The Secret Princess – Fan Fiction by AC Chapter 85: Bleeding Heart

March 4, 2018 / Angel Chua

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♥Author♥Angel♥Chua♥

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

Bleeding Heart (edited 08.12.2021)

The land is full of thick snow and the snowstorms eventually hit the small villages. The two tired souls went to look for shelters but hardships began to fall whether rich or poor everybody felt cold and does not want to help.

Due to the worst winter season, Mo’Er and Princess Huan Huan were not able to arrive on time.  It left Zao Baocung no choice, he left the Thousand caves to go back to the Moon Kingdom without any idea of what happened to them.

While the Black Pirate youngster struggled to keep the Princess Huan Huan and himself alive, he did not trust any stranger to become their allies.

As days pass by, the Princess and Mo’Er discovered their own skills and strength.

The testing of each other’s trust limits did not end and continued to develop their friendship for every single day of delay.

However, the delays meant that fate is bound to happen.

So it just happens, without any clue, one day, shows itself.

“We have no water left, and there is no chance we could fill this up in this white barren lands.”

Mo’Er feels the thirst but avoids drinking water, he swipes his fingers to Princess Huan Huan’s lips to keep it moist.

Huan Huan could not really call him gentleman but Mo’Ers actions were neat and full of care. She could barely open her eyes, and she just wanted to sleep and sleep.

Mo’Er keeps on waking her up and still finds herself in order.

**

There was just vast coldness in Qinghai lands as harsh winter wraps the entire Ximeng continent. From afar, and dessert cloudy smoke, these invaders finally revealed the threat in the air.

Outside the Qinghai Palace grounds, the troop line wears white bearskins who looks like it is going to devour these approaching predators.

Zuo Zong, after his spying activity, ended, called the deputy commander who came back for almost half an hour horse ride.

The tired and thirsty Qinghai deputy commander made Qinghai’s troops ready to lead but the same exhausted Qinghai’s crown prince right-wing command was finally back to camp.

It was just the right time when suddenly someone can’t go home empty-handed. Yue Qi secretly whispered: “Left-wing and right-wing are outflanked on both sides.”

Following one of the soldiers, Yue Qi rushed to go in the front.

Not so long, there was a group of Gurus on the southern horizon.

The number was between three and four hundred. Except for some of the front row’s few soldiers wearing armor, most of them were only covered with scarves and heavy black eyeliners.

They looked as if the soldiers of the Gods and Armies who had broken up last night were trying to return to their city to seize it.

Seeing a group of cavalrymen in front of the city gate, this group of Gurus troops never frightened, set up tents outside the Qinghai walls and planted their banners to the ground forming intimidation to scare the Qinghai troops.

No one dared to approach or flee.

Some impatient cloud air-wing riders commanded Ra Zheng’s to lead the Silver prince cavalry slowly approaching the other side, while the other two cavalrymen from Ra Zhun’s troops led their respective heads to the wings, and they eventually took over the rear of their infantry.

Gradually approaching the godly cloud-riding overall commander Ra Yue (Yuwen Yue) found that the infantry on the other side had no unexpected panic. Although he is aimed to defray, the pressure on the cavalry rushed and he did not even whisper.

A doomful premonition surging on Yuwen Yue’s heart, but don’t have time to think about it.

The marching bowman in front of him has continued to release arrows. Several cavalrymen around him have been shot by sly arrows, and Ra Yue (Yuwen Yue) can only use his horse’s hoofs to move him towards his footman.

A quick release of the arrow, piled up puts the bow into the side of his body, sweeping the swords, straightly rushing to the front.

More than 100 long-handled axemen trained and nearly three thousand veterans with ten-footed spears surrounded a dense array of squadrons.

Silver Prince Ra Zheng had more than two thousand archers in front of the formation.

On the other side, to prevent Qinghai and its city from sudden killing, another army had to respond to this small infantry.

Yet Ra Zhun is very confident that the city will not come out of any reinforcements, and for a long time even the Silver Prince infantry are not back, there will never be any courage to take risks to rescue from such a small force.

A common tactic used by a superior cavalry to deal with small infantry is to let the Silver Prince’s superior infantry to be attacked will be unable to escape.

Therefore, Ra Zhun’s small cavalrymen feel relaxed, as if they were participating in a hunting game.

Ra Zhun led the two hundred cavalrymen from afar watching the battle. He smiles and sways his head from left to right to show his dismay of the battle formation he secretly said: Defeat is not going to happen in my lifetime!

The underworlds must be unleashed!

Intensive hoofs banged on the ears of each of the troops. Ra Zheng commanded the pickaxe to release the three rounds of arrows and re-aligned through the space set by Qinghai’s elite spearmen.

The first row of spearmen took up half the height of the shield.

The second row of spearmen placed a huge auto crossbow with a shield then prepared to meet the unstoppable charge of the cavalry.

Over the hundred cloud air wingmen saw that they were not able to fight sharply upfront.

From the commanding gestures, the cavalry group was flexibly divided in front of the marching team, like a pair of pliers, a pair of clippers on both sides of the troop’s marching troops they went forward.

The deputy commander Yue Qi caused Ra Yue (Yuwen Yue) to swallow dryly on his mouth as seen by the cavalrymen in front of him.

Ra Yue (Yuwen Yue) did not blink and heard the Deputy Commander Yue Qi raise his voice as the fierce smoke of the fight goes out to the whole cloud troops, loudly shouted.

“Kill!”

“Find the flames!”

Yuwen Yue’s cold heart stood still.

A million fire arrows like a heavy rain landed on the other side. Not one expected a sweeping tornado took it all and the heavy winds dragged it to sweep everyone who bravely blocks its way. Yuwen Yue was right.

He is not fighting the physical realms but a mystical one. Human efforts are wasted, as they are facing an enemy whose powers cannot be quenched by means of human strategies and war.

An overwhelming number of Qinghai troops swept aside.

The mighty and huge fire hurricane full of Qinghai’s silver arrows blasted on the battle site.

Everyone was caught burning and dead in their uniforms, the troops were caught in surprise, consumed in fire.

Zuo Zong sat down in a Zen position to pray he whispered.

“We are not fighting flesh and blood but a mystical arcane. May those souls rest in peace and guide them to find their light.”

Ra Yue’s cavalry has to be evacuated, Yue Qi has to sound the alarm. Qinghai city gates gongs started to play their haunting tune and everybody in Qinghai whether old or young, rich or poor, slaves or royal trembled.

Ra Zheng didn’t fret but had to admit, the time of human struggle has ended. He realized this is the time of the underworlds to meet those enemies who are not in the form of flesh and blood.

It cannot be spoken but must be expected to arrive like a time like this.

Ra Zhun came near Ra Zheng to insult him, he asked: “Afraid of it?”

Goosebumps creeps in his veins he recalled, “in the Persian empire, they were once feared to devour not only the flesh but can invade the spiritual state. What can we do now?”

“Qinghai walls is in total lockdown, yet here you are, asking me if I am afraid of it? Are you going to tell me bedtime stories again my brother while our troops lay in ash?”

Ra Zheng frowned, he coldly turned away from the burning fires.

While everyone can smell the defeat outside Qinghai walls, the middle kingdom was in total lockdown.

Its vines and root’s mossy green color turned to black. Some Qinghai citizens who were in panic tried to enter the Moon Kingdom but they all failed as the vines took their feet and swallow them like they can they never return to this shattered earth.

Zao Baocung and all the Moon Kingdom people look safe but without the Mimi Gongzhu, the underworlds can never be united to defend or the worst can devour people.

Ra Yue arrived at the secret paths and trail the Moon kingdom to met Zao Baocung.

He secured the safety of his men first but must come out alone to meet the cryptic enemy.

“Can we make this worst situation better?” Zao Baocung meets Ra Yue with a worried face.

Yuwen Yue, on his serious formal face said.

“Take these men and secure them. I must meet the Qinghai King and Queen.” Zao Baocung saw them and there were two hundred of them.

Zao Baocung had to ask Yuwen Yue again.

“The Gurus are not normal people. Do you know who your real enemies are?

“Neither they know me.” Yuwen Yue coldly said.

“Hey do not worry about me. Worry about these men and where is Mo’Er?”

“I waited every day for Mo’Er to arrive in the secret meeting place at the Thousand Caves, he did not come back.”

Zao Baocung cannot hide the dismay in his face.

Yuwen Yue thinks something might have happened but he knows that Mo’Er will always be careful in his ways he said.

“Mo’Er has never failed. I trust that he will bring Princess Huan Huan alive and if possible Wu Dao Ya.”

I am coming with you, said Zuo Zong, Yuwen Yue did not object but looked at Yue Qi and Yue Qi knows he will stay with these men and take charge of the commanding military authority.

I do not have anyone who can lead these military troops but you, including our band of brothers, you must secure them and protect them no matter what the cost.

Yuwen Yue had to leave and Zuo Zong followed him behind.

Through the smashed door, Yuwen Yue discovered that there was a faint glow in the looted Qinghai King’s Palace.

The Qinghai city dominated by delicate and ornamented wooden carved buildings with some of its structures built-in iron ores, fire prevention is an overriding priority.

He is not worried at all but seen those who were ransacked was burned in the fire, or simply intended to set fire and kill all of the King’s Eunuchs who were resting in the Eunuch’s Palace chambers.

A cold godly being, hauntingly handsome and its spy cautiously walked into some of the royal mansion and looking at the site, what they saw there were shocking.

They were full of dead bodies, beauties, Han people, women, elder people, and some children. Unjustly, they were in a messy state and apparently suffered brutally before they all died. From the position of the corpse, it can be seen that some people were originally killed by the chaos that had been suddenly invaded by Gurus, while others were collectively slaughtered in the hall.

Yuwen Yue clenched his teeth and held back his stomach. One year ago, Zao Baocung shouted.

“The beasts are a thousand animals but nobody can find a Thousand caves to hide from these animals…”

Walking through the hall towards the direction of the fire, and before reaching the majestic stone house in the inner Qinghai Palace, the marble pillars supported the wide dome were smashed.

Under the three-story platform was a huge fire pit. Suddenly the under burning fire, there were a few of the bereaved Qinghai people lying beside the flames, the blood of which was flowing.

When Yuwen Yue looked underneath there was no one else left around, he said to Zuo Zong.

“The host here has all been killed. It is easy for the house owner to take care of the fire. You must go and remove some sand to extinguish it.”

When Yuwen Yue took the soil from the rest of the family and went to the garden behind the King’s Palace. Zuo Zong thought in place.

“What is the intention of creating chaos on the King’s Palace? What is the purpose?”

The riots were apparently not of military forces, and at least five thousand chaos troops were disrupted in the city to form this big scale.

In addition to guarding the imperial palace of the Silver Prince Qinghai Armies, there are three troops stationed outside the King’s Palace.

The strongest is the gods and guards of Qinghai Queen Zhueje.

Or shall I call them by their nature, the Gorge Spies of the underworlds?  The military barracks spread around Ra Zhun’s small infantry, but the main force stationed in the south of the Ra Zheng’s Palace is in the South Gate, next to the Middle Kingdom bridge.

Just thinking about it, Yuwen Yue suddenly realized that there was something coming behind him.

Yuwen Yue busy rushed forward and the wind blew in behind his head. He turned back with an annoyed look but saw a little boy holding a half-burnt stick. His deep eyes looked at him with hatred.

Yuwen Yue is going to explain more but the little boy did not allow him to speak. He stepped forward and tapped a pointed stick towards Yuwen Yue’s chest. The pace was quite flexible.

Yuwen Yue’s helplessness can only be seen in sideways avoiding the cutting-edge, left-handedly holds the stick body, and the right-hand pull the little boy’s shoulder.

Now he is ready to speak again.

Then the little boy turns a knee and followed a great leap. Yuwen Yue in helpless condition has to let go of the little boy then he walked backward.

Yuwen Yue is still open to explain that this little boy is like a mad cat, he was stunned to see his mad face. Avoiding to move further to catch those real fire in his eyes, the little boy’s stares commands some sharp edges formed in the air. Yuwen Yue has to avoid sharp edges, flash behind him, hands tightly embrace the little boy’s upper body, he could not move.

The little boy writhed around and kicked his feet, and in Yuwen Yue’s arms, such as a hoop, tied him tightly. In desperation, he bowed his head and took a bite on Yuwen Yue’s arm. Zuo Zong could not help but sigh… and asked Yuwen Yue: “what’s happening to you Master?”

Yuwen Yue knew that the little boy must be the host’s affectionate family. He saw his loved ones being slaughtered. Yuwen Yue was conscious that he was lost. Yuwen Yue was forced to hold back the pain and did not let go of the little boy.

He just said, “Little boy, I just came to see you… Don’t be afraid. I won’t hurt you.”

The little boy suddenly like a disappearing form, revealed that he is a ghost of the past.

Yuwen Yue was all aware, that maybe he is being played by the Gurus mystic powers and everything he sees has to be responded according to reason and power of the mind.

The little boy went to poke Yuwen Yue’s nose and became a friendly ghost to him. There were no words in between, impressing that Yuwen Yue has to see in the well of the King’s Palace.

Yuwen Yue followed the boy until they reached the King’s Palace well. Suddenly the boy stopped and gave Yuwen Yue a sad stare. Yuwen Yue was trying to understand this out of logic actions. He tried to reason out to the boy and said: “You want me to see the waters inside this fountain of well?”

The boy nodded. Yuwen Yue’s thoughts want to oppose: “Why should I listen to a ghost?”

The boy sends a strong message to obey assuring Yuwen Yue that it is not a lure.

Yuwen Yue a bit hesitant eventually looked at the fountain well. Looking at the Qinghai King’s figure turned into a rock. It was slowly eaten by fire and the body was scattered in pieces of dying embers.

In a fast forward pace, Qinghai King struck by the Qinghai Queen, another identity came in between. No matter how many times, you rewind what happened, Qinghai King’s decision was a turning point to save the lady who also planned to kill him.

Finally, The Qinghai King met his demise.

Even if Yuwen Yue has to intervene, using the Poe Yue Jian sword, it seems nobody can stop to save the King. The fallen King had one tear dropped to the ground and everything in Qinghai went dark and full of flames.

Gloom and darkness fill the heavens as the terror flashes of lightning immediately struck the Qinghai palace. Pain and sounds of desperation covered the ground.

The time of the underworlds has come.

Yuwen Yue froze for a long time, like any human heart, longs for the father’s last goodbye: “Father… No…” The boy said.

“If you cannot stand for this empire, no one will save the entire continent. The King dies but the son was left to survive. It is for this time that you were chosen, the son of the Qinghai King to defeat evil and restore the people to peace.”

When Yuwen Yue turned to touch the boy, suddenly he was taken to another place, in another time, wrapped in coldness and eternal snow, everything is white.

Qi Hui spoke.

“A broken heart will mostly act in harshly and stupidity. Without the blankets of comfort and wisdom from the wise, the human heart cannot survive. Today is just a start. The anguish you feel today will get worst and you cannot complain or not even allowed to grieve. If the underworlds unleashed to the human realms, it will plunder the bones and flesh of humanity. Two swords and, two divine abilities. You know this from the start. The Poe Yue Jian sword must find its Canhong sword. It is the only way to subdue the underworlds and put them back to their original order. The grass empire of Yan shall rule in grace and the great summer shall lay their crowns on the ground. The Beauty empire of the south shall prosper once again while hunter barbarians of the cold Northland shall trade their swords in exchange for peace. Qinghai will sit forever on its snow-capped mountains while the Qinghai Moon Son rules them in peace and find its North star.”

Yuwen Yue suddenly finds himself burning in fever. His entire body is sweating in these wintry nights.

After Yuwen Yue followed the friendly ghost, he was found at the well of the fountain, weak and unconscious. Time went in slow motion and the Gurus finally invaded the  Qinghai walls. Zuo Zong runs towards the Qinghai Prince and took all the sharp arrows in his body to save Yuwen Yue.

There is no blood, Zuo Zong checking the wounds in his body, he knows he would not survive.  Yet, thinks a miracle just happened. Is he still alive or a ghost?

The Skyshadow woman created a big dome of light and protected the Qinghai Prince and Zuo Zong’s body was spared. All the arrows of death melted like the desert sands.

Zao Baocung transformed into an enlighted being, calmly walked in the middle doom and chaos.

Inside the dome of light, the Moon Kingdom Healer took Yuwen Yue’s frail body and got out from the Gurus sight. Zuo Zong out of human capacity lost his consciousness, held by Skyshadow Woman. Both enlightened beings faded out of their sight. The dome of light became invisible.

The Gurus was left to their surmise.

Their leader finally uncovered the cover in her face seeing she has arrived in a very familiar place.

Suddenly the Qinghai Queen swept by the sudden winds, she knows that Gurus had already invaded the Qinghai walls. She is neither afraid but waited for this time to arrive.

She wants to unfulfill the prophecies.

The destruction of Moon Kingdom is imminent, like a crouching beast knocking on her door wanting to open it.

***

Swoosh…slow and steady wind sweeps the two bodies buried in snow. Gasping shallow breath, the eyelashes full of snow

A jade-like skin started to spark the pain of pricking a hundred needles at her back and Chu Qiao sensed her palms are heating up like steam.

She knows her powers were held in the Erzatz realm, in exchange for Yuwen Yue’s second chance she traded her powers, lived a normal life just like an ordinary person. The hope continues to linger, finding ways for the Qinghai Prince to recover from his memory loss is bleak.

She thinks something is about to happen. Something that even her own mind cannot perceive.

Just when the last winter leaf is about to fall, the spruce trees began to shiver from the cold. Mo’Er, on his little resistance to the cold, rubbed the palms of his hands, warm heat goes to another cheek, Huan Huan cannot hold it anymore.

Soft whispers in the wind.

“No, Do not sleep. It is not your time yet.”

Mo’Er trying to save the ebbing life of the Princess, realized his mortal limits came to its edge. He finally closed his eyes and went to sleep.

Chu Qiao walking alone, on this vast winter hinterlands, feels she isn’t alone. She looked at the white snow and finds no one.

But her instincts tell her, someone is tracking her footsteps.

Her pulse started to beat fast when suddenly a white blue-eyed wolf was killed from her back. Blood gushed out from the white wolf’s neck, a red bloody ground promptly spread in the white snow.

Chu Qiao ran towards the youngster boy and saw his face.

Suddenly a fragment of her memories flashed back. It is not a mistake, he may have grown up but still has the same noble figure and gentle eyes and said.

“Can you open your eyes?”

Mo’Er struggling to open his eyelids, he knows he is spent and wasted. He nodded but took all the effort in the world just to raise his hands and point to the southward direction.

Chu Qiao somehow understood, when Mo’Er blinked his eyes, she knows its an SOS call. Chu Qiao again asked: Can you walk? Mo’Er did not respond.

“Okay.”

Short comfort word but full of worry in her face she continued.

“Wear this. I will be back” Mo’Er nodded and the next thing, he saw Chu Qiao walking until she became thin in the white snow.

Chu Qiao mastered the art of tracking in the vast snowfield. Like the good old days tracking a very elusive deer animal is like reading a book took an arrow from her back, and stick it on the snowfield.

The depth cannot be that high and the snow is not falling.

Old tracks won’t be covered and fresh tracks will be seen clearly.

She knows she can move a good pace.

The snow started to fall, but it isn’t falling down so fast, that wipes out the tracks before anyone could catch up. However, tracking in deep snow can be very tiring and exhausting.

The ground suddenly covered with the confusion of tracks but Chu Qiao can smell human blood still pumping under the snow. She closed her eyes for a while and her mind flashed random visions.

She suddenly finds the spot and saw a finger moving above the coldness of this white snow. But as she finds the victim, the oppressor started to brawl.

She is about to be fed to the pack of blue-eyed white wolves.

Without thinking twice, Chu Qiao quickly grabbed her arrows and shoot down the first wolf who dared to attack her.

Her ears ten times sharper, and her back fully loaded with two bows and arrows.

Peng!!!

The white wolf instantly died while the rest of the pack attacked her as a group. Chu Qiao is solely mortal, the capability relies on her human strength killed all the first pack of wolves.

As bloodthirsty as this pack of wolves is, so is her hands.

And finds only one arrow left at her back.

She knows, the stinky blood will call for more pack of wolves and her heart must not grow faint and lose herself once more.

Chu Qiao saw a swarm of glistening blue-eyes white wolves everywhere in the vast snowfield. Zooming out, the worst is yet to happen. It is definitely beyond the human heart to endure and any mortal abilities won’t outlast.

She wants a quick win, so turning in to the last resort, she exchanged her man-made bow and took the Chu Jing Golden Bow. She stretched the golden bowstring and a tingling sound was heard.

The Spruce trees gave up its leaves and the falling snow stops as suspended on air. Time stops.

She might have left her superpowers to the underworlds but the Kungfu of ice remains strong in her heart.

In a slow-motion, she closed her eyes, gathering the invisible-like diamond flaming arrow, one shot will put the entire place to hell.

Pulling the golden back string of the bow, she released the invisible like diamond arrow trailing a curve target, it landed in the middle of the white snow.

As soon as she opened her eyes, time starts to tick again and all living motions were moving from her line of sight. Fire starts to spread in a circular motion and should have consumed all of the blue-eyed pack of wolves alive.

Did it really happen?

With the heat of the growing fire all over the white snow, two human bodies were found in the middle.

It looks like they were being toasted in the middle but all the snow covering the body of the buried Princess from the deep snow melted.

Chu Qiao walked slowly and looked at her face.

“Her sword eyebrows and face is somewhat familiar.

“She thought of someone from the past, someone who used to be dear in her heart.

Huan Huan slightly woke up. She might have felt the warmth all over her body. She saw Chu Qiao and almost in tears she asked.

Where is the youngster?

Chu Qiao smirked for she did nor expect that this is the first question she would ask.

“I left him to die in order to save you.”                                                                                             

The Princess cannot contain her feelings let her tears out. She is so gullible and emotionally weak and she believed every word this stranger in front of her said.

Chu Qiao felt a heavy heart but wants to go back to the main goal said: “I owe him a lot that’s why I had to look at who he was pointing at. Get up and we should find him if he is still alive or has already died from hypothermia.”

Princess Huan Huan stopped crying and tried to stand up. Chu Qiao did not help her and watch her stand up all by herself. Chu Qiao seems emotionless let the Princess witness what had just happen.

The Princess was astonished and said.

” What did you do?”

In the real world, these no heart animals should have been exterminated said Chu Qiao.

Princess Huan Huan realized the mystical event said: The circle of fire prevented them to come near and eat us alive.

“Exactly!” Chu Qiao said shortly and continued to walk, she compassed the Golden bow in the white snow and a dividing line magically spread over to pass the circle of fire.

“Not bad, no harm is done to these animals.”

Princess Huan Huan started to trust her more than anyone else, it is the first time she followed someone out of her will.

“Yeah, and you are not stubborn at all. I like your attitude,” said Chu Qiao and continued to walk.

“Some dangers can be put on hold, but you can never avoid making a fight.”

Mo’Er almost dying but recovered fast. With the bearskin winter cape from Chu Qiao, warmth filled his body and restored his chi flow energy.

From a far distance, his eyes zoomed out and saw two beautiful figures walking in the vast snowfield. He could almost sense the heartbeats went fast, stood up and waited for them.

Chu Qiao squinting with her eyes, her energy is still good while a youngster princess following her behind her back said: “Do you mind if I ask who you are?”

“Does it really matter?” Chu Qiao replied annoyingly

“Why are you so rude at me?” Huan Huan feeling hated all the time.

“Get used to it.” Chu Qiao sarcastically replied.

Did I do something to hurt you? Do you know who I am? Huan Huan cannot shut up her mouth

Chu Qiao suddenly stopped walking, turned to her back, said: You have the resemblance to the former disgraced Crown Prince of Yan, now King of Yanbei. How could I not know? She continued to walk, Huan Huan still following her behind.

Huan Huan feels very heavy in her heart have to ask: “Is he, my brother?”

“Maybe? But don’t treat you as his sister.” Chu Qiao has to hit her confidence low

Huan Huan wants to play it even with Chu Qiao then chuckles: “And you like him but he married another girl?”

“Hey, you are so young to even think of these things. Shut up!” Chu Qiao had to let out a smirk

Huan Huan caught her feelings in the air continued: “Hmm… my brother liked you a lot but married another girl. That’s so sad. You must have been hurt too much.”

Chu Qiao laughs out loud, said: Ha Ha Ha. Do you want to shut your mouth or put you back to where I found you!!!

Huan Huan laughs out loud too said: “I knew it, you hate my brother because he left you. So you hate me too.”

“How many times do I have to tell, he is not your brother!” Chu Qiao still in her sarcastic tone cannot avoid talking too much about Yan Xun.

“Yeah I know. But at least he is my nearest kin after the deaths of all Yan royal family. I am still next in line so be good to me.” Huan Huan knows but not the entire story.

Chu Qiao does not want to talk more about Yan Xun but finally knows that Huan Huan may have been told of her dark past said: “Wu Dao Ya is a good man and he cared for you like his very own child. Now, shut up. Your energy must be reserved and there is your hero, waiting like a dog.”

Huan Huan let out a smile in the corners of her mouth and feeling happy and secured with Chu Qiao she thinks she found a big sister not really kind and not so rude as well.

***

“It has begun.”

Viper threw the snow after rubbing in its palm, she began to feel her power is growing strong.

The woman beside her followed by the cloud underworld spies summoned the snow-white winds. As she recalls the power of Chiyu Jian, the blue feathers started to fly.

Their trail was hidden from the snow but the tracks reveal if the Mimi Gongzhu uncovers it.

Zhong Yu starting the mission for the second life became nothing more than a Yanbei General, she finally claimed her true identity as the leader of the Cloud underworld spies.

After her survival from her supposed death, Zhong Yu struggled many months to heal. With the help of his sister Viper, she was able to practice her Gongfu martial arts and became twice much stronger and powerful than before.

What’s best is, she is no longer loyal to this word Loyalty, no more words to swear her allegiance.

She no longer works for someone but works for the original order, the Cloud underworld spies.

It is true that when a tree dies and cut from its roots, the branches are forced to fall and start to grow.

Wu Dao Yao’s death became the birth of Zhong Yu’s leadership.

However, she became a loner and did not speak as much. Wanting to spend more solitude, she always went to the Woolong mountains to send peace offerings to the dead.

She blew the dandelion flower to the winds saying.

“Thank you for your kindness and care. Thank you for your wisdom and patience. I do not wish for this second life to be at ease but I would continue to seek justice for the sake of Yanbei, not as a General, but the Cloud leader of the underworld spies.”

Thin drops of tears fell from her eyes, no one can see this except her.

“May it reach the heavens, into the afterlife. Until then my love…”

***

Flashbacks from King of Qinghai’s Palace

In the absence of Qinghai Princes and defeat of its thousands of army troops outside Qinghai walls, and the Moon kingdom in total lockdown, the Gurus finally invaded the Qinghai Empire.

Dressed in his Royal White Hanfu, the King displayed calmness and exudes a peaceful aura. He knows the Urugus are not normal enemies.

He knows his fate is bound by this eternal damnation but hope lingers when the Qinghai crown prince brings in the sword of light.

With the remaining strength left from the Qinghai King, he fought all his might to defend the last stand fortress hiding many Qinghai citizens underneath the ground.

The young and old, mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters.

The Qinghai King’s Imperial guards were all cut by the head by no other than the Gurus leader covered in white silk hood. She looks like a ghost from the past.

The Gurus encircled the Qinghai King and started to chant.

The chants started to become an invisible sword that slashed the body of the Qinghai King.

The King’s condition is beyond description. However, he stood straight, the blood drips from this small slashes of wound all over his Royal Hanfu dress.

He continued to walk, tall and proud.

Ra Yue on the other side feels the pain. As his father strives to walk and blood drips from his side, Yuwen Yue is like wanting to scream and shout.

Zao Baocung said to Zuo Zong.

“He will endure. He cannot fight with the sickness of Typhoid fever in his body. He has to heal to face the real enemy and win the battle later.”

Who will help the King? Asked Zuo Zong who showed a worried face.

Zao Baocung had, to be honest, said.

“The King is already long dead before his official death is released today. What you see is merely a shadow of his extended earthly life. It has been an overstay.”

Zuo Zong still does not get it said.

“I will go and help the King.”

Zao Baocung warned him.

“If you go, your life could end and no one will help the Qinghai Prince.”

Zao Baocung added.

“You need to know that these Gurus do not see you the way you see them. They do not have a conscience and do not believe humans can change unless they convert their faith and belief to join them. The Gurus are not normal people. I warn you. They only protect what they want to protect. They can scam people and fake their identities just to provide for their females, wives, and children. But everything else they see is second class human or not human at all. They consider it pigs or unclean. They kill as if they possessed all kinds of evil that make them look brave but its all sham inside, they smoke their brains out to do this. And when morning comes, they do not remember anything and forgets their sins. They hide the truth and make you do a blind leap.”

Zao Baocung continued the litany.

“In the past, they were known to create wars to force their faith into human wills, stealers of inheritance and throw confusion to every enemy of their states. They also curse to oppress. Nothing good comes out of it.”

Zao Baocung had to remind Zuo Zong.

“These were not the principles we were raised or taught. We embody freedom to the people and teach them what is the TAO (The Way), between what is right and wrong, choose heaven or hell, and the balance of good and evil (the yin and yang). Do not ever forget.”

Zuo Zong crushed with his spirit as if Zao Baocung is saying.

“You cannot do anything about the Gurus.”

“For the Gurus only respects the beholder of the Poe Yue Jian sword.”

“They only look at things between black or white and there are no gray areas. He can only wait for the moment as it passes.”

***

The Qinghai King seems tired took a knee. Holding the long sword in his side, he slowly fell.

The Gurus Leader came closer to end his life by chopping off his head but the delicate hands froze the moment and everybody was waiting for the next moves.

The Qinghai Queen suddenly appeared controlling the powers around them.

The Gurus finally stopped chanting.

As she steps forward, low haunting music starts to play.

The Qinghai Queen is aiming for the heart when suddenly the Qinghai King touched the Gurus leader and pushed her aside.

The sharp dagger went through the Qinghai’s King heart and blood gushed out from his chest, finally fell.

Everyone is shocked and nobody moved.

The Queen somewhat startled opened her palms and fell from where she is standing. She realized that she killed her husband where she did not intend, it freed his curse.

Eternal darkness has befallen in Qinghai Empire, as the King dies, so is his land

The King’s body slowly transformed into a rock. Then slowly eaten by fire it became hallow embers.

Finally, his spirit roamed freely.

Loosened from its curse, the Qinghai King can now see the light.

While the Queen finally unveiling the truth from all her lies tells Lou He.

“Until his last breath, he chooses to protect the Moon Kingdom. Now, I will destroy it.”

Lou He answered.

“It is your jealousy that killed us all. Your curse wasted the lives of men. You are rejected because you are never the Queen that supposed to rule these people and lead them to peace and prosperity. You are a child from the bosom of Gurus land. Nothing good comes out of it.”

Lou He revealing the Queen Zhejue’s dark past made the Queen grit her teeth.

Such a display of outrage became scary.

Will Lou He will regret it?

The Gurus turned to Lou He and started to curse her.

By this time, Lou He realized the turn of event is fast-paced but it is unwise not to expect this.  Rewinding the past, the Gurus saved Lou He when she was detained at Wei’s Garrison Courtyard waiting for her trial and execution.

The Gurus anticipating to alter the conviction of the strongest underworld spy leader’s mind and shift her beliefs to destroy the Qinghai King.

The aim is to lead the Qinghai King’s eternal damnation then hold down the curse in his body forever.

Yet, the Qinghai King unexpected action by sacrificing his life to save one life freed this curse.

Qinghai Empire will wake up tomorrow and face darker days ahead having no King to protect its citizens.

It is not difficult to understand, yet too painful to reminisce a bleeding heart afterwards. 

Lou He cannot endure the misery of curse in her body, have no more choice left but to disappear.

The Gurus and the Qinghai Queen was left in wonderment.

***

Viper!!!

Swoosh… a swirling wind is roaming around the darkness and Viper suddenly awaken from her deep sleep, she tracked the soft footsteps. Knowing the lurking dangers in this mossy forest, their camp is almost impossible to track. Only leaders of the underworld can lay bare.

Lou He has to use her remaining power and she is really weak at this point reveals her presence.

Viper!!!

Another soft hush… the swirling wind came to sweep Viper’s shoulders. Viper familiar of the scent suddenly eases her mood. She has never felt good until today.

Viper must have sensed, hushes in the dark: “Master…”

Lou He slowly revealed her presence and Viper did not move. Viper saw the black smoke all over her body, she knew the dark breeds have done harm to her.

It will be painful but endure it for a while Master! Viper hushed in the dark, Lou He is engulfed with the black smoke.

Viper swings her whip and the whip instantly turned to glow in dark penetrating the light in the dark, the black smoke did not dissipate while Lou He cried in pain.

On Lou He’s cry of pain, another entity came to join them.

Zhong Yu does have to be bothered but she chooses to respond to the cry of help.

“Master! Endure it for a while.” Zhong Yu used her Chiyu Jian power, the blue feathers turned into a blade of blue burning feather fire.

The glow in dark whip turned into red flames and the blade of blue burning fire collided and clobbered Lou He’s back.

A moment of death must have come as the power of the two opposing underworld spies combined in one. Lou He was lying helpless in the dark when suddenly a firefly came to lit the duskiness.

Lou He let the firefly rest in her index finger, suddenly the light grew into her body like a switch on, her body was wrapped in light.

Zhong Yu and Viper’s power spent in full, suddenly dropped to the ground.

Time is unimportant and the morning light has come.

The sun rises from the East, came to light the beautiful dawn.

Everything is a cycle, whirls until streams of consciousness is realized.

***

Snow-capped mountains and passing of sea clouds, the days and nights went through time.

The fortress of Qinghai King’s palace was captured, its citizens were forced to work hard labor and submit to the Gurus monkish teachings converting their minds and belief.

The Gurus marked its ground while the rest of the Qinghai empire belonged to the three esteemed Princes namely Prince Ra Zheng (the Silver Prince), Prince Ra Zhun (the Velvet Prince) and Crown Prince Ra Yue (the Snow Prince) remains a fortified stronghold while the middle Moon Kingdom remains untouched.

Qinghai Empire can be compared to a group of hills divided among its Princes, its Queen, its King, and at the middle lies its Moon kingdom.

When the Gurus finally announced the death of Qinghai King, everyone was disheartened. Major chaos and power struggle created hostility and bloody fights.

The King’s Ministers, Scribes, Qinghai Nobles and Eunuchs were about to be executed by the Queen because they refuse to swear allegiance to the new Gurus led regime.

The Two Princes didn’t care at all, whose going to die and who is going to suffer.

It was all leading to who can stand against the endless fights towards the Gurus and Prince Ra Zheng secret spies captured and exposed.

They were brutally murdered and shamelessly paraded their bodies to the crowd. Gurus aim was to weaken Prince Ra Zheng’s stronghold harming the brightest and valiant of all Qinghai troops, it paralyzed its operations.

Ra Zheng is open for final attacks and his territory will have to give up to Gurus in order to survive from its impending defeat.

Ra Zhuns works the opposite of his brother Ra Zheng aggressive deployment of its secret spies, he remained elusive and earned its name as the Runanway prince.

Whenever the Gurus attacks Prince Ra Zhun’s territory, he made sure that nothing was left for them to devour.

It is the least of what he can do to revenge and make all their attacks futile.

He laughs out loud while watching them.

Prince Ra Zhun kept only a handful of Qinghai’s best raiders and ambush fighters. He is so cold at heart and did not allow these men to start their own families other than protecting their own parents, sisters, and brothers.

It made their flight always easy because these parents, sisters, and brothers became permanent crusaders.

These crusaders became travelers and wanderers that mastered the art of killing and bending their roles who can pretend anytime to be a friend when in fact they are opportunist enemies.

They never have any allies except themselves. Ra Zhun continued to abandon its territories and travel and camp to any of the Ximeng Continent.

The Gurus easily invaded their land but did not catch any of its small elusive crowd of citizens which made them difficult to conquer.

They are always a failure and can’t track any trace.

However Ra Yue, the Qinghai Crown Prince after many weeks of disappearance, humbly presented himself to the Queen.

Ra Yue almost faded in the Qinghai Empire as the two opposing Princes continues to grab and fight the new Gurus regime. One is a runaway Prince, one is using the Qinghai’s secret spies to outsmart the Queen.

The crown Prince unknown whereabouts produced rumors that he was already killed by the Gurus.

The Gurus benefited a lot in these spread of rumors that made the Qinghai subjects bow their heads and accepted their ill fate.

Just as when these King’s loyal subjects necks are about to be chopped off, Ra Yue leaped from the crown of nowhere and chopped the necks of Gurus executioners.

Everybody was frightened, the Gurus cannot counteract.

You call this humble appearance because Ra Yue dressed and covered in his earthly color peasant dress, he finally unveils his hood made of sackcloth, revealed his calm but cold eyes, emotionless, painless, and full of unexplained humbleness.

In reality, you call this provocation, an intense contempt to the Qinghai Queen and bold killing for the Gurus regime.

Ra Yue is so good at it as he drops his sword and the Queen said.

“You are making it easy for me! Go seize the Crown Prince!”

The King’s loyal subject was saved for a day but who can save them the next day? Now that the Crown prince is taken captive, can Qinghai have a better future by this means?

Qinghai crowd reaction was not happy at all when they saw their crown prince. They spat on him and called Ra Yue unlikely names! Shouts of defiance and hateful words were thrown at his face. The people are saying: You are a useless crown prince! You are too late to defend this empire! You are not real! You are dead! You are an imposter!

Zao Baocung hidden behind his cloak said: “the brainwashed crowd, we have worked on this your Highness you know what to do!”

Yuwen Yue is like a deaf man to a brainwashed crowd, did not change his cold face. He submitted to the authority and many people opposed him. While the Qinghai King’s loyal subjects were saved on time, but there is no definite good future ahead.

For six days and six nights, Yuwen Yue was lock up in the dungeon meant to test his endurance and physical abilities. Yuwen Yue isn’t surprised to experience it already knows and prepared for it.

Having no food and water, Yuwen Yue remained in a Buddha Zen position, eyes closed and meditated all day, all night.

He forsook his physical abilities and took the hard path of self-denial.

Two of the Gurus guards came and unlock the prison cell said.

“What a dreamy sight this is? Is he a god?”

Yuwen Yue although almost on his wear and tear condition, cracked lips, pale skin, and almost collapsing to the ground remained on the last parts of looking almost untouched like it did not experience the hardships of the dungeon.

His Princely garment still looks new and his plum scent blossom scent still lingers in the air.

The Gurus guards bowed in front of him when they smelled his scent they could not resist feeling at ease looking at the most handsome and still gorgeous pale-skinned Crown Prince.

They gently took the Crown Prince out of the underground prison cell.

Dragging a weak body to the Qinghai Queen’s throne room, the Queen has never been this surprised to look at the Snow Prince, said.

“The coldness in your spirit and the fire in your heart made you live this long! You are an impossible human! But you will serve me and help me unite the Ximeng continent! I still have good use of you, will you join hands with us?”

Yuwen Yue’s turn to speak cleared his dry throat and opened his eyes for the first time in six days did not feel strange at all. Full of energy and life, he spoke lively but coldly said.

“I agree to serve thy Queen’s wish.”

The Gurus took all the time in the world to hear what they wanted to hear so in their minds thought.

“Six Days in the dungeon and he still speaks like a King who is not made of flesh and blood or from this world.”

When Yuwen Yue was locked up in the dungeon, he gathered all of his energy and reserved it for this moment to face the Qinghai Queen.

He is not in physical vigor but his words were full of energy and everybody would say, he is somewhat like a god in the flesh.

As soon as Yuwen Yue gave its pledge, he entirely closed the doors of his heart from the elegy of the Qinghai citizens.

He will join hands with the Gurus from this day forward while Moon Kingdom is waiting for the grim outcome.

***

The greater master restored back to life but its two lesser masters suffered under their strong powers.

The Chiyu Jian master still did not recover yet, still sleeping on her sweet head. Lou He staring at her said.

“She will need more time to recover and I need the Wind spies to closely monitor her.”

Viper suddenly at the door of the tent came to meet Lou He and said.

“She was like this when we found her dying at the hands of Yan Xun’s men. She was about to be buried six feet under but before it happened, she called for the trade winds.

Thus, the clouds of the heaven sent the news of its disaster to us.

Lou He understood also asked: “Was it the same haunting warnings when you have to come over then find me helpless at the mossy forest?

Did you find the Mimi Gongzhu?”

“Master, I never doubted you are alive. I have felt it and never forgot. I have seen the Kungfu of ice powers twice stronger in the Mimi Gongzhu body.

However, she is weak to handle it when she was small.

The Mimi Gongzhu changed after she was lost in the Erzats realm where I also got stranded in the dark. All my memories were floating at the time, I was watching it before my eyes like they were not mine.

The undertale of the underworlds swept over me to end my life. A sharp pain came to prick my feet before I was going to die.

Suddenly, I remembered your power. the Kungfu of ice, took the ice needle and as a small melting weapon it is, was the answer to end my hopeless stay finally killing the undertale.

Now, it happened again, these ice needles pricked my feet and I know you are nearby.”

Lou He pleased with Viper’s remembering her childhood memories said: “Indeed, in pain, the ice needles indicate a master needs help or it could use to save your life.

Thank you for saving my life and for being alive today.

I hope that Zhong Yu follows her recovery path and gets better in time.”

♥♥♥

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