PRECIOUS PRINCESS

ONE HUNDRED EIGHT

After deliberating and agreeing on the plans of the two emperors then came out and continued his journey to the battlefield. The princes and soldiers then followed the five emperors from behind.

"Tonight we will stay here. The war will start tomorrow so all of you must rest immediately" Emperor Wang told them after the tent had been set up.

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Xuan Lan and Prince Zhan had already walked over from noon earlier. It turned out that the cave that prince Zhan used to cultivate in the early days of his training was indeed located far away from the residence of Shi's grandfather. When night fell they just arrived in front of the cave.

"Lan'er you sleep on that rock. Tomorrow we will continue again" prince Zhan told Xuan Lan.

"You should sleep too. I will call Kuma to stand guard" Xuan Lan said.

Prince Zhan of course forgot the presence of Ran and Kuma. They had only met once in a short time so it was only natural that he had forgotten the two legendary creatures.

"Alright Lan'er" said prince Zhan, smiling in the darkness of the night.

Xuan Lan then called Kuma and asked him to stand guard so that he and his gege could sleep soundly and Kuma responded to that.

The next day Kuma had already entered back into Xuan Lan's dimensional necklace. Prince Zhan and Xuan Lan had also gotten up to enter the cave.

They walked down the cave passage until their feet reached the passageway. Normally Prince Zhan would turn right but this time he would turn left according to grandfather shi's orders.

"We have to turn left" said Prince Zhan.

They went back down the dark alley until their footsteps came to a halt on a large stone that had been stuck by a sword on it.

"What sword is that?" asked Xuan Lan.

"Heavenly sword" said Prince Zhan.

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Meanwhile the entire empire that was already near the battlefield was already preparing with their armor. The emperors then led their respective armies towards the battlefield.

"Remember, keep your eyes and focus! If you can not get hurt and remember all the families waiting for you at home. We're doing all this to protect them!" said the crown prince Li Xian who aims to raise the spirit of all the soldiers who are behind him. He learned all these words from Xuan Lan who taught the soldiers in the Li empire long ago.

Emperor Wang who became the commander in this war smiled. He was very fond of the way Prince Xian ignited the spirit of his soldiers so that they did not want to give up easily for this great war.

"Remember the words of Prince Xian! We'll leave soon and go home with victory!" emperor Wang said as he raised his sword upwards which was greeted by the cries of the spirit of all the humans who were there.

While in the interior of the empire it looked like a dead city. No one dared to leave his house for fear of the threat of war. The Tigers also watched everything from afar even some of the residents chose to be inside the temple while praying for the safety of all those who were doing their duty to fight.

At Gold Tiger headquarters the vice reine was still behind his desk. He rubs his nose occasionally.

"Are we not going to follow this vice reine war?" ask the marche chief.

"We're definitely going there but not now. If we go there now I think it will only end in vain because it is still the beginning of the war and the soldiers are still burned by the spirit but over time the fire will be extinguished and that is when we will come to revive the extinguished fire" said physician Bao.

"I don't intend to make Gold Tiger a hero of misfortune I just want to avoid the unwanted after all our main task is to protect the people" he added.

"We understand" said the leaders at the same time.

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Meanwhile Xuan Lan and prince Zhan were still staring at the sword that was before them. Prince Zhan had already told him what grandfather Shi had told him. Xuan Lan was still silent in her mind she wondered what grandfather Shi meant.

Xuan Lan nodded. He then removed the sword from the stone but his efforts were unsuccessful.

"Why can't it be with your energy you can uproot it" prince Zhan said confusedly.

"It's gege, it doesn't matter better now that you're trying to take that sword off" Xuan Lan told prince Zhan.

Prince Zhan then took a few steps forward until he arrived in front of the sword. His hand gripped firmly onto the part of the sword earlier. In a single pull of the sword, Prince Zhan was able to remove it from the stone. Prince Zhan was somewhat in disbelief, he then looked at Xuan Lan who was staring at him sparklingly.

"You did get gege!" xuan Lan said cheerfully.

Prince Zhan then turned back towards Xuan Lan but suddenly the stone that had been released from the sword earlier split into two. Inside the stone was seen a sword that was almost similar to the heavenly sword that was already held by prince Zhan.

"Why is there a sword? Grandfather Shi did not tell you that" Prince Zhan said.

"Do we have to take it?" asked Xuan Lan.

"Maybe" said Prince Zhan then walked over to take the sword.

"Zhan wait" said someone who was running from outside the cave. Prince Zhan and Xuan Lan were extremely memorized by that voice. It was grandfather shi's voice.

"Grandfather" they said in unison.

"It is fortunate that I arrived on time" grandfather Shi was relieved.

"Xuan Lan you take the sword that was there" Shi's grandfather told Xuan Lan.

Xuan Lan according. He then took the sword that was lying down.

"Why is there still a sword in the stone that's a cake?" prince Zhan asked curiously.

"It was a Swazi sword" Shi's grandfather said.

"So this sword is indeed special to Xuan Lan?" ask Prince Zhan again.

"The sword should indeed be in the hands of the person who has the same Swazi energy as its name while the Heavenly sword and the Hell sword could be in the hands of even the lowest energy ones on condition if the sword itself chooses it" said Shi's grandfather.

"Then who took the sword forcibly?" ask prince Zhan.

"I don't know either, Zhan. He is too clever to take that Hell sword to the point that he would rather destroy the stone with the power of the dragon he possesses and you two better hurry back" Shi's grandfather said.

"What's the cake? Tell us about the events that will happen" Xuan Lan said.

"The one who forcibly took the sword of Hell was making a mess. He is taking the whole empire to fight with him" said Shi's grandfather.

"What?" pekik Xuan Lan and prince Zhan together.

"Then you must return to your place immediately. They all need you Zhan and Xuan Lan" Shi's grandfather said.

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