Chapter 226 - Dreams (1/2)

”Master.”

Green and Red were down on one knee in front of Hao Xuan.

Hao Xuan waved his hand grumpily, ”Stop already, for god sakes. How many times have I told you not to do that? Just relax.”

”Yes,” they replied in the same servile tone and got up quickly. One of Hao Xuan's brows shot up when he noticed their height. Previously they were around 14 feet tall but they were just a foot taller than Hao Xuan himself at around 9 feet.

When they used to walk out into the crowd before, they were the center of attention wherever they went. At 14-15 feet, these two massive lumps of meat and muscle were way too eye-catching. But now they might not even be the tallest ones in a room.

He pointed at them with his mouth still half open from shock, ”What happened here? How did you become so much shorter??”

Green was the one to answer.

”As we gain more and more control over our bloodlines and our bodies, we can start to control our physical features at will. After breaking through to the Spirit Realm the divine blood will completely awaken, giving us more abilities and overall control. So we will be able to look like normal humans then if needed.”

”Ho, did not know that....maybe I can control my own height as well. People look at me like I'm a freak,” Hao Xuan mumbled to himself, and it was true. People mostly didn't comment on his height but he was over 8-feet tall, dwarfing most humans. Only against beasts and non-human races would he seem somewhat normal.

They talked for the next 20 mins or so. Green and Red told him everything that had been happening, including about Yun Wentian's progress.

The kid was quite talented with the sword and picked up most things relatively quickly. He wasn't a genius but he still wasn't slow by any means. He had already broken into the Earth Realm.

Hao Xuan felt quite a bit of pressure after finding that out. He had been stuck at the top of Origin Realm for months now and needed to break through to Spirit Realm as soon as possible.

He dismissed them and walked around the massive courtyard in deep thought.

Sometime later he came upon Yun Wentian who was training under a tree with a wooden sword. A few feet away from him was Ensis, sitting with his eyes closed.

Every now and then whenever Yun Wentian did something wrong, Ensis would correct him without even opening his eyes.

For someone training in the way of the sword, Ensis was the perfect teacher. He was the literal embodiment of a Sword god and knew as much one could know about the weapon, or at least his specific understanding of it.

Hao Xuan didn't bother them and walked back to his room.

It was time for lunch by that time. Xu Qing had already made the table and was waiting for him patiently.

A smile appeared on Hao Xuan's face when he saw her sitting by the side of his bed peacefully. She could literally be doing anything and would look as holy as an angel and as beautiful as the first strand of light after a long darkness.

”How long have you been waiting here? Why didn't you just call me?” he asked gently while taking a seat in front of her.

Her lips arched into a half smile, ”I didn't want to disturb you. You were so out of it, aimlessly walking around like that.”

”Oh, but still, you don't have to be so reserved you know.”

”Alright, next time I will wake you up from your daydreaming sessions,” she nodded her head gently and extended both her hands.

Fortis suddenly jumped from Hao Xuan's head and landed in her lap comfortably. He then looked at Hao Xuan smugly, ”Mine!”

Hao Xuan's right eyes twitched again, making him almost curse out loud.

Xu Qing picked up a soup bowl closest to her and started feeding Fortis like before.

After finishing lunch Xu Qing went out with Green and Red somewhere with a couple of baskets full of food. He didn't ask any questions and returned to the patio under the giant maple tree.

Pretty soon he fell asleep. He had a long dream. Partly peaceful, partly painful.

He dreamt about an old man sitting atop a lonely mountain peak. The mountain was surrounded by many villages and towns on one side, and on the other was the end of the world.

A kilometer long crack in space that shone with brilliant lights. And from that crack would come out thousands upon thousands of monstrous creatures every single day. They would come and destroy the towns and villages and kill all of their inhabitants before returning to the crack.

Then more people would come and settle down in those towns, everything repeating over and over again.