The Night King: The Asura
Ch-198's chat. The patriarchal sect's plan
The Wind Dragon Sect.
"Patriarch, there is bad news" said one of the sect elders.
"What bad news do you bring?"
"One of the groups that hunted down the perpetrators of the massacre a month ago has died."
"What!?"
"Yes, patriarch! I just checked their soul jade and everything has been destroyed."
Booms!
The patriarch of the Wind Dragon sect stood up as he smashed the table in front of him to shreds, the fury from the death of his sect member a month ago was still not gone and now, it was still not, he was made even more angry because of the death of his other sect members.
One month ago, the patriarch of the Wind Dragon sect deployed his troops to capture the perpetrator of the massacre, in order to save time, he also divided the army into groups, including several, and each one of them was a reliable great cultivator.
However, the news of the death of one of the groups was truly a painful blow to him. All along, they could live quietly without anyone daring to tease, because the strength of their sect was not something one could look at with one eye.
But now, their sect had instead met a mysterious enemy who had killed over twenty members of his sect, and this matter of course he could not ignore just like that, otherwise, surely even more sect members would become victims.
"Patriarch, please calm yourself, for the death of one of the groups provides a bright spot for us."
"What do you mean?"
"Before their soul jade was destroyed, one of the group members passed on information regarding the enemy to me."
"Say, who are they really!?"
The elder nodded slowly, then relayed the information he had gotten from the group members who were slaughtered by Xie Long.
At first, the information was only considered as nonsense, especially after knowing the perpetrators of the massacre were only two teenagers, but after being explained, they finally believed.
"Who are these two kids? How could they possibly possess such incredible strength at such a young age?"
"Patriarch, we have to destroy these two boys, otherwise they will definitely cause us more trouble."
"I know that, but I have a better plan" said the patriarch of the sect.
"Second elder, call the entire army back, the city stop this quest right now!"
The elders seemed confused and strongly objected to the orders of the patriarch of the sect, but after he explained his plan, the elders finally agreed to follow the patriarch's advice.
The patriarch of the Wind Dragon sect would naturally not forget his grudge just like that, especially since Xie Long and Huanran had already twice massacred the members of the Wind Dragon sect, which made his grudges even greater.
However, the plan he put together was still much better than handing over their members to death. The plan he was referring to was, he intended to invite Xie Long and Huanran to join the Wind Dragon sect.
From the information they heard, it was certain that the two were rare cultivation geniuses, and if both of them joined their sects, surely the strength of their sects would increase.
But, if Huanran refused his invitation to join the Wind Dragon sect, then they would act and avenge it, and he would do so in the presence of all sect disciples.
***
In the depths of the forest.
Currently, they were on the edge of a fairly large lake, but unfortunately, Xie Long was still unconscious, even though it had been a few days since the fight was over.
Even so, Huanran was still faithfully taking care of Xie Long well, he even fought alone against the Beasts who came to the lake.
Moreover, Huanran also paid no heed to the injuries he had gotten from his fight against the Beasts, as all he had in mind was Xie Long's state.
"Zilong, come to your senses, I'm really lonely" muttered Huanran.
Tired, Huanran then laid down his body beside Xie Long, but before that, he had already made sure there was no threat around them, so that there would be nothing to disturb their rest time.
"Zilong, I like you" Huanran said softly as he kissed Xie Long on the forehead. After which, he closed his eyes and finally fell asleep beside Xie Long.
An hour later.
Xie Long finally opened his eyes after being unconscious for a few days, and when he opened his eyes, he found Huanran sleeping right next to him.
Xie Long's brows furrowed at the sight of the wound on Huanran's body, and from the scar, Xie Long was able to tell if the wound was not from their previous fight, instead, but it was a fight that might have just happened.
"Xiao Hua, are you hurt for protecting me?"
Then, Xie Long pointed his palm at Huanran, then he used the power of the sky fire to heal the entire wound on the veiled girl's body.
"Weak!" said the figure inside Xie Long.
"What do you mean, shit!?"
"You're really weak, even taking care of yourself can't. Look at that girl, she was hurt so badly just for protecting you from the Beasts."
"So, is he really protecting me?"
"It's up to you to believe it or not, but that's exactly what's going on!"
"Xiao Hua, why do you want to protect me like this?"
"Cihh! I know you're very weak, but I don't think you're so stupid either!"
"He dared to sacrifice himself and not fear death just to protect you, what do you think would be the reason for doing all that if it wasn't for liking you?"
The speech of the figure inside him made Xie Long speechless in a thousand languages, he really did not expect that Huanran turned out to like him, and at this time, Xie Long finally found out the reason why Huanran wanted to follow him.
In addition, Xie Long also knew why there was no fear in Huanran, but at that time Xie Long really wanted to behead him. Yep! The only reasonable reason was because Huanran liked it.
"Hah" Xie Long let out a long sigh, "I'm sorry, Xiao Hua. But for now, I can't return your feelings, because I still don't understand my feelings for you."
"But you take it easy, because from now on, I will take care of you" Xie Long said, then gently stroked Huanran's cheek.
But not long after, Xie Long immediately withdrew his hand because Huanran had opened his eyes, "Zilong, how are you?"
"You..." Xie Long hung up his words, he did not expect that Huanran was still thinking about the situation of others, even though his own condition was not okay.
"I'm fine" Xie Long replied.