Chapter 392 (1/2)
”Elder Wang? Is there a problem?”
”You must apologize for my behavior, Lord Qing Long but I need to tend to some family problems.”
”Is that so?”
Three men were drinking spirit alcohol with each other in a wide-open room. All of them were holding small cups made from white jade in which there was some glowing liquid inside. This was the purest spirit that would be quite deadly if drunk by an ordinary cultivator.
One of them was the Soaring Dragon Sect's Patriarch, Xuan Wang. He was a man known throughout the whole empire as he was part of one of the big three.. Next to him sat someone that was his equal, Tao Guan the Patriarch of the Heavenly Crane Sect.
The two were both having a conversation with the leading cultivator, the Azure Emperor Qing Long. While this conversation continued the Soaring Dragon Patriarch was given a transmission through his communication jade.
”Lord Xuan, Can't this family matter not wait? Isn't it rude to bring such matters up while we are discussing our alliance?”
Tao Guan commented while covering part of his face with a fan. On the back, there was an intricate pink design of a crane that was the staple of his sect.
”Lord Tao, it's fine, family is very important, I'm sure Lord Xuan wouldn't bring this to our ears if it wasn't important.”
The man called the Azure Emperor just waved with his hand in a bored fashion. He looked the youngest from the group of three but this didn't mean that he wasn't just as old as the other two top cultivators in the empire.
Wang Xuan's face twitched slightly but he was able to hold it in. For a moment he looked at the old man holding the fan. It looked like he wanted to say something but with the Azure Emperor being so close he decided not to. Soon the old man from the Soaring Dragon Sect went away which left the other two behind.
”With lord Xuan's absence, I propose that we postpone the talks for a few days.”
While the Azure Emperor asked this, it was clear that he wasn't really hoping to get any confirmation from the other cultivator next to him. He was clearly already standing up to leave even as he gave his preposition.
”Then I will return to my quarters.”
Tao Guan nodded as it seemed to be over and along with everyone else in this wide chamber he began to leave. While the three top cultivators were discussing their retainers were spread out through this large chamber. Only when their leaders walked over to them could they stand up and leave with them.
”Patriarch.”
A group of scholarly men in similar white robes greeted the old man. It was clear that this Patriarch of theirs was slightly maddened by the way the Soaring Dragon Patriarch acted.
”What is that idiot thinking, what is so important that he would make such a scene?”
He posed this question to the group with the intent of them giving him an answer. One of the scholarly men walked up and started whispering into the Patriarch's ear. After a moment the old Patriarch moved the fan over his mouth and nodded at the group before leaving without giving a reply.
As the two elders were walking away the Azure Emperor retreated behind his throne and back to his own room. Inside he found his wife that was in the process of feeding a baby.
”Are you finished, my Emperor?”
”Not quite my love.”
”Is there something wrong? Are they perhaps plotting something to bring my Emperor down?”
The woman smiled at the blue-haired man while holding their offspring in her hand. The man's stone-cold expression seemed to melt away the moment he laid eyes on his wife and the future of his clan that she was holding in her hand.
”Hah, when are they not plotting to bring me down? Still, Wang's outburst was strange indeed, what could shake that old monster up so much?”
”Wahhhh….”
While the Azure Emperor was talking the baby started crying. The man revered by the whole empire looked at the small child. He started fumbling about in a panicked state while not knowing what was the reason for such an outburst.
”My Emperor, it might not be the right moment to bring up politics while the child is trying to eat.”
”You speak the truth, my wife, I should consult the royal guard.”
The woman just smiled while picking the small boy up and cradling him around. Soon the man walked away to perform his duties. The royal guard was just the word for his inner circle of retainers. He needed to get to the bottom of this strange predicament. Was the Soaring Dragon Sect in some trouble and if this could potentially endanger the empire's future.
”Ah, whatever would I do without you my wife~”
The Emperor chuckled while giving his wife and crying child a big hug. Then he soon left to get to the bottom of this debacle. The empire was his to run and he needed to know everything that went on in it.