PRECIOUS PRINCESS
HUNDRED AND FIVE
"Prophe Xuan Lan. Maybe a lot of things will wait for you in front of there so do not let your guard down and do not get tired. I must immediately find a clue in order to get out of here and meet Zhan Gege again and my family who are far away" Xuan Lan said.
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TWO YEARS LATER...
The Li Empire and the Xiao empire seemed to be racing to make its empire into an advanced empire. The Li Empire wanted to maintain its position of being the second strongest position in the entire mainland while the Xiao empire led by emperor Xiao Nan felt that they only wanted to advance his country as Xuan Lan had hoped. They have no intention to seize the position of the strongest empire on this land but still other empires have different meanings with this.
Gold Tiger was walking steadily. Physician Bao or vice reine preferred to maintain the stability of the Gold Tiger because he thought the Gold Tiger was too advanced for the entire empire plus the moments before Xuan Lan left turned out that he had given some changes that made Gold Tiger more advanced than before.
Prince Zhan had also done various exercises with grandfather Shi. Every day he was so excited to do the exercises that he could make an energy leap. Now he is at energy 5 level 7. Very rapid progress for the people in the class of prince Zhan. Prince Zhan also trained his physical strength. Even grandfather Shi also greatly admired the persistence and spirit of prince Zhan who wanted to raise his cultivation level and physical strength.
"Zhan, rest first you must be tired" said grandfather Shi stopped the activities of Prince Zhan who was practicing it.
"Before cake" said Prince Zhan.
Shortly after, Prince Zhan walked towards Grandfather Shi. He then sat down with his legs straightened.
"You practice a lot" said grandfather Shi while Prince Zhan only laughed at the confusion of what to respond.
"Zhan cleanse yourself after this I want you to cultivate" grandfather Shi said as he looked straight ahead.
"Good cake" said Prince Zhan then took his change of clothes and then walked towards the river.
After cleaning up and dressing up neatly Prince Zhan returned to where grandfather Shi was.
"Drink this" grandfather Shi said as he thrust a bamboo glass at Prince Zhan.
Prince Zhan accepted it and then he put his lips on the glass. Slowly he started to pull it. It feels so weird. There's a mixture of hook, sweet, sour and a little bit of a shoe in there. After drinking the whole thing he returned the glass to grandfather Shi.
"Now cultivate" Shi's grandfather said then went to see Prince Zhan from a distance.
Prince Zhan began to be in the lotus position. He closed his eyes to absorb all the energy that was beside him. After a long time he felt that something wanted to explode from within him.
BOOMING
Prince Zhan conducted a cultivation explosion for the first time. Grandfather Shi then walked up to Prince Zhan who looked a little surprised by all of those things.
"Are you okay?" ask grandpa Shi.
"Yes, I'm fine" said prince Zhan as he adjusted his breathing.
"You did a cultivation explosion. Now you're at energy 5 level 10. You are the strongest person on this land" grandfather Shi said with a smile.
"After Xuan Lan" prince Zhan said with a slight chuckle but he then kept silent. He missed Xuan Lan a lot. He has not been back for two years. Prince Zhan then looked towards the waterfall where it was the last place he met Xuan Lan.
Grandfather Shi who understood that then patted Prince Zhan on the shoulder.
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"Xiao Lan, Xiao Zhan what are you in? It's been two years but you haven't seen me yet" said one who turned out to be emperor Xiao who was staring blankly at the dark sky that was far above his head.
He was able to carry out his duties as emperor well. He always remembered Xuan Lan's remark that he should be the emperor who nourished his people and he had already done so but why his two children, Xiao Lan and Xiao Zhan had not returned. Did they both trick him?
He could only smile bitterly. Occasionally Emperor Xiao also cried considering how bad he was to Xiao Lan. It felt like he wanted to give up and go back to the one who created it so that he would get the right reply there but he always remembered Xuan Lan saying that he should not die before Xuan Lan returned.
Emperor Xiao had even accidentally forgotten the Xuan clan that was within his daughter's name. After all he knew his daughter as Xiao Lan.
"Xuan Lan's? Was I too cruel until he changed his own surname in front of many people" Emperor Xiao muttered.
"You are indeed very cruel Xiao Nan. You should look after your only daughter instead you look after someone else's daughter" he said with a bitter laugh.
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Somewhere else.
Emperor Li was also staring at the stars scattered in the night sky. Although the moon is not visible, the sky still looks very beautiful.
"Li Xuan" he muttered with a smile.
Emperor Li had now acted somewhat softly unlike the Li emperor who had once been notorious for being extremely ruthless towards anyone since Xuan Lan's presence. He was cruel and cold because he wanted his son to inherit his nature by looking cold every day.
But somehow a girl can break down her sturdy defense. It can be softer to everyone who is nearby.
"Maybe I would never have felt the joy of living if you hadn't appeared in my life Lan'er" Emperor Li muttered with a smile.
In his heart the Li emperor was actually very grateful to emperor Xiao who had once thrown away his own son. If emperor Xiao had not thrown away his daughter then emperor Li might have already died and he could not have become the human he was now. But it is undeniable that his regret for Emperor Xiao is very great because he has abandoned his own son and for two years he has never again met the emperor Xioa because he deliberately avoided him and he not wanting his emotions to explode upon seeing the face of emperor Xiao. He also wanted to focus on the empire he led as it used to be.
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At Gold Tiger headquarters, healer Bao entered Prince Zhan's room after which he then entered Xuan Lan's room.
"Nothing has changed from these two rooms" said physician Bao.
"When are you going back? If you come back I will hold you tight and will not let you two go again" said healer Bao Lirih as he wiped his tears.
"Why did I become this crybaby?" he muttered while laughing bitterly.
Physician Bao could no longer tell how much his affection and longing was to Xuan Lan as well as prince Zhan. The two brothers have given him the meaning of a real family. They both live in the midst of a very difficult situation, healer Bao himself could not imagine if he became one of the two of them maybe he would choose suicide because of the cruelty of the real palace life.
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