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Principal Shi Keren, on the other hand, was not surprised at all by this decision of his. He did not even say a single word of urging him to stay, and happily stamped the application that Kong Sheng had sent over. Thus, the empire's star, Lord Kong Sheng, joined the other common graduates of Imperial Military Academy and entered the Border Army. He began his life of fighting against the Demonic Beast.
Three years later, Lord Kong Sheng had already become an official Knight and held the post of Captain of Red Camp. His title had already been promoted from a Baron to a Viscount. When everyone thought that he should return to the Capital and start his own journey to the palace with the help of Shi Keren, as well as the marriage alliance between families, Kong Sheng once again did something that shocked everyone. He submitted an application to Imperial Army Headquarter, hoping to transfer to a place that required even more manpower to enter the Phoenix Trials, and at the same time, requested two months of leave. Making use of this holiday, he returned to his hometown in Phoenix Province and married the childhood sweetheart, Ye Qing, under Phoenix Ridge, who had been waiting for him for ten years.
As countless nobles sighed, Kong Sheng lifted the veil over Ye Qing's head and deeply kissed her lips. Then, he gently said ”I'm sorry.”
Ten years, Ye Qing's ten years were all left to Kong Sheng, and when the girls in the same village had all become wives and mothers, Ye Qing was still alone in the world. Every day, she would go to the inn at the head of the village to see if there were any letters from Kong Sheng. The portrait of the fiery-red armor had long been carefully framed and hung in the room. Every day, she would gently wipe it and look at it in a daze.
After a short two months, Kong Sheng left his new wife and headed straight for the three trials of the Phoenix. As a soldier, Kong Sheng could not possibly go home everyday like other people. He could even only have ten days of vacation every year. From a military point of view, Kong Sheng was the model of the army, the model of a soldier.
However, Ye Qing understood him and understood him. Ye Qing was well aware of this man's dreams. The people who were born in Peacock Ridge seemed to have had their fill of energy ever since they were born. They felt that they lived in the place where Divine Bird Phoenix once lived, and their adoration and loyalty towards the Phoenix was something no one could understand and compare to. It was also a kind of arrogance, a kind of arrogance that never wanted to be left behind.
was also such a person. His plans for his life were extremely simple and clear: join the army, strike the Demonic Beast, and guard the borders. Only after these things were done would he be able to complete the desire or arrogance in his heart. Only at that time, would he be able to return to his life without any complaints or regrets, and return to the Peacock Ridge. And only in this way would he be able to face the blood of the Peacock Ridge people flowing in his body.
Ye Qing understood him, so she did not stop him. She did not want to become an obstacle for this man to realize his dream. His life was so short, and she did not want Kong Sheng to have any regrets. She didn't regret all these decisions either. She knew that she was the man's innermost restraint at all times.
But just in the second year after Kong Sheng left for Phoenix City Pass to take over the role of Red Camp as a servant, Ye Qing disappeared.
At that time, Ye Qing was already pregnant, and according to the customs of Peacock Ridge, she would climb up the Peacock Ridge at noon on the tenth day of every month. She laid his body flat on the peacock stage and untied her clothes, exposing his bulging lower abdomen to the noon sun. It was said that this way the fetus in the abdomen could absorb the spirit energy of the heaven and earth. With the protection of the Divine Bird Phoenix, the child's body would become stronger and his mind would become smarter.
No matter how hard it was, and no matter how bad the weather was, she would always climb up the Peacock Ridge on time, and then quietly lie down on the peacock stage. She hoped that the child in her womb would receive even more care and care from the Divine Bird Phoenix.
Just as Ye Qing was about to become pregnant for the seventh time, she climbed up the Peacock Ridge once again. The weather that day was a little unusual. Even though it was still cloudless when she woke up in the morning, the clouds had already begun to cover the sky at noon. People who had lived in the mountains for many years were used to this kind of weather, so it was not unusual for them to get used to it. But suddenly, there was a muffled sound and the resulting ground shaking. Everyone was stunned, when had such a thing happened in the Peacock Ridge? The mountain would move on its own?
Everyone anxiously escaped from their homes and gathered in the valley to discuss something. It was at this time that someone realised that Ye Qing had disappeared. Today was fifteen, the day Ye Qing ascended the mountain. A dozen or so young people volunteered themselves to climb Peacock Ridge in search of Ye Qing, but when they finally reached the peak of the mountain, the miserable scene before their eyes made them unable to close their mouths.
The huge peacock on the top of the mountain disappeared, leaving only the cliff that was originally connected to the mountain. Smoke and dust rose up from the ditch underneath the mountain. The only evidence that Ye Qing had come here before was the pair of shoes that was placed on the cliff. The left foot was embroidered with the word ”Sheng”, while the right foot was embroidered with the word ”Qing”.
After Kong Sheng received the news, he rushed back from the Phoenix City Pass like a madman, and did not sleep for three days and two nights. It was even the first time that he opened his mouth to beg his classmates from back then, begging them to give him a squad of soldiers to help him find his missing wife.
The soldiers were sent over, but facing the huge rocks and surging water at the bottom of the valley, everyone remained silent. They looked with sympathy at the man who was once the star of the Empire's hope kneeling by the river and wailing in pain.
As he spoke till here, Kong Sheng looked at Zhao Handong with hot tears in his eyes and his voice trembled slightly, ”The moment I saw Lady Xiu’er, I immediately thought of Ye Qing and our unborn child. In my heart, I had the urge to get close to her and talk more with her. After that, I felt that I had let down Ye Qing, and that I couldn't do something worse than this. That's why I thought of dying in battle. Only by dying in battle can I feel at ease. ”
Zhao Handong looked at him for a long while before letting out a long sigh.