The Romance Of The Thousand Loves
CH. 67. HIDDEN KINGDOM

Tang Xiao took out the ruling crow that was already his pet. During following Tang Xiao, the Crow had become a Mythical Holy Beast in just no more than two months.

Wussh..

The crow lowered its head as it placed its wings on the ground to make it easier for Tang Xiao and the others to climb onto its back.

"We ride this?" Jessika asked when she saw the Crow. He was used to his third brother's pet but he had never boarded it. Moreover, his third sister's pet was a majestic and brutal Mythical Holy Beast to most people but was different before his third sister.

"Second brother has a better idea?" Tang Xiao replied asking a question for an answer.

Jessika fell silent. Even though he was from the Land Of Soul Continent, he did not really understand this continent. Moreover, he had never ventured far before, his mission to the Red Dawn Desert was his first.

"I'd rather we not be too exposed by riding a Mythical Holy Beast and making us the attention of many people. We better walk there." Jessika answered.

"That's a good suggestion, let's just walk." Said Tang Xiao Lali telling the Standby Crow to turn into a sparrow as usual.

Jeasika smiles. He turned to the Azure Dragon Sect members who had stood firm. Of course they were surprised by the cultivation of Jessika who was already at Saint realm.

"You guys go back first to the Sect, if I'm wanted say have departed for the Star Pavilion. You may say anything about the pasting you have experienced and hand over any object you can to the Sect and let the Sect give a gift that matches your gift." Jessika said firmly. The intonation is calm and authoritative. It seemed like he had changed a lot since the last time the practice was closed.

"Young chief, we'll go." Said the sect members then retreated and took a different direction.

"It looks like my little daughter is no longer as spoiled as she used to be." Andri teases Jessika.

"Your little princess is still as spoiled as she once was, even more spoiled now than before." Jessika smiled broadly. He wanted to shake Andri's hand but undo his intentions as his heart pounded.

"Hem.. So what's going?" Denas asked from beside sewot to see the behavior of his two brothers.

"Fourth sister, take it easy. This tournament there will be many beautiful girls of our age. Just pick one of them to end their single life." Said Tang Xiao while embracing Denas' shoulder. They both walked ahead of Andri and Jessika.

"Oh, I'm not too interested in those girls. I am a person who does not like someone easily. It takes time and effort for me to like someone. For example, I have to know who he is, whether I can like him or not, it depends on how he catches my attention." Denas said calmly without removing Tang Xiao's embrace from his shoulder.

"Fourth sister, I feel like you're insinuating someone." Reply Tang Xiao.

"Sih you idiot, how long do I have to be honest." Mumbled Denas without realizing it.

Tang Xiao, Denas, Andri and Jessika walked out of the vast Sabana Field. He above the sky had passed several Mythical Beasts flying across them without a care. It seemed, those few Mythical Beasts brought dozens of people and flew towards the Star Pavilion where the tournament was held.

"Tournament held every twenty years is really going to be very lively. Some high-level Mythical Beasts had passed by calmly. It seems like they are great people from different corners of the world." Tang Xiao muttered occasionally looking up his head at the passing Mythical Beast incantations.

"Indeed it is really very festive this Continent level tournament. It is said that the prize this time is really very special and only the higher-ups know it. He said this time around, one of the hidden Sects or Kingdoms would be one of the participants of this competition." Andri said from behind. He had heard a lot about this rumor before.

"Hidden kingdom?" Tang Xia and Denas asked simultaneously. Tang Xiao was curious as to what the kingdom or sect looked like, whereas Denas looked hesitant.

"Yes not only are the two hidden sects dominating the world, but one powerful work of the Land Of Sword Continent is one of the world's rulers. Their power exceeded those of the empires around the world. One of the powers that the Kingdom feared was its terrifying magic. Even so they had long since covered themselves up and did not participate in the cultivation world yet they were comparable to the two hidden sects of world lords that even the Azure Dragon Sect had to submit to them." Andri replied casually without any concern for Jessika who was walking beside him.

"The Azure Dragon Sect was the only chili from one of the hidden Sects. Even I will be sent to the Sect if I succeed in carrying out the mission in the Red Dawn Desert." Jessika said as she glanced at the surprised Andri.

"really? Is it true that the Azure Dragon Sect is the only branch of one of the world's ruling sects?" Andri asked in disbelief as she stood in front of Jessika and looked into the girl's eyes. Jessika just nodded smilingly averted her gaze from Andri's eyes.

"And.... Ye... You'll go there after this...?" Andri asked, lowering her voice as if unwilling.

Jessika was silent for a moment. He dared to look into Andri's eyes. There he found a deep and deep concern. Jessika nodded softly without daring to speak. He feels reluctant to part with Andri after the things that happen between them.

"Just calm little princess, we will jointly enter the sect without anyone being able to separate us again. Wasn't the winner of the tournament later to get a chance to study in a hidden sect later. The four of us must win the tournament in order to jointly enter the sect." Said Andri excitedly while smiling widely. The answer was unexpected by Jessika who was standing in front of him. Jessika smiled broadly.

"As expected of the first brother can melt the atmosphere." Said Denas from beside Jessika and Andri. The two men were surprised by Denas' presence.

After talking for a while, the four of them continued on their way. Occasionally they make a game to drive away their boredom on the way. Occasionally they also passed by people who were heading for the Star Pavilion. It seemed that those people did not respond too much to Tang Xiao's group who were dressed as potluck and a little shabby as well as their low tiers who were only at the realm of a nine-star Grand Master.

Tang Xiao, Denas, Andri and Jessika did not care about the people's eyes. From the beginning they did not intend to show their extraordinary strength. They still greet the friendly people who cross paths with them even though it is not considered.

Tang Xiao and Denas stopped for a moment as soon as they saw a young man stop their steps. The young man stood in front of them while raising his right hand forward. The young man was armed with a sword located behind his back.

"Brother wait, where are you going?" The young man lowered his right hand.

"We're about to head for the Star Brother Pavilion, what's the matter?" Answer Denas casually. He did not feel any evil intent coming out from this young man in front of him.

"Ah what a coincidence. I was going there too but didn't know the direction. May I follow your brothers" said the young man smiling in embarrassment.

"Of course it could be a brother. The more people the better." Andri answered from behind while carrying some forest chickens that had been hunted in the forest where they stopped at this time. Jessika was carrying wild fruits in her hands.

Looking at the food coming, suddenly the young man's stomach made a loud sound of hunger marks making him resist embarrassment. Tang Xiao, Denas, Jessika and Andri closed their mouths holding back a laugh.

"Brother please sit here, waiting for the meat to ripen we start by eating these fruits." Invite Tang Xiao while taking out a chair and table from his spatial ring. Andri and Tang Xiao arranged the curry and the table whereas, Denas and Jessika made a fire starting to cook some of those sizable jungle chickens. It seemed like those chickens were poor first-rate Mythical Beasts meeting Andri.

The young man walked up to Andri and Tang Xiao. He looked ordinary but he was a little shocked when he saw Tang Xiao take out those things. He briefly glanced at Tang Xiao's finger that was not wearing a space ring.

"Brother, my name is Arya Kamandanu from the Land Of Sword continent. I came here with some people renting Mythical Beasts like birds. I was asleep and when I opened my eyes, I was hovering in the air falling from the Mythical Beast. I don't know what happened but I will repay them if I have met in the Star Pavilion." The young man said a little of his story while clapping his fists furiously.

"Brother Arya, don't have to speak so formally, just relax. We are like this." Said Tang Xiao while giving some fruit to the front of Arya. Arya picked up the fruit and ate it with gourd. He seems really hungry.

"Brother Arya, my name is Andri and this is my third brother Tang Xiao. That handsome young man over there, my fourth sister Denas and that girl is my fiancee Jessika." Andri introduced himself and the others.

Arya nodded happily and smiled widely. He was pleased with the hospitality of these young men he had just met. Even though they look simple, they have a good heart unlike the people who met him before.

"Thank you brother Tang, brother Andri, has accepted me to join your group. I promise to repay your kindness someday.

"Ceng ceng ceng.. Time to eat." Denas' voice stopped Arya's conversation with Tang Xiao and Andri. Denas came carrying two large trays containing two roasted forest chickens along with his defaults. Arya could not bear to smell the delicious aroma of the roast without her saliva dripping.

"Slurrpa. Hehe... I didn't expect that there would be this delicious scent in this forest. Brother Denas and Sister Jessika are indeed really great chefs." Arya said as she rubbed the saliva flowing at the corner of her lips.

Jessika came with two trays, one filled with roasted chicken and the other with white rice.

Denas arranged the dishes then put some rice some rice on the plates then handed it to Arya, Andri and Tang Xiao. Denas movements are very regular and painstaking and very gentle.

"The fourth sister is really deft, I think the woman who will be your life partner is really lucky." Tang Xiao said praising Denas.

"A moment like this just got praise from third brother." Reply Denas without stopping his work. Denas rearranged the dishes and rice for himself and Jessika then greedily, they spent lunch quietly and a joke.

"Well... I didn't expect to eat this delicious meal in my life. Meeting your brothers is truly a blessing." Said Arya while saluting to Tang Xiao's group.

"Brother Arya do not hesitate and consider us as strangers. Since you have joined us, you are a part of us. What we eat, brother will eat, what we experience brother will also experience." Said Andri while patting Arya's shoulder casually. Arya nodded happily and smiled broadly understanding Andri's sincere remarks.

Shortly after, they continued on their way to the Star Pavilion. It was late in the afternoon and they were meeting more and more people who were heading towards the same destination.

"Ahead there the queue is very long. It seems we have reached the city in question." Tang Xiao said as he looked at the city wall which was quite high as well as the long queue.

"Yes indeed we have arrived at the Star Pavilion city. A very large and very rich city. The Star Pavilion was the only city that did not belong to any Kingdom or Empire on the continent. This city lived by the rules that the Star Pavilion had and became one of the prosperous cities on the continent. Although not as big as the Imperial capital, but this city had more luxurious buildings and was larger than the Imperial Capital." Andri told me a little detail of the Star Pavilion city while waiting for the long, boring queue.

"Why does this city not belong to any kingdom?" Arya asked full of suggestions. He had indeed slightly heard of the city where the Star Pavilion was located which was quite famous.

"The "Star Pavilion was the only neutral organization on the continent. It was said that this star pavilion was established by one of the strongest Cultivators in the world who were in the Half God or Demi God realm so that no one dared to harass or disturb this organization and let the organization it stands alone without the help of any Kingdom or Empire. Once there was a foolish Kingdom that tried to control this organization, in just one night, the soldiers who numbered in the millions died without being able to fight. Since then the Star Pavilion has become very famous." Answer Andri relaxed. His words captivated everyone who heard him.

"It was just a fairy tale a few years ago. I don't believe in such madness." Said one of the young men from behind Tang Xiao's group. The young man looked arrogant and smiled cynically.

"A fool can't tell what a fairy tale is and what a history is." Babe Denas replied to the young man. The people around laughed hearing Denas's vengeance.

"You...." The young man glared and brandished his finger.

When the young man was about to reply to Denas, a shout from the air shocked everyone.

"People from the Nusantara Kingdom have come. Make way."

The shout was still far away but the people around already felt heavy like a huge energy pressure. The people puffing up to the Sky saw what was coming so as to be able to suppress them.

The paradise flew close to the City wall. As soon as the two Sandals approached, suddenly the energy shield that covered the entire Star Pavilion city opened wide and let the two Lords of Paradise enter without going through the guards.

Everyone was amazed including Tang Xiao, Denas, Andri, Jessika and Arya. Although they did not feel depressed because of the two Mythical Beast tails, but Tang Xiao, Denas, did, Andri and Jessika knew that the two Cendrawasih tails were much stronger than Tang Xiao's Nine-Trayed Crow Realm.

"Ckckl... The hidden kingdom of Nusantara is indeed extraordinary. It is not in vain that I was born in this age and can see the greatness of the kingdom." Gumam Arya who knows a little about the Nusantara Kingdom.

"Brother Arya from where do you know that those people are from the Nusntara Kingdom?" Andri asked curiously though from the beginning he already knew where the people were from.

"I know from some literature that I accidentally read. The Mythical Holy Beast earlier was a kind of Legendary bird that only existed in the Nusantara Kingdom and had never existed in this world anywhere. The Mythical Holy Beast was named Nine-Space Celestial Preacher which was very, very rare even in Heaven. Not only was it beautiful, but its strength was on par with that of a Heavenly Phoenix bird. Unfortunately the Nine Spaces Celestial Sandals had a terrible fate." Arya replied while propping up the meat.

The people around who heard Arya's words were shocked and distrustful. Where there was a bird stronger than the Heavenly Phoenix, the inner of those people.

"Don't listen to this weirdo shit. Have you ever heard of any bird greater than the Phoenix in this world?" Said the same young man as the arrogant young man before. He spoke quite calmly and looked very confident.

People were whispering to hear the young man. Some believers were incited by the young man's words.

"Rubber! How could anyone match the prowess of the Heavenly Phoenix in this world." Said one of the crowd.

"The Nine Spaces Celestial Paradise is only a myth whose truth is very doubtful. Some people said that the bird was only a very weak Mythical Beast and could never ascend to Heaven." The other timpal.

The young man smiled broadly hearing the people defending him. He was getting more and more confident provoking Arya and and Tang Xiao's group. He looked at Tang Xiao's group with a look of disdain.

"You can see for yourself the clothes they wear look shabby and gritty. They're more visible to bedouin people who pretend to town to seek fame but unfortunately they don't know the place." Said the young man while putting both of his hands on his back.

"People like them are mostly lacking in education and manners so they don't know the breadth of the world." The young man smiled widely.

The people around who believed the young man's words nodded in agreement. They could indeed see the clothes that the Tang Xiao group was wearing looked shabby even though they were still decent to wear. Moreover, the cultivation level of those who were at the Grand Master realm. Among all the people in line, Tang Xiao's group was the weakest except Arya who did not hide her cultivation.

The much-talking young man walked up to Arya and smiled at her.

"Brother, you better follow me. There are many benefits that you can get if you are with me. Instead of being with those who look weak and poor, you will get nothing and maybe they take advantage of you." The young man said without shame.

His attitude made Denas and Jessika feel very disgusted. The two of them were about to silence the young man's mouth but Tang Xiao and Andri held them back.

Arya smiled broadly at the words of the shameless young man in front of her. Calmly, he patted the young man on the shoulder and said,

"Brother, thank you for your offer. But I am a man who values friendship and friendship." Arya stopped her remark then pointed towards Tang Xiao's group.

"The four of them were the people who first thought of me as their friend when I needed people. The four of them were people who were willing to make friends and share with anyone regardless of who it was. With such a person, how could I possibly be willing to leave them? One more brother, the four of them are not as simple as you can see." Arya Kamandanu said as he walked leaving the young man stunned to hear Arya's words.

The young man quickly took control of himself, he again smiled widely to cover the cobbled feeling in his heart.

"Brother, I've warned you to stay away from them. Don't blame me if something unpleasant happens." The young man said calmly with a slightly threatening tone.

Arya cleared her pace. He turned to face the young man. Arya stared intently at the young man then revealed her cultivation level.

Wusshs..

"I don't like the people who threaten me. If you want to live longer think about your words." Said Arya who had been in front of the young man and grabbed the young man by the neck and lifted him up.

The people around me became stunned.

"Wow... It turned out that the young man was hiding his cultivation. At such a young age already being at the realm of nine-star Legend was truly incredible. That young man is not an indiscriminate person. End the history of the menacing youth." Speak to the people around in awe.

"Ugh... Le.pass it.. L'm..Ughhhh.." The young man tried to wriggle from Arya's grip, but Arya did not budge and further added to the strength of her grip on the young man's neck. The people around who helped justify the speech of the young man now felt cold heat. They did not expect the person they were provoking turned out to be a great person.

"Brother stop immediately, you can kill him here." Tang Xiao said touching Arya's right hand for Arya to take off her grip from the young man's neck that was visibly gasping.

Bruck..

Arya took off her grip, her killing aura slowly being pulled back. He crouched down and grabbed the collar of the young man's shirt.

"If we meet in the tournament area, remember to get ready to dig your own grave and never bother my friends again." Arya said coldly then got up and walked over to Tang Xiao and the others. The oranv by itself got out of the way and gave way.

"Thank you brother Tang, if you don't stop maybe the man has been killed." Said Arya while clenching her hands together in front of her chest.

"I didn't expect it to turn out that Arya's brother hid his cultivation all along. Brother is indeed a genius at this young age." Reply Tang Xiao smiled.

"Haha brother Tang, you are very humble. I know the four of you preach his cultivation even though I don't know already in what realm, you are obviously great people." Arya smiled broadly.

"Even I can feel the dangerous air of the foursome brothers especially brother Tang. As a cultivator who walked on the path of the sword, I can see that brother Tang has mastered the Body Consecration Soul Sword. There were only two people in this world who had such an aura. The first one I know is my teacher and the second one is brother Tang." Arya said casually.

That remark made Tang Xiao go silent for a moment. Andri, Jessika and Denas. They had not expected Arya to be able to dismantle some of Tang Xiao's strength.

"Brother Arya is great. Among the four of us, brother Tang is the greatest. It's just that he's hiding his powers." Andri said confirming Aryan analysis.

Shortly afterwards while chatting, it was finally Tang Xiao's turn to pass through the gatekeepers. No matter what happened when Tang Xiao's group passed the guards who turned out to be friendly enough that everyone who entered did not feel dangerous and anxious about the security inside the city.

"Sufficiently friendly guard. This town isn't as bad as I thought." Denas muttered from beside Tang Xiao as soon as they entered the city.

"Once and awhile it's good to get in and out of all sorts of cities." Timpal Jessika from beside Andri.

"Hmmm. We better find an inn. I hope there are many empty ones." Timpal Andri while looking here and there.

"A big, luxurious city. Pretty interesting atmosphere." Typal Arya looked around. It was already dark as soon as Tang Xiao and the others entered the city.

The night atmosphere in the Star Pavilion city did look beautiful. The lantern lights are installed on each side of the road. Crystal lights installed in every building edge of the road add to the atmosphere of the city excitement. It seemed like the city had been decorated in such a way as to welcome the guests who came.

"This place is quite decent. Let's go in who knows there's still an empty room." Said Tang Stopping his steps as soon as he found an inn that was not big but not also small.

"The architecture of the building is also pretty good. Tang's brother's taste is indeed unusual." Timpal Arya looking up his head looking at the building in front of him. It says on the pindu top of the building "Griya Dahar Inn."

The five young men entered the inn. They were greeted with some young girls kindly.

"Welcome to the visitors. Do you want to stay or just have dinner?" Ask the servants in turn.

"We want to stay. There is still an empty room

for five?" Answer Andri relaxed. As the chairman of the Andri group he is responsible for things like this.

"It just so happened that our room was four. How's mister?" Ask the waiter without throwing away his smile.

"It's okay, we accept." Jessika replied quickly without waiting for Andri to ask them.

"Alright, please gentlemen do a Chek in in the loby. There's someone there who arranges all your needs." The waiter bowed and let his guests into the lobby.

"Second brother's in the room with first brother?" Denas asked from the side teasing Jessika.

"Of course not. Second brother will room with you." Jessika replied casually regardless of the other shock especially Andri.

"Sister Andri don't misunderstand me first. I have my own reasons why I'm rooming with my fourth sister." Jessika's words calmed Andri who looked a little jealous. Jessika clasped Andri's hand tightly to calm her lover.

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Hooaamm...😴😴

Anyone know why Jessika prefers a room with Denas who is a man?

Lately rarely up because the work is piling up and waiting to be completed immediately.

Normal ups like yesterday may still be October or December. Hehe... As long as it's possible up her once every two or three days.