Chapter 493 - Bai Jingshen (2/2)
The spirit vein ended right around here and there was no longer much light for them to work with.
”It's just ahead of us,” Lady Ren spoke as she walked forward. At the center of it all, underneath the open sky, were many stones stuck on the ground all over the open space.
Alex looked at it all and was a little surprised. ”Are these… graves?” he asked.
”Yes,” Lady Ren said. ”We bury here those that we have lost over the years. Not many get to be buried here, but even so… the numbers have reached quite high over the years.”
Lady Ren was starting to sound a little sad by now. She slowly sat down in front of a gravestone and said, ”I may have found your successor, dear husband.”
Alex looked at the white piece of rectangular marble that was stuck on the ground. The headstone had some words carved onto it in a language he couldn't read at all.
He wanted to try using his spiritual sense to see if he could read it, but now was not the place to do something like that. It would be incredibly disrespectful, and he didn't want to create unnecessary problems.
”What does that headstone say?” Alex decided to directly ask instead.
”It reads 'In memory of A King, a Husband, and a Father, Bai Jingshen,” Lady Ren read.
”Bai Jingshen… was that the name of the king?” Alex asked.
”Yes,” Lady Ren said. ”Bai is the surname of the White Tiger family. If he succeeds, this little child will inherit that surname as well.”
”Meow?” Pearl asked.
”No, you can keep your current name. We will just give you a secondary name that you will have to use officially,” Lady Ren said.
”Meow,” Pearl said.
”Haha, sure, sure. I will be sure to choose one of the best ones for you,” Lady Ren said with a smile.
”That grave… it's empty right?” Alex asked.
”Yes,” Lady Ren said. ”We couldn't get back anybody from when he died in the central continent, so we had to give him an empty burial.”
”Then… how are you sure that he really is dead?” Alex asked.
”Because the other three Kings themselves came to give us the news. They saw him die while trying to save this realm,” Lady Ren said. ”Only the stupid humans didn't realize that and thought he was trying to attack them. In retaliation, they took everything they could get their hands on from this land.”
”Now, a normal beast can't even grow enough to enter the saint realm,” Lady Ren said.
”I see,” Alex said. ”I do remember hearing something about beasts fighting in the central continent long ago, so that was a lie, right?”
”Yes,” Lady Ren said. ”The 4 great families have rivalries, but it ends there. There is no enmity between them and thus they have no reason to fight. Besides, there really is nothing worth fighting for here.”
”So the other people were misinformed and attacked you? Why didn't the other kings try to clarify that misinformation?” Alex asked.
”I don't think they know there is misinformation being shared. From what I know, they were gravely hurt during whatever happened in the central continent, and so they have likely gone into secluded cultivation to heal up. It wouldn't be surprising if they started healing up all those years ago and are still healing,” Lady Ren said.
”It's likely the only time we will ever see them is either when this kid becomes the king, or another king arrives,” Lady Ren said.
”Sorry… another king?” Alex asked.
”Yes,” Lady Ren said. ”Since my husband died nearly 5 thousand years ago, the family will take about that long of a time to choose the next candidate to be sent over. So, in less than a century, someone will come to see if we already have a king or not.”
”If we do, they will verify whether the king deserves to be one. If they can't, they will send over the next candidate.”
”However, most of the new generation of the great family have nothing but arrogance, and I do not want to see them destroy what my husband worked so hard to build,” Lady Ren said.
”For that, we will need to turn this little child into a full-fledged King in less than a hundred years.”