The Ghost of Fog
Chapters 183. Ling Family
Lin Tian's heart stopped for a few seconds after hearing Chong San's words. He was very surprised if the teacher was a fortune teller who had predicted the coming of the White Dragon Pair.
"Then..How old is the teacher?"
"That's not important, the point is I'm very old."
"You want to know Ling San, don't you?" he said he returned after a moment of silence. This question was answered by Lin Tian's quick nod.
"Looks good...."
Chong San started to tell stories. Hundreds of years ago, there were three brothers born in the Ling family. At that time the Ling family was the ruling empire of the entire mainland, both North and South.
The three brothers were named Ling San, Ling Sian, and Ling Mo. They were twins with the oldest Ling San.
Each one goes their own way. Ling San wanted to focus on literature and politics, whereas Ling Sian and Ling Mo wanted to become warriors free from any ties. Their father agreed too.
A few years later, when Ling San was twenty years old, the emperor resigned and he was the only option to ascend the throne. So at that time, Ling San who was very young, managed to occupy the throne of the Ling empire.
But after five years of his reign, he became negligent and arbitrary. Abandon the responsibility of the emperor and live a life of fun. From morning until morning again only he spent laughing with the concubines and dancers, completely ignoring the lives of the people.
It was then that Ling Sian and Ling Mo returned to reprimand their eldest brother. However, they were able to attack hundreds of imperial people that Ling San ordered to kill his two younger siblings. Lucky these two people are figures of the martial world so they can escape.
From that moment on, Ling Sian resumed his wanderings without ever returning to his palace home. He ignored his brother but if in front of his eyes there was a criminal act, even if it was his brother's men, he would not stay silent.
While Ling Mo who felt very embarrassed by his brother chose to isolate himself on the South coast there. Build a family there and live peacefully away from the crowded world.
"Then the teacher himself?"
"I used to be the personal servant of master Ling Sian when he was still a prince and was in the palace. But when he left, he told me to follow his path, which was to become a swordsman. So filled with that desire, I went all the way to various places until I found a teacher who could teach me divination magic." explained Chong San.
"Then who is the teacher of the four sacred books?"
"He is none other than my master, master Ling Sian. In his region, he found these four children whose families had been depleted by war, he adopted them and passed down the great sciences."
Lin Tian seemed to think for a moment. He had a little understanding of the storyline of the four books, but that made him curious...
"Then what does this have to do with a Pair of White Dragons?"
Chong San looked attentively at his disciple, then replied, "Let me tell you...."
Long ago after decades of Ling San being in power and Ling Sian successfully having great disciples, Chong San returned to his hometown.
He was already a great warrior who was rarely comparable, and arguably in those days only he was able to match Ling Sian's strongest swordsman.
But when he wanted to visit his master at his hermitage, he heard the news spread in the hamlets that his master had died. Glumly he left his master's hermitage.
At that time, he had a dream that in the future, the same chaos as Ling's reign would return. But he still did not know who caused the chaos.
After getting the dream, he spread it to every swordsman he met. Although many do not believe, but those who believe are not few.
"In that dream I also saw two powerful people who people called him a White Dragon." Chong San closed the story.
"So so...."
After this conversation, there was no more chatter between the two. Lin Tian was too focused on thinking about that extremely shocking story of Chong San. Which turned out to be the first four owners of the sacred book were disciples of the Ling family, the family of the emperor who was notoriously despotic.
On the other hand, Chong San was unceasingly watching Lin Tian to see the young man's response. He also secretly thought that this Lin Tian was among the White Dragon Pair. After the black clothes he wore, he was more sure of what he felt.
"Lin Tian, after this you should not return to the Zhang family." Chong San suddenly said that managed to surprise Lin Tian.
"Well, why teacher?"
"You'll know later, now go to the snow-top of the Heaven's Wall Mountains, there's someone waiting for you there."
Lin Tian looked at his teacher with a hint of astonishment. The reason why he should not go home is unclear. And again what did it mean that he had to go to the Heaven's Wall Mountains? Who's waiting for him? All these questions he wanted to ask his teacher but the grandfather had already answered.
"Don't ask too many questions. Now go too! Your work is so much and now it's just the beginning!"
"You kicked me out?" Lin Tian was a little incredulous at his teacher's words.
"As far as you're gonna say what. You really should go there!"
Lin Tian did not understand the intent of his teacher, but somehow a strange feeling entered his body. He himself had a hard time explaining, but in the last remark earlier, Lin Tian suddenly believed in Chong San's words. It was as if Chong San's words were indeed incontrovertible.
"Alright, I'm going teacher!" Lin Tian got up and walked away from there.
When Lin Tian turned around, he was not aware that his teacher was looking at him so wildly. A second later, his mouth flashed a smile.
"Same right.same right.exactly like in my dream. The shape of his back, I won't forget."
After muttering so, he looked up at the starry night sky that day.
"Mr Ling Sian, you see? Using your pride identity, Lin Tian would carve out a big name in the martial world as a Fog Ghost Swordsman and a Pair of White Dragons."
"Huh..next job, I have to find her dragon partner!" he muttered and then left there in an extraordinary way. Once it moved, its body suddenly disappeared.
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