Xing who was leaning in the tree crying her heart out, found her sorrows got lifted a bit and she saw some fruits beside her and she heard her stomach grumbling. She didn"t remember the last time she ate and so she ate the fruits without minding much and then a jar of milk appeared and Xing drank it without any reservations too.So the gift that G.o.d gave is still valid. The mountain still gives her what she needs and what she wants - the cure for her infertility, is not what she needs according to the G.o.ds apparently!
As her stomach got filled, Xing"s mind got clearer too and she started to put the pieces of the puzzle she had learned in the past few days together.
So, she was supposed to be born with a brother who is good with swords and her paternal family should have been eliminated on her birthday. But since her mother hid using a spell, the G.o.ds could not know about her being pregnant and only after Xing was born as they couldn"t interfere. Even she was born early and Fei Lian had to bring her to life by marking her over her heart.
So I am important for them. Even though my brother who is supposed to be good at sword doesn"t exist, they still needed me because.... Oh, right! My blood...! To kill Old Rong!
But if all they need is my blood, they"d have taken it just like that, why? Wait.... Impossible....
Xing remembered what her Master Yuan had told her about certain blood spells that can only be broken if the one who offers their blood does so Willingly with their whole heart.... Same kind of spell around the Imperial Palace...
She smirked... Just who is this person who had put such deadlocks on those G.o.ds they had no other way but to wait for some person with a particular blood combination to appear and beg them? And why does it seem like the one who did all that had predicted what the G.o.ds might do and did every precautions to protect that one who can break spells?
Then Xing remembered what she dreamed last night, what her master said, that it was all his fault...
So... Could that be, her Master was the one who put all those spells? Then she remembered that back when her brother Rijun was targeted by that Fox Demon, her master had saved her and he had used the spell of invisibility, hiding even his presence to help her. Also even the fox clan revered him. So who is this Master Yuan? Even Fei Lian knows him...
Also could it be that her master put that spell to hide her mother too? Xing knew her mother knew nothing about spells and G.o.ds and she was slightly against Xing being close to the G.o.ds too. Also if her mother was the one who had put a spell to conceal herself from the G.o.ds, they wouldn"t have made a deal with her mother the day she was born to save the Huang family. So it definitely was not her mother who used such spells but someone else who had used those spells to hide her from the G.o.ds. Could this be her Master Yuan too?
Xing patted her cheeks that went almost numb by the coldness outside and the various thoughts kind of brought her spirit back. What is all these Mysteries about?
But if master Yuan tried to protect me, why did he treat me that cruelly when I was just a child to teach me sword techniques and he even put a spell on me to forget him and not his training.
Xing thought about it for a long time before she remembered another rule of the Heavenly realm...
If it is meant to be, it will be...
If she is supposed to have a brother, he will exist. If he was not born to her mother by all the confusions, he might have crossed the time and s.p.a.ce as redirected by the G.o.ds and born as someone else,somewhere else...
This is getting more interesting...
Xing didn"t know where he might have been born and whether he might be older than her or younger but he will exist somewhere... Either in their kingdom or in some other kingdom... Chances are higher that he will have Lu blood in him too...
Now Xing knew why her master was that hard on her and trained her to be tough and able to do everything a man could do. Her supposed brother"s characteristics were belligerent and ambitious and it won"t change even when he is born as someone else"s son.
The G.o.ds want her blood for killing Old Rong. But for other tasks like protecting the Lu blood and saving the kingdom, they need a strong and mighty warrior. A woman won"t be suitable for that and it is highly possible that the G.o.ds will use this supposed brother for other purposes.
So does Master Yuan knows who this supposed brother of mine is? Could it be that he is from another kingdom? Is that why he trained me to be strong and valiant so the G.o.ds won"t go to that brother to save their kingdom? Because if the G.o.ds choose him to be the saviour of their kingdom, their kingdom will be ruled by another person from another kingdom and their people will be treated as slaves by him.
If that is the case shouldn"t I actually help the Emperor to save this kingdom rather than let someone else do it for us? If I let someone else save our kingdom, won"t my Huang family be the first one to suffer along with the Emperor and Shengli? Won"t he try to eliminate every royalty from this kingdom to strengthen his empire and his rule?
Xing rubbed her temples as she felt how messed up everything around her is...
So my master made sure I get stronger and me who had forgotten about my master followed his teachings and had proven myself to be useful to the G.o.ds by already correcting many wrongs of the past unknowingly and my master"s plan to save the kingdom from an outsider succeeded as the G.o.ds had asked me to do that now.
Fine... Now that I have a good understanding about everything else, why do the G.o.ds stress on me to live inside the place?
Xing sat more comfortably on a branch of the tree as the ground had gone colder and wondered.
And, that"s when she remembered, The G.o.ds are in warring factions now and how the G.o.d of Fate was brought to the discussions and how he was still holding the Heavenly Emperor telling him to give free pa.s.ses from fate against him.
During wars, either in the human realm or the heavens, the G.o.d of Fate determines the winner or loser. Xing"s fate already written ensured the win of the Heavenly Emperor"s faction as her brother helped in killing Old Rong and all his acquaintances. But trying to be fair to the humans, the Heavenly Emperor had angered the G.o.d of fate and the future might change in a way that is possibly unfavourable to him.
So in order to coax the G.o.d of Fate, they are asking her to stay in the Imperial Palace as it was first written in the initial fate. There must be no other reason but this... A silly reason... To please the G.o.d of Fate so he would support them still... Even though the G.o.d of Marriage had accepted their union!
Xing sighed! Why am I caught in all those messes?
But considering everything that is happening around her, it would be better if she just do what the G.o.ds ask of her. It would be better for her sake, her kingdom"s sake and for the G.o.ds too... But...
CHENGLEI!
Xing who had almost got her spirits back felt her heart sink once more thinking about him...