Chapter 480 - The tribulation (part-1) (1/2)

It had been a few weeks since Ryuu's return and even after all the ordeal he had suffered he was grateful that his teacher's family were there for him, he was grateful that they are helping him heal, as he looked up towards the sky he let out a sad sigh.

'Even after all this I still loved her, even now I wish everything was just a nightmare that I desperately wish to wake up from.', As his mind wandered off to the time he spent with Frost Flames his vision became blurry.

Unknown to him, Ryuu was very much not alone, as he was under the careful watch of his teachers, who were keeping an eye on him, no matter how much he tried to hide behind the façade of laughter and smile they could detect the hint of extreme sorrow and confusion underneath his carefully crafted mask.

Celestia snarled as she balled her fist in anger as she spoke, ”I have half a mind to go and track down the wench's soul and torture it for eternity.”

Veena gritted her teeth as she spoke, ”I would too sister, but it would be futile endeavour trying to track that wretched soul down when we do not even know where it is, instead it would be fruitful if we focus on Ryuu for now.”

Celestia sighed as she spoke, ”I know, I know but I cannot help it, then our daughters had the bright idea to involve him, to prevent Antariskh from performing a Samadhi.”

Veena sighed as she pinched the bridge of her nose as she spoke, ”One thing after another, can the children not catch a break.”

Nuwa frowned as she spoke, ”We think that Sylvana involving Ryuu was an excellent idea, it could keep his mind occupied.”

Maheswara upon hearing his wife's word sighed as he spoke, ”That may be so dear, but at best it is a temporary measure to keep his mind occupied and out of those depressing thoughts, but what about when he is not busy those thoughts would spring up with greater force then.”

Celestia leaned back on to the tree under which they all stood as she spoke with a sigh, ”So what should we do.”

Maheswara frowned as he spoke, ”Both of them need immediate attention but Antariksh needs more, a single mistake would make us lose her forever, how about we let the two problems clash headlong.”

Nuwa frowned as she spoke, ”How are you going to accomplish that?”

Maheswara gave her a sly smirk as he spoke, ”Simple I might have dropped hints around Antariskh and she would soon be confronting Ryuu.”, seeing the disapproving look on his wives faces he quickly raised his hand as he spoke, ”I know I know it is not the ideal solution but it would be a good way to buy us some much needed time at the very least.”

Veena sighed before she spoke, ”I know Shamiran is helping out Antariskh but where is Sylvana? I haven't seen her since morning.”

Maheswara frowned as he replied to his wife's question, ”She left in an absolute hurry, it seems something has happened with the army and she was needed immediately.”

Hearing his words his wives all gained an identical frown on their faces as he spoke with a sigh, ”I do not know what has happened but I agree with Veena on this, it seems our children do not seem to catch a break.”, his eyes then widen as he spoke with a smile, ”Oh seems like our eldest is here.”

”Ah Ryuu, there you are.”

A familiar voice brought him out of his musing as Ryuu hastily rubbed his eyes clean, he then turned towards the speaker as he spoke with a smile, ”Big Sis, what are you doing here? Please take a seat.”

Antariksh pouted as she spoke while taking a seat by Ryuu's side, ”Why can't I come here to meet with you.”

Ryuu narrowed his eyes as he spoke, ”Well you can but at this time of the day you are mostly buried under mountain load of paperwork.”

Antariskh visibly shuddered as she spoke, ”Please do not remind me, and the reason I was able to be here was because of Shamiran, who had chased me out while stating something on the lines of my oncoming tribulation.”

Ryuu tilted his head as he spoke, ”You all never told me what level you all are, seeing you all are so excited means that you are about to go into a never level surpassing everyone else am I right?”

Antariskh simply smiled at him as she spoke, ”Sorry brother I might not be able to tell you what level I am in but I am simply going to advance in rank nothing more.”

Ryuu's eyes furrowed as he spoke with disbelief, ”You are advancing in a rank but you are also having a tribulation.”

Antariksh nodded as she spoke, ”Yes brother after a certain level even advancing a single rank would trigger a tribulation.”

Ryuu gulped at that as he spoke, ”That is a scary thought, I almost died last time and now you are telling me that after a certain level I will have to suffer tribulation while advancing each rank.”

As Antariksh nodded with a smile Ryuu threw up his hand as he spoke, ”I give up, this is too troublesome.”

At his reaction, Antariskh openly laughed before she spoke in a serious tone, ”This is one of the reasons why after a certain level most cultivators rarely cultivate, not only advancing takes lots of time and resource, but it also becomes extremely dangerous as well.”

”I see, big sister, so how are your preparations.”

Antariskh simply made a so-so motion with her hand as she spoke, ”There are few things where no matter how much you try it is not enough, and preparing for tribulation for someone of my calibre is one of them, no matter how hard I try it would never be enough as anything can happen.”

Ryuu gained a worried look on his face as he spoke, ”Please, sister I believe in you as such there is no need to say something so ominous and I know you will succeed.”

Antariskh simply smiled at him as Ryuu continued to speak, ”I am so excited to see your tribulation.”

Hearing his words Antariskh visibly winced at that as she spoke with an apologetic smile on her face, ”I am so sorry brother, but my Tribulation will be very violent and someone of your level would die if you try to witness it up close.”

Ryuu frowned as he spoke, ”But, I will not be so close to your place.”

With a shake of her head, Antariskh spoke, ”Even if you stay in the same planetary system it would be fatal for you as such I am sorry to say but you will be staying back home.”

Ryuu slouched forward as he spoke with a dejected sigh, ”That is so not cool.”

Antariskh smiled at him as she spoke, ”Tell you what bother, after my tribulation is over we will go out and have some fun, just like old times.”