The Night King: The Asura
Ch-163b. Shuijing City
Meanwhile.
Xie Long's departure made Xie Ling and Jia Zhen very sad, both of them were not even willing to talk to Lin Feng, because he was the one who had allowed their brother to go on adventures alone.
Not only that, the two also locked themselves in the room for two full days, although many efforts have been made to persuade them, but still did not succeed in getting them out of their room.
However, both of them decided to come out when Lin Hua came to see them, and even after he promised to punish Lin Feng, otherwise, the two of them would never want to come out from inside his room.
"Grandmother, I miss my sister a lot" Xie Ling said.
"I also miss big brother" Jia Zhen added.
Lin Hua smiled as she stroked the hair of her two grandchildren, "Grandmother also misses your sister, but we shouldn't be like this, because her departure is for a good cause."
"I know that, Grandma, but why won't you take me?"
"And why did you even let my brother go?!"
"Ling'er, your brother can't take you away, because he doesn't want you to get hurt while you're out there."
"And, Zhen'er, actually your father won't give your brother permission either, but he can't forbid it."
"Why grandma? Can't you ban brother easily? And I'm sure, you can't argue with your father's words" said Jia Zhen.
"Sometimes, you'll understand why."
"In addition, your father was a very sad person because of the passing of your brother, only, he did not show you that sadness and preferred to keep it to himself."
"Why is Grandma so sure?"
"Grandmother knows your father very well, although he is very hard as a stone, but his heart is very soft like cotton" Lin Hua replied.
"If you don't believe me, tonight try to get out, grandma is sure you will see your father sitting in the palace garden looking up at the night sky" she continued.
"Why did you do that?"
"Because he is sad, and he always does that when he is sad" Lin Hua replied.
Although it had been explained by their grandmother, but the two still could not believe that their father really felt the sadness of Xie Long's departure, even they intended to come to the palace garden later that night.
***
Xie Long opened his eyes as his face was buffeted by the warm rays of the morning sun, yet it was still very difficult for him to get up, as his entire body still felt extremely ill from the previous fight.
"You finally realize it too."
"How long have I fainted?" ask Xie Long.
"Not long, just two days" replied the embodiment of Asura power within his body.
"Was I passed out you were the one guarding my body?"
"Who else can take care of you? If it wasn't for me taking care of you, maybe you'd be eating these forest animals."
"Thank you" said Xie Long.
"Cihh, I did it because I had to, because I still want to see your journey."
"Then, did you also heal the wounds on my body?"
"That's it, huh? But, thank you for taking care of me these two days."
"Stop thanking me, you better meditate to restore your energy, otherwise you will become fresh food for the beasts of this forest."
Xie Long smiled at the sealed figure inside him, "I just found out that you're so attentive to me" he said.
"Shut up, boy!"
Xie Long did not listen to the figure anymore, in a state that was still lying on the ground, Xie Long then closed his eyes and began to absorb the natural energy around him to recover his energy that had been drained.
After several hours of absorption, Xie Long finally managed to recover his energy, although not completely, but it was enough for him to leave the battleground.
But before leaving, Xie Long did not forget to take the soul crystal belonging to the black tiger, because that soul crystal he would use to increase his cultivation to an even higher level.
But unfortunately, only one soul crystal was left, as the other soul crystal was already burnt to the ground along with the disappearance of the second black tiger body that was burnt by the sky fire.
***
The days of returning quickly passed, Xie Long had now reached a city that was still in the Feng imperial territory. It was the city of Shuijing which was the city where the imperial consort Feng came from.
"Stop right there!" said one of the gate guards to stop Xie Long's ledge.
"If you want to enter this city, you have to show your identity" he continued.
Xie Long nodded, then took out the jade badge belonging to the Lin family from his storage ring, then showed the badge to the soldiers guarding the city entrance gate.
"Jade badge?" muttered the soldier, then observed Xie Long's appearance from top to bottom.
As a soldier in charge of guarding the gate, they must have seen various kinds of badges and already understood every level of the badge itself.
It was just like the jade badge that Xie Long showed them, which was a sign that the badge holder was one of the important members of a family.
However, when they saw Xie Long's appearance, they weren't sure if the jade badge he was showing was his own, because other than his suspicious appearance, it was not certain, they would also not believe if there was one important member of one family or clan coming out alone without an escort.
"Well, are you sure this badge belongs to you?"
"Of course I'm sure, because this badge is my grandfather's gift" Xie Long replied.
"Why indeed? Don't you guys trust me?" ask Xie Long.
"Not in disbelief, we just feel it's impossible for a child like you to have a jade badge" one of the soldiers replied.
"Let's see, how about you come with us to the checkpoint, because before allowing you into this city, we have to check the authenticity of this badge first.
Xie Long nodded and then followed one of the soldiers towards the examination site. Upon his arrival there, he was asked to wait in a special room, while the jade badge he displayed was brought by the previous soldier to be examined.
"Commander, how did it go?"
"I sensed an extremely powerful energy from this badge, which means, this jade badge is a real badge."
"But who's the kid who brought this badge? I mean, there's no way a child seems to be an important member of the Lin family, even if it is, there must be a bodyguard coming with him" the soldier said.
"Have it, for now just let him into the city and remember to always keep an eye on his movements"
"Good!"