The Legend of the Devil
Ch. 20 - Li Jia Xing and the Feng Empire
As the people said, the Feng Empire was one of the most beautiful empires. The towering mountain range pierced through the clouds, the various herbs flourishing on it gave off extremely beautiful colors, as spring came the Feng Empire would be flooded with guests from various other empires.
The Emperor Palace itself was no less charming than the natural scenery of the empire. A giant building with light green shades accompanied by thousands of gems scattered on the floor welcomed their footsteps. The giant white swan statue in the middle of the crystal clear pond caught Xue Zhan's attention for a moment.
That place was the grandest and most beautiful place he had ever seen, it was natural that Xue Zhan was unceasingly gobsmacked. In contrast to his more formal and rigid Imperial palace. This place promotes natural beauty.
They thought the priest would bring it all the way into the palace, Xue Zhan was also curious how it was contained within. But suddenly the man turned towards a small street connected to a small gazebo next to a giant swan statue. A very beautiful woman was enjoying the atmosphere with a female servant, enjoying a warm tea. The smile on his face seemed to expand when he noticed the presence of three other people besides his messenger.
"You're finally there."
He looked at Kang Jian a little worriedly. "Have you made sure no one's following you?"
"of course. Besides, if there is any, I'm sure that person has already died from the Storm of the Wind Goddess."
I heard a little laugh from the woman. Jiazhen Yan and Xue Zhan both frowned in wonder, how could the two of them speak so intimately. The woman may look like a 17-year-old girl with cloud-white skin and beaded green eyes. Li Jia Xing is 127 years old.
The leader of the Feng Empire was a woman, famous for her beauty that had spread to all corners. He is said to have inherited the power of the Wind Goddess, and was dubbed the Protector by his people.
That smile was still faithfully plastered on his face, he greeted the two people Kang Jian had brought.
"Welcome, young warrior. I hope you enjoy the view here with our food. Are any of you disciples raised by Kang Jian?"
The person Li Jia Xing was referring to was Xue Zhan, he raised his hand politely as he replied. "Right, it was me."
"Ahahaha it turns out that the rumors are true ..."
Xue Zhan heard that remark, surely the next word that came out was his identity as a demon. It seems like this has happened repeatedly. The person that Kang Jian knew was shocked to hear that he had a disciple and was even more shocked to find out he was a demon.
"I heard a lot about you, it seems that Emperor Ziran has a reason not to directly kill you."
"Your Majesty, please don't continue," Kang Jian cut politely. Li Jia Xing's servant woman also reprimanded him for not discussing too far. This was the internal matter of the Diqiu Empire. Only Emperor Ziran made that decision.
But Li Jia Xing still continued with his smile widening, his eyes closed when he smiled, "I would probably think of killing you if it was in his position. But it sounds like Emperor Ziran took the risk too far. Other empires that hear you save a demon must feel threatened, this creates conflict and also groups of villains from all over the continent will definitely come after you."
Although conveying it with soft words, the sentence was accompanied by deep condemnation and threats. Emperor Feng, Li Jia Xing finished his tea in one gulp before standing up from his seat.
Xue Zhan lowered his face, not daring to look at that green-eyed bead directly. He pulled over as the woman passed, his long robe even sweeping the tiles, walking away leaving a rhythmic heel patter of feet. The female servant who was always by Li Jia Xing's side spoke while breathing out.
"The lady is very outspoken, but that's how she is. Please don't take it to heart, I know he didn't mean it ..."
'Don't mean that'. Xue Zhan didn't know if he could believe it. Or the woman just calms herself down.
They are led to a much more convenient place to discuss secret missions. In a place that the enemy would not be able to infiltrate, then Li Jia Xing free to open his voice.
"Right now our biggest problem is that no one knows for sure where the Red Taring headquarters is." Her opening sentence was accompanied by the despair seen on her pretty face, Li Jia Xing continued while taking a deep breath.
"Sometimes they were tracked, but when they came to his base they had left without leaving a trace. And also the information about the Light is so difficult to obtain, especially about the abilities of their higher-ups ... We are in an unfortunate position. Attacked secretly with blind eyes, can only accept defeat when slowly destroyed ..."
He offered several papers, "The last report of about 202 people killed in the deadliest attack. It was located in the northern inland river of the Feng Empire, the Ning River."
"Right now our guess is on the only 'informator' on the ground. Although it may be wrong, but I want you to confirm this truth secretly. We can't act rashly let alone our opponent is the Red Taring."
Li Jia Xing stared intently at Xue Zhan. "make sure this mission goes perfectly without any obstacles." He even replaced the word fluent with the word perfect. His gaze pressed on the two young men.
"If you need a more capable swordsman to help you on this mission, we have so much." Li Jia Xing's proposal was rejected subtly by Kang Jian. They chatted for a moment until they finally left from there, headed for the nearest inn to rest before tomorrow going into the hinterland in the North of Feng Empire.
The shadow about the situation of the interior of the Feng Empire slightly made Xue Zhan tremble. The vast land on the border alone was already extremely dangerous, let alone their inland territory.
They ordered a room for three. Just overnight. While resting, Kang Jian again checked the papers he received. Taking a look at some of the things in it, without him noticing Xue Zhan also came reading behind him.
"The attacks that happened in a row in Feng Empire sounded very strange."
Jiazhen Yan who slept on her back with two hands behind her head opened one of her eyes.
"Obviously they're playing around. What else are you asking."
Kang Jian replied, "This act of attack may be their way of shaking the opponent."
Yet Xue Zhan caught on to something else, he was confident in his instincts. "But I heard their last attack before this failed. Then they came back with a bigger attack. There must be something behind this."
He sat cross-legged while propping up his chin.
"For example?" Kang Jian changed his seat to face Xue Zhan.
"Something they were looking for. The same time they came to Guxia Village to look for me. There was something in the Feng Empire that was their target ...."
Kang Jian's eyes seemed to open when he heard the sharp words from Xue Zhan, he didn't even think up to it.
"In the Ning River, there is one thing that has been hidden for decades. Maybe that's the answer."