Empress
Episode 44 - Training Room

Yuan and Feng Yue finally brought Yanran to the training ground as per Xiao Shi's orders.before bringing Yanran to the training ground of course they had to make him unconscious, this was a secret place, this was a secret place, although now Yanran has started to be trusted but still he has not been officially trusted if he has not been allowed to see the face of Xiao Shi who had been covered in a veil.

During this time Xiao Shi had been personally taken care of by Yuan, and all this time Xiao Shi had never shown his face to Yanran. Come to think of it, Yanran had actually known nothing about Xiao Shi. He would only be with Xiao Shi if he worked on general matters, but if it was Xiao shi's personal affairs he would only stay outside and guard the residence together with the other ladies-in-waiting.

Now that they had reached the training ground, it was time to revive Yanran.

" A-I'm where?" yanran asked puzzledly looking around which he thought was foreign.

" You will train here, you are not allowed to leave here until you reach the level desired by Her Majesty the Empress" said Yuan in response to Yanran's confusion.

" practice with Yanran!" Feng Yue cheered.

The three of them continued their journey, introducing Yanran to whatever was there. Honestly speaking, Yanran felt extremely astonished at what he saw. Lots of people here, hundreds or maybe even thousands. They all practice here, some practice with trees, others practice with each other, and some practice without opponents.

After a sense of amazement, Yanran now felt very afraid of what he saw. In addition to humans, there are also many demons here. They fight each other.

" Why do you let our people just fight with the demons!!??!!" pekik Yanran was terrified. This was the first time he had seen demons, also directly seeing them in large numbers. Of course there was fear in him.

" You take it easy, they don't fight for real." Yuan said soothingly.

" What do you mean?!" asked Yanran who was still frightened, they even stopped his steps because of Yanran's fear.

" This is part of Yanran's training, later on you will also definitely fight alongside them" Feng Yue explained.

Yanran still did not understand, did the empress actually train in forbidden knowledge? Why would he be able to ally with the demons?

Finally Feng Yue explained that this was all under Xiao Shi's orders, but the knowledge learned was not a forbidden science. All science is in accordance with the teachings of this land. The help of the devil here is to train the level of the humans, whether it is at the perfect level or not. If they had escaped fighting with the demons then they would have been given a task by Xiao Shi and started to get out of this place.

Listening to Feng Yue's explanation made Yanran extremely astonished, where these demons came from and how could Xiao Shi cooperate with the demons. But Yanran and Feng Yue did not explain the matter, they said it was Xiao shi's affair and not his part explained it.

In the midst of their conversation, a young, dashing, and very handsome man approached them. Yanran was even very hypnotized with his good looks, he blinked his eyes many times to make sure that his eyesight was not in trouble.

" Feng Yue, Yuan, you guys coming? It's been a long time since I've seen you two" said Chairman Tao. He was the one who took care of this training ground, he organized and reported everything that happened here to Xiao Shi.

" Haha, yes, you're right. It's been a long time since I've been here" replied Yuan.

" How are you, brother?" asked Feng Yue while sticking out her hand, then embracing Tao.

" I'm good. It's nice to meet you here. Is there something about you coming?"

" absolutely. There is someone who must be specially trained, because he is the one who will work with His Majesty. Yanran, come here" this cry of Feng Yue made Yanran gasp. Since then he was just cool looking at this handsome man in front of him.

Seeing that it made Yuan want to tease Yanran, he nudged Yanran on the shoulder, when Yanran was already on par with her.

" Aren't he handsome Yanran?" goda Yuan's.

Hearing that Yanran only lowered his head to hide his embarrassment.

" This is Yanran, the lady-in-waiting that the empire gave to the Empress. He is also the son of Master Hao" Feng Yue explained.

Tao just nodded his head, then stuck his hand out toward Yanran.

" It's good to see you Yanran. I'm Tao, I take care of this place, people used to call me Chairman Tao. But since you are among the closest people to His Majesty, you can just call my name." This introduction of Tao made Yanran even more blushed.

" Alright, I'm Yanran" he said as he replied to Tao's hand.

" May your training be nice in the future here, and may you be comfortable. If there's anything you can call me or meet me in my room."

" Okay, thanks"

" Hmm, ah, there's something I have to take care of. Is it okay if I leave you here?" tanya Tao made sure.

" Of course, go. We are not new people that you have to accompany constantly Tao" replied Feng Yue.

" All right, see you again" then Tao left the three of them.

After Tao died, the three of them continued their journey again. Introducing the surroundings and also escorting Yanran to his room, he would stay here during training. Feng Yue explained all the rules that were here. Also explained regarding Mr. Hao, Xiao Shi himself would tell him directly. So Yanran need not be worried.

Hearing that calmed his feelings a little, but yes, right now his mind was fulfilled with how he was going to reach the highest level? It's going to take a very long time.

" Yanran, borrow your hand" without waiting for Yuan's approval directly grabbed Yanran's arm and opened his palm. Although a little confused, Yanran let it go.

Yuan closed his eyes, took a slow breath and exhaled. Then yuan opened his eyes, pointed his two fingers at Yanran's palm, and ....

" Ackkkhhh!!" yanran shouted as he felt a painful sting in the palm of his hand. Blood came out from his palm, and Yuan swiftly took the blood and put it into a small pumpkin. Once the blood that came out was clean, a leaf-shaped mark was seen on his palm.

...(illustration of the mark on the palm) ...

Yuan explained that the sign was to signify that he was part of the people under Xiao Shi's orders. This mark would signal to Yanran if he later crossed paths with the people in this training ground, then he would directly know that they were not enemies. However, with this mark, Yanran could not hide from Yuan, Feng Yue, and Xiao Shi. Yanran's position will always be known, as well as his condition. This mark could also detect the level of magic it possessed.

A moment later, the leaf-shaped mark disappeared from his palm. His palm returned to its original state, as if nothing had happened.

" Why did the mark disappear" Yanran asked as he flipped his palm in confusion.

" The sign is embedded in you. So other people won't see any sign, so you won't be suspected." Replied Feng Yue.

" When you train later, you will also be told how to control the sign and how to know the signal given by the sign" Yuan added.

Yanran just nodded his head. After everything was done, Yuan and Feng Yue said goodbye and left Yanran to train here. Later one of them will come here to train Yanran directly or just supervise his training.

" Drink" he said.

" What is this?" yanran asked as he grabbed the gourd and opened it to find out what it contained.

A pungent smell poured out from within the gourd, this smell was a very familiar smell.

" Is this blood?" yanran asked.

" Right" replied Feng Yue.

" why? Why should I drink it? I never drink blood!!" revolted Yanran. He felt strange, he was not a demon that should drink blood, he was human.

" Drink, you'll find out later" said Feng Yue flatly.

" No!!" he resolutely refused to drink the blood that was in the gourd.

Feng Yue sighed her, reluctantly storming the matter like this again. " Yuan, take care of him"

With a deathly smile Yuan approached Yanran and touched his shoulder while whispering, "Drink the good girl" .

Bewitched with Yuan's words, Yanran immediately reopened the gourd lid and drank the blood inside. After being sure that the blood was drained, Yuan flicked his hand and Yanran's consciousness returned. He blinked his eyes many times, puzzled by what had happened, why was the gourd in his field open? And why is the blood no longer in her.

A second later he realized, "you did magic to me, didn't you?"

" It's Yanran's magic world, of course we do it" Yuan said lightly.

With an annoyed feeling Yanran stood up and threw the gourd.

" I'll spit out that blood again!!" yanran said and tried to use magic to spit out what he had drunk.

" Stop!!" Yuan held Yanran's hand with his flat face, only this time did Yanran see Yuan's face like that, like being really upset.

" Delease!!" Yanran was still rebelling. Yuan's expression, although a little, made him faint but he would not allow the blood to enter his body. He is not a demon who must drink blood.

" You can spit it out, but your training will probably take a lifetime" Yuan said, stopping Yanran's actions. Whatdoes thatmean? Why is it like that?

" What do you mean Yuan?"

" It was the Queen's blood. By drinking his blood you will quickly reach the highest level without taking years. That blood will help you practice" Yuan said.

" I-I don't understand" the more Yanran described the more confused.

" Everyone who practices here drinks the Queen's blood to help speed up her practice. For some ordinary people they only drank half even a quarter of this gourd, they could reach the highest level in just one to two years. And you drank this whole pumpkin, can you imagine how much time it would take to reach the highest level?" obviously Feng Yue who was already getting tired with Yanran's attitude.

Hearing that explanation Yanran had started to accept himself who had drunk blood, if you think about it, the blood did not feel at all, only the smell was indeed very stinging.

" That means, the empress hurts herself every day?" yanran asked, there was a hint of guilt in him imagining how Xiao Shi should bleed that much each day.

" Of course not, you'll find out later when your training is over" Yuan said.

" and yes, with you drinking his blood, you will also not be able to injure or even betray His Majesty. When you're about to hurt her, your body will be stuck and stiff just like that, the more you approach her the more your steps will feel heavy" he added.

" And what if I betray him?" yanran asked, there was no intention in him to be a traitor, but he was very curious to know what consequences a traitor would have.

Yuan and Feng Yue looked at each other, "Death"

" When that person starts to betray, he will feel always thirsty, slowly the blood in him will be drained away, his body will be very thin and dry because it has no blood at all, it ends with death." This explanation of Feng Yue made Yanran shudder in horror.

" Wouldn't it be that if we reached the highest level we wouldn't be able to die?"

" Yes, you're right. We won't be able to die by others, yet we can still die if His Majesty wishes for him" again Feng Yue's explanation made Yanran shocked.

" That means, even though we are immortal, our lives remain in His Majesty's hands?" yanran said confirming his thinking.

" You're right. And once every 5 years Her Majesty the Empress will have a meeting, if there are some people who want to live a normal life, she said, experiencing old age and death as in general then the empress will take back her blood and that person will be like a normal person in general" this time Yuan explained.

" What about the magic level? Will it also disappear?"

" No yanran. That person will still have the magic level as before" Yuan replied.

" I understand"

" All right, now get some rest. Your training will begin tomorrow. Until we meet Yanran again" Feng Yue and Yuan said goodbye and left Yanran there.

Yanran had never expected that it turned out that Xiao Shi was this sadistic. Undoubtedly, it means that his magic is already at the highest level. Did he have to be afraid that maybe something unexpected could happen to him? Or proud that he served the most wonderful people on this land?

But to be honest, now Yanran was getting more and more confused. Who was Xiao Shi really? Why would he have such greatness?

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