Shen Wei never wanted to be an Emperor, but on the anniversary of the peace deal he discovers that Kunlun might be alive.
Part 1 of the The Leaves Of Autumn Are Memories series
A friend of mine said: "Its soo boring when there is just one villain Lightning."
Me: Looks at the three versions of this story with four different villains and nine separate revenge plot ideas... "...Oh yes. So boring."
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Zhugong is a lesser used term of address for a king, something like Your Highness.
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Those who are desperate enough to be brave, will try any way to survive. Those with evil intent will wait a thousand years if they must for one opportunity to hurt someone.
Tong may have possessed warriors and may have fought in the Immortal wars, possessing a spear against his will, but very few were of Shen Wei's impeccable skill, who fought with a cold ferocity that had claimed armies. His ability to predict his enemy was only outmatched by his speed and ruthless strategies.
His patience, Kunlun would always say.
Minister Gao had neither the finesse nor the strength to fend off Shen Wei's vicious attacks, his sword flashing ever closer to skin, dark energy clinging to his blade as the light from the War Flag glinted off its razor sharp edge.
Tong was trying to deflect with cultivation energy blended with his own dark power, but Shen Wei did little more than blink and adjust his own attack.
Realizing that his friend was close to death, at the hands of his former enemy and the nightmare of every Haixingren General, Zhao Xin Ci left the middle ground between his son and the steps, the wide courtyard suddenly open as the mogwai were defeated and the others backed away from the spectacular fight.
But as Zhao Xin Ci moved to intercept Shen Wei, he met the blade of Mo Bingqing. Her blue armor shone in the light and there was determination and no small amount of anger in her eyes. The Royal Guard flanked their king and she blocked his attack with the agility of a dancer and the power of a ranking Dixingian cultivator.
"You will move back, or you will die." She promised him, her tone calm, raising a second sword up to her cheek. The promise was clear, if he attacked she would block and bury the second sword in his flesh without pause.
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Shen Wei sidestepped a direct attack and there was the audible crack of bone as the hilt of his blade, broke Minister Gao's left arm.
Zhao Xin Ci grimaced and Mo Bingqing added dark energy to her threat, "Stand down, or die."
"Is Dixing so blind they cannot understand possession?" He snapped at her, his hate of Dixing undeniable in his voice.
If possible her stare only hardened. "He faces our Beloved Emperor in honest combat. If he is too proud to yield and too determined die, he will breathe his last by the Emperor's blade."
