Chapter 5
They forget the terror that awaits them on the other side of the wall.
The kingdom would not be able enjoy prosperity forever. Referring from the records of history, no kingdom had ever been able to endure the test of time and remain standing forever.
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The Crawford kingdom had already begun to show signs of decline from within.
17 years ago, a coup d'état had occurred. Although, it had ultimately failed and the duke who led it was executed, it had weakened the royal family. Thousands of soldiers had perished, the newborn prince went missing and the king had fallen into coma with no signs of waking up after suffering severe injuries to the head.
Since then, the kingdom has been under the queen's ruling. Those who voiced their opposition were all personally executed by the queen in cold blood.
The tragedy of her family had transformed her into a cold ruthless ruler.
The throne belongs to her husband and she will defend it with her life. All who eyes the throne shall be killed without mercy.
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"My house is just there." Lina pointed in front to the building.
"Ah I see, Then I will see you next time. Goodnight teacher." Leon left without waiting for her reply.
Lina wanted to return his coat but considering she would be exposing herself; she held onto it and decided to return it at a later time after it is washed.
"Goodnight."
Heading inside her home, she tried to make her way to her room quietly but was immediately spotted. "My daughter, you are finally—What happened to you?"
Her Father, Earl Burgess Greene abruptly questioned her instead of giving a warm welcoming after seeing her look.
Lina's eyes swelled as she recounts what happened to her as they sat at the dinner table with her mother where the food had already gone cold. It was her father's birthday.
"Such audacity!!!"
Earl Burgess was immediately enraged and slammed the table after hearing his daughter's grievance.
How can he let his daughter be bullied like this!? But alas he is too useless of a father.
He is even reliant on his daughter to support the family.
The Greene family of the past was a military one, producing outstanding generals for each generation. However, he was not an outstanding general. He is completely ordinary.
"Alas, if it weren't that the d.a.m.n curse!"
The downfall of their family first began when they had favored the duke's side when the coup took place. Reasonably thinking, their entire family would have been executed as traitors.
However, due to their lack of partic.i.p.ation in the matter and in addition to their military contribution, they were spared. But not without consequences.
They were forced to drink the Water of Absolute Nothingness, a sinister and powerful poison that sealed their bloodline ability.
Although the queen seems lenient in the matter, the punishment was an absolute vicious one. The effects of the poison is pa.s.sed onto their descendants and from their descendants onto the next like a contagious disease.
It is not much different to cutting off one's lineage.
After being angry for a short moment, Earl Burgess could not do anything else except deflate back onto his chair.
"Sigh, this is the price for going against the royal family."
They should be thankful for just being alive and keeping their n.o.bility status.
"Go wash up and then come back down for dinner."
"Mm." Lina nodded sadly.
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Leon's home was not far from Lina's, only 5 minutes' walk. Leon closed the distance in a matter of seconds with his tempered body prowess.
Sneaking into the house, he headed straight for the bathroom and washed
His foster parents had later found out he was home and questioned him why he came home so late.
Leon made some random excuse of having stayed back for club activities that involved teaching dogs some tricks and how to behave.
Although his foster parents had their doubts about what kind club that was, they did not question further.
Kids will eventually grow up and have their own thoughts and secrets.
However, they were a bit sad when Leon addressed them as 'foster mum' and 'foster dad' instead of the usual dad and mum.
Leon had subconsciously created some distance between them.
He had immediately noticed this problem but didn't have a good solution to tackle the problem.
Although they were not his real birth parents, they did raise him with love and care.
Originally this would not have been a problem for the previous Leon, but now that his memories had awakened, with the latter being more dominant, he cannot bring himself to call them mum and dad.
His soul was in a complicated situation. Although he believes that after awakening his memories, he is still one and the same person. he has two different mindsets, character or rather personalities sharing the one soul, with the later one being more dominant.
The later character was shaped after experiencing 30 years of life in the Divine, different to the 17 years in this world that he learned to be called Gaia.
The clash between the two, blinds him from seeing his true self.
'Who is the real me? What is my true self?'
Leon had pushed the problem aside when he awakened but it proving to be increasingly difficult to ignore.
He had thought it would be fine to accept both parts of himself but there is that invisible barrier between the two, preventing them from merging to become one.
Leon wished he had someone who can enlighten him and give him the answers he needs.
Unfortunately, no one else can help him but himself.
The soul is complicated and very profound that not even the peak experts of the Divine Realm dare claim they have a full understanding of it.
He can only leave it be for now as he is helpless in the matter.
'It's better to focus on more important matters.'
It is already late in the night, but since Leon have the spare time alone, why would he waste it on sleep?
Fortunately, after cultivating a strand of primal chaos energy, he can now access the [Divine Book of Life] in his soul core. The World s.p.a.ce of the divine book has a special environment, overflowing with lifeforce that aids the growth of spirit plants planted inside.
The spirit plants grown inside also have a higher chance of upgrading to a higher tier, the lower the current tier and the longer the spirit plant stays inside. Unfortunately, the higher rank divine plants don't enjoy this benefit. Spirit and divine rank plants that have already been harvested will not have its medicinal properties deteriorate if it is stored inside the world s.p.a.ce.
Spirit plants are divided into 4 tiers and Divine plants are divided into 5 tiers. The high the tier, the stronger its properties.
More importantly, in the [Divine Book of Life] is the record all plants in existence and a plethora of complete pill recipes, from spirit to divine rank. However, to peruse the information, one must use their divine sense to see it. So, if one has the book in hand without being at the Divine state then tough luck.
Luckily, Leon is an anomaly who has retained his divine sense ability without possessing his past Divine state cultivation.
'I can't concoct any pills to aid my practice for now, but I should take a look at what spirit plants are available so I can plan ahead,' was what Leon thought since he does not have a pill cauldron and rare flame to concoct pills with. Of course, one can also use normal flames, but it would affect the final grade of the pill.
When Leon inspected the world s.p.a.ce, he was immediately dejected. The expected overflowing lifeforce-filled world s.p.a.ce was not there. Most of the s.p.a.ce have been greyed and the divine rank plants have all withered and looked lifeless.
A small patch of lifeforce was still present but only the lower tier spirits plant survived.
Leon's mouth twitched at the sight.
'Of course, even divine treasures are not completely indestructible.' He should be grateful it survived on the journey of transmigration with him. Perhaps, even his father's power was insufficient to allow him safe pa.s.sage into reincarnation and the [Divine Book of Life] had used up its powers to provide the extra help needed for him to finish the journey successfully.
It finally made sense to him why he didn't possess his memory immediately upon rebirth and the divine treasure was probably in hibernation up until now, recovering its powers.
Leon continued to stare at the low tier spirit plants.
'I guess, it's better than nothing.'
It will be more difficult than ever for him to achieve the Divine state without the divine rank plants but it's fine. Life was never meant to be easy.
He didn't experience any hards.h.i.+p while he was under the halo of his father in the past, but he guessed no one can escape the fate of hards.h.i.+p. He's just experiencing it a little later than most others.
'Fortunately, all the herbs needed to concoct the Meridian Fortification Pill is present. But where in Gaia, will I find a pill cauldron?' Leon thought. 'Maybe an antique shop? I should give it a look tomorrow.'
The Meridian Fortification Pill, as the name suggest, will allow him to strengthen his meridians so it can bear a bigger load of energy. This will help him refine more energy at a time, increasing his cultivation speed.
Being clear of his objective, Leon sat cross-legged on the bed in meditation and continue practice the [Hegemony of Primal Chaos].