The Pathway

Voice-cryers.

Messages of high importance and urgency, sent through the mind force. They were only sent when mind-voice connection couldn"t be made with the ent.i.ty intended. No immediate connection was needed to send a voice-cryer but their must be a previous connection between the sender and the receiver. The mind-force containing the message, would travel through s.p.a.cetjme until it reached the receiver. Provided that it wasn"t intercepted by a more powerful force.

Depending on the time and distance, these cryers were extremely dificult to make and highly tasking. The more powerful the sender, the more difficult and tasking the voice-cryer. The reason voice-cryers were not used frequently.

Lord Gaius continued to move at maximum speed as his mind was anxiously occupied. This particular voice-cryer, was sent to him by Reena. It was Reena we were talking about here. Reena, the nascent soul demiG.o.d. Who wouldn"t like her? A very beautiful soul in every possible ways. Moreover, she was the second nascent soul of their village. And as nascent souls, they were bound to help one another in their time of needs, as long as it was justified.

The message he recieved was short.

"Trouble. Xue-Ku."

A Xue Ku? That was justified.

With a deadly grim face, he intensified his flight. Retracing the direction of the voice cryer, he was led into the JinJin village. From there, he follwed the after-sense of Reena"s divine aura into the Ivory-yonder, using his spiritual sight. Since he already had a mind connection with Reena before, it was easier for him to trace her after-sense aura. As soon as he entered the plain, he saw a dense blood aura with traces of dark blood essence, surrounding a cultivator in a red armor, walking towards the direction of closed gates. The same direction of the after-sense of Reena"s divine aura.

It didn"t matter if he was the same Xue Ku that Reena was talking about or not. A Xue Ku was a rogue blood cultivator. A rogue blood cultivator, killed innocent mortals and immortals alike. As simple as that.

Descending to the ground in full force, lord Gaius raised his ma.s.sive war hammer and hit the ground with great force.

The Raging Abyss.

A powerful terran cyclone that would grind anything caught inbetween, unless the opponent was more powerful. This was a move that lord Gaius, recently learned from lord Primus. Oh, how wonderful to use it against such a rogue cultivator, even if he wasn"t the one Reena was talking about.

"Uh?"

Sensing an impending martial arts move, Lang Hai stopped and quickly created a force-field around himself. As the tremor pa.s.sed through the ground and headed his way, he floated into mid-air and retreated backwards. The terran abyssal energy dispersed with great force, out of the ground, between the blood cultivator and the forsaken gates.

"Argh!"

He twirled around with a face full of grievous anger. Who or what, could be the source of such a display? He cast a quick backward glance at the Raging Abyss that was still in effect, before focusing on the streak of light, blurring towards his position. Why did everyone like interfering in his dealings? He squinted his eyes as he examined the new ent.i.ty before him. An immortal of the middle-stage nascent soul. Even if he was sent by the G.o.ds, he should know better than to confront him.

"Why?!"

With his eyes on Lang Hai, Gaius digested the details of the body-infused red armor that Land Hai was wearing. A chaotic blood armor? Could it be? An ascendant? Gaius knew this was trouble, definitely more than his power level. But, he would just act as if he was unaffected.

"You are a Xue Ku."

"Another righteous defender. I know I"m a Xue Ku! So what?!"

"Only Xue Wu is permitted under the laws of this land."

"Laws of this lands?! I follow no mortal law. If they are not from the heavenly gathering of the G.o.ds or the council of the celestials, they are not for me."

"Easy way to power, using innocent lives. Not abiding by the laws. Detestable."

"Think what you may. We are not for you to judge, creation will decide that when we face the sisters. And that, is not in any of my plans. Immortality is what we all seek. Isn"t that what you also seek, fellow immortal?"

Lang Hai stared dangerously at Gaius, as if daring him to contradict. When he didn"t receive any answer, he continued.

"Life is what it is, no s.p.a.ce or time for regrets. Now I employ you, to go your own way while I go on mine. We can still maintain our peace on this day."

"And if I say "no"?"

"Then, it can end up a sad tale."

Lord Gaius continued to observe Lang Hai, as he thought about his next step. The powerful aura emanating from the blod cultivator, was an indication of his cultivation"s level as a late-stage nascent soul. But in the world of combat, lord Gaius knew that it depended on both the nature of the martial and mystical arts techniques, and the cultivation level. If the rogue blood cultivator was an ascendant as he thought, then he could have a better technique than him, putting him in mortal danger.

Lang Hai glanced back just as the gates of the Forsaken Palace disappeared from view.

"Argh!"

This time, his anger was echoed by his mighty divine eagle that was circling overhead. Suddenly, his chaotic blood armor gave a blast of flaming blood before lighting up. He was slowly materialising his glaive, when a lady"s voice sounded as she descended from the cloud.

"Why are you two fighting? You don"t want to do that."

She was dressed in a pristine white robe, lined at the helm with glistering gold threads.

"Have you two fogotten the rules of the Forsaken palace? Better you settle your disputes another time."

Seconds later, other nascent soul cultivators started to arrive from different angles.

With his chaotic blood armor rescinded, Lang Hai looked at Gaius with deadly pale eyes before shaking his head. He was well aware of the rules of the vicinity of the forsaken palace. Who would, in their right mind, offend the Jade emperor. Still staring at Gaius, he sent a mindvoice across.

"There will be another day."

He looked at the gathering nascent souls before streaking off into the sky.

After a moment, Gaius was standing on a small hill, overseeing the plains of Ivory-Yonder. That was so close to a battle. He later realized that he wouldn"t fare well against the blood cultivator. And the death-gaze, he still remembered the looks on the face of the rogue blood cultivator before he left. That was the look of a deadly predator. He would have to be on guard, always, to protect himself from such a dangerous cultivator.

Snapping out of his troubled thoughts, his mind wandered back to the present.

Ah. The plains of Ivory-yonder. One of the places that used to be the homes of the ancient ivory magical beasts. The mighty white Mastodons and the powerful golden saber-toothed tigers. Beasts with immense strength to rival that of some land divine beasts. Of them, there was even an ancient mythos. That these beasts with ivory tusk, could only be found in places of abundant terran energy. This was the reason for their incredible body strength. A pity it was now a shadow of its former self.

But, who could"ve known that an entrance of the Jade emperor"s forsaken palace, would be here. Why here? Though, he could sense traces of heavenly spiritual energy but not that much for any significant cultivation. Gaius remembered that the after-sense of Reena"s aura had indicated she had entered the forsaken palace. The mythical palace of fortune. How he wished for it to be opened again now. He looked around, at the many nascent souls waiting for the gates to appear and open for them.
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They were still waiting, when Gaius felt a faint familiar connection. Instantly, he sent out his mind voice.

"Lady Reena?"

"Yes it"s me, lord Gaius."

Quickly, he disappeared in the direction of the connection. Forsaken palace could wait, if it was still there. He would have to find Reena, to see if she was alright.

Not long after, he found Reena standing under a mighty oak tree.

"Lady Reena! Joyful heavens, you are alright."

"I guess I am, lord Gaius. Joyful heavens, indeed."

"I received your message as soon as I returned from my journey of self-enlightenment and came as quickly as possible. I guess it wasn"t quick enough. I only saw traces of your divine aura, entering the forsaken palace."

"I came across the forsaken palace by chance. I was running from the blood cultivator while tracing the direction of my son and his friends."

"I had an encounter with one, possibly the same one. Blood aura and chaotic blood armor."

"Yes, he"s the one. His name is Lang Hai. An ascendant with great powers and techniques. You should be more careful of him in the future. He"s much more powerful than you think."

"Hm. I will do that. By the way, what are they doing this faraway from their sect? I mean your son and others."

"It"s their luminary week, so they decided to go on an adventure. There was an elder with them also."

"Good enough. Glad you are safe and sound. I will probably join the other nascent souls at the Ivory-Yonder to wait for the next gate opening, lady Reena."

"No need to worry yourself, lord Gaius. The entrance is gone. It"s no more."

"Very well then. Any thing you still want to take care of, lady Reena?"

"No, lord Gaius. We are done here. I give my thanks, for coming."

"En. Nothing to it, lady Reena."

On their way back to the Skyspring village, Reena"s mind wandered back to the forsake palace. At the least, she would be needing the help of lord Gaius, soon. Lord Primus would have been the obvious choice but he already left on a sojourn. Order of the gathering of the G.o.ds and would take years for him to return at the least. Or, Urdith, the other t.i.tan on the Yamachi continent, if she would be available. Reena decided she would wait to see the best way to go about it when it would be the time. Maybe, lord Primus would have returned by then.

She hoped it wouldn"t be a sorrowful taking.

***

Euanthe was pacing restlessly, as she casted frequent glances at Aodh who was standing with his sight set on the far distance. A look of anxiety and apprehension on their faces as they contemplated the situation on hand.

It"s been over half day since they lost the contact with Reena. Reena always maintained her contact with her parents anytime she"s outside, though she never went outside the Ankhora continent. Nothing on the other continent to warrant a voyage from her, away from her family. At the least, she would inform them of this if she planned on taking one. And they knew as a true demiG.o.d of the nascent soul, Reena"s mind connection, could cover the whole of Ankhora continent if stretched. Thus, the reason for the concern of the sudden disconnectionin of their minds contact with her.

What could possibly have caused the disconnection?

Deep in thoughts, Aodh stroke his beard.

"It seems strange. Not like Reena."

"A demiG.o.d like our daughter wouldn"t have lost connection like that."

Said Euanthe, still pacing up and down.

"The distance was within her range, unless she"s gone to another continent."

"Could she have done that without informing us?"

"I don"t think so. Something seems off. I can feel it."

"What do you think of it?"

"I don"t know what to think of it,

As Aodh and Euanthe continued to conversed outside their cave with worried expressions, their connection to Reena was restored. They couldn"t contain their joy as they shouted in chorus.

"Reena!"