Abandoned Princesses
Lu Mingzhi (1)

12 Years ago..

"Mingzhi, salute your teacher." Said a middle-aged man to the thin, dry boy beside him. Although it looked malnourished, the child's face was extremely glowing.

"Honor to the teacher! Please accept this respect!" The little boy immediately kowtowed before the man in front of him, who smiled looking at him.

"I found this brat by the roadside, he has great potential, especially in the techniques of the Sun Sect, his body constitution is also quite special." The middle-aged man continued to the man in front of Mingzhi.

"All right." The man nodded.

Mingzhi looked at the teacher with hope. The man in front of him looked young, about 20 years old.

"Hey Lu Guang, you haven't been able to forget that woman?" Asked the middle-aged man in a sudden joking tone.

Instantly the look on the face of the Mingzhi teacher who turned out to be named Lu Guang darkened.

Lu Guang immediately grabbed the boy's hand and gave the man two gold coins. The middle-aged man only smiled broadly.

"Go. Don't ever bring that up in front of me again." Lu Guang said coldly. Even though they were old friends, it seemed like the topic just now was a very forbidden topic to discuss for him.

Mingzhi looked at the wide hand that was now holding his hand.

After the middle-aged man who found him on the street left, Lu Guang crouched down and looked at the child gently.

"Your name is Mingzhi, my family name is Lu, so now your name is Lu Mingzhi."

*****

"Lu Mingzhi's! Swing your sword even stronger!"

"Lu Mingzhi's! Your Seventh Ray Technique is not good! Once again!"

"Lu Mingzhi's! Let's run to the top of the mountain!"

"Lu Mingzhi!"

"Lu Mingzhi!"

It had been several months since Lu Mingzhi had set foot in the Sun Sect's college. Every day, his teacher, Lu Guang trained him mercilessly. Lu Mingzhi only agreed and carried out all the tasks he could.

He'll practice day and night. In the morning, he would climb the peak of Mount Jiuyue, during the day he would practice the techniques his teacher taught, and at night he would cultivate.

Funny thing is, a few months later he realized. The reason why other schoolchildren always look at him with jealousy and hate.. Because Lu Guang is the Sun Sect King.

Once he asked, "Teacher, they said you trained me to be the successor of the Sun Sect, is that true?" Lu Mingzhi asked innocently.

"Depends on your hard work." Lu Guang smiled slightly and gently stroked the head of his protege.

Little Lu Mingzhi smiled happily. He promised to work harder in the future.

*****

Then came Ye Xiaoran.

"Sister Zhi!" The 9-year-old girl always followed her with her sweet smile.

13-year-old Lu Mingzhi could only enjoy the smile of the girl. The daughter of an important elder in the Sun Sect, who was also a direct disciple of Lu Guang, was just like her.

"Xiaoran! Slow down! Ahahaha!" Sometimes they always play happily by the lake of Mount Jiuyue.

"Sister Zhi! Catch me!"

Without them noticing, another group of children from a distance looked at them with displeased faces.

"Look, just because they were direct disciples.. Even have a chance to play!" One of the children pointed at them.

"Greetings to brothers. Do you want to play with us?" Lu Mingzhi smiled as graciously as possible. It had been seven years since he joined the Sun Sect, yet his first and only friend was only a Ye Xiaoran. I hope to make more friends.

"Are you kidding me? We have time to play! Ha!" Instantly the entire child laughed at Lu Mingzhi. Lu Mingzhi's face darkened. He was really disappointed. Finally Lu Mingzhi could only walk back limply towards Ye Xiaoran.

Right after that, a gliding technique from one of the children. The one directly hit Lu Mingzhi's chest. Poor Lu Mingzhi who did not expect to get an attack from his fellow students did not have time to dodge and had to be thrown a few steps back.

"Haha! Look that! Student directly said? Ahaha!" One of the arrogant children earlier in front started provoking the other child.

Now everyone was laughing and underestimating Lu Mingzhi.

Suddenly Ye Xiaoran came and helped Lu Mingzhi to stand up.

"What are you guys doing?!" Ye Xiao tried to bully the children.

Unexpectedly the children even laughed at him as well. "Who are you? The servant of the disciple whom the Sun King was proud of? Haha." They had never seen Ye Xiaoran, who had never walked out of the house due to her rather weak physique. After the girl recovered, she became a direct disciple of the Sun King.

The annoyed Ye Xiaoran directly pulled Lu Mingzhi's arm to get out of there.

"You running? Guys, let's beat them up!" One of the arrogant children who seemed to be leading the group of children suddenly started to head towards Lu Mingzhi and Ye Xiaoran.

One by one they started attacking and besieging the two children. Each of them used the Sun Sect technique.

Unexpectedly, Lu Mingzhi easily deflected their techniques and counterattacked. They throw them up to complain of pain. Some were injured and shed tears.

Looking at the original strength of Lu Mingzhi, they knew they would not be able to defeat the child. Finally, one by one they ran away in fear while holding the injured part of their bodies.

"Sister Zhi! You okay?" Ye Xiaoran looked at Lu Mingzhi worriedly.

Due to her weak body, the girl could only stare out the window every day. But after his father got the cure for a rare disease in his body, Lu Mingzhi was the first to become his friend. Ye Xiaoran had already considered Lu Mingzhi as her own biological brother.

Lu Mingzhi shook his head.

"It's okay, Xiaoran. I'm fine." Lu Mingzhi tried to smile.

Lu Mingzhi's chest was extremely painful.

*****

"Your Majesty! Take a look at this! What the hell does this mean? How could Lu Mingzhi hurt my students to such an extent?" Elder Chu brought a bunch of injured children in front of Lu Guang. The look on Lu Guang's face was not very good at seeing Elder Chu's arrival.

"Mingzhi, explain it to me!" Lu Guang looked at Lu Mingzhi who was now only able to lower his head.

Suddenly Ye Xiaoran appeared with her Father, Elder Ye who was one of the most important elders in the Sun Sect. All the other elders knew how unfortunately Elder Ye was on his only daughter who was born in old age. They all also knew how happy Elder Ye was when his daughter's illness was successfully cured.

Elder Chu did not expect Ye Xiaoran to be involved in this matter at all.

"I was the witness that they attacked Brother Zhi first. Teacher can check the wound on Brother Zhi's chest. With Brother Zhi's cultivation, he should be able to dodge. But they attacked him all of a sudden." Ye Xiaoran looked at the children in annoyance.

"That's not true!" One of the children denied. Followed by other children. The child pulled out the Chu Elder's clothing plan to provide some protection. But Elder Chu ignored him, he did not dare to deny Ye Xiaoran's words, not in the presence of Elder Ye.

Lu Guang immediately touched Lu Mingzhi's chest slowly. A few seconds later, Lu Guang stared at Elder Chu angrily.

"Mingzhi, show them your chest clearly."

Lu Mingzhi slowly lifted his clothes until his chest was clearly visible.

A handprint is clearly visible. Elder Chu's face became extremely pale.

"Shouldn't I be the one asking for an explanation? Why is there the Seven Rays Palm Technique here?" Lu Guang said coldly and pierced.

Elder Chu could only curse his disciples who came to him and look for an opportunity to take down Lu Mingzhi without telling him the whole truth.

"I'm sorry." Elder Chu could only bow in embarrassment.