Chapter 8: Chapter 6, The Fairies at the south

It's a Catastrophe I tell you? In the years of war, Lin succeeded in becoming the only heir to take the throne, the emperor is crazy and rewarded Lin for killing his brothers and seemed like he is no longer the emperor that is soft and warm, he was blinded with power after he conquered land and fought war with other countries

"good, good! you are truly a great emperor Lin, you will take my throne one day and rule over the land, as for the sons and daughters of your brothers, let us spare them and be a children of the palace at least they know their place!!!" the emperor smiled and tapped Lin by the shoulder

"how about Xu?" Lin looked at his father, he just smiled and spoke

"do not worry about him, the people will not take Catastrophe as a ruler for they are cursed, use him as a tool at war and puppet to protect the land" Lin let out a laughter and praised his father

"truly wise my father!!" says He

The sky is dark and grey and rain poured down like heaven's tears, Fei Xu cried in the tomb of his two brothers, they were not kind to him nor close but Fei Xu is sad for this kind of crisis will affect the innocent people and the sons and daughters of his brothers will be a tool that Lin will throw away to the kingdoms as a reward for being his alliance, he knew he won't stand a chance to the emperor and If he takes the throne the people will not trust him but will consider him as a demon who betrayed his family

"why? why did it turn out like this!!!" he cried gritting his teeth, the pain is too much and his mind is clouded with fear for the innocent

"Lin'er, you don't deserve the throne!!!" says Fei Xu, he stood up and walked away, the rain poured hard and heavy like the prince's heart, Xu is out of control and now on his way back to the border where he is to plan another way to defeat the enemy

"Fei Jin, My son!" he gritted his teeth and clench his fist

"grow up, and fix this damn world!!!" Fei Xu's eyes are cold and fearless, he is 25 years old now and has no time to celebrate his birthday, Instead he mourned for his brother's death

Fei Jin started his daily task, after meditating, it is now time to show his masters his skills, his swordmaship is really fast and the speed is really good, his kung fu is full of grace and elegant movement

Fei Jin and the two masters went to the forest and looked for a nearby dead tree, nature grower is not easy to master, combine your love with nature and grow your power with the ancestor of the plants this way Jin can have the ability to help them grow or live again, this kind of power can help you gather nature's energy to enhance your power and strength, Jin can also have all his time mastering nature energy since it needs the performance of Taichi

as the boy gracefully performs his Taichi with his masters the energies from the live trees are gathered to their body, after performing Taichi, they will go to the forest of dead trees and perform another Taichi to transfer the energies to the dead so they can live again, dead trees can actually give them a better energy to meditate and create a perfect power since its ancestral and old, especially for Jin who needs lots of ancestral energy in his body

it takes time til the energies from the dead trees to be released, so Jin will come back another day to meditate without performing Taichi

they went back to the temple and finally Jin performed his power to control the sword of blood, his mission is to balance the sword to stand firm to its tip to the ground and he did it, the sword looks majestic balanced through the gravity

"I wanna balance to it too?" Jin said excitedly

"try!" says Shao Qi

Jin stood at the handle of sword and sat there like a dog looking high and beautiful, his eyes glowed as he balance still

"that's good Jin'er we will also practice more tactics and let you play with that sword, Master controling gravity and combine them with your energy"

7 years later in the land of shining dawn where magic is alive and colors are singing with grace and stunning view bestowed the eyes of a person, the Kingdom of Ju where fairies live in harmony are singing and dancing happily in their homes, it's a place like everyone wanna live for it is in peice and relaxing

the emperor sat on his Golden throne looking old but strong, though his eyes are sad while deeply thinking about his neighboring countries

the land is devided with 4 or more kingdoms where each has their own kind, The Ju state, land of pearl and healing fairies

The Bao state, where it is rich in gold and farms

The Pei state where it is surrounded by bodies of water, rich with fish and water beast, humans there has a good relationship with water beast which makes them unique

and lastly the Zhu state, biggest in warriors and won hundreds of war who conquered lands and showed no mercy to its kind, it is feared and out of bound for it has the era of cold and bloody royalties

"Diánxià what's on your mind?" asked Eunach Li Lun, the best friend of Emperor Rong Bai Xia, he heaved a sigh and caress his long silver beard

"old friend didn't I tell you not to stand, I brought you golden chair next to my throne so you will not get tired-" he said with a still sad face

"ah yes Diánxià but I'm a Eunuch?"

"no, you are my old friend, you have been with me all my life so now sit and don't get tired?"

Li Lun sat down a little uncomfortable but he sigh in relief for he can now sit and relax his swollen legs

"Li Lun, my neighbors cannot stop fighting, I'm afraid if this keep on going they might come and conquer my land!!!" he said

"how impudent are those lowly headed humans to come to our place, we are known for healers and herb makers they dare come and destroy this land, a gift from heaven, Diánxià at least we are all prepared and our armies can withstand them!!" says the uncomfortable Li Lu

"I know, and I know they will not dare lay a blade in our territory, but what worries me is the innocent people in their land, oh poor humans!!!" he sigh, he walked to the balcony and looked at the land of Ju, a place of pearl and healing fairies, at peace and quiet while the neighbors are all at war

"Li Lu sometimes I feel guilty!!" he frowned

"there is no place in your heart to feel guilty Diánxià, you are a good ruler and optimistic, all of us is lucky to have you!!!" Li Lu sat next to the chair opposite to his majesty, he poured him some tea and drank with him

"Li Lu how is the fairies I send at outside?" the emperor started another topic

"they came back but some stayed to heal more innocent people, Diánxià the court also asked you to send a royalties to send them outside since they are good at healing and has stronger energy!!" Emperor Rong Bai Xia sigh and looked at Eunuch Li Lu

"summon my childrens and their mothers!!!"

A girl with a veil in her face looked at the busy road and pulled out a silver to buy herself a material, Rong Yunxi escaped out of the palace again just to look around and play

"mister, how much is this Qingyang sachet (scented embroidered bag)"

"2 silvers they are expensive perfumes!!"

"haaa, but at the other side its-"

"little girl are you gonna buy it or not, besides that can last long!!" the salesman said with a confident look in his face

"fine, here?" Yunxi took the Qingyang bag and marched away

"Xièxiè (Thank you) little girl-" Yunxi rolled her eyes and talked back

"I'm not a little girl!!!" she ran away and looked around the food stall, so many yummy street foods and snack she can buy that they do not serve inside the palace, she brought some food and munch them as she walk to the busy street

"I wonder if Yuan is okay pretending to be me!!" she wondered and walked away

Rong Yunxi is the second princess of Ju Kingdom a half human half fairy, just like the normal fairies at the busy street but Yunxi has the ability to heal since she is from royal blood, Yunxi is considered a bastard because her mother is a human peasant from the outside, although she never saw her she still seeks for her and tries to escape and find her mother, but boy she is unlucky, her father never wanted her to go out again and kept her tucked inside the palace

as she wonders around the area, she noticed two men sighting at her as if she is being spied by someone, usually guards will come right at her and take her back but today is different, Yunxi walked away to see if they will follow her, she was startled when they ran towards her holding a weapon

"ah, who are you!!!" she ran away til she reached a blocked wall, it was a dead end and now she is surrounded by the two men, she kept her veil on and cried

"who are you, do you know who I am?" she asked

"princess today is your unlucky day, we were just ordered I hope you can forgive us!!!" they ran towards her with the dagger, she blocked them with her hand and waited for a pain to come but she heard another sound of blades clanging from a fight

Yunxi opened her eyes and witnessed Xiuming to her rescue

"gēgē! (brother)" she yelled and went up to Xiuming

"Yunxi I looked all over for you!!!" Xiuming shook her

"gēgē those guys tried to kill me!!!" she cried out

"Gōngzhu (princess)!!!" Yuan cried and ran to her and hugged her tight, Gu Yuan is Yunxi's loyal servant, finally Xiuming found his little sister gone after he wondered around to look for her sisters as ordered by the emperor for all princess and prince to gather, Xiuming left in a hurry and found her in a dangerous state

"Yunxi, are you okay, who were those guys!!!" says he

"did they ran away?"

"yes, they seem skilled!!!" Xiuming made a face

"Xiuming, they know me and said they were just ordered by someone!!" Yunxi cried again

"what? who would dare!!!" Xiuming wiped her tears away and escorted her to the carriage so they can go back to the palace

Emperor Rong Bai Xia waited as the princess come and bow to him, the consorts are also there as a respect and responsible for their daughters and sons

"where is the crown prince and second princess?" Eunuch Li Lu spoke and looked around

"probably escaped again your majesty!!!" says one consort named Xin Ba Li, the mother of second Princess and third Prince

"what do you mean she escaped, where is Xiuming?" the emperor spoke in demise

"Calm down Emperor, they might have had a dilemma in coming here let's wait a little longer, this time the second consort spoke, Fu Chen the mother of The youngest prince

"there is no time waiting, guards!"

"Father!!!" Xiuming spoke and came inside with Yunxi to bow respect

"where have you two been?" asked Rong Bai Xia

"we went to the Jade garden to gather some herbs, Yunxi wanted them so I went there with her, forgive us father for being late?" spoked the crown prince

"rise both of you!!!" they went to their respective places and finally listened to his highness

"today Eunuch Li Lu received a letter that the fairies who went to heal innocent people at Zhu state is in danger and no longer has the energy to heal so I ordered them to come back and rest, blood and war kept on going so I had the plan to order at least one of you to go outside the kingdom and heal innocent people and soldiers" they all gasped and looked at the king with so many questions

"but Diánxià, we are royal members-"

"yes, that's the case here, royal members has the power to heal many and I pity those who are innocent, that's why I had to decide which of you will go" the emperor commanded and looked at each one of them

"Xiuming is a crown prince and has a duty of training his power and strength to defend this country" the empress said as she gestured her eyes on his only son

"but I'm the eldest!!" Xiuming replied

"silence!!!" The empress glared at him

"Diánxià my daughter Xiao Wen is ill due to her severe fever she cannot go!!!" the consort looked at her and has the eyes of pretend

"then my third child-"

"father I don't wanna go, it's too dangerous!" says prince Jia

"shut up your a prince and should be exposed with millitary events, stop being a pussy you are 15-" the emperor roared

"Diánxià please spare my son- why not let the second princess go since she always sneak out!!!" everyone looked at Yunxi

"yes that's right she is half human blood she cannot be easily recognized by her kind!!!- besides she can hide her wings pretty fast without using any potion" says consort Ba Li

"but she's only 12!!" Xiuming defended

"I understand your concern crown prince since you are the eldest but they are right, without potion Yunxi can hide her wings!!" says the emperor

"that's right!!!"

"yunxi you better agree!!"

"she's just 12!!" Xiuming defended again

"then who will we send the baby prince- Xiuming just understand!!!" seems like the throne is crowded with noises and the emperor is stressed

"Shut up all of you!!!" roared his highness

"Yunxi you decide, you go or let your third brother!!" they all glared at Yunxi except for Xiuming who has a concerned face

it was always been like this for yunxi, she's not pure blooded fairy and can hide her wings anytime she wanted, fairies hide their wings but once they feel a little dry they need to take out their wings to feel the wind and nature to keep them hydrated so they can gather energies to create their own power

fairies is devided into categories, The Herb farmers who loves to plant herbs and rare plants, they are expert with soils and herb histories, second is the poison fairies, they create poison and poisons that can detoxify as well as antidote themselves, they have great knowledge and remarkable skills using it from good and evil, then we have the citizen fairies, they are normal fairies who likes to live normally but is not blessed to have a wings of their own, instead they have the ability to have blood healing process which they sacrifice their blood to save anyone they need to save but in exchange their body will weaken, then fourth is the warrior fairies, anyone can be a warrior and soldiers to protect the land as long as they swore with their life that they will guard everyone, any soldiers who betrays shall be put to death

and lastly we have the Royal blood, they have the ability to heal the land with their own power, and the emperor has the responsibility to protect the people and outsiders who is in need of help, as a healing fairies they should give and ask nothing in return but if they must then so be it

"I'll go!" Yunxi replied to the emperor

"Diánxià, my little sister is only twelve!!!" says the eldest

"we'll arrange guards to look after her!!"

"can't I come, father I am 18 and should take the responsibility to protect our people!!!" Xiuming said looking at Yunxi with pity, among his brother and sisters he is only close to the fourth and hates the rest except the youngest

"you have small chance to heal, but Yunxi can!!!" Xiuming felt a little dissapointed and knelt down, he is overprotective over Yunxi since she does not have anyone close to her but Xiuming, she grew up without a mother and a small chance of love from their dear Father who is always busy at court

"Xiuming gēgē, it's alright, I can do it!!!" Yunxi said and ran to Xiuming

"Father, I am the eldest the next person to your throne, what is the use of my Kung Fu if you won't even send me into battle to protect my people, please! I want experience and protect my sister from humans!!!" he bowed his head, the emperor was gently touched and felt the overprotective love of Xiuming towards Yunxi just like how he protected his late little sister

"Rong Xiuming, outside world is not a good place you must stay-"

"Empress!!! shut your mouth and quit acting like a brat, your child is willing to protect the land and his sister, and he is right? an experience is a good upportunity to make once person's mind keen and strong! being a pussy and agree to what a pampered parent's decision will just make you a fool and weak, even if you give him lots of knowledge and train him with shit, but if he does not have any experience then he is a thrash!!" everyone shut up from the word that came out of the emperor's mouth that even the crown prince was speechless

"Yunxi, Xiuming, I'll assign you two to go to the borders and wonder the state Zhu and help those innocent, even if they are sinners heal them, perhaps If they are healed they will repent but if not the power of healing inside them will turn to poison, Yunxi you have been studying that right!!!" the emperor said

"yes father!!" she bowed

"good, go back all of you, Yunxi and Xiuming take a rest and pack up, prepare herbs and potions, tomorrow morning you will set out and begin your journey" Rong Bai Xia commanded

the consorts and other children set off with smiles in their face while the empress glared at the prince, he knows he will have a scolding and her mother will never agree but she will have no choice