28 Watching The Sunset On A Beautiful Phoenix (2/2)

Xintong was at the door by that point putting on her shoes. ”I'll be back soon rest up!”

”Okay.”

She opens the door and left.

After she left Jun notice that there was a blank cover book on the side of his bed. Did that dote forget to bring her book with her, Jun sighed.

Originally he was gonna go back to practicing his cultivation but he also noticed that he was actually still absorbing qi at one one hundredth of the usual rate. Overpowered! This is too overpowered! But I like it.

He picks up the book and decided to take a peak inside.

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Its her diary…

This is so cliche Jun thought. I shouldn't look at it. Eh what can it hurt. Well a cliche development would be if I look at it. Well it would be fun to see some of her secrets. Then I can tease her a bit in my Xing Jun identity. But that wouldn't be nice. I mean Xing Lin isn't actually doing anything wrong if I read this in my Xing Jun identity.

After having many miscellaneous thoughts, excuses, and many wrong lines of reasoning Jun convinced himself reading this is not an invasion of privacy.

He spread out his King realm soul to make sure he had enough time to detect Xintong coming back so he can put away the diary.

He began reading it from the very first page. For a cultivator with his soul strength he could have read the whole diary in a second or two but Jun decided to his time.

The first entry was from 4 years ago. It described some of her sadness and what it was like coming out of her depression. She then goes on to describe her daily routines and what her future goal is.

Some blah, blah, blah here and some blah blah there was what was going on in Jun's mind when she was reading over some of her daily routine. When he turn the next page his eyes almost popped out of his head. It was an entry from 3 years ago.

It read, today my parents introduced me to a young his name is Shi Huang. He is the fourth generation young master of the Huang clan. My parents asked me to accompany him for a day. I found that he is quite to my liking. That night my parents explained to me who he was and if I liked him or not. I can't say that I love him but if it is to help the Xia clan revive I am willing.

Who the hell is this Shi Huang! I'll give him a taste of my fist when I see him! Jun thought. He skip the sappy stuff and continued reading.

We went on another date and he is a pretty nice person. He is 14 this year and only a year older than me but his cultivation already reached peak Nascent realm. In this whole city he can be considered a top genius. Marrying him might not be so bad.

Three pages later.

Today I remembered something that made me uncomfortable about the marriage. My brother said that he had a dream to become the top alchemist in the world and bring the WL Pillshop to the forefront of the pill business world. He said that this would be grand source of income for the clan. He said that it is part one of his plan!

Ten page later.

I have decided that I won't go through with the marriage. I haven't talked to my parents yet and I decided to tell Shi Huang that I won't marry him first. Also my brother's friend Ziyu is coming to visit later.

Next page.

I did something terrible today. I think I might have killed him. When I told him I didn't want to marry him he attacked me. I freaked out and the next thing I knew I blacked out. When I woke up my parents were beside me and they began making plans with brother Ziyu to move. I also worked up the courage to tell my parents that I want to continue my brother's legacy.

Next page

They pondered over my decision and told me I should pursue what I want but I can see it in their eyes that they don't have that high of a hope of my success. That only made my drive that much stronger. That was also the day we moved to Ziyou City in the country of Ba Sing Se.

Couple pages later

Today my dad started to seriously teach me in cultivation. My mother also started teaching mePill forging. Not only that but I began reading over the notes and books my brother left behind. I can only say that he is a true genius.

About 120 pages later.

Its been a couple months since I came to Ziyou City and it has been so calm and peaceful. I been getting my life in order and my cultivation has been rising at a steady pace. My mother said that my alchemy skills are top notch and within the top .1 percent of the country. Thats all great but somehow I don't feel proud at all after comparing myself to a certain genius alchemist in this city.

Is she talking about me? Jun thought. When Jun checked the date on the journal entry he found that it was about a month or two after he made his debut in the pill industry.

Another couple pages later.

Recently I had a lot of time to think and ponder. My birthday is coming up in a couple days and I was thinking back to the promise my brother made me when I was little. He promised me that on my next birthday he would take me out to watch the sunset while riding on a beautiful phoenix. I knew he wasn't being realistic with the promise but it was okay because I knew deep down that I would be spending time with him. At the thought of it I felt like crying because in the end I just wanted to spend my birthday with my family. It also hit on me again that I would never be able to see him again. I have got to work harder!

It's my fault. At the very least I should grant you your brother's final promise. But where the hell am I gonna find a phoenix!? At least be realistic when you lie!