Eternal Bloom (BL)

Chapter 4

“Your Majesty, the puppet has been allocated to Mount Kunlun”. Zhang Wei forwarded the glazing jade, “This is the blood jade of Haitao. It is spiritual and can scent the blood of its master even after one's deprivation of demonic aura. If the riddle has to be deciphered, this is the apposite way Your Majesty”.

Shenyuan flipped the glazing jade with a somber expression. It was a rare dark waist jade. Haitao was the Emperor embraced by the demons. When the three realms were simplified, he redeemed the entity of the demon realm. Though he perished 500 years ago, his vitality has lodged in the mind of his people.

He wasn't ignorant of Zhang Wei's intention. There is a feasibility of Haitao’s heir to the throne, the matter wouldn't slip out easily. He was the blood of heaven after all. In the eyes of those demons, he was a foreigner colonizing the realm. Only he knew it was to humiliate both him and the realm under his governance.

“Your lips shall be sealed on this matter. It shouldn't reach a fourth ear”. Shenyuan said, his hoarse voice dulling the threat in his words. Zhang Wei wouldn't risk the blood of Haitao, it was a discrete confidence in him.

“There wouldn't be any fourth ear, Your Majesty”. A dark shadow ventured through the void. The lower half of his face was shrouded under a metal mask, only revealing a pair of bloody eyes. The crimson veins protruding in his forehead wore him an image of a famish beast. He was the Ghost General Mu Yang.

“Heaven framed us of instigating war 500 years ago. I won't let the deaths’ of our warriors cease in vain”. Mu Yang clenched his fist, he could still smell the stench of blood spilled during the war. “Now since they have blinded us for so many years, we hold an explanation for a whole gruesome war”.

Mu Yang focused on the hand emitting the crimson mist. Shenyuan’s despicable and brutal nature has always impressed him. It was one of the reasons why he was willing to serve him. Shenyuan was so nefarious and vicious that the resentment crawled to seek refuge under him. He despised heaven, it served him assurance. Shenyuan has long been stained with the blood of evil.

“Things will proceed as planned. He must not be involved in any way”. Shenyuan gazed coldly, freezing the temperature in the room.

His Highness was a mere mortal now.

“Your Majesty, can we see His Highness before we leave?”. Zhang Wei already had the answer but still couldn't help requesting it.

“Until my vow serves its purpose, no one can see him”. Shenyuan uttered stroking the figurine under his sleeves. Although his composure was imposing, his eyes yield a glimpse of gentleness. With a nonchalant wave of his hand, the two figures dispatched.

Cinian must be awake, he had to hurry there. He couldn't help picturing the pale and unconscious Niannian.

Cinian felt a mild headache when he woke up. He
was in his chamber in the Wuyun Manor.

“Wang Fei, you’re awake”. Xinyi’s anxious voice sounded.

“What's wrong with me?“. Cinian numbly rubbed his eyes. “How many hours have I slept for?”.

Xinyi handed him a bitter medicine to drink, “It's been four hours. I saw Wang Fei unconscious in Wang Yi's arms. After the physician was summoned, Xiao Mei and I weren't allowed inside”. Looking at the pale face, her heart felt more anxious, “Wang Yi asked Wang Fei to take a good rest. I will go fetch a bowl of lotus seed soup”.

Xinyi hurried out leaving Cinian whose intention of asking Shenyuan's whereabouts stuck in his throat.

Shenyuan's aggressive eyes of the afternoon flashed through his mind. It was gloomy and menacing. But why did he perceive a wounded and impaired soul forcing himself to tears?