Happy sounds of crowd gathered upon the palace hall up to the outer courtyard filled the air of the Jade Phoenix's kingdom. The moon is now full and it is the time for the Emperor's divination led by the Lunar Empress.
Hidden from plain sight, Hua RuoMin, sister of Hua FeiXian was escorted by the palace guards inside a gold-colored sedan inside the palace. She wore a gold robe embroidered with beautiful butterflies and her face covered with a veil stretching from her head up to her shoulders. When the escort have arrived inside the palace, RuoMin stepped out of the sedan graciously and was received by FeiXian...
"You look gorgeous sister."
"One must look her best at a divination ceremony."
"Well good luck to that. Then tell his highness Wei Yue a good fortune or else... Your dogs will become fodders for us."
The little dogs snarled back at FeiXian. RuoMin just shook her head and later, led up the pedestal of the Emperor.
The servants opened up the upper portion of the palace's roof and revealed the light of the full moon. RuoMin placed her hands on Wei Yue's hands as the moonlight shone upon them...
Sounds of large drums reverberated upon the hall accompanied by music from the Erhus and Pipas. RuoMin closed her eyes and peered into the future. It was just a split second but RuoMin retracted her hands from Wei Yue's.
"Lunar Empress?"
"The future... Is not what it seems... There will be blood... Violence... And death..."
"I am ready for all of it."
Tears flowed down from RuoMin's eyes and collapsed from her knees.
"It is not your death that I have forseen your highness. I thought that if your kingdom will be rebuilt again and have peace with other kingdoms, then the foreboding omen against deaths would be halted... But..."
"Tell me what you saw..."
RuoMin stood quiet and gulped a saliva on her throat before she spoke.
"I saw the death of my brother and YingLuo."
Everyone gasped in horror after RuoMin's revelation. Divination that has been given by the Lunar Empress is absolute and no power on heaven or earth could change it.
"YingLuo and FeiXian must not leave this palace ever or death will surely find it's way."
"I can guarantee their safety as long as they are inside."
"Thank you, your high-"
RuoMin didn't finish her sentence when a shroud of dark clouds formed atop the moon covering the moonlight from above. The ceremony was disrupted. Tons of foul-looking demons descended down from the top of the open roof and some came from outside the palace ransacking every human in their wake. RuoMin could not stand and do nothing so she descended from the pedestal and helped YingLuo and FeiXian slash the demons.
"Xian'ge please take away YingLuo into a safe place. You're not safe here."
"Min'er... What are you going to do?"
"I'm killing the one who conjured these demons and also, please keep the civilians away from the demons."
"But Min'er, killing someone isn't your own doing."
"I know but... I'm trying my best to stop this."
In order to respect his sister's wishes, FeiXian steered clear of the civilians and led them to second floor of the palace. YingLuo led the remaining civilians to the courtyard and set up a powerful barrier of holy magic to dispel the demons.
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Warring Kingdoms: The Tale of the Jade Phoenix and the Dragon Blade
PertualanganLong long ago in old Jianghu, there was once a kingdom of stronghold and power. The kingdom of the Jade Phoenix ruled by it's benevolent and resilient leader, Wei Xuan lived in peace and secrecy, not knowing that one day, the shadows will consume th...
