Chapter 181
Even now, after thousands of years, Lidan still feared the man whose strength seemed to increase with age.
"O-old man Huo, don't anger yourself lest you burn the palace again..."
"Don't you dare speak! You left the palace and I had to rule in your stead for a d.a.m.n thousand years! Did you know what a ha.s.sle it was for an old man like me to manage the kingdom. You toured around the mortal world all this time and with what face did you return here?"
Feng Huo couldn't help but spill out all his grievances like a kid complaining to his mother. With a heaving chest and bright red face, Feng Huo looked like a cooked shrimp, making Lidan purse his lips tightly so as not to let out a laugh slip.
Feng Huo whose eyesight had not diminished, caught on to that slight movement of Lidan's. Only G.o.d knew how he hated ruling a kingdom, he was the one to enjoy wine and rain. How could a lazy man like him be expected to rule a kingdom? But, the impossible happened all thanks to the great-great-great-grandson who was currently standing before him without an ounce of remorse.
"Are you laughing at me?" Completely riled up, Feng Huo started to fold his sleeves as if wanting to start a fight.
At the old man's actions, all traces of laughter disappeared from his heart. Feeling alarmed, Lidan started to coax the old man, who can turn anything into ash with a single flick of his fingers.
"Please pardon me, old Huo. There will no next time, you can be rest a.s.sured."
Pausing his actions in the middle, Feng Huo stared at Lidan with a raised brow.
"In the name of Agni, I vow not to cause anymore trouble." Seeing the doubts on Feng Huo's face, Lidan hurriedly vowed.
Finally, the old man's heart calmed down and his expression eased, all the traces of doubt and uneasiness disappearing at the mention of the Fire G.o.d, the G.o.d their race wors.h.i.+ped. Lying in front of the G.o.ds was a Blasphemy and so, Feng Huo totally believed in Lidan this time.
Finally, the brat seemed sensible and mature!
On seeing that the old man calmed down by a few degrees, Lidan finally found the courage to speak.
"Old man, Lian is in the mortal world."
After Huang Lian's unexpected death, Lidan left the G.o.d's realm saying that he would return only after he found his sister again. So, it was not that difficult to guess the reason behind his return. But, Feng Huo had his own doubts.
After Huang Lian's death, her soul was scattered into many parts and sealed away by the Demon king. Later rumors has been spread out that even the Demon king had failed to seal a few parts of her soul. The rumors might or might not have been true, but the people of Phoenix race held on to the last threads of their hope and went out to search for any traces of her broken soul.
They had searched all over the realms for any traces of her diminis.h.i.+ng soul, all their searches to be in vain. So, the entire phoenix race had buried their hopes of seeing their princess again. It was only Huang Lidan, who did not lose hopes and left the G.o.d's realm saying that he would only come back after finding her.
A few years back, Feng Huo heard from Lidan that a girl named Xia Lian resided in the mortal world, who had the same appearance as Huang Lian. But, the girl was sickly and always seemed at the brink of death. After hearing the news, he had personally rushed to the mortal world disguised as a monk to see the girl for himself. After examining her, he had concluded that the girl is indeed the reincarnation of a part of Huang Lian's soul. But, the soul force within the girl was too weak to keep her alive.
The girl could live no longer than a few weeks in the G.o.d realm, which was equivalent to twelve years in the mortal world. As per reason, the girl should be dead by now.
So, how come the girl was alive?