Warring Kingdoms: The Tale of the Jade Phoenix and the Dragon Blade

Chapter 49: Lies (赵敏的不诚实)

Under the sheer dark fortress of the Nether Shade, lava visibly lingered in the air. Groans of miserable souls reverberated coming from the innermost chambers of TaoYan city.

Lu XueCao, an infamous demonic cultivator seated at a topmost throne. Beside him was Lu Jie, a woman with white hair and pale skin. They have both ominous reputations of conjuring demonic disturbances amongst the mundane world.

Sounds of steps then closed in at the empty hall. Afterwards, a woman in a mysterious veil bowed in front of them. XueCao gestured for her to speak. The woman stood up and stated her purpose of coming.

"Senior Brother XueCao. I have a terrible news. The jade phoenix kingdom's leader found out about our plan."

"Imbecile! Haven't I told you to only wag your tongue if there was nobody around?"

"I deeply apologize Senior Brother XueCao... But His highness was a very crafty man."

"Tch. Go back to the Dragon Blade's kingdom. Kill the king with your own hands and make up for your carelessness."

"But I— Senior brother... I cannot do that."

"You should do that. You WILL do that."

"Sister YingLuo might hate me."

"You chose to follow the path of the Shuras now you will do as I say or...

I will burn Old Jianghu into ashes."

The woman was shunned. She could not speak more. After bowing, she exited the hall and removed her veil.

Zhao min sighed. She never wanted to be involved in demonic cultivation. But since she was disowned by her own family, her siphon of soul has been pulled out from her body and because of that, she could not go back to Emei and practice mastery of Yang Chi.
However, with the help of XueCao, she was able to replace her siphon by cultivating through capturing demonic specters and ascend back to Emei.

She had no choice.

Circumstances made her what she is.

Other options were closed doors with no keys.

Crying like a silent wind, Zhao Min returned back to the mundane realm. The portal that she conjured led her to the back palace of the kingdom of Dragon Blade. She silently crept up the stairs of the palace steps while withdrawing her daggers.

'I couldn't defy Senior brother XueCao... Or else... I have nowhere to go.'

Using her other hand, she creaked the door wide open and made her way through the corridors undetected. As she was nearing the door of King Fu's resting chamber, she saw some guards patrolling so she entered into stealth. The guards were talking about the things that had happened during the battle against Zhuge Liang. She overheard them while staying in a corner.

"Have you heard about the things that had happened last night?"

"Yeah? About the battle that shook the sky and our city?"

"Yes! Did you know that Miss YingLuo tried to stop that fallen God by summoning Sun Wukong?"

"That was a great feat! Miss YingLuo is a daughter of a mortal and an immortal but she summoned one of Buddha's servisitors, Sun WuKong."

"Where is Miss YingLuo now?"

"Right now, from what I have heard, Miss YingLuo was resting at an inn in ChuanXi city."

"How was she?"

"Well... She had deep wounds but doctors did say that she'll survive. Well what could go wrong? She's a Goddess right?"