95 Coven 2 (2/2)

A normal Practitioner would have been frustrated but Chàng Bo smiled brightly to himself, for him a Barrier wasn't a problem.

In fact, the fact that there was a Formation in the first place told him he was close to a Coven.

Now that he knew the issue Chàng Bo stopped moving and brought all the star essences closer to his body. The air around him began to grow unbearably hot.

More star essences clustered around Chàng Bo until he was the temperature of newborn Star. Whatever Materials had been holding the Formation in place began to crack.

The space around Chàng Bo began to creak and groan and the illusion of a street shattered.

He was in fact not on a street but actually standing on a Mountain far from the city and in front of him stood a single little girl. She had bulbous, large beady eyes and pale skin. She wore a little red dress.

The moment Chàng Bo made eye contact with her she began to shake and bowed low.

”I give my respect and greetings to you Chàng Bo. I am Little Red the head of the Eastern Witches. I apologise for the Formation. I had no idea you were coming and our Coven had yet to take down our barriers.”

Chàng Bo's nose wrinkled with distaste as he looked at Little Red. ”This hag is obviously thousands of years old yet she keeps the form of a little girl, how vulgar,” he thought.

He looked at her strangely, ”How do you know who I am?”

He hadn't introduced himself, yet she knew to bow to him and she had said his name.

”Of course I would know the Fate Companion of the Gatekeeper of my Realm. Not to mention you are a Prince from the Star Realm, a legendary Genius and the son of Chàng Xing. I would be a fool not to know you, My Lord.”

”Fate Companion?” Chàng Bo felt confused, their companionship shouldn't have happened since Mao Lu had been training in the 1st Realm and he had been captured and locked away by Argenti.

”How do you know about our Fate Companionship, did you see the ceremony?” Chàng Bo asked.

Little Red gave him a strange look. ”Your Fate Companionship was announced all across the 400 realms, and after then the Gatekeepers announced that you both had a private ceremony, there were no invitations.”

”Ahhh I see.” The Gatekeepers had lied. They had told the Realms that they had had a private ceremony rather than admit what they had really done. They probably did this for two reasons. First, they had already made an announcement and they didn't want to go back on it. Second, many practitioners had seen his Fate Companionship with a Gatekeeper as a symbol of better unity between the Gatekeepers and Practitioners. If they had admitted that they'd forcibly captured Chàng Bo and even attempted to murder him than many Practitioners would have been outraged.

While Practitioners can't hope to rival a Gatekeeper, they can be a nuisance for them. They probably didn't want any more anti-Gatekeeper groups rising up.

Even though the Fate Companionship didn't actually happen, everyone else in the Realms believed they were an established couple.

Thinking about this made Chàng Bo's heart twinge.

He missed Mao Lu.

His nose wrinkled with annoyance, his hatred for Argenti grew, he couldn't wait until he was strong enough to smash her face in.

”Thanks for the information” Chàng Bo smiled darkly at Little Red, ”Now tell me where I can find Frank Wang.”