Chapter 36 - Absolute Power (1/2)
New Moon Profound Palace is separated into three different regions. The core, inner, and outer courts of the palace. The palace encompassed a very large area in the New Moon City, making it one of the most humongous structure or place in the area.
Inner and outer courts are reserved for the disciples, while the core region is reserved for the upper echelons. Usually, disciples are only allowed to stay on the inner and outer courts, however there are some exceptions.
Being a genius is a chance blessed to someone by the heaven. This fact is more than enough to make you someone special among the many. Being a genius among the geniuses is a very remarkable feat that only one in a million could do. Those geniuses are called the ”dragons” and ”phoenixes.”
Currently, only a single individual and exception is living within the core region, even though she's still but a disciple of the profound palace. Her talent completely outclassed everyone.
When she arrived in the New Moon Profound Palace, she was only at the 2nd stage of True Profound Realm. But, in just a short few weeks, she had already achieved the 5th stage of True Profound Realm. This feat allowed her to belong in the group of the few that could be called as ”dragons” and phoenixes.”
”Genius among the geniuses, huh?”
She softly muttered to herself, surely without any purpose behind that statement. Chu Xin sat beside a calm pond, occasionally fishes would jump and play around with her.
The area around her seemed unusually calm, with a tinge of coldness and darkness. It made her beauty absolutely exhilarating, to the point that it could drive any man into insanity. Despite being a 12 years old girl, her appearance had already approached the perfection itself.
”If people such as myself is hailed as one of the phoenixes, then what do I call big brother?”
Her long graceful hair swayed across her smooth shoulder, as the light reflected by the pond lit up her heavenly face. There was an unusual trace of melancholic in her gaze, as if she's reminiscing someone dear to her.
As if asking someone, the pentagon mark on her forehead shone with an unrivalled light that blinded everything. The pentagon mark blinked in radiance, seemingly answering the woman's question.
It seemed that Chu Xin had managed to learn about the pentagon mark on her forehead. She still couldn't control it very well, but she managed to gain a bit of access into it. But, because of this strange mark on her, she involuntarily invited someone that always disturbed her.
”Why are you here?”
She softly asked, still focused on her own thoughts. Chu Xin didn't even gaze at her surroundings, but she could feel the eerie presence that stood among the darkness. A ripple of emotion flashed within her eyes, as she felt the danger emanated by the presence.
”Well, just checking out my property…”
Soon, a very confident young man that held a very sleek yet dark sword appeared within the darkness. He had a very smug look on his face, paired with the unmatched brilliance within his eyes that could expel even the darkness.
”When did I even agree to such thing?”
”You don't have any choice woman…”
The young man lifted up his chin, obviously checking out the peerless woman before him. Even though, it has been a lot of times since he had looked at Chu Xin, he just wouldn't get tired of it. He really felt excited, thinking that he would soon attain the beauty before him.
”Don't tell me, you have forgotten already? Today is the last day that you get to decide. Be my woman and you'll get the chance to be the queen. Refuse it and only death will welcome you.”
”…”
Chu Xin kept her calm and only focused on her own thoughts. When the young man noticed that the woman before him only stayed quiet, he felt annoyed and angry. He was chosen by the heavens to vanquish the evil, yet this blasphemous woman before him actually had the guts to ignore him.
”You still don't get it, don't you? If you want to live, you must be my woman. If not, you'll die without even realizing it…”
”Honestly, dying is better than being the woman of a pretentious man that always claimed that he would vanquish evil, without even realizing his own evilness…”
”You…”
The young man angrily stared at Chu Xin, with a hint of killing intent spilling out from his eyes. A very dark energy covered his body, making him particularly scary that made the fishes in the pond go meek and docile.
”Hmph. Why would I be provoked by your useless words? I, the man who got chosen by the heavens, to possess this sword!”
In the instant that he finished his statement, he quickly unsheathed the divine sword on him. The brilliance on his eyes magnified further, as he began to emanate an unprecedented amount of danger that made Chu Xin shudder.
”Even though you are someone who possesses the Heavenly Yin Profound Veins, you are currently no match for me! I'll give you this one last chance… be my woman or die!”
”…”
Chu Xin finally turned her gaze towards the young man. Her eyelashes fluttered like a butterfly with endless grace. The coldness within the surroundings intensified further, as an unprecedented amount of Yin energy oozed out of her body.
”Looks like you have decided to refuse, huh.”
”That's right!”
She slowly stood up, as her eyes emanated an unmatched determination, capable of facing death itself. The determination on her eyes managed to catch the young man off guard, but it did not last long.
”Those eyes… you really are special!”