(38) High Price
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Sui Shen knew what his question meant. She opened the Book of Time once more but strangely, all the pages were blank. Her brows furrowed. These father and son are mysterious. The Book of Time contains the past, present and future of anyone. Even a bug, a human, a prodigy and a child of fate. Why are Ye Huai and Zi Yingjun's chronicles blank? If her Book of Time was damaged, she can just return to the River of Time and ask the Eternal Guardian to make her a new one. However, she promised not to leave Zi Yingjun behind or tragedy might befall him.
"Master, I cant find your father's records. Aside from knowing his name and his history with Lady Zi Xian, there is nothing else. His origin is blank, so were his whereabouts." Sui Shen closed the book and let it vanish into dusts. Her eyes flashed a determined light. "Master, I think someone tampered my Book of Time. No one can ever escape its range, not even the child of fate nor fate itself. The only way to know the truth is that I should return to my birthplace and ask our guardian to make me a new Book of Time."
"Do it." Zi Yingjun reached to a decision. He lost his interest about his father when he saw a certain acquaintance suffer from her father's abandonment. That was a very long time ago and the fact he never hated that man who left him made him form a monolith heart. But now, he is getting to know his father more. Ye Huai is turning him curious of his true origin. Zi Yingjun knew that once he sees his father, his path to success will be easier. Maybe the two hundred years he expected will be deduced to only a few decades!
"The only problem is, I have to stay in the River of Time for a year or so. Master must not arouse trouble since I wont be around to help Master reincarnate." she told him the flaw she is afraid of. Zi Yingjun is out of her control. She is aware of that but what worried her is that fate will certainly do everything to stop Zi Yingjun from triggering the highest immortal to send a child of fate. In turn, he will meet desperation amidst his dreadful and dangerous path in becoming the demon king. Fate will kill him once it noticed his purpose of existence.
"Sovereign Hei is with me." Zi Yingjun swept his gaze across the room's darkest part where a humanoid shadow stood. A pair of blue green eyes appeared and looked back to him. "You see, Ye Huai is the key for us to face disasters head on. He sealed my dantian for this moment, for my rebirth. Because he had predicted this will happen. Ye Huai knew more than what we do. If we can find him, we will certainly have another headstart to go against fate."
"Little Critter, do what the boy says." Sovereign Hei's raspy voice resounded in the room. He smiled eerily with his arms crossed. "Humans are clever species. The human boy in front of you is likely one of the smartest. Do as he says or things wont make a change. I am sure his father is someone very capable to have influenced the Book of Time this far. Aren't inhumane existence only allowed to enter the River of Time?"
Sui Shen's irises shrank to pin size. Sovereign Hei is right. Only inhumane existence were allowed to but Zi Yingjun's father was able to tamper the Book of Time before it was even passed on her. She had just received this artifact when Zi Yingjun discovered the Time Lotus Essence. An immortal handed it to her and was told to use it for providing Zi Yingjun an assistance. Could it be...Ye Huai is alive even before Zi Yingjun became a Celestial Life Stage cultivator?
Jin Xuan Meng walked around the marketplace for a while when she saw many people gathering around a board. Upon getting closer, she was surprised to see what the board has. The whole caravan leaders had placed a high price for a mere stalk of Ren Xieye Grass. Jin Xuan Meng knew this has something to do with Zi Yingjun. He made her scavenge every single stalk of Ren Xieye Grass as an exchange for the antidote. She felt that something is off about this and kept few of them in her spacial ring. So, Zi Yingjun is planning to empty these merchants' pockets for his scam!
"He's really a bastard." Jin Xuan Meng's hazel eyes glowed yellow. She felt the surge of her talent back which made her rush out of the place. Her eye color will define her origin and no Jin Clan or Hei Clan are allowed to step in Zi Clan. Jin Xuan Meng smiled to herself for being smart. Its fortunate she noticed it and hid some Ren Xieye Grass from Zi Yingjun. A stalk of it is now equal to half spirit crystal and the caravan will leave the day after tomorrow. That only means if Zi Yingjun holds back the supply, the price will rise inexplicably.
"Going where?" just as she stealthily went out of the gate, Jin Xuan Meng was stopped by a black smoke floating in front of her. The black smoke transformed itself to a human figure until she recognized it was the bastard she had mentioned.
"What now?" she scowled in frustration and bravely walked past him. Even if he have the antidote for her poison, she cant possibly let him take control of her.
"Hm. Have you ever thought that you're a fool?" Zi Yingjun glanced behind her to see Sovereign Hei raising his arm that is formed into a blade. He used his hand to make a gesture and stop Sovereign Hei from killing her. If his pawn dies, he can make use of Zi Yan Yue but she is not as talented as Jin Xuan Meng. Thus, he is giving her a chance to give him the Ren Xieye Grass she hid. Sovereign Hei had suggested him to just kill the girl and rob her. But Zi Yingjun, a born 'gentleman', cant bear to kill his own pawn, ah.
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