"Welcome back, King!"
Their voices echoed among the cliffs and waves. The remaining villagers of Fenglin Village, the descendants of Lingyun's old followers, fell to their knees in respect. No one dared to look him in the eye. No one dared to move before he ordered.
Yian raised a finger. The light movement seemed to stop the world. Everyone stood in unison, silent, awaiting his command.
"I have returned."
"This is the beginning of a great change for the world."
His tone was calm, but deep—like an echo from the bottom of the sea where he had been sealed for a thousand years. It contained no anger, but was filled with certainty.
The wind stopped. A thin mist descended from the sky.
He turned his body slowly. His red eyes stared westward.
"Moyan," he whispered.
"I have been waiting for this day."
Without waiting for his followers, without explaining his intentions, Luo Yian walked away. Every footprint he made left a trail of dark mist.
With his power, every mile he passed sucked the souls of the villagers. He had killed many innocent people.
But he didn't realize and forgot his sworn words. Luo Yinhai.
"Arghh, Damn it!" Yian winced in pain feeling his body burning. He disappeared somewhere.
His ancestral agreement with all living things, in the future Yian will not take innocent lives to increase his strength. If that happens, his strength will slowly fade and feel a burning heart.
The devil is too arrogant
In the North..
"Sorry sir, we don't have anything anymore."
"You know, Guazhou is our place. Can't pass without leaving anything." said one of them who looked like a bandit.
He saw someone in front of him dressed luxuriously, it seemed like he was from the capital.
"Don't lie, your clothes are quite expensive." he said again.
"Sir, I don't have anything. We are here to meet someone."
"Hahahah, do you look like you care?" Lin laughed at him.
"Lin, Zhie." someone called making the two bandits turn their heads.
"Sir." they greeted respectfully.
"Let them go." said someone they called sir.
"Okay, hey you go there!" Zhie chased away.
He just moved his hand, with his strength he managed to get the money bag from the person they told to leave earlier.
"We believe, sir, it's not that easy to let go of your prey." Lin said with a chuckle.
The man was dressed luxuriously with sheep's wool, well he was known as the bandit leader here. With a navy blue sword known as the ice sword.
He is Wei Qiren
The man no longer has parents, He grew up in a life that is very difficult to imagine, born from a place that is so cold and with a heart full of revenge.
At first he was a cowardly and fearful man, since a group of masked people on horseback killed his parents, he was sure they were people from the capital. And, from then on he continued to train. From the age of 8, until now almost 20 years.
In Guazhou there are indeed not many residents because the place is cold. It always snows.
"Take half for you, invite the others to have fun. The other half, I will get out of this place." Wei Qiren said and walked away.
Qiren ran after the person, and kicked his leg making the person stop.
"You said looking for someone, looking for who? It's quiet here, you see for yourself." Qiren said.
"I-I'm looking for Mr. Baifeng, do you know? Ah, his wife's name is Meilan." he said nervously.
Wei Qiren immediately pointed his sword at the person's neck. "What do you want to meet them?!" he said sharply.
"S-sir, put down your sword first." he said scared, making Qiren lower his sword.
"I am Rong Jie, ordered by Mr. Shen Yuelin, to invite Mr. Wei Baifeng and Mrs. Meilan."
"Mr. Shen Yuelin?"
"Ah, that, he's the Minister of Military Affairs."
"What's the relationship with Wei Baifeng?"
"In the past, Mr. Wei was a General and a trusted person of Mr. Shen, he no longer worked and resigned. So, Mr. Shen invited him to meet again."
Wei Qiren glared at Rong Jie and wanted to draw his sword, but someone came to help.
"Agh An Shi, you help me," Rong Jie said in fear.
"You're too aggressive, we're just asking." An Shi said.
"Isn't it enough for you to kill them? What did you come for?" Wei Qiren stared at the two people sarcastically.
"What? Do you mean that Mr. Wei Baifeng and Mrs. Meilan are gone?" Rong Jie was shocked.
"We're late." An Shi said.
"I don't know if you're bad or good, you're late. 12 years late haha." Wei Qiren laughed amusedly.
"Do you know who killed them?" An Shi asked.
"A group of masked people."
"Damn, let's go back and tell Mr. Shen." Rong Jie pulled An Shi's hand.
Wei Qiren continued his journey, not forgetting the sound of whistling and the sword he was spinning around.
It was getting dark. Qiren entered the Jinan hut, the only hut here. He met the two people again , but just passed by.
"Waiter, I want one noodle and a bottle of wine." Wei Qiren said while lifting one leg on the chair.
Not long after the waiter came to bring his order.
"I didn't order roast venison." he said.
"That's as a thank you, from the information you gave young man." Rong Jie said smiling slightly while lifting his wine.
"Gladly accept it"
Wei Qiren ate very heartily, after that he went into the room he ordered to spend the night.
Before going to bed he stared at the ceiling of his room, remembering his childhood with his parents. And thoughts about the two people kept spinning in his head.
"Is it true that father is a general, he never told me."
"Could it be true but, or are they bad people." Wei Qiren looked at the sky outside, it was about midnight. Surely people were asleep, he put down some money and just left.
Walking for quite a while, he stopped to rest for a while. The day was starting to get bright again
Wei Qiren accidentally met someone who was in pain.
"Hey, still alive?" he asked.
"Hot."
"What? Are you hot?" Wei Qiren was confused, this was a snowy and icy place. How could someone be hot.
"Hot"
Wei Qiren put down his sword and released his move which was...so beautiful.
Like ice treads, cold air like ice came out of his palm. The inner power that he channeled to someone he had just saved.
A few minutes later, he came to. Wei Qiren smiled slightly, but for a few seconds the hand strangled Wei Qiren.
"I-I helped you!"
The stranglehold was released, Wei Qiren stared at him sharply and annoyed. "You ungrateful bastard, if I hadn't saved you, you would have died."
"I don't like being indebted, say what you want."
"You arrogant bastard, what's your name? So that in the future when I need help, I can find you easily."
"Luo Yian"