Ascend The Heavens

The Lord's disciple

Sun hee now as Gu junxiu slept soundly in the massive bed, back in the twenty-first century she was not privileged to sleep in a bed so big. That might be the only plus in her books for waking up in such a strange place. Her beautiful sleep was interrupted by the dream she had.

In her dream she was still in the forest running away from the humongous wolves that wanted to eat her. She ran as fast as she could to escape from them but no matter how fast she ran they still caught up to her. She jumped up the trees and they followed right behind her. She swam across the lake and they swam after her. She was getting tired and stopped to rest for a while before continuing to run. She closed her eyes and inhaled the fresh air in the forest, when she opened her eyes once again the wolves were there with her. They had cornered her and she had nowhere to run.

They jumped on her and she woke up, she was inhaling and exhaling very fast. She hadn't had a nightmare like that since her brother forced her to watch crooked man the horror movie. She would dream of the crooked man and his crooked cat coming for her. And now in this world, not only her but even the crooked man would not be able to sleep. She attempted to go back to sleep but kept seeing those wolves and decided against it.

She needed to get proper sleep to explore this new world tomorrow and find a way to get back to civilization. She wanted nothing more than to do that and the sooner that happens the better. She thought of good things to wade the misery of not being able to sleep. She thought of barbie the Disney movie but then she saw one of the wolves eating her, she thought of everything that she could come up with but the nightmare remained. She shut her eyes forcefully and forced herself to sleep.

"Why are you torturing those beautiful eyes," she gave attention to the voice that spoke beside her. When she opened her eyes he was sleeping right before her. The man from the lake was right there with her, her breath became heavy at the sight of him. He looked so breathtaking in a red night robe lying there looking at her.

" What are you doing here?" she inquired.

"You tell me, after all, I am a figment of your imagination. So tell me Sun hee, why am I here?" he asked and she faces palmed herself. She was imagining that beautiful but cold stranger in her room. May the heavens forgive her for her thoughts but what did anyone expect her to do after meeting such as beauty. No one in the twenty-first century can ever compare to his beauty.

"I can't fall asleep. Can you help me?" she asked the imaginary god.

" Then why don't you try sleeping on my chest I am sure you will fall asleep in no time," he said and she agreed and did as told. She laid in him and fell asleep instantly.

Far away from her home, a young man dressed in a black robe stood on top of the hill laughing. He knew that he was right that girl was different from the others, she was the only one in this land who would dare to think about him and even imagine sharing the same bed with him. The whole world regarded him in such high regard and would never attempt to say his name so carelessly let alone desire him as this girl did in her room.

He took out a paper from his pocket and wrote on it. " Make sure it arrives at the Gu Manor first thing tomorrow morning, we wouldn't want her to be late," he said and held the letter up and a Phoenix bird flew from the trees and took the letter before flying away.

"See you soon my sweet dear Junxiu," she said and lifted off the ground and flew away towards the sky and disappeared in the clouds.

The rest of the night went well with her having a good sleep and dreaming about going on a picnic with Mr. handsome. The dream was the closest she had ever come to going on a date with any boy. She was always busy working hard to provide for her family that she never had time to have a life.

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In the Gu manor, there was panic in everyone's hearts, a Phoenix bird had flown into their home and delivered a letter to them. General Gu didn't dare to open the letter and read from it. In the dragon empire, it was normal for sacred animals to exist but there were only three Phoenix birds in the whole Zhi continent, and all they belonged to the Lord of that continent.

The presence of the Phoenix meant that he had personally sent the letter to them. News had gone around that a regal Phoenix was seen flying into the Gu's manor. Everyone who was an important member of the kingdom made their way to the general's house. The Emporer of the dragon empire and the crown prince (Ji woo) made their way there as well. The Emporer demanded the right to open the letter, he was curious to know what was written inside. The Lord could have made the general the new ruler of the kingdom and then what would become of him and his family.

He opened the letter slowly nervous about what the contents of the letter might be. He read through it and breathed out a sigh of relief, he cleared his throat and read the letter.

" For the great work done by the general to my kingdom, I take this opportunity to reward him. I the Lord permit the general to send his three children to the Regal Dragon Sect for their studies. They will be expected there tomorrow morning." he read with a confident smile that soon vanished when he thought that the Lord himself took the trouble to reward the general.

It meant that the general had earned a special place in his heart. He needed to be careful of the general or the next time he will be gifted the empire as a reward. The general could not believe what he had heard, he was not that great as a general there were many more achieved general's but he got the Lord's favor. He was more than happy until he processed what the letter said. The letter mentioned three children but his youngest daughter was in no condition to even open her eyes let alone go to school.

The crowd that started murmuring about what they had witnessed, some were happy for them while others were envious of them. The general did not waste even a single second and ran out of the room, out of curiosity everyone also followed behind him. He ran so fast towards his daughter's room. The Lord can not make a mistake and if he said three children then he must have cured his younger daughter. He and the officials of the empire budged into the room and startled Sun-hee.

"What is happened?" Sun hee woke up and took a defensive posture holding her pillow as a weapon to attack the enemy. She saw even more handsome men in her room and almost fainted. They were in no way close to Mr. handsomes beauty but they weren't so far off. She thought the first thing that the people should do was to ensure that men were not allowed to be more beautiful than women.

" Gu junxiu, my child you are awake," the general spoke bringing everyone out of their stance. Sun hee looked around the room for this Gu Junxiu but couldn't find anyone. It looked like it was her that the man was talking to. The general was so happy to see his daughter alive and active that he forgot everything and hugged her so tightly. He had completely overlooked the people in the room and only saw his daughter. He hugged so tightly that she couldn't breathe.

" You are hurting her general Gu," they all heard a cute voice at the end of the room.

They all turned around to see where the voice came from. A small white fox appeared floating at the end, everyone was shocked to see a nine-tailed fox in the room. A nine-tailed fox was one of the rare sacred beasts in the continent.

" Let my master breath general. Your excitement is harming her and someone very important would not be happy if that happens." said the sleepy fox before it disappeared.

"Where did you get that Junxiu?" the general asked his daughter.

"Some man in a white robe wearing a mask came to see me yesterday and left it for me, he said that it was a gift for being his disciple," she carelessly answered and everyone's jaw dropped at her words. White was a sacred color in that continent, only the overlords and the Lord wear white. And with the letter from the Lord only proved that the man who visited her was a Lord which meant that she was the Lord's disciple.