Chapter 6.1 (2/2)
She moves slowly towards him from the darkness, the glow from Cang Xue Zhi Ya’s body bounces off her face, her face can then be seen clearly, it’s a very beautiful and exquisite face but, her delicate features seem to be set in a face far too serious and cold, giving off an impa.s.sable distant feeling, a good description will be, a lotus flower blooming at the peak of a snow mountain, a beauty that is untouchable.
“You don’t have to show me your lord’s seal, I know you’re a disciple, if not you won’t be able to come in. I am Guishan Lianquan, the disciple of the ‘Lord to the Fifth Degree’.” Speckles of blood can be seen on her n.o.ble and exquisite armour and cape.
“Are you hurt?” Qi Ling gets off Cang Xue Zhi Ya and asks her.
“The concentration of soul mist is very high here, I’m almost healed.” Lianquan replies.
“Woah, you know about the golden soul mist as well? Awesome!” Qi Ling says sincerely, not realizing that he just asked a question similar to “Woah, you know the sun rises from the east as well”. Lianquan looks at the handsome boy before her and how he doesn’t realize how dumb of a sentence he just said; Lianquan cannot help but smile bitterly, gradually letting her guard down.
Perhaps even Qi Ling hasn’t realized that, he has an aura that makes him n.o.ble but cordial at the same time, like a scent that is sweet yet light, making him very approachable.
“You said you came in accidentally just now, what do you mean by that?” Lianquan asks him.
“Originally Yin Chen had said, oh, my lord, his name is Yin Chen, he told me to not enter the Grave of the Souls first because he still had a lot of things to instruct me. But I was chased by a very fierce looking girl and when I escaped to the chess piece, I touched it accidentally……and then here I am. Ugh, I don’t even know what soul weapon I’m supposed to get.” Qi Ling seems down as he pets Cang Xue Zhi Ya’s long mane around its neck, as if suddenly remembering something, he asks, “Oh yeah, did your lord tell you know soul weapon you’re supposed to take? Or can disciples just choose themselves? If it’s like that, then even if I chose the wrong one I won’t be scolded by Yin Chen.”
“Of course you can’t just choose anyhow, I received a ‘White Alarm’ telling me to enter the Grave of the Souls to retrieve the ‘Resurrection Chain’.” Lianquan says.
“What is a…..white alarm?” Qi Ling asked, slightly embarra.s.sed.
Lianquan looks at the tall and upright young boy standing before her, he looks like an average citizen who has no knowledge of the world of soul bending at all.
“There are all kinds of messages, alarms or alerts in the territory or the Aslan Empire and they are all announced by the Silver Priests, things like when and where a high leveled soul beast will appear, or which area has upheavals by soul beasts. Each message will be delivered to the entire county through the ‘Lord to the Fourth Degree’, and the Fourth Lord has constructed a system of locations and messengers known as the Tiange, these large and small places are scattered across the Aslan territory for lords, disciples or the soul masters of the royal family to send and receive information. Among those messages delivered to the entire country, the most basic is known as the ‘Green Message’, it’s something that all the soul masters in the county can know of; the messages with colours of ma.s.sacre, such as which ancient soul bending family rebelled, or which foreign soul master is in our territory and must be hunted down, these are known as ‘Red Alarm’; and those messages of the highest status that are only pa.s.sed among lords and disciples are known as the ‘White Alarm’. My lord, Guishan Fenghun, received a white alarm that told us to come to the Grave of the Souls and retrieve the strong soul weapon Resurrection Chain that had just been created.” Speaking until here, Lianquan pauses and frowns, as if sorting out her thoughts, “Then again, the messages that the Fourth Lord have been delivering are slightly confusing, often when we receive a message, in a short time, there’s a new and completely contrasting message that comes. Or sometimes after a message is delivered, we’d suddenly be told that this message is no longer valid. We’re also not sure what has been going on recently……”
Qi Ling nods as if he somewhat understands, “Oh……I understand, ugh, it must be that Yin Chen hasn’t had the time to tell me about the white alarm before I crashed in myself……I’m doomed now. I have no idea what soul weapon I should take.”
Lianquan looks at the depressed Qi Ling before him and her expression softens. She says: “Do you have the Sishya fruit on you?”
“Yes!” Qi Ling’s eyes brighten.
“Then use a bit of the juice and look around to see which soul weapon has the most golden soul mist concentrated around it, choose that. Since you don’t know which one you should take now, at least choose a powerful one.
“This is a good idea! Haha!” Qi Ling’s depressed expression morphs into an excited one.
“Then get on your soul beast and follow me.” An explosion occurs in the form of a large white shadow behind Lianquan, feathers appear in the air and covers the skies and earth, the soul beast An Chi stands tall behind her, as if a pair of large wings that suddenly sprouted from her back, “It’s good that your soul beast flies too, if not it’d really be hard moving around.”
Qi Ling jumps onto Cang Xue Zhi Ya’s back and embraces its neck before calling for it to take flight.
The two winged soul beasts take flight lightly, after drawing two elegant white arches in the air, they fly towards the distance in tandem, white feathers cover the skies and scatter like s.h.i.+ning snowflakes, weaving white light illuminates the entire dim valley.
The empty dark s.p.a.ce is too vast; the two large soul beasts emitting white glow and resembles two floating white lanterns in the darkness, gradually sliding ahead.
[West of Aslan Empire – Port city of Rennes]
Only Yin Chen remains in the empty and long tunnel.
He moves step by step towards the outside slowly.
Although he has done the most humiliating of his life, but in exchange for Tianshu Youhua entering the Grave of the Souls to tell Qi Ling the right way to leave the place, Yin Chen has been perfectly happy to do so. And so, there is no anger on his face, only a joy of a person who has hope again, an expression like this on his frostily handsome face is like a snow mountain being illuminated by suns.h.i.+ne, giving off a touching strength that can make’s eyes rim red. He even clenches his fists lightly with a smile on his face.
Just as he reaches the mouth of the tunnel, as if a few tendrils of black ink is spreading on the blue vault of heaven behind him, the black fog morphs into rolling wind, spinning as it touches down, and then a tall figure wrapped in a black cloak lands behind him.
“You need not have done that just now. To a lord, that is disgraceful.” The black silhouette tells him, his voice giving off the colour of rich metal.
Yin Chen turns and looks at the tall and strong figure behind him, looking as if he has the powerful physique of an ancient Lord of War. The person takes off his black hood gently and reveals a firm face as if it has been moved by the wind and snow for thousands of years, majestic power fills his body. Yet his pale complexion seems inharmonious with the rest of his appearance.
“I am ‘Lord to the Fifth Degree’, Guishan Fenghun, my disciple, Guishan Lianquan, is in the Grave of the Souls as well. If luck is on his side, your disciple, Qi Ling, should be able to meet her. Lianquan is a kind soul, she will help him.”
Yin Che nods but doesn’t take it to heart, saying: “If they can meet then it will be even better.”
Guishan Fenghun says: “Which is why there is no need for your action just now.”
Yin Chen smiles lightly, his face like a lake with ripples on the surface under the sun, “If it’s your disciple, you will do the same.”
“It is true,” Guishan Fenghun nods, “But that is because, my disciple is my biological younger sister, we are related by blood.”
“I don’t care whether Qi Ling is related to me by blood or not, or how long I’ve known him for,” Yin Chen’s expression is serious, “As long as he is my disciple and I am his lord, then I am willing to do anything for him.” Yin Chen looks over at Guishan Fenghun, “You are also a lord, don’t you understand the emotional attachment between a lord and a disciple?” After saying that, Yin Chen turns to leave. He has always been that way, never interacting more than necessary with others and unwilling to travel with them.
“Are you heading to the Abyss Corridor?” Guishan Fenghun enquires.
“Yes, to wait for Qi Ling to exit the Grave of the Souls.” Yin Chen pauses but does not look back.
“Have you told him what soul weapon he’s supposed to retrieve?” Guishan Fenghun questions.
“I did not have the time to.”
“So, he doesn’t know that he’s supposed to retrieve the Resurrection Chain?”
Under the sunlight, Yin Chen is motionless, only after a long period of time did he turn around, his movement so slow that it seems strange, the light s.h.i.+nes on the sharp blades on the edges of his white cape, the glare seeming dangerous, ‘How do you know that the soul weapon for Qi Ling is the Resurrection Chain?” Yin Chen narrows his eyes and spits out the question, a faint golden gleam follows the return circuit patterns on his body and creeps up to his neck.”
“Put away your hostility. I’m not here to be an enemy. I’ll bring you to someone and you’d understand the truth then.”
“What truth?” Yin Chen asks.
“The truth of why a white alarm such as ‘retrieve the Resurrection Chain’ is delivered to different lords and disciples at the same time,” Guishan Fenghun look fixedly at Yin Chen, “And the truth to why my disciple and I are being hunted down by the Nether the Killing Lord.”
“Nether?” Yin Chen nods imposingly, “if Nether wants to kill you, how can you still be alive?”
“Of course I can’t be, I believe that you can tell from my complexion that my physical condition is not well, I’ve lost too much blood and I’ve spent most of my soul powers, of course these were gifted to me by Nether, if Nether didn’t meet another person that is more powerful than him, I’d be a dead person by now.”
“Stop joking, “Yin Chen’s eyes narrow further, “The only person more powerful than Nether is the current ‘Lord to the First Degree’, and we all know that from the moment he became the Top Lord, he hasn’t left the Source of Prophecies or the Silver Priests, not even one step.”
“Which is why I’m asking you to come with me to see a person, when you see him, you will understand. This person is at the Abyss Corridor as well. Aren’t you going there anyway? Just take it as something on the way, you will not. Whether you come or not is really up to you.” After saying that, Guishan Fenghun skims to the sky.
Yin Chen lowers his head and ponders for a moment before stepping onto the sides of the tall walls with force, white light howls as it chases the tendrils of black in the air.
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