The Secret Princess – Fan Fiction by AC Chapter 72: Empire of the God’s

March 4, 2018 / Angel Chua

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Adapted from Princess Agents drama series and original novel by Xiao Xiang Dong’er – Chu Qiao Chuan Biography

Empire of the Gods (08.12.2021 edited)

Wild dandelions blooming in the middle of the meadow, far and wide, the cold wind blew and fluttering Yuwen Yue’s dress. Without a sense of time, Yuwen Yue finds himself walking in a piece of land of what they call the true earth or the land of Ximeng, a humble little encampment is lying in the surface of flying dandelions.

The master of Kung Fu of Ice said: Though you have learned the path of humility, your skills were not enough. Stretching his hands, he continued.

“Beyond those borders is your fate. But before you pass through it, you must master the winds and the clouds.”

Yuwen Yue wrinkled his brow and said: “When I was young I used to hear the hunting wind and feel its presence in my pulse. How is it different?”

The master of Kung Fu of ice said: “You have the heart, but you don’t have the spirit.”

Yuwen Yue slightly stunned asked: “Is it two different states?”

“You’ll know it after the eagle whispers to your ears, the impulse of the wind.”

Suddenly a far distant bird sound came to fill the quiet skies, an eagle was flying high made a circle flight above, beautifully spread its wings and quickly hovered overhead from where they stand.

Starry starry night, Yuwen Yue is looking at the glittering sky. He put on his hand above his forehead and suddenly closed his eyes. Not so long, the Kung Fu master of ice shot an arrow towards his direction and slow to quick reaction Yuwen Yue raised his Poe Yue Jian sword to counter attack it. The blue feather arrow landed in the grass.

“Not impressed,” said the Kung Fu master walking towards him to pick up the blue feather arrow.

Yuwen Yue frowned and said: “This is the only weapon I have.”

“That is not an excuse.” The Kung Fu master went to load his bow with another arrow and point it the face of Yuwen Yue.

Yuwen Yue confident and not sensing any harm he did not think this master will shoot him.

And true to his judgment, the Kung Fu master ran a few steps then locking his kneeling position on top of the bedrock, he slowly turns his upper body, raised his back draw hand and pointed his bow hand downward, suddenly released his draw hand an arrow flying in the air.

Swoosh! A crisp sound on the air is heard. The hare was shot so precisely on its heel. The shot was so clean and even very difficult to imagine how did the Kung Fu master did it in just a matter of split of seconds movement. And through the bamboo shaft?

“I can’t shoot a downward angle,” said Yuwen Yue.

“I know, it has been your weakness.” said the master of Kung Fu who is holding an empty thin half-piece of a bamboo shaft and some short arrows without feather at his back quiver.

“A piece of a bamboo shaft on your draw hand?” Yuwen Yue learning how it’s done.

“Why not?” said the Kung Fu master, and then he continued: “It will shut the sound and lock the target, precisely aiming for the deadly Achilles nerve. In this case, I did not shoot to kill, I loaded grace into my pulse, shot it but spared the life of the animal. It will live.”

Yuwen Yue walked a few steps to pick up the hare and examine its wound he said: “The best of precise shooting. It can still walk if I put a bandage promptly.”

Yuwen Yue tore a piece of his inner cloth and coldly look at the animal. It’ll be painful for a while, and Yuwen Yue quickly pulled out the short arrow from its heel.

Blood gushed out from the wound. He promptly tied with the piece of cloth and the animal breathing heavily relaxed a bit, laid down its body. Yuwen Yue took the hare inside their encampment and laid it down to the grass.

The master of Kung Fu of ice back to his bonfire sat outside, and Yuwen Yue came to join him he said: I can clearly visualize how you did it but what I cannot understand is how did you not shoot to kill when your act directly results to a dead animal.

It’s because, in the mortal realms, only a few knew the Way of the bow called Taihai.

Yuwen Yue’s ears heard what he has to hear, said: “You mean, shooting without shooting? This can be done in a perfect state in the realm of impossibility. It is like finding a pearl in the desert sand.”

The master of Kung Fu of ice suddenly turned his face to see Yuwen Yue who took his quiver and bow testing the string with the half-piece bamboo shaft he inserted the short arrow using his draw hand.

“It is the remaining body within the remaining spirit. A forward movement from your left foot will be your remaining spirit and will guide your remaining body of your hips going up to your shoulder. This is the Way of the bow, it is always rooted in between coldness and humility. Without these two virtues, you ended up killing a target and waste a life.”

Yuwen Yue gaining more wisdom, he finally understood the lesson from the first master who is cold on his outside appearance but exposed a soft spot in the inside.

The master of Kung Fu of ice saw Yuwen Yue is trying the bow strings, he asked him to follow him to walk into a dark forest.

Sounds of the creepy crawlies greeted their ears, the owl’s big eyes saw Yuwen Yue, started to hum its haunting voice. There is a mounted flatform where Yuwen Yue can stand. In the middle is a bonfire slowly burning and if you look straight ahead, there is a thin poplar tree with attached arrow board made of driftwoods full of precise excellent bull’s eye arrows and archery marks.

The master of the Kung Fu of ice said: “What are you doing up there?”

Yuwen Yue not minding his master’s voice continued to create his own arrow and decided to show his skills as the heir of the master of the eyes of God.

Suddenly after a few minutes, the Kung Fu master shook his head from left to right in dismay and turned his back to put more wood and increase the fire.

Yuwen Yue did the same thing the Kung Fu master did earlier.

When the master turned his face, Yuwen Yue is already pointing his arrow on his face.

With a small rock in his draw hand, he stretched the bowstring with an arrow loaded in it, a creaking noise heard.

“Show me what you got! Shoot!”

Yuwen Yue’s face is cold and unrelenting, but his eyes like the calm water, deep breath, slowly put it down and after a blink of an eye, went to raise both hands and like a flash, shot the nearby owl.

The owl was taken down, and the master of Kung Fu of ice blinked his eyes, he walked closer to check on the graveyard shift bird said: “Two cold weapons, destined to take two different directions, you dictated your pulse and let the wind read its impulse.  It will decide to kill or heal. That is brutally cold!”

“I use my will and pass it to the wind, I can dictate which one lives and which one dies,” said Yuwen Yue putting down the cold weapon.

The Kung Fu master frowned at the owl looking at its limping wings while the arrow was shot at the target board.

The Kung Fu master went to hold the owl’s wings and slightly pulled it. Bearing the silent pain for a while, suddenly the bird can spread its wings like nothing happened, back to the normal night owl bird.

Next, the Kung Fu master went to the target board, but as soon as he stepped closer Yuwen Yue exclaimed: Be careful!

Too late to back out, the old blue arrows were loosened from the board, and one by one dropped to the ground, and only Yuwen Yue’s arrow remained stuck on the bulls-eye.

Yuwen Yue is trying to impress, but the Kung Fu master said in a low tone of voice: “I thought we are on the same page. This is futile.”

“What?” Yuwen Yue suddenly exclaimed: “What you just saw is the Way of the Arrow. I am sure you have not seen this before.”

The Kung Fu master determined to uproot his old thinking, went to pick up all the blue arrows and put them in his back quiver.

He took the bow from Yuwen Yue and walked towards where the platform is mounted. Stood straight he said: ”Watch me dictate the wind and take down the real target.”

Took a deep breath and in his perfect stature, Taihai position closed his eyes, raised his hands and over his head opened his eyes to the target, reversed his back-draw hand.

Swoosh! A whistling of arrow sound heard, trailing a curved concealed target towards another concealed poplar tree, hits another hidden bull’s-eye arrow board.

Caught on a surprise, Yuwen Yue said: “You almost missed but decided to kill it.”

The Kung Fu master did the opposite of the Way of the arrow, said: “If you must end it, then do it.”

“Your turn,” said the master of Kung Fu of ice.

Yuwen Yue started to straighten his body, stiffened his muscles, his eyes focused on the target board, some random memories flashed in his sight. Xinger doing the back-hand draw and releasing its arrow towards the enemy’s head.

In the icy lake was bloody murder from a heart full of hatred and rage. Xinger fought her own uniform and took a turn around stand to defend him, he realized, this is what she did.

Fantastic shot at every angle sentence all of its life and end it there.

Yuwen Yue started to stretch the bow-string, creaking noise heard, on his forward left foot he raised his hands, reversed it overhead and used his back-draw hand, steady wrist, intense pulse, calm eyes but cushioned heart, released the arrow.

Yuwen Yue short of a distance, the arrow did not follow a curved path for the first time missed the target.

The Kung Fu master clapped his hands slowly then said: “A true master never perfects it the first time. It will take a hundred arrows before your mortal brain memorizes the favor of the winds. The secret is to be inefficient to become sufficient. You need to be diverse and flexible like bamboo. The winds never take any forms, nor can any man possess its favors. But the good news is, you can win its favor.”

Yuwen Yue learning new insights asked the Kung Fu master: Before, I used to think I own the wind. Now you’re saying I must win its favors?

“Yes, by trade winds. The warm and cool breezes always encircle the northern and southern hemispheres of the true earth. It can be your best ally or worst enemy. Remember trade winds!”

Said the Kung Fu master and he suddenly left Yuwen Yue alone with an unclear and uncertain subject.

Yuwen Yue marveled and blown away at the subject matter look at his arrows left at the bull’s-eyes wooden board said: “This is hard, I have to think of trade winds and win its favor! All I have ever learned in the west are all outdated in this realm. It is not even appreciated.”

Yuwen Yue, an heir of the Eyes of God, one of the legends and holds superior unmatched abilities, but in the immortal realms his ability is considered at the lowest forms.

He is such a novice tenderfoot in front of a brilliant realm, Yuwen Yue became a foolish master amid its astute, cognizant Masters.

**

Chu Qiao suspended out of nowhere, her lifeless body found in an upside-down position lying on the golden grass.

Swayed by the cold winds, suddenly a striking light came to penetrate its skin, the wind and cloud decree, the ancient oracles of Chinese inscription words came to sit in the back of her skin forming the Higanbana flower.

Suddenly, a Master in Zen position is sitting with his praying hands and praying beads hanging on it. The Healing Master near where Chu Qiao body lies, performing hand gestures and reciting mantras of healing said: “I cannot let the Mimi Gongzhu die and get lost into the realm of no return.

On behalf of her, I am trading my healing powers or take my life if I fail to pass your test. The Mimi Gongzhu came to this world with an innocent mind. She did not possess any kind of understanding from where she came from.”

Swoosh….! The winds blew steadily and like a hurricane came to sweep the Healing Master.

Time is lost forever, suspended in a place called nowhere, a beautiful divine-like woman suddenly ascended on a dreamy state, finds her enlightened self, walking in the fascinating realm of eternal calmness.

When she opened her eyes, the mirror of the sky above her greeted her eyes. She into her feet and below are dozens of broken ice pieces reflecting the expanse of the skies. Like flat earth looking to an endless horizon, the woman continued to walk above its water skies.

**

Viper’s eyes turned big like an owl, and she shouted: “Come back Mimi Gongzhu!!! You cannot save a soul twice!”

Caught in the middle of a surreal realm, Viper once again entered the underworld.

At the forgotten river, foggy mists hover above the waters. Cold and dark every time someone passing through, the river turns on its unblinding light.

Looking through the crystal clear aquamarine waters, underneath are rays of light and shallow waters reveals a bed of ice. Frozen in time, the foundation of clear ice displays a review of one man’s past life.

All its feats and glories, conquest and battles, victories and defeat, from the time he was born to the time of its death rewinds.

When the boat reaches the other side, the wind sways the paradise of Higanbana flowers for one last time.

The scent turns off the light. Back to its pitch-black darkness, a man dressed on his Imperial clothes looked down and then look straight ahead.

Somehow a spark of little hope in his heart grew.

For another chance, for another lifetime. However, Xiao Ce is about to enter the afterlife, a realm of no return, the final curtain unveiled in his sight.

The boatman gave him a silent nod. Xiao Ce blinked his eyes without even saying a word, and suddenly a beautiful lady holding her glow in the dark whip, dark and uninterrupted came to disturb the order

The boatman cold, dark and strong evil presence felt in its eyes spoke in a low and slow voice: “An underworld spy cannot break the order of the Twelve underworld league of elite spies!”

Viper turned her eyes to the boatman and the boatman suddenly fighting its light, the dark lady turned herself to a more ominous presence said: “You must know, we all have been granted to disobey once! Whether the results are unknown, I am entitled to use my chance.”

“Only the Mimi Guangzu survived the execution of Ersatz realm. Everyone did not return. The rules and orders cannot be disobeyed, and yet you came to issue your entitlements? Just for the sake of this feeble and lame human? Why?”

The Urshan or the boatman belongs to the dark underworld creatures who roam through lakes and swamps, offering to ferry travelers to the other side.

The Boatman usually is old and almost always reveal themselves when you most need a ferry.

Although some are known to live in high circulation areas, hiding among legitimate ferrymen, they often seek solitary lives in the more remote parts of the veldt.

The touch of a boatman can kill, and they say that those who succumb to his touch rise from the dead.

These progenies look like swollen and corrupted corpses and are mostly used as a distraction.

Lie under the surface of the water, waiting for the master to call you, then attack and try to drag the victims into their master’s boat for an aquatic death.

The best advice you can give to deal with a boatman is to bargain with him. The boatman has a weakness for rocks, and this can save lives.

On the other hand, if you cannot guess what he wants, it’s best to jump off the boat and try your luck with the progenies or the dark breeds.

“Because I heard his last call in my ears when his heart echoed it in eternity. While the Urshan heard and did not dare to respond. Well, guess what! I am here to challenge the Urshan.”

The boatman on his spooky slow voice said: Challenging the Urshan who is as old as the plane of existence means death, you cannot even enter Afterlife. Is this what you came here today?

I’d rather be in the realm of Ersatz rather than be a deaf monk. Viper suddenly brought her whip in front and began to challenge the boatman.

Xiao Ce is unable to use his five senses when all of a sudden, he began to hear words uttered between the Boatman and Viper.

The Boatman started to fall to the river.

For every second of delay and missing boatman, Xiao Ce’s mortal body is restored.

The field of Higanbana flowers once again swayed by the strong wind, its scent turned up the waters to intensify and broil.

Suddenly, the calm waters of the river turned into rough waters, and steady winds turned into violent gale sweeping the Higanbana field and turned all of its colors from bright red to black.

Viper holding her glow in the dark whip said calling on the man to be delivered back to earth: “Emperor of the South listen! Because I cannot bear your little hope to die, I am going to temporarily extend your stay on earth. It means I am going to erase your name in the book of death. And your life will be rewritten in the path of the stars. Please rehearse my goodbyes to the Mimi Gongzhu! I have finally understood what she did…”

Pang! The Boatman touched Viper.

Viper swallowed by the tremendous horrific Undertale of the dark, an ancient force came to sweep her, and her whip eventually slowly turned off its light drowning her body in the water.

Peace and calmness returned to the underworld, the forgotten river and paradise of Higanbana flowers once again back to its pristine state.

The boat slowly returned back to the other side where it came from and the waters back to its pristine condition, calm and crystal clear.

However, the boatman is gone, and only Xiao Ce was left in the boat which is still breathing in the surreal world. How many days or months went by, no one can tell, and it became irrelevant.

Xiao Ce dressed in his majestic Emperor clothing finds himself walking in the underworld, he took a deep breath and enjoyed the scent of plum blossoms, handsome face, defined eyebrows the human emperor introduced to the underworld.

He cannot remember why he is here but knows that his mortal body and soul has trespassed and defied the crossing between the forgotten river to the afterlife.

Xiao Ce saw someone waiting at him at the gate of the underworld.

The underworld spy, dark and uninviting is waiting for him, on his back said: “A mortal man cannot stay here, but it seems you are a special case. Your back dipped from the whip of the Viper, and now, that puts you into what the state of what we call the untouchables.”

Xiao Ce feeling proud, back to his mortal senses and normal body movements said: “Of course I am. My blood bears the noble descendants.”

The underworld spy frowned and laughed a bit said: “After all, you are still the proud and lame human that Viper saved in exchange for her life. It’s useless to argue.”

Xiao Ce befuddled for a moment asked: What did you say? Viper saved a lame human? Xiao Ce waiting for an answer thought to himself: “Stupid spy, the damn underworld.”

The underworld spy standing a little bit far from the foggy gates is seven feet tall, wearing a dark hood in his head, hauntingly handsome, eyes dark as the ink with a scar in his face, and a giant sword on its back said: “I knew how stupid you thought and how damned you are in this place”

Suddenly he turned his back to looked down at Xiao Ce, he continued: “Beyond those gates is the Moon Kingdom. Your destiny has been rewritten in the stars, your second chance will start to tick, once you enter those gates.”

Xiao Ce in silence continued to walk slowly and gracefully entered the gate of the Moon Kingdom.

Wearing his confident foxy eyes while underworld spies behind him show formal faces, they finally nodded at him and closed the gate.

Just like the Alice in Wonderland, Xiao Ce is curious and walked a few more steps then caught his feet under surprise.

His body was swallowed by ancient spiral maze tunnel and traveled down until the bottom was reached, the tunnel suddenly spat Xiao Ce’s body.

“Ouch, my back hurts!” Xiao Ce complaining of the pain in his back found himself in an extremely dry, parched ground but delighted when he saw the little pretty purple flowers bloom in between its tiny cracks.

He wondered a bit, and suddenly he realized he is inside a dungeon.

“This is a good smell.” Xiao Ce said. Feeling dizzy yet he basked himself in the ambiance. Feeling helpless, the Liang emperor’s body fell spirally to the ground.

A beautiful woman with a white scarf on her face saw the unconscious body of the Emperor. She took him and carried him on her back.

Delicate hands took the circle-shaped plum blossom made of ice and dropped it to the incense burner.

A sound of flickering heard and the burner released its aromatic smoke in the air.

The room was suddenly filled with pleasant smoke and uplifted it. The handsome man lying in a beautiful bedchamber returned to his senses.

He opened his half-closed eyes and continued to sleep.

A beautiful woman asked the man: “Will he survive?”

“Skyshadow, Why won’t he? His life was rewritten in the stars, at the expense of Vipers life. He should go back to his own Kingdom. He has a duty to work for his empire.”

Zao Baocung finishing up his healing chant and suddenly formed a yin and yang, a mild scent in thick smoke and released it towards Xiao Ce that entered his nostrils.

Xiao Ce took a deep breath while asleep.

He entered into a dream then suddenly returned back in time.

Looking at the simple peasant girl sitting with a chair and table found at the middle of the green field.

Xiao Ce squinted his eyes and curious he said: What is she doing in the middle of this field. The greenfields swayed by the wind and the peasant girl saw him.

The peasant girl’s formal face but calm as the seas went back to what she is doing.

Xiao Ce started to walk, and when he was closer, he saw what the peasant girl was doing he said.

“This is awesome. This is an ancient imprinting. Are you giving this to someone?”

The peasant girl did not respond and continued to carve the white marble stones.

They were neatly formed like she is going to write an entire tablet. Xiao Ce carefully look at it and said.

“That is my symbol and my name on it. Am I in heaven? Are you sending me to heaven?”

The peasant girl continued to carve the white marble stones and did not answer Xiao Ce’s questions.

Finally after the last stone was done, the peasant girl blew it and Xiao Ce wondered and marveled at her work he said.

“Come with me and work as a scribe in my empire. I will reward you with silver and gold.”

“Please take a sit.” Finally, the girl talked to her royal guest. Xiao Ce delighted the peasant girl, obeyed he sat on the chair.

“Your right and left hand, please.” A formal yet gentle and calm face meets the Liang Emperor.

Xiao Ce looked at the carving tools the peasant girl used in the table, skeptic a bit he said: “What are you going to do with my hands?” I won’t give it unless you tell me.

“I need the noble blood of your veins to seal this tablet.” And the peasant girl took a pricking needle.

Why would I let you prick my finger? Xiao Ce on his childish face refused to give his hands.

“Didn’t you ask for this? You already crossed the river, that means you are a dead man who was sent back to life.” the peasant girl said on her calm as the water of ocean voice.

Wait… I remember everything but what happens if you I give you my hand?

It will turn back time, forget everything you saw in the forgotten river and start a new life and act according to what is written in the stars.

Xiao Ce seems happy to hear it. He said: Before I do, I have a question for you.

“I can’t give you answers, but you can try,” said the peasant girl.

Xiao Ce taking this one chance he asked: Will Qiao Qiao be part of my new life?

The peasant girl did not answer, and there was a long silence, Xiao Ce broke the silence he said: “The answer is No, right?”

“You always knew the answer, why do you always ask?”

Xiao Ce did not respond to her question but said instead: Then I don’t want a new life. I am good where we are right now.

You cannot stay here, your time is running out, and if you do not follow, someone will pay the price on the other side.

Xiao Ce realizing someone paid the price for this scene to become possible he said:  Then at least try to erase her in my heart.

The peasant girl said: You will recognize her, but in your second life, you won’t feel the same feeling you felt when you met her in your first life.

Xiao Ce suddenly put his two hands and said: Kill me now, for the odds have never been in my favor.

The peasant girl pricked Xiao Ce’s finger, and she held his hand in a downward position, pinched the wound and a drop of blood came out.

The white marble stone was stained with red blood and ran across the carved ancient Chinese inscriptions, and after the last letter was covered by blood, an unblinding light came to sweep over them.

The table and chair are gone, the peasant girl is gone, but Xiao Ce woke up from his royal bedchamber.

**

The Qinghai Queen threw the paper snow sent to her by the spies and said: “Skyshadow was seen at daylight, a man was rescued after the dark, and the bastard Healer is still alive!  The Moon kingdom is breached. It is no longer kept under its dark spells of a curse. I will summon the realms!”

The Queen full of anger and daring eyes, she walked towards her bedchamber and pushed a secret door knob then entered into a cave-like place.

After the long tunnel walk, she reached another door and turned on the torches of fire and suddenly all of it light its fire at the beat of her hands.

The door opened and hunchback man was waiting inside he said: “What can I do for you, my Queen?”

“Didn’t you see, the Moon Kingdom was breached, and it seems it is operating through this bastard Healer!” The Queen was very angry, and she even threw hot water she fetches from the wishing pond to the hunchback of the old man.

“Forgive me, my Queen,” the hunchback man skin was burned, he ran into the nearby cold waterfall and dipped his body into it.

I told you to finish the Moon Kingdom by revealing its secrets to the Wei Empire and shut it down, but it seems the celestial warfare by the Yuwen household did not complete its job! You are a failure!

“This is not faulted my Queen, I am not responsible for this! It is the Jianghu spies! Please give me another chance! Please bring me back my armies, my original face, and body and end this curse. I will make sure this time to reduce the Moon Kingdom into rubbles and ashes,” said the hunchback man.

“You said the leader of the wind and cloud decree is dead and the Twelve Hanshan Spies league has been scattered and crippled, not able to work to defy my orders. But what happened now? Did you forget the punishment you must take?”

The Qinghai Queen’s shadow grew into a monster like a creature, like the ancient evil dragon on its tails.

“Do not eat your servant, my Queen! I will make sure to finish the Moon Kingdom and this time you can be at peace. Please give me another chance!”

Silenced by what she heard, the Queen went back to her beautiful body and calm face, she said: “Fine! Gather the five realms and do not let the conqueror break the shackles I have worked so hard for all these decades. You cannot let anybody win, or I will turn this empire into hell!”

The hunchback man fell in front of her and promised: “Trust your servant for one last time, for I will not let anybody win over my Queen.”

The Queen on her false pity stooped down and hold the disfigured face of the hunchback man she said: “Poor Qinghai King, I won’t give back your face and body and you will suffer until your moon kingdom is destroyed. You have blinded me with the fact that it is destroyed but what is this? The Qinghai Queen showed a mooncake with the Moon Kingdom’s engraved on it and said: Your son is like his father, a failure like you. Your moon will fall, as the sun eats the moon, there will be no more light in the dark, and the land of Ximeng is mine!”

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