stop himself from getting entranced by her loud chanting voice.

The tranquility of the requiem song as if sprinkled a magnificent corona upon the burning corpse of the black turtle. Liu Zhenhan also slowly stopped sobbing.

“*” Liu Zhenhan uttered a swear word but stopped midway, when he saw Hailun’s face stiffening and quickly swallowed back the rest of the words.

“If I knew that singing a requiem can stop the tears, I would have done that long ago.” Liu Zhenhan pulled out a knife and began to peel the half section of the wolf skin. The other half had long been smashed by the giant turtle and was no longer of any use.